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Already overwhelmed with her five-page long to-do list thanks to a new marriage, two sons facing the tumultuous teen years, and work, she’s called on to organize care for the women of her church from the young mothers to grieving widows. In desperation, she turns her list over to God each day asking, “What do I do today?” Her life is quickly filled with experiences both touching and quirky from hospital visits to screaming peacocks culminating in her heart-felt changed relationship with God.

A new marriage; two sons facing the tumultuous teen years; work as a computer consultant. And now assigned to oversee care for all the women of her church from the new young mothers to grieving widows, Margaret Agard is overwhelmed with her five page to-do list. She makes the daily decision to turn the list over to God. Her life is quickly filled with experiences both touching and quirky from hospital visits to screaming peacocks culminating in her astonishing changed relationship with God.

Margaret Agard and her new husband Parker felt the call—sell all that you have and follow in missionary work. Starting out in one of Parker's projects (a restored 1980 El Camino), Agard shares a compelling and often humorous account of the life of modern-day servant/missionaries. From an inner city Hispanic church to the wilds of Alaska, Agard's account of missionary stories radiates warmly from her skillful depiction of the characters she befriended. Agard invokes people and life lessons that become a part of you.