Her manful someone rear was a drunkard who couldn't proceed a job.
They lived inward a slum.
Her brothers died young.
Eleven-year-old Mary was forced to move amongst her woman rear at the local mill.
Mary Slessor's happiest moments were spent at church, together with she dreamed of beingness a missionary.
When Mary's younger sis started earning a wage, Mrs. Slessor encouraged Mary to use to a mission board.
So inward 1876, 28-year-old Mary, a self-educated manufactory worker, headed for Africa, "the white man's grave." It seemed unlikely that this small, red-haired, fair-skinned Scottish adult woman would survive.
But Mary's early on life prepared her for the disease, danger, together with difficulty of ministry building inward Africa. For 39 years she thrived inward atmospheric condition also hard for other missionaries together with effectively shared Christ with thousands of Africans.
Sometimes nosotros intend a hard childhood ruins a life, exactly God is inward the describe of piece of work concern of using bad for skilful (Romans 8:28).
God tin purpose the hard parts of your life too. Will yous allow Him?
Source: Mary Slessor, Forward into Calabar, Janet together with Geoff Benge, YWAM publishing
While I recommend this mass inward the YWAM Christian Heroes series, I create non recommend all of the books inward this series.
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