On
the road to seek work in the cotton fields of Texas, an old Ford
Model T truck breaks down and forces a change of destination that
ultimately leads the protagonists to the Argentine Patagonia. Follow
the anecdote-driven story of a devoted couple who spent their
childhood in the U.S. Southwest during the Great Depression, met and
married during World War II, and together undertook a lifelong
journey of adventure and service.
Review
of To Ends of the Earth: High Plains to Patagonia by Nelda Bedford
Gaydou
Stories
of lives well lived is the way that you can summarize the book. To do
so would rob you of the intriguing vignettes that dot the landscape
as the author shares the trials and travails of the Bedford family
from the United States southwest to the Argentine Patagonia at the
bottom of the world. Along the way the author sprinkles history in
such a captivating way that the reader is seeing the events play
themselves out and learning of the interlocking world in which we
live without even realizing it.
To
the Ends of the Earth: High Plains to Patagonia by Nelda B. Gaydou is
the story of a period in American religious history which transformed
the evangelical world. It is the story of two people who met, fell in
love, responded to God’s call, moved to South America, raised a
family, and in between impacted countless lives. This is a story as
only an MK (missionary kid) can tell it with love and deep insight
into the relationships that brought about the events as nothing else
could have done. Although on the surface this is a chronology of a
family and their ministry, first in the United States and later in
Argentina, in reality it is the story of the love that develops
between people as they get to know each other, and, in spite of the
differences of language and culture, how that love can transform them
and the world around them.
Buy
the book to be entertained. Read the book to gain a greater
understanding of history, culture, and people. Study the book to see
how God used Ben and La Nell and how they set an example for all of
us.
5
Star Review by Dr. Thomas Law
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