<p>This is an English edition of the book originally published in Cuba in Spanish. Noel Fernández Collot was born February 28 1942 and has spent his entire life in Cuba. </p><p>He traces his roots however to a French revolutionary. He was greatly influenced by his parents and grandparents as a child. From an early age Noel was raised and as age allowed became very active in the First Baptist Church where he grew up in Camagüey. </p><p>He has remained a Baptist his entire life growing from a conservative faith in his early years to a more and more progressive faith as events in his life influenced him. His desire was to become a teacher but necessity forced him in his early years to become an accountant. Teaching did come later. </p><p>He has always been a resolute outspoken and devoted Christian. He met and married Ormara Nolla Cao from Ciego de Avila and she has been his soulmate on life's journey.</p>