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Although the writing is sometimes a bit wordy, the message of this book stuck with me for days. The deep, deep, love, faith and commitment of the Saint family is clearly communicated and when I finished this book, I was awestruck and inspired to deepen my faith.

Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a successful business career in the United States, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But when that same tribe asks him to help them, Steve, his wife, and their teenage children move back to the jungle. There, Steve learns long-buried secrets about his father's murder, confronts difficult choices, and finds himself caught between two worlds.

Forty years after five missionaries lost their lives in the Ecuadorian jungle, the killers explain what really happened.

On the importance of not just doing missions but doing missions well. The failure of the Church has been to plant churches that don't grow and aren't self-sustaining. The solution is to give indigenous churches the tools and training to thrive without Western interference.

I love this book because it's the antidote to the anemic world outreach we have going today. Don't just give a man a fish, teach him how to fish so he can live well without constant, expensive patronizing.

Hard to find an opening adjective to describe this book. I had been following the story of the missionaires that were speared to death and was aware that something wonderful had come of this tragedy. Steve Sant's book has helped me to get a glimpse of God's working in our world. Truly "His ways are not our ways" Don't miss the DVD.

I preferred the movie. This book is difficult to follow at times; the author jumps around a bit, past/present/future. If you can get past this and stick with it, it's an inspirational story and communicates God's amazing sovereignty.

Gripping, touching, one of the most intense reports of God's forgiveness and grace.

Written by a surviving son of a missionary murdered by an Ecuadorian tribe. His mother went back to the Aucas and Steve was raised with them. A remarkable story of courage, forgiveness, impact of Christianity on a primitive culture and also the negative impact of commercialization on the same people. Well worth reading.

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Haven't read the book (yet!), but recommend the video (in the College Church Library).