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way from California to Kansas he found open doors of service for the Lord; more than 300 souls have ac cepted Christ as Saviour, and hun dreds have had their faith renewed. There were some remarkable conver sions. Eddie is open for engagements, and may be reached at his home ad dress where Mrs. Wagner and the children live. We quote from his letter: “I can truthfully say that I would not trade the three years that I spent at Biola for all the rest of my life. The Lord became real . . . and His precious Word was made a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path. ‘The gospel of Christ . . . is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth’ (Rom. 1:16).” Dr. and Mrs. Ford L. Canfield, both of the class of ’18, and for a number of years located at the Los Angeles center of the great China Inland Mis sion, have been transferred to the headquarters l o c a t e d at 237 West School Lane, Philadelphia 44, Pa. Of this promotion, China’s Millions, of ficial publication of this organization says: “Dr. Canfield has accepted ap pointment as Candidate Secretary. Following a term of service in China, our friends served at the Mission’s Center in Los Angeles. Indeed, it was through their instrumentality that the Center was opened. It is anticipated that a group of prospective new work ers will take up a few weeks’ resi dence in the Philadelphia Mission Home, with a view to determining their fitness for missionary work . . . Apart from the responsibility of guid ing this course of training, Dr. and Mrs. Canfield will have numerous contacts with other young people through correspondence and personal conversation . .. in addition there will be classes in linguistics. C h i n e s e phonetics, history, g e o g r a p h y , and .etiquette will be included in the course of study.” Mrs. Peter J. Visser (Beth Mahon ’28) who may be addressed at Glenvar, Third Avenue, Kenilworth, So. Africa, writes: “As I pray for those left in the front lines up there in the Congo, I am reminded of the terrific need right here in Cape Town, and vicinity. Thousands upon thousands of natives and coloureds (mixed blood) right here at our door do not know the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. Pray for those black people in the Congo who have professed the name of the Lord Jesus that they may be kept from sin, and for workers, both black and white.” The Vissers are looking toward the U.S.A. for furlough, and hope to visit Los Angeles and the Bible Institute at that time. Wilma Robison ’33, from whom we have not heard for several years, is looated at Kalgo, via Birnin Kebbi,
Nigeria, West Africa, where she is busy working under the S u d a n Interior Mission. Wilma felt the call to Africa while yet in Biola, and while waiting to go to the field b u s i e d herself among the colored people in Louisiana! where she worked under the super vision of the American Sunday School Union. She says: “Perhaps The King's Business means just a little more to us of the alumni who are laboring in foreign lands.” Wm. G. ’27 and Mrs. Graves (Madge Henderson ’23), 71 Aden St., Vallejo, Calif., write of the blessing of God upon their work in By-Way Evange lism in the San Francisco Bay region. They are still engaged in Mission work in Vallejo where they have a continual missionary field. They are conducting three Sunday schools each Sunday, two Euodia Bible Clubs w e e k l y , several Child E v a n g e l i s m classes among many children who seldom, or never attend Sunday school, and a Christian Service Center in the down- town area where nearly every door is a saloon. Souls are confessing Christ and this work is growing. Their last letter says: “We know you have not ceased to pray for us, nor have we ceased our praying for you. We need each other’s prayers in these days as never before.” China’s Millions, official publication of the China Inland Mission, in speak ing of the recent d e a t h of Eugene Crapuchettes ’28, following an auto mobile accident in China, has this to say: “We had a special day of prayer as a memorial for Mr. Crapuchettes, dearly beloved of the people here. Dur ing the day testimonies were given . . . surely their labors were not In vain in the Lord. For over an hour the people sang hymns that they re membered he had taught them. We are sure that this time has meant a quickening for many. Over one hun dred p e o p l e s p e n t some time with us.” Mrs. Crapuchettes (Wini fred Kopp ’28) and her four children are living at 3611 West Chestnut St., Yakima, Wash. Sister Helena Entz ’32, a deaconess for. some years in the Home for the Aged at Newton, Kansas, is on leave of absence for a year and she and her sister, Louise ’32, have been in *1* 4 * eg» 4» 4 * <#* 4 » . BIOLA ALUMNI: Is this page of interest to you, and would you like it to con tinue? Send your news items directly to the Biola Family Editor, King’s Busi ness. Include the year of your graduation. î S S S î Ï «I» 4
and about the Bible Institute for the past several months. Another sister, Mrs. Torp Lapenas (Anna Entz, M.D.) also of the class of ’32, lives in Day- ton, Ohio with her husband and their young son, George, born Nov. 7, 1945. The fourth sister, Jane , who was graduated from the Bible Institute in ’27, is now Mrs. Walter A. Claassen of Whitewater, Kansas. The B i b l e Institute faculty and family are justly proud of the place many of our alumni are finding in Christian service to which they have been called. The latest of these is Claude F. Moffitt ’37 who has just been elected to the office of president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Los Angeles, organized for the purpose of fellowship, inspiration, edification and prayer. This group is putting on a five-point program with the idea of strengthening the ties between min isters and laymen. Of course Mr. Hale, dean of men for many years, is happy over every one of his boys who finds a front rank in service for the Lord, and it is only fitting to add that he is in possession of a special invitation to attend these conferences. Naomi Olson Skoglund, former stu dent, of Kala, M.E.U., Libenge, Congo Beige, Africa, is a sister of Prof. Levi Olson, director of Music for the Bible Institute. Mrs. Skoglund is a graduate nurse, and is kept busy with medical work on the field, having examined about 27,000 people last year. They are praying for needed doctors. In a letter to Mrs. David P. Johnson (Doris Klint ’25) she says: “The Lord has been with me and gives me strength for each day. It is wonderful to be a child of His.” La Verne and Mrs. Olson (Beulah V. Jorgenson), both of the class of ’40, and family, sailed recently for Cape Town, South Africa, and expect to motor some 2500 miles up to Fort Sibut, Oubangue Ch a r i Province, French Equatorial Africa, where mail will reach them. They are affiliated with Mid-Missions, the home office of which is 314 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Through war and incidental experi ences, former student John K. L. Yong, and his family have learned to trust the Lord more fully and to rely on Him for safekeeping. When other mis-- sionaries were repatriated or interned, he, a Chinese, was permitted to con tinue his service for the Lord. His work for a number of years has been in promoting the Grace Light Mission in Shanghai, China, where he may be reached at P. O. Box 1656. This work has suffered from.war difficulties, but John is hoping the mission’s activi ties m a y be resumed in the near future.
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