Having finished the year in military school I returned to my relocated family in California. Dad had taken an offer from ABC which he could not refuse and we were jettisoned to the West Coast. Our new home was on stilts over the sand on the Pacific ocean at Malibu Beach. I was given a 1967 Corvette stingray 2+2 as I had just turned 16 and got my driver’s license. Later we would move to Encino in ... »
1970 – 71: Port au Prince, Haiti . Dave Skinner and Jimmy Barcia – Methodist Church The buzz around the Jesus house was about a mission trip to Haiti. We all worked and pooled our money. We didn’t live for ourselves and we didn’t work for ourselves but we lived, worked, breathed, ate, slept and woke for the kingdom of God. We were going to Haiti to preach the gospel. I ha... »
South America – 1984 It was early-morning in Ecuador and the air was cool as the clouds gathered against the Andes Mountains. The Shuare Indian guide directed us towards a large cargo truck, which was laden with other indigenous people returning to the Amazon jungle. Andres had lived with me in Mexico for two years. He was of German descent, so he didn’t look Latin. However his culture was L... »