What were the roads Wandering Wes walked down?
The answer, my friend, was blowin’ in the wind.
I said they were subject to change at any time! (John 3:8) And did change. A few notes, newest first:
Dates |
Where |
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Aug 2015—Dec 2015 |
Five months in Sallisaw. Intended to finish disposing of the stuff and spend some time with my parents and sister. I spent over a week in Fort Wayne on the way there from Toronto. I did less “stuff sorting” than I had hoped, partly because I took an online class (Perspectives) and partly because I did a lot of other things (including a lot of idle time). Managed to plan part of next year. |
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Jul 2015 |
PLANTS & IMPACT. Learned a lot, and was challenged a lot. I think it was Ron Allen who said, “God is more concerned with your character than your conduct.” I think He is also more concerned with character and conduct than with comfort. Being introverted and reserved, I’m not often inclined to speak unless spoken to, but these classes required a lot of interaction. |
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Jun 2015 |
Maybe also Shrewsbury, home of Brother Cadfael. Conveniently, friends from Fort Wayne were planning to be in Cardiff for a while.nbsp; I got there before they did and slept there three nights. Expected to meet them at Fremont Baptist Church, but they too were delayed at JFK. Someone from the church lived near where they were to stay, so he dropped me off there to greet them. I walked at least 36 kilometers in Cardiff and had a large blister on my right foot, so instead of walking to Shrewsbury and Manchester, I took trains and buses. This of course gave me a lot more time to explore. Slept one night in Newport, one in a camping trailer on a farm, three in a house near Shrewsbury, two in a hotel in Flint, and two in a tent near Cuddington. Finally, enjoyed two days in Iceland instead of two hours for the same plane fare. |
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May 2015—Jun 2015 |
At Oasis Trails. Slept one night in a very nice house in Arróniz, but a bit hungry because there are no grocery stores in Arróniz. Six kilometers the next day, through Barbarín and Lúquin to Villamayor de Monjardín. Seven weeks at the albergue cooking, cleaning, and other things for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago. Both the work and the local explorations were very fulfilling, but the part I liked best was the nightly “Jesus meditation”—a half-hour of quiet music with an couple of short Scripture readings. |
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24 Apr 2015—1 May 2015 |
Still more “stuff” to dispose of. Came back from Fort Wayne with about three hundred cubic meters. Books to library and thrift shop, many other things given away. Lots of stuff thrown away. Two people can accumulate so much in sixty years! |
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Oct 2014 |
Retired from Parkview Health. Spent several days getting rid of more stuff, putting some in storage, and selling the house. Flew to Denver to see my sister, then to Oklahoma to see parents and my other sister, then off to Turkey. Stopped in Amsterdam for two days on the way, staying at Shelter Jordan. Then on to Turkey, where I walked hundreds of kilometers, mostly wandering around the cities of İstanbul and Van. |
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