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TR INING THE
CHURCH FOR
TO ORROW
«
"Aufstehen
Es s t
Zeit
in die
S c h u l e z u
g ^ e n "
( G e t u p ,
T i m e
t o
go
t o s c h o o l " ) T h i s
i s
a
common
c a l l
each
morning
around our
house.
Debbie goes
t o school
at 7:15 12:00 Monday
t h r u S a t u r d a y . She must d a i l y
. c a r r y
a l l
o f
h e r books
i n
h e r
"Schulranzen,"which shewearson
h e r back.
Debbie,
w h o i s i n t h e
f o u r t h g r a d e ,
h a s j u s t
f i n i s h e d
t a k i n g
an exam t o s e e i f
s h e
i s
e l i g i b l e
t o e n t e r
h i g h
s c h o o l .
They
must
d e c i d e
a t
t h i s
age
h e i r
l i f e s
o c c u p a t i o n .
T h e m i s s i o n a r i e s
are
h e r e t o
h e l p them w i t l i t h e i r s p i r i t
u a l e d u c a t i o n .
As
t h e days go
by
one s e e s t h e hand of God a t
work i n p a r t i c u l a r l i v e s .
But
i n
o t h e r
l i v e s
one e e s t h e Devil busy
t o o .
I t i s i m p o r t a n t
t o
t a k e t h e
t im e
to
s h a r e God's word with
them
w h i l e t h e y
are young.
I t
has
c e r t a i n l y t h r i l l e d
us
I n
t h e
Lord's w o r k
here i n
Germany,
as
w e w a t c h t h e
s p i r i t u a l
growth
and r e s p o n s e of
theyoungpeople.
We d a l l y r e m i n d o u r s e l v e s
t h a t
t h e y are t h e
church of
tomorrow.
I f t h e y a r e s p i r i t u a l l y f e d today,
t h e church w i l l be s t r o n g
t o
morrow
The
children's work
has
een
very encouraging and i n s p i r i n g .
For
t l i e
most p a r t t h e c h i l d r e n r e
s p o n d
v e r y g l a d l y t o t h e C h i l
dren's Bible Hour
a n d
a t t e n d
i t
r e g u l a r l y .
Our
a t t e n d a n c e
r u n s
a n y w h e r e
f r o m 3 0 - 5 0 w e e k l y .
Our
g r e a t e s t , t h r i l l
i s
t h e
s p i r i t u a l p r o
g r e s s
made
e a c h w e d c . S i n c e
D a i l y V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l h e l d
d u r i n g E a s t e r v a c a t i o n , t h e c h i l
d r en
n a v e taken a n e w
trend
in
t h e i r
s p i r i t u a l l i v e s . S e v e r a l have
b e e n a s k i n g q u e s t i o n s
about
bap
t i s m , about l i f e
h e r e a f t e r ,
and
about
what God e x p e c t s o t them,
i f t h e y w e r e
t o
become h r i s t i a n s .
Schwester E b e r l e ,
a
wonderful,
dedicated
Christian, was lead to
a c c e p t
t h e
c h a l l e n g e
t o
t e a c h
t h e
j u n i o r a n d t e e n a g e g i r l s . S h e
u n d e r s t a n d s
many
o f t h e t r i a l s ,
p r e s s u r e s a n d
p r o b l e m s
o f t h e s e
young p e o p l e , w h i c h many f u s
are not o l d enough
t o
have ex
p e r i e n c e d .
Through
h e r p e r s o n a l
and d a i l y e x p e r i e n c e s
w i t h
t h e
Lord
J e s u s
C h r i s t ,
she i s a b l e t o
p a t i e n t l y m o l d
t h e s e
l i v e s i n t h a t
p a t t e r n t h a t C h r i s t w o u l d h a v e
them molded. During Vacation
B i b l e School, S c h w e s t e r
E b e r l e
a s s i s t e d J a n i c e
P h i l l i p s i n
t e a c h i n g
t h e
j u n i o r
age
c l a s s ,
w h i c h i s
p i c t u r e d h e r e .
I
was
amazed
how
the children b e c a m e attached to
h e r .
I
am
u l l y
c o n v i n c e d
t
w as
because of the
love she
h a d to
share w i t h them. They begged
her
to come b a c k and b e
with
them each week. This was the
b e g i n n i n g
o f
t h e c h a l l e n g e
p r e
sented
to her. She now
teaches
e a c h
w e e k
i n
the Children's Bible
Hour.
Praises be to God for an
swering
such
a great n e e d . S i n c e
she i s a German and
s p e n t h e r
l i f e
i n t h i s
a r e a ,
she understands
t h e
young
p e o p l e s
n e e d s .
