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i REV. AND MRS. ERIC E. SWA- DELL (nee LAURA PIM ), ’25, send us a fine report of their work at Arbuckle, California, where Eric is pastor of the First Baptist Church. Under the Lord the attendance at church has doubled in the past year, and many other blessings have come and more are expected. MR. AND MRS. A. L. FORDE have moved from Pico to Santa Monica, Cali fornia. Their new home was dedicated by a prayer meeting. Seven of those present were Biola graduates. Surely God will bless a home like this. MRS. FRANK A. BAKER (nee LIU- LAH ‘ KIRBY, ’23, E. S.) : “My husband and I are living this year at the boys’ dormitory of our Baptist Spanish Semi nary. I am trying with the Lord’s help to make a happy Christian home for the boys who are preparing for the ministry. Pray that we may have more boys called to do this special work for Him, for we have many mission churches very much in need of pastors and too few students preparing to fill these vacancies.” R. V. JOHNSON, ’23, has resigned his pastorate in the Methodist Church at Phoenix, Arizona. In order that he may proclaim the truth unhampered, he is con ducting services in a tabernacle. MARGARET DUSENBERY, ’25, is ' teaching school at Thermal, California. ALMA McLAIN, ’26, follows the same profession at Indio, as well as LOLA Mc- GLAUGHLIN, ’23, at Napa, California. STANLEY BOND,- ’22, has been heard from indirectly, as being at the Christian Bible College at Eugene, Ore gon. A good letter has been received from MRS. H E R M A N ECKBERG (nee PEARL JOHNSON, ’26), in which she tells of her happy marriage. “Two years ago God led me into very definite work for Him and the young people at our home church, and has blessed the feeble efforts put forth in His name in a mar velous way. We hope to continue that work now together and trust we shall see much fruit for the kingdom.” Mr. and Mrs. Eckberg are making their home at Boone, Iowa. MR. AND MRS. C. B. WHITWELL recently spoke to the young people of EARL MORGAN’ S (’22, P. G. ’24) church (Baptist) at Escondido and, on a later date, addressed the B.Y.P.U. Rally at Riverside, which was held at the First Baptist Church, of which DR. W. W. CATHERWOOD is pastor. MR. AND MRS. B. H. STOKELY (nee EDITH MENZER, T4) are doing a fine work as Directors of Young People’s Work at the First Baptist Church in Riverside. MRS. ETHEL M. LAGAR, ’20, is working in a small Baptist church in Los Angeles,
A. J. ANDERSON, San Marcos, Gua temala, writes: “My last trip was one of nearly 2S0 miles afoot with my Indian companion, visiting nearly 25 different places (including homes .of some believ ers who lived at a distance from the towns) taking the Gospel, our pack-mule (which the Lord gave us in answer to prayer) carrying our supplies of Bibles, literature, food and blankets. We saw on every hand increased interest over any former trip, and this encourages us to look for a rich harvest in the near future.” —o—: A Nut Feast “There shall be showers of blessing” could well have been sung by students and employees of Biola as Christmas ap proached. A letter was received from a good husband and wife, graduates of the Institute, who have a walnut ranch, say ing it was laid on their hearts to supply “every student, faculty, business office, and employee in the buildings” with a pound sack of walnuts. Now, think a moment. Six hundred forty-two was the number named. Do you think that that discouraged them? No, indeed! A few days before Christmas, these friends arrived at the Institute with six hundred fifty (Scripture measure, of course) individual bags of the choicest brand of walnuts. These were later dis tributed amidst cordial thanks and good wishes for our thoughtful and generous Alumni friends whose “ears might well have tingled” at the happy references made to them. — o — In the Homeland G. M. BAERGEN, ’21, favors us with a bit of news about himself: “Have been Pastor of the Christian Fundamental Church of Wibaux, Montana, for four years. The Lord has richly blessed all the efforts put forth. In order to fur ther our school work we have changed location and moved to Dallas, Oregon, where I am pastor of the Zion Mennonite Church. I plan to attend the State Nor mal beginning January 2, 1930. We have met here, as we have left in Montana, a good group of Christian people to work with. We covet your prayers.” The Second Baptist Church of Bakers field, California, has recently dedicated its new $40,000 building. At the dedication services a goodly number of young peo ple consecrated their lives to Christian work. JOSEPH D. PAGE, ’18, is the pastor. REV. ROBERT GENTER, ’29, pas tor of the First Baptist Church of Inde pendence, Oregon, writing to ERNEST STUCHBERY, says that he is hard at work in his new field. A number of his young people are looking forward to training at the Bible Institute for Chris tian service. Pray for Brother Genter as he labors in a difficult territory.
From Far Fields MRS. F. H. McKENRICK (nee Betty Pierson, ’14) planned to sail for Africa in January, returning to Kenya Colony under the Africa Inland Mission. MR. McKENRICK has been supplying a church in McAllisterville, Pennsylvania. Mrs. McKenrick was able to visit her fa ther and mother in California before leaving. Their field address will be Githumu, M. S., Thika Post Office, Kenya Colony, East Africa. ERNEST RICHARDSON, a former student and native of Hawaii, is now at Koloa, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, where he is being greatly blessed in preaching the Gospel. He has been ordained and is in charge of three churches, and two preaching stations. According to newspaper reports, DOR OTHY CAMPBELL, ’26, and her mother and sister, have gone through encounters with Chinese brigands within the last few months. All are connected with the Amer ican Baptist Foreign Missions at Swatow, Kwangtung Province. They were first kidnaped and held for ransom by ban dits. Some time after their release, they were witnesses to the attack by Chinese pirates on the British Steamship Haiching, in which it was believed sixty Chinese pas sengers were drowned, twelve persons killed, and forty or more wounded. The three women were asleep in their cabin when the pirates attempted to seize the ship. All three were rescued. MRS. CAMPBELL and MISS LOUISE were accompanying DOROTHY to Hong kong, where she ^sailed for the United States, while they returned to Swatow. LOIS and JÁCK WILSON, ’22, En carnación, Paraguay, report a most in teresting trip up one of the large rivers. They were able to hold sixteen meetings and to encourage believers whom they met in the course of the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson look forward to their fur lough, although, when their letter was written, there was no one to relieve them. They are with the Inland South America Missionary Union. NAOMI OLSON, a student in Í924, is with the Swedish Free Mission Board in the Belgian Congo, serving as a nurse in this great field. HENRY MITCHELL, ’17, of The Nile Bovt Mission, Kous, Egypt, is very faithful in sending us his circular letter from time to time. These letters are always interesting and invariably tell of God’s grace and mercy to the people of that far-off land. “There are many diffi culties, but we are confident that ‘more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams, of.’ ” Born to MR. AND MRS. ALVIN D. OYER (nee IRENE HAMLOW ), ’27, a daughter, ESTHER GRACE, on Novem ber 3. Mr. and Mrs. Oyer are with the Kakaako Mission, Honolulu.
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