I realized mechanical engineering doesn't much lend itself to missionary work.

The fewer moving parts, the better." "Exactly. No truer words were ever spoken in the context of engineering.

Life is like a gas turbine,
After every compressor, there is always a turbine!

Probably 99 percent of Nuba are subsistence farmers. They have maybe two or three cattle, a few goats. Now there are food shortages, so they're very thin. But traditionally, they are very strong and muscular. They grow sorghum, okra, a bit of corn, some peanuts. If they need money, they'll sell one of their animals or sell some sorghum.

The Sudanese army has retaken some towns. The people there are all living in caves because the Sudanese army is shelling their villages.

My parents have been married 50-some years, and I've never heard them fight. I got the chance to attend great universities and medical school.