Themes in Peace Child by Don Richardson

One of the main themes in the novel, Peace Child, is that of divine calling. Richardson strives to express his feeling of divine calling to his work in Netherlands New Guinea. Richardson completes three years of study in Bible College before feeling a calling to the missionary work. Up to that point, he attended with faith that God would guide him to his future calling. Richardson credits his feeling of calling with his ability to put up with the challenges of life in the jungle and stay on the mission field longer than many other men.

Divine calling applies not only to Don Richardson, but to his wife Carol, as well. He describe how, during the speech by Ebenezer Vine, both he and Carol felt a supernatural pulling at their hearts to minister to these primitive people. Carol observes at one point that their house in the jungle feels like the center of the will of God.