Summary
He faces tropical diseases, life and death decisions, and threats against his own life, but Joe Plumb now feels more at home in Peru than in his native land. He tells NICK MORRISON why he became a missionary deep in the Amazon jungle
IT was a Saturday afternoon, and Joe Plumb was watching the football results. It was a sacrosanct part of his week, a vital link with home more than 6,000 miles away. Then he became aware of a man on a roof opposite his office, training a gun on his window.See the full content of this document
Extract
Standing Alongside the Powerless
"I think it was intimidation, " he says artlessly. Joe rang the bishop's office. "The bishop sent along somebody who went up and spoke to him and said his presence had been noted and we knew who he was working for, so he went away."
The second time he took a phone call telling him he had been placed under surveillance. Later, taking mass, he looked out of the window to see a m...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
