Mr Hudson's Journey To China

Dr. Charles Stanley was born in Dry Fork, Virginia on September 25, 1932. Charley and Rebecca Stanley became the parents of a baby boy. Nine months after his birth, his father died at the age of 29 leaving his mother to raise their only child. Stanley was married to Anna Stanley and had a son name Andy. After forty years of marriage the couple was divorced. In spite his difficulties and circumstances in life. Stanley dedicated his life to God’s word. At an early age, Stanley made a commitment to serve God and to preach his word.

Farah Ahmedi was a girl who was desperate to escape her war-torn country of Afghanistan by crossing the border into Pakistan. Annie Johnson was a fierce woman who wanted to support her family by starting an intricate business that cooks meals for factory workers. The next mission missionary was Theodore Boone who was a 13 year old boy who wanted to prevent a bypass from being built through homes and farms, but not until his friend's farm was in the danger zone. However, all three wanted to help, whether it was them self or others.

Beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to the early 20th century, many Chinese families struggled to gain social, economic, and educational stature in both China and the United States. In the book, A Transnational History of a Chinese Family, by Haiming Liu, we learn about the Chang family rooted in Kaiping County, China, who unlike many typical Chinese families’ exemplified hard-work and strong cultural values allowing them to pursue an exceptional Chinese-American lifestyle. Even with immigration laws preventing Chinese laborers and citizens to enter unless maintaining merchant status, Yitang and Sam Chang managed to sponsor approximately 40 relatives to the states with their businesses in herbalist

The message of my work is to try and highlight the importance of showing how a person’s faith can have a positive and life-changing impact on their lives. I have done this by looking into the lives of two early Christian missionaries and portray how they would 've felt about their journeys, who they met and what they were teaching others. In doing so, I try to portray, to the best of my ability and knowledge, the apostle 's thoughts and just how strong their conviction and faith in God was.

Zheng He may have journeyed far, but with little avail compared to competing captains. As the image in The Voyages of Zheng He: 1405-1433 depicts, his ships sailed to only populated areas with very little undiscovered territory (Document A). Unlike other famed explorers, who became popular off of their discovery of new land, Zheng He remained in an area within proximity of China and made no discoveries worth recognizing. In addition, the chart in When China Ruled the Sea shows Zheng He’s mileage compared to Columbus’s (Document B). He traveled nearly two days slower than his fellow explorer, and made far less progress.

Knowing that Ben had a friend in China, his boss sent him to the foreign country to try to find his friend. Surprised, Ben learns that Quan’s faith has only gotten stronger in this country that persecutes Christians, and he realizes the poor condition of his spiritual stability. Quan was shocked to see his once religiously confident roommate rarely had a thought of his Savior. While watching Quan pursue his faith though every obstacle, including taking the lead role in his underground church, Ben sees more and more clearly that it is better to live for God than for work. “ Ben felt that yearning, that longing inside. He realized he’d tasted it yesterday at the fishing hole.” (137) These new situations and experiences have really opened Ben’s

Overcoming adversity can be very difficult and overwhelming, but having someone to turn to during these difficult times makes it a lot easier. Mary Rowlandson, William Bradford, and Olaudah Equiano, went through many hardships. During the miserable journeys that Mary Rowlandson and William Bradford went through they relied heavily on God. When they needed comfort or guidance they prayed to God in hopes of getting answers. In Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford believed that something happened because it pleased God. When John Howland was thrown overboard during a fierce storm, he caught hold of the topsail and was able to get pulled back onto the ship. It pleased God that his life was saved.

1 in 6 adults residing in what was once among the most literate nations in the world have been deemed “functionally illiterate”. During the 1800s, over 90% of the former nations population could speak our native tongue. Currently, only about 0.2% of our population is fluent in the indigenous language. Welcome to Hawaiʻi!

John and Elaine Beekman are missionaries God sent to the Chol tribes in Chiapas, Mexico. This is where they translated the New Testament and hymns into the native language, they helped many come to know Christ, they taught them how to read and write; and they also helped the sick and needy. John Beekman was born with a heart murmur and he was restricted to many physical activities, he had no interest for Christ and when he was older he read a book called The Wonders of Prophecy by John Urquhart, which made him change the way he lived - he now had a purpose - to follow Christ. He resigned from his job as an accountant at a telephone company and went to study at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He spent many years learning Greek, pastoring, and

William Bradford, an early author, wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”. His journal tells of the rise of the colony at Plymouth. It continuously references both religion and God. Bradford believed that God guided him and the Pilgrims; every bump in the road they encountered was given to them as an opportunity

In the memoir Deborah Hall is the “good” leader while Ron Hall is the “effective” leader. Deborah went through great lengths to help and inspire people she did not even know. She led her husband, Ron, to go to The Union Gospel Mission and guided

Sister Ita Ford (23 April 1940 - 2 December 1980) was an American Catholic Maryknoll Sister. The Maryknoll Sisters serve the needs of people from around the world. Ford served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador. She entered the Maryknoll Sisters at the age of 21, but had to leave the program a few years later due to ill health. She worked as an editor at a publishing company for seven years and then joined the Maryknoll Sisters again in 1971. She helped many people with their needs, especially the poor. She worked with the Emergency Refugee Committee in Chalatenango to provide food, shelter and transportation to the poor and war victims. … Whilst she was in El Salvador, there were a lot of deaths caused by the military every

In the first chapter of “Christianity Rediscovered” by Vincent J. Donovan he is introducing us to the idea that missionaries now have a poor reputation due to their history. He says “History has offered the opportunity to deflect and distort the meaning of missionary work in every age”. For a long time a missionary was a person spreading the word of God and after years of doing so we have diminished many different beliefs, practices, cultures and history. At the time it was thought to be the right thing, to spread out and share the gospel to help people find meaning and acceptance. In today’s age a missionary is a lot of different things, in many cases it is more focused on the health and physical wellbeing of the people. Many people still share the gospel through missionary work, but in other cases it is more of a material aid. Donovan introduces the book as a voyage of discovery he wants us to put our normal beliefs aside to see his perspective of living a missionaries life and struggling with the fact of if you are helping or hurting.

Hudson Taylor reached the peak of his ministry after many years in China. But soon after, he had a very sad time in his family life. Many of the children born to him and Maria, his wife, died due to disease or lack of nourishing food. Many factors made the lives of young children living in China in constant danger. This led Maria and Hudson to make the difficult decision to send their three surviving children to England to live. Not long after, Maria and a two week old son died due to malnutrition and Maria’s inability to nurse the child. Four of the eight children born to Maria and Hudson Taylor did not live beyond age ten.

Carey was impressed with Moravian missionaries and was increasingly saddened at his fellow Christian lack of interest in foreign missions. In response, he added An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens. Carey argued that Jesus’ Great Commission applied to all Christians of all times. He said that many sin in ease and give themselves no concern no concerns are lost in ignorance and idolatry. Carey didn’t stop there: in 1798 Thomas and Carey had grossly underestimated the costs of living in India and Careys beginning years where very hard. When Thomas gave up on the mission Carey had to move his family repeatedly as he tried to find employment that could keep them. Illness followed the family and loneliness and regret set in. William said he was in a strange land with no Christian friend with noting to supply for us. Bu the also had hope saying God was with him. He learned Bengali with the help of a pundit and in few weeks he started preaching to a small group and translating the Bible. Once Carey had the passion he began worrying about his Anglican relatives. Whenever the relatives where around he would often ask if he could pray.