More Screams, Different Deserts : Joy and Perseverance for Women in Cross-Cultural Ministry.

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Persevering to Raise TCKs with TLC -- We Should Do That -- What Happens When Husbands Are Gone -- The "L" Word -- What Can I Say?! -- All-American Baseball . . . Kind Of -- It's Only an Earthquake -- Where Is the Museum? -- A Mother's Sacrifice -- The Birth -- One of the Differences between Us and Hamsters -- A Dangerous Prayer -- II. A Deeper Look at Love and Perseverance -- Love -- Perseverance -- Rejoice in Suffering -- Endurance and Encouragement from the Word -- Jars of Clay -- Living Hope, Eternal Inheritance, and Refined Faith -- III. Joy in Stretching Spiritually -- As the Deer -- The Miraculous and the Mundane -- Fasting with Donuts -- Trees or Football -- People Who Live with Glass Tabletops Shouldn't . . . -- Remember Jeremiah 29:11 -- IV. A Deeper Look at Joy -- Joy in His Presence (Mary) -- The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength (Nehemiah) -- Joyfully Persevering (Habakkuk) -- Eternal Perspective Brings Joy (Jesus) -- Joy in the Midst of Suffering (the Macedonians) -- V. Transitions, Travel, and Tiredness -- Trains, Planes, and Automobiles -- Reentry Challenges! -- The Scarred Purse -- Change? -- Blessed Are the Aged -- Three's a Crowd! -- Minor Inconveniences Can Add Up to a Major Headache -- A Walk Like No Other -- Lesson Learned from the Camel Market -- VI. A Deeper Look at Faith, Love, and Hope -- Work Produced by Faith Includes Joy and Suffering -- Labor Prompted by Love Involves Transformation and Sacrifice -- Endurance Inspired by Hope Entails Working and Waiting -- VII. Relationships -- My Sister's Tale of Epic Heroism -- From Hot Pants to Hot Flashes -- Night Owl or Early Bird -- Love Is Blind -- The Pedicure from Hel . . . Well, I Mean Not a Good Place -- Tricky Team Relationships -- Ode to Samson.

VIII. A Deeper Look at Hope and Security in God Alone -- "What Else Do I Have?" (Micah) -- Forfeiting Grace (Jonah) -- References.

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