Open Bible College - Onward Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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'ill MP N In November, 1950, two families, Dwightli the Phil Rounds and the Jacob Collins, Rirondale unne1J, Vern landed in Yokahoma, Japan to open Ciley, ' Vefflis C1evonL0See, Vit , up a new mission field for Open Bible engen Davidgu Standard Missions. The two families settled in the Tokyo area, where they began their long, hard study of the language. Then Bro. Collins erected a church in the same area. A Japanese pastor in Chiba City turned his group over to Bro. Rounds. About six months later, on January 10, 1951, another family came to Japan, the Eddie Karnes. Bro. Karnes decided to settle in Koba fSouthern Japanl. He soon bought a church there. Many souls have been saved, churches have been built and there are now seven Japanese students in Bible School. God is still moving in Japan under the work of these three fine young couples. . ...V , Ia. Ll J, I, ., R qigi F' r' 1' 1: j-:ft lf' 1? W N A mu! wx . erm X W, in '- in qu l W 1 W lx W W lil' X ' Qi .I 'l' , rt ,N -,rl ' A-w ,nil ' ll rl ' ' 'Nu N ll- sf 'f rr lf lp: ' J J r ,li r - JE, 'll , Q- ...Hi U 1 ,,.., ,l ivan MV' Q in H ,N ' , 1 , Dorothy and Eddie Karnes Phil and Shirley Rounds with Bertha and Jacob Collins with with their sons, Glen and their children, Phil, Jr. and their sons, Lowell and Jacob, Jr Bruce. Rose Ann.

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nd Gib lk and Yula 3 0 Martha Y ahnviiclmef ' In response to a radio broadcast from St. Peters- burg, Florida, a letter came from Jamaica ask- ing for help. An evangel- istic team composed of Rev. Harvey Klapstein, Edmund Outhouse and Charles M. Learning went there for several months of meetings Soon after that regular Open Bible Standard mis- sionaries arrived. Five years ago, Ivan and Kay Morton, the first Open Bible Standard mission- aries appointed to the is- land, found five Christians faithfully awaiting their coming. From this small beginning, the work has prospered and expanded. The church in Montego Bay has a Sunday School attendance of five hun- dred. Besides this headquarters church there is now another central area opened at Newport. Also, nine country churches have been started These begin as special bamboo churches, but as the number of Chris- tians grows and their special offerings are saved they are able to build a stone church in four or five years. One of the most important phases of the work has just been opened this year, the Jamaican Open Bible Institute, located at Newport. The first class consists of four- teen students. An orphanage has also been started in Newport. Besides the workers pictured on this page, Curtis and Martha Ruby and Dorothy Cummings will soon be doing missionary work in Jamaica. Ivan, Jean Ann and Kath erine Morton. Lowell, Wllda, Ronald and Mary Ellen Chandler, Mabel Nelson, Thelma and Trenton Staton, Elizabeth and A. W. Henderson.

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404 L. and M' Miles Stems, Harold POW Reeves One of our alumni, EVELYN THIEDERMAN, has faithfully served as a missionary in Java for several years. The mission station is lo- cated about an hour and one-half from the city of Surabaia, an ideal spot for their Bibl S e chool. Most of the students in the Bible School are from the is- l and of Sumatra, others are Chinese and M anaden- ese. Miss Thiederrnan teaches in the Bible School d an also helps the new missionaries to learn the language. Evelyn Thiederman had to return to the U ' nited States a few months ago because of poor health. She needs our prayers that she might be strengthened of God to once again serve in the capacity to which she has been called. 38