Elim Bible Institute - Oasis Yearbook (Lima, NY)

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Students Called to Pray Within the full schedule of student activities, Elim allocates special time for missions every Thursday. Each student chooses to involve himself in one of six different prayer groups for the entire year. The purpose of mis¬ sionary prayer groups is several fold: to keep alive the Great Commission in the hearts of the students, to de¬ velop student leadership and individual participation in missions, to encourage students to discover God’s spe¬ cific purpose for their lives, and to support in prayer His laborers located all over the world. Below and on the following pages are listed the former Elim students and teachers who have given themselves to missionary service; pictured with the lists are those student groups who have given themselves to prayer for those areas. -AFRICA- KENYA: Bud and Fay Sickler; Alma Lind; Eva Butler; Irvin Schwandt; John and Jennie Maxwell; Bill and Juanita Foy; Frank and Pam Davis; Kath¬ erine Gray; Olive McLeod; Harold and Ernestine Malone; Erastus Otieno; Clara Rhines; Elizabeth Ridenour; Dawn Roherty; LeRoy and Shirley Davis; James and Evelyn Johnson; Carolyn Jones; Jerry and Ann Lout; George and June Lindsay; Philip and Starlene Harman. UGANDA: Granger and Beverly Angel; David and Mary Clark; Sam and Flora Grif¬ fin; LeRoy and Marcella Holmberg; Art and May Dodzweit. I-PACIFIC ISLANDS -i NEW ZEALAND: Frank Darcy; John and Hope Fergusson; Des¬ mond and Carley Short. PHILIP¬ PINES: Paul and Rose Stutzman; Warren and Marjorie Denton; John and Joy Stutzman; Don Parrent; Marvin and Barbara Byers. TAI¬ WAN: Nick and Gloria Krushni- sky; Bert and Esther MacClurg; Esther Wine. INDONESIA: Steve and Eleanor Westfall.

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Is the Need for Pioneers Finished? “The Peace Corps are willing to live meagerly, with the bare necessities of life, while generally new missionary recruits are not ready to face this kind of life. Perhaps the fault lies with us older missionaries. The emphasis in recent years is “To the cities, To the cities” — primarily to reach the better qualified na¬ tional who in turn can take the Gospel back to his people. Which is true. Yet with this emphasis it would seem that the pioneering spirit has waxed dim. Some say, “The bush is nice to visit, but to live in, ‘NO’! The city for me!” However, most all of the experienced, practical missionaries who now reveal such fine qualities of leadership in their work in the cities, spent their first years of crucial training in out-of-the-way spots. There are still the out-backs. There are still the distant peoples where the full Gospel, the power of God, and salvation for the whole man have not gone. Qualifications for such a life are: (1) A willingness to be what God wants me to be, where He wants me to be, and when. (2) A readiness to make myself happy and content in every circum¬ stance and good work. (3) A spiritual-practical outlook, i.e., to have an increasing relationship with Christ, yet be ready for the everyday menial tasks, such as cooking, sewing, cleaning, administering first aid, digging, building, repairing automobiles, being father, mother, teacher, advisor — al¬ ways in the Spirit of Christ, always serving — with preaching the last of all! At Often back-country life is 20-40 years behind what most youth of today know. For the pioneer missionary there may be no telephone, no electricity, running water, nor transportation, etc., etc., etc. Still, life is what we make it, wherever God calls us to live and minister. “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” And there can be a thrill in the most menial task working with Him. WHO IS READY for this opportunity for a life of great adventure, to work under the banner of our Great Captain ? Let us look out at the vast harvest that remains to be reaped in the unreached, un¬ explored areas and answer this challenge, “THE DAY OF PIONEERS IS STILL WITH US.”

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-—LATIN AMERICA- MEXICO: Mary Martin; George and Virginia Barney; Wilfred and Lorraine Lawrenson; Paul and Helen Groman: Robert and Dorothy Blodg- et; Jean Holodnak. COSTA RICA: Kenneth and Helen Bennett; Allen and Grace Claycomb; Paul and Carolyn Rue; Gay Spilman. HAITI: John and Eleanor Barstow. JAMAICA: Malcolm Seivewright. COLOMBIA: Sixto and Ruth Lo¬ pez; Forrest and Faith Dodge; Paul and Doris An¬ derson; David and Lucille Faust. PERU: Carlos and Celia Estrada; Peter and Marion Seda. AR¬ GENTINA: Alex and Mildred Manzewitsch; Ed¬ ward and Eleanor Miller; John and Pirucah Mil¬ ler; Harry and Connie Vellekoop. BRAZIL: Ken and Judy Ebersole. MISSIONARIES-AT- LARGE: Milford and Phyllis Kirkpatrick. ASIA INDIA: Abraham and Joy Samuel; V.G. and Rosamma Kunjappy; Rebecca Sylves¬ ter. KOREA: Jack and Kathy Holm.