Adventures in Development

Working in the trenches of the missions, Fr. Charlie Gervais shares personal portraits of ordinary people through the eyes of the poor. Veteran missionary with the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society, Fr. Charles Gervais shares poignant stories with a dash of humour about development and justice issues in the Philippines and Ecuador. Fr. Charlies stories show clearly how persistent, clever and courageous we must be to achieve success. Many of the lessons he imparts are delivered through short personal stories of ordinary people he met in his decades of ministry. Faith and contemplation mix with stories of violence, warfare, children, construction and celebrationsa world apart from the shelter of the cloister. Vivid and enlightening, this book is sure to engage and inspire all readers.Charles Gervais;, Charles Gervais