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When I told my neighbor and friend Marjan that I was going to America the next day, he answered: “Sure, with a finger on the map!” "No, really, by boat..." I replied, "...that will sail in a bathtub!" he insisted. But in 1962 we really did travel from Trieste to New York, on the historic Italian Line 24,500-ton Vulcania. Since in socialism trips abroad were severely restricted, among other ways by making it impossible to buy foreign currency, we had to borrow significant dollars and marks from my uncle, who was in diplomatic service at the time. Another limitation was that the whole family was not allowed to leave the country. Thus my mother and brother stayed home while my father and I ...

Nona Freeman has written many books telling the forty-one years share husband spent in Africa. She has tried to show her readers that the incomparable grace of Jesus is sufficient for every situation, no matter how ugly or how desperate. He is forever able! During the late 1980s, E.L. Freeman returned alone to the States to attend a board meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. While there, the Lord gave him the same vision He gave to his wife on the other side of the world. In part, he told them: "The churches in America are in trouble. The affluence of America has robbed them of their trust in me… I am sending you back… Accept every invitation you get to visit the churches and tell them ...

On December 31, 2021, I was supposed to fly to the United Kingdom to study abroad with a group of students from the University of Georgia. On December 24, 2021, I tested positive for COVID-19. On Wednesday January 5, I was ready to withdraw from the program. Just before midnight on the U.S. east coast, the U.K. reduced their travel restrictions so that you did not need a PCR test to clear COVID protocols. Over the next couple of days, I scrambled to get things together so I could make it to England that weekend. Finally, after a remarkably bumpy plane ride and a delay at the baggage claim (just a few more things to test my patience), I arrived in the U.K. As I’m writing this, I’ve ...