In my diary, dated Friday, July 4, 2018, I wrote:
Today is the first day of my pilgrimage to Jerusalem. I'm so curious what—and if—the Lord Jesus will do anything with it. It's my "Walk for Jesus." I've been looking forward to this so much. I've been preparing for this for years. This morning, around 10:30 a.m., I started walking with Petra. I feel so blessed that my sweetheart is walking with me for the first two days.
We walked all the way to De Kwakel. When we arrived, we first ate at the Eethuis/Cafeteria in De Kwakel (city center). We stayed overnight at a host house run by the Friends on Bikes Foundation. We didn't arrive at our host house until around 7:00 p.m. We were tired from our first day of walking. After a nice shower, we went to bed early.