Don WarringtonThe Island is a paradise of wide beaches, palm trees, clear azure waters over beautiful coral reefs, and a wetland wilderness full of wildlife. But its natural beauty has been marred by the intrusion of its conquerors, who have turned it into a battlground for their competing ways of life and a graveyard for their children. It is divided by just about everything--race, religion, culture, politics, and economics, and those divisions have placed the hope of return to "normalcy" beyond the imagination of its inhabitants. But the Island is not moulded by forces, but by people. At its root this work is the story of one woman whose single-minded pursuit of her purpose results in a total transformation of her life, her ministry, her position in affairs of state and ultimately of the people and nations around her. It leads her to places no one predicted she would go, to bring life and love to situations where none was thought possible--and ultimately to face the cross itself. Read More Read Less