John Allen Chau Tries To Evangelize an Isolated Tribe and Dies Trying

I'm not the only one fascinated by this story. According to news reports, John Allen Chau, the American Christian missionary who was recently killed on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean, by a small isolated tribe, that has no contact with the outside world was prepared to die. He knew the dangers but he went anyway. The tribe are obviously fearful of outsiders and unfortunately their fear led them to kill the 26 year old. But he knew that was a possibility. They've killed others before, they want to be left alone.
He was trying to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to a forbidden area of the world. He went against authorities by going there which is never a good or wise thing to do. The Indian Navy is responsible to make sure no one gets close to the island but he did get close with help from locals, from other islands.
Going to North Sentinel Island became an obsession for him. He wanted to preach but his zeal and lack of understanding of the threat he posed and the danger he was in, should have been identified by others. Many others have tried to get close to the tribe and turned back.
Fishermen brought him to the island and he tried several times to make contact, to give small gifts, but it wasn't going well, according to a letter he wrote and gave to the fisherman as he paddled back and forth, over days, in a kayak.
The warning came. He should have heeded it. Besides the yelling they did at him and the arrows they shot at him, he wrote, "an arrow went directly into my Bible which I was holding." That was a clear sign he should get out of there.
I don't know what to make of this story. It's sad for the fishermen who were arrested because they brought him there, its sad for the young missionary, and his family.
Yet his words to the isolated tribe intrigue me, he yelled to them, "My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you." But they couldn't understand his words. They don't speak English.
In the Catholic Church our history is filled with martyrs and missionaries who gave their lives for the faith, for Jesus and the gospel.
And though at first, I thought John Chau must have been crazy to do what he did, I'm not so sure. His brave and selfless actions, although they seem extreme, have probably inspired others. But missionary schools should always discourage missionaries from attempting what he did.
May some good come from this.
NJA