Picking Olives and Breaking Bread - Book 1: Lessons on Taking Risks and Trusting God - A True Story of Life in Foreign Lands (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781480025042)

Born and raised in Southern California, Ken spent three years in the Army during the Viet Nam era. In Europe, he met and married his wife, Barbara and they decided to remain abroad for work and study. Two years later in southern Spain, they both became Christians. Ken earned his BA from the American College of Greece where he and his wife helped establish the Hellenic International Christian Church. Years later he leveraged his MBA from Regent University to establish a Christian consulting business for emerging democracies in Eastern Europe. Returning to the US, Ken worked as the Director of the Christian Broadcasting Network's ministry center in northern Virginia. He went on to serve in the luxury boating industry for thirteen years where he developed and managed dealer networks for all product lines of the Luhrs Marine Group throughout the world. He then designed the marketing plan and budget for Australian boat manufacturer, Mustang Marine. He developed and trained dealer networks throughout North and South America. In 2010, Ken fulfilled a lifetime desire to delve into international development by joining USAID (the US Agency For International Development) and served 14 months in southern Afghanistan. In 1991 he and his friend, Harry Farrar, published Never Give Up: A 31-Day Career Search Advisor. Since then, Ken has written newsletters and numerous marketing and development papers for international business while lecturing and teaching on the entrepreneurial process. Throughout the years, Ken and his family have attended church, facilitated home groups, led short term mission trips abroad and otherwise helped when needs presented themselves. Their daughter, Lisa, serves with the US Foreign Service in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and their son, Alston, has just completed his undergraduate studies. He has written two additional books: Dawn Passage, The Incredible Journey of the Missionary Schooner, Morning Star (2010), and Where Wild Olives Grow. Both books are about life, adventures, and lessons learned while living in eight countries of Europe, North Africa and the Middle-East. They are available at www.dawnpassage.com and www.wherewildolivesgrow.com In all, he's lived eighteen years in five countries and went on to work and travel in eighty more. Ken lives in Northeast Florida with his wife, Kanjana.