On the Back Road to Mandalay

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Xulon Press, 2006 - 360 páginas
"On the Back Road to Mandalay" is the story of twenty years of life and work in the mountains of western Burma. To advance the Christian faith, they had an adventurous life raising their children, running schools, training men and women for ministry, translating the Bible, building churches, producing Christian literature and Sunday school material, and promoting health and education.
 

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Preface
ix
The Back Road to Mandalay
13
Entry into the Chin Hills
19
Getting Settled in Tiddim
23
Getting Started
29
We Meet Rev Sang Ling
35
Franks JeepDriven Washing Machine
37
The Fine Art of Scrounging
41
The Haka Bible School Final Years
143
Shaking Hands with Lian Hmung
149
Chapter 30
157
Chapter 31
165
Chapter 32
171
Chapter 33
177
Chapter 34
183
Chapter 35
189

The Romance of Missions
43
My First Trip to Rangoon
47
Stranded in the Burma Jungle
51
Hit by Dacoits
57
Preparing for the Big Move
61
Five Days with Mules
67
Our New Home in Haka
71
The Church and Cemetery
77
A Diamond Ring
83
To Weigh a Wife
87
A Daughter Is Born
91
Ruths Long Trip Home
97
The East Bungalow Our New Home
101
Bobs RicePowered Washing Machine
105
Start of the Haka Bible School 1948
109
My Harley Davidson
119
The FiftyYear Jubilee
125
The CutOff Year 1949
131
We Lose a Son
137
Chapter 37
205
Chapter 39
215
The TwentyFive Incredible Years and a Tour
227
Printing Presses and MissionAided Schools
235
Elizabeth Johnsons Work in Burma
241
Second Furlough and Return to Burma
247
Chapter 45
255
Chapter 47
265
The Tough Year 1964
277
The Fruitless Revolution 1965
285
The Unfinished Bible
293
The Stone Church
299
Chapter 53
313
The Last Months
319
A Hundred Years a Marvelous Transformation
335
Memories of Burma
341
Boyhood Fun in Haka
351
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