Category Archives: travel

Pittsburgh Prays!

Posted on August 7, 2014 by emikodybdahl

A Pilgrimage of Faith Story & photos by Dave Bartruff “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the LORD!” Psalm 122:1 It was pitch-dark and raining hard as my flight from California … Continue reading →

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“Stranger in Paradise!”

Posted on July 30, 2014 by emikodybdahl

A California Teen Discovers His Okinawan Connection Anticipation was high and the Okinawan banquet hall filled with excitement as fifty-some relatives of all ages rose as one from the room’s traditional tatami floor to welcome their distant teenage kin from … Continue reading →

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Ryukyu King and Queen for a Day!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by emikodybdahl

A couple from California was touring Okinawa, “The Hawaii of Japan” and enjoying its beautiful beaches and culture vastly unique from the main islands of Japan to the north. A tropical chain of 120 coral islands resting in the emerald … Continue reading →

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Faith of Our Fathers

Posted on August 20, 2011 by daveweidlich

Momentarily lost in thought, time and place, I wandered through England’s Gloucester Cathedral, a magnificent edifice where construction began at the behest of William the Conqueror in A.D. 1089.  My reverie was suddenly broken as I gazed above me.  There, … Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished! Junipero Serra’s Roots

Posted on June 28, 2011 by daveweidlich

Ever since the founding of these United States, our passion as Christians has been to send missionaries abroad to the far reaches of the world to proclaim Jesus’ wondrous love and salvation: be it to New Guinea, the Congo or … Continue reading →

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Colorful Ethiopian Epiphany

Posted on November 10, 2010 by daveweidlich

Many of Ethiopia’s Christian worship traditions carry a strong Old Testament character. This is best observed during Timkat, the feast of the Epiphany or Twelfth Night, the highlight of the Ethiopian holy year. Continue reading →

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Rose Red Petra: Jordan’s Lost World Treasure Found!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by emikodybdahl

Photo feature by Dave Bartruff Millennia ago out in the sands of the Arabian desert on the routes of ancient camel caravans, the fabled city of Petra was sculpted masterfully from the natural rose red sandstone formations and gorges of … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Nile: Egypt’s River of Life

Posted on September 23, 2010 by davebartruff

Photo feature by Dave Bartruff Throughout time, the waters of the Nile River have sustained Egyptian civilization. Coursing six hundred miles northward from the Sudan border and emptying into the Mediterranean Sea, the waterway has always been Egypt’s River of … Continue reading →

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Still Burning for God In Egypt’s Sinai Wilderness

Posted on September 23, 2010 by emikodybdahl

Photo feature by Dave Bartruff In the midst of the Sinai wilderness, God commanded Moses to lead the Children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage and into His Promised Land. God spoke from the fires of a burning bush saying, … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Desert Monasteries of the Wadi Natroun

Posted on September 13, 2010 by davebartruff

Photo feature by Dave Bartruff Out in the Egyptian desert between Cairo and Alexandria is an oasis of Christianity that has existed for two millennia: the Coptic Orthodox monasteries of the Wadi Natroun. Here, millenia earlier, in the same vast … Continue reading →

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