A Journey from Surviving to Thriving

 That fateful day in the trauma center was not much fun for that sad, old man.  Yet the discovery in those chest x-rays was even more disturbing!  Something new seemed to be on the horizon.  Maybe it’s my entrepreneurial wiring, but Isaiah 43:18-19 has always been intriguing to me —   “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (NIV)   New things energize me.  I resonate with the challenge of new things thrust upon me.  Was this trauma center discovery truly another new thing?  If so, how will it affect my life?  As the team of doctors pored over my chest x-rays counting my six cracked ribs they noticed something unusual in my lungs.  By the way, those  ribs were not just “cracked”; at least some of them were completely “broken”. When walking I could feel, and thought I could hear, them bumping against one another.  Anyway, those doctors noticed a “scarring” of some sort in my lungs and immediately set

Once upon a time in a not-too-far-away land there lived a rather unusual old man.  One week, in the height of Summer heat this man, rather old and obviously not too smart, set about to paint   a  red tin roof on a nearby garage.  On one particular morning that week, actually quite early in the morning to beat the heat (now only a cool 93 degrees), life changed — and as you guessed, in not too smart a fashion. Fortunately for this sad fellow, his son dutifully painted with him on the other side of that pitched tin roof.  Together they painted amidst a torrential burst of perspiration for nearly an hour, when duly depressed with the foolishness of painting in such a sorrowful state, both this sad   old man and son began winding down all painting operations.  The old man was dispatched to return to the ground while the son finished a bit more painting on the other side of the roof.   In the process of descending the ladder the old man did indeed abruptly, unintentionally and rather cerem

About Us: Don and Marilyn Graybill are on staff with The Navigators and have been involved in leading discipling ministries and helping people grow in their personal walks with Jesus Christ for over thirty years.   Both Don and Marilyn, grew up in the Hershey, PA, area and surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ early in life. Don graduated with engineering degrees from Penn State University and the Air Force Institute of Technology and held numerous key positions in field and command assignments around the world. Upon retirement from the Air Force, Don and Marilyn followed God into a full-time staff ministry relationship with The Navigators, building disciples of Jesus Christ.   Marilyn is a trained, experienced executive secretary, medical assistant and discipler.  She is a valued homemaker, grandmother, and actively ministers in partnership with Don.   Don and Marilyn Graybill have four adult children and ten grandchildren and live in the Mount Joy area of Lancaster County, PA.