Author: Vicki Augustiniak
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462405118
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
When registered nurse Vicki Augustiniak received the phone call in the fall of 2003 that she would be traveling to Bangladesh to provide medical care to the countrys citizens, she felt both anxious and gratified. For years, she had dreamed of using her talents to help others, and now the time had come. In her memoir, Augustiniak details her journey. Based on journal entries, she shares the story of how a young woman born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, received the call from God to serve others in a foreign country. Beginning with her early years and continuing through adulthood, she narrates her life storybeing the oldest of nine children in a family filled with turmoil, attending nursing school, marrying her husband in 1973, and traveling abroad. Really, GodBangladesh? tells the inspiring story of Augustiniak providing help and hope around the globe and how that work brought her peace and changed her life through the goal of hoping to build a hospital in Bangladesh.
Really, God—Bangladesh?
Author: Vicki Augustiniak
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462405118
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
When registered nurse Vicki Augustiniak received the phone call in the fall of 2003 that she would be traveling to Bangladesh to provide medical care to the countrys citizens, she felt both anxious and gratified. For years, she had dreamed of using her talents to help others, and now the time had come. In her memoir, Augustiniak details her journey. Based on journal entries, she shares the story of how a young woman born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, received the call from God to serve others in a foreign country. Beginning with her early years and continuing through adulthood, she narrates her life storybeing the oldest of nine children in a family filled with turmoil, attending nursing school, marrying her husband in 1973, and traveling abroad. Really, GodBangladesh? tells the inspiring story of Augustiniak providing help and hope around the globe and how that work brought her peace and changed her life through the goal of hoping to build a hospital in Bangladesh.
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462405118
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
When registered nurse Vicki Augustiniak received the phone call in the fall of 2003 that she would be traveling to Bangladesh to provide medical care to the countrys citizens, she felt both anxious and gratified. For years, she had dreamed of using her talents to help others, and now the time had come. In her memoir, Augustiniak details her journey. Based on journal entries, she shares the story of how a young woman born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, received the call from God to serve others in a foreign country. Beginning with her early years and continuing through adulthood, she narrates her life storybeing the oldest of nine children in a family filled with turmoil, attending nursing school, marrying her husband in 1973, and traveling abroad. Really, GodBangladesh? tells the inspiring story of Augustiniak providing help and hope around the globe and how that work brought her peace and changed her life through the goal of hoping to build a hospital in Bangladesh.
Really, God—South Africa?
Author: Vicki Augustiniak RN
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462413218
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
At the core of her being, author and registered nurse Vicki Augustiniak is a helper. In Really, God—South Africa? she shares the experiences of her travels abroad to assist others with their health needs. Through her story, she shows how God uses an ordinary person like her to be of aid to others. Through a series of journal entries, she chronicles her trip to South Africa in 2013 with others to provide health care to people of all ages. Augustiniak discusses her work abroad, the daily routine, the challenges and trials, and the joys. A continuation of Augustiniak’s previous travels to Bangladesh, Really, God—South Africa? offers insight into the work of medical missions in a foreign country. It chornicles how God’s work is being accomplished by those who selflessly serve others.
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462413218
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
At the core of her being, author and registered nurse Vicki Augustiniak is a helper. In Really, God—South Africa? she shares the experiences of her travels abroad to assist others with their health needs. Through her story, she shows how God uses an ordinary person like her to be of aid to others. Through a series of journal entries, she chronicles her trip to South Africa in 2013 with others to provide health care to people of all ages. Augustiniak discusses her work abroad, the daily routine, the challenges and trials, and the joys. A continuation of Augustiniak’s previous travels to Bangladesh, Really, God—South Africa? offers insight into the work of medical missions in a foreign country. It chornicles how God’s work is being accomplished by those who selflessly serve others.
