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Why would a slave and a witch doctor walk for three days to find the white man called Jesus? Why would a crippled old man slide down a hillside and wait by the side of the road every day for twenty years? Why would a lame man purposely walk to a tribe where he knew he would be killed? Written on the upper-elementary level, 16 episodes taken from the ministry of one missionary show the power of God in the midst of darkness, among people of Ethiopia who saw the great light of the gospel.
A sultan whose three hundred wives were buried alive . . . cannibals who believed there was no such thing as a white woman . . . an elegant French lady who watched in horror as the missionary performed surgery on her kitchen table . . . . These are just a few of the real people encountered by Margaret Nicholl Laird in her ministry in the Central African Republic, as she and many others gave their lives in service of the King of Glory, whose Good News could not be stopped. Second in the Hidden Heroes series.
Like Anne of Green Gables, Amy Carmichael was known in her childhood for meaning well but getting into all kinds of trouble. She carried this indomitable spirit with her onto the mission field as she worked to rescue little girls from a life of depravity in the heathen temples. With Daring Faith focuses on Amy’s own childhood, the children she rescued, and her ministry of bringing the gospel to India. Winner of the C.S. Lewis Gold Medal for Outstanding Christian Juvenile Literature.
Two things stand out about Fanny Crosby. She was blind for over ninety years. And she wrote eight thousand hymns and gospel songs about her Savior. A short chapter book written for young readers and family read-alouds, Fanny Crosby: Queen of Gospel Songs focuses primarily on the great hymn- writer’s cheerful childhood and conversion—after becoming a nationally known poet.
In an old Peanuts comic strip, Linus once said, “I want to be a great philanthropist with somebody else’s money.” That’s a description of George Mueller. Over the many years of his work with orphans, millions of dollars passed through Mueller’s hands and flowed out to others, all in answer to his prayers to a God with limitless resources. A short chapter book written for young readers and family read-alouds, George Mueller: A Father to the Fatherless focuses on his life of prayer and his ministry to children.
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