AT THE FOOT OF THE SNOWS
By David, Daniel & Steve Watters
Engage Faith Press. 343 pages. £15.87
ISBN 978 1 936 672 127
During the 1980s and 90s, while acting as honorary pastor to Wycliffe’s South Asia Group, I met Dave Watters.
He was one of the humblest, finest, most gifted men I ever knew. As a young man in his 20s, he walked into the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in search of the Kham people. His passion was to give them the Scriptures in their mother tongue and thus facilitate the communication of the gospel to them.
Dave died a couple of years ago, leaving a wife, Nancy, and two married sons, Steve and Daniel. Both the boys are also serving with Wycliffe and for the people of Nepal.
The sons have taken Dave’s papers and put together a magnificent book about the life and experiences of Dave and Nancy among the Kham people.
It is brilliantly written, hard to put down, and reads like a Christian thriller. The descriptions of life among the people who live at the foot of the snows (14,000 feet and upwards) are richly detailed. There are hair-raising insights into the work of demonic spirits. There are thrilling depictions of the triumph of the gospel and the power of the Scriptures. And, of course, God is glorified and his Son exalted.
