Author Archives: Stephen Nielsen

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/justina-in-medical-gear.jpg Here is my daughter Justina, on the left, with a friend. They are hospital nurses, in full protective gear, caring for covid-19 patients. I had just called and talked to my daughter Justina (pictured…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/marine-barracks-in-camp-lejeune-2.jpg Marine Corps barracks in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Looking back at my Vietnam experience, there is one thing that I keep thinking about: the fact that God was watching over me and keeping me…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/navy-hospitol-ship-in-vietnam-uss-sanctuary.jpg This is probably the Navy hospital ship I was on, the USS Sanctuary. During my entire Vietnam experience, I was never shot or wounded and I never got a purple heart. But I did…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/016.jpg https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/017.jpg https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/018.jpg https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/029.jpg There is something interesting or perhaps strange about these trees in the low lands and swamps. I’m not sure what kind of tree they are. I will just call they swamp…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/night-patrol-in-viet.jpg During the day in the village, life was pretty good. But at night things were different: we went on night patrol almost every night; and when we didn’t have night patrols, we usually just…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/003.jpg Just the two of them. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/032-2.jpg That’s more like it. Ten turtles all in a row. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/034-2.jpg This green Heron seems to like the company of turtles. https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/040-2.jpg The Heron takes center stage.

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/046-2.jpg This is where I stored my gear and shared meals with a Vietnamese family. It was your typical bamboo hutch. I never slept here though. Every night we went on night patrols, and that…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_1661.jpg I came in the house carried food from afar Like women of old, who shopped at bazaars. Was tired and beat from reading the signs, From standing on blue tape and waiting in lines.…

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https://studyingprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/chaplain-in-vietnam.jpg A Chaplain holds a service in Vietnam. There was always something to take you away from your regular duties. My diversion was that I needed glasses. I can’t remember what happened to them. Either…