Working at the Americas Branch of United Bible Societies was interesting. All people at that office except one, from Canada, were from different “Spanish” speaking countries. We were people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Cuba. When occasionally we were together at the lunchroom our dialogue was always interrupted with, “What […]

In Chile we use the expression “When the potatoes burn” meaning when the pressure is on or when the moment of decision comes. I knew that I was at that point when I finished my PhD. After the military coup in Chile, I became so angry that I dedicated my life to improving myself according […]

When I moved to Miami, I rented an apartment near the Kendall area. But when I found my new job, I had to move. The offices of Viewdata Corporation of America were in Miami Beach, and I could not easily commute there from where I was living. The traffic in those years was already bad! […]

When I started my work with United Bible Societies I found all kinds of interesting situations. The way I understood my work was: my mission was to bring computers to translations projects that still were using typewriters, pens or even goose feathers, and/or to move all translation projects that were using all kinds of different […]

When I applied for Naturalization in 1984, I had to fill up and submit a form together with a declaration stating why I wanted to become a citizen of the United States. I also had to present letters of recommendations from my past and current employers. To become a U.S. citizen through naturalization, you must […]

When Antonio decided to become a priest, he did not have any knowledge about other denominations. Most young men of his generation did not even know about Presbyterians, Methodists, Anglicans, Evangelical, and many others like the First, Second and Third Baptists, really? He knew about the “Canutos” or people who testified on the corners how […]

It was 1983. I was a brand-new Christian. Born again in 1982. At my new job at Viewdata Corporation of America, one of my coworkers told me about a movement called Cursillo. She said it was a Christian retreat, or something like that, that had originated in Spain. She told me that a new Cursillo […]

In 1984, I started volunteering to help the personnel at the United Bible Societies’ Americas Regional Center when a minicomputer with a word processing system and terminals were installed at the desks of the new office in Miami, FL. The center had moved its personnel, including typewriters, from Mexico City, but the American Bible Society […]

I guess as a child I was always thinking about what profession I was going to have. My father was interested in me inheriting his dental practice and my mother wanted me to be a pharmacist so I would not have to move too much away from home. However, I knew that my father had […]

When I was still a child, around 9 years old, one day I told my mother: “I will never marry.” My mother said nothing. During the last years at high school, since my school was considered a “high society” school for girls, the principal of the school would organize dances and invite the boys of […]