My son has just arrived on the AMazon River in Peru just before the Brazilian border. He is a new missionary just learning about the needs of the indigenous tribes in order to help them learn skills that will reduce risks to them from their daily lives. Help them with better ways of producing food for themselves and better ways to build their shelters and homes. etc and eventually gain their trust to tell them about Jesus and the Bible, etc. He is in no way connected to the oil industry or the loggers and would in a fight take the side of the INdians. He is calling me to advise him as to whether for his own safety he should try to leave or stay. What is your advice. Stay or leave?

THanks,
Dr. Euler

Dear Dr. Euler,

The Peru-Brazil border region is not a safe place to be conducting such activities at this time. Uninvolved parties have been killed in the conflict over land and ranchers and loggers hire death squads to pursue Indians. Your son should work elsewhere.

Dear Dr. Euler,

If you are clear that it is God's will for your son to be a missionary int the Peru-Brazil border then you should not worry about him. However if your son's ultimate goal is his own safety and not completing God's will then he should come back, and God will have to send someone else.

I give this advice as a 17 year old missionary.