A Pax Adventure 1954 - 1956 - Softcover

Roth, Philip A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1525504622 ISBN 13: 9781525504624

Verlag: FriesenPress, 2017

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BEFORE THE INCEPTION of charitable organizations for impoverished people globally, the Mennonite Central Committee was an early innovator for overseas development. Pax (Latin meaning peace) was one of its programs designed specifically for volunteer single men of draft age.
This is a story of one man's journey as heavy equipment operator with training in Texas and Peru, then to Paraguay building roads. In a unit of five, he worked to connect Paraguay's most isolated Caucasian settlements to the outside world. Along the way, he experienced high-flying adventures, met curious Paraguayan locals and learned some life lessons lost to many young men.
Part memoir and part history, this is an account about the power of faith, the virtue in productive work and the rewarding consequences of dedication to the ideal of serving humankind.

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Philip Roth completed his two-year I-W alternative service with the Mennonite Central Committee in the first unit of ten PAX men sent to Peru in 1954. A youthful enthusiasm for applied physics led to a life-long fascination with mechanical things, in particular airplanes - deemed the ultimate machine following World War II and his adolescent years. He acquired his pilot's license at age 17. He flew with Northeast Airlines, now Delta Airlines, for several years before a career change to manage the family orchard operation. Retired, Phil and his wife reside in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, near his family farm and birthplace.

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• Verlag: FriesenPress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1525504622
• ISBN 13: 9781525504624
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
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