November 06, 2005
Philly Memories
So this is what I did all summer. I was a tour guide. And yes, most of the time I gave tours in a burial ground—a famous burial ground, but a burial ground, nonetheless (the word graveyard hadn't been coined yet). In this picture I am telling the story of Major David Salisbury Franks, the highest-ranking Jewish officer in Washington's army. He died of yellow fever in the plague of 1793, and a Christian friend picked his body up off a cart on its way to a mass grave and brought him to Christ's Church for a proper burial. Kind of ironic that a Jewish man who died with a tarnished reputation ends up buried near Ben Franklin in a Christian burial ground.
(Constitution Center in the background)
Ahh, Philly. I miss it. I think this was on the way back from NYC about 20 minutes before my air compressor went...in the heaviest rain of the whole summer, of course.
The place of many of my most interesting conversations of the summer.
I honestly can’t say that I ever got tired of seeing this everyday on the way to work. That and my favorite cheese steak venders, Parul and Subhani. I had never met any Pakistani guys before this summer. Wow. Those guys sure could make a great cheese steak.
Posted by mgemb at November 6, 2005 10:59 PMHey Mike,
We sure do miss you here at Bethel. I hope you are doing well this semester. Praying for you.
Your Philly Friend,
Sarah Scudder
Thanks for the note and prayers, Sarah. I definitely think of Philadelphia and you all often--I'll have to give you and Derick a call soon.
Congrats on the new last name! I hadn't seen it written yet :)
good to see you on here too. I made a link to you and others from mine as well. keep it real man!
Posted by: cameron at December 8, 2005 07:47 PMMan, I wish we could have connected when you were up in this neck-of-the-woods last summer! What are your plans for next summer?
Posted by: Dan at December 10, 2005 09:01 AMI wish we would have, too. I think I lived as if I were going to be up there a long time--and then it was all of the sudden over. I would have loved to get to see you all, though.
As for next summer, I am not sure. There are a few options--counseling, summer school, going back to Philly, outside chance of going to China, and a couple others.
Any ideas?
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