A Suitcase Full of Faith (Paperback)

~ Saskia Roell (Author)

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Saskia this book spoke to me like no other. I felt like I was right there with you on your travels but yet reminding me of my own path of coming to my truth. I couldn't put your book down. I read it straight through. I cried I laughed I cheered for you. I found myself in such a parallel state with you. Thank you thank you for this beautiful tale of how we all need to follow our truth! Bring us more soon! --Dawn E. Crowder 'spiritual coach' (Indiana)

Saskia, I started your book last night. It's a page turner! I love it. You have a gift for story telling and the messages of trust, faith, hope, to follow your dreams and live life to the fullest are all right there in the beginning of your book/journey. I have always been interested in immigrant's stories. I think it takes a huge amount of courage and soul searching for the decisions that you made. I really enjoy your short paragraphs which makes the book an easy read, your collection of poems and quotes are great choices, and best of all I love your candidness and analogies. I really enjoyed your likening your adventure to going through the birth canal. Wow. That's powerful! I look forward to enjoying the rest of the book. I'm so happy that you wrote it; thank you from the bottom of my heart. I needed this. What a wonderful gift to the world! Best, Krissie --Krissie J. Burnham (Rockport, MA)

This is a bit of a different review as I had the distinct and delightful privilege to be the primary editor of 'A Suitcase Full of Faith'. It was an experience of a lifetime working within a unique three-way partnership: me, Saskia and the book itself. The book spoke to me so beautifully and clearly all I had to do was to jot it down! It was work that taught me again and again to let it all go and just allow the divine to unfold. It was work done with such ease, such joy! 'A Suitcase Full of Faith' is designed to speak to you, too, to gift you with your own profound truths; they will be just what you need at the moment! The book worked with me like an old friend and you will feel this - like a warm, soft, comforting blanket - as you journey with it and Saskia throughout the world and back again. There are 47 delightful stories. You can pick up the book, start anywhere and savor a story on its own. Or read it right through as many of my friends did when they received a copy and couldn't put it down. My partner Harriet was one - she stayed up all night reading it cover to cover. I can tell you that is not like her! Then her husband asked her to read it to him! So every night she did; she read it to him as a bedtime story! And this is a couple married for 50 years! So a little thought . . . consider buying an extra copy today - there is someone you love who you will want to share it with right away! To be sure, the book was written by Saskia - it is her story - and yet you will feel, like I did, that it is Spirit speaking through her with a personal voice to you! So a second thought . . . allow your heart to be open as you read it and ask that any messages you need in your life right now come through for you. This book was divinely written and you will be divinely led. Saskia has touched the Divine in so many ways with a heart as pure as a child. Now you can be a child again and see the world through her eyes! The only thing better is the anticipation of reading Saskia's next book. Yes, there is more to come! Thank you, Saskia, for allowing me to enter into your life at such a extraordinary time and place! May the journey continue . . . Saskia and Suitcase . . . I LOVE you both! --Sue Diamond Lethbridge 'Sue Diamond' (Hatboro (Greater Philadelphia), Pennsylvania USA)

Product Description

A Suitcase Full of Faith - How One Woman Found her Dream Trusting the Compass of Her Soul, Saskia Roell, Author, Transformational Life Coach and mother of five, will inspire you that miracles Do happen. Saskia teaches how trust and faith will carry you to through the best and the worst of times and lead you to live the extraordinary life. A Suitcase Full of Faith - How One Woman Found Her Dream Trusting the Compass of Her Soul - is a captivating story of suspense, adventure, wild romance, wisdom and extraordinary miracles! This story is guaranteed to ignite your courage, take chances and put your faith to action and achieve a remarkable life. A Suitcase Full of Faith is the story of how one woman lost it all; her home, her dearest friend, her marriage, her country club life, the job she loved, her country and her heart and then found the life of her deepest dreams by following the compass of her soul. What would inspire a Dutch mother of five bright-eyed children to move her family to the 'promised land' of America? She already had a lifetime of travel behind her, having lived in Asia and traveled to the Middle East and Africa, as well as having lived a year in Texas. In her travels, she survived a wealth of circumstances that would usually not occur to one person in a lifetime, from living months in the Sinai Desert with nothing more than the clothes on her back _ not even shoes. She survived an unknowing bathing episode in shark-infested waters off the Ivory Coast. She survived giving birth to her first child in a Chinese hospital where the nurses told her to leave because the hospital was full. Saskia Roell of Rockport recounts these episodes, and much more, with both humor and compassion in her new book titled 'A Suitcase Full of Faith'. A Suitcase Full of Faith Is guaranteed to ignite your courage, follow your heart's lead and put your faith into action to achieve a remarkable life! Saskia shows you HOW by traveling with her inside her story.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Norvell Jefferson Publishing; 2nd edition (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615272479
• ISBN-13: 978-0615272474
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #193,742 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truth, Hope, Love, Courage, Everything the Universe Offers is Here!!!, May 11, 2009

By	Brian J. Donley (River Falls, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A Suitcase Full of Faith
Best Selling Author - Saskia Roell


I received "A Suitcase Full of Faith" on a Thursday. I started reading it Friday afternoon. I woke up at 3:00 AM on Saturday morning and continued reading throughout the day. I took several breaks to absorb everything that was being communicated through the words. I finished reading Sunday morning and I AM in awe of such a wonderful, truth filled tale.

The honesty portrayed throughout this beautiful work is heavenly in itself. Spirit touched my soul in so many different ways. Emotions ran deep and I would feel the joy, the love, the tears and fears. A fantastic roller coaster ride around the world, while, sitting in my chair at home.

Your family is blessed and so are you! The seeds you have planted through sharing so much of yourself will grow, and grow. This World will be a better place for all that you do. As the Universe speaks, (learn, apply and teach) so shall it be!!!

Saskia Roell receives Donley's Five Star W.O.W (Words of Wisdom) Award.

Brian J. Donley
Author, The Original Psychology of Success

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST- READ - NOW MORE THAN EVER!!, May 5, 2009

By	Rita Barry Corke - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You won't need a passport or a high-priced plane ticket to begin this amazing journey of adventure and inspiration. Get ready to take an exciting guided tour around the world...and all you will need to pack is ....Saskia Roell's new book, "A Suitcase Full of Faith." I promise you won't be able to put down!

Just like a modern-day Scheherazade, Saskia is a master storyteller who takes us to the far corners of the earth engaging our hearts and imagination as she weaves her personal, real-life tales of love, loss, adventure and faith. On every page you feel the power of faith transforming challenges into miracles. Saskia inspires us to find our own inner strength, use our intuition and believe that even in the most difficult times we too can conquer fear and live our dreams.

I stayed up all night reading "A Suitcase Full of Faith," but met the next morning feeling refreshed and energized with a calm sense of knowing that Saskia helped me to remember that anything is possible because faith will never let us fail!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bring me more!, May 5, 2009

By	Dawn E. Crowder "spiritual coach" (Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Saskia this book spoke to me like no other. I felt like I was right there with you on your travels but yet reminding me of my own path of coming to my truth. I couldn't put your book down. I read it straight through. I cried I laughed I cheered for you. I found myself in such a parallel state with you. Thank you thank you for this beautiful tale of how we all need to follow our truth! Bring us more soon!