The Oriental Pearl of Great Price
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Introduction
I was born on Penang Island on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, also known as The Pearl of the Orient, in 1954 to poor parents.Mum and Dad had five
children, two boys and three girls, and I was the second youngest. In my book I tell of the root of my envious heart living next door to a licensed
moneylender. I envied the rich and struggled with inequality between the haves and the have-nots in my growing years.
My mother was the daughter of a medium who practiced the occult and witchcraft, worshipping gods from Confucianism, Buddha, and Taoism to Catholicism, etc.
Poverty brought its curses—that is, until God brought me into contact with an unknown uncle and auntie at a relative’s funeral to sow a seed of hope in my
life. That hope became a reality and an opportunity that would lead to many more doors opening for me so that I could possess my real treasure and riches.
Matthew 14:44–46 says,
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought
that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for the pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he
had and bought it.
Jesus Christ found His treasure in me as the merchant looking for pearls found me, this pearl of the orient, this pearl of great value. He counted me
Millie Leng Ngoh, His joy, and He endured the cross, scorning its shame to buy me, a pearl of great value, with His own life on the cross.
This book is my journey of discovery from my life as a child and school days in Penang to my nursing career in United Kingdom and then back to Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, where I am happily married with two children.
What happened to this envious girl from the Pearl of the Orient in her journey?Thanks for your company in traveling with me to findthe pearl of great
price, Jesus Christ, in whom we can find the true treasures, riches, and splendors for which I am eternally grateful!
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
12/30/2014
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
5.5x8.5
Page Count :
202
ISBN :
9781490861487
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E-Book
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Page Count :
202
ISBN :
9781490861494
Format :
Hardcover
Dimensions :
5.5x8.5
Page Count :
202
ISBN :
9781490861500
About the Book
div> Why does poverty live next to wealth? Why does one school child have books and the other sitting next to her does not? Why does one come to school in a big car with a new uniform and posh bag while the one sitting next just looks on with envy, wondering when she can have the same? Why is it so easy for one whilst the other struggles? This was me as a young girl in Penang!
Then everything changed when I was in Bradford, England; what and who made the amazing changes?
This is a touching and—I hope—amusing book based on my life events, from the unspoilt, tropical paradise that was Penang in the 60`s to the cold, autumn,
grey London in the 70`s, onto the post war St. Lukes Hospital Bradford as a student nurse and then a midwife.
Alone, in foreign surroundings, with strange English foods and even stranger Yorkshire accents, my deep fear, anxieties, and insecurities were highlighted.
Moving upwards both in career and location to `Bonnie` Dundee, Scotland then to the bright northern lights of Aberdeen throughout the 80`s and 90`s shaped
my identity with an ongoing relationship with Jesus.
Finally, I returned to Malaysia to live in one of those big houses that I enviously walked past as a child!
You are made for wonders to possess your promises! This book will reveal and confirm that you are a precious jewel! You are His treasure of great value;
that valuable pearl of great price!
About the Author
This is Millie Rook`s first novel. Millie is a trained nurse, midwife and health visitor with an MSc in Public Health Research. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her husband, Melvyn, and has two daughters studying in Sydney. A daughter of poor Buddhist parents, now a daughter of the King of kings!