This is one woman's story of life in the Philippines as a "tent-maker", whose husband works at the University. Lots of real insight and humility and interesting tidbits about life in the Philippines at the time (published in 1979).
Paper Back book.
Ruth Klaasen weaves a story of joy an dromance, boldness and humility, hardship and sickness, birth and death. More than a story, this account takes us into the life and lifestyle of a North American family who lived for Jesus Christ is an international community in a foreign country. Struggles with assimilating a new and very different culture, failures to communicate with servants and neighbors, questions of conflicting values, difficulties of explaining the gospel, the issue of what church to join - these blend together with problems we all face in realizing God's presence in our lives.
This is the story of how a loving heavenly Father worked in the life of one person, one couple, one family -- in a culture foreign to their own - so tht He could work through them.
Ruth Klaasen weaves a story of joy an dromance, boldness and humility, hardship and sickness, birth and death. More than a story, this account takes us into the life and lifestyle of a North American family who lived for Jesus Christ is an international community in a foreign country. Struggles with assimilating a new and very different culture, failures to communicate with servants and neighbors, questions of conflicting values, difficulties of explaining the gospel, the issue of what church to join - these blend together with problems we all face in realizing God's presence in our lives.
This is the story of how a loving heavenly Father worked in the life of one person, one couple, one family -- in a culture foreign to their own - so tht He could work through them.
