What kind of a person goes down to Peru to do missionary work?
Well, I only personally know one guy that does that: Clyde Peters. He's a Seventh Day Adventist.
I can say this: he's one of the finest kind of human beings I've had the pleasure to know and work with.
He just left on his second trip to Peru; he's going to be down there 3 years. His first trip, years ago when he was a young man was considerably longer. He wrote a book about it; I'll see if I can find it and post the title.
Basically, he flew to all the little villages in the jungle. Brought medicine, dentistry, farming tools, seeds and the supplies for everyday living. Yes, he preached the 7th Day line too. Didn't force anyone to listen; it's not his style. He believes that if you do good works, people will naturally ask to find out what drives you. Then he tells them.
When I knew him, he was a commercial pilot operating out of the field where my father keeps his plane. Clyde is a superior mechanic and an IA. He was always ready to help my Dad with problems with the PT-26; rarely did he charge my 80 year old father and then it was minimal.
During this period he flew a Beech 18 just about every year from Nebraska to Russia. He went to the area around Vladivostok. He brought donated medical supplies, seeds, tools, his incredible skills as a mechanic, clothing, blankets and yes....bibles. My father, in return, helped him in this endeavor.
Clyde did all this because of his faith; he never gets paid for it and basically lives a subsistence lifestyle. His family works with him; his kids have grown to be professionals, like doctors and such.
I'm certainly not a 7th Day Adventist, in fact I'm basically agnostic.
However, this is one man that went to Peru as a missionary and is going back again right now.
He's simply one really fine human being.
YMMV.
