In this deeply personal account of her first year as a missionary, Elisabeth Elliot shares the challenges she faced as she worked in the jungles of Ecuador to bring the Word of God to a people virtually untouched by the outside world. With fascinating detail, she captures the stark realities of life in the jungle, the difficulties she encountered while developing a written language for the tribe, and her confusion when God didn't "cooperate" with her efforts to accomplish what she believed was His will.
More than just a memoir, Made for the Journey is a beautifully crafted and deeply personal reflection on the important questions of life and a remarkable testimony to authentic Christian obedience to an unfathomable God.
I have very mixed feelings about this book. On one hand it was interesting to read about what a missionary did in the jungles of Ecuador. However on the other hand I questioned what on earth they were doing there. This person were being paid to do what; write the language of a tribe that didn't really want to have their language documented?
I ended up having more and more questions about this book and the way of life of these missionaries than I did have answers. I feel bad as this author is well respected and well published, but this book did not feel as though it had a reason to be published. It's not a book I would run out and buy. It's a book I wouldn't read again.
Stars out of 5 : 2 It seemed like a pointless exercise reading this book. Sorry, having four missionaries in one small village/town seemed very excessive also, especially when there was a Catholic Priest and Nun in the same village/town also.
"Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
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