{"id":8065,"date":"2024-09-14T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=8065"},"modified":"2024-09-01T19:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:53:03","slug":"still-going-at-age-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=8065","title":{"rendered":"Still Going at Age 95!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve written about Dr. Frank Dennis<\/a> before. His stories of adventures as an orthopaedic surgeon in Taiwan are always inspiring. Frank is about to turn 95, and I received this email “report” of his ongoing activities. I’m inspired. I hope you will be, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I soon will pass the 95 milestone. \u00a0I thought I would send out a little update, sort of an inventory of what is still on my shelf and how God is still keeping me going. \u00a0I will be celebrating in 3 different places and with a Taiwan Zoom call in the midst of one of them. \u00a0Chocolate cake seems to be abundant in which case I may skip my daily routine \u00a0of a 30-minute nap, followed by a small cup of coffee and. a chocolate nugget. That routine keeps me perky to 9 or 10 most evenings. I sometimes feel old!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dress like a cowboy with a big hat. \u00a0In the hat I keep handouts <\/a>to explain the Key of Promise in Ephesians 2:10, \u201dYou are God\u2019s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus for Good Works, which God has prepared in advance for you to do\u201d. (NIV) I also have one that is \u201cHow to use the Key\u201d for those who are looking for ways to advance the Kingdom and want to buy more ($2.50). \u00a0Sad that very few Christians realize they were created to do a Good Work appointed by God! \u00a0 I buy keys 250 at a time and have them engraved EPH 2:10. We must use this tool before keys become obsolete!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hat also has a lot of paper strips for making the world\u2019s cheapest educational toy, a paper helicopter<\/a> which \u00a0teaches \u00a01\/3 and 1\/2 very simply and is fun and an intro into a conversation. I have a lot of fun in restaurants with kids and grandparents while they wait for food.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Portrait of Frank by a pastor’s wife in Taitung, Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also am enjoying giving lovely gift books of the “Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ\u201d… a vey readable sequential record from the Bible, just a straight read all together. \u00a0If you want to get in the game, just go to plusnothing.com<\/a> and ask for as many as you can give away. \u00a0These are FREE!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still preach once a month at  the Colorado Springs Chinese Evangelical Church, drive when Billy [his son] isn\u2019t available, Billy will be flying to Taiwan for two weeks so I will see how I get along without him.  My granddaughter, Anna Saracoff, is living downstairs and will be a help. She is also making Blessing Bracelets<\/strong> which she and I love to sell ($10) to remind the wearers to give thanks for their blessings, a blessing for each of the 4 or 5 beads. “Count your blessings, name them one by one ,and it will surprise you what the Lord has done.\u201d  It helps cultivate the attitude of gratitude.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My book, \u201cCome, Let\u2019s Work Together with God.\u201d has been printed in Taiwan but we are having distribution problems with the English version.  The Chinese version is available in Taiwan.  Billy is hoping to sort out the problems.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am scheduled to go to Taiwan Oct 14 for about 10 days to show my face at a drama production about our work, always a lot of fun and to see many friends and speak here and there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always appreciate your prayers which have opened many doors and have preserved me so long. I am not sure I like that word \u201cpreserved\u201d but you know what I mean. Please keep praying God will be pleased and Jesus will come soon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still in His glad service,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Frank Dennis, AKA<\/em>\u3002\u8b5a\u7dad\u7fa9 or \u8b5a\u7238\u7238, Papa Tan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, the man is 95. I get tired just reading about all his activities. Frank embodies this section of Psalm 92. I want to be like Frank when I grow up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Psalm 92.12 – 15, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve written about Dr. Frank Dennis before. His stories of adventures as an orthopaedic surgeon in Taiwan are always inspiring. Frank is about to turn 95, and I received this email “report” of his ongoing activities. I’m inspired. I hope you will be, too. I soon will pass the 95 milestone. \u00a0I thought I would … Continue reading Still Going at Age 95!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-265","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8065"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8070,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065\/revisions\/8070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}