Send Your Valentine a Meaningful Present for Less Than $5

Valentine's Day is almost here; have you found a gift for your loved one? For less than $5, you can send your Valentine a meaningful present: Awaken the Dawn by Doris B. Wolfe, a Christian love story that takes place in the remote areas of South America. Just enter code Love14 on Hannibal Books at checkout to receive a 70% discount for a total price (including shipping) of $3.95. And we can ship directly to your loved one for direct delivery.

Can two hearts, torn by separate losses, learn to love again?

In Awaken the Dawn, the author shares a story of  two hearts, torn by separate losses, and how they learn to love again.

Lisa Andersen gave in to God's call to teach at a remote, jungle school in South America for one year. Wasn't that good enough? Why was God asking more of her than her heart could give?

Pilot Mike Osborne was still healing from his wife's tragic death. It wasn't easy to juggle his flying job with rearing two kids. He was managing, even if he did have to rely on other missionaries a lot. But did that give them a right to play matchmaker?

Were Lisa and Mike ready to deal with their hidden fears?

In her endorsement of Awaken the Dawn (by Doris B. Wolfe), Kristin Elkinton, editor of Beyond, a publication of Wycliffe/JAARS, Inc., says "If you've ever wondered what it might be like to go to the mission field, this book will tell you. Many pilots, teachers, and other support workers who served in South America would, I'm sure, attest to its accuracy. A realistic story, filled with action, adventure and yes, romance."

Aretta Loving, author of Slices of Life, Stories and Devotions from a Bible Translator (YWAM Publications) said, "Excellent. I couldn't put it down."

New Review of "The Man in the Green Jeep"

Check out a review of The Man in the Green Jeep on This Mom's Delight blog. We appreciate her honest review of the book.

The Man in the Green Jeep is the story of Chico, a young boy living in a poor, rural community in Honduras. A huge rain destroys the corn crop and washes away the road into town, so no supply trucks can enter. Then the chickens die. Other kids' families are in the same situation. Missionary author Viola Palmer gives a captivating glance into children's lives and culture in Central America. Enter the world of Chico and his friends, Rafael, Jose, Marvin, and Calvin, the "bully-turned-nice", and their experiences. Learn about missions through the work of "the man in the green Jeep.

Bloggers Review Ambassadors on Mission

Much thanks to these bloggers who read Ambassadors on Mission and gave it their honest review. Please check out each of their blogs for the review and a preview of the first chapter.

SelahV Today
Sunflower Faith
WORD Up!
Winning Readings
Marta's Meanderings (review coming soon)
A Life Better Than I Deserve (review coming soon)
Lil' Maddie's Meemaw (review coming soon)

Christian Voice Magazine Features Mary Anne Phemister

In the February issue of Christian Voice magazine, Hannibal Books author Mary Anne Phemister tells her story in an article entitled Lessons From A Broken Chopstick - The love of God is what sustains Mary Anne Phemister.

Mary Anne, who grew up as a missionary kid in foreign countries and attended boarding schools apart from her parents for most of her school-age years, wrote Lessons from a Broken Chopstick: A memoir of a peculiar childhood. In the book, she details her father's resolute zeal for the lost people of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Taiwan. But the dark side of such unmovable faith, passion, and zeal was another matter. Was the cause really worth the emotional pain, suffering, and price that Mary Anne believes she and her siblings, as well as their submissive mother, paid for their father’s intractable passion to witness for Christ overseas?

Pick up a copy of the February issue of Christian Voice magazine or request a subscription online at www.ChristianVoicemagazine.com.

2010 Opens with Hannibal Author Cited in Chicago Tribune, Wheaton Sun

After a busy Thanksgiving, Christmas, and holiday season, Hannibal Books and its authors are off to a running start! Over the next few days, stay tuned to see which authors have been popping up in the media.

The first to mention is Mary Anne Phemister, author of Lessons from a Broken Chopstick: A memoir of a peculiar childhood. She has already been cited in two newspaper articles.

