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Commandos for Christ the Gospel Witness in Bolivia's Green Hell
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238 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1964
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October 2, 2017
It’s slightly different from every other missionary biography that I’ve ever read. It doesn’t start with the author’s birth and end with the success of his mission or retirement. Instead, it chronicles his first years on the mission field. Nor, is it a complete story. They had no success as we normally count success, but at the time of writing, they were still on the field. I think he wrote so openly about his trials, dangers, heartaches, hopes, and joys in the hopes of encouraging others to come and help reach those lost tribes.
He starts by telling us how he was inspired by the 1944 deaths of 5 missionaries in the jungles of Bolivia. (Their full story is told in God Planted Five Seeds by Jean Dye Johnson) From there, he chronicles his attempts to reach multiple hostile tribes.
It’s very personal, and it reads almost like a slightly smoothed out diary entries. You only really get the highlights be they hardships or successes, and usually only Bruce’s impressions of them. The Gospel is there, but not much detail. The whole focus of the book is to tell people of the struggles pioneer missionaries face.
It’s interesting but would have been better if we could know the final conclusion of his years in the field.
He starts by telling us how he was inspired by the 1944 deaths of 5 missionaries in the jungles of Bolivia. (Their full story is told in God Planted Five Seeds by Jean Dye Johnson) From there, he chronicles his attempts to reach multiple hostile tribes.
It’s very personal, and it reads almost like a slightly smoothed out diary entries. You only really get the highlights be they hardships or successes, and usually only Bruce’s impressions of them. The Gospel is there, but not much detail. The whole focus of the book is to tell people of the struggles pioneer missionaries face.
It’s interesting but would have been better if we could know the final conclusion of his years in the field.
December 21, 2015
This book was an interesting read, as it tells of a life that is so unfamiliar to many people. The author is a courageous person; his book shows as much.
January 9, 2013
This book was an interesting read, as it tells of a life that is so unfamiliar to many people. The author is a courageous person; his book shows as much.
August 23, 2013
I have all of my 8th graders read this book.
May 13, 2021
An incomplete story, but an interesting one for those interested in Christian missions. Such as work under such conditions may become insensitive to what they see frequently. Although many of the pictures were cropped, in order to recommend the book unequivocally, further masking of the pictures would be advisable.
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