She felt an increased sense of calling toward missions, and publicly declared during a missionary gathering in North England, “I’ll go anywhere God wants me to, whatever the cost.”

Further, the word *make is active. “Make this valley full of ditches.” We have to do something, and we have to do it actively. It may well be hard work. We may well get blistered hands. We’ll become thirsty, and we might get no thanks for our work. “Make this valley full of ditches.” With a renewed determination to become a missionary, Helen joined the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade (WEC) and spent several years living at the mission's headquarters. On one occasion she overheard herself being described as 'proud, always knowing better than others, unable to be told things or warned or criticised, difficult to live with.' (9) However, eventually, she was accepted as a member of the mission and following extensive preparations including a four-month crash course in French, and another four months studying tropical medicine, she departed for the Belgian Congo in 1953. Missionaries are sometimes called a rare breed. They leave home, integrate into a foreign culture and bring a foreign concept (the Gospel) to people who don’t know they need it. Indeed this isn’t normal living. Yet their lives are filled with the victories and disappointments we all share as Christians. Some face extreme hardship, and by their lives, encourage us all into a deeper walk with the Lord. One such person was Doctor Helen Roseveare.

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During her mission to Congo, Dr. Helen Roseveare was given a piece of advice that would prove valuable to her as a successful missionary: "If you can only show us Doctor Helen, you might as well go home. The people need to see Jesus." We know we are his ambassadors. We’ve been entrusted with the word of reconciliation and are called to tell others that Jesus died for their sins. And that is the certainty of what should be our present-tense activity. That’s what we’ve been sent to do. God has sent us out to tell others about Jesus. There should be an earnestness in our spirits.

In 1973, Helen returned to the UK for health reasons, settling in Northern Ireland. She traveled, wrote several books, and servedas a missionary advocate. In private, in our homes, that can be much more demanding. It’s what our closest family members think of us, not just the people who see us when we stand on the platform, that counts. When we are is on the platform, everybody may think we are marvelous! But it’s when we are at home with people who know us well that the true test comes. Am I, are you, really revealing the loveliness of the Lord Jesus? Through the brutal heartbreaking experience of rape, God met with me—with outstretched arms of love. It was an unbelievable experience: He was so utterly there, so totally understanding, his comfort was so complete—and suddenly I knew—I really knew that his love was unutterably sufficient. He did love me! He didunderstand! This time, she established a medical facility in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, which included a 250-bed hospital, maternity ward, leprosy centre and training college for doctors.Helen fixed her whole life on Christ, living out many of her quotes, viewing her sufferings as 'minor sacrifices in the light of the great sacrifice of Calvary, where Christ gave all for me'. Her life teaches us that to fix our eyes on Christ should not merely be a line in a hymn or an abstraction, but a precious calling giving freedom and peace in the midst of earthly pain. She would often describe vividly how she knew God's loving arms encircling her life despite, or perhaps because of, her sharing in Christ's sufferings. After completing her studies, Roseveare applied to WEC to be a medical missionary. In 1953, she went to the Congo, where she was assigned to the north-east provinces. [3] She built a combination hospital/ training center in Ibambi in the early 1950s, then relocated to Nebobongo, living in an old leprosy camp, where she built another hospital. After conflict with other staff at the hospital, she returned to England in 1958. [4] This was demonstrated in so many ways: for example, her work with WEC International; her support of Girl Crusaders’ Union (GCU); her worldwide ministry; and in her local church in Belfast.

As a mother to an energetic, bright young girl, I have been a long time fan of the Do Great Things For God series! This most recent release of Helen Roseveare is a fantastic addition to our beloved favorites of Betty Greene, Gladys Aylward and Fanny Crosby. These stories feature strong women of faith who serve as brave, insightful leaders and pioneers in a variety of professions that are unique and exciting to my daughter and I!

Living Fellowship". worldmissionbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21 . Retrieved 2016-12-09. This past summer at a camp for teenage girls, I was giving three Bible studies on the life of David. We studied together how David was anointed as the future king and how he proved himself in the battle against Goliath. We looked at all his faithfulness in so many different directions. And then, toward the end of his reign, we read the story of Bathsheba. God graciously sent Nathan to him, and David repented. As a result of that, we have Psalm 51, and we have all the encouragement for our own hearts that if we truly repent of sin, God will forgive us. Thank God for that, yes. But why was there failure? And so near the end?