When Jim Robertson flew to Malawi in May, he took two suitcases — one for himself, and one with more than 30 dresses for 3- to 10-year-old girls and dress
In 1968, he accepted an offer to work at Hershey Medical Center.
In 1974, he made a dramatic career change to insurance. And in 1985, he bought an insurance agency, now known as Robertson Insurance & Risk Management, 3399 Jetstar Drive, Lititz, which he runs with his sons Craig and Neil.
He is a member of Grace Community Church in Willow Street, where he chairs the mission committee.
Over the years, he made five or six trips to South Africa, where he helps a friend teach a Bible class and reaches out to high school students. On his last trip there, he met a man from Malawi, who urged him to visit that country, which he did for a weekend in 2018.