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William and Marjorie MacMillan- Nyman ’37, W ycliffe Bible Translators, P.O. Box 870, Glendale, Calif., on a brief furlough with home folks, tell of seven wonderful months working among the Aztecs, whose language they have mas tered to a degree where they can now converse with them. They have made a rough translation into the Aztec language of six or seven chapters of Mark. Some have shown a real interest in knowing more of the Bible, and Bill remarks that he spent about eight hours all told talk ing with Ingenio concerning the things of the Lord. Pray that they may have more fluency in the language and for the first draft of Mark. Briefettes Gladys MacKenzie ’45, sailed for West Africa in A pril and at this time is en gaged in language study. Since she is a R. N . she w ill be filling a needy post in the Lord’s service. The Bergen fam ily, Johnnie ’45, Violet, Bernie, Danny and Lou Ann are setting their faces toward the West; they w ill furlough with his mother at 4976 Trojan Ave., San Diego 15. Helen Bliss, secretary to Mr. Allder in the business office ’45-’48, now em ployed in San Jose, has enjoyed a brief visit with friends at B.I. Arthur Houk ’50, ’52, new pastor of the Bible Baptist Church, Morrison, 111., sponsored a two- week campaign under Del Fehsenfeld of Kansas City. Art said: “ In addition to souls saved, 33 people dedicated their lives to the Lord.” Marianne Sorensen (from Cuba where she worked this summer with the PM T group) told of souls saved. Playing the part of nurse for the group kept her busy and happy in the service of the Lord. Note thèse new addresses: Pvt. Ted Carter ’52, US 56225643, 15th Repl. Co., APO 201, c /o P.M ., San Fran cisco, Calif.; Clara Jeanne Hanson ’53, SA 4415911, Wave Bks. 702, NTC Great Lakes, 111. Pray for these that they may be a real testimony to the Lord. Bennett H. and Mrs. Williams ’27, A IM mission aries in the Belgian Congo these many years are home on furlough at 1517A Rock Glen, Glendale, Calif. Sympathies to Allison Selway-Arrowood ’38, 3870 Ingalls PL, Wheatridge, Colo., in the death, of her father shortly after her return to their home follow ing an emer gency visit caused by his sudden illness. The Saints are Marching Home Joel P. Soderberg, a former student of B iola serving one term in Africa under the A IM , beloved husband of Betty Lar son ’21, went in to see the K ing suddenly on the morning of August 4. He had been in failing health for more than a year and yet he was up and about until but a few moments before his death. He was active in the work of soul winning, and had served on the boards of the Church of the Open Door. Mrs. Soder berg lives at 4324 S. Budlong Ave., Los Angeles 37.
and says: “ Pray that we may be guided as to where to go touring . . . we are looking forward to that nomadic life when we live in our tent, preach and give out medicines in the villages where white folk are a great curiosity . . . W e often walk as much as 2 0 miles a day and have meetings as well, so this itiner ary work is physically tiring, but when we go at His bidding, with His message . . . we rejoice that we have this priv ilege of being co-laborers together with God.” Dr. Charles A. and Grace Pike-Roberts (’21, ’39), P.O. Box 1663, Kowloon, Hong Kong, mentioning among other things the goodness of God in sending to their aid Russ and Mrs. Killman ’49, for work among the young people. They state the extra work of the medical clinic, due to summer sicknesses, is running a full-time schedule. Gratitude is expressed for the aid of a British physician and an Am eri can nurse working three mornings weekly. A Christian woman-physician has applied for service with them ; salary is assured, but transportation expenses are lacking. Emmanuel Church is enjoying a larger attendance. Of their six children, all are engaged in some sphere for the spreading of the gospel. Daughter Janet, living in the Los Angeles area, has been saving her money to fly back to the land of her birth and is now visiting her parents. Joyce, in India, has been suffering from a liver infection, but is on the way to recovery. Letters from our missionaries often read like an up-to-date book of Acts! Fred Whale, arriving in Africa found his truck- coach Silver Bug had been lost in transit. Fred went to his station at Jos, and ar ranged a summer schedule which was very satisfactory. His heart is encour aged by the attitude and cooperation of his native helpers. Near-miracles occurred on his trip from the coast back to his station with the Silver Bug. Fred says: “ M y guardian angel worked overtime.” Grace and Marjorie Linda are in Glen dale, Calif., at 670 W . Lexington Dr. Duane and Mary Best-Owings ’35, SIM missionaries, Box 14, Kano, N. Nigeria, write encouragingly despite the interfer ence of a European who did not want their evangelical teaching. Mary has had 18 confessions of faith in her women’s class. One of these women went out and won three more women to Christ. An encouraging episode to any teacher! Another went to her pastor and had a legal marriage ceremony performed with the man with whom she had been living a long time. Their throe rh ldren are in the Gowans’ Home for Missionary Chil dren, Collingwood, Ont. Duane’s mother (at 63) suffered a heart attack March 21 and went to be with the Lord. These are trying ordeals in the lives of many misssionaries.
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“ I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye” (Psa. 32:8). Jack and Sally Hawthorne, former stu dents at B iola , are at home at 4223 Tele graph Ave., Oakland 9, Calif., on furlough. Prepared as they are for deputation work, they have colored 16 mm. movies and slides, colorful Bolivian Indian costumes and original flannelgraph ideas for the presentation of their work to Sunday school and young people’s groups. The past six years has brought in a harvest of souls of the Quechua Indians; more than 1 0 0 have been saved and the hearts of these new converts have been bur dened for the souls of their own people. Th ey say: “ W e have seen numbers of these humble Indian Christians set aside time from their busy lives of tilling the soil to make evangelistic trips through which other unreached parts of the large San Pedro district have been opened to the gospel.” The Hawthornes are look ing forward to a fruitful deputation work, meeting old friends and making new ones. Paul L. ’50, B.Th., and Marion Curry- Kirk ’49, San Pedro, Ixcatlan Oax. Mex., and their two little daughters are doing a good work as missionaries in Mexico under the W ycliffe Translators. Paul is a son of veteran missionary Orval J. Kirk T 8 , who labored under the SIM until ill health forced the return of this missionary f a m ily to the homeland. Here they ex hibited the zeal that was in their hearts and worked with the M igrant Mission in Central California. Greetings and farewell arrived from the Ekdahl fam ily, returning after fur lough with their daughters and many friends in the States. Olivette, en route to El Salvador where she w ill work with the CAM , is now in language study near Dallas, Tex. Mary and Muriel, nurses at Emanuel Hospital, residing at 3980 S.E. Francis St., Portland, should be ad vised of change of address of friends who are in correspondence with the Ekdahls. Their field address w ill be Casilla 201, Sucre, Bolivia, where they have served faithfully for many years. Dorothy Gruber ’39, Lohaghat, Almora JQist., India, has a keen interest in the salvation of the people of India among whom she has been laboring for many years. She relates, in World Conquest, the dangers of swollen streams, bandits on the road, tigers and poisonous snakes, restrictions on the work in some areas,
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