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Under Their Very Eyes: The astonishing life of Tom Hamblin, Bible courier to Arab nations
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From a brutal and impoverished background in Reading, England, Tom Hamblin became a believer as a teenager before serving as a missionary in the Far East. He and his wife Edna spent more than a decade leading expeditions into the heart of Borneo. Gradually they become convinced that the Lord was calling them to minister in the Arabic peninsula: in particular, to carry in thousands of Bibles in Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. They conveyed shipment after shipment into this region, never losing a copy and surmounting all restrictions. Customs guards turned a blind eye. Tom distributed Bibles very simply: walking around with a bag and waiting for people to ask him what he was doing. The Islamic world is widely regarded as closed to the gospel, but this is untrue. Tom discovered an extensive network of believers - very few churches, but many clandestine meetings for worship - and a huge hunger for the Truth. Under Their Very Eyes is the remarkable biography of a Bible smuggler to the Arab world that will stir the reader's spirit.
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Deborah Meroff
Deborah Meroff has served as a journalist and photographer for OM International for 27 years, travelling to some 215 countries and serving on four mission ships. She is author of eight books, and lives in Maine, USA.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The memoirs of Tom Hamblin, who was a missionary based in Cyprus for some years. I heard him speak a few times and found him a very engaging speaker. The book doesn't quite live up to his talks, but is still an amazing account of Tom's life. It opens with a typical example: he's trying to take 100kg Bibles into an Arab-speaking country, and the officials in Cyprus want to charge him $2000 to do so. Then someone waves him through with no charge at all.Tom was always upfront about what he did - he didn't smuggle, or try to deceive anyone. People around the world were praying for him and his wife Edna, and some incredible things happened, as recounted in this book. Tom's childhood was difficult, often harsh; this is only mentioned fairly briefly but gives a good background. Tom comes across as a humble man, sure he was called to this work, and succeeding beyond anyone's wildest dreams.Definitely recommended to anyone who came across Tom and Edna Hamblin - and millions were affected by their ministry - or to anyone interested in taking Bibles in other languages to countries which would not normally allow this to happen.