President Harry Truman receives Dr. K. Owen W hite *22 and ’24, Mrs. W hite (Pearl W oodworth ’ 25) and a group of tw enty-eight m issionaries at the W hite House, W ashington, D. C. Dr. W hite, at right o f the President, is pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church; Mrs. W hite, wearing a fu r coat, is at the left in the front row.
a man over seventy years of age who recently came to Christ following an evening of personal work in his home. He is planning to join the Presbyterian Church in Saint Helens. Ella Janzen, who accompanied the Powells to their station from her home in Kansas has been a real blessing in their home in many ways; she will remain through the summer to teach in the Vacation Bible schools. Lubin W. ’40 and Mrs. Jantzen (Matilda Mueller ’42) have gone to New York with the expectation of sailing via England for Champa- C.P., India where they will resume their work under the General Con ference of the Mennonite Mission. Their two children accompanied them. Aron Jantzen ’31, and Kath ryn Louthan-Jantzen ’32, and their little daughter Cynthia Rose, await ing certain important government papers, trust that they will soon be on their way to Janjgir, C. P., India, where they will also serve under the Mennonite Brethren Mission. Biola Family Circle from Seattle to Texas will welcome the news of a new broadcast known as “Melodies and Miracles” presented on Saturday night from 7:30 to 8:00 o’clock over station KXLA, 1110 Kc. This pro gram is different from anything aired heretofore for it will feature Biola students in round-table discus sions, and testimonies, as well as a varied musical program. Dr. William W. Orr is general director, with Al Sanders in charge of writing the script and securing the talent. Page Twenty-one
Africa General Mission, writes: “We have been caused to wonder at the faithfulness of God, and His loving attention to the smallest details . . . He has not only given us children after the flesh, but many spiritual babes as well. Our faith was weak . . . we did not anticipate the spirit ual harvest which awaited us. One Sunday morning, while giving the message to 72 teen-age European girls in one of- the school dormitories, 50 of them boldly took the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. In an other place, after preaching to 600 Africans, 28 of them responded to the invitation to come forward for sal vation.” . Surely the Biola Family Cir cle will remember this work in prayer. Florence Faust, 3031 Lan Franco St., Los Angeles 33, has been very ill for several months. Miss Faust has been Cashier in Biola general offices for many years; a short greeting from friends would make her days brighter. She has been in the hospital for several months, but mail ad dressed as above indicated will be forwarded to her. We pray for a consciousness of the presence of the Lord, and “the everlasting arms” be neath her. Lawrence and Mrs. Powell (Meta Schroeder), both of the class of '39, are again stationed at Saint Helens, Lee Co., Ky., and write cheerfully of the thermometer readings at zero for many days, and of six inches of snow covering the ground. They are rejoicing over the conversion of
were Edwin E. and Mrs. Cory, who asked prayer that their shipment of household goods and supplies, al ready on the way to Shanghai, might arrive safely and in schedule time. Recent arrivals, who gave brief mes sages, were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fields (Mary Lopp ’36, ’38), Jack ’41 and Mrs. Brown (Helen Bradley ’42) and two children, from the Kentucky Mountain Mission; Alfred and Mrs. Tuggy (Joy Turner, daughter of Don and Mrs. Turner nee Faith Hollings worth ’21) of Venezuela now located at Westmont College, Santa Bar bara; and Duane and Mrs. Owings (Mary Best ’35) who recently ar rived from Jos, Nigeria. Mary Sanders ’24, P.G. ’26 and ’27, living at 2610 Dwight Way., Berkeley 4, heard the call of the Lord to work in His vineyard shortly after com pleting her studies at Biola, and has been working in the San Francisco Bay District these many years. At present Mary is Church School su perintendent in a housing area. Her work is mostly among the colored people; in one class which she teaches in another project, all of the women are colored. The entire San1 ders family are well-known at Biola; at least seven of them have gradu ated, or are in training for the Lord’s work. None of them have lost the “Daddy Horton” inspired vision that “all that God leaves us here for, after He has saved us, is that we might bring others to know the Lord.” C. Joseph Kopp ’38, Luampa, N. Rhodesia, working under the South
JUNE, 1947
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