P l e a s e
pray
f o r S c h w e s t e r
E b e r l e
as
she
strives to
tea c h
these
c h i l d r en
about
hrist.
Our
h e a r t s
were
thril led w i t h
t h e
response
of h e c h i l d r e n
f o r V .
B.S. h d d
during
E a s t e r v a c a t i o n .
T he
t t e n d a n c e
averaged
45 ach
day. T h e missionary s t o r i e s
were
c e n t e r e d around
the
Ted
S k i l e s
family
and
t h e i r work
i n T a i w a n .
Due
to
the
interest
aroused
through
t h e
missionary s t o r i e s
s e n t
t o us
by t h e S k i l e s f a m i l y ,
t h e c h i l d r e n gave 86 German
Marks ( 38) o r t h e c h i l d r e n ' s
home i n
Taiwan.
Diane
Miller's
modier, w h o w a s
v i s i t i n g Diane
a t t h e
t i m e ,
w a s
g r e a t l y
appre
ciated,
as she r e l i e v e d theworkers
of
small
Jobs w h i c t i are
sotime
c o n s um i ng .
Stanley
Ropeilewski
b e c a m e a
C h r i s t i a n
almost two years ago
and
has
had
h i s
ups
and
downs.
He
was
an
a l c o h o l i c and had
t o
f i n a l l y go t o a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n
c e n t e r . At i r s t
he
fought t , only
to realize he c o u l d
not
overcome
h i s drinking problem
on
h i s own.
He needed t h e
Lord's
h e l p and
he needed t h e h e l p of h i s f e l l o w -
m a n . We r u l y diank God t h a t
he
has
gone
t o t h i s c e n t e r
and
t
i s t h r i l l i n g t o s e e h o w
God
s
using
him t o h e l p
o t h e r s who
have
h e
same
weaknesses
and problems
as
he
does. Upon
h i s a r r i v a l
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at
t h e
c e n t e r ,
he mec
a n
American
man
named a t r i c k .
Soon S t a n l e y
and
P a t r i c k w e r e
r e a d i n g and
studying t h e B i b l e t o g e th e r , P l e a s e
f i r a y
f o r
t a n l e y
a s
h e
s h a r e s h i s
a i t h w i t h P a t r i d c . S t a n l e y i s v e r y
t a l e n t e d
and speaks s e v e r a l
l a n
g u a ges
f l
u e n t l y . God
could use
him
i n s u c h g r e a t ways
i f
w e ,
a s his
brothers
and s i s t e r s in
C h r i s t ,
remember
him
d a i l y
i n
p r a y e r ,
a s k i n g t h e L o r d
t o
g u i d e
him. S t a n l e y w i l l be
a t t h e
c e n t e r
u n t i l September and each of us
are looking
forward t o h i s r e t u r n
t o t h e congregation h e r e .
We
n e e d
h i s h e l p and
e n c o u r a g e m e n t .
C MP
IME
Camp t i m e
i s
r a p i d l y ap
p r o a c h i n g
f o r u s ,
w h i c h r e q u i r e s
h o u r s
o f p r e p a r a t i o n
and
p l a n
n i n g . The d a t e s f o r camp t h i s
year
are July
6-12. We
re
ex
p e c t i n g t h e l a r g e s t
German
camp
e v e r
w i t h
a t l e a s t
23-30
c a m p e r s .
Lord w i l l i n g ,
we
w i l l
have
more
f a c u l t y members t h i s
y e a r ,
w h i c h
means
more as sis tance with
each
camper.
Our German c a m p i s
v e r y P r i m i t i v e .
The
b o y s s l e e p
i n t h e h a y l o f t
and
t h e g i r l s
s l e e p
i n
t e n t s .
Our
f a c i l i t i e s
a r e
prim
i t i v e b u t t h e m e s s a g e
i s u p - t o -
date. ^
Alva w i t h h i s
c l a s s
i n t h e h a y l o f t
a t
German camp.
During
t h e morning hours
y o u n g p e o p l e a r e d i v i d ^
i n t o
t h r e e
s e p a r a t e groups.
There i s
a
c l a s s f o r c h i l d r e n under
8 ears
o l d ; f o r 8-12 y r s . l d ; andfor
e e n
a g e r s . E a c l i
group
has
two
c l a s s
p e r i o d s and a memorytime. Dur
i n g
t l i i s p e r i o d t h e
c h i l d r e n
memorize
scriptures
to
gain points
f o r
t h e i r
t e a m s . By h a v i n g t h e
teams w e hope t l i a t
t h e
c h i l d r e n
w i l l learn what t means o work
t o g e t h e r a s a team. The f t e r n o o n
a c t i v i t i e s very d a i l y w i t h
f u s s b a l l
( s o c c e r ) , swimming,
badminton,
h i k i n g ,
e t c
We have
a l s o t r i e d
t o
t e a c h t h e c h i l d r e n t o p l a y
Amer
ican baseball
or S o f t b a l l . This
has gone o v e r
q u i t e
w e l l , b u t t h e y
c a n ' t seem t o g e t t h e i d e a of a t c h
i n g
t h e b a l l
and
g e t t i n g i t i n from
o u t f i e l d During t h e
e v e n i n g
s e s s i o n
t h e y have a
s o c i a l
hour.
