Source: Velvet Ashes
Yet We Still Hope: Stories of Courage from Women Serving Around the World, edited by Denise Beck and Sarah Hilkermann. Velvet Ashes Publishing, 2022. 374 pages.
Velvet Ashes is an online community of women serving cross-culturally. In this book, 45 of them, serving in many different countries, share both their everyday challenges and their darkest moments and how God has met them in both—resetting their expectations, sending them help, and giving them hope.
Delving into issues like depression and anxiety, failure and rejection, serious illness and betrayal, it’s not an easy read. Nor is it a how-to book. These deeply personal stories may, however, serve as they are intended: to let others experiencing such challenges (even in their home countries) know they are not alone and help them persevere. As one of the editors says, “The famous stories may have inspired you to go. But these are the stories that may inspire you to stay.”
Learn more or purchase the book for yourself or someone you know. The Kindle edition is currently US$8.49.