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Book by Schaeffer, Edith
About the Author
Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer (née Seville) (born November 3, 1914) is a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests. She is the widow of Francis Schaeffer and the mother of author Frank Schaeffer. Schaeffer was born in Wenzhou, China, the fourth child of George and Jessie Seville, missionaries who were serving in China with the China Inland Mission. In addition to her English name, her parents gave her the Chinese name Mei Fuh, meaning "beautiful happiness". Schaeffer attended Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was there that she met Francis Schaeffer and they were married in 1935. They had four children: Priscilla, Susan, Deborah and Frank. They were sent in 1948 to Switzerland by the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. In 1955 they began L'Abri, a community that welcomed people who were seeking intellectually…
