About

The book was launched in 2018 and is available in three separate forms: Kindle eBook, Kindle paperback (with pictures) and as a full-colour print paperback (available only in UK).

It is called “Close to the Listener” and reflects a theme that has run throughout Frank & Hennie’s life and ministry.

On Amazon it is both available as a Kindle eBook and as a paperback. The paperback version has 16 pages of black and white photos. Just search on Google for ‘Close to the Listener – Frank Gray’ and it should immediately locate them.

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The Adventure series is a collection of memoirs being made available on-line. It covers many of the international experiences of Frank and Hennie Gray. It starts in Laos in 1969 during the days of the Vietnam War then moves to the USA before moving back to Asia again where they experienced nine years of living in the Philippines.

Frank’s work with the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) took him to many countries in Asia including Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia and Thailand. They eventually moved back to Europe with their family in 1991.

They have lived through war, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and political change – as well as periods of peace. They have witnessed several major events firsthand such as their evacuation from Laos (1975), the People Power revolution in Manila (1986), the eruption of Mount Pinatubo (1991) and the Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004).

In it all they have seen the hand of God at work in a changing world. They are proud parents of four children and eight grandchildren, who are currently scattered around the world.

It powerfully demonstrates the power and flexibility of radio as broadcasts were prepared in response to a wide variety of needs – the shortage of Bibles in China during the days of the Cultural Revolution, and beyond, the Radio Church series for the USSR and China in particular – and the critical value of radio in the aftermath of the deadly tsunami that struck Indonesia and several other countries surrounding the Indian Ocean in December 2004.

Chapters for Download

Here you can download the chapters as PDF files for reading on your device:

1. How It Began Laos: 1969-70
2. On A Mission Laos: 1971-74
3. Year of Drama Laos: 1975
4. Land of the Free USA-Wheaton College
5. Under the California Sun In California
6. In the Philippines In the Philippines
7. Priority: China Broadcasts to China
8. Exciting Developments Exciting Developments