Oral history interview

We discussed a lot of her personal life, in terms of religion and past experiences.

Payton James and her grandpa Ed James talk about his life.

In this interview, conducted on November 19, 2018 over the phone, Payton James (14) in McKinney, Texas, interviews her grandpa, Ed James (82), in Bonita Springs, Florida about his life and upbringing. Mr. James shares stories about his children and...

Leo Skinner – Chinanteco Linguist

Interview with Leo Skinner, a Wycliffe translator and linguist with the native Mexican Chinantec people

Edgar Contreras and his father Jose talk about his father’s story

In this interview done with Edgar Contreras (16) and his father Jose (46), they talk about the father's childhood growing up and who were his main influences in his life so far. They also talked over how Jose has came...

“Your mom was a month early… and she was little and tiny and really cute!”

Jody (Edna Jo) LaFevers was raised in an old 2 story house with a big front porch in a small town on the Missouri border called Viola. Her mother would make all of her clothes, including her prom dress, so...

A man named Wyatt

We talked about how religion played a role in his life and some life stories.

My Mom’s story

My mom’s story of migrating to the United States from Mexico and explaining the difference between the two and how our lives were growing up without a dad.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Annette

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Annette tells me about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley and working and traveling with her family as a migrant worker.

Grandpa’s Birthday Interview

Today is my grandpa’s 72nd Birthday. To celebrate, I asked him several questions about his life as a kid and teenager and adult. We talked about how he grew up in a small town in the south and how he...