Meeting the ladies of a book club for coffee, going to the grocery store to pick up food for dinner, renting a TV series, and taking a bike ride. Normal day. Then a phone ring and door knock awaken me to the knowledge of a tsunami warning for my area. The biggest earthquake in Japan…
Sweet Reunion
I entered the Okinawan Airport with 3 passports (1 expired with the needed current re-entry stamp), my marriage license, orders, and a doctors note. I used every one of them (sans the orders) to get on the plane to head for Thailand. Our late takeoff demanded a sprint in the Taipei airport to catch the…
Thailand Comrel
A Comrel is a community relations project where the marines and sailors volunteer to do community service projects in the country where they are docked. It can be anything from giving medicine, dental work, to painting fences. This one was done at The Father Ray Foundation in Thailand. It is a place for orphans, disabled,…
The Journey’s First Leg
I ventured into the military ministry as a chaplain hoping to ignite a passion for our Lord Jesus Christ amongst our Marines and Sailors, but what I’ve encountered here is a devoted group of Marines and Sailors seeking to ignite a passion in me! The Lord is doing a great work out here. I say,…
Love?
I suppose that today being Valentines Day should make me think about love. It does…especially when the cold, driving, rain deluged my shoes and stung my face on the wings of its cold wind. To be honest, I do think about love even when its not Valentine’s Day. I wonder what people think of it…