businessman here in the United States. He’s now in Mexico working with an Indian tribe. Interestingly, he can apply some of the experience he had in business to helping these people with their economic life. At the same time he’s translating the Scriptures for them, making excel lent progress. He’s been able to help them establish a weaving industry, getting an outlet for their products. This has been so successful that peo ple are coming from other tribes to see how it works, which gives an added opportunity for testimony and witness. D r . C hase : The question then comes to us, “Are we the kind of in dividuals, the yielded persons, whom God can use where we are for the outreach of the Gospel?” M r . H ouse : Don Fults is working with Overseas Crusades in Colombia, South America. With his wife and four children they will be returning from furlough very shortly. How was it that you came to Biola, Don? M r . F ults : Soon after I met the Lord I was put to work in my local Youth for Christ. Many of those who came to me for counseling knew a lot more than I did about the Bible. My plan was to attend Biola for one year. Obviously it didn’t work. I couldn’t get away. The Lord was speaking to me here and I felt called to continue my preparation for the Lord’s service. Here at the school I was privileged to serve on some of the evangelistic teams, singing on radio broadcasts, and going on sum mer outreach programs in witnessing for Christ. I thank God for this combination of schooling with edu cation in the classroom as well as in putting into practice these things which I gained from godly profes sors. I was graduated then in 1955. with Adrian House and Don Fults
M r . H ouse : How was it th a t you were called to the mission field ?^ M r . F ults : While attending Biola I kept looking for a calling. At times, seeing how the Lord was directing my friends I felt left out spiritually. Maybe I was looking for a neon light or something to give me that assured indication. After leaving school, I worked with youth for a couple of years after which I entered the pastorate. Things were going very well when suddenly we became restless. Later we discovered that one of the members was writing to a Biola missionary, Ed Murphy, who planned to open a field in Colombia. He was praying God would lay it on our hearts to go with them to this important field. When he returned from South America, we had him for a missionary con ference in our church. As he spoke, the Holy Spirit touched my heart. This was missions to my way of thinking. I became very much interested and Ed soon approached me to go. I told him “Yes,” but with one reservation. God would have to lead my wife, too. So we agreed that we wouldn’t mention anything to her about it. We would see if the Lord would do it. After returning home from a speaking en gagement, she met me at the door with the urgent request, “Sit down, I must talk to you about something.” Yes, that’s exactly what happened! The Lord was laying the same bur den on her heart. She declared posi tively, “I think we ought to consider going to Colombia with Overseas Crusades helping open that field!” M r . H ouse : It’s wonderful to see the Lord’s leading. What have been some of your approaches in reaching the Colombians for Jesus Christ? M r . F ults : First of all, mass evan gelism. Past occurrences of violence in Colombia made the people afraid to give an active public witness. The believing church has undergone real persecution there. We earnestly be lieve that the national can reach his 21
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