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Better Than We Dreamed: The Story of Elaine Townsend
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Both encouraging and challenging, this thorough biography leads the reader to rightly recognize Elaine Townsend as one of the great Christian women of the 20th century – a demonstration of what God can do with a willing heart.
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Better Than we Dreamed
The Story of Elaine Townsend and the Faithfulness of a God Who Colored Outside all her Lines
Read the story of a life lived safely within the lines, that God turned upside down. From social star of 1930s Chicago to a Wycliffe missionary in South America and the USSR, Elaine Townsend’s life was far from boring. Meet the woman who became Cameron Townsend’s wife, and discover how a life can be filled with adventure, by simply saying ‘yes’ to God. Elaine found her adventures far better than any of her family could have ever imagined!
Through each stage of Elaine’s life her trust and dependence on her Saviour shines as an example to believers everywhere, yet there are also weaknesses with which we can all identify. This account of her struggles and successes is filled with stories gathered from those who knew Elaine best, as well as insights into the mission work that renewed a generation’s passion for Bible translation.
Both encouraging and challenging, this thorough biography leads the reader to rightly recognize Elaine Townsend as one of the great Christian women of the 20th century – a demonstration of what God can do with a willing heart.
About the Author
Simona Gorton is a writer, photographer, traveller, wife, and an international operations manager for 9Marks. Better Than we Dreamed is her first book.
Contents
- A Place in Time
- Herald of Things to Come
- Eastern Sunrise, Western Glory
- ‘Most Promising Young Protestant’
- Charting Patterns of the Heart
- Claiming a Path
- A Lessening
- ‘Best Job in the Outfit’
- Spurring on and Pointing Upward
- ‘Strengthening the Troops’
- An Unexpected Development
- Change and the Art of Learning
- ‘The Unfolding of Your Word Gives Light’
- Pitching Camp
- Shining Forth the Gospel
- Always Adventure
- Joy in the Journey
- Opening the Castle Doors
- A Chart for their Pilgrimage
- Family as Gospel Apologetic
- A Woman of One Thing
- ‘She Brought Makeup to the Jungle’
- The Russian Frontier
- ‘Rejoice With Us!’
- The God Who Acts
- And Yet He Leads On
- Just as He Promised
- Wounds of Love
- Continuing Pursuit
- ‘Such an Interesting Person’
- ‘Not Just Somehow, but Triumphantly’
- ‘A Grand Recruiter and a Grand Friend’
- Glimpses of the Port
- After the Last Mission
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