Blogs in January 1970

A Different Sun 1st January 1970

When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6:8 in her room at a Georgia women’s college, she understands her true calling: to become a missionary. It is a leap of faith that sweeps her away to Africa in...

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Solo (A James Bond Novel) 1st January 1970

It is 1969 and James Bond is about to go solo, recklessly motivated by revenge. A seasoned veteran of the service, 007 is sent to single-handedly stop a civil war in the small West African nation of Zanzarim. Aided...

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Monique and the Mango Rains 1st January 1970

Monique Dembele saves lives and dispenses hope in a place where childbirth is a life-and-death matter. Her unquenchable passion to improve the lot of the women and children in her West African village is matched by her buoyant humour...

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Powder Necklace 1st January 1970

To protect her daughter from the fast life and bad influences of London, her mother sent her to school in rural Ghana. The move was for the girl’s own good, in her mother’s mind, but for the daughter, the...

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The Lonely Desert 1st January 1970

Sometimes, the end of a journey is just the beginning… Emily and Clemmie’s lives changed for ever when they took their great aunt’s ashes to rest in a strange and exotic land. Clemmie stayed behind to begin a new...

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