In Love with Bangladesh
Author: Jill Hanson Flatt
Publisher: WestBowPress
ISBN: 1490819479
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
I tall people I have one aunty. Name jill she raised me when I little boy. She loves me so much. I am not forget her. Everytime I remember her love and care. David Das from Home of Joy Jills story has reconfirmed a long-held personal beliefthat missionaries arent normal. They are ordinary people who have allowed God to set their heart on fire with a passion for the lost and needy. They are willing to endure personal pain and hardship for the sake of their mission, and even if they return from the mission field, a part of their heart will never return with them. Jills openness in sharing all the ups and downs of her missionary journey will make this book a valuable resource for anyone who feels called to cross-cultural ministry, and it will also be a source of inspiration to all of us who long to reach our world with the love of Jesus Christ. Pastor Monte LeLaCheur, Turning Point Open Bible Church This journey with Christ is certainly an adventure. God gave me a love for His people in Bangladesh, not unlike the love he has for usrelentless. The Lord led me in and out of Bangladesh, each time under dramatic circumstances. Over a period of years, I was blessed to be a part of starting three medical clinics, while living at two different orphanages, taking care of hundreds of children who called me Auntie or Amma. God gave His love to them through my willing heart. I had prayed that God would break my heart with the things that break the heart of God. That prayer was answered in ways that were never expected.
Publisher: WestBowPress
ISBN: 1490819479
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
I tall people I have one aunty. Name jill she raised me when I little boy. She loves me so much. I am not forget her. Everytime I remember her love and care. David Das from Home of Joy Jills story has reconfirmed a long-held personal beliefthat missionaries arent normal. They are ordinary people who have allowed God to set their heart on fire with a passion for the lost and needy. They are willing to endure personal pain and hardship for the sake of their mission, and even if they return from the mission field, a part of their heart will never return with them. Jills openness in sharing all the ups and downs of her missionary journey will make this book a valuable resource for anyone who feels called to cross-cultural ministry, and it will also be a source of inspiration to all of us who long to reach our world with the love of Jesus Christ. Pastor Monte LeLaCheur, Turning Point Open Bible Church This journey with Christ is certainly an adventure. God gave me a love for His people in Bangladesh, not unlike the love he has for usrelentless. The Lord led me in and out of Bangladesh, each time under dramatic circumstances. Over a period of years, I was blessed to be a part of starting three medical clinics, while living at two different orphanages, taking care of hundreds of children who called me Auntie or Amma. God gave His love to them through my willing heart. I had prayed that God would break my heart with the things that break the heart of God. That prayer was answered in ways that were never expected.
To Bangladesh with Love
Author: Andrew Kivistik
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483485927
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Julia, a New York career woman who is alone and spiritually lost, sponsors a child from Bangladesh. As Bashiri and Julia exchange letters, Julia decides to fly halfway around the world to rescue this young girl. But finding her is an almost impossible task. Julia must enlist the help of Venki, a Russian school bus driver, but can he be trusted? Julia, Venki, and Bashiri fight to turn their tragedies into loveÑas each one helps to save the other. Their story speaks to our desire to connect with what really mattersÑour true purpose. ÒIn To Bangladesh with Love we meet a woman on a life-changing quest to save a young girl, and along the way we witness the relentless love we all contain. The book has brought a real sense of peace to my life. I love Bashiri and you will too.Ó ÑShirley Fee Tibbetts, artist and creative director
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483485927
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Julia, a New York career woman who is alone and spiritually lost, sponsors a child from Bangladesh. As Bashiri and Julia exchange letters, Julia decides to fly halfway around the world to rescue this young girl. But finding her is an almost impossible task. Julia must enlist the help of Venki, a Russian school bus driver, but can he be trusted? Julia, Venki, and Bashiri fight to turn their tragedies into loveÑas each one helps to save the other. Their story speaks to our desire to connect with what really mattersÑour true purpose. ÒIn To Bangladesh with Love we meet a woman on a life-changing quest to save a young girl, and along the way we witness the relentless love we all contain. The book has brought a real sense of peace to my life. I love Bashiri and you will too.Ó ÑShirley Fee Tibbetts, artist and creative director
Diplomacy and Diamonds
Author: Joanne King Herring
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 159995382X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
She's been dirt poor; she's been filthy rich. Rich was more fun. She married three times, divorced twice, found her true love, and lost him to cancer. At twenty-one, she was told she would soon die. She lived. Doctors said she'd never be able to have children. She had 'em. She's bargained with God, dictators, and Democrats. She's partied with princes, presidents, premiers, Barbara Walters, Anwar Sadat, Margaret Thatcher, Tom Hanks, and Francisco Franco . . . though not all at the same time. She captivated powerful men with her feminine charm, and then persuaded them toward unlikely political alliances through her formidable intelligence. She waltzed with Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace, dressed in men's clothes and smuggled herself in a barrel across the Pakistani border, threw a Roman-themed party so extravagant it was featured in Life magazine, and survived a Soviet gunship attack in the mountains of Afghanistan. Joanne Herring, the Houston socialite portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film Charlie Wilson's War, is far more colorful, funny, and likable than any screenwriter could have guessed. The former Texas television anchor is known for her improbable fight with the mujahideen against the former Soviet Union. But her full story-with all its God, guns, and Gucci glory-has never been told. Born in the man's world of Texas in a time when women had limited choices, Joanne Herring blazed a trail with allies as unlikely as Charlie Wilson, Pierre Cardin, and President Ronald Reagan . . . and in so doing forged new paths for women in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and America.
