{"product_id":"to-japan-and-back-jt-stoll-9781976558153","title":"To Japan and Back: A Missionary Journey of Despair, Hope, and Joy","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Japan and Back is an important book because of its raw honesty about the missionary experience. Most missionary books paper over the hard stuff, but Japan and Back hits it straight on. Some readers may be shocked, but sending churches, mission agencies, and young people thinking about missions need to read this book and learn from its message.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Dan Ellrick, missionary in Japan of over 20 years\u003cbr\u003eJoey Stoll had no clue what he was getting into when he went to rural Japan as a long-term missionary. He left full of excitement and arrived in a world very different from what he expected.\u003cbr\u003eAmong hilarious experiences living in a foreign culture and while receiving miracles of God's grace, he faced questions like: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat should \u003cb\u003emissionary service\u003c\/b\u003e look like?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat do we do when struggling with \u003cb\u003edepression\u003c\/b\u003e?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do we process \u003cb\u003elosing places and people\u003c\/b\u003e we care deeply for?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eCompiled in short chapters written as \u003ci\u003estories, devotions, and journal entries, \u003c\/i\u003e this is one missionary's strange journey to the Land of the Rising Sun and an \u003ci\u003eequally strange\u003c\/i\u003e journey of returning to his own culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jt Stoll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1976558158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976558153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Jt Stoll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440227594495,"sku":"9781976558153","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d927977-a60c-462e-a278-0714de6ca7b9.jpg?v=1777181035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-japan-and-back-jt-stoll-9781976558153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}