Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.17.10 in Personal, Travel
This morning I’m on my way to northeastern Pennsylvania, to a town named Stroudsburg, located in the Poconos, right on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border, not that far from Scranton, a town made famous in recent years as the locale for the sit-com “The Office.” But Stroudsburg is important to me for another reason. About five-and-a-…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.28.10 in Personal, Travel
A few random thoughts . . .*If you go to Red Robin in Portland, you should order a hamburger, not clam chowder. So says Program Manager Janet Kerns who told me they have much better clam chowder in Cannon Beach. She’s right.*Clay Crosse is awesome. Terrific guy, wonderful talent, great heart for God. He really brought it tonight when he sang …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.26.10 in Travel
Today I’m on the road from Colorado Springs to Cannon Beach, Oregon for a week of ministry at Cannon Beach Conference Center. Marlene and I are flying from Denver to Salt City Lake where she will meet our daughter-in-law Vanessa who is flying in from Dallas. Vanessa and Marlene will fly on to Montana for Marlene’s family reunion that st…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.13.10 in Personal, Travel
Late yesterday Marlene and I returned from a brief vacation trip to Charleston, South Carolina. Early this morning a friend emailed saying she and her husband are heading to Charleston next week, and did I have any recommendations? Well, yes I do. Charleston struck us as a terrific town to visit, a place redolent with the fragrance of history infus…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.21.10 in An Anchor for the Soul, Missions, Travel, Word of Life
On Tuesday Peter took us to Kwale Prison to minister there. On this particular day 100-150 men voluntarily came to the meeting while many others who could not come listened from a nearby building. We brought soap and toilet paper, two items the prisoners desperately need. After Peter introduced our team, Jim King gave a spirited testimony. Then Pet…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.20.10 in Travel, Word of Life
On Monday we spent the entire day on a safari to the Tsavo East National Park in southern Kenya. To get there we drove about 2 1/2 hours from Mombasa. The park itself is larger than the entire country of Wales.Our genial guide Archie is also a member of Word of Life Fellowship Church. As a professional tour guide, he knows the many red dirt roads t…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.18.10 in Missions, Travel, Word of Life
Here are the first pictures from Kenya. On Monday we’re going on a safari so stayed tuned for more pictures on Tuesday….
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.17.10 in Missions, Travel, Word of Life
It’s late Saturday afternoon here in Mombasa. We got here in the middle of the night, after a long day sitting in the Kampala airport. We arrived in Mombasa at 11 PM, took a ferry across the inland passage, then rode across the island, arriving at Word of Life around 1 AM. We got to bed at 1:30 AM, totally fried. Up at 7:30 AM for 8 AM breakf…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.7.10 in Missions, Travel, Word of Life
In just 24 hours our team leaves for Africa. We’ll be gone 16 days, half of that time in Uganda and half of that time in Kenya. In both countries we’ll be working with Word of Life, the international youth ministry headquartered in Schroon Lake, New York.Several weeks ago Thomas Obunde who heads up Word of Life Uganda asked if we could …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.27.10 in Missions, Travel
I’m writing this note from the guesthouse at the SIM Missionary Village in Sebring Florida, in the southern part of the state about an hour and a half south of Orlando. This is my third visit. I spoke here in 2004 on the recommendation of Calvary missionaries John and Anne Ockers. Marlene came with me on my second visit in January 2006. So fa…
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