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name: Bruce R. Hampson
about: Bruce Hampson was born in Zambia, Africa into a family of second-generation Litvaks, that escaped the Pogroms in Lithuania in 1855. One day his father saw a postcard of a Royal Canadian Mountie dressed in his red regalia and the snow-capped mountains of British Columbia in the background, he decided to start life afresh. Just as his grandparents did before him, in 1955, he packed up his beautiful wife and young son and moved to Canada looking for a better life, hungry for new experiences. By osmosis, the itchy feet, jumping around countries became one of Bruce's characteristics. He was an underground miner in Saskatchewan, a wine merchant in California, a fireman in Zimbabwe, an ordained minister and charismatic church leader in Alberta, a Bruce Hampson was born in Zambia, Africa into a family of second-generation Litvaks, that escaped the Pogroms in Lithuania in 1855. One day his father saw a postcard of a Royal Canadian Mountie dressed in his red regalia and the snow-capped mountains of British Columbia in the background, he decided to start life afresh. Just as his grandparents did before him, in 1955, he packed up his beautiful wife and young son and moved to Canada looking for a better life, hungry for new experiences. By osmosis, the itchy feet, jumping around countries became one of Bruce's characteristics. He was an underground miner in Saskatchewan, a wine merchant in California, a fireman in Zimbabwe, an ordained minister and charismatic church leader in Alberta, a successful businessman in Hong Kong, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a hotel owner in the southern part of France and an author. His never-ending serendipitous journey searching for roots, financial gains, happiness, and God's perfect plan has given him much material and reasons to write his books. ...more