As a Marine Security Guard I attended Foreign Service Institute In Washington DC. Sept 1970-Sept 1972 American Embassy Santiago Chile. While on embassy duty completed 200 hours of Spanish with US Department of State Completed Officer Candidate School-Amphibious Warfare School- Graduate of Marine Corps Command and Staff College.After leaving the Marine Corps I have been living in Spanish speaking countries for more than 20 years. I read speak and write in spanish on a daily basis. My wife and I have a fish hatchery here in the Dominican Republic.
I am Pastoring a small church and have preached and taught in spanish for more than 20 years. I have lived in Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. |