David Livingstone Research Paper

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David Livingstone: God’s Missionary and Africa’s Explorer
In this essay I will be discussing one of the most remarkable missionaries and one of Africa’s finest explorers, Dr. David Livingstone. Being from the small town of Blantyre, Scotland, working in a cotton mill for most of his life and having people discourage him did not stop Dr. David Livingstone from pursuing his dreams of becoming a medical missionary in Africa. In his life time Dr. David Livingstone faced many trials, temptations, and discovered many incredible things. Throughout everything that happened in his life, Dr. David Livingstone always stood firm in his faith and stayed close to God. In these following paragraphs I will be discussing three of the many attributes of Dr.

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