Memoir Mementos
Memories of Home
Excerpts from a Longer Essay by Sylvia Staub To reach my childhood home, my dreams and memories must breach a distance of over 11,000 miles and a time span of several decades. The house still stands, I am told, but who owns it now I do not know and do not wish to...
Nanak – Gardener of Childhood Memories
Nanak was a humble man, reliable as the cycle of the seasons. Browned like the earth with deep gentle eyes, tall, lean, and soft-spoken, he would come to the screened front door when he needed to discuss some matter with my parents. In the warm season, he often worked...
A Big Shock
By Rev. Arthur Sanford Rev. Arthur Sanford and his wife, Nathalie, worked at the Kharagpur Baptist Mission in India from January 1947 to 1957. They arrived just before India's Independence to carry on work at the Union Phillips Memorial Church that my grandparents,...
