<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Puerto-Rico/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>RichDrama - Blog #Puerto Rico</title><description>RichDrama - Blog #Puerto Rico</description><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Puerto-Rico</link><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:41:37 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Reposting a report on Toronto and the Olympics from 2012]]></title><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/reposting-report-on-toronto-and</link><description><![CDATA[Rich with Ian Sadler, organist for Chariots of Fire. My Toronto performance of Beyond the Chariots &nbsp;in April was bookended by Ian Sadler playing th ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_35wxNnxyQ9uZBUy9BxXPzw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_Xi6U2-wlSXaNh-K0B0mEjQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_XqPAJyx2TAmFNmTkQFzSKw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_FuC7HxiFQlC860CwShj4Cw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;text-align:left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/88a7e7be-ad5a-4943-a8c6-272d9e6b6d3b/00000466.png" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" class="embeddedObject" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/88a7e7be-ad5a-4943-a8c6-272d9e6b6d3b/00000466.png" width="200"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Rich with Ian Sadler, organist for<br><i>Chariots of Fire.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> My Toronto performance of <i><a href="http://richdrama.com/BeyondTheChariots">Beyond the Chariots</a></i>&nbsp;in April was bookended by Ian Sadler playing the same pieces on the organ as he did in the Academy Award-winning film <i>Chariots of Fire. </i>To hear &quot;Jerusalem&quot; played as it had in the film, just before I walked out to perform my play about Eric Liddell, one of the main subjects of the film, was a very special moment indeed. &nbsp;Two of the daughters of Eric Liddell also spoke that evening, marking the fourth such performance, starting with Heather Ingham, Eric's middle daughter, speaking after an Off-Broadway performance in 2006. Heather found out I was performing the play at Trafalgar Castle School for girls the following Monday, and she was kind enough to speak there, as well. <br><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:right;margin-left:1em;text-align:right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/da2134d8-94ca-4325-9dec-2ae2cc421950/00000467.png" style="clear:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" class="embeddedObject" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/da2134d8-94ca-4325-9dec-2ae2cc421950/00000467.png" width="200"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Rich with Eric Liddell's daughters<br> and their husbands.</td></tr></tbody></table> The highlight of my time in Toronto was when Heather told me upon my arrival about the story told about her in <a href="http://odb.org/2009/09/23/julies-prayer/">Our Daily Bread</a>, about how her faith had been &quot;rekindled&quot; through a prayer for her aunt which was instantly answered while they were in China preceding the 2008 Olympics, visiting the key places Eric and Flo Liddell had lived. <br><br> Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London were all during the two weeks of the Summer Olympics. <br><br> In Puerto Rico I taught with fellow board members of <a href="http://cita.org/">Christians in Theatre Arts</a> at a conference for applied theatre practitioners. In London we had four performances in various parts of the city, and three were within five miles of the Olympic Pavillion. We were surprised that Transylvania was the highlight of the trip. We found ourselves laughing at everything, and it occurred to us that, in a land scarred by persecution, we were bringing healing through our laughter. <br><br> By the end of the second week of the Olympics we had reached people from <a href="http://blog.richdrama.com/2012/08/30-nations-during-olympics.html">30 nations</a> and every inhabited continent. </div>
<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BOfpdu1BEk/UNprx57lKlI/AAAAAAAALTY/EBRfTRN2Hg4/s1600/2012-12-25_2212.png" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0BOfpdu1BEk/UNprx57lKlI/AAAAAAAALTY/EBRfTRN2Hg4/s320/2012-12-25_2212.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">At the Eric Liddell Legacy Breakfast with world-record breaking Olympic gold <br> medalist Madeleine Manning Mimms, with whom I performed during the <br> Beijing Olympics, and Ashley Null, who served as a chaplain during <br> previous&nbsp;Olympics.</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div>
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 I just posted a number of photos from our travels to Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London during the Olympics: GraceToTheNations.Shutterfly.com . We ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_oXA98AI1T8-QXwe092kgQA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_hJMvnoCnQSCVgi53s6YaBA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_jn1K8_o_RQmED0heyRT1eQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_EUwe_qqfTZiGoXgaok5qrA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DT__igZ6RJY/UCZ270Yv0EI/AAAAAAAALKo/ci2eplZhRVc/s1600/IMG440-794811.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="120" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775434342196039746" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DT__igZ6RJY/UCZ270Yv0EI/AAAAAAAALKo/ci2eplZhRVc/s400/IMG440-794811.jpg" width="400"></a></div>
