For the Joy: 21 Missionary Mother Stories of Real Life & Faith

by Miriam Chan (Editor), Sophia Russell (Editor)

Overview

Fear, Faith, & Figuring It Out 

Every child is different, but mothers are very much the same around the world—the same worries and fears, guilt, and joys. Dive in to For the Joy and laugh and cry with 21 Australian missionary mothers as they share stories of raising kids in both remote far-flung places and some of the most populated cities in the world. These inspiring stories will resonate in the heart of the reader as fear, faith, and figuring it out come together in page-turning reality. 

 Stories include: 

• home-schooling while living in a bus 

• navigating the toddler years as a “third culture mum” 

• raising a child with special needs 

• recovering from anxiety on the field 

• giving birth in a foreign hospital 

• the grief of losing your family to persecution ... and more! 

Honestly written, raw in emotion, sad and joyful in equal measure, this collection of stories offers insight into the complexities of parenting children while serving God no matter where you call home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645082231
Publisher:	William Carey Publishing
Publication date:	08/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	194
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Miriam Chan is a returned missionary mother and remains passionate about missions and being a mother to her two elementary-aged children. Since returning to Sydney, Australia, she has worked with a mission agency in preparing others to serve cross-culturally. She enjoys wearing multiple hats during the week as a university counsellor, ministry wife, cavoodle-lover, and Sunday School teacher.

Sophia Russell has been helping other people tell their stories, both personally and professionally, for most of her adult life. Living in Sydney with her husband and two children, she works as a freelance content writer and journalist. She loves books, good coffee, great conversations, and serving with her local church.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

1 Adventures in Arnhem Land

2 Press Close

3 Missional Living as a Mum

4 Covered by Love

5 My Journey through Anxiety

6 Cracked Jars of Clay

7 The Most Ordinary Job in the World

8 Third Culture Mum

9 Confessions from an Imperfect Missionary Mum

10 No Place Like Home

11 Lost and Found

12 The Llama Ate My Homework

13 France Beyond the Postcards

14 Living with Racism

15 When a Seed Falls

16 Rabuna Saidu Tanina: God Help Us

17 Living in a Sensory Jungle

18 Giving Birth on the Mission Field

19 Raising Hunters in the Bush

20 The Boarding Life

21 Re-entry

Author Biographies

Editorial Reviews

I found myself enormously challenged while reading this collection of missionary mums' stories. I am grateful for the opportunity, through this book, to engage with my heavenly Father about my commitment to His mission to take the good news of Jesus to a lost world--no matter the risk, the hardship, the suffering, the tears. I am also thankful that I now have a much greater understanding of what the missionary mums that I regularly partner with in prayer are experiencing on the field. Lesley Ramsey editor of What Women Really Need

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