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Natalie Vellacott

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Natalie Vellacott spent a decade as a police officer in England before swapping her badge for a Bible and heading for Southeast Asia as a Christian missionary. She volunteered on Logos Hope, a giant ship, for 2 years with 400 people from 65 other countries enduring the cultural catastrophes in order to enjoy the exciting adventures.

Natalie began writing in the Philippines when she fell in love with a group of street children addicted to a solvent called Rugby. Having founded a charity to help the boys and draw attention to their plight, she naively entitled her first book and has been trying to get it out of the Rugby Union chart ever since.

Natalie has also dabbled in Christian fiction for children, in the choose your own adventure style,
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Street Kids, Solvents and S...

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Planet Police: From Police ...

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A Missionary in Manila (Chr...

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The Logos Life: Adventures ...

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Reuben's Choice (The Advent...

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Reuben and Joseph

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I Did It My Way (The Parabl...

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Will You Silence the Alarm or Heed the Warning?

 

Earlier this week, I returned from an Open-Air Mission team event in Oxford. It was a short 2 day mission speaking to people attending St Giles Fair.

One of the preachers, based in London, began a talk that I don’t remember having heard before. He had the heading “Ignored Warnings” on the board. As people started to stop, he put up some pictures of the Titanic, a failed NASA mission and Grenfe

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No Ordinary View by Naomi Reed
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3.5

I would have liked to read more about the mission work. I understand the author has written other books. I might read the first in this series too. I did enjoy reading this and appreciated the honesty of the author in her daily struggles.
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City Girl by Lori Wick
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Okay, a bit sappy in places and definitely predictable but I did finish it.
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City Girl by Lori Wick
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Okay, a bit sappy in places and definitely predictable but I did finish it.
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God's Hostage by Andrew Brunson
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I found this book a bit depressing. I was expecting there to be some missionary content leading up to the author's arrest. However, the book is exclusively about the author's time in prison.

He eventually learns to trust God...after his release. It's
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Blown Away by Pastor Mick Fleming
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Interesting and quick read but I have some concerns about the content.

I'll summarise these concerns by quoting from the book:

"I wish I could say that there was a really happy ending to this story - that he found Jesus, that he doesn't take drugs or d
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Help! My Halo's Slipping by Larry Dinkins
Help! My Halo's Slipping
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Honest account of missionary life in Thailand

This lesser known autobiography was worth reading. The humour is a little dated but the reality of the hardships on the field and the sacrifices missionaries choose to make are laid bare. Some interesting
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Hiding in the Light by Rifqa Bary
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Wow! A great read. Very sad about her early life but her conversion story is encouraging and how she persevered in her newfound faith. Those who follow multi faith movements need to read this; there is a stark contrast between Islam and Christianity ...more
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“The more things we accumulate, the more cluttered our lives become, and the more stressed we feel as we are compelled to think about them. Life is about people not about things.”
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Making Connections: 3497. - THEY'RE RUGBY BOYS, DON'T YOU KNOW? by Natalie Vellacott 1 18 Nov 21, 2014 07:42PM  
Christian Fiction...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Team "Cover Bug Bookworms" - Puzzle/Reviews 242 35 Apr 17, 2017 02:04PM  
Review Group: * Group 168. Novella 153 92 Mar 20, 2018 07:39AM  
Genre Specific Re...: Children's Review Group 6 (closed) 60 48 Jun 19, 2018 08:51AM  
The Challenge Fac...: * Marathon Questions and Answers 129 109 Mar 24, 2025 11:45AM  
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