The Cross Author:Arthur Blessitt On June 12, 2008, Arthur Blessitt walked his 38,102nd mile in Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, completing a journey — that began in 1969. Arthur started walking with a twelve-foot cross on December 25, 1969, and has successfully carried a large wooden cross into every nation and major island group of the world. Follow Arthur's from his initia... more »l call from God to carry a cross from Hollywood where he was known as "the minister of Sunset Strip", across America to it's capital Washington, DC.« less