<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-1996/retiring-mission-field.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Retiring to the Mission Field</title><excerpt>“We’re not interested in an easy retirement,” states Bonnie Graf Hyra ’62. In August, she and her husband, Ron, will travel to a large city in southwest China to teach for at least a year through Medical Services International. They are even selling their home in Seattle so they can respond to a call from God to stay longer. Bonnie teaches special education, and Ron will take an early retirement from the National Parks Service.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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