Excellent, gripping autobiography of Bruce Olson. His love of the native people of South America shines through in this story. This is an excellent "coming of age" book for youth who are searching for their purpose in life. Olson tells his own story of deciding to do as God directed, even though it was in no way clear how this all would turn out. ( )

Every Christian should read and own this book ( )

When he was 19, Bruce Olson traveled to Venezuela because he felt that God was leading him to be a missionary to the Indians there. He had no financial support or affiliation with any missionary group, yet he headed into the jungle. His first contact with the Motilones was when he was shot with an arrow, but by gradually earning their trust, he was able to share Jesus with them and help them medically. Eventually all the Motilones trusted Jesus. ( )

Bruce Olson provides an account of his experiences serving as a Christian missionary to the Motilone Indians in Columbia, a quest he began in 1961 when he was just nineteen years old, and includes information about his kidnapping in 1988 by communist guerillas.

The astonishing true story of a 19-year-old American-his capture by the Motilone Indians and his adventures there... ( )