{"product_id":"diary-of-a-young-missionary-barry-sj-martinson-9781621647935","title":"Diary of a Young Missionary: All This Freshness Fuming","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sequel to \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Young Jesuit, \u003c\/i\u003e this book tells of a Jesuit missionary's adventures during the first seven years of his assignment in Taiwan from 1969 to 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is unique about \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Young Missionary\u003c\/i\u003e are the joyful, humorous, and inspiring memories of Jesuit training and the personal adventures that accompanied it, especially the section detailing the one-of-a-kind year spent with the poor of Orchid Island. This memoir is written as a diary that gives it a sense of \"immediacy\" that makes it stand out from the more conventional memoir genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a gateway for those considering life as a missionary, for men and women already serving God in distant lands, and for everyone seeking inspiration rooted in reality--or even for the armchair adventurer, this \u003ci\u003eDiary\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the daunting challenge of working in the fields of the Lord, where the harvest, as the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, is ripe with \"freshness fuming.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Sj Martinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621647935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621647935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Barry Sj Martinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520424259839,"sku":"9781621647935","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b951081b-894c-4fce-88f6-86feca554d32.jpg?v=1778742263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diary-of-a-young-missionary-barry-sj-martinson-9781621647935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}