The drive of Bruce Olson and what he had to go through in his life relates to my life in the way that I want to become a missionary someday. Both my life and his are very different right now, but reading about his life and the things he endured both scares me and brings excitement. The thought of leaving my family and everything I know to go live in a foreign place doesn't exactly sound like something I would volunteer for, but doing the will of God and meeting new people interests me like nothing else. Like Bruce, I am a people-person, I like to be with someone all the time. It scare me to think about how Bruce was so lonely in South America, while he wasn't able to speak very much and communicate with others. Looking at Bruce’s reaction though,
