A news anchor intern has it all planned out, and love isn’t on the agenda.
Brooke Endress is on the cusp of her lifelong dream when her younger sister persuades her to chaperone a mission trip to El Salvador. Packing enough hand sanitizer and bug spray to single-handedly wipe out malaria, she embarks on what she hopes will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
But Brooke is blindsided by the desperation for hope and love she sees in the eyes of the orphans she encounters. And no less by the connection she feels with her handsome translator. As newfound passion blooms, Brooke wrestles with its implications for her career dreams.
Ubaldo Chavez, teacher and translator, knows the struggle that comes with generational poverty. But he found the way out – education – and is determined to help his students rise above.
When he agrees to translate for a mission team from the United States he expects to encounter a bunch of “missional tourists” full of empty promises. Yet an American news anchor defies his expectations, and he finds himself falling in love. But what does he have to offer someone with everything?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Healing Love
Book Author: Jennifer Slattery
What do you like about this book:
"What is keeping you from the abundant life He offers? . . . . . Surrender. Loosen your grip."
Brooke Endress is struggling; her life long dream of becoming a network news anchor seems just out of reach, in spite of all her hard work. Reluctantly, she agrees to use her vacation time in order to chaperone a church mission trip to El Salvador, so that her aunt and uncle will allow her younger sister to participate, never imagining that two weeks in an impoverished country could claim her heart.
Ubaldo Chavez immediately notices the American beauty among the group for whom he has agreed to translate. She seems quite out of place, until she mingles with the orphaned children, and uses her skill with words to share simple truths from the Bible. When they observe a young girl and her sister lurking along the street, in obvious need of food and water, Ubaldo and Brooke find that teamwork comes naturally to them; if only Brooke's life wasn't so deeply embedded in her career back in the United States, things might be different.
Simply told, this story is filled with reminders that we may not be able to change the world, but we are called to share the abundant life with one person at a time, no matter how old, or on what continent they reside.
I received a copy of this book from the author. The opinions stated are entirely my own.
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