6/6/98: 75 days since we left home, and now we find ourselves treated to a safari by new friends and learning about big game in their native habitat from Ndebele and Shona…
Unfamiliar Experiences Breed Respect
6/5/98: Up at 4:30am to catch a flight to Bulawayo. Sylvia H. met us at the airport and brought us right home, introduced us to her husband Arthur, then we made haste…
A Couple Of Hours, And It’s A Bit Bumpy…
6/4/98: Packed up once again to begin a cross-country trip to Bulawayo. No one from the hospital was heading to town, so we caught a local bus into Harare. There were differing…
My Brief Career As An Aerial Photographer
6/3/98: Dan and I tried to climb a tree this morning, hoping to get a nice panoramic photograph of the whole compound from across the river… NOTE: The photo above…
Kind Of Blue
6/2/98: Both Ruth and I are finally experiencing our first real case of homesickness… NOTE: Photo above is a village home, or musha, that I photographed on one of our forays…
Shona Gospel Hymns
6/1/98: I led devotions in Chapel this morning… NOTE: The photo above is me giving the devotional message in Chapel at Karanda Mission Hospital. 6/1/23: I was a graduate of…
Fixing A Hole
5/31/98: Sunday Church Service combined with a Memorial Service out at one of the mushas. Great singing. NOTE: The main photo above shows nurses from Karanda Mission Hospital at the summit overlook…
A Difficult Work Worth Doing
5/30/98: More hospital analysis for Ruth and more photography for me. Today I took photos of the Awana Club children’s outreach program. Also finally reached Arthur and Sylvia H. in Bulawayo. Friends…
Building Trusting Relationships
5/29/98: Had a bumpy ride through the bush with the Home-Based Health Care team today… NOTE: The main photo above shows us arriving at a village with the Home-Based Health Care Team….
The Way To A Peaceful Heart: Be Thankful, Pray And Rejoice!
5/28/98: More photography around the hospital campus, including vaccines for children, and Dr. Dan doing surgery… NOTE: The main photo above shows a nurse at Karanda Hospital giving a vaccination…
Everyone Has Something That They Can Contribute.
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…
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:…
When You See The Southern Cross For The First Time
5/19/98: Arrived safely in Harare, Zimbabwe at 8am, our first time in the Southern Hemisphere. Met at the airport by Doug E, one of the missionaries we will be working with….
The Sun Came Up Looking, Like The Eye Of God.
5/18/98: We were wakened at 3:00AM to the sound of camels huffing and puffing as they trudged by on the path, carrying tourists to the summit of Mount Sinai… 5/18/23: Deep slumber…
A Soothing Lullaby By Starlight On Mount Sinai
5/17/98: Swam in the Red Sea this afternoon. Drove to Mount Sinai, planning to reach summit in time for sunrise. Unfortunately, after we were well into the hike, we realized that we…
Sick Day On The Red Sea
5/16/98: Not feeling well. Very runny nose, and a touch of stomach flu too. So we just sat at the beach on the Red Sea, and did some reading. Maybe I should…
Wandering In The Wilderness
5/15/98: Rose early and drove to the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula… NOTE: Photo above is an oasis full of palm trees in the dessert of the Sinai Peninsula of…
Unexpected And Sweet Fellowship
5/14/98: Determined not to miss Coptic Cairo we picked up a taxi right outside the apartment door and headed to the Christian part of town. NOTE: Photo above is a detail of…
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….
Face To Face With Antiquity
5/12/98: Day 50 of our journey! To celebrate, we did laundry. After lunch we headed to the American Embassy only to find in closed. Checked and sent email at an internet cafe….
Walk Like An Egyptian
5/11/98: Woke to a pancake breakfast courtesy of Nile (the person). Visited the Museum of Antiquities. Lunch with Nick. Walk around the city. Boat ride on the Nile (the river). 5/11/23: Nick…
Just Roll With It
5/10/98: Travel day: Athens, Greece to Cairo, Egypt. A very long day because of a very delayed flight. But by the end of the day we set foot on the third continent…
Kali Sas Orexi! (Trans. “Eat Up!”)
5/9/98: George and I packed up the bouzouki in a stiff cardboard box that he reinforced with aluminum rods. It should make it back to the US safely. We returned to Mary’s…