153 years ago today, the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board appointed Charlotte "Lottie" Moon as a missionary to China.
Moon would spend the next 40 years serving the Chinese people. Through her letters home, she encouraged churches to pray and send more missionaries. An annual Christmas offering now bears her name. Her life was a testimony of what a true follower of Christ should look like. Thank you Lottie for your service as a woman. You've set an excellent example of what it means to surrender to the cause of global missions.
P.S. Lottie Moon's grave is in Crewe, VA, an hour's drive from my farm.
