Monday, October 20, 2008
Campus Crusade Part 16
During those years I did do some non-ministry related vacations.
This is taken from my June 1976 prayerletter.
"Recently one of my roommates, Steve Bradshaw and myself
took a week off for vacation and took a trip up the California
coastline. We had a great time, relaxing and unwinding
from our work schedules. We did a little of everything from
sunbathing on the beaches, beachcombing, camping, hiking,
sightseeing and picture taking. I would highly recommend
the trip up the California coast to you as it is very beautiful
we stopped at Heart Castle and spent several days in San
Francisco. In San Francisco we rode on the cable cars,
visited Chinatown and Fisherman's wharf and even took
a boat trip and tour of Alcartez Island (Steve works in a
prison ministry). All in all it was a tremendous week."
As I recall this was probably the first actual vacation that
I had since joining CCC staff.
Steve was a great travel companion. He was quite outgoing
and a good talker and very interested in other people.
Another year Steve and I took a short vacation trip to see
the Grand Canyon which was the first time I had visited
this fantastic natural wonder. Steve soon left Southern
California to start his own prison ministry in in his native
Oklahoma. When Steve left our home situation on
Hampshire many of us were disappointed on one hand
but excited about what the Lord would do through Steve
in the years ahead.
In July of 1976 I again attended the San Diego Comic Con.
This was an escpecially memorable year. One of the major
guests was popular science fiction/fantasy writer Ray Bradbury.
Bradbury had written on othe the modern science fiction
classics called the Martian Chronicles. During the convention
the Viking I Mars lander touched do on the surface of Mars.
This was the first time an Earth vehicle had landed successfully
on this planet. Ray Bradbury was absolutely beside himself and
ecstatic that he was able to witness the fulfillment of his long
time dream of an Earth connection to the Red planet.
This was certainly a historic event comparable to what happened
on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong first set foot on Lunar
soil being the first man on the moon.
This is taken from my June 1976 prayerletter.
"Recently one of my roommates, Steve Bradshaw and myself
took a week off for vacation and took a trip up the California
coastline. We had a great time, relaxing and unwinding
from our work schedules. We did a little of everything from
sunbathing on the beaches, beachcombing, camping, hiking,
sightseeing and picture taking. I would highly recommend
the trip up the California coast to you as it is very beautiful
we stopped at Heart Castle and spent several days in San
Francisco. In San Francisco we rode on the cable cars,
visited Chinatown and Fisherman's wharf and even took
a boat trip and tour of Alcartez Island (Steve works in a
prison ministry). All in all it was a tremendous week."
As I recall this was probably the first actual vacation that
I had since joining CCC staff.
Steve was a great travel companion. He was quite outgoing
and a good talker and very interested in other people.
Another year Steve and I took a short vacation trip to see
the Grand Canyon which was the first time I had visited
this fantastic natural wonder. Steve soon left Southern
California to start his own prison ministry in in his native
Oklahoma. When Steve left our home situation on
Hampshire many of us were disappointed on one hand
but excited about what the Lord would do through Steve
in the years ahead.
In July of 1976 I again attended the San Diego Comic Con.
This was an escpecially memorable year. One of the major
guests was popular science fiction/fantasy writer Ray Bradbury.
Bradbury had written on othe the modern science fiction
classics called the Martian Chronicles. During the convention
the Viking I Mars lander touched do on the surface of Mars.
This was the first time an Earth vehicle had landed successfully
on this planet. Ray Bradbury was absolutely beside himself and
ecstatic that he was able to witness the fulfillment of his long
time dream of an Earth connection to the Red planet.
This was certainly a historic event comparable to what happened
on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong first set foot on Lunar
soil being the first man on the moon.
# posted by Dino Don @ 12:17 PM 
