In 2000, Gary Smith, a Jesuit priest, left a familiar life in the Pacific Northwest to become a missionary in Africa. He lived among Sudanese refugees struggling to survive in refugee camps in northern Uganda. He traveled to this dangerous, pitiless place to be with these forsaken people out of conviction that “Jesuits should be going where no one else goes.” But he also went to discover the answer to the question many of us ask: What is most important in life?

Smith’s journal is a vivid, moving account of his six years as a missionary in Africa. They Come Back Singing explores how one man went where few people will go and found what all seek. You will laugh and cry as you read this inspiring story of the connections Smith forged as a missionary to the Sudanese refugees.

ISBN 978-0-8294-2701-1
Paperback • 288 Pages • $14.95

 

For more than twenty-five years, Gary Smith, S.J., has lived among and ministered to the poor. Through a series of compelling vignettes that read like personal journal entries, Smith chronicles his life and work in the poverty-stricken Old Town section of Portland, Oregon. In his touching and often heart-breaking stories, Smith reveals the gritty reality of life on the streets, introduces many of the people who have touched his life, and shares hard-won wisdom on love, acceptance, and forgiveness.

ISBN 978-0-8294-2000-2
Paperback • 198 Pages • $17.95