WINDING UP JOURNEY

ARIZONA SUNSET

I have been on the go for a month now, and have visited my friends in Honolulu, my grand daughter in Las Vegas, my younger brother in Arizona, former mission host and partners from the Philippines in Louisiana, my older brother in Washington, D.C. before coming south in Virginia to Lynchburg and Appomattox. It has been a long trip and I am eager to get back to my disciples and friends in Indonesia, getting back to the many exciting projects and activities there.

At Air and Space Museum in Washington. Above: Blackbird, first produced in 1966 this 'Spy Plane' is still the fastest airplane in the world. Below: Hugh in the cockpit of the Space Shuttle Enterprise, a special treat during visit to the museum.
BACK EAST

At 02:30 January 2, 1985, I boarded my first flight to the Philippines for a mission trip with then Fr. Philip Weeks (now Bishop). For the next five years I was to make 3 or 4 mission trips a year to the Philippines with him. He became my mentor and teacher, and I became his assistant in the mission field. He is the reason I now am on the mission field. I am writing this from his home in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he has moved from Florida. I have been with him four days, enjoying reminiscing, shopping, sightseeing, and eating.
Appomattox is a half hour drive from Lynchburg, and I spent the weekend with Fr. Mike Ferguson and St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. Friday afternoon and Saturday morning we played golf, and had a meeting Saturday evening (topic: Seeing the Unseen) and I preached in the Sunday morning service before coming to Lynchburg with Philip.

I leave tomorrow morning on a return trip that will take me from Roanoke, VA, through Washington, D.C., Tokyo (Narita), and Singapore before I finally land in Surabaya October 20 in the afternoon.