Edge of the Map: One Year in a Closed Country

by Pilgrim Tyne

Publisher:

Resource Publications

, 2013

Overview

I can’t tell you my name. I can’t tell you where I live. I can’t tell you who I work for, or any details about the people with whom I work. Because where I live, my line of work is not exactly legal. But if you can pardon the vagueness, I have a story for you. Edge of the Map is a memoir of the calling and adjustment, success and failure of our first year as missionaries to a closed country in the 10/40 window. It tells the story of how my family and I lived out the challenges and blessings of the lives we tried to lay down for Jesus. It is the book I would have wished for, had I known the right questions to ask. How do I know that I’m called overseas? How do I move beyond callousness and distraction? What do I do once I’ve accepted a call to the nations? What issues arise after I step into my calling? How do I go about resolving those issues? Edge of the Map speaks to these questions in hopes that our journey to a closed country will help nudge the souls of a young, poised generation toward the calling God is whispering over their lives.

Praise for Edge of the Map

”With stark honesty, sometimes painful but always helpful, a young missionary shares his fears and failings on his journey of faith. He learns community through his own neediness, discovering it wasn’t an act of obedience on his part but a gracious gift from God to be invited to a place off the edge of the map."
--E. Randolph Richards, Dean, Palm Beach Atlantic University

“Pilgrim tells a story of how God helped him navigate the fog of discerning his calling, and living out that calling overseas. He writes not as a saint who has it all together, but as a fellow traveler, with his share of frailties, doubts, and hesitations, who desperately wants to love and follow an extraordinary God. For those considering long- or short-term missions, or to anyone interested in a well-crafted story, I heartily recommend this book."
--D. R. D., President, China Partners

Product Details

• Title : Edge of the Map: One Year in a Closed Country
• Author: Tyne, Pilgrim
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN: 9781630870171

About Pilgrim Tyne

Pilgrim Tyne is a student and teacher of writing. He and his family serve as missionaries to unreached people groups.