Rich Smith, from Florida, USA, has served as a missionary in the Philippines and also missionary and pastor in Kenya. He made 2 trips to Kenya, about 2 weeks each, a third trip for 2 months, and then lived in Kenya for 8 months in 2020. He has been a widower for over 12 years. He is a retired U.S. military officer, and has written thousands of short articles over that 12 years, mostly portraying God's Point of View in religion, politics, and the 'worlds' point of view.