Edge of the Map
One Year in a Closed Country
by Pilgrim Tyne
Imprint: Resource Publications
I can't tell you my name.
I can't tell you where I live.
I can't tell you who I work for, or any details about the people with whom I work.
Because where I live, my line of work is not exactly legal.
But if you can pardon the vagueness, I have a story for you.
Edge of the Map is a memoir of the calling and adjustment, success and failure of our first year as missionaries to a closed country in the 10/40 window. It tells the story of how my family and I lived out the challenges and blessings of the lives we tried to lay down for Jesus. It is the book I would have wished for, had I known the right questions to ask.
How do I know that I'm called overseas?
How do I move beyond callousness and distraction?
What do I do once I've accepted a call to the nations?
What issues arise after I step into my calling?
How do I go about resolving those issues?
Edge of the Map speaks to these questions in hopes that our journey to a closed country will help nudge the souls of a young, poised generation toward the calling God is whispering over their lives.
Pilgrim Tyne is a student and teacher of writing. At the time of this publication, he and his family continue to serve as missionaries to the least reached.
"With stark honesty, sometimes painful but always helpful, a young missionary shares his fears and failings on his journey of faith. He learns community through his own neediness, discovering it wasn't an act of obedience on his part but a gracious gift from God to be invited to a place off the edge of the map."
--E. Randolph Richards, Dean, Palm Beach Atlantic University
"Pilgrim tells a story of how God helped him navigate the fog of discerning his calling, and living out that calling overseas. He writes not as a saint who has it all together, but as a fellow traveler, with his share of frailties, doubts, and hesitations, who desperately wants to love and follow an extraordinary God. For those considering long- or short-term missions, or to anyone interested in a well-crafted story, I heartily recommend this book."
--D. R. D., President, China Partners