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Bible Institute FAMILY CIRCLE Missionaries Abroad and on Furlough scribed some o f the instances of God’s provision for these families of believ ers. Miss Pike serves under the Presby terian Board of Foreign Missions.
as the Emmanuel Male Quartet. Mrs. Dave Hofer has been'Accompanist for the quartet. Clarence Hofer does the speaking on the programs during the summer months. For the past two school years he has been attending Bob Jones College. Frank A. and Mrs. Keller, since their return a year ago after a difficult over land journey from the Hunan Bible In stitute, Changsha, Hunan, China, have been living in Toronto, Ont., Can. In July of this year, Dr. and Mrs. Keller moved to Los Angeles, and they have been living at 1621 Lockwood St., Los Angeles. . . . Arnold (’37) and Mrs. Riffel, Stony- ford, Calif., are serving in a small com munity church where Mr. Riffel is pas tor. During the. week they have been holding children’s meetings in five ele mentary schools, in neighboring com munities. Mr. Riffel has had also an op portunity o f witnessing in two C. C. C. camps. Evelyn Pyeritz, ’22, has been serving in Navajo work under the Presbyterian Board of National Missions at Ganado, Ariz. James and Mrs. Tatham (Martha Frey, ’37), who were married April 6, 1939, have been living in Porterville, Calif., where they have been made sponsors of a group of high school young people. Ralph (’37) and Mrs. Hetrick (Doro thy Walma, ’32) have been living in Dallas, Tex., where Mr. Hetrick has been in his second year at the Dallas Theological Seminary. He hopes to con tinue in the four-year course. He has been pastor of an interdenominational church in Ennis, Tex. L. C. Robie, ’18, recently closed a series of “Victory Meetings” in the Baptist Church of Alder Run, Pa. George Meadows, pastor of the church, wrote, “Brother Robie remained with us three weeks; what a battle it was! He did not compromise nor side-step one issue. He preached the Word, not in an altogether popular manner, but rather in such a way that the., people could carry with them a solid conception of God’s Word. Thus the people were able to understand the ‘why, what, and how’ of salvation and the Christian life. His many instrumental numbers brought great blessing, and his public address system reached nearly three miles in all directions, outside the church. Many found Christ, and over'a score volun teered for life service.” Mr. Robie’s ad dress is Union Springs, N. Y. William (’37)' and Mrs. Lee are wit nessing to Jews in Portland, Ore., where Mr. Lee is affiliated with the Hebrew Christian Fellowship, 825 S. W. Fourth Ave. James (’32) and Mrs. Hume (Ada Dugdale) and their little daughter spent their vacation in Southern California in Jqly and have returned to Willits, Calif., where Mr. Hume is pastor of the Baptist church.
William R. (’33) and Mrs. Jones, Cen tral American Mission, Apartado 21, Bluefields, Nicaragua, C. A., wrote in June of blessing in the church at Blue- fields, where about twenty-five had made a definite profession o f faith in the Lord Jesus. An opporunity for teaching the Bible twice a week to two hundred Spanish boys and girls in the Moravian school has resulted in forty- one decisions. For these “babes in Christ,” Mr. Jones has organized a spe cial class to give more definite instruc tion. Floyd and Mrs. Pierson and their daughter Betty, of the Africa Inland Mission, have written from Ango- Gwane, Congo Beige, via Egypt and Aba, Africa. Their return from fur lough to the field the previous spring was marked by a narrow escape for themselves and their new truck, caught in a flood. They have been praising the Lord that the subsequent yeaa-s service has showed many encouraging developments. William R. (’22) and Mrs. Hunrichs (Hazel Long, ’23), South America In dian Mission, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso, Brazil, S. A., are praising- the Lord that a number of souls have responded to the gospel recently, and also that Mrs. Hunrich’s health has been restored. Florence /F. Pike, ’15, wrote in June from the T.rue Light Refugee Camp, Paak Hok Tung, Canton, So. China, tell ing of the economic problem of the Christians when the camp was closed to all except some of the children sup ported by the Red Cross. She also de
John G. Fee, ’30, was ordained to the gospel ministry on July 17 at the Sagi naw Bay Bible Conference, Sebewaing, Mich. He and Mrs. Fee are members of the China Inland Mission. They can be addressed in care of T. C. Williamson, Route 3, Minneapolis, Minn. F. H. and Mrs. McKenrick (Betty Pierson, ’14) have been living at “Media,” Minneola, Fla., in a cottage for missionaries of the Africa Inland Mis sion, of which they are members. Mr. McKenrick’s health has been much im proved during this time of rest in Amer ica. Mrs. McKenrick writes, “We find it much harder to be ‘ready to stay’ than it is to be ‘ready to go,’ but ‘he giveth more grace.’ ” Eleanor M. Schuhmann, ’34, wrote that she expected to reach her home at 1009 Yale Ave., Claremont, Calif., in August for furlough from her service in Kenai, Alaska. Helen V. Hinkley, ’22, 413 Azusa Ave., Azusa, Calif., returned in June on fur lough from her service under the As sociation of Baptists for World Evan gelism, in the Doane Evangelistic In stitute at Iloilo, Iloilo, P. L She has been engaged recently in deputation work in Southern California. Activities in the Homeland Dave (’36), Egon (’35), and Clarence Hofer (’36), of Dinuba, Calif., have served in a radio gospel ministry over KTKC, Visalia, Calif., In a group known
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