David Eller is an American missionary in Venezuela, married to missionary nurse, Christie. Together they rescue homeless children in Caracas. But for David, that isn't enough. The supply of homeless children is endless because of massive poverty and the oppressive policies of the Venezuelan government, led by the Hugo Chavez- like Armando Guzman. In a moment of anger, David publicly rails against the government, unaware that someone dangerous might be listening- a revolutionary looking for recruits. David falls into an unimaginable nightmare of espionage, ending in a desperate, life-or-death gamble to flee the country with his wife and son, with all the resources of a corrupt dictatorship at their heels.
In the wider community, both on and off the island, I want to acknowledge the intellectual support of Michael Perez, Faye Untalan, Miget Bevacqua, Ron Stade, Laurel Monnig, and Joakim Peter. On Guam, the following individuals were also ...
Reproduction of the original: The Missionary; vol. III by Lady Sidney Morgan
The Missionary Family
What am I, a chief investment officer of one of the country’s largest investment managers, doing hailing down strangers at night on the streets of New York City? “Are you Catholic?” my friends and I ask. “Would you like a rosary?
ANY one reading these passages of Scripture for the first time would certainly be quite as much impressed by their disparities as by their similarities.
The eighteenth century was a time of remarkable missionary activity. As the British Empire expanded around the world, Christian missionaries followed in the wake of merchants and explorers to bring...
Jesus, as both the Son of God and the Son of Man, devoted His entire existence to fulfilling the work entrusted to Him by His Father, thus bringing glory to God.