So I can remember when I went where, I will list out my travels.
1997 and 1998, Mexico - translated. Ensenada, Mexico
1999 Oregon spring break (Knew I was in Love with Momma)
1999 Calcutta/Prataphdighi,
India, 3+ weeks. Included some days in Darjeeling, In. Liked the area and people, wanted to return to Nepal
Chiang Mai, Thailand: spent about 3 weeks with "Henry and Tuk" supporting their church English Teaching ministry, children's minstry. They invited me and I joined their trip to
Singapore for another 4-5 days.
1999 Seoul, Korea. Visited for 3 days on the way home.
2000 Nepal/Tibet. Primarily Tibet, but went to Nepal early and spent 3-4 days there, mostly being near partner who went into the hospital for dehydration after eating local oily food. Tibet mission included covert tract distribution, prayer visiting of Potala Palace. Best part was after a horse ride to a tiny village, where we stayed in the homes of locals. Two girls spent time with us and showed us a site to see a sunset from; I shared a tiny bit about God with her through a phrase book/dictionary.
2000 Guatemala. Co-lead a team, outreach in streets and at orphanages; partnered with Verbo Church.
Following this, I traveled from Guatemala to Costa Rica by bus, briefly stopping in each country along the way;
El Salvador and Costa Rica, I stayed with families and in
Nicaragua I stayed at an orphanage.
Ecuador, visited a family in
Quito, saw the actual equator line, and went to a lowlands village. Also hiked on Cotopaxi volcano for a few hours. From here I flew to
Lima, Peru and then up to
Aguas Calientes, Peru, right near the Machu Picchu ruins. From here I took a bus to
the capitol of
Bolivia. Got discretely robbed, got to airport and flew to Santa Cruz - ready to be done and 'safe'!
late 2000, Santa Cruz, Bolivia - YWAM DTS, school of 25 with students from surrounding areas plus USA, New Zealand and 5 from Switzerland
2 months, Sao Paolo, Brazil - part of DTS - some street outreach, children's ministry.
2001 Bali & Java, Indonesia: Joined team and ministered at orphanages, churches and small groups.
2001 Nepal: Kathmandu, Anapurna circuit region. Visited 2-3 orphanages, prayed at temples, walked from high-level temple above/east of Johmsom area of the mountains.
Host here was Daniel Thocker Lama
Returned home and began pursuing and courting Momma-Samantha.
2002 Lead Mexico trip with school (Spring break) - organized by Azusa Pacific University
2003 Mexico: Same type trip, this time with Samantha
