1.  Waded through Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem, dug around 700 BC

 

2.  Harvested trees in an Alaskan forest to build a cottage for an Orphanage

 

3.  Organized a re-roofing party for a single woman in need

 

4.  Won a preaching contest at Harvard University in Memorial Chapel

 

5.  Started an inter-denominational lay training school

 

6.  Taught "The Bible as History" in a community college for 7 years

 

8.  Became a professor in private college at age 23

 

9.  Debated Rastifarians in Jamaica as only "white man" in a mountain village

 

10. Participated in two archaeological excavations in Israel

 

11. Preached with aid of interpreters in Mexico and Poland

 

12. Married well to my colleague sweet-heart

 

13. Helped repair a charitable home for run-away children in Brazil with a team of fathers and sons from California

 

14. Canoed down the Washita River in Oklahoma as boy scout

 

15. Served on a Board of Directors for a religious college for 7 years

 

16. Drove to Alaska with a team of students from Missouri in a '55 Plymouth

 

17. Had my misplaced luggage blown up in Israel

 

18. Enjoyed a family sabbatical at Harvard as a Merrill Fellow

 

19. Son of a pastor and father of a pastor

 

20.  What I want to do next is help your Church with its real estate needs . . .