{"id":14110,"date":"2012-06-09T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T14:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=14110"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:08:13","slug":"texas-teen-carrying-cross-to-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/06\/texas-teen-carrying-cross-to-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas teen carrying cross to Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><script src=\"http:\/\/CBSDAL.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=184233;hostDomain=video.dallas.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=420;playerHeight=315;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7376597;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.DALLAS%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/center>\u00a0\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2012\/06\/07\/19-year-old-walking-to-dc-with-cross-on-his-back\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The story: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Junior Garcia was carrying a 12-foot cross along Interstate-30 in Fort Worth and Arlington on Thursday afternoon. He was hard to miss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my way of showing them Jesus Christ wants a personal relationship with every single one of them,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>The idea came to him last July, when he was attending youth group at the Oasis Church in Saginaw. He said that he realized his Christian walk wasn\u2019t what it should be. \u201cOh, man, I was going through so much in my life and really searching to see what God had for me, His call on my life,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just felt that separation from Him and felt like it was just time to get rid of worldly desires and focus on Him,\u201d Garcia added.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia remembers the day that it all happened for him. \u201cJuly 24, 2011. I remember looking up to heaven saying, \u2018I\u2019m yours,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThat day, I decided to take up my cross. And I felt so strong in my heart. And I felt Him tell me where to go and how to go. And that\u2019s where we\u2019re going \u2014 Washington, D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia will have to walk 1,369 miles to get there. With breaks, he hopes to arrive in front of the White House for prayer on July 13.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The story: Junior Garcia was carrying a 12-foot cross along Interstate-30 in Fort Worth and Arlington on Thursday afternoon. He was hard to miss. \u201cThis is my way of showing them Jesus Christ wants a personal relationship with every single one of them,\u201d Garcia said. 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