What’s it like to move across town in Indonesia?
It’s 17 pickup truck and car loads of our stuff, carted across town to our new house. For two of those loads I was at the steering wheel of the truck, nervous and driving like a granny to avoid potholes (which in this country is […]
Jim Manley served 17 years in Ecuador as a pilot, radio tech and program manager. He is now assigned to Learning Technologies serving at MAF Headquarters in Nampa, Idaho.
I stand at the plane’s open door. My helmet hangs in the cockpit, its cables dangling to panel connectors. My navigation notes lay on the clipboard over […]
Hobey and Olivia with two of their three sons and two Ecuadorian women, 1958.
Hobert “Hobey” Lowrance died on Friday, February 7, in Yorba Linda, California. He was 92.
Hobey was born in 1921 and became an American Airlines pilot at age 21. During WWII he flew military transports as a civilian. Hobey became a […]
The other day, my husband said this to me over the phone:
“Don’t worry about that one. I’m in some back alley somewhere. I don’t know where I am or how I am going to get out of here, but I am making a purchase.”
Now, what would you think if you heard that in the U.S? […]
Recently I said goodbye to six friends who came for a week-long visit—two of them being some of my closest and most cherished friends. To say it was bittersweet is putting it mildly.
Lesotho, Africa
HOME. It is a word filled with deep emotion, smells, sounds, and fraught with meaning. Lately I have come to […]
How do you peel a banana?
The answer is easy: Just start from the top. However, things get a little more complex when you start talking about which end really is the top. Here in the U.S., the top is the end with the stem. That is how bananas are displayed in grocery stores. That is […]