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Right after World
War 2 a young lady decided to move from her
parents home in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and take
nurses training at West Suburban Hospital in
Chicago, Illinois. After visiting several
churches she settled on Austin Avenue Gospel Hall
where the Bible was taught and the gospel of
Jesus Christ was faithfully preached. |
Whilst there
she met a young man named Kenneth who was a student at
Moody Bible Institute and recently returned from being a
tail gunner in a B-24 Bomber in the Pacific theatre. He
had decided that the Lord wanted him to return to the
Philippines with a sword (BIBLE) this time instead of a
50 calibre machine gun.
After several dates in and
around the Chicago area and Lake Winona, they decided
they should meet each others parents and pray together
about their future. Ken left for the Philippines and
immersed himself in the work of a missionary. Two years
later Mary Lou received a proposal of marriage with one
caveat. She must travel to the Philippines and be married
there. With dress, mints and wedding cake she boarded a
ship and made the thirty day trip to the South Pacific.
They were commended to the Lord's work by Woodside Bible
Chapel in Maywood, Illinois.
Serving the Lord took many forms over the next fifty
years. Working with ladies, children's work, providing
hospitality, and raising six children kept them busy.
Mary Lou also played piano and organ and produced the
four tape series (Hymns of Worship and Remembrance) which
have sold over 6000 copies. Hundreds of children learned
piano from May Lou and she was active in the Grace and
Truth Gospel Chapel as well as the Baguio chapel they
planted in the Philippines.
April 12 2003 Mary Lou passed peacefully into the arms of
her Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ after several years of
battling cancer. She is absent from her body but present
with her Lord.
The
bride eyes not her garment
But her dear Bridegroom's face
I will not gaze at glory
But on my King of grace
Not at the crown he giveth
But on His pierced hand
The lamb is all the glory
Of Immanuel's land
Hear MaryLou
playing this lovely
hymn herself (from Tape 1)
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