PAPA JOHN'S VERSION OF "I HAVE...."

[In response to Patty’s challenge recently,
(see http://clayinkpot.blogspot.com/ )
and as Thank You for a Wonderful Day at the
Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in Seattle today…]

I have an unshakable faith in Almighty God.
I have a wife who is truly a saint in the Lord’s church.
I have three kids, each much smarter and more polite than I.
I have a terrific son-in-law and a special daughter-in-law.
I have five really special grand daughters.
I have lived in six states.
I have been to all fifty states.
I have traveled by car, train, plane, boat, burro, and shank’s mare.
I have waded in the Gulfs of California, Catalina, Mexico, El Golfo de
Venezuela, and the Bight of Benin.
I have swum in a Salton Sea and in a Great Salt Lake, both buoyantly.
I have fished among sea lions, porpoise, and great grey whales.
I have directed a “mule camp” using wild, free range burros.
I have baptized a man in his wheelchair.
I have two precious Bible Study LIFE Groups I enjoy teaching,
I have visited friends and family in Togo, West Africa – twice.
I have read between two and ten books a week since I was five,
I have walked on Patty’s glacier and others many times.
I have fond memories of the bonsai I used to create and nurture.
I have a fascination with Japanese foods and cooking techniques.
I have donated many gallons of O- blood.
I have a large and wonderful church family.
I have to take nine pills a day currently.
I have a lifelong curiosity about earthquakes and volcanoes.
I have been a janitorial business.
I have a really full schedule, especially on Wednesdays.
I have had a twelve mile long bicycle newspaper route.
I have raised chickens by the hundreds for income.
I have been one of Pacific Telephone’s first long-distance operators.
I have worked in the world’s largest avocado packing plant.
I have rolled massive granite boulders off of a steep mountain.
I have about fifteen versions of the Bible.
I have a thing about shopping at garage and estate sales.
I have a sensitivity to caffeine.
I have a secret 100% productive halibut hole in Alaska.
I have driven the Alaska Highway and all Alaska State highways.
I have a pet-free home.
I have a Dad who is a real special gentleman.
I have my Dad’s career toolbox.
I have been in six foreign countries.
I have viewed NYC from inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty.
I have flat feet.
I have untold and uncountable blessings.
I have a collection of Indian pottery.
I have a son who teaches 3rd grade and does summer mission work.
I have a multi-talented daughter.
I have preached where most folk did not speak/or understand English.
I have a son who is a skilled airplane pilot.
I have a gentleman’s orchard with twenty-two different kinds of fruit.
I have most USA stamps from 1901 to 2000 in mint condition.
I have been shipwrecked in a desert.
I have a fairly large personal library, with emphasis on religious texts.
I have started in oil-painting and have joined a guild of oil painters.
I have had a valid Amateur [Ham] Radio License for about 35 years.
I have fond memories of gillnetting for salmon in Alaska.
I have seriously underused my 22’ camping trailer.
I have a serious itch to move and improve our housing/life situation.
I have climbed Tahquitz Rock with technical gear.
I have directed the musicals Brigadoon and Oklahoma.
I have done a little spelunking.
I have a splendid collection of everyday Togo artifacts.
I have driven the entire Yukon "Top-of-the-World Highway".
I have walked beside the mighty Yukon River.
I have watched noodling on the Mississippi.
I have trucked Duke Snyder’s avocados to the packing plant.
I have free dived to 35’ for abalone at Point Loma.
I have type II diabetes and also take a heart medication.
I have rafted on the Ohio River, Tom Sawyer style.
I have owned at least twelve vehicles in fifty years.
I have, at foot of Niagara Falls, looked behind the falling water.
I have panned gold in famous gold camp communities of Alaska.
I have twice climbed all the steps of the Washington Monument.
I have slept overnight on the New York Subway.
I have seen most of the grand National Parks: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, National Mall, Carlsbad Caverns, Denali, Death Valley, Grand Teton, Mesa Verde, Redwoods, ETC….
I have precious heirlooms which were my grandparent’s favorites too.
I have pitched chum (bait) on a San Diego deep sea fishing vessel .
I have been a church elder for nearly fourteen years.
I have unknowingly been near a tornado.
I have memories that date to World War II.
I directed a Highways Dept. OJT Program for the Governor of Alaska.
I assisted in emergency communications when Mt. St. Helens erupted.
I helped with recovery efforts when the Princendam sank in Alaska.
I learned to drive in a secret, contraband Model B Ford Roadster.
I attended Tanda church camp for 17 straight years.
I regret selling my '33 Plymouth Coupe with rainbow opera windows.
I was within a few feet of a (25’?) foraging killer whale.
I once had a precious and awesome mentor named Clark.
I taught English classes for a year at Columbia Christian High School.
I am married to a famous published author.
I experienced an early form of school desegregation in Ohio.
I coached golf for a school team.
I passed up a good scholarship from Sanford to attend Pepperdine.
I lettered in Swimming.
I once found rare CA Indian artifacts that were a thousand years old.
I was an Audiologist for the State of Alaska.
I used to camp for days at a time in the Sonoran High Desert.
I retired in 1987.
I soloed an airplane on 8-8-88.
I used to buy 50-80 hamburgers/fries/drinks at a time at McDonalds.
(It was one of the first three stores and burgers were only 12 cents.)
I “vacationed” in Caracas, Venezuela when Betty and I visited GK.
I sunburned badly on a Carribean island.
I am supportive of missions and missionaries that preach the Gospel.
I once enjoyed reading encyclopedias and finished three sets.
(World Book; Book of Knowledge; and much of Encyclopedia Britannica)
I used to play in a Bluegrass Band with a bunch of teacher buddies.
I have way too much stuff.
I am currently in a process of downsizing and minimizing my stuff.
I love genuine bluegrass music, but especially Gospel Bluegrass.
I had dozens of jobs as a teenager.
I really enjoy Bible study.
I am totally frustrated by the rapid pace of change in recent years.
I am convinced that most change does not better the situation.
I wish I still had a boat.
I learned to waterski in New Hampshire; my teacher was a blond.
I saw a GIANT crocodile in the Everglades as it crossed the road.
And just today, thanks to Patty and Edwin, I saw portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls in that inspiring exhibit in Seattle's Science Center. Thanks, Kids.

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