Amy Carmichael

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Can you imagine having to risk your life in order to save another precious life? That takes courage and a lot of faith in the Lord.” Amy Beatrice (Wilson) Carmichael was born 1867 in Mill Isle County Down, Ireland” (2.Wikipedia).Amy Carmichael made an orphanage in Dounvhar, India for Hindu children who were sold into prostitution (2.Wikipedia).Amy Carmichael died in 1951, at age 83 (2.Wikpedia).She was also a missionary in Japan for about 15 months, but she was a missionary in India for 55 years (2.Wikipedia).She loved to serve people immensely especially the Lord. Amy was the oldest of seven siblings (2.Wikipedia).In addition Amy had a lot of pets when she was younger and she loved the nature. (2.Wikipedia).Amy went to a Boarding School …show more content…

Amy faced many challenges down the road, but she held on to her faith because she knew she had God on her side. Even when things looked impossible she always saw the bright side of things. In India the caste system had a tremendous effect on the tamilian people. In India if you were Muslim, or Hindu and then you converted into a Christian, you were considered a traitor. (1.Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of precious Gems pg: 104,105). Amy was as brave as a lion, because she knew if she helped people convert into a Christian or even just talk about the gospel. The brothers or fathers of that person would beat them, kill them, or exile them from their own village. (1.Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of Precious Gems pg: …show more content…

(1.Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of precious Gems pg: 179-181).In 1931, a fall severely injured Amy she remained bedridden .Amy was buried in her Garden of Eden that she called. That was right next to her orphanage. Amy died in 1951 at the age of eighty-three . She asked that no stone or (headstone) be put over her grave .Thereupon the children instead put a birdbath over her grave with one word Amma which means mother in the Tamil language .(2.Wikipedia).Amy Carmichael wrote about thirty books. Amy’s life was marked by a simple, determined obedience to God regardless of her circumstances or the consequences. Her story is a great example of which of why we should fear God and put him before anyone else. Driven by love and compassion, Amy Carmichael defied the cruel barriers of India’s caste

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