In 1961 the branch Church of Christ, Scientist, where I was a member at the time, alerted me to an international meeting for students that would be held at The Mother Church in Boston. I signed up for it, and my fellow church members were very supportive in terms of preparing for this important trip. It also was going to be my first flight, and I was very much looking forward to it.
However, upon arriving at Frankfurt Airport on the day of departure, I was told that the flight, which had been offered at a reduced rate for students, had been cancelled on short notice.
What to do? I didn’t want to return home. One of the concepts I had learned in the Christian Science Sunday School, which I had attended since I was 13 years old, was that with God there are no backward steps, only progress. Since He is divine Love and intelligence, infinitely caring and wise, nothing can thwart the purpose He has for us, His children.
