God's Prescriptions for Healing the Hurts That Hinder Your Happiness - Paperbackby Pastor Tony Mavrakos (Author) Tony Mavrakos was raised in Salem Massachusetts. He left there to join the Air Force, which began a series of life changing experiences. One assignment took him to Ankara Turkey, an Islamic country, where of all places he heard the gospel and committed himself to Jesus and to the ministry. He exchanged his eight years for a career of pasturing in Mississippi, Tennessee and Maryland. It was while Pastor Mavrakos was in