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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.


4/4

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

s c r i p t u r a l

m e a n i n g s , h e s e go

over so

well

w i t h t h e chil dren.

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