Mary Slessor
Forward into Calabar

This feisty, 5’0” tall, red headed female missionary from Scotland was permitted to move inland to a Nigeria tribe by herself. I believe she was the first woman to do so. She fearlessly challenged the cruel ancient customs and rules they lived by that did not value life, especially for children and......more

She went into Calabar to reach people with the message of Jesus. The book makes this clear. However, the book seems to focus more on her diplomatic relations with them. More focus is placed on changed customs than on changed hearts. While I suspect that customs changed because of changed hearts, thi......more

I confess I have a bias towards any audiobook narration with a Scottish accent, but this was a great, short listen (~5 hours) on the life story of a selfless woman who devoted her life to saving vulnerable children and putting her faith into action.......more

Loved the story of her life. Didn't like the 2-dimensional portrayal of Africans for my kids. We did a lot of rounding out. Mary Slessor, however, was something else.......more

Hola hermosa familia, hoy les traigo una historia muy distinta; es la historia de una pelirroja Escocesa que nació en un pequeño pueblo llamado Dundee, la cual no creció en un hogar que le predicara con el ejemplo, de hecho su padre era alcohólico y en su infancia vivió los maltratos de un jefe de f......more