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050 0 4 _aBV3382.V288.W493 2009
050 0 4 _aBV3382
100 1 _aVarberg, Richard,
_d1932-
_e1
260 _aPasadena, California :
_bWilliam Carey Library,
_c(c)2009.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_i2019-10-15
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049 _aSBIM
245 1 0 _aWhy didn't you come sooner? :
_bstories from my life as a missionary in the Philippines /
_cRichard Varberg.
_hPR
246 0 _aWhy didn't you come sooner?
300 _axvi, 189 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm
505 0 0 _aWhy didn't you come sooner? --
_tTrue commitment --
_tIt's hot in the Philippines --
_tLearning the language is important --
_tGood food and clean water --
_tBugs --
_tDress appropriately --
_tBicycles better than cars? --
_tRural Philippine houses --
_tPriorities --
_tPublic debates --
_tTwo attempts on my life --
_tA pig problem --
_tA terrible accident --
_tThe first Protestant cemetery (part I) --
_tThe first Protestant cemetery (part II) --
_tThe first Protestant cemetery (part III) --
_tA subpoena is issued --
_tSea urchins! --
_tGod proves the governor wrong --
_tA tornado at sea --
_tThank God for chickens --
_tJust like Nicodemus --
_tA plane goes down in Burias --
_tStrange food... great fun! --
_tA new way of building churches --
_tA miraculous dream --
_tLife assurance --
_tThe apostle to Burias --
_tObeying God's call brings happiness --
_tGraven images... demonic powers --
_tI'll see you in the morning --
_tA cathedral in Masbate --
_tA mother superior finds the Lord --
_tA tragic murder --
_tA wealthy man searches for peace --
_tGod stretched my faith but not His resources --
_t72 baptized in one service.
520 0 _a"Why didn't you come sooner?" is an insightful and fascinating true life tale of 40 years of missionary service in the Philippines. Author Richard Vanberg tells of his life through four decades adjusting to a new culture and climate, developing effective strategies for planting churches and equipping local pastors, while also maintaining his own relationship with Jesus Christ through many trials and triumphs.
_c~ BACK OF BOOK:
600 1 0 _aVarberg, Richard,
_d1932-
650 0 _aMissions
_zPhilippines.
650 0 _aBaptists
_xMissions
_zPhilippines.
655 1 _aAutobiography.
999 _c17895
_d17895
902 _a1
_bCynthia Snell
_c1
_dCynthia Snell