Dan Terry was man who touched many lives, including mine. 

My wife, Lee who is a volunteer at CURE hospital works with his wife.  I had only known Dan since 2007, when I met him for the first time at the Kabul airport on the way to Delhi and later with Dan showing us some of his favourite Delhi spots.  Dan in his inimitable way gave us a much broader appreciation of Afghanistan through his amazing experiences, knowledge of Afghanistan, his love for this country and its people.  He has lived through tough times here, but he never gave up on Afghanistan or this part of planet Earth, he was always thinking of ways to improve the lot of Afghanistan and especially the folk in remote areas.

Like many missed opportunities missed in our life journey, I never made the time to travel with Dan to some of the backcountry areas he was familiar with, and I will always regret that. I know that Dan would have showed me some great places and people that only a few people are privileged to see and meet

Dan, Lee and I will always miss you, miss your presence, your humility, honesty, love for life and the country Afghanistan, but you will never be missed from our mind’s eye and the memory of our time with you. We are privileged to have known you and walk along side of you.

God bless you, Dan Terry. When God made you he lost the mould. I hope that he finds it and others can appreciate it.

Darryl and Lee Thorburn