From The Memoirs Of John J.J. Batiste Senior: A Stranger's Story

A Stranger's Story is based on one of the many intriguing, sometimes heartwarming and sometimes not, but always emotionally rich memories of John J.J. Batiste Sr. He was born in New Iberia Louisiana in 1913 to father Eraste and mother Elizabeth. This story takes place circa 1942 when John was traveling to Vancouver Washington to start a job in the shipyards in support of the war efforts. It reveals John's faith, his efforts to share it to support a stranger and that stranger's demonstration of what is meant by free will.