In 1985 Kim Abernethy, along with her husband, Jeff, followed a call from God to minister in the small West African country of Liberia. A journalism major in college, Kim had the insight and desire to keep detailed journals during their ¬rst few years of being missionaries. It is out of the coffers of her journals that she weaves their story in both humorous and dramatic tones. From learning how to effectively communicate with the Liberian workers in her jungle home to witnessing the painful death of a young woman in childbirth, Kim's descriptions are riveting. She writes of the fall of one of her daughters from a two-story building, shares candid emotions from when her husband had a close call with Lassa Fever, and delightfully chronicles many of her husband's adventures of being a bush pilot in the jungle of Liberia.
Whether you are intrigued by the stories of foreign missionaries and how they adapt to a new culture or are heading towards the mission ¬eld yourself, you will ¬nd this book enlightening and inspiring. A resource for any Christian who dares to believe that God is much bigger than the cultural box in which we place Him.
Inside this book you will ¬nd disbelief, tragedy, fear, anxiety, discontentment, and confusion, but there is also humor, delight, amazement, wonder, surrender, and a deep-seated joy as you watch how God - little by little - chipped away at the walls of pride, unbelief, stubbornness, and independence that had always held Kim captive to herself.
This young missionary experiences over and over God's amazing grace through spiritual and cultural collisions. It is an irresistible story of an infallible God proving Himself more than enough in every fathomable circumstance.
IN THIS PLACE is the ¬rst of two books that record the ¬rst eighteen years of the Abernethy's unsettled, but yet ful¬lling missionary career. IN EVERY PLACE is expected
to be published by September 2011.
Gleaning stories and adventures from journals that she kept since December, 1985, IN THIS PLACE is autobiographical and concentrates mainly on their ¬rst four years in Liberia. She is working on completing her second book, IN EVERY PLACE, which continues the Abernethy's missionary adventures from 1990 - 2002.
