No Greater Service

March 1 2021 Peace Corps turns sixty. Its mission—to teach a skill and to spread the Peace Corps brand of goodwill around the world—still resonates. In No Greater Service author Alvin J. Hower highlights its relevance yesterday today and the years to come.This memoir offers a stirring personal vivid and action-packed account of a Peace Corps volunteer’s remarkable life in the underserved areas of the southern Philippines. With curiosity empathy and wry humor Hower creates a distinct Peace Corps photo memoir. An avid photographer he produced more than 5000 images of everyday people and the awe-inspiring beauty of a nation of 7641 islands. He was a teacher and social worker in General Santos City and a management consultant for a mission school in the remote mountains of Lake Sebu Surallah working and living with the indigenous T’boli people featured in the August 1971 National Geographic Magazine. No Greater Service also serves as a history of his host country providing information about its complex customs and traditions as well as the notable stories of Filipinos he met and their fascinating updates fifty years later. At times hilarious others sad and grim it also shares a love story of his romantic alliance with a Filipina girl.