Sent

Praise

“There are people who talk a lot about going on adventures with God, and then there are people who actually go. The Alans are part of the latter group. In the years I’ve known them it has been an honor to watch their story unfold. I’m thrilled that now you will get the chance to hear their story as well!”
—Jon Acuff, Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job and Stuff Christians Like

“What kids really need is not the best of everything—clothes, education, opportunities. Our kids need parents who become heroes to them by following Christ into difficult situations where ‘success’ is not the goal. They also need relationships with young adults who are completely in love with Jesus. That is so much more important than having them in a youth group with kids who are at least as clueless as your own. I wish every American parent could read Sent.”
—Kathy Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York, NY

“Having spent years leading the largest missionary-sending agency in the world, I never ceased to be amazed at the parade of young families that turned their backs on the comfort, security, and affluence of the American Dream to take the gospel to unreached nations. Sent is the inspiring testimony of one of those families. Be prepared to face the challenge of making the same radical choice.”
—Jerry Rankin, president emeritus, International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

“What do you do if you discover that the American Dream is not God’s dream for you? Sent is the gritty story of an ordinary American family—a family just like yours—that gave up comforts and careers in exchange for God’s call. Compelling, transparent, and convicting, this book will open your heart to the possibility that God has a different
dream for your life.”
—Brian Fikkert, coauthor of When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself