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Rev Jules with her 1971 VW Van, in 1983 or 84

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Date: 06/01/07

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It was a groovy Camper Van, with 2 beds, cupboards, plaid curtains on louvered, screened windows, and had a sink/icebox/lift up table in the kitchenette. (Back then some folks used to call me Rev. - and that had nothing to do with engines!) Bought this VW (and a Motorcycle and Puppy) to have more fun when in Seminary in Anderson, Indiana. Trust me, after Montana and Oregon, Indiana is not such a stimulating place. Holiday travel, friends, and being the, COED Resident Director and Advisor to the Anderson College Peace Fellowship - gave that experience meaning. Quaker Friends in the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Prison Outreach were also much appreciated. (I catalogued the Archives of South African Quakers as a learning project while in RSA) Drove the VW back to Oregon to work (helping students have cross-cultural experiences) at Warner Pacific College. Around this time, I'd been to Europe a few times and saw that many people NEVER own vehicles and lived just fine. I decided to stop supporting oil wars, and make the shift to using the Bus. Sold my motorcycle, and a quiet voice in my head said: send the money to India to help 3 people get a higher education. It was the right thing to do, instead of just visiting there. My library had been shipped to Luo land in Kenya the year before, along with a large share of President Robert Readon's library. Sold my Honda Car to buy a big Ticket - so my friend Jim Madtsen could come along on an adventure in apartheid-era South Africa. he was more tender-hearted than me and returned early, feeling tortured by the daily oppression he saw there. I had the time of my life, and was valued as an American Black Liberation theologian, speaking 3rd in a series - in the largest protect chuurch in RSA, with a Midnight has Arrived homily in Cape Town - the morning of the LAST State of Emergency. Sold this VW on my return, to some happy Californians, after returning from South Africa. This was my 3rd trip to Africa, and I was a Graduate Fellow for International Understanding and Peace - a former Ambassadoral program of the Rotary Foundation Intl. (Thank you Rotarians!)