This book was a fabulous book. It was truly fascinating to follow the life experience of one, bold young boy. It is incredible to me that at such a young age and even young spiritually this boy had the confidence in God that he did. It was seems like his faith was not really fed by others, even the church, but scripture was his real place of growth.
I was completely inspired by this book, mainly because I have a huge desire to do something similar to what he did. Working with a tribe to share the gospel with them and watch what the Lord does in the process. It was awesome to read how faithful the Lord was to Bruchko. Even though for men before him they were murdered, this time God had a purpose for him to live among this tribe. The Lord blessed him with a friendship and finances whenever he needed it. One of my favorite parts was when he had just run away from the tribe and was starving and as he lay by the river bananas came down the water. What a neat testimony to the faithfulness of God.
I also loved that Bruchko has a struggle with how the gospel was shared with the tribe. It was done within their own cultural understanding. This is exactly how it should be shared, but it is not easy because like Bruchko we all have a bias and believe we are right. We often believe that our way is the only right way. The truth is that there is only one truth but it can be understood through different cultural lenses.
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