In one of your recent e-mails you correctly pointed out that I have had the luxury of traveling to many places so far in my life. Traveling around Asia as a (semi) backpacker, and years earlier taking trains through Eastern Europe at the tail-end of my year in Uzbekistan has been life-changing. It has been a joy, plus a sensational learning experience, that's for sure. I recall seeing my niece in a church musical one evening at the First Baptist Church of Headland, and afterwards I had a nice talk with one of the members of the church. I was telling him that I was planing to travel back to Asia - this was when Kade was in Headland with me - and specifically mentioned mainland China as a place that I longed to see. He then said, "Well, I sure hope you bless those people." My response was, "They would be blessing me a lot more than I could ever bless them." And, sure enough, wherever I have been, I have been blessed. That's been the greatest luxury.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Greatest Luxury
In the summer of 2005, when I was living in Thailand and waiting on my wife's visa interview date, I would correspond very regularly with certain people back home in the USA. One of the people I emailed a lot, and who seemed to always enjoy talking with me was my dad's sister. I remember once she put in an email, "you surely have had the luxury of traveling." And her statement was very true. And in a follow-up with her, I shared this:
In one of your recent e-mails you correctly pointed out that I have had the luxury of traveling to many places so far in my life. Traveling around Asia as a (semi) backpacker, and years earlier taking trains through Eastern Europe at the tail-end of my year in Uzbekistan has been life-changing. It has been a joy, plus a sensational learning experience, that's for sure. I recall seeing my niece in a church musical one evening at the First Baptist Church of Headland, and afterwards I had a nice talk with one of the members of the church. I was telling him that I was planing to travel back to Asia - this was when Kade was in Headland with me - and specifically mentioned mainland China as a place that I longed to see. He then said, "Well, I sure hope you bless those people." My response was, "They would be blessing me a lot more than I could ever bless them." And, sure enough, wherever I have been, I have been blessed. That's been the greatest luxury.
In one of your recent e-mails you correctly pointed out that I have had the luxury of traveling to many places so far in my life. Traveling around Asia as a (semi) backpacker, and years earlier taking trains through Eastern Europe at the tail-end of my year in Uzbekistan has been life-changing. It has been a joy, plus a sensational learning experience, that's for sure. I recall seeing my niece in a church musical one evening at the First Baptist Church of Headland, and afterwards I had a nice talk with one of the members of the church. I was telling him that I was planing to travel back to Asia - this was when Kade was in Headland with me - and specifically mentioned mainland China as a place that I longed to see. He then said, "Well, I sure hope you bless those people." My response was, "They would be blessing me a lot more than I could ever bless them." And, sure enough, wherever I have been, I have been blessed. That's been the greatest luxury.
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