5/27/98: A busy day of photography, hospital inspection, and a teaching opportunity for Ruth… NOTE: The main photo above, is Ruth giving a lecture on infection control to the nursing staff at…
Category: Living With Purpose
Living with purpose, including thoughts on work, community service, church ministry, travel and more.
How To Eat Peanut Butter Stew!
5/26/98: Up early for chapel at 7am. Then Ruth headed off to begin inspecting the hospital, while I went off, camera in hand, to begin shooting the campus. I was introduced to…
A Heartwarming Work of Stunning Faithfulness
5/23/98: Met with Dan S. and Doug E. to outline and strategize the details of our work for TEAM here in Zimbabwe. There are interesting and fun projects for both of us!…
A Language Of Reflection And Appreciation
5/20/98: Both of us tired and nursing a head cold. The harried pace of the past couple of days caught up with us. Enjoyed a cultural orientation class with Nancy E… 5/21/98:…
So Beautiful Or So What?
5/13/98: Nick set us up with a taxi drive/tour guide named Hamdi who picked us up at 9am to see the pyramids. 5/13/23: Our first stop was the pyramid complex at Giza….
Learning To Not Take Myself Too Seriously
5/3/98: Slept in and had a late brunch at Stella’s. This time we were there plenty early in the day, so everything on the menu was still available. George, the proprietor, knows…
Dealing In The Currency Of Forgiveness
5/2/98: Rented a car for the day and did a driving tour of Western Crete. Stopped to see Samaria Gorge, a mountaintop monastery, and a southern beach for a dip in the…
“Random Harvest” Of Hope
While Ruth and I were traveling in 1998, we picked up the habit of reading aloud to each other. The first book with which we started this practice was “Random Harvest,” by…
A Harbor Of Helpful Information: It Is Easy To Take Technology For Granted
4/27/98: Got out and about to survey the town a little bit more. A lovely water front and harbor. Lots of quaint shops, some touristy and pricey, some cozy and authentic. There…
They Don’t Make Things Like They Used To
The main photo shows Ruth at the Rimondi Venetian Fountain, in Rethymno’s “old town” on the Greek island of Crete. 4/26/98: Spent most of the day reading and relaxing. Did laundry. Lunch…
Rewarded By The Madness Of Our Method
4/25/98: Caught a bus to Rethymno, a coastal town in the northwest part of the island of Crete. Rain and sunshine alternated all day. Arrived and had another hunt for an affordable…
A Maze Worth Getting Lost In
4/24/98: Jumped on a ferry to Crete, the southernmost island in Greece. Met Joel and Lynn from Oregon on board. Landed at Irákleio (Heraklion). After shopping for a pensione, the four of…
The Benefit Of Getting Lost In A Greek Island Village
4/21/98: I was the first one up today, went for an early foraging expedition into town. Managed to take the very long way back. That’s just a nice way of saying I…
The Best Way To Celebrate Easter!
4/18/98: I managed to convince Ruth to tour the island on a motor scooter. We had a blast winding our way through valleys and up the mountain! After resting back at our…
Three things you should definitely do when invited into someone’s home!
4/15/98: After a run to Kuşadası to purchase out tickets to Samos, we took a bus to Izmir (modern name for Smyrna) to visit Olcay and her family. I think we may…
How to Make Friends: Eat, Sing and Dance Together!
4/14/98: Slept in a bit on a rainy morning. At breakfast Ruth and I talked more with Simon, as well as Leroy and Toni. We gave Toni a small pocket New Testament…
The Open Road, The Openness Of The Road
4/13/98: Ruth is beginning to feel better. We went together to Kuşadası to send some email and had some great ice cream as we wandered around bit. We made contact with Olcay…
Living As Exiles In The World
4/7/98: First day of Qurban Bayrami, a five-day holiday commemorating Abraham’s willingness to obey God’s command to sacrifice his beoved son… Ishmael! We slept in, too tired to rise early for the…
What I’m on about…
G. K. Chesterton said: “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” —All Things Considered, “On Running After One’s Hat” “Further Adventures of”…