Living as
missionaries in Nepal is a struggle for Lauren and her son Ryan. It’s
not their dream. They are there in support of Sam who believes he has
a calling from God to minister to the tribes in this poverty stricken
land. Lauren tries to be a good wife and adapt to the power failures
and the loneliness of living in the native area where she has no
support systems.
Although Lauren
believes it is her duty to support her husband. He has a calling and
he’s doing God’s work, but Sam’s driven approach to
Christianity is not hers, She believes in the softer, loving aspects
of God. As Lauren struggles and Sam is gone for three weeks at a
time, thirteen-year-old Ryan is hurting. He’s living far from
friends, and hates Nepal. Being a teenager, he gets deeper and deeper
into his unhappiness while his parents, because of their own
struggles, fail to help him.
This is a powerful
story highlighting two ways to see God and the consequences to a
family ripped apart by their divergent concepts. The characters are
beautifully drawn. Sam believes in his mission so strongly that he
can’t see what it’s doing to his family. Lauren tries to be a
loving mother, but her own needs push her away from being able to
help her son. Ryan is a frustrated teenager caught is a world he
doesn’t understand and hates. Why would a loving God put him in
this situation?
I highly recommend
this book. It’s beautifully written and will make you think about
the costs of zealotry.
I received this book
from Handlebar for this review.
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