"The challenge of cross-cultural adjustments and demands of an austere lifestyle create situations that are embarrassing, humorous, and opportunities for growth. Pig in a Taxi and Other African Adventures will be amusing and enjoyable reading for anyone interested in missionary life."  
-Jerry Rankin, president, International Mission Board  
  
  
Now you can get an inside look at the colorful life of a real modern missionary. Suzanne Crocker's adventures in Africa will inspire you to find strength for your daily tasks and to keep your sense of humor even amidst hardship. Inside you'll discover   
  
-why "eating your troubles" isn't always the best solution  
-how language barriers can create some sticky situations  
-how to eat fish that's looking at you  
-how God can use things meant for evil and turn them into good  
-and so much more  
  
These vignettes are current, funny, and full of insights on everything from hospitality and forgiveness to obedience and sensing God's presence in every situation. Each one is accompanied by Scripture and specific ways you can pray for missionaries around the world.   
  
Missionaries are human, just like you. And they have some great stories, from the heartwarming to the hilarious, about their time serving in countries very different from ours--yet in some ways very much the same.

Suzanne Crocker grew up as a missionary kid in Central America. She attended Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, where she studied to become a nurse. She and her husband have four children and are missionaries with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

You can't be a good missionary without a good snake story," jokes Suzanne Crocker. And as a missionary to Africa, she has plenty! Crocker's stories are current, funny, and sure to hit close to home. Each fascinating vignette is accompanied by Scripture, practical application, and ideas on how to pray for missionaries around the world.   
  
Pig in a Taxi and Other African Adventures addresses topics such as obedience, materialism, hospitality, and sensing God's presence in every situation. Its lighthearted tone challenges readers to keep their sense of humor and let it strengthen them in their daily tasks. Moms, missionaries-to-be, and those who support missions will enjoy this inside look at family life on the mission field.

Humorous stories from a modern missionary and mother of four. Includes Scripture, practical application, and specific ways to pray for missionaries.

Crocker, Suzanne

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments 

Introduction 

Part 1: Life in Lassa Bas (1989–1990)

Thanksgiving Fiasco

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Me, Drive a Stick Shift?

The Language-Learning Blues

Eating My Way to Peace and Quiet

Missionary Meals

Abide

God's Provision for Abide

Doctor Wannabe

Part 2: Life as an International Service Corps   Volunteer (1995–1996)

Bunnies

A God of Dreams

The Wife Swap

Stop, Thief!

Neighborliness

Mentoring

Part 3: Return to Togo as Career Missionaries   (1997–2000)

My Husband's Funeral

The Lord's Supper

Cookie Battle

Pig in a Taxi

Of Hippos and Snakes

Fear in the Night

Rat Attack

Super Kitty

Drama and a New Church

Courtyard Baths and Other Village Adventures

Viper Bite

Elephants and Yams

Toilet Paper Wedding

Communication Challenges

Quandary

Good Gifts

The Orphan Ballet

Typhoid and Malaria

Premature Labor

Death of a Friend

Volunteers

Part 4: Natitingou Adventures—Our Move to Benin  and Subsequent Stateside Assignment   (2001–2002)

Change

Trouble Begins

Water

A Well

Inhospitable Landscape

Swimming

Midnight Drive

Flight to Paris

Mystery Meat

Snake Story

AIDS

Autism

Part 5: Return to Togo (2002–2005)

Return to Togo

A New Thing

Campsite "Thieves"

Midnight Crisis

Abidjan Coup

Escape from Abidjan

The Least of These

Miss Manners Does Togo

Houdini the Parrot

You can't be a good missionary without a good snake story," jokes Suzanne Crocker. And as a missionary to Africa, she has plenty! Crocker's stories are current, funny, and sure to hit close to home. Each fascinating vignette is accompanied by Scripture, practical application, and ideas on how to pray for missionaries around the world.  
  
Pig in a Taxi and Other African Adventures addresses topics such as obedience, materialism, hospitality, and sensing God's presence in every situation. Its lighthearted tone challenges readers to keep their sense of humor and let it strengthen them in their daily tasks. Moms, missionaries-to-be, and those who support missions will enjoy this inside look at family life on the mission field.

Suitable for moms, missionaries-to-be, and those who support missions, this work addresses topics such as obedience, materialism, hospitality, and sensing God's presence in different situations. Each vignette is accompanied by Scripture, practical application, and ideas on how to pray for missionaries around the world.

You can't be a good missionary without a good snake story," jokes Suzanne Crocker. And as a missionary to Africa, she has plenty! Crocker's stories are current, funny, and sure to hit close to home. Each fascinating vignette is accompanied by Scripture, practical application, and ideas on how to pray for missionaries around the world. "Pig in a Taxi and Other African Adventures" addresses topics such as obedience, materialism, hospitality, and sensing God's presence in every situation. Its lighthearted tone challenges readers to keep their sense of humor and let it strengthen them in their daily tasks. Moms, missionaries-to-be, and those who support missions will enjoy this inside look at family life on the mission field.

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