Category: History

Opa says that this wire on Great Grandma’s property in CO,  is very old! It might be over a hundred years old (but I don’t remember).  It is slightly rusty, but Opa still takes some for projects when he visits. If it was Indiana, it would not even be a pile of rust!

A long time ago, before they started using twine to wrap bails of hay, they used wire. They just draped it over a post and then left it for the cows to have a back scratcher.

The answer is Eric Liddell! Good guessing (and finding my mistakes 🙂 )

Instead of a normal book report I decided to do “fifteen questions”.

Who am I thinking of?

1. He was born in China on January 16, 1902 .
2. During World War Two the Japanese ordered that there were to be no meetings of over ten people. so he wrote a sermon, invited nine people over and talked about it. then the nine people asked nine more people and they talked about it. and then the nine people asked nine more people and they talked about it. and then …
3. He helped the hospital at Li Mu Shi, China.
4. He and he taught school in China.
5. Got Married to Florence Mackenzie on March 27 1934.
6. He had three kids.
7. When he and his family were going to Canada the ship got hit by a U- boat torpedo but did not explode
8. Rode a bike to different villages in China to tell them about Jesus and to help bring wounded people .

Do you know who he is yet?

1. Took two men to the hospital on a small cart, on a bumpy road.
2. He died 21 February 1945 in a Japanese interment camp
3. He died because of a brain tumor.

Here are some easy ones.

1. He raced in the 1924 Olympics.
2. He won the gold medal for the 400 Meter dash!
3. He would not run on Sunday.
4. His nick name was “The Flying Scotsman”. Can you tell me why?

I’ll tell you who this person is in a few days.

When Amy was young she was taken out of school because her Dad’s mill was not making enough money. Then her Dad died so she had to help with her siblings while her Mom worked. She started a Bible study for “Shawlys”– women who worked in factories. She went to China to help the missionaries there. She decided not to wear European cloths on trips because it distracted from what she was saying about Jesus. She went to Japan to help there, then she got sick and had to go back to China. One of her friends had a stroke so she went back to see him. She traveled to India and rescued lots of girls from the temples and taught them about Jesus. She worked there for 55 years! She never went back to Europe before she died.