Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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could make it through the week. The first morning there were no refreshments and no booths so we mingled around and talked to students that we hadn't seen since breakfast. After the break Dr: Philip Armstrong who was to be the main speaker for the entire week stepped up to the mike. Finally came the long awaited raptured hour-lunch! After lunch we were to talk to missionaries. I didn't talk to the mis- sionaries-I didn't want to go to Bolivia! Monday night: back at C.B. auditorium. There were so many seminars that I didn't know which one to go to! I stayed away ffar leflj A .vlurlenl lookx or-er the Far Earl Broadcasting Coniparzyir booth :luring a break belween xexxionr of the conference. fCenlerj Gordon Goertzen talks lo lrlixsiorzary represenla- tire about f,f16'7'lIlf0ll Mobilizafion. fAh0l'8l Erie Torkelson talks to Rev. George Martin. lIUf'flJll'E'.l'f represeululirue for The E1-fangelical Allianre Mixsiorz. from the South America seminar though. The film Shining Like the Stars was shown. It was good. That first evening, I reflected on the events of the day, and remembered how the needles, crochet hooks, and embroidery thread flew during the conference meetings. Several guys were even doing their mending! Day number two: People were packed to the church's gills. When Luis Palau got up to speak eyes looked up and ears tuned in. He encouraged us to dream big and then doors would open, he said. This turned out to be one of

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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

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lf ,1 in ff., '15-N ...le M-L. Carl Thompson the main thrusts of the conference. I could just see the whole country of Bolivia encircled by a wall and the gates opening to hear the Gospel. But the whole country? Palau said there are seven key words for the Christian, vision, priorities, compas- sion, urgency, a servant's heart, prayer, and authority of holiness. When we catch a vision of what's happen- ing, he said, we can catch the vision the Lord Jesus had. All I have to do is pray, Lord, enlarge my vision. Palau emphasized that people are lost and without hope. CDoes that mean in Carl Thompson fLef!j Liullu Brown picks up literature 111 the booth nf 11 jeufixlz mission boa rd. fAbnz'ej Luix Palau .vf1e11k.v during lbe Tuesday evening .version 111911111 Cbrixfs wordx. If ye shall ask fnzything in my flume. I will do it. fRiglJ!j Sfllll-I21ff'7', memlrer of the Luis Paluu team, leads one of the evening Jemimzrx. fFf1r righlj Charlie jobnsmz listens to fnissionfzry repre- .l'9lIrlfi!'9. Bolivia?J Go ahead and ask the Lord, Palau went on. Don't be afraid about being egotisticf' The evangelist said that we must get our priorities straight if we are to serve God. One of those priorities is a heart of compas: sion for the lost. I began to wonder if I real- ly cared about the people who were lost without Christ. Lastly, Palau said, If you're going to be close to the Lord, you are going to be holy. A holy man is an awesome weapon in the hand of God. Day three: It was neat to watch as mis- sionary appointees were sent out like pop-