Lo, This Is Our God Summary and Analysis

Jim and Elisabeth get married on October 8 (Jim's 26th birthday) in a small civil ceremony with only Ed and Marilou McCully and Dr and Mrs. Tidmarsh in attendance. They honeymoon in Panama and Costa Rica where they make a surprise visit to Jim's brother Dave and his wife Colleen. They return to Quito to pack and get ready for the new work to be established in Puyupungu. They pack up with the help of friends and arrive at the new site where Atanasio and his family of 15 children and two wives greet them warmly with help and supplies including a thatched roof hut. Although the hut looks great at the start, neither Elisabeth nor Jim can stand up straight under the low roof, and it is loaded with cockroaches. Within a couple of...