Steve's Yarns-- All those years growing up and living
in Oklahoma, California, Arizona, Texas, and Africa.....
Ain't done growing up 'til I get over on the other side :-)

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Steve Van Nattan

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By Steve Van Nattan

This is a bio of no particular color really.
It us simply where the Lord Jesus Christ,
in his sovereign will, has lead me along.
Perhaps it will help you to understand
the context of the yarns in this section.

Birth-  1943-- Where?
City of the Angels-- Los Angeles, California
I could never be a California governor-- I was not born in Austria.

The following transpired between 1943 and the present.

-- Oklahoma and Arkansas when my Dad was a pastor and student at John Brown University
              I was "born again" during this time of my life.
-- Back to Los Angeles--  School at 79th Street School
-- Mojave Desert where my Dad pastored
-- Deputation and Travel to live in Africa-- My parents were missionaries
-- Lived in Tanganyika when at "home" and Kijabe, Kenya at school--  Rift Valley Academy
-- Furlough with my parents-- lived in South Gate, California--  School at South Gate High
-- Tanzania when at "home" and Rift Valley Academy at school
-- Spent a year after high school with parents in Tanzania
-- Biola College (now university)-- BA in Christian Ed.
-- Moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan--  Married Elizabeth and worked at Brown Paper Co
-- US Army--  Fort Knox, Kentucky the whole time-- "Chair born" Chaplain's Assistant
-- Taught at Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music--  Rented from Denny Den Hollander.
-- Deputation and travel to Ethiopia as missionaries first term--  Lived at Decamhare (Boys
              school), Eritrea, --Debre Birhan and Langano, Ethiopia--  Youth Camp development
-- Short furlough to raise funds for youth camp at Langano
-- Lived at Lake Langano, and finally had to leave Ethiopia  due to Marxist coup
-- To Kenya as missionaries-- At Nairobi and finally Eldoret
              Headmaster of Hope Bible Institute
-- Religion (Dini) classes taught in Secondary School--  Teacher training in night school
-- Returned to Michigan, and later to Yermo, California to pastor Yermo Bible Church
              Also, restored cars and school teaching.
-- Delton, Michigan to pastor Interlakes Baptist Church
-- To Grant, Michigan to pastor Grace Bible Church--  Took up piano tuning during this era--
             Periodic member of the the Hilltop Cafe Committee of 45-- Frank Hall presiding.
-- To Whetstone, Arizona to be near my parents and pastor Independent Bible Church--  present 
            This Journal, Balaam's Ass Speaks originated during this era.
-- Our family moved to the green hills of Eastern Tennessee where orange and white
            are the colors of choice. This is due to the fame of the E. Tennessee University Volunteers.
            I kid you not-- A fully decked out Ford '68 pick up, in orange and white, to include orange and white
            tuck and roll and airbrushed pictures of the coach and quarter back, is the most sacred icon
            of this part of the world. Alabama is hated for no other reason than that they have defeated
            the Vols too often.
-- This is where I had my Web business selling piano parts and tools to Do-It-Yourselfers. CHECK IT OUT :-)
-- Sold the business and moved to the Texas Hill Country just north of Austin where I am the grounds keeper,
gardener, mule skinner, and irritable old man for my son and son-in-law.

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