When Invisible Children Sing

by Huang, Chi Cheng

• ISBN13: 9781414306162
• ISBN10: 1414306164
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-30
• Publisher: TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS

Summary

Expecting to treat some mildly ill children from the streets of Bolivia on a quick "service trip," an idealistic young medical student gets more than he bargained for when he takes a year off from Harvard Medical School to work at an orphanage in La Paz. As he comes to know the children, and sees how they live, Chi Huang is drawn deeper and deeper into their complex and desperate lives. The doctor soon realizes that to truly help these children, he will have to follow the example of Jesus: live among them, love them in spite of their brokenness, and cling to his faith in God's goodness, even when it appears it is nowhere to be found. A true story that will inspire and challenge readers to greater faith and action. The book includes a Foreword by Harvard professor and world-renowned expert on the moral and spiritual development of children, Dr. Robert Coles.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	xi
1: We've Been Waiting for You	1	(14)
2: Slash, Slash	15	(8)
3: American Dream	23	(10)
4: Be Careful	33	(20)
5: Introduction to the Street	53	(12)
6: Miguel and Pilar	65	(8)
7: Gabriel	73	(10)
8: Stabbing	83	(10)
9: Into the Night	93	(12)
10: I'm Bleeding	105	(8)
11: Lice	113	(6)
12: Fatso	119	(12)
13: Christmas Eve	131	(6)
14: Wake Up!	137	(6)
15: Just One More Time	143	(6)
16: Red January	149	(6)
17: Magic Juice	155	(10)
18: Not in Any Flurry	165	(6)
19: A Way of Life	171	(10)
20: The Wake	181	(10)
21: Batir	191	(8)
22: Merry Christmas	199	(8)
23: Vicki	207	(6)
24: Not All of Us Children	213	(10)
25: Dance with Me	223	(6)
26: Rain	229	(8)
27: Potato Chips	237	(6)
28: Headbutt	243	(6)
29: Baby	249	(8)
30: Child One	257	(8)
31: Rosa Must Stay	265	(8)
32: I Want to Go Home	273	(14)
Epilogue	287	(8)
Acknowledgments	295