{"product_id":"more-light-has-come-wilhelm-friedrich-elisabeth-karcher-the-life-and-work-of-a-missionary-couple-in-chuuk-micronesia","title":"More Light Has Come: Wilhelm Friedrich \u0026 Elisabeth Kärcher: The Life and Work of a Missionary Couple in Chuuk\/Micronesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lives of missionaries rarely follow a straight and leisurely line. Those who want to acquaint people with the contents of the Bible and lead them to a knowledge of the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, have to be prepared for anything. Hardly anyone can imagine what it means for such a person to leave the familiar European-Western cultural environment and learn to live in an alien social system, learn its language and its totally different thought patterns, and identify with it all. Missionaries see these experiences as life-fulfilling. Sometimes, though, they get caught between the front lines of world politics. That is when the most incredible things may happen, as shown by the life story of Wilhelm Friedrich and Elisabeth Kärcher, the Liebenzell missionary couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, they travel to Chuuk in Micronesia, a group of the Caroline Islands in the former German South Seas. With the outbreak of the Second WorldWar, the family is interned by the Japanese; they survive in the midst of bombing raids in an absolutely miraculous way; and afterwards, amidst great personal sacrifices, they rebuild a totally destroyed church structure which then became an independent body in the seventies, known as the \"Evangelical Church of Chuuk\" (EEC). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, professor of ethnology, knew Wilhelm F. Kärcher and his wife personally and, in response to their invitation, worked on Chuuk for several years as teacher and Bible translator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14469613\"\u003eLothar Käser\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e VTR Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783957761392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3957761395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL045000\"\u003eChristian Ministry | Missions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VTR Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42658598158573,"sku":"9783957761392","price":33.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2715a219-52b5-40e6-823a-3d51b93ffbe6.jpg?v=1649326281","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/more-light-has-come-wilhelm-friedrich-elisabeth-karcher-the-life-and-work-of-a-missionary-couple-in-chuuk-micronesia","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}