 Our Gospel lesson story takes place after disciples have been sent on their first mission trip by themselves. And they excitedly tell Jesus about the deeds that they've done. But the people just keep coming and coming, so much so that the disciples and Jesus did not even have time to eat. And Jesus tells them to go to a desert place and rest a while. And so they go by boat, but the people saw them, and not only did they follow them, but they sent out messengers to tell all the cities where they were heading.