WILD AND WONDERFUL

After logging thousands of miles in planes, jeeps, dugout canoes, pickup trucks, bicycles, and on foot, LeQuire and du Plessis offer insights into how Christians around the world are using tourism to develop their villages while caring for both creation and culture. Based on a multi-year research project, this book showcases innovative projects that Christian villagers and faith-based organizations are engaging to alleviate poverty through business ventures. Through a unique mix of travelogue and theological reflection, this book concludes with a challenge to the status quo of current short-term mission practice and provides thoughtful alternatives. Ive long been a fan of Stan LeQuire and his tireless labor to bring shalom to Gods wondrous yet beleaguered creation--both people and planet. With Wild and Wonderful, he and Chantelle du Plessis continue that ministry by bringing critical analysis and insight into the growing field of ecotourism and, even better, connect it to our Christian faith. --Tom Rowley, Executive Director, A Rocha, USA If you are looking for ways to helpfully engage the poor of the Third World that are theologically informed, culturally sensitive, and respectfully creative, you will have to give this book two thumbs up. --Tony Campolo, Professor Emeritus, Eastern University This useful book will help you plan a trip with a purpose. Highly recommended! --Nancy Sleeth, cofounder of Blessed Earth and author of Almost Amish It sounds too good to be true