Through Doors of Challenge and Opportunity: Autobiography--Memoirs of Garland W. Goodrum (and Family)

By Garland W Goodrum

Personal memoir of missionary, builder, pilot, and nonagenarian, Garland W. Goodrum. Beginning with family history before his birth in 1917, Garland describes life as a child growing up in Houston, Texas, in the 1920s; surviving the Great Depression with a family income of only eighteen dollars a month; and meeting and marrying his lifelong companion, Eleanor, during World War II. Their life on the African mission field in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo forms the heart of the story of their lives. Through a combination of Garland's stories as a builder and pilot and Eleanor's stories of the people and places, we experience life in the Congo in the 1950s and 1960s. Multiple narrow escapes from the violence of the Congo Crisis of the 1960s illustrate how God always had something else for Garland and Eleanor to do, even after their retirement from the mission field in 1970. The moving account of Garland's tender care for Eleanor during the final months of her life is an inspiration for husbands everywhere. Garland's easy, story-telling style and his explanations of old, unfamiliar customs makes this book a pleasure for people of all ages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530564980
• ISBN13: 9781530564989
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.5"