1615.org - "Bruchko"

This past weekend at our church we had a guest preacher, Matt Ellison (Rob Bell look alike), who is the president of an amazing missions organization called 1615.org (take a second and check it out if your church needs help in the area of missions). He called people to forsake the American dream and to pour our lives out for the sake of The Great Commission.

Along these lines is a book that I read a few years back called, Bruchko. If there is any story of a man who took Matt's message very seriously it would, Bruce Olson, the author of this book. I dare you to buy it and read it. After I read the first chapter I couldn't put it down and had to read the whole thing in one sitting. Here is a description:

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 the world of missions. This updated version of Bruchko includes the story of his 1988 kidnapping by communist guerrillas and the ten months of captivity that followed. Bruce Olson's story will amaze you and remind you that simple faith in Christ can make anything possible.