Taught By a Tiger

"Toga looked around in the darkness. Something was out there - the heavy breathing sound was closer. Then, he saw it move, not ten feet away. It was a tiger! Would Teacher's God be with him now? When Toga's father, the village chief, invited the new teacher to live with his people, Toga and his friend Kiri began to learn about the one true God. But not everyone in the village wanted to learn. Nee-pah hated Teacher and Mama Joe. He would do anything to drive them and their new God away. Toga was sure that no one could change Nee-pah's heart. He knew no one could teach Nee-pah to love and trust God. But that was before Nee-pah was taugt by a tiger." This is an entirely true story. It took place among the Batak people of Sumatra before the second world war. Norma Youngberg was the wife of a missionary. They served for a time at the mission in Toga's village after this story took place, so she had a first hand account of it. I grew up with this story and have loved it all my life. It ilustrates the power of God in a modern world and the work of missionaries. It also ilustrates the work of God on the heart and what a true Christian is. If you are training your children as Christians, I would recomend this book as an introduction to missions and the power of a Christian life. Norma Youngberd has written four other missionary books similar to this one. All true stories about young people in heathen villages and how their lives changed when the missionaries came. I think her three best books are "Taught by a Tiger", "Singer on the Sand", and "Nyla and the White Crocodile". I hope you find this book as inspiring as I have.