As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running. My Antonia, Willa Cather It is often called Catherland Webster County, Nebraska, where the quintessential American novelist Willa Cather spent her childhood and found inspiration for her stories of European immigrants on the prairie. Richard Schilling, with his watercolor paintings and...
As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of win...
The book, in words and watercolor paintings, is about a forgotten land--and a people who were forgotten by their government and by the Church. But God has not forgotten the people of Chukotka. My mission was to provide dental treatment and to tell them about Jesus, who can mend a broken heart and replace hopelessness. In this desolate land I found my own emotional healing in God's Word, friendships, and the joy of painting. This book can be an encouragement to those in God's service who may experience weariness.
The book, in words and watercolor paintings, is about a forgotten land--and a people who were forgotten by their government and by the Church. But ...
