Table of Contents

Preface 9

Foreword 13

1 The Way In 17

2 A Missionary House 27

3 A Missionary Journey 33

4 San Miguel de los Colorados 39

5 A Jungle Home 47

6 A Church, a School, and a Language 51

7 Jungle Housekeeping 59

8 An Unwritten Language 67

9 The Neighbors 77

10 Jungle Trails 85

11 Distractions 93

12 Birth and Death 101

13 Times and Seasons 109

14 The Life around Us 117

15 A Fishing Expedition 123

16 A Fish or a Scorpion 131

17 My Wellbeloved's Leisure 143

18 An Alphabet for Tsabfibki 147

19 The End of the Matter 157

Epilogue 163