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As a child, Peter Dyck survived near-starvation in war-torn Russia because strangers overseas cared enough to send food. This had a great impact on Peter’s life and future. There are a number of Peter Dyck’s books in our library.
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Children The Great Shalom Shalom at Last Storytime Jamboree |
Adults Up From the Rubble Getting Home Before Dark A Leap of Faith |
Up From the Rubble
This book was writen by Peter and Elfrieda Dyck, workers under the Mennonite Central Committee during and after World War II. The Lord used them in a helping and healing ministry to war victims in England, suffering people in Holland, and thousands of refugees from Russia. The refugees in distress cried to God for help, and there was a glorious deliverance. By ship, 12,000 uprooted Mennonites left for new homes in the Chaco of Paraguay, Uruguay and North America.
Allow plenty of time for reading this book—-you may not be able to put it down.
By Phoebe Ranck
(This story is also told by Peter Dyck on a video in the church library called "Expect A Miracle.")
Getting Home Before Dark; Stories of Wisdom for All Ages
Another interesting book by Peter Dyck, age 85, who has worked around the world with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) since he was a young man. He has had a lifetime of interesting experiences.
This book has fifty-three short chapters. These meditations are full of challenges for our spiritual committment and personal growth, relationships in life with family and others, attitudes, humor, our health, money, travel and marriage. Peter is a skillful storyteller and uses stories throughout to illustrate Biblical truths. Inspiration and encouragement are found in every chapter. One example is his definition of Christian service, which is living for others like Jesus, who went about doing good.
Acts 10:38 "Living a day at a time and doing good to others as we have the opportunity."
By Betty Hertzler
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Language is the apparel in which our thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe them in vulgar or shoddy attire. Author Unknown. Submitted by Janet Benson |