Missionary on the Silk Road

A young couple moves to Uzbekistan to spread the gospel to an unreached people group, just a few years after the break-up of the USSR. Nobody prepared them for the challenges they had to overcome. Eric and Tamar travel with high hopes to Uzbekistan to spread God's Word. Despite years of preparation, they were hardly aware of the unprecedented challenges they would face. This book is unique among mission books. You are drawn into the adventures and setbacks, the doubts and highlights of the main characters. Their story shows how God leads and can be trusted in every situation. Even though He may seem absent at times, He goes on with His plan. For those preparing for mission work, this book provides indispensable tools. Experienced missionaries will identify with the experiences of the main characters with a smile and a tear. It is a gripping story that constantly makes you think. It offers the reader an honest account, without idealizations or obligatory happy ending. As a fifteen-year-old, the author already experienced a calling to missionary work. After training as an English teacher, he worked with his growing family in Central Asia in the late 1990s. Currently, Eric is an entrepreneur in the ICT industry, but he still spends many a free hour working to carrying out the Great Commission of Jesus.