The Secret Wife: Memoirs of an American Missionary in India and Nepal

A story of hope, miraculous healing, and love that crosses cultural barriers.

Like many young girls, Janice dreamed of a family of her own. Yet her first marriage was abusive and didn’t last long. In her second marriage she developed a debilitating case of fibromyalgia, one of the worst that doctors had ever seen. Her husband, family, and friends couldn’t accept her condition and she was soon left alone, separated from her second husband and isolated from old friends.

Now in her fifties, Janice began chatting online with a young man, Varun, from India in his twenties. In spite of age and cultural differences, the pair fell in love.

Neither of them were initially religious, but they soon began reading the Bible, going to church, and then talking about God and praying on the internet. Janice had visions of herself in India and told everyone that God was calling her there. But her disease confined her to a wheelchair, resulting in great physical and mental anguish.

Once she planned to slit her wrists and end the pain, but her hands trembled so much that she dropped the razor blade in the drain. She wept and asked God to forgive her for trying to take her own life.

One day at church during worship, Janice’s feet started tingling. At first, she thought it was just another symptom of her illness. But she heard a voice tell her to get up and walk. She was spontaneously healed!

Follow Janice’s amazing journey as she moves across the globe to share her story and marry her Indian boyfriend. Once in India, she and Varun face many challenges and eventually flee for their lives to Nepal to escape an honor killing. Through these difficulties and many more, Janice shares first-hand testimonies of God’s faithfulness in her life.