As Don taught the Sawi about God and the religion of Christianity, the Sawi had significant changes in their lifestyle. At first, the Sawi were a very barbaric tribe, practicing cannibalism and killing people without much guilt. Also, it was common for them to take matters into their own hands, rather than leaving issues in the hands of God since they did not know the presence of God back then. When twins were born, one had to die since it was a sign of good and evil. When someone was sick, they were killed since that was a sign of the sould escaping the sick one's body. Such barbaric and primative way of life changed dramatically as Don came to the Sawi nation. As the Sawi got to know God better, and the concept of forgiveness of their sins by Jesus, they were willing to show changes in their life like Jesus showed the world. They abandoned cannibalism, and other sorts of killing like killing one of the baby if twins were born. Also, they learned to wait and put matters into God's hands, rather than taking matters into their own hand. They did not favor war anymore, but favored peace rather than war. Through a symbolic figure named Jesus, very similar to the peace child, the Sawi ultimately learned the concept of Christianity and how they were to be saved.

There are many ways that various people choose to do when they encounter a new or different culture. One may ignore the difference, confront the difference, or try making compromises between the different culture and their own culture. In the book "Peace Child" Don went to a whole new culture, and made compromises rather than forcing the Sawi to believe in God. As Don gave the Sawi service and other useful utilities, the Sawi in return didn't eat him, or harm him. I think that such compromising way is the best solution when different cultures clash. If one tries to overcome another culture, one would be offended and controversies will emerge among the two. For instance, in the United States History, the Cherokee nation was moved out from their land and was removed to the region of Oklahoma by force. This was a bad idea to force one whole culture into another region since many of the natives suffered and died from this decision. Also, denying to compromise and isolating from different cultures is also bad as forcing over one culture. If one isolates him/herself from different cultures, they would be stuck in their own little culturalistic views and would never gain more knowledge about the world. Like the Sawi's, if they never accepted Don and his cultural background of Christianity, they would've never transformed and become faithful Christians. If the Sawi's denied Don, the story would've ended something like, "and Don was eaten by the kids while the warriors broke his skull open." We can see that one's decision to whether isolate or compromise with another culture has such great impact. What if Don was rejected by the Sawi? How would the Sawi nation be like right now?

The biggest change I noticed while reading this book, was the faith of the Sawi's. As Don Richardson transformed their faith into Christianity, the Sawi also changed parts of their culture like cannibalism, and became more open to Don. At first, they were aware of Don's presence, and did not accept him. They were skeptical about him, like we are skeptical about God's existence. The Sawi, however, in my opinion, were able to accept Don easier since Don was a "real" person preaching and serving them. It was Don who they accepted first, and then God, but our modern society is already aware of God, so we don't have much ways to step up to God. Churches or preachers like Don may guide our way, but the people in our society are much more skeptical about the existence of God and all of his words. It was probably easier for the Sawi to accept God, since they never encountered such religion and belief. In some ways, it might've been harder for the Sawi, but I think it is harder for us to accept God nowadays. Since there are so much obstacles and temptations blocking God from us, it is probably more difficult for us.
This doesn't mean that all people are skeptical about God. The connection that I was able to make with the transformation of the Sawi, was the transformation that happens in our school every year during S.E.W. Being in this school for over 10 years, I experienced numerous spiritual weeks, and every spiritual week, I sensed that God's powers were unlimited. Even though the transformation scale might be smaller in TCIS, it is inevitable that God does work through many individuals to change their lives. I see many people skeptical about God in TCIS every year, but I also see many of those people who change during spiritual weeks. So this shows that God really does have power, and it is up to us whether we accept that power, or reject it.

When I first thought of the title "Peace Child," I never imagined that a peace child was a child that was traded among tribes for peace. In a modern world, trading newborn children in order to achieve something is not acceptable. For example, Mr.Lee wouldn't give his newborn child to Mr.Kim just to have peace among the two. In a modern society, peace is resolved with conversation, compromises, or peace is forced. Also, in the modern society, family is usually put before friends or strangers. For instance, in Korea, mothers take care exclusive care for their child. That caring is extreme to the level where the caring seems almost annoying to the child. Giving up their own child in order to achieve something for themselves is what a Korean mother, or almost any other mother in the world would ever do. The Sawi, however, has a different perspective on this subject. The Sawi giving their children to other tribes is of course very surprising for me, but I was able to somewhat accept their culture since peace child has been a long tradition in their history.

Another Sawi culture that shocked me was cannibalism. Eating other humans in order to gain a knowledge of good and evil, seemed like nonsense to me. In the Sawi culture, however, there is no sophisticated education system, so learning in a barbaric way like eating other humans to gain knowledge may be something very common for them. The fact that people took pride in themselves eating human, even though they did not like the taste, flabbergasted me. How could one eat another human? In our modern society, it would be never possible. But, the Sawi culture is Sawi culture and even though they abandoned cannibalism now, it shocks me that such disgusting idea once existed in the Sawi tradition.

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

This bible verse was the first thing that came up to my mind when I saw this question. What would Jesus want us to do for the Sawi? John 3:16 is the only bible verse that I have memorized, but I thought this verse went very well with the question. So, what does Jesus want us to do for the uncivilized people like the Sawi? In my opinion, I think Jesus wants us to do what he did for us. This doesn't mean we should get a cross and crucify ourselves, but we should live and spread the word of God like Jesus did. In my opinion, receiving mercy, forgiveness, and love is probably what I would consider as being "happy" or "thankful." Since the Sawi civilization never experienced gaining any type of love from God, they probably wouldn't know how it feels like to be forgived also. In addition, the Sawi probably have different standards that they consider as "sin" and they way they seek for forgiveness is probably very different from modern Christians. Since God sent his son Jesus in order to clense our sins, we should probably help the Sawi get to know God better in order to cleanse the sins that the Sawi have. Since Jesus served us with all his strength, I think that we should serve the Sawi like Jesus served us. Overall, in my opinion, putting others first, and serving them like Jesus served us is what probably Jesus wants us to do for the Sawi.