Only once in filling out the application blank did I hesitate. There it was, halfway down the page, the familiar space for “occupation.” I had the feeling that mine had weighed against me before in these applications. But what was the phrase we had been taught in Glasgow? Walk in the Light, nothing hidden, nothing concealed, everything open and transparent for all to see. And so, as I had before, I wrote MISSIONARY in block letters, and left the completed forms on the desk.
