From Kansas Fields to Faraway Shores: A LIFE OF FAITH, FAMILY, AND WORLD ADVENTURE

Born in western Kansas in 1933 and now a great-great-grandmother enjoying the Florida coast, Lois Ellen Settles has lived a life that stretches from milk pails and dust storms to jet planes and passport stamps from six continents. In this warm, candid memoir, she looks back on a childhood shaped by faith and hard work, a long career as a teacher and principal, a marriage built on partnership and humor, and a later life filled with church service and travel.Along the way, Lois shares stories of country schoolhouses and band concerts, parenting victories and struggles, classrooms full of restless students, foreign mishaps, and quiet mornings by the ocean. Through it all is a steady trust in God, a deep love for family, and a belief that ordinary days, done with kindness and courage, add up to an extraordinary life.Honest, hopeful, and often gently funny, this is a story for anyone who grew up in a simpler time, spent a life in service to others, or just wants to be reminded that it’s never too late for new adventures. Read more