True Missionarys

"That’s My Goat!" and Other Missionary Stories: Misadventures, Miracles, and Missionary Life in West Africa by Joe Consford What happens when a Texas missionary family trades small-town life for the unpredictable, often chaotic, but always unforgettable world of West Africa? You get snake-filled garages, surprise weddings, near-death escapes, and enough cultural misunderstandings to keep you laughing and wide-eyed until the last page. In "That’s My Goat!" and Other Missionary Stories, Joseph Consford invites you into the real-life adventures he and his family experienced while serving ...

What would compel an ordinary person to risk imprisonment—or even death—to secretly carry hope into North Korea? Behind one of the most heavily guarded borders on earth, courageous men and women quietly risk everything to bring food, medicine, and the hope of the Gospel to people living under one of history's most oppressive regimes. Their stories are rarely told. Braving North Korea takes you beyond the headlines and into the lives of those serving on the front lines of one of the world's most dangerous humanitarian and Christian missions. Through firsthand accounts, you'll witness ...

A hilarious, poignant, and big-hearted memoir about the challenges of coming of age—within the strictures of the Mormon church. Growing up in 1980s Edmonton, Greg Hudson loved pop music, comic books, and hanging out at the mall. But unlike most of his friends, Greg and his family were devout...

From British Cop to Missionary—A True Story of Radical Faith, Culture Shock, and Unexpected Joy in the Philippines What would make a ten-year British police veteran sell everything she owns, book a one-way ticket, and follow a calling halfway across the globe? After two years serving on a floating missionary ship, Natalie Vellacott finds herself drawn to a group of solvent-addicted street kids in the Philippines. Their gritty resilience and untold stories change her life forever. With nothing but faith, a suitcase, and a heart full of hope, Natalie steps into a world of poverty, promise, ...

“Reema Goode” and her family are Christians working in a closed Middle Eastern country where all of these things are true. Yet they are also firsthand witnesses of a whole new trend that is taking shape in missions to Muslims. Despite all obstacles, God is opening miraculous doors in the Islamic world, where an unprecedented number of Muslims are becoming followers of Jesus. Reema takes us deep inside her Arab neighborhood to show how God is opening doors in just one of many Islamic communities.

She left everything behind to follow God's call. What followed was an unforgettable journey of faith, adventure and compassion across Southeast Asia. Join former UK Police Sergeant Natalie Vellacott as she leaves behind a successful policing career to become a missionary in Southeast Asia. This inspiring omnibus edition brings together all three books in her missionary memoir trilogy: THE LOGOS LIFE – Step aboard the world's largest floating book fair, where faith, friendship and cultural adventures begin. STREET KIDS, SOLVENTS & SALVATION – A moving true story of the forgotten street ...

Standalone Christian Crime Thrillers Inspired by True Events The road took them. Faith must bring them home. Anna Mercer came to Haiti to heal the sick, love forgotten children, and follow the call of God one ordinary clinic day at a time. But when her mission team’s van is stopped on a remote road outside Port-au-Prince, ordinary becomes impossible. Seventeen people are taken. Children among them. One million dollars demanded for each life. Inside captivity, Anna must become more than a nurse. She becomes the steady voice in the dark, the protector of frightened children, and the woman ...

"In this life, I have lost. I lost my husband and best friend. My children lost their father. But Stephen didn't lose his life. He found it." Early one morning, just down the street from the local mosque, gunshots shattered the silence. A young American lay in a pool of blood, murdered by al-Qaeda extremists. When God called Emily and Stephen Foreman to bring the gospel to a Muslim nation where Christianity was illegal, they knew they were being called to a life of sacrifice. "We died before we came here" was their common refrain.

""Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us."" —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII...

They operate like a close knit family, sleeping rough under a bridge, supporting each other in their desperate daily struggle for survival, but this group of Filipino street children has a weakness worse than poverty.

