Tracks: The Call of an Average Man to be More
The Biography of Pastor Robert Garber
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It was a long journey from Colorado to Pennsylvania. The Garber family stopped over at a motel in Kansas off Route 30 for the evening. They were moving back home. Bob and Ginny led their two young daughters, Lu-Ann and Robin, to the room. Four-year-old Robin asked her father, “Daddy, aren’t you bringing Bobby in?” That question has remained with Bob for the rest of his life. They ring in his mind at various times. Robin didn’t understand that they were leaving Bobby in the car. Bobby was the couple’s son, who died of measles before he was even one year old.
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About the Book
This is the story of an ordinary man who has inspired countless individuals around the world with his devotion to the Baptist church and his belief in the goodness of people. Robert Garber, once a young hot-rodding farmboy, married his high school sweetheart and started his adulthood as a soft drink salesman before heeding his call from God. He has traveled the world to spread his understanding of God and endured tragedy, loss, and heartache that tested his faith to the limits over his storied lifetime. Pastor Bob has inspired thousands through the numerous churches he has founded and led throughout the Pennsylvania region, and he continues to touch the lives of many near and far.
About the Author
Huy Ngo is a Vietnamese American author and photographer who came over to the United States as a refugee when he was one year old. He approaches life with an understanding of his roots that make him appreciate the present and strive for a substantive future. After gradually moving across the United States, Huy and his family settled down in the heart of Little Saigon in southern California. The second of five children, Huy grew up like many kids, struggling to find where he fit in with his family, his friends, and life. Going away to college at UC Berkeley gave him perspective on the bigger world beyond his childhood and a greater awareness of his past. Huy’s parents instilled in him a sense of responsibility and duty to his family, in particular, his ancestors and people who sacrificed for him. As a young man of little patience, he didn’t know nor care to know much about his parents’ lives and of those who came before them. But he remembered anecdotes of one Pastor Garber without ever comprehending anything about that man. With time, distance, and maturity, Huy has sought to learn about his past by getting to know the people who were instrumental in laying out the opportunities before him. An artist and academic at heart, Huy hopes to contribute to the body of art and knowledge while being an example for his own family.