Finding True Worth in the Slums  

With over one billion people living in urban slums today, these communities are arguably one of the largest unreached demographics in the world. The challenge is great, as are the sacrifices of living there, yet the Lord can do much with a willing follower. So, what if choosing to live in a slum is a way to become closer to Jesus? 

Beyond Our Walls provides a unique window into what ministry in an urban slum setting can look like. The author shares the amazing story of God’s faithfulness in her life, as she follows Jesus into the slums of Jakarta, Indonesia, and still lives there twelve years later with her husband and two young sons. Not only have her Muslim neighbors had an opportunity to get to know a follower of Jesus, but the author herself has been forever changed by her experiences. 

Readers will be moved and challenged by this book. It provides an intriguing testimony that will appeal to those interested in Muslim/Chrisitan relations. And women already on the mission field will find it especially encouraging as the author reflects on the difficult aspects of mothering on the field and the faithfulness of Jesus through the hard years of parenting small children.  

While life in the slums is often hard, the joys are many as well. 

A Blessing for You 

Foreword by Jim Wallis 

Foreword by Scott Bessenecker 

Prologue: Wake Up 

Acknowledgements 

Introduction: Breaking Down Walls 

Chapter 1: The Art of Unlearning 

Chapter 2: A New Name 

Chapter 3: Taste and See 

Chapter 4: Evil Tidings, Raging Fires 

Chapter 5: The Miracle House 

Chapter 6: Out of the Rubble 

Chapter 7: Finding Treasures in Trash 

Chapter 8: Sighs too Deep for Words 

Chapter 9: No More Tears 

Chapter 10: Mothering in the Slums 

Chapter 11: Outside the Christian Bubble 

Chapter 12: The Word that Shall not Return Empty 

Chapter 13: Things as They Aren’t 

Chapter 14: Where Floods and Vermin do not Destroy 

Chapter 15: The Cross and the ER 

Chapter 16: A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up 

Chapter 17: When Breath Departs 

Chapter 18: Not Perfect, but Beautiful 

Chapter 19: According to What One Has 

Chapter 20: My Daily Walk… Home 

Epilogue 

Appendix: Poems 

Bibliography 

Suggestions for Further Reading 

Organizations Serving in Slum Communities