Ripple Effect
RIPPLE EFFECT: A family’s story of adventure and faith. My grandparents’ story begins when 17-year- old Archie McMillan leaves London to join a small mission in the jungles of Central India to share the gospel. It is a dangerous place to live, with snakes, malaria, flooded rivers and man-eating predators. His girlfriend, Grace, arrives and…
WRITTEN BY
Shirley Jamieson
About This Book
RIPPLE EFFECT: A family’s story of adventure and faith. My grandparents’ story begins when 17-year- old Archie McMillan leaves London to join a small mission in the jungles of Central India to share the gospel. It is a dangerous place to live, with snakes, malaria, flooded rivers and man-eating predators. His girlfriend, Grace, arrives and they are married in 1905. After medical training in London, Archie and Grace settle in the Indian plains. Archie builds a new mission station and runs a clinic as he tells the people about Jesus. Archie has an eventful Himalayan adventure trekking to a glacier. Later on, a traumatic journey nearly costs the lives of their children. In WW1 France, Archie joins the YMCA to support the Indian Labour Corps. The story shifts back to India, then to New Zealand and Fiji. Trials, joys, successes, laughter and faith flow though the story. God directs the family when there seems no way forward. Missions from South India to Nepal, and Fiji weave into the story, bringing their work up to date with what is happening now.
Email: shirley.jamieson.nz@gmail.com
Writer: Shirley Jamieson
About The Writer
Shirley Jamieson
SHIRLEY JAMIESON enjoys writing, gardening, animals, history and travel. She and her sister had seven trips overseas together. Shirley is a member of NZ Christian Writers and has won a number of places in their competitions. As she has partial sight, and is a member of the Blind Foundation, she uses screen enlargement software on her computer. She has two adult married children and a little granddaughter. Shirley's youngest daughter Janelle, whose story is in A Different Road died in April 2014. Shirley self-published her first book, Journey of Remembrance in 2009 and has now completed the manuscript of her third book, telling of the life of her missionary grandparents.
Photo: Shirley Jamieson
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