Afghanistan is a world of adventure and danger for a young American working within the international development community. Joshua Atkinson spent seven years in the devastated nation, working in many of the same hostile conditions as the armed forces, but lacking the military's high levels of security.

Confident in God's faithfulness and protection, Joshua navigated a dangerous landscape, his work often hindered by corruption. Before leaving the country, he endured a period of wrongful imprisonment in a nation known for its brutal prison conditions. Through all of the events he...