On February 19, 1812, Ann and Adoniram Judson sailed for India as missionaries commissioned by the Congregational Church (see post on February 6). Upon arriving in India, they asked the British Baptist William Ward to baptize them by immersion. Because of the political situation between England and the United States, Americans were unwelcome in India, so the Judsons traveled to Burma where evangelized to the Burmese. They began translating the Bible into the local language, wrote tracts and made friends. The picture above shows the house Judson’s lived in, drawn by Howard Malcom in
