The Call of Africa

by Swierenga, Robert P.

• ISBN13: 9780802846150
• ISBN10: 0802846157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Volume 29 records the story of the RCA's first fifty years of mission in sub-Saharan Africa, told through the eyes of a missionary who has worked for half a century in this difficult region of the world. A fascinating account of the church's work in a foreign land, this volume also includes twenty-seven illustrations and six maps of the sub-Sahara.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Prologue	p. 1
The Sudan Years
From Khartoum to Akobo	p. 15
The First Year	p. 24
God Gives the Increase	p. 39
Our Expanding Missions	p. 64
The Move to Pibor	p. 75
More New Personnel	p. 87
Tensions Mount	p. 98
Floods	p. 113
Last Days in Sudan	p. 129
The Ethiopia Years
Opening Omo and Godare	p. 141
Early Years--With MAF's Help	p. 155
An Advanced Dresser Trained at Mettu	p. 180
Omo Windmills and Teppi Tapes	p. 194
Moratorium and Revolution	p. 208
Fallout from the Revolution	p. 219
Still They Come--and Go	p. 228
More Farewells	p. 246
Last Days at Omo	p. 255
The Dispersion Years	p. 266
Living on a Dune	p. 267
Steps Toward Decision	p. 288
Triumphs and Trials at Alale	p. 300
Into South Sudan Again--and Out	p. 319
A Tutor in Zambia	p. 337
They Stayed in Ethiopia	p. 355
Our "First Love" Still Beckons	p. 373
Joint Projects Concept Unfolds	p. 397
...and Unfolds	p. 413
Nairobi Ministries: Daystar and a New PRMI Outreach	p. 432
Our Final Months in Kenya	p. 446
"All the Days Ordained for Me"	p. 459
New Approach in Orma Outreach	p. 468
Mission in Malawi	p. 482
Volunteers for Jesus	p. 489
The Journey Back to Omo	p. 498
Epilogue	p. 516
Maps	p. 519
Glossary	p. 525
Index	p. 527
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