God in the Rainforest

I think it was from the legendary bibliophile John Wilson that I first heard about Kathryn T. Long’s God in the Rainforest. In this meticulously researched book, Long narrates one of the stories missionary kids like me grow up knowing by heart: the story of the five young Americans who were speared to death in the Ecuadorian jungle while trying to make contact with the Waoroni tribe. She reassesses this tragedy, as well as everything that led up to it and everything that happened afterward. A little over 100 pages in, I’m enthralled.