Post #293
God’s Smuggler It was Jessca’s favorite book to read and recommend. She even wrote a blurb about it (Post #10): “If you enjoy adventure and thrills, I highly recommend God's Smuggler (it's so good, I've lost track of how many times I've read it . It also has a bit of drama and romance if you're into that).”Even though I’ve read it many times, this book never fails to make me laugh. Here’s one story I read on the bus today. Brother Andrew, a Dutchman, just started his first semester at a missionary school in England:“And so began one of the hardest two-month periods of my life...What made the two months difficult was learning English. I worked so hard on the language that my head continually ached…I was up with the first bird song, dressed, and out in the garden with two books in my hand. One was an English Bible; the other was a dictionary. It was doubtless an excellent technique, but it did have some disadvantages. My English during that period was filled with thees, thous, and verily. One time I passed on a request for butter by saying, “Thus sayeth the neighbor of Andrew, that thou wouldst be pleased to pass the butter.”