2023 - GOLD - YOUNG ADULT - Inscriptions Christian Book Awards
2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE - NONFICTION - Independent Press Award
2023 - WINNER - MISSIONS - Illumination Christian Book Awards
2022 - WINNER - NEW AUTHOR - Story Monster Royal Dragonfly
2023 BRONZE - RELIGION-CHRISTIANITY - The Bookfest Awards
Taken to Africa as a boy, Jim revisits the moving of the Spirit, the making of spiritual giants, and how his parents started 62 churches. He also tells bizarre adventures growing up in a foreign country. Some of the stories are: lost in Africa without money; eating fruit bats; show me the worst of the worst; being the 11-yard-long python's snack; baptizing with the crocodile; what is the stick, rope, and bucket for; the curse and the caretaker; and much more. This is Jim's autobiography.Born in Dallas, Jim spent his childhood in West Africa as a missionary kid. Jim has pastored three churches and serves as a missionary to Ivory Coast. A teacher of 23 years in math, French, and Spanish. His university degrees are a BS in Mathematics, a Master of Divinity, a Master of Secondary Education, and a Master of Educational Technology.The book cover was designed by Dawn Darnell, Jim's wife, who is a globally recognized photographer, a visual artist, a Juror for The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, and is listed in Marquis Who's Who at: http: //www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-service/494058
