When Robert Moffat, Scottish missionary to
was greeted by the fury of a very cold British winter. Arriving at the church
where he was to speak, he noted that only a small group had braved the elements
to hear his appeal.
“Although no one responded to Moffat’s call for
volunteers for mission service in
challenge thrilled a young boy who had come to work the bellows of the organ.
Deciding that he would follow in the footsteps of this pioneer missionary, he
went on to school, obtained a degree in medicine, married Moffat’s daughter,
Mary, and spent the rest of his life ministering to the unreached tribes of
Africa.
His name: David Livingstone!
