Persuaded

Flynn Stonehouse was a successful geologist. Shrewd and hard-nosed, his commitment to his business came at a cost to his family. A rushed trip to Nigeria to set things aright becomes a deadly struggle for survival. If it wasn’t for a missionary who he joined as a hostage he may never have awakened to a different way of looking at life. Adam’s arguments were coherent and informed but it was his actions that convinced Flynn that the missionary’s faith was real.
After more than two years presumed dead by the authorities and those he knew, he resurfaced. A lot can happen in two years, and a marriage that had already been on shaky ground looked destined for ruin. Without a business, with his house sold and with his family reluctant to resume a relationship that had been filled with conflict, all looked hopeless for the emaciated, repatriated geologist.
If ever he needed consolation and hope in the future it was now. Could this nascent faith, which had begun with an awareness of a presence in his darkest hours, bring restoration? He remembered Adam had told him that it didn’t always work that way. Sometimes suffering continued to the end. Flynn marshalled his fragile emotions, preparing to ‘start again’ while making reparations to the many people he had hurt long the way.