New Book: SHORT IN HEIGHT, TALL IN COURAGE

 

I have been researching and writing my next book, SHORT IN HEIGHT, TALL IN COURAGE, for several months. It is a story told by the leader of a special Christian quasi-military team operating out of Yei, South Sudan. The Team, as it comes to be known by, was created by a very devout and powerful group of men from around the world due to the growing persecutions of Christians and Jews. The board of directors and the organization operate under a cloak of secrecy. Publicly, the group performs its tasks of protecting Christian mission groups and Jews under an organization named WCPN, World Christian Peace Network, out of Yei, South Sudan. The main characters are a very short and spiritually gifted American and The TEAM. The Team is made up of 17 South Sudanese Dinka Tribesmen and their commander and his executive officer, both are retired U.S. Special Forces. The Team's commander tells the story from his and the men's perspective. All the Dinkas came with tragedy in their backgrounds. Their commander tells us about the courage they displayed, devotion to our Lord and His purpose, and the sacrifices these men made while serving on this very unusual upstart group that became so famous. The short little American is accepted onto a team of athletic and life-toughened men as their little brother and they all come to love one another deeply as our lord asks. Lives ar lost, lives are at risk, and lives are saved and redeemed. If you have turned your nose up when opportunities to read African stories come upon you, I think you will find the northern African situation very intriguing and interesting as I have come to know it. I will be posting on my journey to publication and the difficult road to gaining a top-notch literary agent. My first book, WHAT DOES FAITH LOOK LIKE, currently out of print due to the political situation in Nigeria, shockingly became an award winning and best selling book of Christian short stories. Few writers are published other than self published and few writers ever make a living from writing, around three percent. I deeply appreciate your following me on this journey. I have loved writing stories since I learned to write around age eight. I write for love, not for money. I tried secular writing for years, but was bored and unsuccessful. Finally, I realized that nothing could be more exciting than writing for and about my God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God Bless you all. Let us all pray for one another in these difficult days ahead. I try to keep in the forefront of my focus that we are not here to make this crazy world a perfect place, we are here to gather disciples for our Lord. I wrote this book with the hope that it might encourage some of our younger ones to realize just how exciting being a Christian really can be. Our Lord assures us that we will face trials and tribulations through following Him, and not a life of material wealth and lavish, safe lives. When God tells you to do something, there are no closed doors - from experience.