MARY SLESSOR (1848-1915) Mary Slessor grunnet på David Livingstones ord: «Det spiller ingen rolle hvor vi går så lenge vi går framover.» Jeg står på stedet hvil, tenkte Mary. Jeg er 27 år gammel. Jeg jobber tolv timer om dagen i et bomullsspinneri. Kjære Gud, ba hun, send meg et sted, hvor som helst, bare send meg ut som misjonær. Gud skulle virkelig svare bønnen til den fyrige, rødhårete kvinnen fra Skottland. Mary Slessor jobbet utrettelig for de unådde, ofte farlige stammene i Calabar i Afrika i 39 år. Hun trosset sykdom, fare og død, og ble mange stammers «Hvite mor». Hennes tro, trofasthet og pionerånd ga hennes elskede stammefolk en første smak på livet og friheten i Jesus Kristus. Mary Slessors livshistorie er en tidløs fortelling om en kvinne som ofret alt for å nå de fortapte med Jesu livgivende evangelium.
... in Gilcomston, Aberdeen, Scotland to a poor working-class family. She was the second of seven children of Robert and Mary ... About Mary Mary Slessor was a hard working Scottish mill girl and an unorthodox Sunday School teacher, who, inspired by David Livingstone, became a missionary in Calabar, Nigeria, an area where no European had set foot before. Mary Slessor lived from 2 December 1848 to 13 January 1915. She made her name as a Scottish missionary to Nigeria, where her strong personality won her trust locally and afforded her considerable success in promoting both Christianity and women's rights. Her life is celebrated on a Scottish £10 note issued by Clydesdale Bank. Who is Mary Slessor? Mary Slessor was a devoted missionary, with nearly 40 years dedicated to the nation of Nigeria. While pouring into the nation in which she loved, Mary would become one of the first single missionary women to make a nationwide impact. Bravely, she did missions work without a team or a family. Mar...