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"We welcome you to pick up this book and read of the adventures and challenges spanning ninety years in the life of Esther Fitzstevens. You will cross continents with her, facing seemingly insurmountable odds. Is the outcome divine intervention or coincidence? You decide for yourself."--

Early one morning, just down the street from the local mosque, gunshots shattered the silence. A young American lay in a pool of blood, murdered by al-Qaeda extremists. When God called Emily and Stephen Foreman to bring the gospel to a Muslim nation where Christianity was illegal, they knew they were being called to a life of sacrifice. 'We died before we came here' was their common refrain. Emily, left with four children and an undying calling to...

When young Betsey joined a missionary voyage to Hawaii, everyone was shocked. A single woman, who was born enslaved, going to mission? How extraordinary! But that's exactly who Betsey was, an extraordinary girl who believed in an extraordinary God! Follow her adventurous five-month journey across the Pacific Ocean. A journey of laughter, tears, prayer and even a newborn life! A journey that would take her to the shores of beautiful Hawaii, where she...