missionaries

Focuses on the achievements of the eighteenth-century Spanish missionary who was one of the early explorers of California.

Twelve-year-old Wally visits missionaries in the South American rain forest and stumbles into a series of what he thinks are impossible predicaments, until he understands the joy of sharing Jesus with others.

Eighteen-year-old Heather travels as a volunteer to Africa, where she provides direly needed medical help in Kenya and Uganda and hopes to act as God's hands on Earth.

A brief biography of John Chapman, who for nearly fifty years wandered the Midwest, planting appleseeds and spreading the word of God.

Describes the lives of various individuals throughout history who lived and fought for their faith, including Saint Francis of Assisi, Sir Thomas More, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

When Rachel Lane learns that she has inherited eleven billion dollars from her biological father, she wants nothing to do with the money, or her father's other children who insist that they be given the money they feel they deserve, even though the will states they are to get nothing.

In 1839, newly orphaned eleven-year-old Mary goes to live with her missionary aunt and uncle who run a school for Indian children in northern Michigan.

A biography of the nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity, gained wide recognition for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta and elsewhere, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.