God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
Week 2: The Soldier and the Wound — Indonesia
Read Chapters 3–4 of God's Smuggler. Key passages: Psalm 34:18; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10.
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Andrew went to Indonesia as a young soldier looking for excitement and came home with a shattered ankle, a broken spirit, and — though he did not yet know it — a soul cracked open just wide enough for God to enter.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Andrew enlisted for military service with something close to enthusiasm, partly to escape the boredom of Alkmaar and partly out of genuine bravado. What were the specific realities of the Indonesian conflict that stripped away that bravado, and how did the violence he witnessed and participated in affect him spiritually?
2.During the fighting, Andrew made a kind of bargain with God — wearing a bright yellow straw hat into battle almost as a dare, testing whether God would protect him. How do you interpret that act? Is it faith, presumption, despair, or something else entirely?
3.Andrew was wounded in his ankle and spent a long period in recovery. Suffering and enforced stillness are recurring themes in the Bible as the setting for spiritual breakthrough — think of Jacob's hip, Paul's thorn, or Joseph's prison. How does Andrew's wound function similarly in his story?
a.What did the period of physical immobility open up in him that the busyness of soldiering had closed off?
b.Has God ever used physical limitation or enforced slowness to get your attention?
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