Being an Aroma of Christ

Veteran missionary Karen Pearce refutes the misconception that those who minister cross-culturally are perfect, put-up-on-a-pedestal Christians. She asserts that missionaries often struggle to make friends in their new countries, to parent in unfamiliar settings, to maintain strong marriages while away from home's anchors, and to keep their prayer lives fresh and vital. Pearce, who in her missionary service in Eastern Europe experiences these and other challenges, writes a transparent volume of life-saving helps that will smooth the path for anyone adjusting to ministry in a new country--or for those already there who wonder, "What do we do now?" Throughout, she testifies of God's constancy and of His desire that His servants, above all, impart Christ's "aroma"--His essence-around all they reach.