In our lifetime, we have met and worked with many reinforcement officers, or missionaries as we used to refer to them. Some came and worked for a term or even less, others served more than one term; a few served a whole life time here in Singapore and Malaysia. In the past they used to work for five years, then the length was reduced to four. Then there was a further change to allow a mid-term furlough after the first two years. Now the term is changed to three years.
Some officers do not connect with us after their return to their home country. There are others who keep up the relationship. Among these were the Satterlees. Lieut. Colonel Allen was our editor of the War Cry and his wife Esther worked the Women's Department. They were appointed Corps Officers (pastors) of the Pasir Panjang Corps which later moved to Upper Bukit Timah and became the William Booth Corps. We were privileged to work with them through the years and have been blessed by their ministry.
We have kept contact with them since they left us to serve in Papua New Guinea, the Caribbeans and now back in their homeland, USA. They were on their way to visit Thailand and was able to break their journey to spend some time with old friends in Singapore. They visited us and we were able to share lunch fellowship with them.
One of the precious gifts in life is friendship and my wife and I have been truly blessed by many friends. Of course the majority live in Singapore our homeland. But we have friends all over the world. Now with modern technology we are able to make contact very easily.
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