“ London was beautiful with spring flowers. We saw some bombed buildings and could not help but realize how much nearer the war was, and how little we had suffered, in comparison . . . Every stop I could pinch myself and try to realize where I was. Almost all the way to London we flew above the clouds (in a 42-passenger C o n s t e l l a t i o n type plane); it was wonderful to be up there thinking of the time when we will all meet the Lord in the air. From London on we flew lower (in a 15-passenger plane), and were able to see much more; it was thrilling to look below and see the English Channel, France, the Medi terranean, etc. Malta is the most pic turesque place you can imagine . . . we were able to make a short trip out to see the Pyramids, arriving just before dark. There are quite a few cars in Cairo which drive mostly with their horns, among the trams, carts, donkeys and people. “ Almost all the missionaries here met us about noon on the 10th; they made us feel very welcome. I was surprised when we reached the home here, for it is so nice and we have many of the con veniences of home. It is very hot and we sleep out under the stars . . . our immediate neighbors are Armenians with whom we have a Sunday School. I have begun my study of Arabic; it is so hard —pray for me that I may soon be able to witness for Christ among these peo ple, most of whom seem to be Muslims. Everything is so different here it just is not possible to get down on paper the words I would like.to use. Your prayers will mean much to me . . . there are many opportunities for service now.” Phyllis’ address is: Box 220, Khar toum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, East Africa. Biola Babies To Herbert ’42, B.Th. ’44, and Mrs. Bess (Ruth Downs ’42), a daughter, Charlene Ruth, March 11th, 1948, at 3221 Garfield, Alameda, Calif. • To Harold ’34 and Edith Johanson, a daughter, Carol Ann, Sept. 14th, 1947, at Cottonwood, Calif. • To Wm. H. and Mrs. O’Connor (Jennie Pederson ’35), 676 S. Findlay Ave., Los Angeles 22, a daughter, Gayle Lenore, Jan. 16th. Gayle was born at the Beverly Hospital where Jennie nursed for 4% years. • To Eddie ’44, and Mrs. Wagner, 1906 W. Sixth St., Little Rock, Ark., a son, Timothy Lynn, March 5th. • To Lyman ’34, and Mrs. Wendt (Helen Gilbert ’38), a son, Dean Lyman, born Feb. 9th, in Santa Ana, Calif. • To Morton E. (Jack) and Helen Bradley Brown, both of the class of ’41, a son, John Bradley, Jan. 23rd, at Beattyville, Ky. •To Helen Lind-Kevorkian (Mrs. George Kevorkian) a daughter, Georgia Allison, May 5th, at the Good Samaritan Hos pital, Los Angeles. Communications sent to 4969 Twining St., Los Angeles 32, Calif., will reach Helen and little Geor gia, who will never see her father until she meets him in the Gloryland. Page Fifteen
The Tobelmanns, George and Grace (Pietsch), and Janet-Marie, Seldovia, Alaska, where they are serving as mis sionaries under the Alaska Evangeliza tion Society, graphically describe some of the discouraging factors confront ing them. George was very ill this winter with pneumonia, from which he has been making a slow recovery. Janet- Marie has also been very ill, but through her some vital contacts have been made. One little girl whose mother had died started to go to Sunday School and was just beginning to grasp the meaning of what it meant to have a living Saviour when the priest in the parish came down to make his annual visit, He forced her to make confession, and tried to take her to communion, but she ran away and was not found for two days. Now they have taken her, and her young brother to the government orphanage; her father is drinking himself to death. Prayer is asked for him, and for a grandmother in the family who lives in the neigh borhood of the Tobelmanns. Robert D. Annand, president of the class of ’24, is now pastor of the First Methodist Church of Troy, Ohio, with a membership of approximately 1100 per sons. Since leaving Biola, “ Bob” (so- called by his classmates), has attended a number of colleges and schools of theology, acquired a wife, Miss Effie E. McGill, to whom he was married in 1931. They have three children: Robert 12; Grace, 9; Don, 7. Famous closing words of his short letter follow: “We continue to preach the gospel of Christ as the only way of redemption.” Mrs Guernsey S. Brown ’21, many years working with the Kakaako Mis sion in Honolulu, advises the need of prayer for her husband who has suffered the removal of one of his eyes in a recent operation. It is written, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9). Horton Hall Herald is the euphonious alliterative title selected to supersede the name of the publication heretofore known as The University of California Bible League. This has been done in compliance with a new law deleting the use of the caption ‘'‘University of Cali fornia” in connection with any organiza tion not actually under the control of the State University. This “H o r t o n Hall” group is an aggressive Christian body with a real testimony along many lines, including a six-day weekly broad cast over radio station KROW. By vote of the board of trustees the organization is now known as The University Chris tian Fellowship, Inc., 2620 Bancroft Way, Berkeley 4, Calif. Of course, Vern on V. ’13, and Margaret Horton-Morgan are at the head of Horton Hall activ ities. The Conservative Baptist M i s s i o n s Board has announced plans to erect a $30,000 memorial in honor of the three missionaries, Edna Mae Sill, Paul Uhl- inger ’42, and George Kevorkian ’39 who met instant death in an airplane acci dent on January 12th. This memorial J U L Y , 1 9 4 8
“ The Lord is my light and my salva tion; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psa. 27:1).
is planned to take the form of a com plete training school to be erected at Ruanguba in honor of George and Paul, while the orphanage buildings will be erected at Katwa, honoring the life and work of Miss Sill among the mulatto orphans. We quote here
with e x c e r p t s f r o m a letter from P h y l l i s Bapple ’47, who has reached the Anglo - Egyptian Sudan where she will serve under the S u d a n In terior Mission. T h e K i n g ’ 8 Business is par ticularly i n t e r ested in all that concerns Phyllis,
Phyllis Bapple
since for quite a period of time she worked in our Editorial offices, serving as secretary to the Managing Editor, and proof-reader. Her departure for the field was a real loss to the magazine but of course the entire staff rejoices be cause of the great honor that is now hers—of taking the gospel to the re gions beyond. “ Hello from Khartoum! Yesterday I finished my first week in my new home. How wonderfully the Lord met our every need and brought us out safely. When we arrived I felt, somehow, that this was my home, and the place to which God had called me. “ I could write on and on . . . but we went via Gandos, Newfoundland, Prest wick, Scotland, L o n d o n , Marseilles, Malta and Cairo. We left New York via the British Overseas Airway Corp., the night of April 6th; the night of the 7th we spent in London; the 8th in Malta, and the 9th in Cairo. These overnight stops certainly made our trip more in teresting. I really enjoyed flying, and truly felt that ‘underneath are the ever lasting arms.’
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