Four Weeks with Neither an Insight nor an Outburst. What Gives?
The Explanation.
I love writing my Insights and Outbursts blog post. For decades, I published one every week. But a few years ago, I initiated a new plan: “A Post Every Other Week.” That plan has worked well. I wrote an Easter oriented Canela story that came out around Easter time. But this past month, my new plan was put On Hold.
Our youngest grandson, Aidan, honoured me by asking if I would officiate at his wedding to his fiancée, Lindsay, in a ceremony near her hometown, Vilonia, in Arkansas, about 60 kilometres north of Little Rock! So, for eight days, Jo and I joined many of our family members in Arkansas, 2,700 kilometres south of Edmonton, Alberta. Yes! Writing a blog post was the furthest thing from my mind! Then, to add to the confusion, the week we returned, I had three medical appointments. Go figure. But here is the blog post, although a couple of weeks late.
My Retirement
I mentioned in my last blog post that I am now 87 years old, and June 30 marks the last day of my being a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators. Jo and I joined Wycliffe in 1965, sixty years ago. Jo retired earlier because of several serious medical issues. Even in retiring from Wycliffe, I expect to keep attuned to the ideas and stories that my Main Editor, God’s Holy Spirit, puts into my mind. And as He leads, I will write a blog post, probably one every other week.
One of the last major services I performed for Wycliffe was to write the memoir of our twenty-three years of ministry as Bible translators among the Canela people of Brazil. The full name of the book is The Great Adventure: Our Life Among Brazil’s Canela People.
Where to Buy the Book
Check it out online at Amazon.ca or on Amazon.com.
Just search for Jack Popjes The Great Adventure.
It is also available to buy through the FriesenPress bookstore.
Search for FriesenPress bookstore, The Great Adventure.
Here are some readers’ comments:
“I’m already at page 31 and enjoying every word.” PG.
Your book was a page-turner, and I have passed it on to my sister.” I.
“I devoured the book, and it is now going the rounds of my friends.” K.
“Your book is one of the best books I have ever read.” AM.
“I love the way your whole family, wife, and daughters were fully involved.” S.
“Your decades of keeping daily diaries paid off and made your writing so interesting.” A.
“The prayer thread woven through each chapter made me praise God.” R.
After June 30, my jack.popjes@wycliffe.ca email will be scrapped, and I will be using this one, jackpopjes@gmail.com. Any gifts for us coming through Wycliffe after mid-June will not be passed on to us. We expect to live on our CPP and OAS income and our savings. We continue to trust that God will provide for us all that we need, as He has always done.
Blessings,
Jack and Jo