To read the Chicago Tribune article in which Mary Anne discusses the closing of a local Barnes and Noble, visit the Tribune's website. For an article solely focused on Mary Anne and her new book, visit the Wheaton Sun's site.

Along the Way Blogger Says New Release by Hannibal Books "Enlightened" Her

In a new review by Along the Way blogger Janet Ruth, she said that Lessons from a Broken Chopstick: A memoir of a peculiar childhood "enlightened [her] as to what missionary families sacrifice in order to bring the gospel to the nations." Thanks to Janet for reviewing the book! Please visit her blog to read the entire post at Along the Way.

More Reviews on "Lessons from a Broken Chopstick"

SelahV wrote an extensive review of Lessons from a Broken Chopstick on her blog at selahvtoday.typepad.com. Read them on the November 19 and November 21 posts. Thanks to SelahV for her honest opinions and insights.

"Lessons from a Broken Chopstick" Featured on Blog Tour

As part of a First Wild Card book tour, Lessons from a Broken Chopstick: A memoir of a peculiar childhood by Mary Anne Phemister was reviewed on numerous blogs today. Please visit these sites to read each blogger's review.

Our Family's Adventures
An Ohio Reviewing Mom
Jane Austen, Chai Tea & Me
Bookish Mom Reviews
I Need to Read
All Grown Up?
Sumballo
Book Reviews by Buuklvr81
Winning Readings

Former Missionary Kid Examines Childhood Struggles, Worthiness of Missions

Thousands of children of Christian workers in each generation spend a significant part of their developmental years outside their parents culture of origin—often in more than one location and all in the name of serving as Christian missionaries.

The parents believe they are doing God’s will, but what about the hardships that these missionary kids face? Is the cause really worth the price that these kids pay? In a frank and honest look inside the life of one missionary kid, Mary Anne Phemister tells her unusual story in Lessons from a Broken Chopstick: A memoir of a peculiar childhood.

Born to American parents during a World War II Japanese air raid in China, Mary Anne’s life started off drastically different than do the lives of most Americans. Like many parents who are on mission with God in a foreign land, Mary Anne Phemister’s father was resolute in his zeal to lead the lost people of China and later Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan out of spiritual darkness. So, as required by their mission organization, by the time Mary Anne was 4-years old her parents sent her off to the first of three boarding schools. During the few years she was with her parents, Mary Anne remembers a strict household with a strained relationship between her mother and dad.

Through Lessons from a Broken Chopstick, Mary Anne discusses her interesting life experiences, confusing feelings and difficult circumstances and also talks about her visits as an adult back to China, Vietnam and Hong Kong. With amazing sensitivity, insight, forgiveness and even humor she delves into the various issues she and her siblings encountered in their unusual lives. Amid her stories of playing with pet turkeys, evacuating from the communist regime and getting a new hairdo for the American school, Mary Anne divulges her deeper issues of identity crisis, moments of self-actualization and her struggle to understand why her parents lived as they did.

In an endorsement of the book, David M. Howard, former international director of World Evangelical Alliance, writes: “A fascinating book! The author opens her heart with amazing detail about her peculiar childhood and upbringing. Her openness as she delves into long-hidden closets of her life gives power and credibility to her story.”

Mary Anne Phemister is a nurse, author, mother, grandmother, and wife of noted concert pianist Bill Phemister.

Missionary Comments on Ramadan Traditions, Difficulties

In a heartfelt article in the Baptist Press on August 21, Missionary Anne Fortenberry expressed her understanding of Ramadan. She discussed the Muslim traditions and the difficulties of living in a country that celebrates the holiday nationwide.

Anne and her husband, Archie, were missionaries to three Muslim countries for nearly a decade. Anne recently released her first book, Faith that Works: A Topical Study on the Book of James.

You can read the entire Baptist Press article on the BP website.