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The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle: A Journey of Love Across Africa Paperback – May 20, 2012

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It began like a fairytale-amidst mint juleps and magnolias in Mississippi. But as their love grew, its fruit flourished and spread to a most unlikely place-across the mission fields of Africa. The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle is the vivid recollection of how God called Nell and Jack Chinchen from the comforts of their "perfect" life to a risky, lifelong journey they would never regret. More than forty years ago, the Chinchens arrived in Liberia, West Africa, as missionaries. They had left family, thriving ministries and a successful business. Their new life in the jungle would bring perils: tropical diseases, witch doctors, fire and even rebel invasion. Yet joy overflowed in their faithfulness to God's call-training pastors, teaching children, pioneering medical ministry. And their work wouldn't stop at the boundaries of their bamboo mission station. As the ministry expanded, God led the Chinchens to establish African Bible Colleges and Radio ABC, sending the Gospel across the continent. Looking back now, as the Chinchens live and work in Malawi, Nell is certain about the author of her story. "Africa," she says... "the place that God had written on my heart before the foundation of the world."

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  1. Print length
    184 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Christian Focus
  4. Publication date
    May 20, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    5.4 x 0.4 x 8.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1845509218
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1845509217
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"The story of these servants of God who have been tried by fire will enlighten you and your soul will be stirred to read about the warm heart of Africa that welcomed The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle with drums in the night."

-- Franklin Graham (President & CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritans Purse)

"From the refined coast of Mississippi to the shores and jungles of Africa, behold God's faithfulness to this couple and His shaping and sharpening them into instruments for His glory."

-- Ligon Duncan (Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary)

"The Chinchen's are the real deal. The many thousands of lives that they have touched are testament to the calling that God has placed on them. Africa and the world are richer for their obedient service to our Lord. This is a must-read for all who love to see the Hand of God at work today!"

-- John B. Sorensen (President, Evangelism Explosion International)

"I am quite sure that this "autobiography" will stir and embolden thoughtful readers to strike out on their own, eager to face "crosses" in order to end up with "crowns." I know it is stirring and emboldening me!"

-- Henry Krabbendam

"Short pithy chapters, challenging adventure, and a good romance prove once more that truth can be more fascinating than fiction."

-- O. Palmer Robertson

"From my perspective over many years, I know of no more faithful and effective mission ministry than African Bible Colleges. This book is an inspiring story of God at work in the lives of a family willing to follow Him in faith to the ends of the earth.

-- Robert C. Cannada

"Wherever you find yourself, I can attest that Nell and Jack's love story for Christ, each other and the world is contagious. Once encountered and embraced it will also leave you forever changed."

-- Bob Botsford

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Nell and Jack Chinchen left the comfort of life in the United States to become missionaries in Liberia, West Africa. This is their story.Missionary in Liberia, West Africa

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Christian Focus (May 20, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1845509218
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1845509217
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.4 x 8.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Neat story
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2013
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The story is told in small segments which makes for easy reading, yet the story flows smoothly. It is not only a story of love between a husband & wife but of people and God. Mrs. Chinchen illustrates several times how they had to learn to wait on God which is a good lesson for all of us
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
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Very interesting information but I don't think the title really fits the whole story-- although the story was well-worth reading.
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Melissa Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story of God's Providence
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2012
Reading The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle is like having Nell Chinchen in your kitchen, relating her amazing stories over a cup of something warm and cozy. Her narrative isn't necessarily in chronological order and is, quite honestly, difficult to follow at times. But I felt as if I was catching up with a dear friend.

The book also gave me a new appreciation for missionaries, especially the two young families from my church who are serving overseas. Sometimes we here in the US romanticize the mission field. Nell's story certainly changed my view. The family has survived fires that destroyed their homes, rebel invasions, and the deaths of many who were close to them. Yet through it all, they have seen the goodness of the Lord.
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TheLiterary
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
This book is for everyone who has ever believed God has more than the ordinary life waiting for you. Nell Chinchen's stories of life in the Jungle's of Africa, of faith and adventure with God, will capture every reader's attention. A true page-turner you will not put down. A must read that you will want to share with friends.
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J.R. Lonas
4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Encouragement
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2012
Serving as a part of a missions organization, my coworkers and I have the opportunity to hear so many firsthand stories of the incredible power of God to use individuals, families, churches, and institutions to proclaim His Gospel and redeem people from every tongue, tribe, people, and nation. This is a source of great joy, but also a danger--if you're not careful, you can grow numb to the eternal significance of this. This can happen even in wonderfully missions-focused churches, and every Christian should be on guard to keep themselves uncalloused.

A good missionary biography can be an excellent tool to refresh the sheer wonder at the work of God that we as believers should enjoy. Nell Robertson Chinchen's The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle serves admirably for this. The Chinchen family's story of spiritual growth from complacent churchgoing to pastoral ministry to pioneering missionary work across Africa offers example after example of God's radical faithfulness to His obedient servants.

In the book, Chinchen recounts her family's journey into a lifetime of missionary work over the course of dozens of short stories. It would be impossible to miss the Lord's guidance of every step of their move to the jungles of Liberia, the establishment of the African Bible College there and (later) in Malawi and Uganda, and the blossoming of their radio ministry, and Chinchen is careful to make sure readers know that He deserves all the glory.

Though the book's anecdotal format seems to leave some gaps in the larger narrative of the Chinchens' life and ministry (there is enough material there, to be sure, for a much longer book) and doesn't quite plumb the emotional depths of their experience as one might hope, what shines through is the mighty hand of God in every facet of their work.

Chinchen shares how God opened doors for ministry by bringing "men of peace" to guide them through red tape and dangerous situations, how He miraculously provided land, equipment, and funding for every ministry need, and how He protected them through disease, fire, political unrest, and war. Her frank and funny style resonates well, and punctures the notion that missionaries must somehow be extraordinarily somber, hyper-spiritual people to be effective.

The reason I picked up this book is largely personal--I grew up in a church that supported the Chinchens. They were regulars at our congregational missions conferences, and I remember them coming over to my family's house for meals when I was 9 or 10 years old. It seems like yesterday that we were praying for their safety during the Liberian Civil Wars and rejoicing with them at the Lord's provision for a new African Bible College campus in Malawi. I can attest to their faith and infectious zeal for missions, and that comes through in the book.

The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle should be a great encouragement to all believers to look up and see what God is doing, and perhaps even to respond to His call to " go therefore and make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19).
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