 I just posted a number of photos from our travels to Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London during the Olympics: <a href="http://gracetothenations.shutterfly.com/">GraceToTheNations.Shutterfly.com</a>. <br><br> We reached people from <a href="http://blog.richdrama.com/2012/08/30-nations-during-olympics.html">30 nations</a> during those two weeks! <br><br> We have more stories on this blog as well as <a href="http://facebook.com/RichDrama">Facebook.com/RichDrama</a> and <a href="http://thelizthatwas.tumblr.com/">TheLizThatWas.Tumblr.com</a>. <br><br> The photo shows how close as we could get to the Olympic Park. We waited on tickets to allow for as many bookings as possible.&nbsp;We're praying for openings in Sochi, Russia, and Rio de Janero, Brazil, for the next Olympics. We've decided to order tickets early for morning events! </div></div></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:14:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rich Young Ringmaster]]></title><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/TheRichYoungRingmaster</link><description><![CDATA[This is my report to Westchester Chapel of our performances and workshops in Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London during the 2012 Olympics... ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_R0aPt_T7RBO-UWXpgA5JDA" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_CPspzo81QPGqAWYt7vWNiw" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_9IVZKntQT3mwWeqoMxGCxQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_8yLueEhsRH6mRD_sHcvH3g" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">This is my report to <a href="https://www.westchesterchapel.org/" title="On WestchesterChapel.org" target="_blank" rel=""></a><a href="https://www.westchesterchapel.org/" title="On WestchesterChapel.org" target="_blank" rel="">Westchester Chapel</a> of our performances and workshops in Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London during the 2012 Olympics...<br/></div></div></div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_hu6f7MFGphOXqRiqsLqsTw" data-element-type="video" class="zpelement zpelem-video "><style type="text/css"> @media (max-width: 767px) { [data-element-id="elm_hu6f7MFGphOXqRiqsLqsTw"].zpelem-video iframe.zpvideo{ width:560px !important; height:315px !important; } } @media all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width:991px){ [data-element-id="elm_hu6f7MFGphOXqRiqsLqsTw"].zpelem-video iframe.zpvideo{ width:560px !important; height:315px !important; } } </style><div class="zpvideo-container zpiframe-align-center zpiframe-mobile-align-center zpiframe-tablet-align-center"><iframe class="zpvideo " width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XZE6wRAg798?enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen id=youtube-video-1 data-api=youtube></iframe></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_Kq9-VSEH4Jed2eDJyb0xIA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><p>The Rich Young Ringmaster&quot; © Copyright 2012 by Rich Swingle&nbsp;<br/>Translations by Tarjányi Krisztina Irma @ Copyright 2012 by Tarjányi Krisztina Irma&nbsp;<br/><br/>The rest of the service can be found by&nbsp;<a href="http://westchesterchapel.blogspot.com/2012/08/love-is-not-self-seeking.html" target="_blank" rel=""></a><a href="http://westchesterchapel.blogspot.com/2012/08/love-is-not-self-seeking.html" target="_blank" rel="">clicking here</a>.&nbsp;<br/></p></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:02:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 Nations During the Olympics!]]></title><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/30-nations-during-olympics</link><description><![CDATA[ During the Olympics we reached people from at least 30 nations: Puerto Rico Romania Hungary England USA Australia Canada Holland Switzerlan ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_qKXXl_JJTgKDagXE8eDP8Q" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_gZuaJOcjRuGDnD2vmUEvrg" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_56mK8a_-QYqjZdF64y_gvQ" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_qFMDxfZyR_iOzlWvUscBCg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"> During the Olympics we reached people from at least 30 nations: <br><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q0jdaIPvRb0/UDfUU_5GMsI/AAAAAAAALK4/Fu1F9Av_Fyo/s1600/Rich%2Bat%2BOlympics.png" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q0jdaIPvRb0/UDfUU_5GMsI/AAAAAAAALK4/Fu1F9Av_Fyo/s320/Rich%2Bat%2BOlympics.png" width="320"></a></div>
 Puerto Rico <br> Romania <br> Hungary <br> England <br> USA <br> Australia <br> Canada <br> Holland <br> Switzerland <br> India <br> Zimbabwe <br> Liberia <br> Kenya <br> Congo Brazzaville <br> Japan <br> Philippines <br> Sri Lanka <br> South Africa <br> Malawi <br> Nigeria <br> Russia <br> Poland <br> Italy <br> Belgium <br> Ghana <br> Guyana <br> Jamaica <br> Barbados <br> Trinidad <br> Bangladesh&nbsp; <noscript> &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;A HREF=&quot;http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Frichdramacom-20%2F8005%2Fc40eb1de-1a59-4a4d-ae41-b62a01a98dab&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Operation=NoScript&quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/A&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; </noscript><br><br> The Paralympics begin on August 29, so this Sunday's performance of <a href="http://richdrama.com/BeyondTheChariots">Beyond the Chariots</a>&nbsp;with translations for Chinese in <a href="http://itinerary.richdrama.com/">Richmond, VA</a>, will fall within the larger Olympics window, making it 31 nations. </div></div></div>
