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In Book 2, John has teamed up with a new writer to bring to life the stories of his missions to save mankind from its baser elements. Starting with a more in-depth description of the places and systems of the organization he came to run, John shares with us some of his most poignant mission stories, covering the entire span of his career, in which he and his team worked to stop or avenge horrific crimes, and to save countless lives. This is a unique peek into a life many of us have romanticized; something John cautions us all against in the end.
Using a pseudonym for safety reasons, Vietnam vet, John Murray, a.k.a. Papa, spent the majority of his adult life working as a covert operative sanctioned by the U.S., Canadian and various European governments. As John became a part, and then the head, of this organization in the 1970s, his life was a constant struggle between the demands of his job, and his continuous attempts at protecting some semblance of a home life for himself and the family he had started before the war. It was his, and his crew's, responsibility to 'take care' of much of the world's evil—evil that could never have come to the public's attention. Now retired, he is living in a small rural Western town. As 'normal' as he tries to live, he will always be haunted by the visions of what he saw and what he tried to prevent or rectify.
John was married to Rita for 63 years before she passed away in June 2025. They had two children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Originally from the U.K. they resided in White Rock, British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada.John was educated in England, studied theology in Birmingham, U.K. and in Toronto, Canada. His life experience has been in business, in journalism, in pastoral ministry and overseas missions.For the last twenty years before retiring John served as the Executive Director of a Mission working in Eastern Europe. He travelled extensively from Russia in the north to Albania in the south. Some of the stories in his book Miracles: Coincidence or Divine Intervention are from his days travelling in Eastern Europe.His many years of speaking engagements took him to ten countries which included Canada, the United States, The United Kingdom, Europe and the Caribbean.Since retiring in 2006 John has concentrated on caring for his wife Rita and on writing. A Kaleidoscope of Life is his seventh book.
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