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VINNY'S TIMELINE
A timeline view of Vinny’s amazing life and accomplishments.
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The beginning: Growing up in Brooklyn. 1954-1968
Teenage Years in Bay Ridge from 1969-1974
Marine Corps and radical Christian conversion 1974-1977
College and Parable Players 1977-1993
Youth Director, Social Justice, and the beginning of overseas mission work 1987-1994
The Early Years of Missions work 1995-2000
Missions work into the 2000’s and Hosting Programs 2000-2024
Present work and the future
The beginning: Growing up in Brooklyn. 1954-1968
May 15, 1958
My Dad
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July 2, 1958
Earliest Memories
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September 1, 1959
First Day of Kindergarten
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October 15, 1959
Kindergarten trauma and the balance of suffering
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September 1, 1960
St Ephrem’s Grammar School
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August 8, 1963
Uncle Matty and the Fireworks story
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June 18, 1964
Summers in California
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Teenage Years in Bay Ridge from 1969-1974
January 1, 1969
Cover of the New Yorker Magazine
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March 1, 1969
The “Burn Out” Years
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March 19, 1970
Brooklyn in the early 70’s
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July 15, 1970
Mount Tremper Camp
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March 16, 1972
Runaway
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Marine Corps and radical Christian conversion 1974-1977
January 1, 1969
Cover of the New Yorker Magazine
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March 1, 1974
Marine Corps
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May 31, 1974
Boot Camp
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July 21, 1975
Christian Conversion Experience
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November 12, 1975
Total Depravity and Good Works
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College and Parable Players 1977-1993
June 1, 1977
Calvinism
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April 1, 1986
The Parable Players
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Youth Director, Social Justice, and the beginning of overseas mission work 1987-1994
September 1, 1987
Brooklyn Youth Director
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June 12, 1991
First Mission Trip
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The Early Years of Missions work 1995-2000
July 15, 1999
Bible Study Odessa, Ukraine
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January 1, 2000
FH Missions Statement
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Missions work into the 2000’s and Hosting Programs 2000-2024
March 18, 2007
Spring Break Nicaragua Mission Trip
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July 13, 2007
Letter to Host Families: Summer Hosting Visa Crisis
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March 25, 2008
Experiences from my April trip to Ukraine
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April 17, 2008
April 2008 trip to Ukraine
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February 4, 2009
My Lost Sheep
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May 22, 2009
Update on Galina
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March 24, 2011
Thoughts on the 2011 Spring Break Trip
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May 9, 2012
Existentialist Angst
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September 14, 2013
A Day at the Park
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January 22, 2014
Lots of Crying in Turkey
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January 2, 2017
Death Waits
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January 24, 2020
The Suffering of the Innocent
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October 24, 2020
My First Mission Trip After Covid
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December 23, 2020
Nicaragua Christmas Wish
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December 26, 2020
Rumors of Glory: Morgan’s Rock, Nicaragua
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February 3, 2021
More thoughts on traveling during covid
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February 8, 2021
Ukraine Christmas Wish
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March 30, 2021
Jackson Hole
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April 3, 2021
Dad
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August 12, 2021
Summer Hosting
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February 11, 2022
Only for a moment
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February 11, 2022
Venting in Frustration
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February 16, 2022
More Venting
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March 27, 2022
Katya
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April 5, 2022
A Philosophy of Giving
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May 6, 2022
Thoughts On My Second Trip To Poland
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December 31, 2022
The Bias of Compassion: Nica Christmas Wish
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January 27, 2023
Poland Christmas Wish
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February 13, 2023
Selfishness disguised as Good Works
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April 8, 2023
I Hate Death
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June 28, 2023
So Close To Death
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August 24, 2023
Ukraine Say Yes Camp
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December 28, 2023
Nicaragua Christmas Wish
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January 24, 2024
Ukraine Winter Camp Say Yes
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February 14, 2024
Poland Christmas Wish
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February 28, 2024
Veronika and Valera’s surgery
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April 18, 2024
April Nicaragua Trip
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June 14, 2024
Dreams From the Edge of Reality
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August 16, 2024
Camp Dreamland Ukraine trip
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August 23, 2024
Poland Summer Camp
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September 23, 2024
The Senior Olympics
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December 2, 2024
Tony Campolo
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December 28, 2024
Doing a Bit of Good
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Present work and the future
March 11, 2025
The Luck of the Draw
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April 16, 2025
But We’re Still Best Friends
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May 1, 2025
The Problem of Evil
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May 9, 2025
I can’t let it go
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May 23, 2025
The Paradox of Suffering
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September 21, 2025
My “Stone Cold” Sunday Morning
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October 12, 2025
Bruce Cockburn
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April 5, 2026
The Comedy of Death
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April 19, 2026
A Certain Slant of Light
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October 20, 2026
Ongoing Moral Dilemma’s
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