{"id":18042,"date":"2017-03-13T21:23:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T02:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=18042"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:28:09","slug":"mailbag-reading-list-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2017\/03\/13\/mailbag-reading-list-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Missionary Stories: Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mailbag<\/p>\n

After seeing an article I posted on my other blog yesterday called “When God Gives You More than You Can Handle<\/a>,” a reader from Holland sent me the following message this morning: Do you have more suggestions on true missionary stories for me to read? <\/em><\/p>\n

I think that’s a great question, so I decided to answer it here.<\/p>\n

The book I mentioned in the post was Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime<\/a>. It was written by Janet and Geoff Benge. We’ve read several more of their missionary biographies over the years, including the stories of George M\u00fcller<\/a>, William Carey<\/a>, and Amy Carmichael<\/a>, to name just a few.<\/p>\n

\"Gladys<\/a><\/p>\n

We liked those missionary stories so much that Doug bought an entire set of the Benges’ biographies at a homeschool convention a couple of years ago. We are now working our way through all of them.<\/p>\n

\"Benge<\/a><\/p>\n

Not all of the Benges’ subjects are missionaries (in a traditional sense), but many of them are. The books are easy reads, but are still very informative — and inspiring!<\/p>\n

In addition to these books, other missionary biographies I would recommend include:<\/p>\n