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 159995382X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
She's been dirt poor; she's been filthy rich. Rich was more fun. She married three times, divorced twice, found her true love, and lost him to cancer. At twenty-one, she was told she would soon die. She lived. Doctors said she'd never be able to have children. She had 'em. She's bargained with God, dictators, and Democrats. She's partied with princes, presidents, premiers, Barbara Walters, Anwar Sadat, Margaret Thatcher, Tom Hanks, and Francisco Franco . . . though not all at the same time. She captivated powerful men with her feminine charm, and then persuaded them toward unlikely political alliances through her formidable intelligence. She waltzed with Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace, dressed in men's clothes and smuggled herself in a barrel across the Pakistani border, threw a Roman-themed party so extravagant it was featured in Life magazine, and survived a Soviet gunship attack in the mountains of Afghanistan. Joanne Herring, the Houston socialite portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film Charlie Wilson's War, is far more colorful, funny, and likable than any screenwriter could have guessed. The former Texas television anchor is known for her improbable fight with the mujahideen against the former Soviet Union. But her full story-with all its God, guns, and Gucci glory-has never been told. Born in the man's world of Texas in a time when women had limited choices, Joanne Herring blazed a trail with allies as unlikely as Charlie Wilson, Pierre Cardin, and President Ronald Reagan . . . and in so doing forged new paths for women in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and America.
The Bangladesh Reader
Author: Meghna Guhathakurta
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822395673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade or through its influence on Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim life. Yet the country rarely figures in global affairs or media, except in stories about floods, poverty, or political turmoil. The Bangladesh Reader does what those portrayals do not: It illuminates the rich historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh, and it conveys a sense of the aspirations and daily lives of Bangladeshis. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars, the Reader encompasses first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, songs, photographs, cartoons, paintings, posters, advertisements, maps, and a recipe. Classic selections familiar to many Bangladeshis—and essential reading for those who want to know the country—are juxtaposed with less-known pieces. The selections are translated from a dozen languages; many have not been available in English until now. Featuring eighty-three images, including seventeen in color, The Bangladesh Reader is an unprecedented, comprehensive introduction to the South Asian country's turbulent past and dynamic present.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822395673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade or through its influence on Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim life. Yet the country rarely figures in global affairs or media, except in stories about floods, poverty, or political turmoil. The Bangladesh Reader does what those portrayals do not: It illuminates the rich historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh, and it conveys a sense of the aspirations and daily lives of Bangladeshis. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars, the Reader encompasses first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, songs, photographs, cartoons, paintings, posters, advertisements, maps, and a recipe. Classic selections familiar to many Bangladeshis—and essential reading for those who want to know the country—are juxtaposed with less-known pieces. The selections are translated from a dozen languages; many have not been available in English until now. Featuring eighty-three images, including seventeen in color, The Bangladesh Reader is an unprecedented, comprehensive introduction to the South Asian country's turbulent past and dynamic present.
