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Genre/Form: | Biographies Autobiographies |
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Named Person: | Robert G Johnson; Betty Lue Johnson; Robert G Johnson |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert G Johnson; Wheaton College (Ill.). Authors. |
ISBN: | 9781600347351 1600347355 |
OCLC Number: | 173661142 |
Description: | 356 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The back road to Mandalay -- Entry into the Chin Hills -- Getting settled in Tiddim -- Getting started -- We meet Rev. Sang Ling -- Frank's Jeep-driven washing machine -- The fine art of scrounging -- The romance of missions -- My first trip to Rangoon -- Stranded in the Burma jungle -- Hit by Dacoits -- Preparing for the big move -- Five days with mules -- Our new home in Haka -- The church and cemetery -- A diamond ring -- To weigh a wife -- A daughter is born -- Ruth's long trip home -- The east bungalow our new home -- Bob's rice-powered washing machine -- Start of the Haka Bible School, 1948 -- My Harley Davidson -- The fifty-year Jubilee -- The "cut-off year," 1949 -- We lose a son -- The Haka bible School final years -- Shaking hands with Lian Hmung -- Schooling for Richard and Lois -- Touring the mountain villages -- Furlough and a baby -- Our return to Burma -- Changes and challenges, 1953 -- New things in 1953 -- "Seven weeks" and Bible conference -- Jeep accident at mile 17 -- Farewell to Rev. Sang Ling -- Downs and ups in 1954 -- Schooling for our children -- The Bible school five years in Haka -- The twenty-five incredible years and a tour to Kanpetlet -- Printing presses and mission-aided schools -- Elizabeth Johnson's work in Burma -- Second furlough and return to Burma -- The conversion of Mang Kio; a new pastor -- Growing up in Haka -- The story of Nu Tin -- The okay years -- The tough year, 1964 -- The fruitless revolution, 1965 -- The unfinished Bible -- The stone church -- Mrs. Johnson and Martha leave Burma -- The last months. |
Responsibility: | Robert Gustave Johnson. |
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- Johnson, Robert G. -- (Robert Gustave), -- 1915-
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