<div dir="ltr">Just ordered it from my local bookseller. Looking forward to it!<div><br></div><div>Shelley Hahn</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:48 AM JB Webster via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">Here's my review of John Burbidge book More Than Halfway to Somewhere that I've posted five-star on the Goodreads site as well as on Facebook:</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"> Being associated
with Order:Ecumenical for 30 years, Burbidge lived a rich life of
adventure and service. He was a fresh traveler from his native
Australia and anxious about what he was getting himself into:
American culture, ghetto society and the initial existential impact
of The Order's communal style struck him as a baptism of fire that
“doesn't come close to describing it.” Later, as he became
involved with advancing Institute community development programs
around the world, he describes roller-coaster highs and
life-threatening lows as well as vibrant human exchanges. As he
hitchhiked Zimbabwe he had colorful conversations with a Yorkshire
truck driver who welcomed him to stay a few nights with his family.
Then there are hassles with Nigerian “Err-ways” and other
zoo-like experiences at international airports. He describes
balancing acts as he rode buses in India, Nairobi slums and much
amazing and sometimes unexpected hospitality wherever he went.
Strange foods such as raw crocodile. He emphasizes that travel is
about people, not places and how travel is a learning experience.
Overall, truly an engaging read. (Disclosure: I knew Burbidge when we
were Ecclesiola colleagues [he would say “mates”] during a summer
Ecumenical Institute research event.)</p>
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