Victoria T. (justicepirate) reviewed on + 350 more book reviews
This sweet Yoder family!! They got robbed dozens of times while being Christian Anabaptist Mennonite missionaries in Nicaragua. What I love about their story is that as Anabaptists ourselves we often get people questioning the non-resistence enemy-love portion of obedience of Jesus' words from the sermon on the mount and more of, "What if someone came to rob you?" or "What if someone says they'll kidnap your kids?" or "What if they have weapons and threaten you." The answer is all right here because they lived it constantly and God protected them countless times from harm as God's angels encamped their home.
I thought this book had some excellent stories of those they reached out to who were transformed by Christ and others who maybe were interested but were more drawn to worldly living. It was great how even though the family was heavily burdened, they sought God through community and prayer and had a closeness within their family because of it! Some of these stories were very heartbreaking and others were so filled with a reason to rejoice!
I do think the book could have been shorter as there were full details of probably 8-10 of their many robberies. I liked Pablo Yoder's writing though!
I thought this book had some excellent stories of those they reached out to who were transformed by Christ and others who maybe were interested but were more drawn to worldly living. It was great how even though the family was heavily burdened, they sought God through community and prayer and had a closeness within their family because of it! Some of these stories were very heartbreaking and others were so filled with a reason to rejoice!
I do think the book could have been shorter as there were full details of probably 8-10 of their many robberies. I liked Pablo Yoder's writing though!
