AMY CARMICHAEL (1867-1951) Amy Carmichael sto på dekket av dampskipet og vinket farvel til sin gamle venn Robert Wilson atter en gang, uvitende om at hun aldri ville se ham eller De britiske øyer igjen. Gud hadde kalt henne til India. Og India skulle bli hennes hjem resten av livet. Amys liv var preget av en enkel, besluttsom lydighet mot Gud, uavhengig av omstendigheter eller konsekvenser. Hennes livshistorie og ettermæle er en overveldende påminnelse om kraften i en person som frykter Gud og ingenting annet. Drevet av kjærlighet og barmhjertighet, tro og besluttsomhet trosset Amy Carmichael Indias ubarmhjertige kastesystem. Historien om den unge kvinnen fra Nord-Irland er et nydelig eksempel på at Gud utøser sin kjærlighet over hans aller minste - og mest dyrebare - skatter.
...7 - 18 January 1951) was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there. Amy Carmichael began attending Kenswick Convention meetings, where she heard the likes of D.L. Moody and Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission. After hearing Taylor, Amy knew that God was calling her to foreign missions. In 1887, Amy Carmichael travelled to Japan, but she had to return home fifteen months later, due to illness. Amy Carmichael or Amma, as she was affectionately called by everyone in her community, was a gifted writer who produced many books and hundreds of hymns and poems. More information about these books and about the collection of poems in Mountain Breezes, can be obtained from the publisher's website: CLC Ministries International Amy Carmichael was born in Ireland on December 16, 1867. As a young girl, she would often pray f...