I loved this book!

Stephen was a street boy and gang member in Zimbabwe and was converted at a Tent Meeting run by the Dorothea Mission. He knew nothing of Jesus, except that He had saved him and he told everybody! On buses, in the streets, everywhere!

What I like about this book, though, is his honesty in how hard it was in the early days to know what to do, how to behave and how hard he found being discipled! He was discipled firstly by Hannes Joubert who taught him table manners, house rules, basic hygiene as well as how to read & write and then preach the gospel.

This was followed by quite rigorous discipleship training under Patrick Johnstone who, knowing the young man’s potential, trained him hard.

Stephen himself is an evangelist through and through and that is his passion. No matter where he was or what he was doing, it was the story of his Saviour which he told. Interestingly, when he was on International Missions, he found it frustrating the length of time spent singing, etc. at the meetings before they got down to the preaching!

Very readable, encouraging as well as challenging in places, highly recommended.

(Sometimes, we manage to review a book twice. You can read the other review of this book here.)

Fiona M. Talbot, Plockton & Kyle Free Church