Patricia St. John Tells Her Own Story

Patricia St. John

Kingsley Press, 2004 - Missionaries - 272 pages

Anyone who has read Patricia St. John's books already knows how her stories come alive, and this account of her own life is no exception. Her powers of description make the story leap from the page and the reader is transported to far off places and times; and the people and the things she describes can almost be touched, smelled and seen. Patricia was not just a gifted story-teller, though; she was also a deeply committed follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose spiritual journey began when she was only six years old. 'My name is Patricia, ' she prayed, 'and if You are really calling me I want to come and be Yours. ' Out of that small beginning there issued a river of life and light and blessing that went on increasing right up to the end of her life. Although she always thought of herself as 'an ordinary sort of girl', her life was extraordinary because of her supreme love for Jesus Christ. The life portrayed here is not that of the self-conscious saint, concerned only with her own saintliness. On the contrary these pages offer us an inside view of someone utterly human, prone to mistakes and failures like the rest of us, yet suffused with the love of God and a contagious joy and peace that was like the bubbling up of a perpetual fountain.

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This was definitely a book I could not put down. Not only does Patricia St John [Sinjun] elicit an array of emotions (giggles of enjoying humorous incidents, weeping for grief, more weeping for joy, ...), but she also touches on an array of pertinent life secrets to which she had discovered the answers through the grace of & her desire for closeness to a very personal, loving God. My only frustration is that I am not able (in this life, anyhow) to sit down & have a heart-to-heart with the author. This book is extremely glorifying to God! I heartily recommend it. 

Contents

• Family Background: 19
• Early Years at Malvern: 29
• Swiss Interlude: 37
• School Days: 45
• War Time Experiences: 55
• Arrival in Tangier: 73
• Family Joys and Sorrows: 81
• Up to the Mountains: 89
• First Contacts: 97
• Fatima and her Friends: 103
• The Children Come: 113
• Out to the Villages: 123
• Endings and Beginnings: 131
• The Hospital at Tangier: 139
• My Life at the Hospital: 155
• Nephews and Nieces: 161
• Questions People Ask: 169
• A Tribute to my Father: 177
• Rwanda: 189
• In the Steps of St Paul: 201
• The Grannies: 215
• Lebanon: 223
• Settling Down in England: 231
• The Refugee Camp: 239
• Global Care: 249
• Home on the Estate: 257
• Epilogue: 269

About the author

Patricia St. John is the best-selling children's author whose books have been reprinted 20 times and translated into 40 languages. Her best-known titles are "Treasures of the Snow" and "The Tanglewoods Secret", both of which have been made into full-length films.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Patricia St. John Tells Her Own Story
• Author: Patricia St. John
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Kingsley Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0971998337, 9780971998339
• Length: 272 pages