London, England. Their only son, Bob, was drafted into the British Royal Artil lery in ’51, just after his 18th birthday, and is now stationed in Munsterlager, just south of Hamburg. Eric is the British Secretary for the SIM, located at 84 Beulah Hill. This consecrated couple have served in Ethiopia almost a quarter of a century. Mary E. Hunter ’28, daughter of B iola Missions teacher for many years, John H. Hunter, writes from the Ameri can P re sb y te ria n Mission, B.P. 187 Yaounde, Cameroun, W . Africa: “ Surely we can thank, our founding fathers and the influence evangelical Christianity has had in social and political matters and in the establishment of free governments. There were some difficult problems in volving moral standards which the church had to face this year, and we saw the hand of God working in a definite way. Sin was judged and punished in a spirit of Christian love and reverence for the holiness of God and the purity of the church. John and Alice Hamilton-Roos (both ’22), are now stationed in Camavon, Iowa, after ten years spent in the Alton, 111., area. She writes entertainingly and spiritually of children and grand-children back in the old Illinois home. John is a Presbyterian minister and they enjoy their church fellowship. Mentioned in this letter also is the visit of Reuben A. Tor- rey, Jr., who spent 37 years in China, but since the closing of the doors there, is now serving the Lord in Korea. Alice is busy in the church program. She closes a lovely letter saying, “ Our hearts are filled with joy . . . keeping before the children the real meaning of Christ com ing to earth, and the blessed hope of His near return.” B iola has every reason to be proud of the spiritual witness of her graduates on the far-flung fields of mis sionary enterprise. Vera Bukan ’45, secretary to the Chris tian Jail Workers, Inc., is stationed in the office of the senior chaplain, Rev. V. E. Brace. Here she is occupied with many opportunities for service for the Lord, as well as regular secretarial work. Margaret Broody ’45, 439 E. Sixth St., Anchorage, Alaska, active in various youth organizations in Alaska, solicitous for their spiritual understanding has busy days ahead in the various camps, and Child Evangelism classes. About two years ago Margaret suffered an accident in which she sustained a broken leg. It has been slow in healing and becoming again a useful member, but she has re covered sufficiently to perform her usual activities. Frontier News, official publication of the Mid-Peruvian Mission, Casilla 368, Cuzco, Peru, is edited by Dean S. Pitt man, ’51, with his wife, Ruth Mary (Brown) Pittman, associate editor. Ruth Mary was also acting-postmaster of a new government office at Keros. Gospel Recordings records have been used to ad vantage. Pray for their work, and for recordings in their own tongue soon. Robert J. and Helen Lynn Patterson (both ’28), 135 E. Pearl St., Redlands, Calif., have been considerably handicapped in their work through the illness of Hel
en’s 91-year-old father, but they have the evangelizing spirit and have done effec tive house-to-house visitation, leaving tracts and seeking to win the lost to Christ. They are open for missionary work of any kind in the vicinity of their home. William and Ruth Samarin (both ’48) serving in Africa are engaged in translat ing the New Testament into native langu ages which have never been written be fore. Bill was formerly on the staff of the First Brethren Church of Long Beach. Fred Visser ’39, has made a valuable contribution to missionary interest and advance in the discovery of a new process of developing pictures sealed-in-plastic. A boon to travelers as the new films are lightweight, and unbreakable. In his schooldays Fred was known as the ubiq uitous photographer! Mabelle Griffiths, Lee Memorial Mis sion, 13 Wellington Sq., Calcutta 13, India, relates the story of the happy cele bration of the 31st anniversary of her wedding to W. G. Griffiths, by taking their schoolchildren to the Botanical Gar dens for a picnic. She says: “W e were able to borrow a bus from the Calcutta Girls’ School, which we filled to capa city. . . Packed in like sardines we squeezed 21 children into our car. . . I took the big boys and girls and teachers by public transportation. The gardens are beautiful— I felt we walked miles.” Foster (B. Th. ’49) and Marguerite (’48) Tresise, recently pastoring the Brethren Church at Fillmore, Calif., have heard the call for service in Honolulu, and have volunteered for active duty there. They are going out as self-sup porting missionaries, which means they will provide for their personal needs, transportation being furnished by the For eign Missionary Society of the First Brethren Church of Long Beach, Calif. Roberta Tewksbury-Preedy ’31, her family and a host of friends are rejoicing in that God has answered prayer for the release of her husband, Clarence Preedy who has been in custody in China for many months. The CIM Millions publi cation states: “ Because of his bushy beard, Mr. Preedy was twice mistaken for a Russian and led to the head of the line. The first time, when they saw his papers, he was led back to the end of the line . . . he looked fairly well, even though his face was sore from following a ‘money’s- worth’ shave. On crossing the border he was handed a telegram stating that his father, who had been ill for some time, had died on Sunday. He flew to Lon don, but arrived too late for the funeral.” Arthur Houk '52, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Clarkston, Wash., reports a group of young people from God’s In vasion Army closed a two-week evangelis tic campaign at his 50-year-old church un der the leadership of Arvid Johnson of Lake Nebagamon, Wis.; following this, public evangelistic meetings were held over a 3-evening period, as well as after noon meetings for the children. Art re ports that the campaign was fruitful, and that one elderly invalid man was con verted in his home. Many were doubt less spiritually refreshed during the in vasion campaign. THE KING'S BUSINESS
Pete and Edythe Brashler ’38, are the happy parents of Stevie who came to them in February by way of the Adoption Court in Everett, Wash. They have had inter esting times furloughing in their native land, and declare their new baby seems to be perfect in every sense of the word. The Sudan Witness, official bi-monthly publication of the SIM, has three inter esting episodes relating exceptional service rendered by B iola graduates: Sophie de la Haye ’34 who, with her husband, Bay ’36, has been in Africa since 1937. Sophie has had real experiences on the field— adventures for Christ which are related to the readers of the Witness. Eva Doerk- sen ’21, is (and has been for some time) editor of the children’s page; her stories are true and written to inspire the young with a zeal for missionary service. Also there is a detailed account of the hair breadth escape of John Nickel ’45 in a bare-handed fight with a leopard! And John, with the help of the Lord, was vic tor, an exploit few missionaries experi ence! Richard Dilworth ’38, R. 1, Box 262, Hemet, Calif., are busy these closing days of their furlough; he has been doing depu tation work in the Northwest since Jan uary. They expect to sail for Africa soon. Joe (46) and Virginia (45) Sanders, Maturin, Venez., are busily engaged in a building program, including the setting up of a printing press which will mean an extension of their work throughout the area. Prayer is requested for the tracts, books and other evangelical ma terial they plan to send out when the building and installation work is com pleted. ( Joe is a brother to our own “Al” who has his finger in many B iola pro grams in addition to being superintend ent of men.) Five B iola graduates and students are on the governing board of the Hospital Gospel Ministry of America, Inc. Witness these members: P. E. Fry, Chaplain of Orange County General Hospital; Kermit L. Byrd ’41; David H. Schmidt ’22; James O. Henry ’44, and Lowell C. Wendt '40, who is also editor of The Great Physi cian, a monthly brochure published by this organization. May H. Cole ’20, is the official T.B. visitor for this group; she has been a hospital visitor for more than 30 years. Eric S. and Syvilla Ferron-Horn (both ’25) send an interesting family letter from 32
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