In 1943, nineteen-year-old Arlene Schuiteman began keeping a journal, which she continued her whole life, including thirty-four years of nursing and teaching in three African countries: South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Zambia.During a particularly trying time, she recorded ninety "whispers from the Lord" in her personal journals. The four years during which Arlene recorded these messages (1975-1979) were among the most difficult years in the history of modern Ethiopia as well as Arlene's own life. Even as she began transcribing the messages, a violent political movement--the Qey Shibir(Red Terror)--descended on the nation. After being forced to leave her beloved church and her nursing students, she moved to the nation's capital and was eventually ejected from the country. She soon returned to Africa, however, working this time in Zambia until her retirement in 1989.Although Arlene recorded these "whispers" as a personal encouragement, at age ninety-eight, she now wishes to share her journal with others who struggle and need to be reminded of God's faithfulness during dark days. Here is an affirmation of God's intimacy with his children and his loving response to us all.

Whispers from the Lord: A Missionary Nurse's Journal

Biographies & Memoirs

Barker, Jeff

Professionals & Academics

Hendrickson Publishers

A New York Times bestselling author reveals how to find the right words for every situation Whether you are making a budget request, interviewing for a job, ending a relationship, or talking to children about divorce, the crux of success in those and other crucial situations is planned, effective communication. And yet, it is the tool people most often fail to use. In Perfecting Your Pitch, expert consultant and negotiator Ronald M. Shapiro presents his system of scripting, outlined efficiently as the Three D’s: Draft, Devil’s Advocate, Deliver. Using real-life examples, Shapiro walks readers step-by-step through the process of creating an effective message, preparing for counterarguments, and delivering the results with confidence and grace across a broad range of situations. He also provides an excellent menu of stories and model scripts for communication challenges affecting business, family, friends and consumers. Reaching out to readers of Difficult Conversations and Getting to Yes, Perfecting Your Pitch introduces a simple but powerful system we can all use for great results.

Perfecting Your Pitch: How to Succeed in Business and in Life by Finding Words That Work

Business & Money

Shapiro, Ronald M.

Management & Leadership

Avery

SYNOPSIS: Arlene Schuiteman grew to maturity in the sheltering fold of a loving family farm in northwest Iowa. During the blizzard of 1951, Arlene experienced a supernatural call to foreign missions. She followed the call to the Nuer tribe at a tiny mission station in Nasir, South Sudan. Over eight years, her gentle hands nursed thousands. Sioux Center Sudan tells story after story of the nearly heartbreaking struggle to advance medical care in a context that had persisted in stasis for thousands of years. In Nasir, Arlene became best friends with Eleanor Vandevort whose own version of those years is told in the beautiful book A Leopard Tamed. "Brilliant! Jeff Barker's strength is storytelling with so much detail that the reader can fully enter in." (Sue Polsley)

Sioux Center Sudan: A Missionary Nurse's Journey

RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions REL012040 RELIGION / Christian Life / Inspirational Following Sioux Center Sudan comes another historical account of Arlene Schuiteman's missionary work. Iowa Ethiopia brings us to one of the world's ancient cultures and the revolution that changed one woman's spiritual journey . . . and nearly cost her everything. Now in her nineties, retired nurse and missionary Arlene Schuiteman is quiet, seemingly timid. She does not desire attention or fame. However, she has years of stories to tell about rambling across the fields of her Iowa family farm, settling on a Sudanese riverbank, climbing through the rugged hollers of Kentucky, and being swept away to the western mountains of Ethiopia. Iowa Ethiopia looks back at Arlene's work as a missionary nurse in Ethiopia between 1966 and 1977, where she trained young men in the practice of modern medicine. Like in Sioux Center Sudan, this woman's inspiring stories have the power to transfix, pierce, and heal. Captivating and honest, they declare the power of God to us today in our ongoing efforts to be strong witnesses to Christ's kingdom. The stories in this book have been collected from her journals and letters, and retold by award-winning dramatist Jeff Barker. Includes sixteen pages of color photos.

Iowa Ethiopia: A Missionary Nurse's Journey Continues

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Zambia Hometells the true story of one missionary nurse's amazing journey in Zambia, Africa, as she grapples with local politics, spiritual warfare, and personal grief. One of the great unsung Christian heroes of our time, Arlene Schuiteman's story will touch your heart and embolden your spirit to declare the glory of God to the next generation.At age nineteen, Arlene Schuiteman began keeping a journal. That daily discipline continued throughout her life, including thirty-four years of nursing and teaching in three African countries: South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Zambia. She then placed her Africa journals and letters into the hands of her friend, playwright Jeff Barker. He adapted Arlene's writings into plays, and now they have become a book series: Sioux Center Sudan, Iowa Ethiopia, and Zambia Home.This third book in the trilogy covers the final decade of Arlene's career, starting with the birth of a nation and passing through the death of Arlene's mother. Arlene grapples with radically changing infrastructures and the Zambianization of medicine. Then, as she nears the end of her career, the HTLV-3 virus stuns the world. Arlene's spiritual and emotional journal has never been richer or more complex than this fitting final chapter of her amazing journey.Arlene's story has the power to transfix, pierce, and heal. This is more than historical record. Here is a winsome saga that declares the power of God to the next generation.

Zambia Home: A Missionary Nurse Endures

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Reference

Independently published

Webber Institute Books, in association with Parson's Porch Books, is proud to release its inaugural volume, The Storytelling Church: Adventures in Reclaiming the Role of Story in Worship, by Jeff Barker. Barker, who is professor of theatre and speech at Northwestern College in Iowa and in the doctoral program at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies has written superb, worthwhile, and transformative stories that will inspire, provoke, and encourage readers seeking to enhance their worship experience and deepen readers' capacity to faithfully serve God in their ministries.

The Storytelling Church: Adventures in Reclaiming the Role of Story in Worship

Parson's Porch Books

Performing the Plays of the Bible: Seven Ancient Scripts and Our Journey to Return Them to the Stage

Boogaart, Thomas

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