Into Africa's Interior, By Geoff And Janet Benge

Geoff and Janet Benge wrote Rowland Bingham: Into Africa’s interior. It tells the true story of the missionary Rowland Bingham, and how he spread the gospel through Africa, and ultimately the world. In fact, by the time of his death in 1942, there was not a single region on earth that his faith had not touched. Through Rowland’s life, the readers can learn that God always provides and that it is important to persevere through hard times.
First, Rowland Bingham: Into Africa’s interior teaches that God always provides. There are several instances where Rowland did not have the funds and resources to go on his missions and to provide for his family. However, he stayed faithful to God and didn’t lose hope. God provided for Rowland on His own time,

Rowland went through many trials from losing his father at a young age and his two missionary best friends, to contracting Malaria and getting into a severe car accident. Rowland lost his father at the age of thirteen from the Smallpox vaccination. “Yes, Father,” “I promise that one day I will meet you in heaven.” (Benge, 2003, p. 17). Rowland also lost Tom Kent to Malaria and Walter Gowans to bellyache. “Rowland was devastated by the two deaths. It all seemed so senseless,” (Benge, 2003, p. 70). “These men’s deaths had shaken his faith to its foundation. Rowland had gone to Africa trusting in God’s promise of health and healing, and yet he had left two of the most faithful Christians he knew buried in the Sudan. Did the promise of God fail?” (Benge, 2003, p. 71). Rowland contracted Malaria on page 59, and he wondered if the gloomy predictions that no white man could survive long in the Sudan could be accurate. He caught Malaria a second time on page 83. Lastly, Rowland and his wife Helen got into a car accident that left them with severe injuries. However, he looked at it as a word of gratitude and thanksgiving from God because his injuries could have been a lot worse. Rowland did not let any of these trails stop him from his missionary work overseas or growing the Sudan Interior Mission (SIM). He stayed faithful to God through these times, which is extremely