A MEMOIR OF BAYANI R.ARIT,SR.DEDICATION February 14, 1996 To Esther, my darling wife, For having been my inspiration in life, for going with me through "thick and thin" in life's journey, for having been a faithful partner in nurturing our four children: Bani, Lornz, Bobby and Meldee through the Christian pathway, and for giving them the privilege of atiaining a Christian education, for having been an ideal wife and mother, for having been very supportive in our service for the Lord inthe Visayas and Mindanao, and for having been always thoughtful of my physical and material needs. To you, lam heartily dedicating this copy of my memoir, Your loving husband, Bayani R. Arit, Sr.‘TABLE OF CONTENTS A Memoir of Bayani R. Arit, Sr. My Family Background ... My Birth and Barly Childhood. Days with My Grandiacher... My Life as a Preschooler. My Elementary School Days. My High Schoo! 1a} My First ‘Trip Abroa To Philippine Union College .. My College Days... The War Years- World War II Back to Teaching. Life After the War Years. Betrothal and Wedding. On to South Philippines. Our First Child More Experiences in SMM... Called to SPUM- Cebu... SPUM Experience... Being a President of Local Mission: ‘Our Family Life in Ozamis City. ‘With East Visayan Mission... Otter CVM Experiences. Back to CPUM in 1968... ‘A Detegate to the GC Session in Atlantic City- 1970. On to Atlantic City. Going Up North After the GC Session. Goodbye Amorica.. From Japan, Hongkong and then the Philippines.