I enjoyed looking at your profile page.
One of the best things about this forum is that it can be a great jumping off place to learn about so many things.
Take, for instance, your homepage which includes the beautiful, heartbreaking poem, "High Flight." I had no idea it was written by a 19-year-old pilot in WWII just before his death in flight. I read up on the young author and learned he was born in Shanghai. I figured he was probably the son of a missionary, and sure enough, he was. From a couple websites...
"During the Battle of Britain, many Americans crossed the border into Canada to enlist with the Royal Canadian Air Force ... they knowingly broke the law in order to fight Hitler's Germany. (American) John Gillespie Magee, Jr., born in Shanghai, China, in 1922. When Magee was just 18 years old, he entered flight training and was sent to England, on 30 June 1941. He flew the Spitfire being promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer. German bombers were crossing the English Channel regularly to attack Britain's cities and factories. On September 3, 1941, Magee flew a Spitfire V test flight which inspired him to write his poem. That same day he wrote a letter to his parents which included this now famous poem. Three months later, on December 11, 1941 (three days after the US entered the war and four days after Pearl Harbor), John Gillespie Magee, Jr., was killed. He was just 19 years old. John Gillespie Magee, Jr. is buried at Scopwick, Lincolnshire, in a churchyard cemetery..." "Magee was born on June 9, 1922 in Shanghai, China, the eldest of four sons to missionaries John Gillespie Magee Sr. and Faith Emmeline Backhouse. Magee Sr. was an American from a very well-to-do Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania family. Disregarding his family's wealth and influence, he chose to become an Episcopalian minister and was sent to China. There he met and married John Jr.'s mother, an English missionary..." Special Note for "High Flight":
So thank you for this opportunity to learn something of true valor and God's grace.