At the end of March with free airplane mileage tickets, I took our daughter Lisa to Sicily to celebrate a significant birthday. Two of her cousins also came with us. It was a very fun time, with much laughter and great enjoyment of that beautiful island.
On February 24th, while a bus load of our African UofN leaders in Tanzania were returning back to the campus from a tour of the community development project among the Maasi people, a truck carrying a piece of heavy equipment lost its brakes. It crashed into our bus, killing 12 of our people. This has…
At the end of February Judi and I participated in a European-wide gathering in Berlin for those giving oversight to the DTS programs throughout the continent.
At the end of January 2024 Judi and I traveled with a small team to French Polynesia in the South Pacific to encourage the work of Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. Their goal is to reach every child on every island of French Polynesia with a Christmas gift box and the message of Jesus being…
On January 14 I had the opportunity to speak at Mokuaikau Church in Kona to kick off the 2024 new year.
On Sunday April 18th I had the privilege of speaking at the Korean church here in Kona, located in an open pavilion. It was a very warm and responsive group of people.
On March 21 I flew to Maui to teach a seminar at a training program there. This was the first time in over a year that I boarded a plane. The class was held outdoors for safety with a rain cover over it.
Near the end of March Judi and I completed our two-shot Covid vaccines. This should hopefully begin to open doors to overseas travel soon.
On March 3-4 I taught a webinar organized in Perth, Australia. A classroom of students joined from Perth, but many individuals or small groups joined from various places in Asia, the USA and Europe.
In early 2021 we began the process of re-doing our kitchen with the help of a good friend here in Kona. We replaced the doors and drawers as well as replacing our oven and stove top.