Before We Kill And Eat You: Tales of Faith in the Face of Certain Death
In a land called "the white man's grave," the only insurance against malaria, cannibals and death was faith in God..."[The Pahn warriors] made a mad rush toward me with drawn knives, shouting "Kill him. Kill him!" The leader lunged at me with his cutlass raised to behead me. When it seemed the end had come and my head was about to be severed from my body, I closed my eyes and committed myself to God, repeating over and over again the one name that is above every name, "JESUS, JESUS!" Suddenly there was a deathlike stillness."