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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 262 EAN: 9781591859932 ISBN: 159185993X Label: Charisma House Manufacturer: Charisma House Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: August 08, 2006 Publisher: Charisma House Studio: Charisma House Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Not a good story for a South American IndianThis is not a good book. This Bruchko character ruined the Motilones Indians lives in Colombia to build up his own ego under the guise of helping spread Christianity. Maybe he thought he was doing a good thing, but really all he did was try and assimilate a people in a culture they wanted nothing to do with. He should have left them alone. My Grandmother, a Motilon Indian, and I do not recommend this book except to show how European explorers, and missionaries have helped to ruin countless cultures ... Read More Rating: - BruchkoThis book is amazing...This is a perfect book for anyone that wants to see how the power of God works...Read it... Rating: - BruchkoOne of my all-time favorites. This is the second copy purchased. Never got the other returned. Rating: - True life faith adventure27 years ago my English teacher at a private international boarding school in Malaysia read this book to me in class. Wow! A dramatic, exciting, story about a true adventure that includes that angst of a Christian trying to understand and do what he believes God wants him to; including leaving home and being a missionary at 19! The author writes well and the reader can feel Bruchko's emotions, smell the humid jungle and the unwashed bodies sleeping in hammocks in smoky huts. You live the ... Read More Rating: - awesome bookEven though I haven't gotten a chance to read this book since it arrived a week ago, I'm giving it 5 stars because my husband got a hold of it first and read it before me and absolutely loved it, and now I've ordered the next book for him. My son now has the book, so I'm not sure when I'll actually get to read it myself, but I'm looking forward to reading about how Bruchko - Bruce Olson - trusted God with everything. What an encouragement, and what a challenge! 
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