Amy Carmichael Rescuer Of Precious Gems Summary
I read the book Amy Carmichael Rescuer of Precious Gems, by Janet & Geoff Benge. It was published in 1998-1999 by YWAM Publishing. It has 202 pages. I don't have a reason for choosing this book, I kind of just took a random book off the shelf.
Amy Carmichael was born on December 16, 1867 in Millisle, County Down, Ireland. Amy Carmichael went to Marlborough House Boarding School until November 1882, when her father's business was losing money so they couldn't afford to send her and her two brothers to boarding school, but she continued her education at a private finishing school in Belfast, Ireland and, eventually, her family couldn't sustain her going to any school so she had to stay home and tutor her little siblings. One day after church, she and her two oldest brother decided to help a homeless woman, as they were helping her, Amy heard a voice reciting a verse from the Bible, 1 …show more content…
After a while, the group got too big to fit in her local church, so while other women had been going through fashion catalogs, she had been searching building and engineering journals. She then decided to build a large hall of iron with a generous donation from her friend. Amy decided to join the "shawlies", to help them and spread Christianity, until she had been diagnosed with a vague illness and was told she needed rest, a new climate, and healthy food. Amy had gone to many different places that God had called her to and eventually came to India, in India she started a small missionary group, called the Starry Cluster, with Indian women. As the Starry Cluster was traveling, they had been rescuing girls from the Indian Caste system and/or Hindu temples, after some time she settled in a town called Dohnavur with her "daughters" and, after time, she had hundreds of girls and boys to take care of with some
Amy Carmichael was born on December 16, 1867 in Millisle, County Down, Ireland. Amy Carmichael went to Marlborough House Boarding School until November 1882, when her father's business was losing money so they couldn't afford to send her and her two brothers to boarding school, but she continued her education at a private finishing school in Belfast, Ireland and, eventually, her family couldn't sustain her going to any school so she had to stay home and tutor her little siblings. One day after church, she and her two oldest brother decided to help a homeless woman, as they were helping her, Amy heard a voice reciting a verse from the Bible, 1 …show more content…
After a while, the group got too big to fit in her local church, so while other women had been going through fashion catalogs, she had been searching building and engineering journals. She then decided to build a large hall of iron with a generous donation from her friend. Amy decided to join the "shawlies", to help them and spread Christianity, until she had been diagnosed with a vague illness and was told she needed rest, a new climate, and healthy food. Amy had gone to many different places that God had called her to and eventually came to India, in India she started a small missionary group, called the Starry Cluster, with Indian women. As the Starry Cluster was traveling, they had been rescuing girls from the Indian Caste system and/or Hindu temples, after some time she settled in a town called Dohnavur with her "daughters" and, after time, she had hundreds of girls and boys to take care of with some