Peace Child by Don Richardson

Headhunting cannibals who used their victims' skulls as pillows, the Sawi people of New Guinea seemed to still be living in the Stone Age. It was to these people that Don and Carol Richardson went in 1962, risking their lives to share the gospel and tell of the true Peace Child.

'On every continent, in every nation, God is at work in and through the lives of believers. From the streets of Amsterdam to remote Pacific islands to the jungles of Ecuador and beyond, each international adventure that emerges is a dramatic episode that could be directed only by the hand of God. Imagine sharing the gospel with a tribe of cannibals who admire Judas's betrayal more than Jesus' sacrifice. Not only murder, but treacherous murder, had been the ideal of the headhunting Sawi people of New Guinea for generations when missionaries Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to live among them. As they searched for the key that would open the gospel to the Sawis, God moved in a remarkable way, revealing His true Peace Child, a figure the Sawis knew vaguely from their own mythology. To the Hebrews He was the Lamb of God, to the Greeks, the Logos. But to the Sawi He was the 'Tarop Tim Kodon, the Perfect Peace Child--the ideal fulfillment of their own redemptive analogy! A deeply moving, unforgettable adventure!

About the Author
Don Richardson, author of Secrets of the Koran, Lords of the Earth and Eternity in Their Hearts, has been studying the Muslim world for more than 30 years. He and his wife, Carol, spent 15 years among the Sawi, a Stone Age tribe of Irian Jaya. Don designed an alphabet suited to the Sawi language, authored 19 primers, taught the tribesmen to read in their native tongue and translated the entire New Testament. More than half of the Sawi accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Since 1977, Don has served as ambassador-at-large for World Team, a mission organization. Don holds an honorary doctorate of literature from Biola University in La Mirada, California, is an ordained pastor and speaks at more than 40 church conferences each year.