Brave Son of Tibet

“The hardships, challenges, and tragedies that Robert Ekvall experienced will inspire you to see how God does remarkable things through a person who is fully committed to God and is willing to take risks. Read this book to discover Ekvall’s courage, creativity, and resourcefulness and to see how God used Ekvall to accomplish God’s larger plan.”


—Mike Sohm, former director, Compassion and Mercy Associates





“It was a privilege for me to accompany David Jones into Tibet as he did the research for this book. Seeing the mountains and terrain of the countryside brought a greater admiration for this third culture kid, Robert Ekvall, who worked in this hostile environment. Jones has done a superb job in researching hard-to-find resources to now make this story available to the mission world.”


—Ron Brown, missions mobilizer





“Brave Son of Tibet reads like part missionary biography, part action-adventure novel. Nothing boring here. David Jones refreshingly shows us a real human behind the ministry hero. We’re reminded that all Christian lives include faith and doubt, devotion and detour, loss and pain, and yet hope. God’s ways—in us and through us—are mysterious, but he uses them for his good purposes.”


—Tim Crouch, vice president, Alliance Missions





“Brave Son of Tibet narrates the fascinating life of Robert Ekvall, an MK (child of missionaries) who became a successful missionary in China and Tibet. Ekvall went on to serve as an intelligence officer in the US Army and then as a university professor. David Jones has woven this MK’s diverse life into an engaging narrative, which reads like a novel.”


—David Andrianoff, retired missionary





“David Jones peels back the skin to expose a raw history hitherto untold in such an integrated fashion. Drawing from original writings, he pieces together an unforgettable depiction of life in far western China and Tibet from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. The depiction of the intrepid—their lives, deaths, successes, and failures—are the stuff of which today’s superheroes only dare dream to equal.”


—Grace Jordan, retired school teacher