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Sojourn on the Veld is a handbook for anyone pondering a cross-cultural calling. The author and his teammates served a tribal homeland in South Africa during the zenith of the racial crisis known as apartheid. The story provides guidance for the gamut of missionary challenges from determining a calling to anticipating and adjusting to culture stress. It reveals the iron-sharpening-iron team dynamics and trial-by-fire leadership growth that enabled the author to succeed in his mission. The team, part of the Agape Movement of Campus Crusade for Christ (now called CRU in the US), advanced the message of Jesus Christ through evangelism, Biblical training, and working in partnership with local African churches. Concurrently, the group assisted the physical well-being of the Tswana homeland through engineering, teaching, and other vocational skills. The presence of the author and his fellow expatriates also advanced a message of racial reconciliation. They were one of the few white groups to live in a black area of South Africa during the apartheid era. The team demonstrated that black and white could live side-by-side without any strain whatsoever, even under the harsh rule of apartheid. Sojourn on the Veld provides practical real-world advice for anyone working or ministering as a sojourner in a foreign land. The book provides an insight into the challenges of working alongside people of another race, culture, and language. And the story highlights the personal joys, horizon-stretching vision, and spiritual depth that reward the sojourner.

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What does God want me to do with my life? How does a person discover their own calling, and does a calling last a lifetime? This is what author Bill Norton discusses in his new book Sojourn on the Veld . . .Bill's wise counsel regarding calling alone makes the book worth the purchase price. -Zach Kendrick, as reviewed in Reading for the Glory (February 2023) I encourage you to read this book. Read it with an open and sincere heart. Read it with joy and love. Read it looking for an excuse to love God more. It will surely provide one. -Michael Taylor, as reviewed in Societas Auctoritas (March 2023) I was totally absorbed reading Sojourn on the Veld. Bill's description of the political and racial situation in South Africa in the late seventies is balanced, well researched, and objective. I appreciate his love for my country and its people which shines through the entire book. -Elspeth Liebenberg, Former National Director, Campus Crusade for Christ-South Africa Sojourn on the Veld provides an engaging, lively, and thought-provoking insight into what the Holy Spirit can do both within and through a Christ follower who responds to Jesus's command to 'go ye into the world.' -The Reverend Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., Rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas

"I was totally absorbed reading Sojourn on the Veld. Bill's explanation of the political and racial situation in South Africa in the late seventies are balanced, well-researched, and objective. I appreciate his love for my country and its people which shines through the entire book. -Elspeth Liebenberg, Former National Director, Campus Crusade for Christ-South Africa In an engaging, lively, and thought-provoking way, Bill gives insight into what the Holy Spirit of God can do both within and through a follower of Christ who responds to Jesus's command to ""go ye into the world."" -The Reverend Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., Rector, St. Martin's Episcopal Church What does God want me to do with my life? Bill's wise counsel regarding calling alone makes the book worth the purchase. -Zach Kendrick, Reading for the Glory I appreciated and identified with the emotions of God's call and the decisions that faith and fellowship demanded. Sojourn on the Veld provides great insight into Christian service, obedience, and spiritual growth. -Reverend H. William Parr, Southern Baptist Convention (ret.) Read it looking for an excuse to love God more. It will surely provide one. -Michael Taylor, Societas Auctoritas"

I was totally absorbed reading Sojourn on the Veld. Bill's description of the political and racial situation in South Africa in the late seventies is balanced, well researched, and objective. I appreciate his love for my country and its people which shines through the entire book. -Elspeth Liebenberg, Former National Director, Campus Crusade for Christ-South Africa Sojourn on the Veld provides an engaging, lively, and thought-provoking insight into what the Holy Spirit can do both within and through a Christ follower who responds to Jesus's command to 'go ye into the world.' -The Reverend Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr. Rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas

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Bill Norton is an author, engineer, and sojourner. Bill enjoys writing about God's outworking in daily life. Bill holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering, and an MBA from Vanderbilt University where he was the recipient of the Leadership in Executive Education Award. Bill writes for periodicals and volunteers with civic and charitable groups from his farm in the Dunnavant Valley, Alabama.

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