"Life is a Jungle!" (Book Two of the Rani Adventures)

by Ron Snell

Paperback, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

BV2853.S645 L54

Description

"Life is a Jungle" by Ron Snell is Book 2 of The Rani Adventures, also known as The Jungle Series. The second edition is 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches. The first edition was 4 1/4 inches by 7 inches. Type is bigger and easier to read in the second edition. Extremely popular with the Christian homeschool audience as well as people of all ages, The Rani Adventures depict what life was like for a young missionary kid growing up in the rain forests of Peru. "My high school years were like a television series," Snell writes. "Hiking into the middle of the Amazon jungle to build an airstrip and nearly starving to death. Greeting the president of Peru as he stepped out of his chopper to visit our school. Spoon feeding water to feverish Machiguengas and helping bury the ones who died. "I never thought it unusual to have a 16-foot anaconda slithering around in our science class. Or going barefoot to school, getting stuck in the middle of landslides or getting cheap thrills careening through the streets of Lima in taxis in the dead of night. "What was I doing in Peru? "Well, that's a long story. A funny, sad, sometimes unbelievable story. It's what this book is about--a really crazy family that loved adventure, loved God and loved the Machiguengas."… (more)

Publication

Hannibal Books (2008), Edition: 2nd, 192 pages

Pages

192

ISBN

0929292855 / 9780929292854

Collection

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

192 p.; 8.5 inches

Rating

(4 ratings; 4)

Library's review

Providing a humorous side to mission work is Ron Snell, a missionary kid who grew up in the Amazon jungle of Peru during the 1950s and ‘60s. His parents worked as Bible translators (Summer Institute of Linguistics) with the Machiguenga Indians. Drawing from this unusual upbringing, he wrote the
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trilogy, “It’s a Jungle Out There!”; “Life’s a Jungle,”; and Jungle Calls. These books contain stories that will bring tears to your eyes, either through laughter or deep emotion.

Travel down a jungle river with the young Ron and his brother, Terry, when they take a wild ride on a log. Experience their campout when Terry gets bitten by a vampire bat. Cross the Andes with his family in a beat-up car on a one-lane road over a 16,500-foot mountain pass. Mourn with the family and Indians as sickness and death come to a village.

Later, follow 17-year-old Ron to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and learn why that school banned snakes and blow darts from the dorms. (You can take the boy out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the boy.)

Watch the power of prayer in action when Ron helps to blaze a trail through the jungle for two missionary women who sought to make the first contact with a tribal group known for killing men and kidnapping women who came into their territory. A miracle happened.

Do not skip the Acknowledgment pages when reading these books, especially the one in the last book. The humor begins before page 1.

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These books are just amazing!!

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