I a n d ^ J d a p p y . C^liriâtmaâ to a i l o u r W M bio m FAMILY ►'/CIRCLE W Friends of Vernon V. Morgan '13, and Margaret Horton-Morgan of The University Christian Fellowship, Inc., 2620 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, will be happy to hear that Mr. Morgan is mak ing a satisfactory recovery from his re cent critical illness. George and Gladys Gibson-Ekdahl ’18, are thankful for the services of two Czech physicians who are located at Cochabamba, Bolivia. At a service held in the market place 30 to 37 people stood for an hour listening attentively while several preached. Few of those listeners would enter a church or mission hall. The Rice's, Rolland and Mildred Dean- Rice, have been moved from Canton, China, to Japan for service there—a land that offers a wide-open door of opportunity. Their new address is, Tokyo Foreign Missionaries, APO 500, Tokyo, Japan. Mabel Jones ’28, and her mission ary co-worker, Ada Clack, after a fur lough spent in Los Angeles, and else where, are again located at Dar En Naama, Nabeul, Tunisia, N. Africa. We quote from their farewell letter: “We count on your prayers as never before for a definite tearing down of the strong hold of Islam. We so want this next term, to count for Christ in this region.” John F. Wuthrich ’41, following his graduation from Biola took further work at Westmont College and Southwestern Seminary. He has been called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church, 1068 S. Lorena St., Los Angeles. Harvey’ ’ 47 and Evadene Johnson-Stransky, ’46 Omduran, Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan write that they read The King’s Business with much appreciation, es pecially Biola Family page. David ’43 and Evelyn Russell-Hamm ’42, Temuco, Chile, S.A. are in missionary service in a greatly neglected field where darkness and superstition are manifested in the lives of an unhappy people. They are praising the Lord for the gift of The King’s Business, and for their studies here at Biola, and most of all for the vision for service that the Lord gave them during stu dent days. They are busy in language study. Leroy is five years old—a joy and delight every day. From the Piersons, Floyd and Betty, Ango-Uele, Congo Beige, Africa, we learn that more buildings are needed D E C E M B E R , 1949 of Protestantism through the new birth, and have thus forsaken the tenets of the Pope of Rome. Dr. Hedrick and his work should be on the prayer list of every evangelical Christian. Everett E. Bachelder ’36, Wasilla, Alaska, describes some of the entranc ing sights witnessed since he began his missionary work in the far north. “ A midwinter scene I shall never forget is the time I first glimpsed reindeer in Alaska. Not one, not ten, not one hun dred, but over one thousand of them in one great herd. Toward the Siberian border, there in the snow stood one large reindeer, almost pure white, blending in with the wintry scene. The Eskimos claim this prominent reindeer is the King Buck; he towers above all the others for size and beauty. I thought of my Saviour, the One who is the ‘chiefest among ten thousand.’ Looking closer it could be seen that all the herd seemed to be facing their king. This brought glorious thoughts con cerning bur Lord’s majestic return when all eyes shall be fastened on Him, our King of kings, and Lord of lords.” Everett asks prayer for the work in Alaska; for the 40 children in the home, 9 of whom are Eskimo or part Eskimo. Several have recently come to the Lord. for this expanding work, and that Floyd has on hand more than 100,000 bricks, puddled and molded by hand, and fired by native help. Daughter Betty came home for vacation and with her father they went hunting for a few days. One night from a safety plat form in a tree they saw 18 elephants playing about, also a buffalo, and they heard a leopard. There have been ten recent baptisms. Great things are planned for the work in the Congo. Dean and Ruth Mary Pittman, Ca- silla 368, Cuzco, Peru, S.A., have been called upon to give back to the Lord their little five-months-old boy. The Lord has comforted them in permitting them to go forward in spreading the Gospel. Dean preached in a large evan gelical church one Sunday night. He was given real liberty as he spoke in Span ish and seven souls accepted Christ that night. Two new missionaries have re cently been added to their station. Pray for them. Dr. Henry E. Hedrick, ’32, ’34, Ex ecutive Director of the Southwest area of the National Association of Evangel icals, is home from a tour of Europe. The last service on the agenda was the dedi cation of a large auditorium in Naples for the use of the Roman Catholic priests who have come into the ranks Alaska Reindeer Photographed by Everett Bachelder ’36. Page Thirteen
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