Why did they call lillian trasher mother of the nile?

November 30th, Early in her life she put her faith in Jesus Christ and determined to live for Him, moving from her Roman Catholicism to a Pentecostal-Holiness tradition. She attended Bible college for a term, worked in an orphanage under the supervision of Miss Mattie Perry in North Carolina, and was soon engaged to a young and well-respected pastor, Tom Jordan.

Shortly before their marriage, however, Lillian sensed a call from God to become a missionary, something Tom had not planned to do. They parted ways ten days before the wedding. Within a few short weeks after her arrival, Lillian went to pray for a dying young mother. The grandmother planned to throw the infant into the Nile, but Lillian asked to raise the babe as her own instead.

Volunteers came to help, building dorms, kitchens, teaching school, and sewing garments. Lillian planted crops, so that the children could eat their own healthy produce, started a Jersey dairy farm to provide fresh milk, and raised meat for the tables. Every year, she took in more children. During the uprisings in the s, Lillian stayed while most other missionaries returned to their homelands for safety.

Despite these hardships and the deprivations of war, the orphans survived under her care.

She kept her word. And God

By the s, the orphanage included sixteen buildings on nine acres, with dormitories, a hospital wing, a chapel, schools, nurseries, a bakery, gardens, sewing rooms, carpentry workshops, and other facilities designed to teach orphans trade skills to enhance their classical educations. Lillian continued to work, without a furlough, until she died in That year, the orphanage was home to some 1, children, although more than 6, children had been cared for since its beginning.

She had held out her arms and mothered children for more than fifty years in Egypt, offering peace to each life.