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Here I Am, Lord--Send Someone Else: How I Ended Up in Africa
Curt Dewitt said he would never be a pastor. He declared he would definitely not be a missionary. And he was sure he would never work with teens.
But God had a different plan--and a sense of humor. God set Curt on a surprising, exhilarating journey that led him to become (you guessed it!) a pastor and missionary who worked with teens.
When Curt moved to Africa as a missionary, he found himself fighting off spitting cobras, hearing accounts of man-eating lions, helping capture criminals, and spiritually wrestling with the powers of darkness. In this hilarious account of his African adventures Curt proves that ending up where you least expected can be more fun, exciting, and satisfying than you ever imagined.
But God had a different plan--and a sense of humor. God set Curt on a surprising, exhilarating journey that led him to become (you guessed it!) a pastor and missionary who worked with teens.
When Curt moved to Africa as a missionary, he found himself fighting off spitting cobras, hearing accounts of man-eating lions, helping capture criminals, and spiritually wrestling with the powers of darkness. In this hilarious account of his African adventures Curt proves that ending up where you least expected can be more fun, exciting, and satisfying than you ever imagined.
156 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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April 26, 2013
I and my family all love missionary stories and true stories, so when my mom found this one on clearance at the Adventist Book Center, she promptly bought it.
We started reading it during our nightly worship and were immediately pulled into the author's emotions concerning his mom's death. It got even better when he went to Kenya and started talking about his animal adventures at the Masai Mara. This was especially exciting for me, for I know that my favorite animal, the cheetah, is often spotted at the Masai Mara. But to my disappointment, he didn't mention any Masai Mara cheetah encounters. Which dropped my think-ahead rating to four stars.
So why five? Well, one of the chapters, titled "Paul's Fight Against the Prince of Darkness" is a vivid and very real retelling of one young man's involvement with Satan and how God brought him out of the Vally of the Shadow of Death. Literally.
Another thing that brought my rating back up: In the last chapter, "You can take the man out of Kenya..." he talked about some experiences that had lasting impressions on him. One of these experiences was playing tug-of-war through his car window with two young CHEETAHS , and the last one was a close encounter with a male CHEETAH that showed up on campus one day - something that is extremely rare! And he said in the book that he got a video of it! I'm thinking I may have to get in touch with him somehow and ask if I can see that video... And if that other chapter had not been in the book, that last story alone would have boosted my rating to five (as my dad pointed out half-joking, half-serious after we'd read it.)
I, to say the least, was very jealous of those precious encounters, yet very pleased that he saved them for last. For that last one was the very best adventure he had throughout the book, IMHO. But I guess I may be a bit partial to the cheetahs...just a tad.
We started reading it during our nightly worship and were immediately pulled into the author's emotions concerning his mom's death. It got even better when he went to Kenya and started talking about his animal adventures at the Masai Mara. This was especially exciting for me, for I know that my favorite animal, the cheetah, is often spotted at the Masai Mara. But to my disappointment, he didn't mention any Masai Mara cheetah encounters. Which dropped my think-ahead rating to four stars.
So why five? Well, one of the chapters, titled "Paul's Fight Against the Prince of Darkness" is a vivid and very real retelling of one young man's involvement with Satan and how God brought him out of the Vally of the Shadow of Death. Literally.
Another thing that brought my rating back up: In the last chapter, "You can take the man out of Kenya..." he talked about some experiences that had lasting impressions on him. One of these experiences was playing tug-of-war through his car window with two young CHEETAHS , and the last one was a close encounter with a male CHEETAH that showed up on campus one day - something that is extremely rare! And he said in the book that he got a video of it! I'm thinking I may have to get in touch with him somehow and ask if I can see that video... And if that other chapter had not been in the book, that last story alone would have boosted my rating to five (as my dad pointed out half-joking, half-serious after we'd read it.)
I, to say the least, was very jealous of those precious encounters, yet very pleased that he saved them for last. For that last one was the very best adventure he had throughout the book, IMHO. But I guess I may be a bit partial to the cheetahs...just a tad.
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