The
young
p e o p l e
l o v e
t o
do
dramas
u t theirsenseo fhumoris
much different from that of the
Americans. Sometimes we ind i t
hard t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e
p o i n t
t h e y
are t r y i n g t o g e t a c r o s s . Follow
i n g t h e s o c i a l hour
p e r i o d
t h e
c h i l d r e n
w i l l
be shown a f i l m s t r i p
on t h e book
o f
A c t s , o l l o w e d by
a
c a m p f i r e .
During
t h e
c a m p f i r e
t i m e , t h e c h i l d r e n e n j o y s i n g i n g
t o g e t h e r and
h e a r i n g
t h e message
p r e s e n t e d .
The camp
day w i l l
c l o s e w i t h
a prayer c i r c l e .
I t
i s
t h r i l l i n g t o s e e how God u s e s
each
l i t t l e e f f o r t p u t
f o r t h
t o draw
t h e
y o un g people
c l o s e r t o C h r i s t .
We r e hoping
and
p r a y i n g t h a t
children
w i l l
be
drawn
closer
to
t h e Lord
t h i s year than
e v e r be
f o r e . The
morning c l a s s e s w i l l
cover Evidences of God nd
P r o b l e m s
F a c i n g
T e e n a g e r s
and
junior age young
p e o p l e .
Your
p r a y e r s
on
b e h a l f o f t h e s e
young
p e o p l e and t h e t e a c h e r s
w i l l
be
gready a p p r e c i a t e d .
We
ould
a l s o a p p r e c i a t e
your
p r a y e r s
f o r
t h e
c a m p e x p e n s e s , t h a t God w i l l
provide a
w a y t h a t
t h e needs w i l l
b e m e t . The
campers
pay
3 5
German
Ma r k s ($15). This i s a
l o t f o r some a m i l i e s t o pay, h e r e
fore
we
do not
f e e l
we
can raise
t h e c am p
f e e and s t i l l m e e t
t h e
s p i r i t u a l needs
ofthecamperswho
d e s i r e
t o
be s p i r i t u a l l y f e d . L a s t
year i t took approximately
1,000
Ma r k s
t o meet t h e
expenses of
German
cam p .
This
year t h e
expenses are
sure
t o
be
much
h i g h e r , b e c a u s e
of p r i c e s
going
u p s o d r a s t i c a l l y . The campers
p a i d about 6 0 0 Marks of h e t o t a l
expenses l a s t y e a r .
We
e r t a i n l y
p r a i s e
God
f o r
t h i s
accom
p l i s h m e n t
and
f o r
t h e
f a c t
t h a t
we
were
a b l e t o
make German
c a m p a v a i l a b l e t o t h e
young
p e o p l e . I t
i s
s o l e l y because of
your f a i t h f u l s u p p o r t and r a y e r s
t h a t a l l
of
t h e s e t h i n g s have be
come
r e a l i t y .
Your support has made t h e
C h i l d r e n ' s B i b l e Hour p o s s i b l e
f o r
any
b e t w e e n
30-50
c h i l d r e n
a
w e e k . Your r e g u l a r s u p p o r t
ha s
made
t h e
j u n i o r
y o u t h
group
available
to
those between the
ages
of 8-12.
There are approx
i m a t e l y
8-14
c h i l d r e n
a t t e n d i n g
t h e
j u n i o r
y o u t h
group. T h e i r
h i g h e s t
a t t e n d a n c e w a s 25. Be
cause
o f
your f a i t h f u l
s u p p o r t
t h e s e n i o r
y o u t h
group
has
a l s o
been made p o s s i b l e . The s e n i o r
y o u t h group i s f o r young p e o p l e
over 1 3 y e a r s o l d .
T h i s
group
has between 1 0 - 2 0
in
attendance
e a c h w e e k . Of c o u r s e , your su p
p o r t a l s o
makes
theGerman camp
p o s s i b l e . Each
one
of t h e s e s e r
v i c e s
a r e h e l d t o p l a n t
t h e
G o s p e l
seed
i n
t h e i r
h e a r t s ,
t o
mold
t h e i r
l i v e s
i n
t h e w a y
i n w h i c h Go d
would have t l i e m molded, and t o
prepare
them
f o r s e r v i c e s
i n
His
Kingdom
m
t h e
coming
y e a r s .
