David MesarosPastor Dave Mesaros began his career as an electrical engineer, spending fourteen years in the high-tech computer industry before answering a call to ministry. He served more than thirty years in several Lutheran congregations and taught theology at Tumaini University in Iringa, Tanzania.He has ministered to people at every intersection of life, gathering their stories over decades. Those encounters left an indelible mark and inform much of his writing, drawing characters and scenes from real lives in Africa, Slovakia, and the United States.The Guest of the Emperor grew from two such lives. Jeanne walked into his office with one and a half typed pages and said, "This is my story." After hours of interviews and careful research, Jeanne's account and Rolf's memoirs emerged as a moving portrait of ordinary people navigating extraordinary times. Read More Read Less