Ann Judson was born on December 22nd, 1789, to a family of seven. She was the youngest of five, with one brother and three sisters named John, Rebecca, Abigail, and Mary respectfully. Throughout her life, her family never constantly attended a church and did not have any imposed religion within their home. Ann has lived most of her life focused on outward and earthly gains until Christianity became ?big? in America. Around the time when Ann was sixteen, the idea of Christianity was growing in following, just not with the younger crowd. Despite the common ???, Ann felt a call toward the Lord. She had felt that if she followed her desire though, she would be made fun of and not accepted. According to her diaries that have been discovered, her dilemma continued on for quite some time until she made the decision and devoted her life to Christ in 1806. …show more content…
She then began to focus on her faith, growing and maturing in the Lord as she began to learn things about herself and her desires that she never knew before. At the age of 17, Ann began to teach others, her aim being bringing in new converts. She began to feel the want and the need to travel to undesirable places where the gospel had never reached before; it was put on her heart. Ann then decided that the calling was real, soon setting out to fulfill God’s plan. Around the same time, Ann’s future husband, Adoniram was lobbing with a group of his friends over the topic of establishing a missions agency. He had been converted to Christianity in ways similar to Ann, also desiring for overseas missions. Adoniram was adamant about reaching the lost in other areas, working until he and his group were able to volunteer and achieve the right to pursue their mission dreams. Ann had heard of his actions and was interested. Eventually, Ann and Adoniram met and it led to their eventual marriage on February 5th,