Six months and almost 2,800 miles later, a minister and his wife have completed their “Walk to Reclaim America” with Fourth of July prayers in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Pastor Rick McKinney says he and his wife Jane took more than ten million steps since setting out from California’s Santa Monica pier on New Year’s Day. Rick says there were lots of goals for this journey. “I think the biggest success actually is how it’s changed my wife and I,” he shares. “And what we’ve seen, what we’ve heard, and what we’ve learned in talking to people has changed us — and we will never be the same.” Along the way, the pastor says many people were won to Christ and many Christians were stirred to recommit their lives to the Lord. He says it was an amazing journey. “We’ve had the opportunity to share our story with lots of churches and congregations along the way, and they have been changed forever,” he says. “And we are believing with all of our hearts that this is the beginning of a great spiritual awakening in America.” Their mission, he says, was “to reclaim America for the Lord.” McKinney says the nation’s Founding Fathers “could not have imagined a country where the cross would be under attack” or “where marriage would be under attack.” On the sidewalk between the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol, he and his wife prayed that America’s leaders would turn to God for wisdom and guidance. And he told a crowd at a press conference that there could be another walk in the future — but right now they just want to rest their feet.

- Bill Fancher/AP