Summary Of The Guardian Of Bristol's Orphanage By George Muller

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My book is a biography of George Muller, The Guardian of Bristol’s Orphanage, by Janet & Geoff Benge. This is a really good Christian book. George Muller is Christian from Germany. In Bristol, a lot of people were dying from cholera, so they held a prayer meeting together to encourage one another. He assured that Bristol, where he is at now, is the mission field. In the mission field, he made breakfast club for the starving children who don't have home or parents or food to eat.

George Muller lived in the nineteenth-century. His father, Johann Muller, was the only family he had. Johann Muller was a tax accountant who lost his wife long ago. When George was young, he was a trouble maker that always wanted to steal, cheat,
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One day when George and Mary were ready for supper and the table was set without any food, they still prayed to God. But then people from the church came to them with a whole entire ham and said: "I cannot eat supper because I know you two are starving."

One day, George decided to build an orphanage, everyone thought that it cannot be possible because he had no idea where to build, and how many orphans, and how old. He didn’t even have money, which is most important thing in order to build an orphanage. He only trusted in God.

On his way home, George stopped outside and looked at a large three-story house on Wilson Street, and it was for rent. He looked inside. The house was perfect for an orphanage and he had one hundred and five pounds in his pocket.

He started with 13 orphans. While running the orphanage, George had problems with feeding the orphans so he kept praying for God to help him. A lot of people donated to the orphanage. Later on, the number orphans increased to over 300.

One day, Mary was very weak, and George was concerned about her, but he had to go to the orphanage so he left her with the doctor. Mary died after saying "you leave me with

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