She left searching for adventure

  *** 2023 NANCY PEARL CONTEST WINNER ***

She left the States searching for adventure, her country, and herself and eventually found all three. But along the way, she also unexpectedly discovered her life’s work and her faith.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to grow up in the Fifties? Work alone in the jungle? Stand on the crater of an erupting volcano? Be paralyzed by curare? Find yourself atop a giant hunting tiger shark? live under martial law? Have a faith healer cut open a ‘patient’ with your finger, or experience miraculous rescues? This book will give you a feel for these and more.

“Cabreza has written a wonderfully engaging memoir. She expertly weaves together moments of heart-pounding adventure and moments of quiet, profound reflection. The result is a compelling story of a life lived with admirable gusto and deep thoughtfulness. I enjoyed every minute of it.”

- Daniel James Brown, Author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain.“ 

 Reading this book will bring you into experiences that leave you breathless!  Joan, the ultimate, before-her-time-risk-taker, brings us a show-and-tell personal travelogue. We are brought to the precipice of her relationships, oceans, cultures, cuisines, dangers, ecological findings, and her search to find God. The story is powerful and I know God will use it to encourage and inspire many people who read it, both believers and seekers.

- Dr. Gary Gulbranson, Pastor Emeritus, Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA