A Missionary's Journey: The Gentle Teacher's Letters from Kyoto

by Dorothy Spencer and Spencer Allen

From 1917-1921, Yasashii Sensei Dorothy Spencer taught at St. Agnes School and St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kyoto learning Japanese in her missionary work. Young Buddhists were dishonored if they continued in their Christian inquiry. A young man asked to hear the history of Christianity from the time of Christ to the present. Another difficult task was reaching across language and cultural barriers to give comfort and an answer to 'why?" coming from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059538336X
• ISBN13: 9780595383368
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"