Peace Child

An unforgettable story of primitive jungle treachery in the 20th century

Plot

Until 1962, the Sawi people of the former Netherlands of New Guinea were still living in the Stone Age and isolated from all but nearby tribes. A tribe of headhunting cannibals who pillowed their heads on the skulls of their victims, the Sawi were a people who idealized treachery. Sawi legend makers were those most treacherous in securing heads in battle or ambush.
Don and Carol Richardson went to live among the Sawi people, bringing with them the story of a different kind of Legend Maker whose message was love, not treachery; forgiveness, not revenge. They told of God’s Peace Child, and He found acceptance amongst these people because their own legends also told of a Sawi “peace child”.
In the pages of this book, Don Richardson narrates firsthand the gripping account of how The Peace Child brought true peace at last to the Sawi people of the former Netherlands New Guinea, now Irian Jaya.