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Books by Monroe Roark
The Best Life
The ministry of Adam & Esther Fridenstine in El Salvador
Adam and Esther Fridenstine grew up in different backgrounds, developing specific talents and skill sets, more than two thousand miles apart. What they had in common before they ever met was a desire to be used of God as He saw fit. While in college they seemed an unlikely couple at first, but it become apparent that they were tailor-made for each other and for the work to which the Lord has called them.
Their route to the mission field was not what they initially expected, and they faced challenges on a ministry level as well as a personal one. But they refused to quit and now they oversee a thriving work for the glory of God. If you love missionaries, this book will be a blessing to you.
Believing God
The Ministry of Mark and Sabrina Holmes in Nigeria
A family tragedy at a young age led Mark Holmes to make certain his eternal destiny. Once that was secured, he became a fervent gospel witness while still a teenager. Less than 150 miles away, Sabrina Hopkins was serving the Lord faithfully also. The two met at college far from home, were married and spent a short time in a local church ministry in the United States before setting their sights on Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa.
In obedience to the Lord’s call, they have labored for nearly two decades and seen a thriving ministry rise up to the glory of God. Raising six children in a Third World nation, they have made it their home and seen thousands come to Christ.
With a Purpose
The ministry of the Bob Mach family in the Ivory Coast
From the time he realized as a teenager that God was calling him to the mission field, Bob Mach has focused like a laser on whatever task was in front of him, before and after his arrival in west Africa. Along with his wife Becky and their four children, he has seen the Lord do miraculous things in a country overrun with false religions, Third World poverty and extreme political strife. The Mach family has been used of God to create a multi-layered ministry that is set up to continue for decades. Within these pages are just a few of their stories. If you love missionaries, this book will be a blessing to you.
There is a Healer
Stories of Medical Missions Outreach
A young pastor and his wife, a nurse, spent one week on the mission field with a medical team. It changed the course of their lives and ministry. Stepping out of their comfort zones and trusting God, they saw Him assemble an impressive group of people around them and build an organization as only He could. In a 15-year span, Medical Missions Outreach has provided free health care to hundreds of thousands of people in more than 50 countries, with tens of thousands trusting in Christ. This book contains only a small fraction of the stories that could be told about MMO. If you have a heart for the hurting and a passion for world evangelism, these stories will be a blessing to you.
Mexico by the Grace of God
The life and ministry of Bill Martin
Bill Martin did not take the conventional route to the mission field. One day he just loaded up his truck and went to Mexico — and he is still there after three decades.With a servant’s heart and a passion for the Mexican people, he has stayed faithful amid personal and physical challenges. His legacy can be seen in every corner of the country, through churches led by men and women the Lord allowed him to train.If you love missionaries, this book will be a blessing to you.
A Year in the Bush
This is a wonderful love story that runs on two levels – a human and a divine, a seen and an unseen. The two human recipients of such love are Jason and Cherith Ottosen, while the unseen director of events in their lives is their Father God.You might see this story as a combination of circumstances orchestrated by Rev. David Smith and his wife Jill, or you might see it as a wonderful plan rooted in the heart of our Father. It could be seen as God’s reward for their obedience or could it be an act of grace to them from the God of all grace. I suggest that this love story could be described as an act of invasion by a wonderful God who delights in the joy of His children. It reads like fiction but is non-fiction. You might be tempted to think the Ottosens are super saints in whose lives God worked (and they are wonderful people), or you might see a couple of sinners, just like us, saved by grace, upon whom God showered His love. Then you might decide that if He did it for them, He can do it for you. His plan might not be the same for you as it is for them, but please know it is His is plan for you, and it is no less blessed than His plan for them. A man wiser than me, from another generation, said: “God gives the best to those who leaves the choice up to Him.” Enjoy the story of Jason and Cherith, and let God rewrite it on the tablet of your heart.
Bob Hughes
An extraordinary life
Fresh off a farm in east Texas, living halfway around the world with the U.S. Air Force, Bob Hughes fell in love with the Filipino people and became burdened to share with them the Saviour they so desperately needed. He returned to that Asian nation and was used of God to build one of the most incredible mission works of the 20th century in less than 20 years. A man whose influence in world missions is still felt on both sides of the Pacific more than three decades after his death, Bob Hughes was a servant of the Lord and has been an inspiration to countless Christians. This book, which includes firsthand accounts by dozens of people who knew Bob personally, will allow a new generation to become acquainted with a man who truly believed that, with God, nothing is impossible.