came to America in 1915 as a part of the personnel for the China exhibit at the Panama Pacific International Ex hibition in San Francisco. Soon after his arrival in America, he was converted in a street meeting held by the Golden Gate Christian Endeavor Union. Then he was led to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles for training. Following his ordi nation as a Baptist minister, John re turned to Shanghai and established the Grace Light Mission. Plans have been under way for John to return to Amer ica for a visit among his friends, but as he suffered a fracture of his collar bone in- a recent accident, his trip has been postponed indefinitely. Pray for him and his family, who suffered great losses in the war. George and Grace Pietsch-Tobelmann, Seldovia, Alaska, are praising God for His help in the serious illness of their little Janet-Marie, and for the wisdom given the nurse, the only medical ad viser available for Grace when she was suffering from an abscessed ear. This proved to be a very serious infection. With no physician within 150 miles, the nurse herself administered penicillin, which, with prayer, worked wonders! This Alaskan work is hard, and at times discouraging, and prayer is sought. Mathilda Wall ’42, working under the Mennonite Brethren Missionary Society at Kafumba via Kikwit, Congo Beige, W. C. Africa, testifies of the inner peace that came from yielding her life completely t o ' the service of the Lord. She bade farewell to her family at Or- land, Calif., and to Biola friends, in May of ’47. She has charge of 12 orphans, and the care o f many sick people, as she is the only registered nurse at her sta tion. She asks prayer that some capable person may come to take over the or phanage as her responsibilities at the hospital are tremendous.
and Mohammed, and who drink almost no water during the fast month of Ramadan (the ninth month). One Mos lem woman declared: “ Every drop of water which I do not drink this month will be mine in hell to cool my parched tongue!” Pray for all our missionaries who labor among such fanatical and superstitious people. Eldon ’38 and Opal Sherier-Johnson 37, refreshed in spirit, soul and body as a result of their much needed fur lough, have been doing deputation work in the interests of the Bolivian Indian Mission before their return to the field. Apologies to John E. and Willabell Bigelow-Kullberg for the incorrect an nouncement that they were moving to Wheaton to continue their education. Willabell and her husband are both col lege graduates. He is serving on the faculty of W h ea ton Academy. She writes: “ We are very happy in the work here. My husband, being both a teacher and an ordained minister, finds the Academy a wonderful place to combine both professions. We are thankful to God for leading us here.” Jitsuo Morikawa ’33, called in 1943• to serve as acting pastor in the First Bap tist Church, Caucasian, located at 935 E. 50th Street, Chicago, 111., has now been called to the full pastorship. Jitsuo received his degree of Master of Theol ogy in 1940 from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Orinoco Outlook, official organ of the Orinoco River Mission, has a host of Family Circle members who have writ ten a brief word concerning the work in which they are engaged in this needy field. Among them are Charles and Mary Olvey ’36, Donald D. and Faith Turner ’21, Minnie Lewis ’35, Lelia Bascom ’40, Marjbrie Thompson ’40, Florence Turner ’30 and Fay Johnson and Virginia Ro bey, both of the class of ’46. They have used the following captions for their short letters to describe the missionary’s message: costly, fascinating, challeng ing, successful, recompensory; although not easy, it is varied, necessary, satis fying, gratifying, interesting, worth while and welcome! These adjectives furnished by these earnest and conse crated missionaries graphically describe the various phases of their work in Venezuela. The watchword is “ Pray!” Births To Arnold and Dorothy Schmidt-Wall, both o f the class of ’44, a son, Eldon Lee, Aug 27th, ’47, at 415 W. 113th St., Los Angeles. • To Robert S. and Louise Ryan-Swoboda, ’43, a son, Timothy Rob ert, May 29th, ’47, at Cottonwood, Ariz., Box 211. • To Edward J. ’40 and Mrs. Stubbs (Milner Richard, former stu dent), a daughter, Annette Louise, Nov. 24th, ’47, at Bandon, Ore., where Eddie is pastor of the First Baptist Church, o To Roy V. ’40 and Mrs. Nelson (Grace Updike ’41), a daughter, Shirley Eliza beth, Oct. 21st, ’47, at the Good Samari tan Hospital, Los Angeles. The home ad- ^~ess of this happy family is at 410 E. lOUi St., Lancaster, Calif. T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suf fering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death fo r every man ” (Heb. 2 :9 ). C. J. ‘38 and Mrs. Kopp, Luampa, N. Rhodesia, reside in a very beautiful part of A frica filled with lovely trees and singing birds of gorgeous plumage. They have their own garden, which produces about the same varieties of vegetables and fruits as in the homeland, although they are beset by many destructive pests. The Kopps have two little sons, Tom and Tim. Their -large house is built o f mud and grass. The hard mud floor is cov ered with a little tar which keeps away some of the insects. The thatched roof abounds in lizards, mice, ants and small snakes. Their water, carried from the river, must be boiled, as the cows bathe and drink, and the natives swim and wash their clothes in the same water hole. The Kopps are busy teaching and preaching, organizing teams of men by two’s, and women by three’s, who go out and hold gospel meetings. All the natives of that section are very musical. There is much need of prayer for this work. Eddie Wagner ‘44 has been engaged in a blessed and fruitful campaign at Imperial Beach, Calif., where there were 106 conversions, of which two were Mor mons, and a reconsecration of 35 lives to the Lord. The most outstanding con version was that of a young man of twenty years, a hardened sinner. Fifteen families ^established family altars in their homes. The first night following the revival, $1,000.00 was raised to build a Bible-centered evangelistic church in this neglected area which is without a real testimony to the Lord. John Yong, Box 1656, Shanghai, China, Page Fourteen
Grace Yancv ¡with group of children in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Grace Yancy ’31, 111 Chauncey St., Brooklyn 33, New York, writes o f an interesting work in which she is engaged in the slums of Brooklyn, where the mission with which she is connected is working. In addition to the classes Grace is teaching, there is profitable, soul winning visitation in homes in the dis trict. Linda Kasper, former Biola student, who works among the Moslems in Ni geria, tells of the spiritual blindness of these misguided but very religious peo ple who pray five times daily to Allah
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