Remember . . .

This photo?  It was taken on Happy Matt Day this summer at Sand Creek Adventures over in Jordan where I am now the NEWEST EMPLOYEE!  When I stopped at the end of that zip, I met Duane, the owner, and asked him if he ever hired little old ladies - like me!  And he did and today I was trained in on the zip line.  Of course, training did include zipping - lovely fall colors!  Tomorrow, I'll learn the low ropes course and maybe even the high ropes!

"Low ropes and high ropes and fourteen foot walls;

Running and dipping a thrill for us all;

Crossing the zip line accomplishment rings

These are a few of my favorite things!"

Yup, I'll be singing that just like Julie Andrews in "Sound of Music"!

A Quote from Twain . . .

Mark Twain, that is!

Going to sea is like going to jail -

with a chance of drowning. 

 

After having sailed from Togo to Tenerife with muster drills, lifeboat drills and pirate watches, I had to watch the movie, "Captain Phillips".  Now I'm reading his book, A Captain's Duty.  It's a bit salty, but I like it.  It brings back good Mercy Ships memories . . .

Only a two year old . . .

. . . Could look at me with big brown eyes and say, "You're doing a good job, Miss Margo" while I'm teaching him to swim!  Thanks, Oren!

Free Tours!

 

 Wouldn't that be great to go?

After all, they would love to host us!

They're coming!

Maybe . . .

Just maybe . . . you saw the picture today in the StarTribune of the empty streets in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  Sam, who was a ship driver and who drove on more roads in Sierra Leone than most people will in a lifetime, said, "That hill looks so familiar but it's so empty . . ."  Look at our pictures and see the city full of people we love and pray for a Mighty God to heal that land . . . 

 

New Signs in Monrovia . . .

When we were in Monrovia in '07, the signs graphically displayed how rape was wrong;

I'm not sure this is any better.