Going for God

The incredible, faith-inspiring story of a waitress from the slums of London's East end who became a pioneer missionary in Portuguese Guinea, now Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.

Bessie Brierley attended missionary meetings conducted by Norman P. Grubb. "Mr. Grubb," she asked in a bold Cockney way, "is there any chance that a girl like me could become a missionary?" "Yes," he replied, "It is the Holy Spirit who makes missionaries."

For her first two years abroad she made her home with an African...