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William Carey watched from the dock as the magnificent sailing ship headed for the English Channel without him. Tears filled his eyes, and deep disappointment filled his heart. What would he tell the missionary society? So much work awaited him half a world away. He must get to India-and soon!
William's amazing journey to India would prove to be just the beginning of a missionary quest filled with hardship and heartache as well as tremendous victories.
Often...
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Hudson survived his perilous maiden voyage to his beloved China. With his heart set in determined obedience to God, and trusting the provision of the One who had called, Hudson overcame persecution and almost overwhelming personal losses to bring to bring God's truth to the "ripe harvest fields" of China.
Today, Hudson Taylor's story continues to challenge and inspire believers young and old to carry the anchoring gospel message, regardless of personal...
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Cooper kids adventure series volume 2
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English
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Amidst violent earthquakes, Jay and Lila try to determine whether the leader of a colony on a South Sea island is truly Adam MacKenzie, the presumed-dead missionary he claims to be.
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Incredible worlds of Wally McDoogle volume 4
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English
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Twelve-year-old Wally visits missionaries in the South American rain forest and stumbles into a series of what he thinks are impossible predicaments, until he understands the joy of sharing Jesus with others.
10) Mother Teresa
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2005
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English
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A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.
11) Mother Teresa
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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An account of the life of Mother Teresa, the Serbian nun who founded a religious order, the Sisters of Charity, to serve the sick and needy of Calcutta, India, and of the work that earned her a Nobel Peace Prize.
13) Mother Teresa
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Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c1999
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English
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A biography of the nun who founded the order known as the Missionaries of Charity to work with the sick and destitute in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
14) Jun�ipero Serra
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1991
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English
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Focuses on the achievements of the eighteenth-century Spanish missionary who was one of the early explorers of California.