Traveling along the highway in the last few days, many drivers may have noticed a bearded man bundled in a bright yellow coat with a staff in his hand and ram's horn and scarf around his neck. Some no doubt, have wondered who this man may be and what he is doing.Mark Mills expects the question, but in walking nearly 1,000 miles from Frankfort west to Louisville and then around the state's edge in clockwise direction, he found Marion this week to be one of the most hospitable areas. He's not a vagrant or transient, but a pilgrim for Christianity.
Mills arrived in Marion mid-week in his four-month trek around Kentucky, blowing the shofar around his neck every 30 minutes and when he reaches a county seat. And that scarf around his neck is actually a prayer shawl.
He says he was called by God to travel around Kentucky on a mission to generate awareness of the Christian faith and pray for the city, county and state leaders along the way. A "prayer walk" he calls it. It's also a mission to continue his evangelism and further his faith in the Spirit.
While next week will find Mills near Owensboro on his journey, the next edition of The Crittenden Press will bring you the full story of one man's effort to bring a state together in difficult times. Meantime, find more about the trip at www.kyprayerwalk.com.
