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- Titel
- Outrageous Grace: A Story of Tragedy and Forgiveness
- Autor
- Fabian, Grace L.
- Verlag
- iUniverse (edition )
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Zustand
- Very Good
- Einband
- Paperback
- Sprache
- Englisch
- ISBN-10
- 1475986580
- ISBN-13
- 9781475986587
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Outrageous Grace
A STORY OF TRAGEDY AND FORGIVENESS
By Grace L. FabianiUniverse, Inc.
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Contents
| Foreword................................................................... | xvii |
| 1 The Birds Keep Singing................................................... | 1 |
| 2 The Terms................................................................ | 5 |
| 3 A Strange Twist.......................................................... | 9 |
| 4 Who Did It?.............................................................. | 15 |
| 5 The Unfaceable........................................................... | 19 |
| 6 Chosen to Live........................................................... | 24 |
| 7 The Crazy Woman.......................................................... | 32 |
| 8 Building Blocks.......................................................... | 38 |
| 9 Holy Words............................................................... | 44 |
| 10 Cut Any Cord............................................................ | 47 |
| 11 Too Late................................................................ | 51 |
| 12 Butterfly Pretty I See.................................................. | 54 |
| 13 Words Wanted............................................................ | 58 |
| 14 Looking Through a Straw................................................. | 62 |
| 15 The Choice.............................................................. | 66 |
| 16 The Red Knot............................................................ | 71 |
| 17 One Blood, One Name..................................................... | 75 |
| 18 Your Inner Being........................................................ | 79 |
| 19 Sweet Fragrance, Flapping Loincloth..................................... | 83 |
| 20 A Piece of Chocolate Cake............................................... | 89 |
| 21 The Upper Hand.......................................................... | 94 |
| 22 Caught Up in Praise..................................................... | 98 |
| 23 Hands Through the Bars.................................................. | 104 |
| 24 Pleasing Aroma.......................................................... | 107 |
| 25 Where Were You, Lord?................................................... | 110 |
| 26 The Dwarf............................................................... | 113 |
| 27 What Do I Do Now?....................................................... | 116 |
| 28 Keep Following.......................................................... | 121 |
| 29 A One-Talent Man........................................................ | 125 |
| 30 A Pair of Shoes......................................................... | 128 |
| 31 Drop by Drop............................................................ | 134 |
| 32 Amazing Grace........................................................... | 138 |
| 33 Day in Court............................................................ | 141 |
| 34 Roots and All........................................................... | 148 |
| 35 One Old Man............................................................. | 155 |
| 36 A Good Science Lesson................................................... | 160 |
| 37 Triumphal Procession.................................................... | 166 |
| 38 The Book Stays.......................................................... | 172 |
| Epilogue................................................................... | 179 |
| Afterword.................................................................. | 183 |
| Reflective Chapter Questions............................................... | 187 |
| Endnotes................................................................... | 203 |
CHAPTER 1
The Birds Keep Singing
My world stopped in earth-shattering suddenness,yet not one bird stopped singing.
A white-collared kingfisher swooped down, landing on a branchof the pine tree just outside my office window. Its azure bluefeathers contrasted with the brilliant purplish-red color of thebougainvillea. That thorny vine draped itself around the pinebranches like strings of Christmas tree lights. "Is there really apine tree under there?" a friend had once asked.
Many unusual creatures like tree kangaroos, leatherbackturtles, and flashlight fish live on this island of Papua New Guinea,which connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
I favored the exotic birds. I called them "feathered friends,"mainly because they kept the insect population down and minimizedmy chances of contracting malaria. There was something reassuringabout their throaty notes and the way they glided through the air.They inserted an element of pleasure and peace into my highenergyschedule by their glorious songs and brilliant plumage.
I gave myself a little pat on the shoulder, proud that I couldname so many of the birds of our adopted country—the mannekin,lorikeet, honeyeater, and lovely snow-white cockatoo. When myhusband, Edmund, our children, and I traveled back to Americafor what we missionaries call "furlough," I enjoyed telling peoplethat Papua New Guinea had the largest pigeon in the world, thelargest and tiniest parrots in the world, and at least eight hundredspecies of birds, more than the U.S. and Canada combined.
The kingfisher was a frequent visitor to this spot and my familylaughed when they heard me greet him with a cheery, "Goodafternoon, friend."
I kept my eyes on the kingfisher. This afternoon, he seemed tobe looking straight at me, like he knew something I didn't.
I felt a soft afternoon breeze through the open louver windowsand reminded myself that at sunset, when vandals roam freely, weshould remember to shut and lock all the windows. We were wellaware that the crime rate in Papua New Guinea was twelve timesas great as nearby Australia. All our windows had bars. Each doorwas solid wood and fitted with dead bolts and double locks. Butnow with the tropical sun's rays all around us and friends besideus, we were safe. Weren't we?
I looked out the window and turned my eyes toward theheavens. I was prepared. I was secure.
After a series of high-pitched nasal notes, as if in gentlewarning, the kingfisher flew off. All I saw was a flash of blue wings.I need to tend to the job at hand and stop the bird watching. Ismelled the coffee perking in the kitchen and glanced at the clock.We believed in coffee breaks almost as strongly as we believed inthe work we had come to do on this fascinating island. We weremissionary translators, determined to learn the Nabak language,devise an alphabet, and eventually translate the Bible for this groupnumbering 25,000.
It was three o'clock in the...
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