Biography of Janet Brumby
I
lived in Forest Hill - London, England
with my parents and two younger sisters and grandfather.
I
went to a nearby primary
school and later to one of those just emerging comprehensive schools.
And by
studying hard I was able to progress into one of the higher streams
that sat
the General Certificate of Education.
From
there I went to
Cheshire County Teacher Training College, Alsager, near Crewe. Apart
from
qualifying as a Primary School teacher, college was very, very
important for
another reason.
There
was an active
Christian Union at the college. I went to all their meetings and
because of
their help I truly found the Lord Jesus Christ as my own personal
Saviour. And
it wasn’t long before I realized that Jesus had placed a call
on my life.
And
at the end of college I
attended the Keswick Convention for the promotion of personal,
practical and
Scriptural holiness.
A
hassle had been going on
inside of me. I believed God was calling me to the overseas mission
field but I
also wanted to marry a Christian husband.
Now not too many missionary ladies ended up being able to marry due to there being many more women than men on
I
stood up at Keswick to indicate
my willingness to go single to the mission field. Now there was a
little old
lady sitting next to me who turned out to be John’s mother!
The rest is
history!
A
year later John and I were
married at Holy Trinity Church, Sydenham.
We
started Bible College in
England but carried on in Australia.
And
not long after
John’s sister came. Then John’s parents came
too.
They
had received a distinct
call to the mission field - in their sixties.
They
were able to do the
overseas service while John and his sister maintained the base camp so
to
speak.
Meanwhile
I was teaching. And
I had steady opportunities to tell children about Jesus .
I
know there will be some in
heaven because of it.
We
also did five years
pastoral work and ran a Christian drop in center.
And it was the drop in center which was the beginning of Arke Ministries which became our Internet ministry where I post a daily Scripture message.
Janet Florence Brumby -
Member of the Rise Up Australia Party
And
I am hoping to expand
this into a blog ministry as well.
Even so Come Lord Jesus.