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
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ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A Story of Ambivalent Modernization in Bangladesh and West Bengal
Author: Pranab Chatterjee
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433108204
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book details the evolution of Bengali culture (in both Bangladesh and West Bengal) since antiquity and argues for its modernization. Originally peripheral to Hindu civilization based in North India, Bengali culture was subjected to various forms of Sanskritization. Centuries of invasions (1204-1757) resulted most notably in the Islamization of Bengal. Often there were conflicts between Sanskritization and Islamization. Later colonization of Bengal by Britain (1757) led to a process of Anglicization, which created a new middle class in Bengal that, in turn, created a form of elitism among the Bengali Hindu upper caste. After British rule ended (1947), Bengali culture lost its elitist status in South Asia and has undergone severe marginalization. Political instability and economic insufficiency, as reflected by many quantitative and qualitative indicators, are common and contribute to pervasive unemployment, alienation, vigilantism, and instability in the entire region. A Story of Ambivalent Modernization in Bangladesh and West Bengal is appropriate not only for Bengali intellectuals and scholars but for sociologists, political scientists, cultural anthropologists, historians, and others interested in a case study of how and why a given culture becomes derailed from its path toward modernization.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433108204
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book details the evolution of Bengali culture (in both Bangladesh and West Bengal) since antiquity and argues for its modernization. Originally peripheral to Hindu civilization based in North India, Bengali culture was subjected to various forms of Sanskritization. Centuries of invasions (1204-1757) resulted most notably in the Islamization of Bengal. Often there were conflicts between Sanskritization and Islamization. Later colonization of Bengal by Britain (1757) led to a process of Anglicization, which created a new middle class in Bengal that, in turn, created a form of elitism among the Bengali Hindu upper caste. After British rule ended (1947), Bengali culture lost its elitist status in South Asia and has undergone severe marginalization. Political instability and economic insufficiency, as reflected by many quantitative and qualitative indicators, are common and contribute to pervasive unemployment, alienation, vigilantism, and instability in the entire region. A Story of Ambivalent Modernization in Bangladesh and West Bengal is appropriate not only for Bengali intellectuals and scholars but for sociologists, political scientists, cultural anthropologists, historians, and others interested in a case study of how and why a given culture becomes derailed from its path toward modernization.
Islamic Sermons and Public Piety in Bangladesh
Author: Max Stille
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838606017
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Islamic sermon gatherings are a central form of public piety and public expression in contemporary Bangladesh. Held since the 19th century, waz mahfils became so popular that it is today possible to participate in them on a daily basis in many regions of the country. Despite their significance in the rise of popular politics, the sermons are often disregarded as Islamist propaganda and very little research is dedicated to them. This book provides unprecedented access into these sermon gatherings. Based on fieldwork and interviews, Max Stille analyses an archive of several dozens of sermons. He shows how popular preaching shapes roles and rules of what can be said, imagined, and felt. Waz mahfils are a participatory practice of the labouring classes in which religious, political and poetic consensus overlap. In them, Islamic tenets and morals are part of dramatic narrations, vocal art and affective communication, ranging from immersion and upheaval to laughter about political jokes and parody. Suggesting new ways to interpret musical and performative poetics of Islamic speech, this book calls for expanding conceptions of civic participation and public discourse, and rethinking the role of the senses and religious aesthetics in Islam.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838606017
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Islamic sermon gatherings are a central form of public piety and public expression in contemporary Bangladesh. Held since the 19th century, waz mahfils became so popular that it is today possible to participate in them on a daily basis in many regions of the country. Despite their significance in the rise of popular politics, the sermons are often disregarded as Islamist propaganda and very little research is dedicated to them. This book provides unprecedented access into these sermon gatherings. Based on fieldwork and interviews, Max Stille analyses an archive of several dozens of sermons. He shows how popular preaching shapes roles and rules of what can be said, imagined, and felt. Waz mahfils are a participatory practice of the labouring classes in which religious, political and poetic consensus overlap. In them, Islamic tenets and morals are part of dramatic narrations, vocal art and affective communication, ranging from immersion and upheaval to laughter about political jokes and parody. Suggesting new ways to interpret musical and performative poetics of Islamic speech, this book calls for expanding conceptions of civic participation and public discourse, and rethinking the role of the senses and religious aesthetics in Islam.
Bangladesh
Author: Mikey Leung
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 1841624098
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This updated guidebook, with a focus on responsible tourism, offers greater coverage than any other to the Chittagong Hill Tracts where 13 different ethnic groups live, and to the world's largest mangrove forest at the Sundarbans. Personal insights and anecdotes guide trailblazing travellers to those aspects of the country that are almost unknown to visitors - dolphin and whale watching, winter bird-watching in the northern wetlands and golden Bengal's silk and archaeological highlights.
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 1841624098
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This updated guidebook, with a focus on responsible tourism, offers greater coverage than any other to the Chittagong Hill Tracts where 13 different ethnic groups live, and to the world's largest mangrove forest at the Sundarbans. Personal insights and anecdotes guide trailblazing travellers to those aspects of the country that are almost unknown to visitors - dolphin and whale watching, winter bird-watching in the northern wetlands and golden Bengal's silk and archaeological highlights.