As I write this post, I am sitting on an airplane enroute to Nairobi, Kenya, where we have a brief connection and then on to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where we will be training a brand-new group of pastors. The last week in Zambia was very fruitful, but not without struggle. In my last post, […]
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It happens to every missionary. There is no way around it. Take what precautions you will, and it is still going to happen. Some call it the “Delhi Belly,” others call it “Montezuma’s Revenge.” The medical community refers to it as Viral Gastroenteritis. Regular folk call it the stomach bug. I call it miserable.
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Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills. One visit here and you will understand why. Rolling verdant hills literally dot the landscape. Kigali is Rwanda’s capital and geographic center. For natural beauty, Rwanda is unmatched. In addition to the natural wonders of the land, the Rwandan government has done an incredible job
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My wife and I live by a simple proverb: “Blessed are the flexible for they are not easily broken.” Over the years we have learned the hard way to hold everything loosely. This commitment to flexibility has once again proved invaluable. For the past six months I have been planning a trip to the Democratic
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When I was a teenager, the most popular show on television was the A-Team. The leader of this band of plucky former special forces misfits was Hannibal. In every episode, as the team helped rescue the underdog from the corrupt bigwig before they escaped the military police again, Hannibal, with a cigar hanging out of
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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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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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
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.
