If this is a real work for God it is a real conflict with Satan.

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.

There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him

The hardest part of a missionary career is to maintain regular, prayerful Bible study. Satan will always find you something to do, when you ought to be occupied about that - if it is only arranging a window blind!

I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray, I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child, and trust.

I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me.