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Nothing Daunted: Isobel Kuhn

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*NOTHING DAUNTED* was the best missionary biography I have ever read! It is the story of Isobel Kuhn's life. As you travel with Isobel through her challenging life before she became a Christian and then her triumph as she becomes a new person in Christ you learn the same lessons Isobel is learning-the easy way! Then you go to China with Isobel. What an exciting adventure! You will be thrilled as you see God's hand work through her life-especially if you are thinking about being a missionary! I would strongly recemend this to everyone!

This is not a review but a chance to say I intended to order "Nothing Daunted" by Dorothy Wickenden but somehow received the one by Isobel Kuhn which I am not interested to read. Hal Cowart

I heard about the book on NPR but the story line was not exactly the same as discussed on the show. I read it anyway and the heavy Christian bible belting in it was a turn off. Missionaries trying to turn people into Christians who have for centuries followed religious practices that fit their culture and lifestyle just doesn't sit right. A couple so religious that they sent their only young child away to school in favor of working as a missionary was irritating. I'm a family first person and they failed in my book to take care of the child before their "calling."

As a China Inland Mission (now OMF International) missionary, Isobel was a part of a great work of God in China. The work she and her husband embraced in China among the Lisu was begun by James O Fraser, another China Inland Mission (CIM) "hero." You can learn more of the story through the book Mountain Rain and the DVD documentary, Breakthrough: The Story of James O Fraser and the Lisu People. Both are available from [...]

Isobel Kuhn and her husband served as missionaries in China in the 1920s through 1950s. This book chronicles her life from her college years up through her death.

I found the writing of this book to be so-so. The "About the Author" information states: "An editor once asked Mrs. Repp to write a flashcard story about her favorite missionary...." And a flashcard story is exactly what this book feels like. It's made up of bits and pieces from Isobel Kuhn's own books (plural!) about her experiences. This book reads more like a summary than a book in its own right, if that makes sense.

I have read Isobel Kuhn's own book,By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith. That book was very enjoyable, well-written, encouraging, and you really felt like you got to know Isobel Kuhn. If I were going to recommend only one book about her, that is the one I'd recommend. Her other books about her missionary experiences appear to be out of print, but I'm guessing they'd be more enjoyable reading.

This book might be an adequate cursory look if you just want to check off a list another missionary biography. But, if you want to get to know Isobel Kuhn's heart, if you want to be challenged and encouraged in your faith, if you want to see the hand of God working in her life, if you want to have trouble putting the book down, get Isobel Kuhn's book By Searching: My Journey Through Doubt Into Faith instead.