Day 4 - June 30 - Saturday
We left the Church on time, but got very lost trying to find the spot where we had stopped walking the day before. Our caravan of two vans and one car weaved from one country road to another. Finally, we found the route to our walking spot.

Today, as we made our way through industrial, rural areas in New Jersey, we seemed like a fine tuned team of walkers and activists. The walkers are quite strong and determined. Not surprisingly, we walked three extra miles and covered 15 miles.

One of the walkers, Dorjee Tso, developed blisters on both feet. After stopping to “pop” and clean them, she jumped back out of the support van and continued to walk.

In the evening, two Tibetan families drove 2 hours from New York City to bring us a great Tibetan dinner. Jamphel Chonphel and Dechen Wangmo prepared and sponsored the dinner, while Choenyi and Rabten helped serve. This was the first time we had momos on the walk.

After dinner we offered Jamphel, Dechen, Choenyi, and Rabten khatas and profusely thanked them for taking the time to drive and for bringing us such a great meal. Their presence really energized us.

We also gave a khata to one of the three documentary filmmakers, Ole Brereton who had been with us since leaving Indiana. Ole needed to leave to take carry of some family responsibilities. We will miss him!

Following this, two of our younger walkers, Tenzing Nyima and Tenzin Wangchuk performed a couple of fantastic rap songs they had written about working for Tibet’s independence and living in harmony with China. They performed their songs in both English and Tibetan. This was the second time on our walk they had shared their talent with us. All of the older walkers felt extremely happy to realize the passion and commitment the rappers demonstrated to return Tibet to the Tibetans. Our younger walkers all smiled hearing their friends stand up for Tibet!