Loving Jesus, Loving Kids
By Angela Chandler,
Communications Department
Loving Jesus,
Loving Kids
By David E. Dick,
VP-at-Large,
One Mission Society
When a child is brought up
in a home with God-fearing
parents who pastor a church,
host missionaries, and raise
their children to love Jesus,
it comes as no surprise
that several of those
children would end up
serving Christ in some
manner. Esther Cann
grew up in this atmosphere, and when she
was young, she heard
the call of the Lord in her
life. As a result, Esther has
served on the mission field
for years.
When she began learning about
missions, she imagined that all single mis-
sionary women must be nurses in Africa.
So in her mind, that was probably what she was supposed
to do. God had different plans though,
and during a pivotal
two-week trip to
Peru, Esther’s call
to minister crossculturally rang loud
and clear.
She would never
have believed when
she said “yes” to
go that she would
serve for more than 25
years in three countries to
educate elementary-aged children from places such as the Philippines,
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