In This Place

In 1985 Kim Abernethy, along with her husband, Jeff, followed a call from God to minister in the small West African country of Liberia.<br><br>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&#39;s adventures of being a bush pilot in the jungle of Liberia.<br><br>Whether you are intrigued by the stories of foreign missionaries and how they adapt to a new culture or are heading towards the mission &iuml;&#172;?eld yourself, you will &iuml;&#172;?nd this book enlightening and inspiring.<br><br>Inside you will &iuml;&#172;?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, disbelief, stubbornness, and independence that had held Kim captive.<br><br>It is an irresistible story of an infallible God proving Himself more than enough in every fathomable circumstance. IN THIS PLACE is the &iuml;&#172;?rst of two books that record the &iuml;&#172;?rst eighteen years of the Abernethy&#39;s unsettled, but yet ful&iuml;&#172;?lling missionary career.<br><br>Gleaning stories and adventures from journals that she kept since December, 1985, IN THIS PLACE is autobiographical and concentrates mainly on their &iuml;&#172;?rst four years in Liberia. She is working on completing her second book, IN EVERY PLACE, which continues the Abernethy&#39;s missionary adventures from 1990 – 2002.<br><br>IN EVERY PLACE is expected to be published by in late fall of 2011.