Bruchko

By: Bruce Olson

Narrated by: Gary Dikeos

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy leaves home and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians?

For Bruce Olson, it meant capture, disease, terror, loneliness, and torture. But what he discovered through trial and error has revolutionized the world of missions.

Bruchko, which has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide, has been called "more fantastic and harrowing than anything Hollywood could concoct." Having lived with the Motilone Indians since1961, Olson has won the friendship of four presidents of Colombia and made appearances before the United Nations because of his efforts. Bruchko includes the story of Olson's1988 kidnapping by communist guerrillas and the nine months of captivity that followed. This revised version of his story is an amazing reminder that simple faith in Christ can make anything possible.

©2006 Charisma House (P)2013 Blackstone Audiobooks

excellent story if you can get past the narrator

I almost returned this book because I didn't like the reader, but I'm very glad that I didn't. ita excellent and the reader gets a bit better, or at least I got used to him, as the book goes on, so stick through it and be amazed as I was at the work done through Christ.

I love this book

It has been difficult to put into words how profoundly this book affected me.This story amazed and captivated me completely. I especially like his way of telling people about Jesus's love. I have been a little disturbed that missionaries always needed to make these people like us. Why couldn't they teach about Jesus while allowing these people to keep their own wonderful culture. Bruchko shows this can be done. I will recommend this book to everyone and look forward to reading it again. Thankyou.

suffering

western church is facing a new reality of persecution and this type of truth will help us get ready for what's coming

Must read for any Christian

Bruchko is another example of how God works in incredible ways in the most difficult situations.

Perhaps the best way to read this book is in written form, because the reader is very good at pronouncing the foreign words, however his tone is always the same and often times I have been tempted to stop listening,
On the other hand, the fact that I don't have time to read the print edition, and the value of the content, helped me getting to the end of the book in audible format.

Great Story!!!

Initially the book seems very simple in how it is written almost like a children's book. Once your through the first few chapters it gets better, and become extremely interesting to the point I was unable to put it down! I would highly recommend this book!

Excellent modern missions story

This is an amazing story of God's leading of a young man into missions and His supernatural
provision despite discouraging circumstances!
I Highly Recommend!

Compelling & Inspiring

Bruce’s story is extraordinary! The narration was flat and robotic and yet it didn’t ruin this title for me because the story was THAT GOOD!

THIS BOOK MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON ME

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

YES, I already have recommended this book. This is a very powerful and inspirational book.

What other book might you compare Bruchko to and why?

i DARED TO CALL HIM FATHER. Which I also enjoyed. These are both autobiographies in which both people dared to be submitted to God, and love the people group they were in.

Which character – as performed by Gary Dikeos – was your favorite?

Bobby and also Brucho

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, this book made me laugh and cry. It had surprising turns and twists in the story.

Excellent book! Must read

What an incredible story. Once it got started it was hard to take breaks in listening. The story keeps you pulled in wanting to know what will happen next. The reader is OK. His voice is sort of flat but once the story picks up you don't even notice it anymore, besides he does a fabulous job pronouncing the difficult words and names. I highly recommend this book.

In the spirit and zeal of Jim Elliot

What made the experience of listening to Bruchko the most enjoyable?

It was read very well, a passionately engaging story of the rarest sort.

What did you like best about this story?

A man entirely sold out for Jesus Christ, spending his life in pursuit of the glory of God amongst those who haven't heard.

Have you listened to any of Gary Dikeos’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laughed several times, but cried far more.

Any additional comments?

A must listen/read for *any* Christian even remotely considering missions!