Adoniram and his wife, Ann, left their homes and their family to spread the gospel to an unreached people group.
Ann and Adoniram, suffered through many other trials while serving as missionaries. Judson wrote in his journal that Ann suffered hardships and died; but, she died “for the sake of Him who left His heavenly home.”
Judson lost 2 wives and 6 of 13 children on the mission field. Judson’s first wife, Ann, had 3 pregnancies: the first ended in a miscarriage while moving from India to Burma; her second child, Roger, was born in 1815 and died at 8 months of age; her third child, Maria, lived only 6 months after Ann died in 1826 of smallpox.
Ultimately, their sacrifice was worth it. While Judson only had 18 converts after the first 12 years of ministry, when he died, he left 100 churches and over 8,000 believers.
Today we can see the fruit of his work since there are 2.5 million evangelical Christians in Burma (modern day Myanmar) today.
