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Weekends as Tarzan in My Place of Escape (2000-2002) Being Business Facilitator for a little mission in West Africa at first sounded easy or possibly boring. The number of missionaries I served averaged around 24 with the children, and it was mostly their business matters I took care of: the budget, bills, home school materials, …
Here I sit with the men of Ballen, a Jola village along the south bank of the River Gambia near the Senegalese Casamance border. This is Ismaila Bojang’s home village and he made this photo. He was my favorite worker in Fajara and my interpreter on this prayer walking trip. See “The Miracle Leaf Story” …
I finally finished reading Oliver Twist and I must say that it is a very good book even if too long, with a whole lot more to it than the familiar story of Oliver from several movies. There are so many undercurrent stories of the adults involved in Oliver’s life that the movies barely touch …
Here are several biographies or stories of my life from little one-page accounts to a series of 4 photo books. So how much do you want to know? It seems that many life stories don’t hold a lot of interest until after a person is dead, so if that is the case, I’m prepared for …
“Doing good does us good.” ― Arthur P. Ciaramicoli I had a YouTube video linked her that I did for the School Tutoring Program but it has since been removed from YouTube. Volunteering may be the most powerful thing most of us do in almost all places and societies. The subpages are about some of my more …
NOTE: When I returned from The Gambia I thought I might need this in case I wanted a job but really never needed it, not wanting another official job. It is similar to the resume I had in 1999 when actually looking for a job, just one more position added to it, the Gambia experience. …
Charlie Doggett A Confidential Autobiography for International Mission Board, SBC 1999 (The structure makes this bio obviously a form filled in for the IMB, but I like it and glad I saved it for personal history.) I. Family and Childhood History Born on the 4th of July, 1940, my granduncle was the delivering doctor and …
An Account of Earl’s Last Days From A REASON TO LIVE by John Harold Robinson The page header photo is of the marker at Tibenham Airfield, the current name of the place Earl was based. It is now an RAF base. Note that I am putting all quotes from the book in a bold deep red color …
First of 3 posts on Zarcero: Topiaries, Church, and Town/Area The Central Park in this little town is made up of mostly topiaries created over many years.Here is a double row of arches leading to the main church in Zarcero (see tomorrow’s post).Zarcero, Costa Rica Dinosaur Zarcero, Costa Rica Bust of Alberto Lizano Hernández “. . . for your …
Looking down on Central Atenas & the Central ChurchAtenas, Costa Rica But just the hills on the backside of my neighborhood are a “Feast for My Eyes!”Early morning fog reminds me of the presence of the Holy Spirit. What a place to walk!Atenas, Costa Rica A couple of cellphone shots made this morning on my …
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