Lightbearer to the Amazon--HOF / Tonn, Katie / (PB/1987-1987/A-/USED)

Read the about the true adventures of Leo and Jessie Halliwell, pioneer missionaries on the mighty Amazon River in South America.

For more than thirty years, Leo and Jessie served the physical and spiritual needs of the Indians along the river. Leo built a floating clinic called the Luzeiro ("Lightbearer"), which traveled over 12,000 miles a year up and down the Amazon. Along the way, they encountered poverty, disease, danger, adventure, and miracles.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: From Nebraska to Brazil
Chapter 2: Mission Aborted--Almost
Chapter 3: The Amazon
Chapter 4: Miracles
Chapter 5: The Boats
Chapter 6: On the River
Chapter 7: Legends and Superstitions
Chapter 8: Healing Bodies
Chapter 9: Healing Minds
Chapter 10: Personal Pain and Reward
Chapter 11: War Birds and the Head in a Box
Chapter 12: Honorino and Maria's Sacrifice
Chapter 13: Fifty Canoes--Fifty Colporters
Chapter 14: The End From the Beginning

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