December Gold

In early 2001, Professor Rollie Marclay stumbles on troubling information about his father, Jacob, a soldier in the Pacific during World War II. A matter of national security brings Rollies faith to the brink as he discovers the truth about his fathers relationship to a girl named Alaya. Retracing his fathers footstepsfrom his time in the war to the years up to and after his fathers deathleads Rollie to face issues dealing with deception both in marriage and in friendship. Rollies infidelity lends itself to lessons of forgiveness and healing when the marriage bond is breached. Rollies search leads him to a better understanding of his fathers motives; a search unveiling two unlikely friends, a Japanese soldier and a Filipino native, each who dedicated themselves to live their Christian faith in the midst of a world war.