The Final Journey, Part Three
A Diary of a Journey Finished
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Eight and a-half months have passed since we pulled out of our driveway in Texas on January 21, in the early morning hours. We knew, even then, that our survival journey would be filled with unknown challenges, risks, dangers, joys, and possibly even some heartache. If we had known then, what we would experience during these past months, we still would have launched out into our new future. Maybe it was better that we didn't know what the future held. We do now know one thing for certain however. Our strength to endure through these first months did not come from any human capabilities, skills, or strength. Strength came from the one who gave us our life path to walk. We walked, we continue to walk today, in that path. The path prepared for us by our Lord.
We will begin to prepare for a new year full of much hard work. We will begin a new cycle of what will be required of us to survive. Change will happen. We will change. Our future will be influenced by things we will not be able to control. Much will be required of us that we have never done before. We will celebrate, we will cry, we will have aches and pains, we will have successes and opportunities to improve. There will be questions for which we will have no answers. We will come to a more complete understanding of why our lives have been led to the mountains and wilderness of west-central Pennsylvania.
We choose to survive. We choose to walk the path that was laid before us. We choose to trust in the one who gave us life. We will face and deal with many unknowns. We accept the challenges that will come to us. Our faith and trust in our Lord will be the ultimate determiner of success or failure. It is our prayer that our lives will not be lived in vain. We share our lives so others may find their own ultimate purpose.
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Dr. Horton—the author of The Final Journey: A Diary of Survival, the first book in his survival trilogy, and The Final Journey, Part Two: A Diary of Building a New life, the second book in the trilogy—now completes the characters year-long journey into the future. What began as purely an effort to survive in their dangerous world continues as the characters discover a clear and specific purpose for their lives. They struggle with the challenges of surviving in the harsh wilderness. They face threats to their existence. New relationships continue to grow. Danger, sorrow, tears, joy, understanding, service, and fulfilment fill their days. Clarity of what it costs them to live their lives trusting and having faith in their Lord, Jesus Christ, grows. They discover themselves in the midst of their harsh new world.
About the Author
Dr. Larry D. Horton, PhD, best-selling WestBow Press author, survivalist, missionary, Old Testament professor, historian, cross-cultural scholar, and business executive, has spent his life studying and experiencing spiritual and professional survival in our increasingly chaotic world. A graduate of Grove City College, Asbury Theological Seminary, and Michigan State University, he now spends his life practicing and sharing common sense life survival knowledge and skills in our uncertain world. He lives with his wife, Jude, in Katy TX. They have three children, five grandchildren, and their four legged children, Sadie and Sophie.