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the victim, and Johnnie the barber! Guernsey S. and Lillian Brown ’21, Box 2878, Honolulu, many years teaching in their home, and in the Kakaako M is sion in downtown Honolulu, have just passed their golden wedding anniversary entertaining a few friends in a quiet but precious way. Celebrating with the Browns were Wm. T. and Mrs. Bethel France-Webster (24, P.G. 25). Mrs. Brown has been conducting Bible classes for many years and mentions in her let ter that four students left for mainland colleges last year, and two are leaving this year. In addition to these activities Mrs. Brown has compiled a book— “ Sacred Songs from the Islands.”
ourselves; that w e’ll not be so anxious for obstacles to be removed, as to have His grace to overcome them ; that w e’ll not covet God’s blessing on our activities so much as His channeling of them to His glory in the work of w inning souls from among the tribes o f the jungle lands of Ecuador.” Stork Express On the w ing again the Stork Express has delivered bundles of jo y to: Horace ’48, and Mrs. Tyrrel, Ruth Ann — their fifth girl! Horace is pastor of the Grace Community Church, Burney, Calif.; John H. and Gertrude Vandermeer-Nidey ’41, ’46, S.M .M ., W illiamsburg, la., Mark Fredrick, Jan. 9; Don ’52 and Grace Crane-Pohlman ’49, 859 B Ida St., San Luis Obispo, Johnathan Donald, June 23; Roy M. and Georgia Mayfield ’54, Vir ginia P., July 12; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gage, 2501-42nd St., Sacramento, Calif., Stephen LeRoy, June 27; Kenneth and Marguerite Reeves, “ Becky” Lynne, July 25. Briefettes A n E TA chapter of the B iola Alumni Association has been organized in the Greater Sacramento area, with Harold W. Smith ’49, 6320 E. Fruitridge Rd., Sacra mento as chairman. W e welcome these new chapters into the parent organization here at the Bible Institute. Xandra Brodie ’28, suffered an accident in June, crush ing the bones in her shoulder. Recovery has been slow, and much suffering en dured by this usually active w inner of souls. She is' now making her home at 2235 Norwalk, Los Angeles 41. William and Ruth Custer-Samarin, (both ’48) have been assigned to take over the Brethren mission station at Bellevue, Fr. Equatorial Africa. William has been very ill, but his condition is greatly improved. Harold Allan Smith ’53, has been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, 2290 N. El M olino, Altadena. William E. Hirose ’50 B. Th., recent pastor of Clearwater Nisei Baptist Church, has re signed to take the associate pastorship of the Gardena Valley church where he w ill be working with the Rev. Harumi Nishi- moto as of June, 1954. Lynnea Skotheim- Brewer ’49 is an elementary school teacher in Modesto, Calif., where her husband, Orvil is pastor of the Olympic Baptist Church, and attending Junior College. In Modesto also lives Marilyn Johnson- Venema ’52; she is teaching piano, and playing the organ and piano at the First Baptist Church. Husband, Roger, is work ing full time and teaching a Sunday school class. Helen Longanecker ’47, follow ing an abbreviated furlough among home folks at Upland and friends at B iola has re turned to Cuba. She pleads for prayer that every detail of the training program for the students shall be according to God’s directive w ill. Betty Neslor ’50, met her husband Bob Gillikin while attending Bob Jones College. They were married in ’53; Bob attended Multnomah, and now they are working among the young people of the First Baptist Church, Eugene, Ore.
“The love of Christ constraineth us” (2 Cor. 5:14). Harold ’29,, ’50, and Ella Penner-Coen ’29, more than twenty years working in Nigeria under SIM , are witnessing re sults from their years of work in that some of the Bible School students are volunteering for missionary service under the local branch of the SIM. Some of the African converts have been persecuted for displaying an interest in the Christian religion, and some have even suffered death. The women, it is inferred, are the principal sufferers. Some say— “ This trouble has made the Lord Jesus real to us.” The Powells (Lawrence and Meta), of Beattyville, Ky., report two Vacation Bi ble Schools with but one week of each, due to lack of time, but in this brief period 10 little ones believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. Dr. William W. Orr, for merly associated with the Bible Institute was the much-appreciated speaker. Meta did the cooking for the first week of the Bear Track Bible Camp with about 100 in attendance. This included the work ing staff. Turner ’41 and Helen Blount, from their summer address at Norman, Okla., send a brief but important message: “ Praise the Lord with us for 175 poten tial Bible translators studying here at Camp W ycliffe this summer. Pray them out to the Bibleless tribes. Praise the Lord that b y the end of August the printer should have the entire Navajo N .T. manuscript. Pray that Satan w ill not be able to slow up this schedule. Praise the Lord for victories in our souls and ministry. Turner, Helen and Stevie ask you to continue in prayer. Remember it cost W. Tyndale his life to give the Bible to you in your language.” Al, Evelyn and Ronnie Classen ’46, writing from their SIM station at Igbaja via Ilorin, Nigeria offer praise to God that their labor on the Correspondence Courses has brought a total of well over 1,250 requests for this material. One re quest came from a man in South Am eri ca! Outside of their missionary interests they have spoken a word of their weekly prayer meeting, when Ronnie and John nie are asked to play quietly in the bedroom. On this occasion the mothers thought it a good idea to commend the boys for their good behaviour during the time of prayer— just like two little angels. A t this juncture little Ronnie walked out of the bedroom— they had been playing barber shop, with Ronnie
In Rhodesia: a New Field of Service Carl ’51 and Donna Hendrickson are in a new field of service for the Lord in Southern Rhodesia with TEAM . T o gether with their girls Nancy and Janet they left their home in Los Angeles in August to start on their w ay to Africa. Elizabeth Lima-Watson ’37, Barrio Nu evo, Barquisimeto, Venez., S. America, notifies her friends that they have changed their mission to the W orldw ide Evan gelization Crusade with which her hus band, Wilfredo I. Watson was associated before their marriage. Th ey have found a struggling little church in this new area and are working with them. The Lord has made provision for ground, and they are praying to the end that funds w ill be provided for a building. This is their third term of service in Venezuela. Alma C. Kludt ’46, Morshi, Amravati Dist., M .P., India, relates in her most re cent letter that she awakens refreshed every morning by the birds singing in the trees, the winds murmuring through the evergreens, and beautiful mountain ranges in the distance. There is much work to do as B iola missionaries, Pat and Alice Major, have had to return to the States on an enforced medical furlough. This means Alma is taking on extra work with the help of others serving in this strategic endeavor. Remember to pray for them. This is the request of prac tically every missionary. Mary Sargent ’49, upon arrival a year ago at Quito, Ecuador— “ I want you to know that the Lord takes care of all the pertinent incidentals along the way . . . Pray that w e’ll not he too busy to pray
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