Elvin C. Myers and his wife served under the South America Mission as missionaries in Colombia, South America, from 1961 to 1978. In 1978, the Colombian government refused to renew their visas because it said they were damaging Indian culture with their teachings. They returned to the U.S. and the author served as pastor in churches in Colorado, Virginia, and Florida. He retired at age eighty-four and lives in North Port, Florida. He lost his wife of fifty-two years to cancer in 2008, and he remarried in 2010. His second wife passed away in 2020.