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Reflections on "The Peace Child"

The book that I read for the second missions’ book report was, Don Richardson’s book Peace Child. This book gives an account of the missionary work among the Sawi tribe of then Netherlands New Guinea, carried out by Don Richardson son and his wife. This is a story of the change that came about when the truths of scripture are presented.

I have wanted read this book for some time, yet I have never gotten far in to reading this book. Growing up, I enjoyed listening to stories of mission life and serving with Regions Beyond Missionary Union.

The book begins by explaining a brief history of the people of the Sawi tribe before the Richardson’s came to live among the Sawi tribe. The lifestyle of the Sawi people had had for the most part gone unchanged from the primitive lifestyle that those who came before them had lived for a few thousand years. The Sawi were a people who were cannibals and headhunters. Among the Sawi tribe the highest of all the virtues of war, was that of treachery involved in the act of taking the head of an enemy. So developed was this art of war that the Sawi would carefully and methodically plot out the treachery before putting it in to action. The book

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Later that day the three men, did come upon a group of forty Swai men who were going to the government trading post, for the first time. That day and the next, the villagers helped Don build his new house, thus Don left them saying next time I come I shall bring my wife and son. At times this book was funny as you see certain misconceptions of white mans food, clothing lantern, and other things of the sort; yet it is sad to see the depravity of this stone age tribe. Vine about mission to these lost tribes in Netherlands New Guinea, by a student who had flown several reconnaissance flights over these uncharted areas. Richardson talks of different Graduates of Prairie Bible Institute who answered the call to serve among the unreached tribes of Netherlands New Guinea. The came upon the former location of a village, because of the location, this is where Don Richardson decided he wanted to build his house. Richardson talks of different Graduates of Prairie Bible Institute who answered the call to serve among the unreached tribes of Netherlands New Guinea. This was a practice were someone would seek to befriend someone from an enemy village, once they had gained that enemies trust, and had been given many gifts of food, it was then that the enemy was told the purpose of the friendship before the “friend” was killed; that they had been fatten with friendship. This was a practice were someone would seek to befriend someone from an enemy village, once they had gained that enemies trust, and had been given many gifts of food, it was then that the enemy was told the purpose of the friendship before the “friend” was killed; that they had been fatten with friendship.

This was the key that Don would used to share the gospel: “God’s Peace Child”

Don explained to them this concept and it was clearly understood by the Sawi people. Finding out that the group would be coming past the mission station that the missionaries had started out from; they asked the man if he would come with them as a guide. And furthermore if RBMU would be able to sent this student to Netherlands New Guinea. Traveling up the river they had hoped to make contacts with the Sawi along the river but they did not see anyone at first, the people of the Sawi villages were frightened by the sound of toe motor on the boat, and therefore they had retreated in to the jungle. At moment an MAF airplane circled for landing and dispensed of the tension in that most of the men ran to hide.

Approximate Word count = 2667
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)

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