Love Has A Face / Review
Love Has A Face
by Michele Perry
by Michele Perry
Unforgettable Memoir of a Woman Bringing the Love of Jesus to the Orphans of Sudan
Termites for dinner. Bombs in the backyard. A nation torn by decades of war still on the brink. Can one life really make a difference here?
About the Book:
Born without her left hip and leg, Michele Perry is no stranger to seeming impossibilities. So when she arrived in war-torn Southern Sudan–with little more than her faith in God’s promises–she did what everyone told was crazy: she opened a home for orphaned children in the middle of guerilla warfare territory and has now become “mama” to over one hundred little lives.
With a deft pen, she recounts unforgettable stories of life in the bush, stories that capture the reader with the stark realities of living in a war zone—and the power of God’s love to transform them. Her own story is just as compelling as the ministry she is living. From working in the slums of India to finding her home in war-ravaged Africa, her life has been a journey deeper into the supernatural power of God.
Captivatingly honest, readers will be swept up in one woman’s poignant, spellbinding journey of love and the glimpses of God’s tender grace and mercy in the midst of a broken and hurting world.
About the Author:
Michele Perry is the founding field ministry coordinator for Iris Ministries in Southern Sudan under Rolland and Heidi Baker. Born without her left hip and leg and other birth defects, she endured 23 surgeries by age 13. A native of Florida, Michele studied at Baylor and has previously served in Bangladesh, India, and the inner cities of the U.S. She is also an artist, photographer, and poet. Michele wrote most of Love Has a Face on an old computer by a kerosene lamp in a bullet-hole ridden shell of a building in Southern Sudan. Her writing was punctuated by the occasional AK-47 shot.
My Review:
Michele Perry has the faith of a little child. Unquestioning, and pure. The beauty and depth of her love for Christ, shines through with every word she writes. Touching, tender, moving and monumental. I find it hard to express the emotions that filled me, as I let myself become one with her story. A story of unselfish commitment, to children in need…half way across the world.
From her home in north Florida, to college in Waco Texas (at Baylor University), to the slums in Calcutta India, to Colorado Springs, and then to Sudan…Perry followed a call from God. She tells her story with such honesty and humility, that I felt in awe, almost from the first sentence I read. I’m convinced that she has a heart as big as the mission that she has set out to fulfill.
Love Has A Face is an outstanding story.
My highest praise…Michele Perry lives a life of charity,
and charity is the pure love of Christ.
From the back of the Book:
Michele Perry is actively involved in mobilizing a movement of those called to live in love and carry God’s light into the darkest and hardest place on earth. For more than fifteen years she has ministered and spoken around the world. Her ministry is characterized by supernatural displays of love where the manifest presence of God comes with power. She is ordained and sent out by Heidi and Rolland Baker and Iris Ministries, Inc.
Michele is the pioneering director for Iris Ministries Sudan, founded in 2006. She also founded Converge International in 2007 to connect like-hearted individuals, organizations and gatherings with the front lines of transformation in the nations.
She loves the least, the unlikely and the unexpected. She will go anywhere anytime to see the dreams of Jesus fulfilled.
Michele travels regularly internationally and is available to speak at churches, conferences, community gatherings, universities and wherever people are hungry for more than they can currently see.
You may contact Michele with comments or questions at
For more information please see the following websites:
Michele’s blog: lovehasaface.blogspot.com
Michele’s personal website: www.changethewayyousee.org
Iris Ministries Sudan: www.iris-sudan.org
Converge International: www.convergeinternational.net
My sincerest thanks to Bethany House, for sending me a copy of
Love Has A Face.
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DISCLAIMER: I was given a free copy of Love Has A Face
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