Overview

These stories will delight readers, capturing humour, danger, cultural learning, and daily missionary life with refreshing honesty. These personal experiences and descriptive scenes; canoes gliding past crocodiles, earth ovens steaming in the rain, chainsaws carving through jungle giants, and many emergency situations make exciting reading. As a historical record of missionary life in Papua New Guinea, this memoir of Mission Service is invaluable. It documents village customs, health challenges, local economies, and pre-modern infrastructure with clarity and firsthand insight. This memoir is a beautiful tribute to faith in action. Its emotional impact lies not in dramatic prose, but in steadfast faith in action, bringing to the mind of the reader the old adage; ""I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day!"" Each chapter offers a quiet miracle, protection at sea, healing in crisis, and conversion in remote villages. The book is a testament to what ordinary people, deeply committed to service, can accomplish under extraordinary pressure. Indeed, Faith and Works in Action!

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Mission Stories From Home and Abroad is a powerful, deeply personal memoir that brings to life decades of missionary service, faith, and resilience in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. Through vivid storytelling, Don Menkens shares extraordinary real-life experiences of education, medical emergencies, cultural encounters, aviation, and daily life in some of the most remote regions of the world. Rich with historical detail and first hand insight, this book offers a rare window into missionary work, cross-cultural service, and the challenges and triumphs of living out Christian faith on the frontier. Both inspirational and documentary in style, this book will appeal to readers interested in Christian living, missionary history, Papua New Guinea history, faith-based memoirs, and real-life adventure stories. Written with sincerity and conviction, Mission Stories From Home and Abroad is not only a testimony of service and perseverance, but also a compelling reminder of the power of faith, compassion, and commitment to helping others-making it a meaningful read for believers, historians, and anyone drawn to true stories of purpose-driven lives. Angel Key Publications

Author Information

Born in Townsville in 1935, Don grew up in North Queensland with a childhood dream to become a missionary in the Pacific Islands. After training as a teacher, he dedicated many years to serving remote communities

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