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Florence Turner ’30 P. G. ’32, work ing under the Orinoco River Mission - in Cumana, Venez., writes that she is delighted to have two Jewish women in her English classes, a mother and her daughter, both doctors. The father was a rabbi in Germany. In another class Florence has the president of the Catholic w o m e n ’ s organization of Cumana. Beverly Pegg ’33, serving the Lord in Kano, Africa, says that great num bers of the Hausa people have been sent with Nigerian troops to Burma, and it is interesting to note the num bers of these men who have sent home for Hausa Bibles. Beverly is working in a land of spiritual need and hardness of heart, but she is em phatic in stating her belief that God is able to break down every barrier tha t. obstructs the ministry of the Gospel. John W. ’33 and Mrs. Kopp (Doro thy Drake ’33) write from Yakima, Wash., to express their thanks to God for answering the prayers of class mates and' friends. John has had some remarkable experiences as a chaplain in the USNR for three and a half years. During the first six months of 1945 he read the Bible through and memorized the first eight chapters of Romans. For all of that time he was stationed on the island of Attu. Herbert W. ’26 and Mrs. Cessel write from Jalapa, G u a t e m a l a , that “Fuego,” one of the thirty-three vol canoes in Guatemala,-; has been in eruption for some weeks. On clear days clouds of smoke may be seen belching forth from the volcano as streams of lava flow from its gaping top. At night it is most impressive. One of the most promising gradu ates of the Central American Bible In stitute, with which Herbert is af filiated, will soon be serving some 50,- 000 people living near "Moyuta,” a n -. other active volcano near Jutiapa where the Cassels were stationed when they first went to the field. The predominant note of their letter is a call to pray for their work. Tordis Christoffersen ’29 has at last reached Paris where her work among the Jews was interrupted during World War II. She finds destitution and despair everywhere. T h e European Harvest Field states that she has re ceived from friends in America sev eral bundles of greatly needed cloth ing. There are 100,000 Jews in France and the poverty among them is ap palling. Refugees from Poland and Germany are moving to Paris. The housing situation there is desperate. A Russian lady, known to Tordis in America, has a small house in the suburbs of the city and has given Tordis a small room in the attic. Her address is now 3 rue George Sorel, Bo u 1o g n e-sur-Seine, Paris, France, care of Miss N. Yasnovsky.
were connected with the Institute from its inception. His twin brother, Don, who is now in Chicago with his fam ily awaiting passage to India, also taught in the Institute for a year of his furlough. Gladys Helen MacKenzie ’45, an ac cepted candidate for China under the International Christian Leper Mission, Inc., is now in further medical train ing in the University of Washington at Seattle and working part time in the Doctor’s Hospital. Gladys gradu ated from St. Luke’s Nurses Training School, Bellingham, Wash., and has further been employed as a nurse in several hospitals in Denver, Col., We natchee, Wash., Honolulu, and in Los Angeles at the Children’s Hospital. In a recent letter she wrote: “The last four years I have had the opportunity of attending the Bible Institute of Los Angeles where I have come to know the Lord Jesus Christ in a real and intimate way. When it is His will, I am ready to go to take the Glad Tid ings to those waiting ones in China, alleviating them of their spiritual suf fering as well as their physical pain.” Hugh P. Andrews, former student, and enrolled in the 1945 Bible Sum mer School, is serving as interim pas tor at Coalinga, Calif. Mrs. Andrews is secretary of the First ' Baptist Church of Spokane, Wash. Their son, Mark Spurgeon, is the student pastor of a church in Dayton, Ore. Mark and his wife are both registered at Lin- field College, McMinnville, Ore., in preparation for Christian service as the Lord may lead. Don and Mrs. Turner (Faith Hol lingsworth ’21), of the Las Delicias Bi ble Institute in Caripe, Venez., write: “The Lord has provided, through one of His faithful children, funds to be gin a four-room cottage to be used as a rest homexfor missionaries. Here they can get out of the heat, malaria and strain of their regular station life into the cool mountain air, and also obtain vegetables and fruits which are lacking in their regular diet. T— rooms and a bath will be erected im mediately.” Prayer is asked that funds and materials may be obtain able to finish the other two rooms soon. The letter further states that six of the Bible Institute’s young peo ple have heard the call of the Lord to give themselves as workers among the Indians in the upper Orinoco Riv er district. The Turners’ daughter, Joy» is associated in this work and adds: “Rejoice with us over a new tractor and that the foundation for the women’s new dormitory is well on its way to being built.” Alvin ’36 and Mrs. Lewis (Minnie Wallace ’35), with their two children, Nita and Ruthie, arrived recently in the' States. After a brief stopover in Los Angeles they went to -Santa Bar-
C. Richard Hillis Returns to China Dick Hillis ’32 Director of the Prac tical Work Department of Biola for the past three years, recently received notice from the China Inland Mission board, under which he served in China until the outbreak of the war, to re turn to his former field of service. A farewell was given for him by faculty and student body of the Bible Institute in the Church of the Open Door auditorium Thursday, November 15, with Deem Sutherland presiding. Parting messages of appreciation and good wishes were given by Dr. Paul Bauman, Vice President of Biola, and the presidents of the leading organi sations of the Institute: the King’s Daughters, Biola Men, the Student Missionary Union and the Associated Student Body. Dick’s response to these felicitations was built around the two words, “Trust” and “Obey.” While on an extended furlough, Dick has been outstandingly success ful in his leadership of high school young people on the Pacific Coast in
Rev. C. R. Hillis his representation of Biola and the Youth for Christ movement. Also, for the past two years he has served as teacher of the Missions course on the Biola faculty. For the present, Mrs. Hillis (Marga ret Humphrey ’32) and their four chil dren will remain in America. We quote from Dick’s farewell mes sage: “The work before me will be to go into the liberated areas of China to visit the Christians, to strengthen and encourage them, and to make a survey of the conditions of the Church there. . . Much of the province of Honan is seething with unrest due to the difficulties between Communists and National troops. Thus the work will be not only hard, but dangerous. I covet your consistent prayers for spiritual grace and strength to be a true ambassador of the Court of Heaven.” Dick’s parents and grandparents
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