I was honored to be in the audience for a very special event last night. I was with Dr. Jeff Salz and Alepho Deng.
Jeff Salz's tales of growing up in 1950's New Jersey and the glaciers of South America's Patagonian Ice Cap, are interwoven with Alepho Deng's memories of life in an idyllic Africa, unchanged for centuries, before being suddenly swallowed up by gunfire, bombs and starvation. His remarkable story is one of loss, endurance, a thousand mile trek across war-torn Africa and a journey to a place called America..., which might as well have been Mars.
The result was delightful evening of entertainment and a heartening vision of humanity that will remain with me for a long time.
From the stage Alepho quoted Attitude by Charles Swindoll. It was magical to hear the words that have hung on my bathroom wall for thirty years. I first hear them spoken by Wally (Famous) Amos on on an audio cassette. Transcribed, framed and hung so many years ago. I read them each morning.
For more information about this amazing presentation, visit:
Across Worlds - A Tale of Two Lives of Adventure!