Book description
A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furlough. There she became known as "Amma," or "mother," as she founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for underprivileged children.
Amy's life of obedience and courageā¦
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Elisabeth Elliotās approach to faith and to missiology was heavily influenced by 19th-century Irish missionary Amy Wilson Carmichael. Carmichael moved to India in her twenties and spent the rest of her life there, working to rescue children from exploitation and abuse. She also wrote poetry, biography, meditations on missiology, and books about her experiences.
Elliot was introduced to Carmichaelās writing by the headmistress of her high school, and over the next several years, she devoured everything of Carmichaelās that she could get her hands on, even writing to Carmichael to thank her for her work. Carmichael died at age 83,ā¦
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