I am an 85 year old avid reader.
Never…Never…Never have I done what I did with Castaway Kid.
Never had a read a book the turned around and right away read it a
second time. NEVER
And I suspect I will read it yet again.
I am amazed at so many levels all I will say is “Thank You”.
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I never thought a man who looks like you say any thing worth my time.
You broke my heart. You broke through years of hurts and wounds and walls I
thought I had safely built.
You made me cry because for the first time in so very, very long I glimpsed that
maybe there is still hope for somebody like me.
I haven’t hoped in a very, very long time.
Thank You
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We saw the interview between R. Mitchell and Dr.Schuller at the Crystal Cathedral on TV
today and have been very touched about we heard.
God bless you, Mr. Mitchell.
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I am a retired school teacher and have read more books than I can count.
Rarely have a read a book twice.
But Castaway Kid is now dog-eared.
I hope this life changing, thought provoking, gripping but most importantly
“equipping” book makes it to the NYT best sellers.
I will keep the flow of adjectives I have to one: WONDERFUL
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Castaway Kid is an amazing story that shows you the reader that your past
doesnt have to affect your future.
This book is full of dynamic characters and a intricate plot with twist and turns no
reader saw coming. It stirs emotions that we as readers didnt know we had.
The characters in this book have problems and realtionships that many people
can relate to, but may not be to the same extent.
Every unfortunate event that happens the reader can feel the little boy’s heart
grow harder and harder. This amount of pain should not be endured by anyone.
This book plants a seed of hope in everyone’s mind and encourages them to be
anything they want to be.
I loved it!
Courtney
10th Grade
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I am a 70 year old woman, married for 48 years, with adult children and grandchildren.
I heard about Castaway Kid and bought it out of mere curiosity.
Curiousity died in the first paragraph. What do I use instead? Consumed, engulfed,
immersed? Certainly exhausted emotionally.
While my details were different, I was abandoned by my mother to her parents, my
grandparents. Yes I had food, clothing and shelter, but the social stigma in public schools,
the sense of abandonment, the “why me?” were all mine.
You opened emotions I thought I had dealt with, perhaps buried. But your telling of a story
worse than mine revealed they were merely hidden behind a thin door that you opened.
Emotions I hadn’t felt for decades.
And as completely unprepared for all the terribly personal emotions you made me feel, I
was completely unprepared for your forgiveness chapters.
And you have troubled my soul to explore a previously unfathomable concept: Forgive the
dead.
I intend to carefully and thoughtfully and prayerfully follow your example to forgive my
parents, as you did, with Gods’ help.
I have read so many of the postings on this site, and like so many others will end with:
Thank you.
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I loved this book! It was the awesomest book I have ever read! I bought it and read it for a book report! Thanks!
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Castaway Kid is an amazing book that touches lives, and brings people closer to God through
one man’s personal pain and suffering as a child.
It shows that God’s hand can work through, not just the lives of the extremely spiritual, but
even someone who never knew a true mother father and was a corrupt as he was as a child.
It emphasized a crucial point in my life, just like it should in everybody else’s life, the need to
be loved.
As you wrote, you don’t have to have parents to be loved, because no matter who you are,
God loves you.
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this story really brought some healing to my own life.
even though i have never related to being abandoned by my parents, the way he wrestled with God for years is how this book ministered to me.
this story is a true story about redemption and reveals the heart of God when he says that His ways are higher than our ways.
truley a remarkable story!
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Never have felt a book in so many and amazing ways, from my head to my toes.
At times my thoughts raced, my heart broke, I was angry/furious, I stopped breathing in
anticipation, I laughed out loud, my stomach tightened up in knots, I had goosebumps, I curled
my toes in tension and ultimately my soul praised God.
I want to say I really enjoyed Castaway Kid, but “enjoyed” seems like the wrong adjective, so I
will say what so many others have said:
Thank you. I am a woman blessed
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All of us have a mind, a heart where we ascribe our emotions, and a place even
deeper that we call our soul.
If there is a place deeper than the soul, a place our language hasn’t found a word for, I
believe you went there and took me, unwillingly, with you.
Your life and the messages of Castaway Kid are not easy. But in not being easy, they
are not cheap.
The cost of genuine forgiveness is not high in financial terms, but most of us would
rather spend the money than so genuinely forgive as you did others of issues greater
than I have to forgive.
Your story is so Deitrich Bonhoffer-ish.
Grace isn’t cheap, and forgiveness isn’t cheap.
You took me to places I have never visited. Pray I have the courage to forgive.
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This is a powerful story of personal choice.
Rob Mitchell chose to entrust the pain of his past to God.
In an day when many young people are turning to destructive means of coping with
pain in their lives, Mitchell’s message of hope should be required reading of all who
work with young people as well as the young people themselves.
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