of the Girls’ Life Brigade [the sister movement of the Boys’ Brigade], gath ered on the compound for a conference. . . . These girls are pioneers of a bright er day for Africa. . . . It was wonderful to see their response as the Word was explained to thefn. . . . Thieves broke into our house while we were asleep. They took curtains, blankets, scissors, a clock, spanner, irons and a year’s supply of soap . . . altogether about $90.00. Marjorie Linda celebrated her eleventh birthday . . . is in the sixth grade of school and doing real well. This morn ing we found a snake in our bathtub. He had a big lump in his middle for he had swallowed a frog. I killed a scorpion on the bedroom wall last night.” Biola Flashes John J. and Violet Grandon-Bergen ’45 are accepted candidates to “ Declare His glory among the heathen” under the Sudan Interior Mission. Johnnie was or dained in the San Diego Brethren Church on Dec. 18th. William G. and Marjory Nyman ’34, Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mex., are rejoicing that the Lord has provided a home for them just one block from Velma Pickett and Virginia Em- brey, both of ’43; these are all working under the Wycliffe Translators. William Pietsch ’49, ex-SMU president, is on his way to Pakistan where he will work under the Evangelical Alliance Mission. The Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Ogden (Fran ces Coffman ’22), widely known in Brethren Church circles, announce the engagement of their daughter Helen to Donald Rasbach of Johnstown, Pa. Ray Eugene Crowe ’41, has been honored as an appointee of the Home Mission Board to serve as director of evangelism for the tri-state area of Montana, Utah and Idaho as of February 1st, 1950. He has resigned as pastor of the Del Aire Church of Hawthorne, Calif., to take this larger field of service. Phyllis Bap- ple ’47, Box 220, Khartoum, Anglo- Egyptian Sudan, writes interestingly of her second Christmas in Africa asking our prayers that many will give Him room in their hearts. B. L. J. Litchman ’17, arrived in Leopoldville, Congo, November 10th, following a furlough spent in the U.S.A. John W. Falconer ’24, announces: “Hello Everybody! I’m Donnie’s new baby sister. I arrived in Chengtu, China, December 29th. Dorothy Lucille Webster.” Dick and Lucille Falconer-Webster ’40 have confirmed this cable, and say they long to see more genuine conversions among the students with whom they are working at Los- han, Sze., China. Edward and Betty Pearson-Case have found a nice cottage and may be addressed at Cespedes 59, San Jose de las Lajas, Habana, Cuba. Little Faith (4% ), was so thrilled to be aboard ship that she said, “ We’re going to Cuba to be missionaries, and we are going to tell all the boys and girls about the Lord Jesus.” Edith G. Harris ’16, who confesses she is the oldest Church of the Open Door missionary, went to Philadelphia for the holiday season. She hopes to return to Africa in June. T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
Tordis Christoffersen ’29, a veteran in the Lord’s service under the American- European Christian Fellowship, has been joined by a young recruit from Califor nia, Lorraine Woodson, a graduate of the University of California, and of Wheaton College. With headquarters in Paris, these co-laborers will work from there in Lyons and throughout France. The picture of K. Owen White Ph.D., Th.M. ’22, P.G. ’24, late pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Wash ington, D.C., graces the front cover of the Baptist Watchman-Examiner, with the announcement that Dr. White is assuming the pastorate of the First Bap tist Church of Little Rock, Ark., as of January 1st, 1950. Dr. White married Pearl Woodworth ’25, in Denver. Their son Stanley is a ministerial student at Baylor University, and Ruth is attend ing high school. Vernon and Dulcie Jones-Eagle (40), Wickes, Ark., have perplexing problems in their community. In a home where the mother lost a leg in an automobile acci dent a couple of years ago, there is a new baby; the father is out of work most of the time. Dulcie, a graduate of the Biola School of Missionary Medicine, found this an opportunity to minister in a very real way. She kept the baby in her home for some weeks. Their own son Eldon has been suffering with asthma. This may necessitate their considering another call which has come to them. Pray that they may know God’s will in this matter. James E. and Jeanne Mclntosh-Dun- can ’43 send a short note to advise us of the loss of their baby daughter following her birth on December 24th. “ The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Biola Family Circle extends heartfelt sympathy. Grace Byron ’27, Bassai Station, Fr. Eq. Africa writes: “ I hope that Ralph Colburn ’40 [Director of the National Brethren Youth Council] will be on the lookout for teachers as he visits the dif ferent colleges, those who will be willing to devote their whole life and time to it. It is one of the greatest ministries, pay ing large dividends in lives of future native workers.” Al and Evelyn Dick-Classen ’46, Ig- baja, via Ilorin, Nigeria, Br. West A f rica, tell of a fire in one of the villages when one grass roof, on fire, touched off other grass roofs so that a number of the natives found themselves without shelter of any kind. The following week one of their students died while prepar- -ing his evening meal. The Lord meant it for good, however, and made it an occa sion for the spread of His good news. About 100 students are housed on their compound. Thelma Deckard ’49,1119 E. Ninth St., Salt Lake City 2, Utah, sends an inter esting communication from her home church indicating that she has been ac tive in DVBS during the summer. Work ing also in this connection were Bill and Mildred Gill-Tapsfield, Joe Cooke, B. Th., ’49, Virgil Hook ’40, missionary Page Eighteen
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“Go ye into all the 'world, and preach thé gospel to every creature . . . Redeem ing the time, because the days are evil" (Mark 16:15; Eph. 5:16).
James E., '44, and Viola Bogue-Halbert, '45, are engaged in language study in Paris pre paratory to service in French West Africa under CBFMS. Jim held three services on board The Queen Mary and five children were saved. from Tibet on furlough. The Calvary Quartet from Biola conducted two Sun day evening services, and one also on Friday night. The opposition was great, but some souls were saved. Percy Crawford ’26, pastor of the Young People’s Church of the Air, presi dent of King’s College, and youth speak er, has the first gospel program to be televised on a national network. This broadcast originates in Philadelphia over the American Broadcasting Com pany and affiliated stations. Inland Africa publishes a letter from Peter J. ’38 and Edythe McKee-Brashler ’37, telling of the special blessing that the new work among the lepers has brought. They state that the lepers are a happy lot in spite of their affliction; they plant their own gardens, and other food is brought in by relatives. They re joice in the Lord and look forward to the day when they shall be gathered to their heavenly home.” Fred and Grace Feldges-Whale ’28, Box 124, Jos, Nigeria, say: “ Sixty-two boys from two of the S.I.M. Leper Set tlement attended the first Boys’ Brigade held in the bush last month. . . . This month fifty women and girls, members
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