by Rick | Nov 23, 2019 | Blog, Travel
I have a social experiment for you to try. The next time you invite someone to your home, out to dinner, to join you for coffee or any reason to get together, make your first words to them this phrase: “You’re welcome!” The first time I went to Africa – and the...
by Rick | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Travel
Seriously, what kind of idiot literally pours a heaping tablespoon of salt into an open wound? Me. That idiot was me. I must confess I’m pretty stupid about who I trust sometimes. Take for example, Jeff Miller, my one-year-older-than-me nephew. If you’ve...
by Rick | Nov 20, 2019 | Blog, Travel
The people. I have made a lot of wonderful friends in Africa since 2004 and I’m anxious to reunite with some of them! When I used to lead mission trips, sometimes taking upwards to 45 people, I would encourage them to develop a friendship. I would say,...
by Rick | Nov 16, 2019 | Blog, Travel
It’s seldom a good thing to look out the window of a plane and see a couple dozen of New York City’s finest in cop cars racing at you with red lights and sirens, but that’s what we saw. And we were so happy. That story began a day and a half earlier when a...
by Rick | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog, Travel
This post was originally posted on January 9, 2013. As I prepare for a return trip, I thought I’d repost this. January 2013: An adventure is something you sit at home in your recliner and wish you were having. However, when you’re having it, you wish you...
