- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Faithworks Distributors (February 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0929292898
- ISBN-13: 978-0929292892
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Book Description
American missionaries Jean Phillips and her husband Gene lived through some of the most harrowing moments in African history of the last half century--through unthinkable hardships that would have caused most people to abandon their cause.
Tested and tried with more than any Christian could be expected to endure, these servants refused to allow Satan to send them packing back to America.
From the Rhodesian civil war to bush country living, to an abduction that almost took their lives, the Phillipses learned the dependability of God's rescue again and again.
When all else seemed to fail them, God came through-- sparing their lives, answering their prayers, making a way through the darkest nights, meeting their special family needs, and helping them sing praises depsite one frightening, traumatic episode after another.
Walk with this inspiring couple through those harrowing years when they were literally refined by the African fires blazing around them.
About the Author
Jean Phillips was appointed a Southern Baptist career missionary in 1956 and served in Rhodesia (later renamed Zimbabwe) for 40 years. After retirement, she and husband Gene returned to Lesotho, Africa, as mission volunteers. Today, they make their home in South Carolina.
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Rescue,
By Wilma Brown (Winston-Salem, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rescue: Abducted and Threatened with Death, This Woman and Her Husband Draw on God's Lessons of a Lifetime. (Paperback)
Jean Phillips' book RESCUE not only was very interesting but it gave me a new perspective on life. I particularly appreciate the last chapter concerning trials and affictions. It was the most straight forward and easy-to-understand explanation I have come across.
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One Woman's Walk of Faith,
By Iris J. Summers (Phoenix, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rescue: Abducted and Threatened with Death, This Woman and Her Husband Draw on God's Lessons of a Lifetime. (Paperback)
This book is, to put it simply, a record of one woman's walk of faith. It is a depiction of God's servants being repeatedly led into the "valley of the shadow of death" and experiencing divine deliverance.For those who consider foreign missions "pie in the sky" preaching to the heathen, this book will immediately disabuse them of such a misconception.As a teenage friend, college suite mate, and bridesmaid to the author, I have intimate knowlege of her early dedication to God and His calling in her life. This book is a lifelong record of her answer to that call.The comment has often been made that some Christians are "so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good". One of the most appealing facets of this book is the revelation of the oh-so-human emotions of the author and her husband, as they faced many hardships and even death while fulfilling the ministry to which God called them. She makes no attempt to hide nor deny these emotions, but reveals them to the reader, and in so doing shows us that by facing our humanity and turning it over to God, He is able use us to glorify His name, regardless of where our place of service may lie.The author presents to the reader not only the nitty-gritty aspects of day-to-day mission work, lived out with her husband over a period of more than 40 years, but also, the simple joy to be derived from seeing lives changed by God's working through His devoted servants.After many years, during which our paths took different directions, it was a blessing to recently renew our friendship and observe, first hand, how the many trials and tribulations the author and her family have endured have matured her faith and her love and acceptance of all God's creatures.
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Against all Odds,
By A Customer
This review is from: Rescue: Abducted and Threatened with Death, This Woman and Her Husband Draw on God's Lessons of a Lifetime. (Paperback)
The Phillips' journey of faith in Africa, which lasted over 40 years, is one that can be an encouragement to all. The watchcare of God over them, even in the midst of the Rhodesian Civil War and many other hazards, is a miracle. God honored their faithfulness with His faithfulness to them during their lifetime of service.
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