Samut Saring Ceylon - Reading Mary Slessor on Day 25

Thu 25 Sep 2008 - Reading Mary Slessor on Day 25

My family can never get enough of mission and missionary stories. The stories and lives of the servants of God are so inspiring that we always are looking for more books about unreached people groups or the 10/40 window, and the work of God's servants He has called to deliver His message of hope and salvation.

We started reading the life of Mary Slessor today. Mary Slessor, like Eric Liddell, is a Scottish missionary. She lived in the mid 1800s to early 1900s and served in Africa's Calabar region for thirty nine years. We are excited to learn how God called her and how she started her missionary life in the jungles of Calabar. The book we are reading is one of the series of Christian Heroes: Then and Now - Mary Slessor Forward into Calabar by Janet and Geoff Benge.

Usually, our study of a biography of a person also leads us to a study of geography, culture, history and related topics. We read the book aloud and allow the children to narrate afterward. We also check the maps if needed, read more about the country or place, the people and their culture from various resources like the World Book, Wikipedia and History books. We try to find what world events were taking place during that period. We try to relate Bible passages that are applicable in the challenges the characters of the book are facing . If you will consider it, the possibilities of learning many themes and topics through biographical study are endless and limitless.

Our shelves have a lot of space for more missionary books. Just recently, we received a copy of the book Revolution in World Missions by K.P Yohannan from my good friend and sister in the Lord, Sang. She and her husband sent it to us from the US. Would you recommend more titles so we can add it on our line up? Or perhaps you might be curious to know what we have read so far and will be reading soon...

Here, take a peek!