Narciso Zamora has walked the message of Christ into the mountains, jungles,
fields and forests of his native Peru and throughout Ecuador and Chile. Dreading
the life of hard labor offset by nights of drunken stupor that his father modeled,
Zamora ran away from home after high school. He lived a vagrant's life, surviving
through delinquency, until through the generous support of a Christian family, Zamora
came to know Christ. He left the jungle to study at a seminary in Lima.
Walking Man recounts Zamora's winding and treacherous path, literally and figuratively,
toward finding his calling in missions. Characteristic of Zamora's more than 30 years
of mission experiences is his determination to go anywhere he felt called to preach and
teach - walking day and night into the jungle or trekking from valley to alpine zone and
back down the other side of the mountain, just to reach an isolated village.
With half a dozen well-established congregations in place in Peru, Zamora affiliated the
churches with an international denomination and later moved to Ecuador and Chile planting
churches. In Chile a new trial faced the Zamora family when his wife's kidneys started to
fail. Dealing with the emotional turmoil of a chronically ill spouse wore more heavily on
him than any adversity he had encountered in his ministry. Zamora became depressed and
in this chapter of his life, he learned new lessons and gained new insights into what
it means to carry the cross of Christ.
10 Things to Do to Support Missions in Latin America
Without Spending a Dime
- Talk to friends and family about helping and creating awareness.
- Post a favorable review about Walking Man on amazon.com.
- Write a missionary to find out how a work group could be of help then organize the effort.
- After you read Walking Man, give your copy to a friend who will read it and pass it on too.
- Blog about the importance of missions.
- Start or join a missions focus group in your church.
- Talk to your clergy about dedicating an entire sermon to aiding missions.
- Post a favorable review about Walking Man on ebookmall.com
- Lead by example: Motivation for a cause is contagious.
- Tell a local Spanish ministry about the free ebook of Walking Man in Spanish,
Caminante Con Dios.
2009