Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Missionary Conference The open door to our future where does it lie? 65 M55

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611 M55 Carl Thompson FE IRUAIRY l-6 Missionary Conference. The theme of this year's Missionary Conference was The Open Door . . . Csee extended articleb. 2 Groundhog Day and Jeff Klippenes birth- day. Q Conference Results. Bruce Wilkinson asked his 8 a.m. class Cgradsl how they liked the conference. There was a tremendous response! He ask- ed how many were going to the foreign field - 70721 raised their hands and were able to name mission board and location. l Faculty-Student Leadership Conference. Ml Valentine's Banquet. Love is the Key was the theme for this years Valentineis Banquet. Featured speaker for the evening was Dwight Small, author of one of Multnomah's texts for Contemporary Home Life entitled Design for Christian Marriage. The event, spon- sored by Men's and Women's Fellowship, was held at Marylhurst College. Pam Walker, John Vredevelt, and Steve MacLurg shared some songs of worship and praise - beautiful! Participants in the un- ique and enlightening Keylywed', tnewlywedb game were the Needhams, Moores, Ericksons, and Wilkinsons. Did you know that Diane and Bruce Wilkinson almost got expelled from a Bible School during their courtship days because they got caught kissing in the prayer chapel? fthe school had a hands off policylb Kerry Goodwin provided background music on the harpsichord and accompanied Sharon Clauson and Mary Ritzman in their cello duet. All in all it was a wonderful evening!

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fa- Ll-Il' Carl Thompson BUT LORD! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BOLIVIA! The week of Missionary Conference final- ly arrived. The school gradually prepared us for this week since we came back from Christmas vacation. I didn't know what was coming and frank- ly, I was a little scared of the ordeal and of so many missionaries 41029 gathered together for a whole week! Dr. Aldrich introduced the week, February 1-6, by saying that the conference was designed to make us doers of the Word Carl Thompson and not hearers only. We must share what we have learned here . . . the fields are white for harvest. It all started Monday morning. It was cold and foggy. Somehow I slept through the alarm again. I was late for breakfast, but I made it with one minute to spare. Someone mixed the Syrups-ugh! Missionary Conference. Oh, boy. I've heard about this week when kids here at school suddenly want to become mis- sionaries and go to deep Africa, or want to leave everything to go to some tribe in New Guinea. Just as long as some missionary didn't try to get me to go to Bolivia, I felt I