Vignettes of Vivienne

Vivienne: ‘On Special Assignment’

‘I developed a fairly strong conviction that I would never marry but I did not rule it out. I never renounced marriage but I never sought it. Now I very…

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Vivienne: The Practical

‘One mission interviewer in the UK had grave doubts about my suitability for work where learning a language was essential. She had taken me to church and realized how unmusical…

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Vivienne: The Mentor

‘The Community Development Team at WCH referred to Vivienne as “teacher” – we were her students - she gave us “homework”. But despite the rather stilted terminology, I believe that…

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Vivienne: The Strategic Thinker

, ‘more than learning about being strategic, I am encouraged to seek to be true to Christ's call, intentional in investing the gifts and abilities that I have, and patient…

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Vivienne: Affably Accurate

‘Marmalade or Bible Study, there has always been a certain precision in Vivienne's approach to what is served up. Though, in saying that, one has to remark that appearance and…

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Vivienne: The Missiologist

‘To this day I can remember things Vivienne said during the course [Women in Islam} and through her writings. For example, she said that only Christian women could win Muslim…

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Vivienne: The Quick-Witted

‘Once Vivienne was traveling as a single foreign woman on a rural bus. She heard the passengers around her discussing who she was and what she was carrying in her…

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Vivienne: The Author

‘In compiling this book, in fact in all of my writings, I like to think of my friends of other faiths and of no faith, looking over my shoulder. I…

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Vivienne: The Missionary

‘I left the meeting knowing that God had called me to work abroad...‘From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded...’ (Luke 12:48). I knew God had given…

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Vivienne: The Career Woman

‘The next question was what career I should follow. I wanted to be a writer. I was to write articles and booklets but not to try to earn my living…

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