Steinbach Bible Institute - Star Yearbook (Steinbach, Manitoba Canada)

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STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK 31 l fJe ' ite ' iti Qaipel MtiAi n Danbury, Sask. Dear friends of the Gospel, Philippians 2:15 16. “Among whom ye shine as lights in the world: — holding forth the Word of Life.” Four years have elapsed since we entered the work in this north eastern part of Sask¬ atchewan. God has been good to us in giv¬ ing us many opportunities to hold forth the Word of Life. These have been in pers ' onal contacts, children’s meetings in various schools, D.V.B.S., street meetings and other types of services. The Lord has wonderfully blessed His Word in the hearts of young and old in that several have accepted Christ as Saviour. In time past these were dead in sin and lost in Romanism or Orthodoxy, but now are alive and rejoicing in Christ. Praise God it pays to serve Jesus. Just now I am thinking of an old grand¬ father who is in eternity. A few months before he passed away I had the privilege of pointing him to the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. To us it seemed impossible that a man of seventy- eight, and in his condition could be saved. With God all things are possible and so we are looking forward to meeting this soul in glory. Often we yearn for the Lord’s return, but whenever we see the multitudes around us who are not ready for the great day our heart’s cry is, “Lord tarry, there must be some more that will yet be saved.” Oh, that we could have a clearer vision of what it means for a soul to be lost. God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower strewn pathways, all the way through; But God hath promised, strength for the day, Rest for the morrow, help on our way. This has also been our experience. We have quite frequently been caught in snow¬ storms, spent almost all night ' on muddy roads, or in danger of losing life through some drunken driver. Even greater trials were the rebukes and reproaches of the very ones that we so desired to see saved. Yet we praise the Lord. The joy of the Lord is our strength. We realize our failures and shortcomings in this work and covet your prayers on our behalf that we may work in wisdom. Pray also that He may send more laborers into His harvest. Yours for the lost, John and Leona Reimer. ¥ Pelly, Sask. Greetings in the Redeemer’s name! Just a few words about the Lord’s work here. When I came t’o Pelly last May, I started out by having weekly Sunday Schools in four schools. The next school term I se¬ cured another six schools, so that now I visit ten schools (five a week). Attendance is good. In several schools all pupils stay. During the summer holidays D.V.B.S. was held in three of these schools. What a joy it was to see boys and girls decide for the Lord! We have had blessed times at our street meetings this pa st summer. A number of people take interest even though you can’t see them around. Gospel meetings that were held in the schools were well attended. But it is dif¬ ficult to keep a school for services very long. Besides the work in schools a number of homes have been visited. Hearts have been convicted. Souls have been on the verge of deciding. Please pray for over¬ whelming conviction and clear cut decisions for the Saviour. In closing I ask you to pray “for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.” Eph. 6:19. Benny Eidse.

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30 STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK F ©REIGN IN TRAINING In our training, much time is spent in learning practical helps which will assist in the job of a missionary. In our classes we are pointed to God, to lean heavily upon Him alone. Also to take the Word as it is, and act upon it. It is particularly em¬ phasized that we must die to self if we want to be efficient in this spiritual task. The parable of the seed is a good illus¬ tration that we must die so that we can bear fruit. “Except a c ' om of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.’’ John 12:24. We are looking forward to going to a portion of the harvest field where no one has ever reaped before. Henry and Betty Loewen. ★ I had planned on coming home on the plane to Vancouver, but since the weather did not clear up, the flight to Vancouver was cancelled and I came home by bus. The plane left Chico the following day I came home, and also crashed the same night. The Lord has seen fit to take 38 lives from our midst during the last six months. We may not be able to understand why, yet we know that God is more interested in reaching the heathen with the Gospel than we could be. Therefore we can rest assured that He has only allowed that which would cause the Gospel to spread the fastest. Our part is to obey and believe God more than we ever have before. We thank the Lord for the peace and joy in ou r hearts about these things. We can move on victorious for Him, for we can say with Paul in Rom. 8:37 - 39, “In all these things we aie more than conquerers through Him that loved us for I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life .... shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” When we have yielded our lives unto Him to use whichever way He sees fit, “Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Phil 1.20, 21. For God may choose to use the death of His saints even more effective¬ ly than their lives have ever been used. Therefore we cannot tell God just to use our life for He may see fit to take our life and use us in that way. I am here in Vancouver at the Mission’s camp for a short while, till the Lord shows me another way. I will be helping the stu¬ dents get started in Linguistics. There are five students now, a fine group to work with. The mission here is in a temporary place. They plan on moving out in May. the Lord willing, to the Okanagan Valley where they have a 100 acre plot of land. Since the loss of our plane, the Mission is planning on buying a boat, or may have already done so. It is expected to leave for South America sometime in March. I plan on going on this boat to S. A. and I would be glad to have you pray for me that this may be possible. When the Lord said, “Go,” He also said “I am with you.” May we have faith t ' o believe that God will supply all our needs. I expect to come to Manitoba at least for a short while before I leave. Yours for reaching those who know not Christ, Elizabeth Ko ' op. ★ Route 1, Box 282J Edinburg, Texas Dear Christian Friends: Greetings in the precious Name of our returning Lord Jesus Christ. This letter finds us at the Rio Grande Bible Institute, teaching young people to better serve the Lord. But to go back to the time since leaving Steinbach, during the summer we were travelling through an even dozen states, preaching as there was opportunity. I praise the Lord for His blessing. Since September we have been here, try¬ ing in some way to meet the tremendous challenges offered us. There is an alertness here, a determination to take advantage of every opportunity offered to glorify the Lord. Though this school is less than four years old, the Lord has greatly blessed. On the grounds are a girl’s dorm, housing also the chapel and class rooms; a music hall, with class rooms and library; a transcription studio, temporarily also housing some men; a dining room and kitchen; the president’s home. All these are of brick construction. There are also three dwellings and an office of frame construction belonging to the school, and a group of several other homes and buildings privately owned but on the school property. And other buildings are under construction or will be begun shortly. The Lord has also sent here, from all over the States, from Cuba and Mexico, workers to carry on His work, over twenty- five of us. He has also sent students and given them the desire to work for Him. At present there are nearly fifty services every week conducted under the supervision of the school, in missions, homes, jails, on street corners, plus hospital visitation, child evangelism classes, canvassing, etc. This is in addition to the pastors who are not sup¬ ervised by the school. The Lord has been blessing these efforts and saving souls. But the one thing which is perhaps most striking about the school is the spirit of unity and prayer which prevails. This, I believe, is the reason for the Lord’s great blessing in these very few years. Yours in Christ’s service, David F. Siemens, jr. ★

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Benny Eidse Pelly, Sask. Albert Toews Rock Creek, Margaret Reimer 1524 S., 10th St. Omaha, Neb. U. S Mary Frlesen Casilla De Carree Paraguay, S. A. Marion Loewen Casilla 5, Quito, Equador Mr. and Mrs. John K. Reimer mb i m Mr. and Mrs. ' ■ - 1 Danbury, Sask. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Martens Dave Schellenberg Canora, Sask. Kamsack, Sask