Yesterday in church the pastor reminded us in his sermon that ‘Leaders are Readers‘. Reading is a big part of World Race culture and since we have limited luggage space everyone shares books among the squad. There have been multiple ‘waiting lists’ for really good books and I once had to physically wrestle April Alvarado to the ground for a book that we both wanted. Needless to say, I won J. It has been so nice to have some extra time to read this year (sitting in train stations, waiting in line at the embassy, riding on planes, down time between ministry…you get the idea). It got me to thinking of all the wonderful books I’ve read so far on the World Race— I tried to read at least one book each month that somehow applied to our ministry but also managed to fit others as well. I would like to share the list with you in case you are looking for a good read! [You can google any of these books to get more of a description if you are interested in reading it].
Books I’ve Read on the World Race-
Books I’ve Read on the World Race-
Biographical:
-Mother Teresa: Biography by Navin Chawla
-The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
-Children of Cambodia’s Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors by DithPran& Kim DePaul
-Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
-The Heart and the Vision: The Story of Caminul Felix by Doreen Wildrianne
Christian Living:
-Crazy Love by Francis Chan
-Supernatural Ways of Royalty by Bill Johnson & Kris Vallotton
-The Saving Life of Christ by Major W. Ian Thomas
-Prodigal God by Timothy Keller
-Secrets of a Prayer Warrior by Derek Prince
-Lioness Arising: Wake Up and Change Your World by Lisa Bevere
-Forgotten God by Francis Chan
Fiction:
-Sold by Patricia McCormick
-Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson
-Leaving Home by Jodi Picoult
-Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shafer
-The Last Song by Nichols Sparks
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Motivational:
-Leadership and Self Deception: Getting out of the Box by the Arbinger Institute
-Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung
-Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
-Healing Life’s Hurts by Graham Bretherick
-Made to Crave (Devotional) by LysaTerkeurst
Other Books I’ve read part of:
One in a Million by Priscilla Shirer, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (I gave up after reading 600 pages L), Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Culture of Honor by Danny Silk, The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel, Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist, and the Bible (I only have 4 Old Testament books left to read to complete it!)
* A BIG thank you to all the wonderful believers at First Assembly of God for buying me an Amazon Kindle before I left. It was a huge blessing to me! This blog post has been made possible my the number ‘1’ and the letters ‘A’ and ‘G’.
(get it… ‘First A.G.’).
Thank you for saving me all the weight of these heavy books in my back pack by reducing it to 10 oz.!!!
