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1999 $ Kentucky couple Nik and Ruth Ripken spent six years doing relief work in Somalia. Their bruising experience caused a crisis of faith. 1899 Don Stephens with Lynda Rutledge Stephenson and Nancy Predaina Romanian attorney Virginia Prodan recounts her experience of intense persecution under Ceausescu’s brutal regime. 1699 $ Ships of Mercy 1799 $ $ The Season Of Singing Has Come Shaadia Firoz The improbable but thrilling story of how a Colorado farm boy built a navy, how a decrepit ocean liner learned to be a hospital, and how a boat load of volunteers are literally changing the face of the world... one face at a time. Russian born Shaadia Firoz grew up in a Muslim family, in the fearful shadow of her drunken and abusive father. From an early age she was searching for a close relationship with Allah but she could never find the peace she so longed for. Ships of Mercy tells the riveting true story of Mercy Ships, the fleet of hospital ships that sails the globe, bringing dramatic change to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the most impoverished corners of the world. Finding fame as a singer did little to fill her sense of emptiness, and a desperate search to fill this longing had her looking for love in all the wrong places. Everything changed when she encountered Jesus and finally experienced unconditional love. 1799 $ The extraordinary faith journey of the late Irene Gleeson, whose ministry would rescue thousands of orphans in Uganda. 2499 $ Australian midwife Ruth Myors served in Africa for over two decades. God’s faithfulness shone through many adversities. 1699 1999 $ A refugee’s miraculous escape from Iran, and her gradual discovery of the inexplicable love of Jesus. 1899 $ Chrissie Chapman went to rural Burundi in the 1980s to open a maternity clinic and was caught up in a 13-year civil war. 1999 $ $ Daring to Hope Killing Christians Katie Davis Majors Tom Doyle with Greg Webster Taking up where Kisses From Katie left off, Katie Davis Majors shares her ongoing experiences in Uganda as the adoptive mother to thirteen girls, and describes how she’s wrestled through the darkness of disappointment to find the answer to whether God truly is good. Severe persecution is an everyday reality for many Christians living in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, and other Muslim-majority nations. Tom Doyle reveals the true stories of those who have faced imprisonment, torture, and even execution for staying faithful to Christ. MORE MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES 1999 $ One man’s risky mission to bring the Bible to countries cut off from the wider church. A true Christian classic! 1799 $ Naomi Reed shares the inspiring stories of ten Interserve workers. “Gripping, challenging and informative.” – Martin Goldsmith. 5