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wrong choicest-small and great. To the Christian, jto choose the right is to choose God’s way. Let us make our choices eternal by choosing the immortal instead of the material. —The Brethren Evangelist. 17. Waiting on God “I am the Lord . . . they shall not be ashamed that wait for me” (Isa. 49:23). “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength” (Isa. 40:31). Often God calls us aside from our work for a season and bids us be still and learn ere we go forth again to minister.- Fleeing from his enemies, the an cient knight found that his horse need ed to be reshod. Caution urged him on; but wisdom taught him to halt a few minutes at the blacksmith’s forge. He waited until his charger was refitted, then leaping into his saddle just as his enemies appeared, he dashed away, and knew that his halting had has tened his escape. • Lord, teach me to be still and know that Thou art God.—A. B. Simpson. And truly it was. We had other narrow escapes. On one long mission, we were running out of gas. It didn’t seem possible that we could make it back to our base. We had thrown out our ammunition and everything heavy. The navigator had already picked out a place in Germany for us to bail out. And I was preparing to destroy the -sheets which contained my radio codes so the Nazis could not find them. But, unbelievably, we made it to the English coast and an emergency landing. We had all been praying, and prayer brought us through. On our rest days, another crew took our plane up—and never came back. This happened several times. In all of our thirty missions over enemy territory, ten times over Berlin alone, we always brought our plane home. It was not to our credit. Fly ers just as skillful were shot down. Other Christian fellows lost their lives. For a reason known only to God, He brought us through each time. It was to His glory. Our thirty missions were completed on D-day, arid we helped load bombs in other ships. Our crew was soon sent home for furlough. It has been gimd to be able to testi fy here at home to His keeping power. It has been even better to prove bow He can use the testimony of one of His children, ' even when given in weakness. I claimed my crew for Him, and He “wrought wonders.”^ OYER BERLIN [i Continued from Page 325]
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the congregation, for a goodly number had, accepted the Lord during the time of separation. A real cause for praise is the Central American Bible Institute at Guatemala City. Concerning the school,'R. Howard and Mrs. Gould (Ruth Zimmerman) write: “We have just had a wonderful time here, opening the school year with the inauguration ex- » ercises for the new building. Full days, and how! But what bless ings!” Frank Bundy has passed through some weeks of suffering due to a broken arm, broken . ribs, and a vertebra fracture sustained in a fall while he was working on the Bible Institute building mentioned in the above paragraph. We are_ thankful that he is now recovering his strength. A number of ambassadors to Central America are enjoying furlough in the homeland. Her bert (’26) and Mrs. Cassel who are in Glendale, Calif., send this greeting: “On checking up .we are amazed to find that we have been1 home seven months. That means that in less than four months we may be on our way back to Guatemala. How time flies! Pray for us as we begin to get ready to return.” A. J. (’23) and Mrs. Anderson and their three younger daugh ters havë arrived in America from Guatemala City. Arine Thomas, ’18, is enjoying a rich deputation ministry while she is detained at., home due to family obligations and the need of better health. She may be ad dressed at 1525 Floyd Ave., Rich mond 20, Va. Mary Bishop, ’25, who h a s faithfully served the Lord in Guatemala City, is now at 2500 W. 6th St., Los Angeles,. Calif. For additional hews of recent eveijts in “Biola’s Family,” tuyn to page 352. Rejoicing in Him,
Central America/," with its 6,576,000 needy souls, presents itself for prayer and vision as we receive word from “Family” members who have followed the Lord to that land: Thomas and Mrs. Dixon (Anna M. Kruggel, ’23), under the American Baptist Mission, El Salvador, C. A„ have a glowing report concerning the missionary vision of their native church: “Our -church is located on the Pan American highway, and its missions extend for some forty- five miles along the road. Some of these missions in turn have preaching stations of their own. It is truly a missionary church and many of Our national pas tors have Come from it. We now bave fourteen volunteer preach ers aside from other workers, mostly young people, who teach in our branch Sunday schools .on Sunday afternoons.” ' John and Mrs. Bewl'ey (Ruth Caswell, ’35) write from Jinote- ga, the most northern of the Nicaragua Mission s t a t i o n s : “You will be glad to know that in spite of all the difficulties in volved, the general 'Bible confer ence was held this year. More than 500 people from all Over the Republic attended during the week, and more than twenty made profession of faith in Christ. Some of them had never seen or ridden on a train before, so it was quite an experience.” Lawrence (’32) and Mrs. Simp son. (Helen Hubbard, ’30) say it is great to be back in Panajach- el, Guatemala, after their fur lough in the States. Upon their arrival at \the mission station, these missionaries were given a royal welcome by the believers. There were many new faces, in
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