Category Archives: General

Multiplication is a high priority

Whatever we do we must do with others so they can do it and do it better.  Mentoring others is a constant ebb and flow of being at the front and walking along side others.   The Effective Mentor If … Continue reading

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They changed things!

They changed things. Hitler. Bill Gates. Gandhi. Albert Einstein. Marin Luther King. Karl Marx. There are two others that changed things. Telemachus who embraced the acetic life made a trip to Rome. Imagine arriving in Rome wondering what he would … Continue reading

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Don’t Quit

Don’t give up! Come with me to the strong current and lively waves of the English Channel, August 8, 1950. Florence Chadwick swam the English Channel in 13 hours and 20 minutes breaking the then-current world record held by American … Continue reading

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Moment in missions and ethics

A moment in missions and ethics. It really does matter. I was with a major relief team in Haiti after the big earthquake. We started from a border city called Jimani, Dominican Republic. At the border we encountered a three-mile … Continue reading

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Purpose has been to be people of influence

It has been 18 months since we first rented the apartment in Santiago. The purpose has been to be people of influence with a two fold strategy. One, we wanted to do all we could to influence the starting of … Continue reading

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Peter Drucker: “You get what you measure.”

Hope you are doing well?   Traveling to the DR for a year,  every month,  (praying, connecting and plowing) has been quite a journey.  As I reflected on this past year I recently looked north toward a mountain range that … Continue reading

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Support Tom and Nancy

Support Tom and Nancy. There, I said it! Up to this point I have never used our names in asking for financial support.  Barnabas Task has been promoted.  Who wants to promote self?  We sure don’t!  At the same time, … Continue reading

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The little girl was a messenger

So we finished another day of a strong medical clinic. (yesterday) The team worked again in the type of heat that zaps you.  Several are sick as I write this. Four of the Purdue students are sick as well. A … Continue reading

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Haiti-The Heart and Soul of Human Suffering III It’s about kids there and everywhere

I originally intended to crop this photo on the left but felt what I was trying to say is better said by the photo itself. There is a very real sense of hopelessness for the kids in Haiti, and for … Continue reading

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Dear Bill Clinton

Dear Bill Clinton: Haiti is off the front page.  It is a natural thing.  Other news will take its’ place and life goes on.  The Disaster Relief First Responder stage is over.   The Olympics are here. Haiti will now move … Continue reading

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