Amy Carmichael

Amy Carmichael: A Girl Who Prayed for Blue Eyes

Amy Carmichael was born on December 16, 1867, in Millisle, County Down, Ireland. She grew up in a loving Christian home.

As a little girl, Amy had brown eyes. She wished they were blue. She prayed and prayed for God to change them — but He didn’t.

Years later, Amy would understand why.

When she was a teenager, she began helping poor factory girls in Belfast who worked long hours in dangerous conditions. She started a ministry called the “Welcome Hall,” offering friendship, Bible teaching, and practical help.

Amy felt called to be a missionary. After a short and difficult attempt to serve in Japan (cut short by illness), she believed God was leading her somewhere else.

India.

And those brown eyes she once wished away would become very important.

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