First Love
One of The Salvation Army's distinctives is that officers marry other officers. In my case, I met my wife to be when I was in the School for Officers Training…
Better Wage
There are people who live to work and there are people who work to live. While the first ones do it for pleasure, the second ones do it for necessity.…
Christian “RoboCop”
The action and science fiction movie “RoboCop”, tells the story of a policeman who is brutally killed by a group of criminals, but is soon revived by a cybernetic shop…
Liquorice Candy
One of the curiosities of having worked on several continents has been to try the culinary of different countries where we’ve been appointed. It is interesting how people always think…
Like Father, Like Son
When my daughters were toddlers, I once found them fighting. The four-year-old was striking her two-year-old little sister. I instinctively intervened smacking the older one telling her: “you cannot strike…
Desert Spring
While in the south begins spring, in the north begins fall, and when in the south starts the summer, in the north starts the winter. That is how the annual…
Mother God
My mother died twenty years ago but if there is something that I can still clearly remember from her it is the way she would always be concerned in keeping…
Rope Walking
It always caught my attention, those daredevil guys that walk on ropes hanging over cliffs putting their life at risk. Therefore, it amazed me when, some time ago, Spencer Seabrooke…