While I was attending the University of Oregon in the mid-1970's, one of my best buddies was at Princeton. For some odd reason, he ended up rooming with the football team. After graduation, he kept in touch with his old roommates and, a couple of years ago, one of them passed away. On the night before the funeral, they all got together and one of them made the comment: “You know, guys, as far as life is concerned, the game is now in the fourth quarter.”
It also hit me that I am in the fourth quarter of life, and it might be time to move on to new challenges. An opportunity came up for Denita and I to move to the Greek island of Samos for a year. So we rented a three story house in Samos town which has a fantastic view across the harbor from the covered rooftop. Samos lies on the eastern side of the Aegean Sea, less than a mile from Turkey at one point. It is about 27 miles long and 8 miles wide. Samos has two mountains that stretch up to 4,500’, trapping moisture and making it one of the greenest of the Greek isles.
It also hit me that I am in the fourth quarter of life, and it might be time to move on to new challenges. An opportunity came up for Denita and I to move to the Greek island of Samos for a year. So we rented a three story house in Samos town which has a fantastic view across the harbor from the covered rooftop. Samos lies on the eastern side of the Aegean Sea, less than a mile from Turkey at one point. It is about 27 miles long and 8 miles wide. Samos has two mountains that stretch up to 4,500’, trapping moisture and making it one of the greenest of the Greek isles.
You both look so at home there. Is it because you're following in the footsteps of Jesus that it feels so familiar?
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