Bruchko

Bruce Olson's radical obedience to God's call on his life to go to minister to the Otilone Indian tribe was both convicting and encouraging.  Bruce spends a significant amount of time explaining how he finally began to minister to this tribe and I think he captured a truth that I needed to be reminded of-I should not judge whether or not God is calling me to do something if all of the "doors are opening" or not, because the fact is many times God calls us to do things that are very difficult and often times do not seem to make sense.  While reading this book we were in the thick of trying to get moved to Haiti, but there was one major obstacle standing in the way-selling our house.  We were convinced that we were supposed to move to Haiti but we were both concerned by how we would pay for and/or take care of a house from a plane ride away.  Strangely enough, our house did not sell. It still isn't sold! But we are trusting the Lord for that and in the meantime he provided someone to rent our house.  Praise the Lord!

 
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Bruce Olson, born in Minnesota and now a citizen of Colombia, is a linguist and graduate of sociology from a South American university. He has won the friendship of four Colombian presidents and appeared before the United Nations. His first book, Bruchko, has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide. He lives in the jungle on the border of Colombia and Venezuela.

What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy leaves home and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson, it meant capture, disease, terror, loneliness, and torture. But what he discovered by trial and error has revolutionized then world of missions.
Bruchko, which has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide, has been called “more fantastic and harrowing than anything Hollywood could concoct.” Living with the Motilone Indians since 1961, Olson has won the friendship of four presidents of Colombia and has made appearances before the United Nations because of his efforts. Bruchko includes the story of his 1988 kidnapping by communist guerrillas and the nine months of captivity that followed. This revised version of Olson’s story will amaze you and remind you that simple faith in Christ can make anything possible. “[Bruchko is] an all-time missionary classic. Bruce Olson is a modern missionary hero who has modeled for us in our time the reaching of the unreached tribes.” —Loren Cunningham Co-founder, Youth With A Mission

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