"The secret to staying true to God's call for your life. Amy Carmichael left everything to become a missionary in India. But then Preena, a girl fleeing sexual slavery, threw herself on Carmichael's protection. Would she follow this new call and give up a religious vocation to become a nursemaid? Into her mind came a picture of Jesus washing his disciples' feet. "The question answered itself and was not asked again." Along with Indian women, Carmichael founded Dohnavur, a community of households that has provided family for hundreds of girls abandoned at birth or sold into prostitution. A modern-day saint, Amy Carmichael has empowered countless women and inspired generations of missionaries and activists. The practical advice and wisdom in these selections, culled from her many books, show why she continues to be a trustworthy spiritual guide for anyone seeking to follow God's path whatever the cost"--

Born near Belfast, Ireland, Amy Carmichael (1867¿1951) left Europe as a Christian missionary to India at age twenty-seven, never to return. Over the next fifty-five years she became Amma (mother) to hundreds of children and wrote dozens of books about the way of discipleship.