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The Last Thing I'd Ever Do: My Family's Adventure Into Faith and Missions
Do you long for stability and security? A nice car? A rewarding job with good pay? A spacious home in a comfortable neighborhood?
Maybe God has something else planned for your life.
Living by faith is a frightening idea for many people. It certainly was to Peter Jordan, who had a good job, a beautiful home, two newer cars, a growing family, and a respectable position in his church. In fact, entering missions was the last thing he thought he'd ever do. But God called him and his family out of the ordinary and into an uncertain, but ultimately fulfilling, life of trust and obedience.
This true story of a family who shocked friends and relatives by leaving their comfortable life to follow God's call will challenge your assumptions and inspire you to new endeavors. Faith can be a fearsome place, but nothing compares to the adventure of entrusting yourself to the capable and loving arms of the Father.
Maybe God has something else planned for your life.
Living by faith is a frightening idea for many people. It certainly was to Peter Jordan, who had a good job, a beautiful home, two newer cars, a growing family, and a respectable position in his church. In fact, entering missions was the last thing he thought he'd ever do. But God called him and his family out of the ordinary and into an uncertain, but ultimately fulfilling, life of trust and obedience.
This true story of a family who shocked friends and relatives by leaving their comfortable life to follow God's call will challenge your assumptions and inspire you to new endeavors. Faith can be a fearsome place, but nothing compares to the adventure of entrusting yourself to the capable and loving arms of the Father.
197 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2010
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August 20, 2020
You get to read how a Canadian family sells their possessions and follows God's leading to the mission field in the early days of Youth With a Mission. The presence of the Holy Spirit is at work in this book as the author discusses the tensions of living in close community and the rewards of a full faith lifestyle where you are not sure how you'll pay for the food or the laundromat. It is a personal journey that is surprisingly open and humble. Not everything is perfect and the author understands that God's timing transforms the impossible situations.
July 3, 2023
Youth with a Mission can also mean young in spirit.
February 4, 2017
"The LAST THING I'd Ever Do" by Peter Jordan is a memoir of a missionary's life serving in the YWAM ministry. "Youth With A Mission" took the Jordan's and their children to many places such as Kona, Singapore, Australia, Canada in various areas of ministry.
This story is a fascinating journey into the lives of a missionary and how God spoke to them, and through them.
I was gifted this book by a YWAM bookseller at our church.
This story is a fascinating journey into the lives of a missionary and how God spoke to them, and through them.
I was gifted this book by a YWAM bookseller at our church.
August 29, 2012
Funny and poignant...down to earth view of a family's life in missions.
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