Book Review: Made for the Journey

Title: Made for the Journey

Author: Elisabeth Elliot

Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company

Publication Date: December 4, 2018

Made for the Journey: One Missionary's First Year in the Jungles of Ecuador, by Elisabeth Elliot was originally published in 1979, and it was recently re-released in 2018. It includes a Foreword by Kay Warren.

As the title indicates, this book is a memoir and personal journey of Elisabeth Elliot during her first year as a missionary in Ecuadorian jungles. According to the back cover copy, the author "shares the challenges she faced as she worked in the jungles of Ecuador to bring the Word of God to a people virtually untouched by the outside world.... [It's] a beautifully crafted and deeply personal reflection on the important questions of life and a remarkable testimony to authentic Christian obedience to an unfathomable God."

This book is divided into nine chapters (or letters), which are titled as The Way In, A Missionary Home, A Missionary Journey, San Miguel de los Calorados, A Jungle Home, A Church, a School, and a Language, Jungle Housekeeping, An Unwritten Language, The Neighbors, Jungle Trails, Distractions, Birth and Deaths, Times and Seasons, The Life around Us, A Fishing Expedition, A Fish or a Scorpion, My Wellbeloved's Leisure, An Alphabet for Tsahfihki, and The End of Matter. Also, there are additional section titled as Preface, Foreword, and Epilogue.

Made for the Journey is an inspirational testimony about Christian obedience and serving the Lord. It's recommended and geared towards various ages, from teenagers to older generations.

Note: I received this book from Revell Reads, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.