Mary C. Neal

Mary C. Neal was born and raised in a small community in Michigan. She and her siblings lived with their mother, Betty, who was a homemaker, and father, Bob, who was a general surgeon. Mary greatly admired her father and often tagged along when he made his rounds at the hospital. Mary and her family attended regular services at the local Presbyterian church. Mary was not engaged in her faith, she merely endured the boring weekly sermons.

Mary spent time with a missionary couple in Mexico who was reaching out to the people of an impoverished region. She helped with medical treatment and food distribution but was not initially engaged in the spiritual aspect of the mission. However, by the time she left the mission, she had seen the impact that God was having in the lives of the people. Mary went through several life-threatening ordeals...