EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; TSAI SU JUAN (CHRISTIANA TSAI) P/96

 

In this story I will focus on a woman named Tsai Su Juan or Christiana Tsai. She lived from 1890 - 1984. Christiana was the daughter of a vice-governor in Jiangxu, China. She was a well cared for child, growing up in luxury and wealth. However, she was still an unhappy girl, and considered becoming a Buddhist nun, to practice a life of self-denial.

Christiana's fascination with the English language helped her become enrolled in a missionary school, but she was determined only to study and learn, and to close her heart and mind off to the gospel. When a visiting preacher came and spoke on "Christ, the Light of the world," she was deeply touched and came to faith in Christ.

Her family was enraged by her conversion, and greatly pressured her to turn from the faith of "the foreign devils," (a term used to designate white skin colour, associated with ghosts) but the inner peace of God flooded her life with inexpressible joy. Her family resorted to removing her from the school, and mocked her faith,  but she grew in reading God's Word, and prayer, knowing the love of Christ in a deep way.