Small Beginnings: The remarkable true story of a boy overcoming rejection, to a man on a mission caring for children on the West Bank and serving God in Israel, Africa and New Zealand

Small Beginnings shows how a life can be turned around and fulfilled… if we stop and listen to what God has planned for us.

How did a young child who suffered verbal abuse and rejection become a soldier in the army, a top teacher at technical trade school, a missionary to Israel and Africa and then the director of Christian Friends of Israel



in New Zealand?

The author knows how it feels to be rejected and forgotten, but he didn't let his tough start in life dictate his future. This hard-to-put-down true story shows how God called a young man and directed his paths.

With his beloved wife Penny alongside him, Dennis undertakes adventure after adventure… including delivering a young Arab boy home through the dangerous West Bank, returning in the dead of night! He travelled to many countries including Africa and America to do God's bidding, was called to oversee a vital ministry and pastor a local church.

Small Beginnings takes you on an exciting journey of discovery that you will never be truly rejected when



you know God and have faith in His love.

DENNIS R. MCLEOD grew up on a farm in the central north Island of New Zealand and joined the Regular Force Cadets at the age of just fifteen. By the time he graduated into the Regular Force had become the head cadet. Before leaving the army at age twenty-seven, he became a qualified

mechanic and instructor.



Dennis went on to be a top teacher at a local trade school, where he taught for over thirty-five years. He and his wife, Penny, have served as missionaries in several countries, including

Israel, Philippines, Benin, Malawi and America.



They pastored a church in their hometown of Hamilton, New Zealand, and have four grown children and nine grandchildren.



Dennis is a director of Christian Friends of Israel, and is the author of the award-winning memoir, Small Beginnings.



Email: dpmcleod2@icloud.com

www.smallbeginnings.site