Elaine Townsend: At Home Around the World

Name: Elaine Townsend: At Home Around the World
Brand: Christian Focus
SKU: 7107320
Price: 7.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Simona Gorton
ISBN: 9781527107328

By: Simona Gorton

Product Description

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Elaine Townsend: At Home Around the World by Simona Gorton, this wonderful biography from the Trail Blazers Series, tells the story of Elaine Townsend, who's energy and drive brought along opportunities despite a life of heartache and struggles. When she is awarded "The Best Protestant" award, she is given the opportunity to travel the world, not as a luxurious trip, but as a hard-working servant of God, that discovers how adventurous life can be by saying yes to God. Elaine goes on to be a Wycliffe missionary, and Cameron Townsend's wife, while making the whole world her home. Paperback, 176 pages.

Product Information

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Title: Elaine Townsend: At Home Around the World
By: Simona Gorton
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
Vendor: Christian Focus
Publication Date: 2022
Dimensions: 7.0 X 4.3 (inches)

Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 1527107329
ISBN-13: 9781527107328
Ages: 8-12
Series: Trailblazers
Stock No: WW7107320

Publisher's Description

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In her youth, she travelled around the world – no ordinary thing for a girl from Chicago in 1930s. She thought it was a once in a lifetime experience but God had other plans!

After she became a Christian, God took her on another adventure. As a Wycliffe missionary her travels with her husband Cameron Townsend were much less luxurious. Now, her life was about hard work and sacrifice.

They discovered how adventurous life can be when you simply say yes to God. When serving the God of the universe, the whole world was her home.

The Trailblazer series collects great stories from Christians of the past and delivers them to the young people of today. This gripping and astonishing story from Simona Gorton will challenge young readers to adventure with God as Elaine Townsend did.

A well–known and long–standing series:

Over 50 titles
Great for ages 9 to 14
Published in 14 languages
Half a million books sold
Also available in box sets when one book is not enough! 7 themed box sets, each with 5 books

Each biography follows the trailblazer’s journey to faith, and on to the work that God had planned for them. With lots of dialogue, these engaging stories show how God uses normal individuals to bring about his purpose.

Each book features:

Thinking Further Topics for each chapter to help readers think about how what they’ve read applies to their life today
Timeline of important events in the lifetime of each book’s subject

Author Bio

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Simona Gorton lives with her husband and three children in an old farmhouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which they love to fill with good food and better friends. Growing things out of the dirt, hearing her children’s made-up stories, and reading John Buchan are some of her greatest loves. She has authored youth and adult biographies of Elaine Townsend and worked as the International Operations Manager of 9Marks.