Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of Precious Gems by Janet & Geoff Benge

One of the books we previously studied in our Sunday School class spent a lot of time looking at women who have made an impact for Christ in the world. It was great to read how these women sacrificed and worked to change the world, so when I came across some biographies at a discount bookstore in Ohio I decided to share them with the girls. For the past few months we have taken 10-15 minutes of each class to read through the biography of Amy Carmichael.

In today's self-centered world the idea of someone walking away from everything they have ever known to move around the globe and work with children that others literally do not want to touch is a foreign one. Recently, we have been studying imperialism at school. Frequently in the study of history, Christians are seen in a negative light because the spread of "European civility" and sharing ones faith in Christ are linked together by historians. In reality it was often Christians like Amy Carmichael who worked to make life better for those suffering, those everyone else overlooked.