We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don't wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has.
― Amy Carmichael (16 December 1867 – 18 January 1951, Christian [1] missionary [2] in India, who opened an orphanage [3] and founded a mission in Dohnavur [4], serving in India for 55 years without furlough [5], writing many books about the missionary work there.
Links:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furlough