Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Dennis in Form, and this is the Daily article for Monday, November 26, 2018.

John Allen Chow was 26 years old, a native of Vancouver, Washington. He led missionary trips around the world for Christ.

This month, he traveled to the North Sentinel Island in India's Bay of Bengal,

to share Christ with the Sentinelese tribe. Its members have been isolated

for centuries, rejecting all contact with a larger world and reacting with violence when outsiders

have attempted to interact with them. Their island is off limits to visitors under Indian law.

Chow hired local fishermen to transport him within half a mile of the island.

He then used a canoe to reach the island shore, returning later in the day.

On his second trip, the tribesman broke his canoe, forcing him to swim back to the boat.

On his third trip, he did not come back.

The fishermen said they later saw tribes people dragging his body around.

Indian authorities have now begun the

arduous work of trying to retrieve Chow's body without triggering a conflict with the islanders.

Before he left the boat for the last time, Chow wrote a note to his family. You guys might think I'm

crazy in all this, but I think it's worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people, he said.

Then he added, please do not be angry at them or at God if I get killed.

Rather, please live your lives and obedience to whatever he has called you to, and I will see

you again when you pass through the veil.

John Chow's story raises numerous questions among them.

Was it ethical to risk exposing the

North Sentinelese to diseases for which they have no immunities? How did Chow expect to communicate with

him if he did not understand their language or culture? Was it appropriate for him to seek contact

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