DWayne Hartup, his wife Val, and three of their children have been missionaries in Central America since 2013. Currently, they are in Chapala, Mexico. DWayne started his first book, "Every Picture Tells a Story", in 2010. A hiatus for mission work prevented its conclusion until 2015. Dwayne is a retired law enforcement veteran of 37 years and a police chief the last eight years. He was an educator in Arizona and Indiana before retiring to mission work in 2013. As a lover of the outdoors and animals, DWayne's early passion for reading and writing was inspired by such icons as Jim Kjelgaard and Jack London.
