Teachers In Service, Inc.

Ryan Murphy, along with his wife Heather and sons Micah and Asher, lives in rural Kenya and teaches the children of missionaries. A Pennsylvania native, he taught in a San Diego public school for five years after graduating with a B.A. in Literature from Point Loma Nazarene University. His first year as a missionary is described in this, his first book.

This is a must-read book for prospective teachers of missionary children still in college or recently graduated. It may be ordered from:

http://www.amazon.com/All-That-Cant-Leave-Behind/dp/0979539412/ref=sr_1_1/103-5793290-0496667?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192103816&sr=1-1

Winter Spring Summer Fall Living and Lasting in Missions
Ryan J. Murphy

Ryan Murphy has been a missionary in Africa since 2005. He and his wife Heather support frontline missionaries by teaching their children at a large boarding school in Kenya. When Ryan isn't teaching, writing, or speaking, he enjoys playing with his two sons and following college football.

This is the second book by Ryan Murphy and is a must-read for anyone, any age, contemplating becoming a teacher of missionary children. It may be ordered from:

http://www.amazon.com/All-That-Cant-Leave-Behind/dp/0979539412/ref=sr_1_1/103-5793290-0496667?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192103816&sr=1-1

Grandma's Letters From Africa
Linda K. Thomas

This is a must-read book for retired, or soon to retire, teachers who feel that they are at the peak of their knowledge and experience levels, that have much to offer, and who want to serve the Lord on the mission field.

All I ever wanted was to live a quiet, secure life in a little white house with a picket fence and a rose garden, but my husband Dave and our adventuresome God had other plans. Just when our youngest finished college, both Dave and God hollered, "Africa!"

Stunned, I asked myself, How can we leave our kids, grandkids, and parents and live on the other side of the planet? For months, I waited for God to convince me that He really wanted us to move to Africa. I gave Him every opportunity to either show us green lights and send us to Africa or red lights and keep us home-and He gave us only green. So I sighed, and turned, and took a radical, outrageous, blind leap of faith-!

When we moved to Africa, I discovered I was not the traditional, quaint little grandmother I always envisioned. No, I stumbled into adventures most grandmas couldn't imagine-a hippo charged me, a baboon pooped in my breakfast, a Maasai elder spit at me, and I drank tea from a pot cleaned with cow's urine-and more! I wrote down those stories in letters to my granddaughter, Maggie.

Grandma's Letters from Africa is my account of balancing God's call with responsibilities toward my husband, children, grandchildren, and aging parents. It's my record of everyday life in a behind-the-scenes, yet important, role. It recounts hilarious incidents and frightful ones, joys and heartaches, answered prayers and those God seemed to leave unanswered.

Grandma's Letters from Africa is my story about falling in love with Africa, its people, and the work-both official and unofficial-God gave me. Above all, it's a chronicle of God's heart, His delightful creativity, and His amazing power to help those in need.

http://www.amazon.com/Grandmas-Letters-Africa-Linda-Thomas/dp/1440191476