December 4th, 2022 – 4:57pm – Haifa Hostel, Haifa, Israel:

It is that time to write again for myself the whys of this journey with the Lord. This will not be a complete list of course… but I will try my best to remember all those that I have met along the way to make this journey worth its high cost.

I make this list so you can see clearly the why and the where and the when that your support and prayers has made possible.

The mother with 8 kids. The kids of that mother. The couple who played the game. The grandparents who got the puppies. The girl who loves the popcorn. The people who played pool. The writer on the porch. The man from Lake Tahoe. The man who showed me the city and his friend who listened. The son who received the laptop. The women at the restaurant. The man in the airport. The four Russians. The countless ones who came and went. The one without the dishwasher. The one who will be a doctor. The one who makes her own clothes. The friend from below. The one across the way. The tall German man who spent three days with me, the one who I gave my coat and the white stone. And the countless others along the way.