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Eddie Huff
Eddie Huff was born to a single German mother and a black American (GI) father, in post World War 2 Germany. He grew up between 2 worlds, at first in a small German village speakin...view moreEddie Huff was born to a single German mother and a black American (GI) father, in post World War 2 Germany. He grew up between 2 worlds, at first in a small German village speaking only German. From this world, at the age of 7, he was transplanted to a completely different world, that of the projects of Philadelphia. Growing up as a Black American child in the 60s Eddie would move back and forthfrom predominantly black environments to very integrated ones. He has, however, always considered himself Black and counts it as a supreme privilege to share in that rich history.As a freshman at Texas Tech University he became a "Black Radical/Hippie" accepting all of the late 60s early 70s Leftist ideology. He became vice president of the Black Student Union at Texas Tech as well as president of the charter chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity while there. It was not until his of accepting Jesus Christ as his personal savior in El Paso, Texas, one month after his graduation that Eddie began to see the world in a new way and begin on a new path with a new vision.Eddie Graduated from Texas Tech with a B BA in management and attended Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, CA, in their M. Div. program. He is a licensed minister.From 1981 to 1992 Eddie with his wife Vickie and 4 children served as missionaries with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Eddie was director of Musicians for Missions, a division of YWAM in Amsterdam, Holland from 1981-84, then became director of the Augsburg, Germany YWAM base, leading Discipleship Training Schools and directing a Christian book distribution center providing Christian books and music to the U.S. Military throughout Europe and the Middle East. In addition to these duties Eddie spent extensive time in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa leading teams doing relief work, and teaching for Youth With A Mission bases there.In his service with Youth With A Mission and beyond, Eddie has spoken before thousands in Europe and Africa, and the United States. In addition to this he was one of the main promoters of Christian and Gospel concerts and tours for American artists throughout Europe. In 1992 Eddie and family returned to the U.S. where he has been aninsurance agent and financial services rep. with his own agency. He is apublic speaker and former owner of a gospel recording label. For 6 yearshe was also co-host of a top, Local Talk Radio program in Tulsa and haswritten hundreds of articles on public policy, socio-political, and spiritualthemes.This is Eddie's first book and has been 30 years in the making.view less