"Balboa Union Church Panama Canal Zone" where I attended church all my life until I married & left when I was 20. I was president of the youth group in Junior High & High School, and I sang in the choir. And when we did not spend the summer in Pennsylvania, I spent the summer in the youth program & Bible school and went to Summer camp in El Valle for 1 or 2 weeks. It is where I rode my first horse; made s'mores by the camp fire. There was a bomb shelter in the Balboa Union Church basement where we went during the war with a threat of an air raid & for drills. The very same as we did in school; a flash drill we hit the floor under our desk with hand over our neck & a drill with time we marched out of our room with all its windows to lay down in the very wide halls & put our hand over our neck. Also the Balboa Union Church is the only church in the World to be incorporated by an Act of the US Congress.
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DEE JOBES PHOTOGRAPHY 29 May 2019
Wow,magnificent Fine Art,my Dear Friend!!!Great Art Collection!!!You are Blessed with an amazing and great family history!!!Thanks for sharing!!!A Fav and POD!!!David&I wish you a Beautiful Week!!!Hugs...DeeIan Richard Laws 25 May 2019
great work as always Sharon, the back story and your own memories are wonderful, filled with such rich color and history.Steve Haynes 22 May 2019
beautiful Sharon, looks such a lovely place. xBrenda Loveless 20 May 2019
Can't decide on a favorite of this series, maybe this one...Sigridur Bachmann 20 May 2019
A real MAGNIFICENT arthwork ! Amazing texture, colors, perspective and composition !Marie josé LAURIER 20 May 2019
GREAT PAINTING .. SHARON THIS IS A NEW LINK IN THE BALBOA'S CHAIN. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IVO .. I LOVE THE SKETCH ..Ivo Depauw 20 May 2019
Nice Sharon, bundle them all in a book with the storiesGORDON OGILVIE 20 May 2019
Another great chapter in your ongoing life Sharon,also i can see the feeling you have put into this Brilliant artworkJames Anderson 19 May 2019
Great painting! Love the shadows from the trees and the staircase, which looks perfect. Well done!Vernonette Gaddy 19 May 2019
Your painting is an Artistic Splendor Sharon, I also admire your sketch art. :)Joanie Holliday 19 May 2019
TERRIFIC WORK MY FRIEND AND JUST IN TIME FOR SUNDAY CHURCH. :)Maria Anna Machado 19 May 2019
very beautiful...Stefani Wehner 19 May 2019
You captured the beauty of this church most beautifully, my dear!