In 1867, Amy Beatrice Carmichael was born as the oldest of seven children in the Carmichael family. Her father owned a flourmill business in their hometown, Millisle, Ireland. Amy grew up going to church and listening to her neighbors telling her and her siblings stories from their missionary days in India. Amy attended a Marlborough House boarding school in England. This was an all girls’ school but a few of her brothers attended a boys’ boarding school in England too. Amy was always causing trouble in the school. One time, in 1882, there was to be a comet in the sky that night. Amy, at the age of fourteen, and the other girls in her dormitory wanted to watch to comet but it was past their curfew. Amy devised a whole plan to keep them all
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Carmichael passed away. This was a major struggle on Amy, her mother, and the rest of her siblings. Mr. Carmichael’s death caused Amy to grow up and take responsibility at a young age. One Sunday, as Amy and her brothers were walking home from church, they saw an old woman. This old, beggar woman was struggling to carry her things across the street. Amy and her brothers decided that they would escort the woman to the other side of the street and assist her in carrying her possessions. As they were helping the old woman, some of the people from their church walked by. Amy was immediately embarrassed and hid her head to not be seen. Out of nowhere, a voice came and said,
“Gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw…the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.”
Amy looked around but there was no one there. Later, she went home and found it in her Bible to be 2 Corinthians 3:12-14. She prayed about it and from that day forward, Amy promised to do only the things that glorify God. Amy started to invite children from the streets into their house on Sunday afternoons for Bible …show more content…
All was well and she traveled to Japan as soon as she could. The journey to Japan was very frightening. As the ship came up on the shore, they were stuck in a typhoon and ultimately were transferred to a smaller tugboat to get to dry land. Amy enjoyed it in Japan but the language was challenging to learn and the different missionary societies fought about different things. Sadly, after about fifteen months in Japan, Amy became sick with “Japanese head” and the only cure was to leave the country. After she left Japan, Amy felt called to Ceylon, Sri Lanka. She was not there very long when she received a letter. This letter said that Robert Wilson had a serious stroke and wanted to see Amy. Amy stayed about six months in England. Then one of Amy’s friends sent her a letter from Bangalore, India, telling Amy to come. Amy left Broughton Grange for India but she did not realize that she would never leave India again. Amy began as a missionary in Bangalore but the environment was mostly British so Amy knew she had to go somewhere else. Amy traveled to Tinnevelly and started studying Tamil, which is the language spoken by the Tamil people in
Carmichael passed away. This was a major struggle on Amy, her mother, and the rest of her siblings. Mr. Carmichael’s death caused Amy to grow up and take responsibility at a young age. One Sunday, as Amy and her brothers were walking home from church, they saw an old woman. This old, beggar woman was struggling to carry her things across the street. Amy and her brothers decided that they would escort the woman to the other side of the street and assist her in carrying her possessions. As they were helping the old woman, some of the people from their church walked by. Amy was immediately embarrassed and hid her head to not be seen. Out of nowhere, a voice came and said,
“Gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw…the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.”
Amy looked around but there was no one there. Later, she went home and found it in her Bible to be 2 Corinthians 3:12-14. She prayed about it and from that day forward, Amy promised to do only the things that glorify God. Amy started to invite children from the streets into their house on Sunday afternoons for Bible …show more content…
All was well and she traveled to Japan as soon as she could. The journey to Japan was very frightening. As the ship came up on the shore, they were stuck in a typhoon and ultimately were transferred to a smaller tugboat to get to dry land. Amy enjoyed it in Japan but the language was challenging to learn and the different missionary societies fought about different things. Sadly, after about fifteen months in Japan, Amy became sick with “Japanese head” and the only cure was to leave the country. After she left Japan, Amy felt called to Ceylon, Sri Lanka. She was not there very long when she received a letter. This letter said that Robert Wilson had a serious stroke and wanted to see Amy. Amy stayed about six months in England. Then one of Amy’s friends sent her a letter from Bangalore, India, telling Amy to come. Amy left Broughton Grange for India but she did not realize that she would never leave India again. Amy began as a missionary in Bangalore but the environment was mostly British so Amy knew she had to go somewhere else. Amy traveled to Tinnevelly and started studying Tamil, which is the language spoken by the Tamil people in