Grandma's Letters from Africa

Linda Thomas expected that when she grew old she'd be a quaint little grandma-the kind that sits in a rocking chair and knits blankets for new grandbabies. But God and her husband had other ideas: Africa! This is Linda's story of her first four years working in Africa as a missionary.<p>In this narrative uniquely told through letters to her granddaughters Linda shares how she stumbles into adventures most grandmas could not imagine-a hippo charges her a Maasai elder spits at her and a baboon poops in her breakfast. As she faithfully answers God's calling-and its challenges-she recounts both hilarious and frightful incidents joys and heartaches answered prayers and those God seemed to leave unanswered. While drinking tea from a pot cleaned with cow's urine suffering through an embarrassing breast exam and narrowly escaping a carjacking by a murderer wielding an assault rifle Linda falls in love with Africa its people and the work God presented her.<p>Grandma's Letters from Africa is a chronicle of God's heart His delightful creativity and His amazing power to help those in need.