This is the story of a little girl who lived in the village of Llanfihangel on the southwest slopes of Cader Idris in North Wales.  She was born in 1784 and her parents were weavers and very poor.  The story opens when she was eight years old, and it tells of ... Continue

News spread quickly throughout the country of England in 1851 of the death of Captain Allan Gardiner and his faithful band of six companions who had some months before before risked their lives to reach the cannibalistic tribes of Patagonia with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  They suffered and died for the cause ... Continue

There is a small group of islands on the southern most tip of South America discovered by the explorer Magellan.  Patagonia [modern day Argentina] holds the Tierra del Fuego islands in the Straits of Magellan.  It is the southern most part of Antarctica. Many a sailor feared this region of ... Continue

Frances Ridley Havergal was born December 14, 1836.  She was the daughter of William Henry Havergal who was a minister and the foremost writer of sacred music in his day.  Her mother was the lovely Jane Head.  She lived in England and was the youngest of six children.  Although Frances ... Continue

The story of Darlene Rose, first woman missionary to New Guinea: My first encounter with Darlene Rose was at a Women's Missionary meeting. The auditorium was full that night and a hush fell over the crowd as she was introduced.  A small-framed woman came to the platform to give her testimony.  I would later learn she was really a ... Continue