Priscilla’s World

Dominican Republic Scholarship

Dear Friends, You receive this letter as a friend of Judy Brook or of Rodney Wilson. Both Judy and Rod served on the Dream Team, their medical mission team to the Dominican Republic.  When Judy died in October of 2004, it was Rodney Wilson who was inspired to found...

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The Beginning and the End

“I’m not going to date one of the ‘big boys.” I’d heard a rumor that Rodney Wilson planned to ask me for a date. Since I was only a junior in high school, his return from the Navy qualified him as one of the “big boys.” That spring of 1947 most of my girl friends at...

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“How are you doing?”

How respond when someone asks, “How are you doing?” That is a puzzlement!! We all ask that question in one form or another. We ask it in ordinary everyday situations. But let there be a death in the family and it is a standard question. The thing is…while I don’t know...

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Moments to hold dear

A year ago Rodney and I attended Bill Tammeus's annual writing week at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Our writing buddy, Kaze Gadway joined us. "Death and Its Mysteries" was the theme for the week.  Little did we know what a gift that would be. The week gave us the...

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A Life of Service

Tribute | Rodney Wilson, a life of service The Kansas City Star By KATHLEEN POINTER Who:Rodney Eugene Wilson, 84, of Mission Hills. When and how he died: June 5, 2011 from a massive brain hemorrhage. On the railroad: Rodney Wilson was a man of service. In 1944, he...

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A Train Story in India

Another quick story from Paula Philbrook. I'd forgotten this one... In 1984, in New Delhi at the International Exposition for Rural Development (IERD), we sent teams out to places across India for visits to exceptional examples of sustainable development.  Rodney's...

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