I rode a different bus on July 14, 2015. It dropped me off at L’Enfant Station. If you wait till 9:00 am you get a discount rate, so I walked towards the McDonald’s at C St. & 4th St. SW for a coffee.
I walked up to this man, who introduced himself as Rudy. I asked him if he was a veteran, and he said he was. I asked him if I could pet his dog. Mr. Rudy was very nice to me. I showed him my Street Sense paper and all of the help that is on the back page. He told me he had a tent & a sleeping bag. I liked his American flag.
He told me that his trip started in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I told him I had friends there in Woodward County, and my dad had hauled oil field pipe and the office was out of Oklahoma City. I told him Tulsa used to be called Sin City of the Southwest. My great aunt helped Oral Roberts.
Mr. Rudy also told me he was a security guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and had met Kevin Durant. I had not been there in a while.
He told me that on his journey, which went through Arkansas and Tennessee, people had given him money and helped him get motel rooms. Then Mr. Rudy said he got to Virginia and people did not pay as much attention to him.
Freedom, the dog, was fun. He has itty-bitty fur. Rudy and I walked to the McDonald’s & Freedom watched his bag while we talked.
Mr. Rudy told me the Good Lord Jesus was his guide. He had walked 2075 miles with any help he could get. I got to show him my car magazine. He talked to his Congressman’s chief of staff, and had an appointment with Representative Markwayne Mullin at 1:00 pm on the 14th.
The Good Lord also was working on his behalf because friends had helped him connect with a ride back home. It was a family moving from Arlington back to Oklahoma. God bless our military and veterans.
