cross carrying guy

barefoot nonetheless this is what nineteen-year-old richard pope from seaford — plans to do friday night. his reason is simple. 19:00:47 it’s to show the community hope and to raise awareness for the 50,000 homeless veterans. we want to show everyone that no matter the weight of your troubles, the pain you’re in or the distance you have to go that there is hope 19:00:57 track 2 and if there is any doubt about the weight of this cross… sound of dani bozzini trying to lift cross “yeah, there is no way i could carry this 50 miles” track 3 pope trained for four months to do this — going to the gym 6 times a week but its more than just a show of strength and endurance. he’s carrying the prayers of many — written all over the cross 18:59:26 these are actually things that people poured out to us and entrusted us with to have pride for them and march with them we just want to kind of unite the community in the fact that there is hope there is light 18:59:36 track 4 pope’s passion for helping veterans started at a young age he tells 47 abc that his grandfather, a prisoner of war in vietnam — and his father who served in the military — both struggled with p-t-s-d. after seeing their pain — he wanted to help — so last year he started operation yellowspear — a group of folks at his church and local community who provide assistance to veterans. anything from meals — to resource assistance — or a shoulder to lean on. but this time, its more than that… 19:02:58 so i mean this is different because these are–i’m carrying people’s burdens and i’m hopefully going to see people pray for them and love on them i mean it’s just honestly it’s an honor 19:03:11 track 5 this march — and taking up his cross — pope says is all about hope — more than immediate needs dani bozzini. 47 abc. richard pope will start on his journey at 6 p-m tomorrow night. he plans to start his march at the seaford young marine facility — walk through downtown georgetown and around the circle — come back through laurel — and end at seaford wesleyan church — where he will say a prayer for every message on the cross with his fellow church members pope admits he plans to take one 4 hour break sometime during his journey — but he says he expects to finish up on sunday. which i’m sure will be quite the day of rest for this young man. if you’d like to share this story — feel free to head to our website that’s 47 abc dot com here’s a look at the stories making national news tonight.