The author’s life quest began thousands of miles from the ocean, in Elgin, Illinois. This life journey now spans opposite sides of the earth and two oceans. Alan is a graduate of Elgin High School ...view moreThe author’s life quest began thousands of miles from the ocean, in Elgin, Illinois. This life journey now spans opposite sides of the earth and two oceans. Alan is a graduate of Elgin High School and the US Coast Guard Academy (1969). Alan and Beverly are presently missionaries in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They have two grown children, Robert and Sonya.view less