Mary Thurston Hedstrom has been married to her husband Dale for 28 years; they have seven children, whom she taught at home. Mary has been inspired by missionary stories for decades. She was delighted to discover her distant relative’s story in The Life and Times of Lucy Goodale Thurston, wife of Rev. Asa Thurston, Pioneer Missionary to the Sandwich Islands.
Lucy’s story fascinated Mary, but it was written in archaic Victorian English; Mary desired to give Lucy’s story a modern touch that would encourage and relate to the contemporary reader. She spent over a year researching books written by the pioneer missionaries to Hawaii and writing Lucy’s story.
Mary plans to continue writing about the life of Lucy Thurston in future books while she enjoys life with her family in rural Minnesota. Watch for future installments of Lucy’s story in December 2020!