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Climbing Out of the Forest and Into Adventure
7th August 2025 Just like many bygone summers throughout my life, I’ve had the chance to sleep on the ground among the trees. This summer Lena and I served at three camps sponsored by the United Church of God. The first was a teen camp in Central Ohio where we slept in staff cabins that…
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Tracking the Weather
10th January 2025 I can’t help but remember how the dry winds swept over the hills and openly breathed through the cracks in the small cabin where I lay trying to sleep. In the early morning on that particular visit, I remember feeling tired from a lack of sleep but anxious and excited to get…
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Lunch in the Oldest Pub?
21st July 2024 Before they dropped me off at the airport, the Elliotts gave me a few options for my last morning in the UK. Initially we had discussed going for a long hike (longer than our Sabbath walk) up the nearby hill where we should be able to see quite a nice view of…
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Convocation in London
20th July 2024 I woke up to a much cloudier and slightly cooler morning. It was still plenty warm outside and very humid as well. The Elliott family has a tradition of taking their two dogs on a morning walk each Sabbath before they leave for services. The area they live has some beautiful homes…
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Buckinghamshire Connections
19th July 2024 At around 5am local time, my plane touched down in London. I hadn’t really slept on the plane. I had plenty of legroom, but I was squeezed into my seat between two other men who were slightly smaller than me. It made me happy to be on the ground again, headed through…
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Conference … Completed
15th-18th July 2024 Almost as soon as the conference began, it was all over and we were all headed other places. Like much of this trip, I didn’t take too many photos partially because I figured someone else probably would (and many others did) but also because I was so often just busy absorbing everything.…
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Arrival in Benoni
14th July 2024 Although we didn’t necessarily plan it this way, all of us traveling from Malawi and Zimbabwe arrived at the Johannesburg airport at almost the same time. This worked out well because we were all picked up at the same time and could get settled together. It’s always nice to see familiar faces…
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Prep Day & Sabbath Day & Travel Day
12th-13th-14th July 2024 Not a cloud in the sky. It’s rare to see a perfectly clear sky in Brooklyn. And even if there are no clouds in the morning they usually slide into view later on. Friday was a day without clouds, a little cool in the morning, sunny and warm in the direct sunlight.…
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Grand Plans
11th July 2024 The morning was nice and easy. There was time to read and think and pray and enjoy some quiet. There is “a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). While there are certain things that come around that we always hope to avoid, difficult days do come. This was not one…
Visit Every City
"Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city"