The history of revival and the spread of the Gospel of Christ are filled with numerous stories of relatively unknown pioneers. This is the story of how one family left everything to travel to a small island at the direct leading of the Holy Spirit and how God moved upon the people of that community to receive the Gospel.
On July 7, 1904, James A. Ridgeway and Daisy (Bailey) Ridgeway were the proud parents of a fine baby boy, Noah Columbus Ridgeway. This was the second child born in this family–the second of two boys–five other children were born later.
W. Lane Thompson and Alice (Carlisle) Thompson became the proud parents of a baby girl,Willa Elzora, just eleven months and nineteen days later (June 26, 1905). She was the second child and the only girl in this home. A difficult life lay ahead of her. Her mother ...
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