There, Steve learns long-buried secrets about his father's murder, confronts difficult choices, and finds himself caught between two worlds. But when that same tribe asks him to help them, Steve, his wife, and their teenageĬhildren move back to the jungle. Successful business career in the United States, never imagined making the jungle his home again. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. Compelled by her friendship andįorgiveness, many came to faith in Jesus. and lived in the jungle with the Stone-Age people who killed her husband. Took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal. Through it all, David and Nancy Watters struggled to demonstrate that gospel to these people who lived, in the words of the Khams, "at the foot of the snows."Įlisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband Jim and his four colleagues. Through years of study and hard work, they translated Scripture into the Kham language, igniting a spark of interest in the gospel that would fan to life through She was a woman with desires and dreams, faults and fears, who gave her life unconditionallyīringing Amma to life through inspiring photos and compelling biographical narrative, Elisabeth Elliot urges readers to examine the depths of their own commitment to Christ.Īt the Foot of the Snows tells the inspiring story of an American family living among the virtually unknown Kham Magar of Nepal, developing a deep bond of friendship that transcended Or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children.Īmy's life of obedience and courage stands as a model for all who claim the name of Christ. She was buried in Taipei on a hill.facing China.Missionary Books and Kindle Books to Inspire YouĪ Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy CarmichaelĪ Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. She died in her sleep with a newborn baby in a crib next to her, a baby who had been abandoned. Gladys died in Formosa at 67-years-of age. So she went to Formosa where she ministered to Chinese people. However, she couldn’t re-enter the mainland because no foreigners were allowed-even though she was also a Chinese citizen. Within ten years, Gladys was ready to go back to China. She began mission work-sending clothing and necessities to China. As she stepped off the train, her own parents didn’t even recognize her. She appeared to be much older than her thirty-eight years. Upon delivery of the children to the orphanage, Gladys fell into a coma, suffering from pneumonia, typhoid, and malnutrition. Gladys had to take the children over a mountain, across a large river, and on a coal car with very little food on the way. He was to come back and get the other 100.but was killed on the way. She sent 100 of the children with a man who got them there safely. Japanese posters appeared with her name: Wanted Dead or Alive! She learned that if she could get the children to Sian, the government would care for the orphans. A reporter from Time magazine found her and interviewed her about the orphans and after the article appeared in the magazine, there was a price on her head. Soon, Gladys led her troop of orphans to caves to hide from the Japanese. After the bombing, there were two hundred orphans who came to the Inn of Eight Happinesses to be cared for. By the time bombs hit Yangcheng, Gladys had five children of her own. Because of the Japanese invasion in China, war came to the villages.
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