I found this quote on a guestbook, and it summarized my stay with Barry & Cheryl and their friends.
"That house was...a perfect house, whether you like food or sleep, or story-telling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear and sadness." - J.R.R. Tolkien from the Lord of the Rings
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
R&R in England
A pretty flower shop on the bridge in Bath
Cheryl Wells and me in front of the suspension bridge
I loved exploring castle ruins
Finally, I find a knight in shining armor!
This has got to be one of the cutest cottages I've ever seen.
It looked like where the Seven Dwarfs would live!
Wonderful hosts.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Dinner out with Gateway group fall 06
It was good to see former Gateway students now in action working onboard. One group took me to dinner at a local favorite. I admire them being crew during this historical transition of retiring one ship and starting another. This is not an easy place to live, but they're doing great!
Good friends on the Anastasis
The best thing about being back onboard the Anastasis was reconnecting with good friends, many of which had been crew on the Caribbean Mercy with me. John and Lee-Ann Borrow and their son Timmy, along with Keith Brinkman showed me around Monrovia. It felt like being with family again!
burned landrover side view
...a few hours later! Thankfully, a UN vehicle right behind us took us on to the ship. They were coming from the airport, too.
burning landrover
I finally got to go to Africa. I was sent to do standardized testing in the onboard Academy the last two weeks of April. However, in Liberia our landrover caught fire and burned on the drive from the airport to the ship. What a beginning to my time in Liberia!
Monday, July 02, 2007
It's been too long!
Okay, okay, I've been reminded that my blog site has been shamefully neglected. I somehow got distracted and now enough time has past that I've forgotten just how to do all this technical stuff. But I'm working on it, so watch this site....more to come.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Hawaian Flame Dance
Last Friday was the welcome night for a new semester on campus of the University of the Nations. Following are some photos from the Call to the Nations Opening. It was a wonder seeing so many nationalities celebrating Jesus.
By the way, this guy eating fire is my work duty supervisor in the security department. Who knows what all I may learn!
By the way, this guy eating fire is my work duty supervisor in the security department. Who knows what all I may learn!
Korean fan dance
This brought back good memories of my time in Korea back in 1999 on the Caribbean Mercy. Any CBM crew remember Nan Young and how beautifully she danced?
polynesians
Then the staff and students representing all the polynesian nations that are here came in together.
Polynesian Dance
The Liquid Continent representing the Hawaian Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia...It was great seeing them all doing the same dance.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Tabitha Robbins
I arrived in Kona on Thursday afternoon. Tabitha got sick the previous day and has been sick (with a bit of pneumonia) all week. Today was the first day she seemed to feel better and acted more herself. She's been a sick girl. You know, though, when you love a kid you just want them to not hurt. You don't care if they cough in your face or wipe their nose with their hand then caress your cheek with the same. You just want to hold them and snuggle and somehow drain out the fever that is making them moan and toss. There're few things that feel better than little child arms around your neck.
Three Warthogs
Faces only a mother could love! Who ever saw three such attentive warthogs?
We had a yellow umbrella at the Tyler zoo, and they seemed ready to charge one minute and run the next.
We had a yellow umbrella at the Tyler zoo, and they seemed ready to charge one minute and run the next.
the Holden's newest! baby Lucy
Monday, March 13 Lilian and Ciaran had a second daughter - Lucy Rachel. This is me holding her the next day in the hospital. She is perfect! Amazing. God is amazing.
Making smores with Sarah Whitlock
Texas winters and springs seem to merge, going back and forth in weather and temperature. One chilly night on campus, we made smores. Made me want to go camping!
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
What is Gateway?
Some have asked me 'so what is Gateway?' Gateway is Mercy Ships entry training program. It's a three-month course that prepares folks to work with the poor and needy in a cross-cultural setting. The curriculum includes topics in three broad areas: faith foundations, cross-cultural communications & community development, and personal/interpersonal development. At the end of two months, the participants spend one month on field service in a developing country. Our speakers are a combination of local and international teachers, speakers, and staff. The participants come from everywhere, although since 9/11 some nationalities have had difficulty getting visas to the USA. I have enjoyed hearing the testimonies of how the Lord gets people here to Mercy Ships and what He is doing in their lives that has inspired them to want to serve in missions. Then it's great fun to see them gell as a group, become transparent with each other, learn to work with each others' strengths and weaknesses, and get a bigger glimpse of what God can do through them to love world and bring about change. So that's it in a nut-shell. It sure seems to take a whole lot of details to bring it all about, but it's a good nitch for me in this season.
I am a little sad not to be sailing away on one of the ships, but land is good too. (smile)
Sorry to be so long between updates, but I'm still having trouble having internet access outside of the office. Not much time during the day to blog...until later...
I am a little sad not to be sailing away on one of the ships, but land is good too. (smile)
Sorry to be so long between updates, but I'm still having trouble having internet access outside of the office. Not much time during the day to blog...until later...
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