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Stones of Fire (Isobel Kuhn) Kindle Edition

by Isobel Kuhn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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At the end of the earth, where mountains are flung peak upon peak as if they were discards of the Creator, piled together chaotically, the Salween River carves its way through granite masses making a canyon thousands of feet deep. For unknown centuries the Lisu tribes people have plowed these perpendicular hillsides into cornfields and reaped a bare, rough living. This is the true story of Mary, a young Lisu tribeswoman. See God transform her from a common stone into a rare gem, a precious opal, a stone of fire.
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    184 pages
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    January 1, 2011
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007BH04H4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OMF International (January 1, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 433 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
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Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
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Love these Christian stories of missionary living
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LDCole
5.0 out of 5 stars Gift for granddaughter
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2023
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My 14 granddaughter had surgery and requested reading material. This is one of the books that she requested. She was very pleased with this story.
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Bob Bare
5.0 out of 5 stars Love all of her books!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2022
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We have read several, and are in the process of reading all of this authors books!
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David Green
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read-aloud story
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2015
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Wonderful true story of sacrifice and hardship of a Christian missionary and her Chinese converts around the time of the Japanese invasion and then the ruthless takeover by the communists.
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Kay E. Swanson
5.0 out of 5 stars What a real blessing???
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018
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Inspiration...It is amazing in so many ways!!! An abundant blessing!!
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Mary Ann W
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written missionary tale
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2012
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Although an older book, I found it fascinating to read about life on the China-Burma border and how a church was established.
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K's Ma
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my absolute favorite books
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2012
This is one of my absolute favorite books, ever. I just can't do it justice in a review, because what I love so much about it is the "flavor" or the "essence" of the book. My explaining it would ruin it.

Published in 1955 (But I don't know when the story is supposed to take place) This is a Missionary story that is like no other, told by the missionary lady, but through the eyes of the indigenous people. Now I have spoiled it, because you will think one thing, something different. The only thing to do now is to write a portion of the beginning for you.

Chapter One - A Stone is Quarried
A small figure was toiling through the orange mud of the long mountain road. In the canyon where human beings, so undernourished, mature slowly, she looked only about ten or twelve years of age, though she was fifteen. The day was warm and the big load of firewood in the basket on her back was heavy, so she paused to rest it on a rock that jutted out of the road bank. Pulling out the end of her dark blue turban, she wiped the perspiration from her face. Then as she tucked it back in place her eye caught a glimpse of another figure coming up the road behind her. Tall, young, unburdened, he was swinging over the ground with a graceful lilt which would soon overtake her.
Born-on-the-Road. The little girl murmured his name to herself. He must be home for the weekend from Bible school. Then as she watched the gloss of his carefully groomed curly black hair, she thought within herself, I'll take another look when he has passed. A general favorite was Born-on-the-Road. But as the young Bible student swung up to the little wood-carrier he stopped to talk.

No, what I really like is the book in its entirety, so giving you a portion is really not going to do it at all.
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Joy
5.0 out of 5 stars thought-provoking
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2000
This is my favorite of all Isobel Kuhn' books. She likens the Lisu tribe people to opals, the stone of fire. As Christians, it is only through brokenness that we can reflect Christ's light as an opal shows the fire in crevices and imperfections of the stone.
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Ana Brakel
5.0 out of 5 stars product as described
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2023
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I ordered this book for a private read as I have enjoyed other books from this writer. The product was as described - in good condition. Good and courteous service.
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pauline
5.0 out of 5 stars more treasure
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2012
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The book was first printed in 1951. My hardback contains some photos giving a real flavour of the people and the steep canyon along which they lived. The stories are engagingly written by the missionary, Isobel Kuhn as she lived in the Salween Canyon among the Lisu tribe. Better than any soap! True sories of real people.
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Jeanette Webber
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2013
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I feel it brings me closer to God. I love it I can't tell you how much I love it

Kind regards

Jeanette Webber
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ylonne trotter
3.0 out of 5 stars Stones of Fire by Isobel Kuhn.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2017
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Yes, but it was sent from Coleraine yet the postage was as from abroad. however, it had the picture which I wanted of Mary the Lisu woman with the baby on her back.
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