Treasure in clay pots: An Amazon people on the wheel of change

by Mildred L. Larson

Amazon antiquities

Paperback

Published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a tremendously good book about a missionary getting to know a culture, and reflecting honestly on the changes that she saw over the course of her 40 years or so among them. It is a simple, unassuming reflection, very humble and even-handed, and I really enjoyed reading it. A very inspiring tale. She neither idolizes the "pre-civilized" state of the culture she describes, but nor does she demean their traditional culture and refuse to acknowledge how it was superior to the more "modern" culture that largely supplanted it. I especially appreciated that she didn't shy away from difficult issues like her own blindness about the issues of spiritual warfare, or the conflicts with Catholic missionaries in the area, or the weaknesses in her life and the lives of her closest converts.

[Margaret C Barnard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this book! So inspiring and interesting to read about the culture of the Aguaruna people and what God did in and through them!

[Jennifer Zartman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Bible in the mother tongue sets people free from the fear of evil spirits, revenge killing, and a host of other problems. This book shares the transformation of the Aguaruna people of northern Peru as the Bible became available in their own language. The Aguaruna people's unwritten language needed an alphabet and they needed literacy before they could make use of any book. Millie Larson designed the alphabet for them, and her teammates organized teacher training, set up schools, and brought medicine and health care and instruction to the people. This education stopped the exploitation of the Aguaruna from men who swindled them out of their lands and labor. The whole-hearted faith of these men and women challenged and blessed me.

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