Dwight Lyman Moody was born February 5, 1837 in Northfield Massachusetts. He was born into a joint family of Edwin and Betsy Moody. Sadly, his father died when Moody was only 4 years old, leaving his mother to raise the family alone and with occasional support from the Unitarian church. As a child, Moody was only able to "experience" baptism once when a Unitarian pastor offered to renew it. Even though his mother belonged to the church, she never persuaded him to read the Bible unless they attended Sunday School. Moody would not be able to fully experience the glory of God until much later. Since the death of Edwin (Moody's father), it has never been easy for Betsy (Moody's mother) to support the family. Because of this, the highest level of education Moody ever managed to achieve was a fifth grade education. At the age of 17, Moody left his mother's home and found a way to fit into society. He moved to Boston where he became an apprentice in his uncle's shoe store (Holton's Shoe Store). Because Moody was now in the care of his uncle, he was forced to attend Sunday school as he had as a child. The only difference was that Moody was now more involved and attentive. At age 18, Moody became a Christian thanks to Edward Kimball, a Congressional Sunday school teacher he met. After Moody became a Christian, he decided to move to Chicago where he would become another apprentice in a shoe shop (Wiswall Brothers) where he could pursue his goal of 100,000 fortunes. Although selling shoes was Moody's current occupation, after becoming a Christian, he became passionate about the art of preaching the gospel. In addition to joining missionary bands and prayer revivals, Moody's first ever sign... middle of paper.... ..wanted Moody to light a spark in us too. Moody was so passionate about the Lord and I think we need to appreciate Moody and go out and share with others. Nowadays they may not be as accepting as they were in the 19th century, but as a Christian that should never stop you from trying. While this is not unimportant, I think we have also studied our individuals to show that there is so much more to a person than the book can ever describe to us. I would have thought of Moody simply as an evangelist who created the Student Volunteer Movement if I hadn't chosen him as my person. After doing some research, I was amazed to see all these things that Moody had done besides movement. In the end, I think the main point was to learn that we are more than just one person and that if we put our minds and hearts into it, we can impact the world around us, just like Dwight Lyman Moody..