Yesterday was a day of miracles! A quick recap: - My sleeping bag fell off my bike and a person stopped me to let me know. It cost over $100. It keeps me warm at -5 degrees. - My chain broke when I was 2 hours away from my place to stay and rest for two days. My friend, Ray, called a bike shop for me and explained to them my situation - in Japanese - they came out within 45 minutes and fixed my chain. - As I sat waiting for them, I thought maybe I should have just arranged a ride seeing it was getting late. - When the bike person showed up, they did in small truck. After he fixed my chain in about 20 minutes, we placed my bike in the truck because he didn’t have his CC machine to charge my debit card. This was the ride that gave me back more than the hour I had lost! - I was back on the bike and made to my destination within about 70 minutes. - during my ride, I noticed that my sleeping bag wasn’t not fully strapped in. God kept it holding on with the bungee cord latch around an item - My hand pan had also slipped off but was kept from falling because the Lord gave me wisdom to run the bungee cord through the handle. - During my 70 minute ride at night, the Lord gave me strength and kept me safe as I arrived at the Hostel. Even though 4 beds are in my room, I was the only one checked it so I had the place to myself. It took me nearly 11 hours to ride 50 miles. Of that about 6 was actually on the bike. The other was resting, at eating. So grateful for the Lord watching over me. What the devil tries to mess up, God makes up! As of this writing I have 98 miles to Tokyo. I’ll do that in two days. I’m flying out to the Philippines on Tuesday. I am looking forward to the rest and fellowship with others there.