Misadventures in Travel: A Missionary's Experience in Brazil
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1934749796 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mom of An interesting look into what it takes to be a missionary My junior year in high school, I traveled to Germany to live and learn for one year. While there, I planned to visit a friend and his family in France. I visited a travel agency, purchased my plane ticket, and asked about Visa requirements. I was told there weren't any. When I arrived in France, I learned there were no Visa requirements for German citizens, but there were Visa requirements for American citizens. I stood trying to work out the whole mes. Boys and a Lil Lass said An interesting look into what it takes to be a missionary. My junior year in high school, I traveled to Germany to live and learn for one year. While there, I planned to visit a friend and his family in France. I visited a travel agency, purchased my plane ticket, and asked about Visa requirements. I was told there weren't any. When I arrived in France, I learned there were no Visa requirements for German citizens, but there were Visa requirements for American citizens. I stood trying to work out the whole mes. Insider's view of the real life of a missionary Misadventures in Travel by Paula Edwards is the story of the author's missionary trip through northern Brazil. Edwards and husband Van decide to become missionaries later in life. With two grown daughter and several grandchildren, they want to do the Lord's work, and when a job is offered to map out the fishing villages of northern Brazil, they jump at the chance. Their story is filled with countless twists and turns (no really, the maps they have aren
God's ambassadors on foreign soil or sheep among wolves? Were Paula and Van Edwards called to Brazil to help spread the Good News of Jesus or to gather material for a new slapstick comedy act? These "late-in-life" missionaries often believed they might be undertaking a bit of both activities. Nothing could have prepared them for the hair-raising traffic, countless scary vehicle breakdowns, unthinkable bureaucratic snafus, survival totally at the mercy of strangers, and the endless search for a decent pousada (lodging)--all experienced in a l