"Loiter not on the banks of the muddy stream; wait for the pure cool water
from the spring," was the Dani adage spoken in hushed expectant voices to
their children and often flung at the airplanes flying high overhead.
In 1960, we joined our colleagues serving the Dani tribespeople hidden in the
interior mountainous area of Papua, Indonesia. We had entered the world of a
grieving people whose myths declared they had lost their opportunity to enjoy
eternal life.
The story of their acceptance of us and our message, their dramatic conversion
experience, their joy in planting dynamic congregations in their area and among
other unreached tribes, and their excitement at being able to read God's Word
in their own language, you will read in the pages of this book. They found and
currently enjoy drinking of the "pure cool water from the Spring."
Author, David L. Scovill, with his wife, Esther, have
served in Indonesia for nearly half a century with UFM
International, now CrossWorld. The amazing Western
Dani tribe in Papua has been the focus of their ministry
and home to their two children.
Esther, daughter of missionary parents, grew up in Cuba;
Dave on a farm in Minnesota. Both graduated from
Prairie Bible College, then added missionary medicine
and linguistics to their preparation. Dave completed his post graduate work at the
School of World Missions and Columbia International University.
Their backgrounds, training and combined skills prepared them well for their
many roles: Dave as pioneer and missionary linguist, church-planter and teacher,
Bible translator and mission administrator; Esther as homemaker and teacher,
medical worker and bookkeeper.
During retirement, they make their home near Columbia, South Carolina.
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