The Other Side of Heaven
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John Groberg, a young missionary, spent three years on islands in the South Pacific, living among a warm and devout people whose faith shaped their daily lives. In this first-person account he recalls the unusual experiences of that period.
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The stories range from frightening night crossings, when the group could barely find the harbor light that would guide them home, to moments of startling healing and narrow escapes from storms and hurricanes. Food ran short when a supply boat failed to arrive, and the missionaries had to adapt to a culture that thought about the world in very different ways from their own.
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