BY ONES AND TWOS Single and Double Missionaries by Jeannie Lockerble

"I had never run into the term 'single missionary until I became one. In the business and professional world a person is a secretary, a waitress or nurse. I don't know where or when the label 'single was affixed to an unmarried missionary woman. I was introduced to the term in missionary candidate school.

"One afternoon I was working in a corner that blocked the pingpong table. Naturally everyone wanted that section cleared away first. But there was a heavy box which I could not lift, So, go-ing to the stairway, I called to the first person I saw, who happened to be a young married man, 'would you come and help me, please? "I'll always remember his answer, 'I might have known. They told me I would be helping "single girls" all the time and already it's started."

"It had not dawned on me that my being a single missionary con-jured up in people's minds a whole complexity of problems; a whole list of potential difficulties for myself and those who would have to work with me. This stereotyping has continued in mis-sionary circles even with singles carving an important place for themselves in Western society." The Author.

With this introduction Jeannie Lockerbie honestly, and with can-dor, discusses the problem and then offers delightful and positive solutions for bringing new meaning in relationships between "singles" and "marrieds" on the mission field.

"Lockerbie deals with such sensitive matters as learning dependence and independence, dealing with loneliness, relating to the children of married missionaries, matchmaking and dating on the mission field and getting along with fellow missionaries. The personal experiences she relates about roommates and fellow mis-sionaries makes this book very readable for both married and unmarried. It gives good insight into the life of both." Deena Williams Newman, Women's Missionary Union, Southern Baptist Church.

"My Initial response was, 'What the author says is just plain common sense. Do we really need a book like this?' Yes, we do need book like this precisely because it contains so much good sense. Its insights, both in interpersonal as well as spiritual relation-ships, should make it worthwhile reading not only for overseas preparation but also beyond mission circles." Anne Warkentin Dyck, retired Mennonite missionary, Saskatchewan Canada.