“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 18:19-20

To say that my father was passionate about missions would be an understatement.  In 1948 my parents with a toddler in tow, headed to China as missionaries.  However, a dock strike left them stranded on the west coast and the communist takeover in China prevented them from leaving the U.S.  In the late 1950’s my father traveled to Ecuador to investigate the possibility of starting a new mission site.