State #27 (Minnesota) added to the pilgrimage agenda

God continues to just confound me with the blessings He has poured forth since I began this barrage of pilgrimages some 14 months ago. What He has accomplished in my life just seems impossible. Not one of these many trips have been an isolated trip to a place, from a sightseer perspective. In each trip, I have looked for a spiritual discovery and a search for deeper meaning.

When I look at the totality of it, the numbers do not even seem possible. Yesterday, I purchased a plane ticket for Thanksgiving Day from Dulles, Virginia to Minneapolis/Saint Paul Minnesota. I have not yet booked the return flight but that will probably be from Chicago.

When I touch down in Minnesota, it will be the 27th state I have visited in my life. That, in itself, might not sound too crazy for a person who is 62 years old except that barely more than a year ago, that number stood at just 16. I had visited 16 states in roughly 61 years on this planet.

December 1st of this year will be less than 16 months later.

In that time, I will have visited half of these United States. That's right, 25 states visited in less than 16 months. Of those 25 states will be 11 visited for the very first time. During the same period of time, I will have visited 5 new countries, close to 40 new cities like Boston, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Montreal, Paris, Lisbon, Mexico City, Santa Fe, El Paso, Charlotte ..... and a staggering 14 different airports.

Too many miraculous and significant places to list.

I am deeply humbled and overwhelmed. I only want to share it with all of you.