Taryn R. Hutchison hails from Harmony, Maryland, a town with a booming population of 75 people, three million chickens, and a few dogs. Since earning an Art degree in 1980 from Salisbury University (Maryland), Taryn has lived all over the States and in Romania and Hungary.
She served on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ from 1980-2001, ministering the first decade to college students in Minnesota, Delaware, Rhode Island, and California. From 1990-2000, Taryn served with Campus Crusade while living in Eastern Europe. Her leadership position included frequent travel throughout 18 countries in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Upon returning to the U.S., Taryn worked at Campus Crusade’s Florida headquarters giving leadership to short-term teams serving throughout the world. She married at age 44, and for the past seven years has been an administrative assistant at Golden Gate Seminary near San Francisco.
Taryn contributed to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith, and has had over 15 articles published in Women of the Harvest, Baptist Press News, Gateway magazine, and The Gem.
She and her husband recently relocated to North Carolina. Taryn has two adult stepchildren, one baby granddaughter, and another on the way.
She enjoys people and travel, preferring to experience the real local culture rather than tourist resorts. She has visited 45 countries, all 50 states, and six continents, with no desire to add Antarctica to the mix. She loves reading, hiking, decorating, painting, playing the piano, and watching movies. Taryn’s ideal day includes time spent at a cafe with a good friend and taking a walk in nature.
For more information, visit www.tarynhutchison.com
Book Recap:
“We waited 45 years for the Americans to come and set us free. Why did you wait so long?”
When Taryn R. Hutchison—a young missionary with Campus Crusade for Christ—arrived in Romania just months after the 1989 revolution that toppled the Communist regime, Romanians asked her this question repeatedly.
The Americans had finally arrived, but it was to offer a different kind of freedom—freedom that lasts forever. In We Wait You, Hutchison relives her journey behind the Iron Curtain during the decade after the Berlin wall crumbled. She recalls many humorous moments, including a Romanian taxi ride during which she spotted two pictures dangling from the cabbie’s rear view mirror like fuzzy dice—the Virgin Mary and a topless woman.
In this hope-filled story, readers will meet:
• Cold War informants
• A diamond ring-stealing cat
• Russian mafia
• Persecuted believers
The 20th anniversary of the 1989 revolutions marks the collision of historic events and faith that changed Eastern Europe. We Wait You demonstrates how God sweeps darkness from seemingly hopeless situations and replaces it with the light of His grace. Discussion/reflection questions at the end of each chapter encourage readers to take their own steps of faith.
Possible Interview Topics:
Twentieth anniversary of the fall of Communism
How to trust that God will provide whatever you need in order to do whatever He calls you to do, wherever that may be
How to prepare (emotionally, spiritually, physically, mentally) for short-term or long-term mission work
How to maintain a sense of humor in seemingly hopeless situations
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