Books with title Johanna's Journey: Call to Freedom

Johanna’s Israelite people are slaves in Egypt. She dreams of two things—freedom from slavery and having a best friend. Her wish for a friend comes in the form of a servant girl, Kenyeh, who lives in the household of an Egyptian nobleman. Their friendship grows over the years as the girls enjoy the ruins of a great house, a secret hideout all their own, the wonders of a great Egyptian estate, and as they deal with bullying, prejudice, and other life trials. Suddenly, their world is turned upside down when Moses returns to Egypt to lead the Israelites to freedom. Pharaoh’s stubborn refusal to allow this results in many plagues afflicting the Egyptian people. Kenyeh gives colorful reports of what happens at the estate. Johanna’s people prepare to leave the land and journey into the unknown. With a hasty goodbye, the two friends part with determination to send word to each other. The Israelites set out on a journey of unexpected trials and also magnificent miracles from the LORD, and Johanna’s faith in the LORD grows. Readers will never look at the Exodus story quite the same and will be encouraged to trust the LORD as Johanna did.

Johanna's Israelite people are slaves in Egypt. She dreams of two things freedom from slavery and having a best friend. Her wish for a friend comes in the form of a servant girl, Kenyeh, who lives in the household of an Egyptian nobleman. Their friendship grows over the years as the girls enjoy the ruins of a great house, a secret hideout all their own, the wonders of a great Egyptian estate, and as they deal with bullying, prejudice, and other life trials. Suddenly, their world is turned upside down when Moses returns to Egypt to lead the Israelites to freedom. Pharaoh s stubborn refusal to allow this results in many plagues afflicting the Egyptian people. Kenyeh gives colorful reports of what happens at the estate. Johanna s people prepare to leave the land and journey into the unknown. With a hasty goodbye, the two friends part with determination to send word to each other. The Israelites set out on a journey of unexpected trials and also magnificent miracles from the LORD. Johanna s faith in the LORD grows. Readers will never look at the Exodus story quite the same and will be encouraged to trust the LORD as Johanna did.

These are the untold stories of those brave people from around the world that left their home country with their own traditions, culture and language and came here to the United States with hopes of a new life of prosperity, freedom, fairness and liberty for all. People come here to flee from war, flee from religious, cultural and ethnic persecution. Or they come here for a dream of prosperity through hard work, persistence and ingenuity. And it is sometimes all of the above.Each person’s story is written in their own words and from their own perspective - 5 stories of refugees and immigrants that came from the former Soviet Union, Ukraine, Eritrea and Syria. This is how each of us has experienced life – first in our own home country and later here in the United States and ultimately we made it all here to San Diego, California.How did each of us manage to leave our home country? Was it an escape? Did we have to go through different countries to come here? What was each person's life like in their home country and how is it now? What prejudices and injustices were encountered along the way? What does each person think of the life here in the United States?Read and find out!

Lingmere Zoo is about to close and its twin lionesses, Lorna and Ellen, will be put down unless a new home can be found for them. So when a sanctuary in Africa offers to take the animals, Lorna and Ellen begin the long journey together. But Lorna wants her freedom and dramatically escapes ot the English countryside leaving Ellen to face an unknown fate, alone.Can the lionesses survive without each other in their frightening and confusing new worlds? And will they ever meet again?