{"product_id":"letters-home-pictures-from-niger-9781039191815","title":"Letters Home: Pictures from Niger","description":"In 1999 Ary Vreeken accepted a position as an International Development Worker for a project in Niger, to be funded by a Canadian church group. With extensive experience in both agriculture and community development in West Africa, his mission was to work with a local association of Nigerièn Christians seeking ways to improve food security in the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with great insight, compassion, and wit, Letters Home: Pictures from Niger is a fascinating collection of short \"vignettes\" based on letters sent to family back in Canada during the seven years the author, his wife, Joanna, and their four children lived in Niamey, Niger's capital city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese vignettes-in turn, heartfelt, informative, funny, and poignant-touch upon everything from agricultural innovation and dust storms to the author's relationship with his Nigerièn colleagues, and from the unending challenge of learning French and local languages to a Kafkaesque saga of repairing a washing machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experience of cross-cultural living led to the internalization of new norms and values and a very different, and much deeper, understanding of both foreign aid and the true meaning of spirituality. Adjusting to life back in Canada was not an easy transition, particularly for the Vreeken children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FriesenPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781039191815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Ary Vreeken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43766707880117,"sku":"9781039191815","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_18c54002-9b75-4589-97bd-0dee0fc2a1e6.jpg?v=1710817466","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letters-home-pictures-from-niger-9781039191815","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}