When Jim and Lil Dickson arrived in Taiwan (then Formosa) in 1927, there was one unreached tribe of headhunters in the mountains know as the Tyal. Chi-oang, an elderly woman, was the first convert. Some objected to enrolling her in Bible school. What could this old woman do? But she persisted. The Japanese ruled the island from 1895 until 1945. But the elusive Tyal remained impervious to all attempts at Japanese control. Missionaries were forbidden to visit the Tyals and when Chi-oang began to travel with the gospel to her own people, they did everything they could to stop her, confiscating Bibles, and arresting those who listened to her. The missionaries were forced out at the start of WWII, but when they returned in 1946, they discovered 4,000 Tyal believers! When asked, “Who brought you the gospel?” they answered, “Chi-oang!” Young people had carried “the helpless old woman” from village to village with the good news of the Savior’s love.
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