Author: Shalem John

Birth:13-03-1808 Death: 17-09-1871 Native Place: Bastard Township, Ontario Country : Canada Place of Vision: Telugu speaking provinces, India The founder of “Telugu Mission” Samuel Stearns Day was an American Baptist Missionary who had a great burden to bring light upon Telugu-speaking people. Upon his arrival in India along with his wife Roenna, he started to work in Visakhapatnam in 1836. Later he moved to Chicacole (Srikakulam) and by next year to Madras from where he made extensive trips to the Telugu region. His heart was burdened upon realizing that between Madras and Visakhapatnam, where over ten million people were living,…

Birth: 26-01-1799 Home Calling: 11-05-1879 Native Place : Bern Country: Switzerland Place of Vision: Abyssinia and Jerusalem Samuel Gobat was a CMS (Church Missionary Society) missionary to Abyssinia and Jerusalem. Gobat studied at the Basel Mission Institute in Paris, and the CMS Training Institution in Islington (London), England. He then volunteered for service with the CMS, which sent him to Abyssinia. Gobat patiently served among Abyssinians for six years who were ignorant, debased, and leading a wretched life. However, the unsettled political situations and his own ill health forced Gobat to return to Europe. Then he was sent to Malta.…

Birth:1803 Home Calling: 1845 Homeland : United States of America Place of Vision: Burma Sarah Hall was the oldest of 13 children. She was a very bright young girl, and by the age of four, she could read almost anything that was handed to her. From a very early age, she had felt called to be a missionary, and when she was married to George Boardman, her aspiration was fulfilled. The couple set sail for Burma in 1825. Because the British-Burmese War was still raging, they had to stay in India for a while. While in India, they occupied themselves…