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Testimony of Joyous Survival
Dr. Orville Boyd Jenkins
A review of the book by Jean Phillips
Rescue (Garland, Texas:  Hannibal Books, 2001.  181p.)

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This story opens with the suspenseful account of the Phillips' abduction by a crime gang in Lesotho, a small mountain kingdom encircled by South Africa.  This occurred after 40 years of missionary service in Zimbabwe, where they lived through the terrors of the guerrilla war in Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe].

I knew Jean and her husband Gene over the years, though not as closely as I would have liked.  We lived hundreds of miles apart in separate countries on the extensive African continent.

Jean develops the historical biography of her family and others in Zimbabwe.  She describes the various towns in which they lived, and the various challenges or joys they experienced along the way.  Her story elicits our sympathy and admiration as she described situations during the bush war for independence.

She tells the story of another of my acquaintances, Archie Dunaway, who was murdered by guerrillas at the Sanyati Baptist Hospital.  She includes the story of colleagues also killed in the independence struggle or otherwise affected by the guerrilla bush war against the illegal white government of Rhodesia.

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Initial reading notes written 27 December 2008
Review posted on Amazon 14 February 2009
Posted on Orvile Jenkins Thoughts and Resources 24 February 2009

Orville Boyd Jenkins, EdD, PhD
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