My Racket, How It Worked Out is the
remarkable story of how Ray Allen who grew up in poverty in the mountains of Virginia. After
graduating with a poor record in high school, failing marks in spelling and
beset with acute stage fright, he joined the Army and ended up teaching in both
the aviation and transportation schools.
He served for over 20 years as senior
pastor of the Blacksburg
Baptist Church
across the street from Virginia Tech. From this dynamic church, he traveled
extensively preaching, teaching, and leading volunteer mission efforts.
On these pages you will read exciting
transforming mission stories from many lands. There are personal stories from
the Sinai Desert,
refugee camps in Thailand,
travels in Australia, China, the Galapagos Islands and living and
traveling in recreational vehicle in and throughout the U.S. and Canada.
You will find it hard to put this
remarkable life story aside. It is a teen age love story that has lasted over
half a century, the story of an avid bass fisherman who fished for fish and men
throughout America
and the world, and how God took a rather ordinary man from a shanty in the
mountains around the world to share a message of grace and hope.