P l e a s e
do pray t h a t each
of
h e s e
a c t i v i t i e s
and
that the
financial
n e e d s w i l l
b e
m e t ,
t h a t e a c h
s p i r
i t u a l
s o u l m a y c o n t i n u e
t o grow
i n
the
love
and
i n
the
wi sdom
of
Jesus C h r i s t .
Now
I
thank God
f o r
His
g i f t s of L o v e . God's
b l e s s i n g s a r e always
w o n d e r f u l
and
f o r
t h i s w e t r u l y thank Him.
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OUR RIGHT-HAND
GIRLS
During
t h e
p a s t y e a r , two
young
l a d i e s
have
h e l p e d
us
a i t h
f u l l y .
As
of
June 6,
1975,
Linda
Dayhoff has worked w i t h us
f o r
t w o
y e a r s .
J i l l Farmer
a r r i v e d
i n Ge r m a n y o n June
28,
1974.
Linda
a n d J i l l share
a n
apart
ment o g e t h e r . I w o u l d l i k e t o t a k e
t h i s
o p p o r t u n i t y t o t e l l you ho w
t h e y
s h a r e
i n
t h e L o r d s
w o r k
here
i n
the Gechingen area.
A f t e r
s t u d y i n g German o r o v e r a y e a r ,
Linda
began
t e a c h i n g
i n
t h e C h i l
dren's
Bible Hour a c h w e e k . Of
c o u r s e , she
found i t
very
i f f i c u l t
a t
f i r s t but
w i t h
God's
h e l p ,
she
d o e s
b e t t e r
w i t h each
we^
h a t
p a s s e s . Her German
has
im
proved
gready an d
s h e f e e l s m u c h
m o r e
o n f i d e n t
i n speaking
t
n o w .
Pictured
here
i s L i n d a with
h er
s e c o n d grade
l a s s .
They p r e s e n t
m a n y c h a l l e n g e s ,
b u t
through
each c h a l l e n g c - L i n d a , as
w e l l -
as
t h e c h i l d r e n , gr o w s p i r i t u a l l y . Of
c o u r s e e t t e r s must be
t y p e d .
T h i s
t a s k u s u a l l y
f a l l s t o
L i n d a , u n l e s s
t h e
d e m a n d
i s
too
g r e a t ,
a t
which
t i m e i l l a l s o
h e l p s
w i t h t h e t y p i n g .
There
i s m or e t h a n j u s t e t t e r s t o
b e
t y p e d .
L i n d a s h e l p i s a l s o
r e q u i r e d i n
t y p i n g
t h e s t e n c i l s f o r
t h e w o r k b o o k s w h i c h a r e p r i n t e d
f o r t h e
c h i l d r e n . She
a l s o
p l a y s
t h e p i a n o
f o r
b o t h
t h e
C h i l d r e n s
B i b l e
H o u r
and
Sunday
w o r s h i p
service
J i l l has
a c c e p t e d
t h e
c h a l l e n g e
o f r a n s l a t i n g
t h e v i s u a l i z e d
b o o k
l e t s on
h e
l i f e o f Ch r i s t
i n t o
Ger
m a n .
This
i s
a r e a l c h a l l e n g e
t o h e r because she has
only ha d
about
5 onths of German t u d y .
I t i s
t h r i l l i n g
t o s e e h o w G o d i s
able t o u s e
l i e r
i n
t h i s
w a y ,
even
though m a n y
t i m e s
she
f e e l s i n
adequate n
t h e Ge r m a n
language.
J i l l
a l s o h e l p s plan
t h e
handi
c r a f t p r o j e c t s f o r V . B . S . , German
c a m p
and l i e L ugan o r e t r e a t and
prepares sample p r o j e c t s f o r t h e
t e a c h e r s . Sheplay
e v e r a l musical
instruments, such
as
the f l u t e ,
u k e l e an d saxaphone, which
can
be
u s e d
t o
a g r e a t a d v a n t a g e .
She
a l s o
h a n d l e s a l l t h e s u p p l i e s
i n t h e storeroom
an d keeps
Aings
f i l e d and-put a w a y .
This
i s a
d e f i n i t e h e l p .
Linda
a n d J i l l
are w r i t i n g
lessons for the German work
b o o k s, n t h e
s e r i e s
Daily Exper
i e n c e s w i t h God .
They
u s e prac
t i c a l
a p p l i c a t i o n
s t o r i e s
t o
e x p r e s s
t h e
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