I consider the late Amy Carmichael to be one of my mentor figures. She was a British missionary who went to India, served there about half a century, and never returned home.
She opened an orphanage in India and rescued many ceremonial child prostitutes from the Hindu temples. After she had served in this country for years, she experienced a fall which left her disabled. She continued to run the orphanage from her bed.
After Amy Carmichael died no headstone was erected, as she had forbidden it. To this day there is a bird bath over her grave bearing one word - Amma - which means "Mother." Amy's orphanage continues to minister to dozens of Indian children decades after her passing.
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