A WELL-OILED MACHINE Whoever said travel is glamorous has never spent the night in an airport. That one guy in France who lived in the airport for years has my utmost admiration. I have thus far spent time in nine different airports on this trip. I’ll be in double digits by the time I […]
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Monday, January 23, 2023 I am writing this travel post while enroute to Tanzania. After a three-hour flight delay last night in Bhubaneswar, I had to run at a pretty good clip for about a mile down the concourse to make my flight connection in Delhi to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I proudly refer to
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Dear ITEM Prayer Partner, if anyone flies enough, eventually you get bit by the cancellation or over-booked bug. Today, I got bit by the over-booked bug.
Travel Diary 9: BACK ON TRACK A DAY LATER Read More »
It has been an exciting couple of days here in Gopalpur. On Thursday morning I awakened somewhat refreshed and finally feeling at full strength after the long journey to get here. After my morning hygiene routine, I fumbled through my luggage and realized I had left some toiletries and my bag of Starbucks coffee and
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Dear ITEM Prayer Partner, if anyone flies enough, eventually you get bit by the cancellation or over-booked bug. Today, I got bit by the over-booked bug.
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Dear ITEM Friends, As a pastor, I can remember listening to some advice from an experienced pastor. That piece of advice was, “The one who plays the game makes the rules.” The principle is this. If you have some suggestions to make about how things could or should be, be sure are on the team playing in the game first. Another principle I learned was that there needs to be a balance between responsibility and authority. In other words, the more responsibility someone must see a project to completion, the more “say so” they should have on how the project should be completed. Both of those were at play today in the meeting with the ITEM team in Madagascar. It was a spectacular day. One of the most spectacular planning sessions I have had with any ITEM team in the 19 years of ITEM’s existence.
Travel Diary 7: PLAY THE GAME, MAKE THE RULES Read More »
After almost 40 hours of travel, we finally arrived in Bhubaneswar, which is known as the “City of Temples.” While we made it unscathed, I cannot say the same for my brand-new luggage, which suffered significant damage to one of the wheel rollers making it difficult to roll. But despite this minor annoyance, it was
Dear Family and Friends, Today was a travel day for me so there is not much to report. I thought I’d give you a quick summary of one of the presentations I made in Nairobi last weekend. I’ve uploaded pictures of some of the slides that I show when telling God’s Story.
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Dear Family and Friends, Today was a travel day for me so there is not much to report. I thought I’d give you a quick summary of one of the presentations I made in Nairobi last weekend. I’ve uploaded pictures of some of the slides that I show when telling God’s Story.
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I’m excited to commence my travel schedule for 2023 with a trip to India and Tanzania. Even more exciting is that one of my dear friends and ITEM Associate Trainer Caleb Hilbert is with me. Caleb pastors one of the great churches in the Pacific Northwest called Lewis and Clark Bible Church in Astoria, Oregon.
