A Sojourner's Journey

A collection of stories generated by my twenty-nine plus years in setting up dental clinics in remote villages of Albania, earthquake relief in Turkey, orphanages and villages in Kazakhstan and liberia, and various areas in Kenya, including the Mathare Valley slum. As a result my mission travels have taken me to Fiji, and Ontario as a guest lecturer. The stories are actual events in my life on these missions, and told in a fun, conversational way. I called a king "friend", and shook...
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A collection of stories generated by my twenty-nine plus years in setting up dental clinics in remote villages of Albania, earthquake relief in Turkey, orphanages and villages in Kazakhstan and liberia, and various areas in Kenya, including the Mathare Valley slum. As a result my mission travels have taken me to Fiji, and Ontario as a guest lecturer. The stories are actual events in my life on these missions, and told in a fun, conversational way. I called a king "friend", and shook the hands of a Prime Minister over conversation. I made plans with ministers of foreign governments, and held the hands of street children in the slums whose only English was "How are you?" I sat on the floor on sheepskin rugs, and listened to the people's stories of their lives, customs, beliefs, old-wives-tales, superstitions, and religion. I lived with the people. I ate what they ate, and slept where they slept. I walked their trails, climbed their mountains, ducked through their jungles, and dodged their traffic. I laughed when they laughed, cried when they cried. I comforted, and I was comforted. I knew where I was, and sometimes I didn't. I was confident, and at other times I wasn't. I knew what I was doing, and yet, occasionally I found myself having no clue. I still consider myself a sojourner-a foreigner, alien, stranger, pilgram-passing through life as best I can with the help, and support of those I love, and those who love me. If God is willing, I will have a few more stories to tell, but for now let's you and I sit together on the back porch over cup of coffee, and I will tell you what I have seen God do in the world, and His unfailing willness to drag me along for the ride.