Sometimes we just want to run away, and we may not even know why.  Maybe the idea starts out as an adventure or a sign of rebellion, wanting to prove our independence.  Why would a bunch of five year old boys want to run away from boarding school?

When I was little, I wanted to go to boarding school for missionary kids in the Belgian Congo. The school was at Rethy, the same place we lived when my mom and dad first went to Africa to be missionaries. My mom and dad worked at the hospital to learn more about the weird diseases that exist in Africa. Since the school was a long ways away, on top of the next hill more than a mile away, I had to stay at home...