+ Several interesting people at Gill’s work concluded there was now irrefutable proof that God did not exist, as men had been to the moon and had not seen him.

+ I was on summer break from Bible College, preparing to go back for my senior year.

+ I had declined an offer to leave college that summer and pastor a church in a small village in Kent, England. Smart move, especially for the folks in the church that would have been stuck with me!

+ I was engaged to an amazing young woman and we were planning a December wedding – that happened. Ruby Anniversary pending.

+ I sat on planet earth and watched history unfold before me on a black and white TV screen. I was in the home of an elderly couple from a Staffordshire church, who had given me accommodation while three fellow students and I helped that church doing some outreach for a week.

+ Thunderclap Newman had a chart-topping hit, Something In The Air. Don’t ask me, I have no recollection whatever of these one-hit wonders or the song they took to #1. I guess the title was right on though!

+ I thought the town I was staying in was a long way from home. Never thought I’d be living in New York!

+ I stayed in touch with several college friends throughout the summer – and am in touch with them still. Good friends!

+ I weighed 60lb more than I do now.

+ I was praying that God would use my life to help people come into a relationship with Jesus.

+ I had no idea that the son of the head engineer/designer of the lunar module would be a good friend of mine.

+ I had an increased respect for the USA – that has since grown exponentially.

+ Today that all seems a very long time ago – and it was. The intervening years have not all been easy, but there has been an incredible amount of good stuff. Life has been good – and it’s getting better!