CHAPTER I<br > A RELUCTANT<br > AGENT<br > Never will 1 fi~rget rh~tt muggy day m 1948 gcltil~ o|J lhc tr;un lil<br >Barcelona. I was NOT interested in Spain. 1 w c>uld nmc]， r;id~er<br >have gone almost any other place in the w~rld th:m Spuin. 1 did<br >not know Spanish. I had 1~o pitrticular c~l~ccrn till the 7，palish<br >pe~>plc. Spain w， ls the tin+st unlikclv counttv h>r inc attcr an<br >exciting childhood spent in Arab lands. And I had n，， idc;/whar i<br >was doin~ in Barcelona.<br > Outside the Moorish train slaiion， 1 wa~， ushered il~Io ~，~;nc kind<br >of contrapnon c:dlcd a vaxi. It was tmlikc amy vehicle in which 1<br >had ever traveled， rtll i t~V a charc<ml }~ui-i)cr t>，l lhc Nick <，f it. The<br >odor from the fim~c~ w:t< .~> bad I did ，it)l l..i:l;，w whcihcr l siic>uld<br >hang mv head ~tlt or .，ul~cr ii>idc . It w;l ， I)ol ;i ~:~l~)<i I ~~~il~lllI)~.<br > The sight c>f the red cti ~c{ clN，w f]:lV ，，t Spai，~， wcivin}2 t> cr l[ ，c<br >station， caught me wondcrin~ why G<>d h ，ld led mc tiai~ dircctl<~n.<br >Back in Winon <l Lakc， h~diaIui， il held >ccinccJ lo~ic;ll elu~ll~]~ ltl~/!<br >I should heed Ik>rrey Johnson ;is he i<>ld lilt ， "Paul Freed， I t~clic~c<br >God would have you gt) tc~ Europe."<br > Nothing was anticipated [~cyond the [i~lcri~itri~/i~:il Y<~uth [q~r<br >Christ Conference in Beatcnbcrg， Switzcrl ，md. 1 h:，d Been abr<~ald<br >earlier in my life， traveling beiwecn lhc ~taics lll)d lily p<lrcl3~s <br >mission field in Palestine ;libel Svri;i. 1 was n{~w ti)irtv vc <lrs ~，l~t，<br >