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 We had an indescribably great time in Transylvania. My shirt says, &quot;For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that bri ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_X1F4XgFrQjaBZEyTLfgvLw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_5SGCWaJzTxiK6a_pZJrFeA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_WAKGi58cRkiS_ZGEIRYcNw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_0C1nJrttRp2-urckdVJDsg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zDGikcTPI64/UB4mW-d-SPI/AAAAAAAALKA/BOFz6AiHpb4/s1600/IMG346-1-779557.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="288" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5773093948503247090" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zDGikcTPI64/UB4mW-d-SPI/AAAAAAAALKA/BOFz6AiHpb4/s400/IMG346-1-779557.jpg" width="400"></a></div>
 We had an indescribably great time in Transylvania. My shirt says, &quot;For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that brings Salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.&quot; (Romans 1:16 NIV) Though we're in Romania, it's written in Hungarian, the language of the wonderful people with whom we partnered in ministry. <br><br> They are an ecumenical group, though the hosts are Charismatic Catholics, and none of the leaders were ashamed of the Gospel! We sensed the presence of the Lord so powerfully in their prayers and worship songs, though we only understood the ones that were translated from Hillsong, Vineyard and other English sources. <br><br> It's always overwhelming to me when I worship with fellow believers in other parts of the world. A connection to the Lord is so powerful it doesn't need words to experience. <br><br> We did an awful lot of laughing. It seemed to us a supernatural joy. It occurred to me that it was the Lord's gift to the land scarred by communism. We were in the same county where Richard Wurmbrand was tortured and beaten daily year after year because he wouldn't renounce Christianity. He explained in his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0340863684/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0340863684&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=richdramacom-20">Tortured for Christ</a>&nbsp;that he was actually allowed to serve as a pastor so long as he cooperated with the Communists. They were to teach that Moses brought the first revelation, Jesus brought the second and Joseph Stalin brought the third. But when Wurmbrand's underground activities came to light they imprisoned him and his wife. <br><br> With the fall of Ceausescu and the Iron Curtain there is joy in the land. We sensed it and praise the Lord that we could add to it. <br><br> My performance of <a href="http://richdrama.com/BeyondTheChariots">Beyond the Chariots</a>&nbsp;was translated to Hungarian just in time for the performance. They clearly appreciated it, and I was thrilled to receive a special applause in which they unified their clapping into an ever-faster beat. <br><br> I wrote a two-minute piece that was translated by a former student of mine in the States&nbsp;who set up our visit. When I got to speak to her on the phone when she called the camp I wept for joy and deep gratitude. She had recorded her translation for me, but the Hungarian language is quite different from any other. I recorded myself speaking it, and all who heard it thought I was better off using translation slides, which I did. I memorized a few Hungarian phrases, and those were received well. Phew! I posted that performance <a href="http://blog.richdrama.com/2012/08/this-is-my-report-to-westchester-chapel.html">here</a>. <br><br><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114948774225/medium/1578420690/enhance" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114948774225/medium/1578420690/enhance" width="148"></a></div>
 I got to teach two acting workshops and closed by introducing <a href="http://richdrama.com/Workshops">enacted prayer</a>&nbsp;to Romania. Some of the enactments were quite powerful. <br><br> One of the camp organizers said they always pray for just under half of the students to be pre-believers, since, at their age, they are influenced toward the majority of their peers. We rejoiced to see 17 of them go forward to indicate a desire to know the Lord more. Last night the call was to come forward if they want to <a href="http://www.richdrama.com/MyPassion">give their lives to the Lord</a>. We missed it because we had to get to London, but we know of at least one of them that is quite close to making that commitment, and we were privileged to pray with one to that end. <br><br> During the weeks of the Olympics we've been blessed with bookings in Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London. We're working on a documentary we've decided to title&nbsp; <i>Grace to the Nations</i>. One of the leaders told us, &quot;The Love of God is an ocean, and Grace is an invitation to swim.&quot; <br><br> The student pictured above asked me to film her telling her father how beautiful the worship and fellowship is at the camp and how much she longs for her father to experience this kind of joy through a relationship with Jézus. Pray he dives into the Love of God. </div>
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