Various

Within the past 30 days a missionary that I help support through my church's Mission committee went through a horrendous experience. He works in Haiti. While some of his helpers & he were loading a van to take supplies to another location some men pulled a gun to rob them. He was shot in the leg, rushed to a Doctors w/o Borders site where he received good treatment and eventually flew to the States. He has recovered & will be returning in a few days to continue his service. He is a man of courage and conviction. God be with him and his team.

This post is titled "Various" so I may as well comment on something else. This is a change of subject.

I believe the political process that is in practice now to be distructive. It seems to me that most of our "leaders" are polititions vice states-people (as in "statesmen"). While I have not changed party registration I am tempted. The Libertarian party looks better to me, for example.

I recommend reading a play script written some years ago by Robert Bolt: A Man For All Seasons. yes, he also converted it into a movie script of the same name. It is well worth watching in my opinion.

Best.