Carpenter, Myra

Myra Carpenter (known as Mollie) was a China Inland Mission (CIM) missionary in Sichuan, China. After having her first application turned down she was accepted for missionary training by the CIM in London in 1925. She left for China in October 1928 arriving in Yangzhou in December where she spent some time studying Mandarin. In April 1929 she began her journey to Sichuan where she was to spend most of her working life. From August 1930 she was based in Guangyuan near Paoning (Langchung) sometimes spending time at Sintientsi. Her time was occupied with learning the language, taking classes and meetings, and, when possible, travelling through the surrounding country evangelising.

Between 1933 and 1935 increasing unrest meant that Carpenter was evacuated from the Paoning area four times. She spent periods at Mienchow, Liangshan, Juxian, Chienkoh, Chongqing, and Tienkiang before settling in Tahsien (or Suiting) in November 1935. She remained there until she went on furlough between April 1936 and September 1938. On her return to China she spent some time in Shanghai before leaving in December 1938 for Tanishan near Paoning which she reached at Easter 1939.

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