Post by Julie Zeck on Aug 31, 2008 17:24:16 GMT -5
Ok, I am going to finish my rant on Lillian Trasher. I stopped abruptly as I had an interruption. Anyhow, as I said I was intrigued by Ms. Trasher as she was the only female listed with the males and I wanted to know how she achieved that prominance.
Lillian Trasher was born 09-27-1887 in in Florida and grew up in Georgia. She was raised Roman Catholic (imagine that!) and in her teens, through Bible studies at a friend's house, made a personal comitment to Christ. As a young girl she knelt by a log in the woods one day and prayed that if she could ever do anyhting for the Lord, He should just let her know. Ms. Trasher attended Bible college and then worked at an orphanage in North Carolina. She received the infilling of the Holy Spirit in South Carolina and pastored a Pentecostal church.
Lillian was only ten days away from her wedding date when she broke her engagement to Tom Jordan. She felt a call to Africa, he didn't and in that same year in 1910 she defied her family's wishes and sailed to Africa with less thean 100 dollars in her pocket. Arriving in Egypt, she had little idea what exactly she should. A dying Egyptian mother gave her baby to Lillian to care for. Mrs. Trasher rented a home in the city of Assiout and that was the beginning of the Lillian Trasher Orphanage.
In 1912 the Church of God of Cleveland, Tennessee ordained Lillian and by 1916 her orphanage family had frown to 50 children. When she returned to the States in 1919 and saw the financial and prayer support to be found in the Assemblies of God, Trasher joined the very missions-minded new organization. She worked for 25 years without a furlough.
By the time of her death in 1961, the Lillian Trasher Orphanage had grown to some 1200 children. Today, the institution is entirely the responsibility of the Assemblies of God of Egypt, with some 85% of its dauky needs being met by denominations from the Presbyterian churches of Egypt, the Soul Salvation Society, and other Egyptian church bodies.
"Mama" Lillian lies buried in a simple Egyptian tomb several miles outside the city of Assiout.
I think Lillian would have been a terrific mentor. I also believe that she is a classic example of an ordinary woman in the hands of an extraordinary God.
Lillian Trasher was born 09-27-1887 in in Florida and grew up in Georgia. She was raised Roman Catholic (imagine that!) and in her teens, through Bible studies at a friend's house, made a personal comitment to Christ. As a young girl she knelt by a log in the woods one day and prayed that if she could ever do anyhting for the Lord, He should just let her know. Ms. Trasher attended Bible college and then worked at an orphanage in North Carolina. She received the infilling of the Holy Spirit in South Carolina and pastored a Pentecostal church.
Lillian was only ten days away from her wedding date when she broke her engagement to Tom Jordan. She felt a call to Africa, he didn't and in that same year in 1910 she defied her family's wishes and sailed to Africa with less thean 100 dollars in her pocket. Arriving in Egypt, she had little idea what exactly she should. A dying Egyptian mother gave her baby to Lillian to care for. Mrs. Trasher rented a home in the city of Assiout and that was the beginning of the Lillian Trasher Orphanage.
In 1912 the Church of God of Cleveland, Tennessee ordained Lillian and by 1916 her orphanage family had frown to 50 children. When she returned to the States in 1919 and saw the financial and prayer support to be found in the Assemblies of God, Trasher joined the very missions-minded new organization. She worked for 25 years without a furlough.
By the time of her death in 1961, the Lillian Trasher Orphanage had grown to some 1200 children. Today, the institution is entirely the responsibility of the Assemblies of God of Egypt, with some 85% of its dauky needs being met by denominations from the Presbyterian churches of Egypt, the Soul Salvation Society, and other Egyptian church bodies.
"Mama" Lillian lies buried in a simple Egyptian tomb several miles outside the city of Assiout.
I think Lillian would have been a terrific mentor. I also believe that she is a classic example of an ordinary woman in the hands of an extraordinary God.