ORLANDO, Fla., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever have the feeling that your life should be much more than it is?
More than a decade ago, Lon Garber was living the American dream as a pastor in Orlando, Fla. But he was restless, dissatisfied, searching for the deeper meaning in life.
"I felt empty inside," he remembers. "It's so easy to fill your day with work that pays the bills but leaves you hollow otherwise."
Today, Lon and his wife, Val, are living an extraordinary life in Namibia—running a community center in a poor squatter's camp and providing employment through the Work of Our Hands project.
Their journey from a comfortable American life to the life of their dreams in Africa is chronicled in the entertaining and fast-paced memoir, The Leap: Living the Life You Dream About (Kudu). The book's message: "Don't just let life happen to you and then say, 'How did I get here?'"
The Leap is about turning frustration into a calling and contains all the elements of an epic adventure. Together, the Garbers face danger and find adventure—they're even pursued by a pair of hungry lions in the African Savannah. In the end, readers learn about developing a story for themselves that's big enough to live in.
Dr. Joel C. Hunter , senior pastor of Northland, A Church Distributed, says: "It doesn't take long in reading The Leap before you realize you're contemplating your own leap of faith! Thoroughly engaging, Lon tells us how to depend upon God in transition and gives us great principles of life and faith to help us grow spiritually on our journey to a new part of His story for us."
The Leap speaks to anyone who feels that they're just existing—dissatisfied with their current career, job or life in general—and helps address the questions all of us ask: Why am I here? What is my purpose? Am I supposed to be living a larger existence than I'm currently living? Will God be there to catch me when I jump?
To that last point, Lon concludes: "When Val and I leapt off our cliff, we placed our lives into the hands of God, based on our ability to hear Him clearly. When you trust God in this way, He doesn't let you crash among the rocks below. You quickly feel His gust of wind beneath your wings of faith."
The Leap is available now at http://longarberauthor.blogspot.com/. Kindle edition available at Amazon.com.
For review copies of The Leap or interviews with Lon and Val Garber , contact Robert Andrescik at Email. Learn more about the author at http://longarberauthor.blogspot.com/.
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