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VEE-LAR

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Pam

So I have been typing Wiler, Switzerland but ‘W’ is pronounces ‘V’. I hope the spelling above helps my American friends! First day of October and angels showed up on the train yesterday to help me find my way. It is currently 3 PM Swiss time and my body is telling me to go take a nap. I missed breakfast and guessed it was about 7:30 AM but it was 11 AM! No internet figured out and the phone plan was carefully selected but does not cover this area . I hope by next week I will be connecting with people more properly. My first impression of YWAM 50 Plus is grace. I don’t ever want to forget the warm staff reception considering I arrived a day before I was supposed to (always read the complete letter) – leave nothing to chance. Dinner involved staff and families and I counted 10-ish under twenties. An engagement has been announced and there are several young couples and young families. I might be the oldest person here and wonder if that should be a point of pride or an embarrassment. I have gone on a walk and saw cows and rain. Another American has just arrived from Texas. My room is so nice and I will share with an Australian and a woman from Poland. Formal welcome is tomorrow, Sunday, and classes begin Monday. The closest church is Swiss-German. Hope all is well over there. I’m in the right place and at the right time.

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Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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