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September Wrap Up

I am still on this crazy kick of reading missions books and biographies. I have devoured book after book this month and still have a stack waiting for me. My husband just looks me at like I'm crazy. I just can't help it. I am so intrigued by what I am reading even though some of it is just review from what I studied and read in my undergrad studies. I love them because like my beloved classics, they are stories of new and different worlds. But the only difference is that they are real. They are places I could possibly one day travel to. They are people that I may one day meet in heaven. It's just a whole new adventure that I am totally enjoying right now. So with that said... here are my stats and I am off to my next book. Happy reading!

The books I read in the month of September: 
Going Global by Nelson, King & Smith
The Road to Missional: Journey to the Center of the Church by Michael Frost
Compassionate Kids: Practical Ways to Involve Your Students in Mission & Service by Jim Hancock
Ready to Go Missions by Jason Schultz
Girl Soldier by Faith McDonnell & Grace Akallo
The Mission Minded Child by Ann Dunagan
Youth & Missions by Paul Borthwick


The number of pages I read in the month of September: 
1,145
 
The number of pages read year-to-date (middle of December 2011 - end of September 2012): 
12,129
 
Number of Classics Club books read so far:  
  10 of 70

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