Paul Arnott Chair Acorn Press Ltd
… with passion for people and for God.
Ruth left Australia in 1960 to serve the Somali people as a midwife for almost three decades. She also worked in a village in Ethiopia and in radio ministry in Kenya. During this time government decisions, coups, communist takeovers, natural disasters, sudden deaths and other misfortunes disrupted plans and brought about unexpected changes in Ruth’s life.
In this moving memoir Ruth Myors describes, in an intensely personal way, how these experiences have shaped her and shown her that God is faithful and that even during the darkest periods, God’s light shows the way ahead.
Following her return to Australian in 1977 Ruth Myors pioneered the use of psychological assessment for missionaries in Australia, overcoming initial suspicion from the mission leaders with her professionalism, integrity, warmth, spiritual depth and wit.
Former Director of the School of Cross Cultural Mission at the Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Bruce Dipple, describes When the Lights Go Out as “a book about culture, about gospel communication, about dealing with change and, above all, about the adequacy of God in all of life. It is a book that will cause you to smile, to reflect, to be amazed, to be encouraged.”
