Rachel Saint, Janet Benge
Rachel Saint, Janet Benge
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Rachel Saint
A Star in the Jungle

Author: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

Narrator: Rebecca Gallagher

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2023


Synopsis

Aboard the Aquitania, Rachel became aware of something strange happening to her. It was as if she were not on the deck of the ship anymore but was instead in a jungle clearing, looking at a group of brown-skinned, half-naked people. The people beckoned for her to come. Suddenly the scene vanished, and Rachel fell to her knees and prayed.

When young Rachel Saint surrendered her life to God, she began an unimaginable journey that would span decades and radically transform a dying culture steeped in revenge. Against all odds, God would lead her to Ecuador's Waorani Indians -- known as Aucas, or savages, and infamous for murder.

Despite the martyrdom of five missionaries by Waorani spears, Rachel boldly persisted in following God. In one of the greatest testimonies to God's grace and power in our time, this pioneering Bible translator would live for two decades with her own brother's killers, for the joy of seeing them become brothers and sisters in Christ.

About The Author

Janet and Geoff Benge are a husband-and-wife writing team with more than twenty years of writing experience. Janet is a former elementary-school teacher. Geoff holds a degree in history. Originally from New Zealand, the Benges spent ten years serving with Youth With A Mission.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel Ray on March 16, 2025

This one’s really good. Rachel was the older sister of Nate Saint. Nate was killed along with Jim Elliot and 3 other missionaries by an Ecuador barbarian tribe. It became an international story in 1956. This one picks up where their story left off as she continued to make friendly contact with the t......more

Goodreads review by Rose on aish on April 27, 2017

In this book I heard for the first time something about Rachel Saint, and I never knew she played such an important part in bringing the Waoroni (Auca) Indians of Ecuador to Jesus. She grew up in a poor family and had seven brothers. They all lived in a cottage that was on the estate of her mother's......more

Goodreads review by Lana on June 22, 2024

I read this with my daughter for her book club. What an extraordinary story of faith and service!......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 07, 2024

Rachel Saint is best known as the sister to Nate Saint, one of five missionary martyrs whose lives ended by the spears of those they were attempting to evangelize in the Amazon jungle. Rachel persisted in living with the tribe, learning their language and translating the New Testament into the langu......more

Goodreads review by Heather on August 22, 2021

Wow. Wow. Wow. I cried a bunch through this book. Mostly happy tears. I didn’t realize that Rachel was actually called to the Auca people in 1932. God gave her a vision of them, although she did not know who they were in the vision. Her vision came to pass in 1958. Her brother was killed by the Aucas......more