Gagan Gurung never expected he would become a Christian, let alone a missionary and never would have believed he would become a missionary to America. His family was from Nepal, but they lived in a difficult time in Bhutan. His father had taken the family to Bhutan to find work. Eventually, oppression by the government forced the Nepalese workers to leave.

In this short, faith building story, about a 30 minute read, you will marvel at God's hand in a desperate situation. Darlene Deibler was a young bride, when she was captured by the Japanese, at the beginning of World War II. She and her husband, Russell, were missionaries with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Darlene was confined with 1,600 other women and children on the island of Celebes in the Dutch East Indies. The conditions were horrific, the treatment was cruel and many died. But God was there with them; protecting, providing, rescuing and comforting in truly miraculous ways! ...

A True Story of Faith, Adventure, and Cultural Mishaps on the High Seas Join former UK Police Sergeant Natalie Vellacott aboard the Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, on an unforgettable mission across Southeast Asia. Trading her badge for a Bible, Natalie steps into a world full of cultural surprises, language barriers, and unexpected friendships. From bustling ports to remote villages, her hilarious and heartwarming adventures reveal what it truly means to follow God’s call—no matter how confusing or challenging the journey. This is more than a travel memoir. It’s...

The Man Who Went Through Closed Doors What would you do if God asked you to walk through a door that everyone else believed was closed? Brother Andrew began as an ordinary Dutch boy who grew up during the Second World War. He later became a soldier, a missionary and the founder of Open Doors. His calling eventually took him across some of the world's most tightly controlled borders, carrying Bibles and encouragement to Christians who were isolated and under pressure. From the little blue Volkswagen that carried Bibles across the Iron Curtain to the extraordinary Project Pearl operation that...

Updated Edition - 2026, with charts and illustrations. To Hell, Back, and Beyond is the raw, unfiltered story of a man shattered by trauma, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury—and the long, painful road to healing that followed. Don Mingo takes readers inside panic attacks, depression, ministry wounds, and the invisible battles of a nervous system stuck in survival mode. This is not a polished Christian memoir. It is a survival story grounded in lived experience and hard-earned understanding of how trauma affects the brain and body. Blending faith, neuroscience, and mental-health insight, ...

What would make an experienced police detective give up everything to become a Christian missionary? Planet Police is the true story of a police officer who served on the front line of British policing, working in criminal investigations, child protection, and anti-corruption. Along the way she encountered courage, tragedy, humour, and the harsh realities of human nature. But this is more than a police memoir. Amid the pressures of the job, Natalie discovered a life-changing Christian faith that ultimately led her to leave policing behind and become a missionary. Honest, gripping, and ...

In the early 20th century, a man in Pakistan happened to walk by a small Christian chapel. Inside the preacher was speaking about the love of God. The man, a physician, took the same route the next day and stopped to listen. This was the beginning of a decades long commitment by the doctor to bring more people to faith in Jesus.

In Dragon Ride, the beauty of the Lord is seen through the eyes of Buddhists, atheists, idol-worshippers, Muslims, and an animist as they encounter Jesus. Dragon Ride records the actual conversations Grace had with her friends, and many of them embraced Christ as the answer to their deepest longings. Grace writes about persecution, evading the police, saving lives, helping the homeless and the disabled, and she even writes about the murder of a friend.

If your heart is aching for proof that light is present in the darkest circumstances . . . that hope can emerge when all seems lost . . . and that love is still the greatest power on earth, Jeff Woodke's true story of survival and healing is for you. In October 2016, a year away from retiring as...

When my full-blooded Hawaiian mother was a very young girl, she was hanai adopted by her Aunty Ida. Being a personal friend of Queen Emma, Anty Ida lived in her summer palace in Nu'uanu. It was there that my mother lived and played. Many years later, my brother and I went to visit Queen Emma's summer palace with my mother. The palace was now a museum. I did not understand my mother's subdued spirit and silence. As we walked the palace, I could clearly see emotions welling up within her and then being suppressed.