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Maud Sisley Boyd[br]was the first woman missionary

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sent by the Seventh-day Adventist[br]Church’s Foreign Mission Board.

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Maud Sisley was born in 1851,[br]in Kent, England.

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After her father died,

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her family went to the United States

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where they learned about[br]the Adventist message.

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A visit by James and Ellen White[br]convinced them

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to relocate to church headquarters[br]at Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Maud was an Adventist member[br]for 10 years

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when she was called to serve[br]as a missionary.

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In 1877, she left for Europe

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where she eventually served[br]in Switzerland and England.

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After several years in Europe,

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Maud returned to the United States

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in time to attend

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the second annual session[br]of the General Sabbath School Association

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held in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Here she met another participant,[br]the widower Charles L. Boyd.

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The couple wed in 1879[br]and had two daughters.

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The Boyds went as part of the first group[br]of Adventist missionaries

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to Cape Town, South Africa.

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Tragically, their youngest daughter, Ethel,[br]died at age three and a half in Africa.

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The family remained in Africa[br]for about four years

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before returning to the United States.

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