Up to fifty-six million American adults (twenty-eight percent of the adult population) experience chronic pain. Many people have lived with pain for more than five years and experience it almost six days per week. Younger people are as likely to experience chronic pain as older people. One-third of Americans lose twenty hours of sleep a month because of pain.12Chronic pain is constant. Although it often consumes the sufferer's life with doctors, medicines, procedures, and therapy, which all take money, time, energy, and hope, the pain persists. If this constant round of striving for relief describes your life or the life of someone you love, Patient Endurance is a must-read book.This true story depicts the stunning pain and loss Kari Bailey suffers after enduring a life-altering back injury. Her gripping journey from immeasurable heartache to peace and wisdom will both inspire and bless you. You'll also meet firsthand the most remarkable Person you will ever know. He is responsible for leading her step by step from living pain to living life. His name is Jesus, and He is the truest and greatest friend you will ever have.If you are living with chronic pain or caring for a sufferer, you are not without help or hope. Within these pages, you will find both. God bless you on your journey.Kari, her husband Tony, and their son Tanner live in Moss Bluff, Louisiana, where they attend CrossRoads Church. Tony and Tanner both honor God with their musical abilities on the praise and worship teams. Kari continues to inspire and minister to women within the church and in the surrounding community.www.patientendurance.net