Vernon and Marilyn Weis

Related link: In tribute to Marilyn Weis

Marilyn Weis, 80, a Gospel Outreach volunteer, died July 29, 2010, at a hospital in Walla Walla, Wash. She was born December 25, 1929, in Loma Linda, Calif., to Eno and Edith Allen Leinbaum.

She received a nursing degree at Loma Linda and a bachelor’s from Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.

On May 1, 1953, she and Vernon Weis married.

For three years she was director of nurses at Johnson County Memorial Hospital in Cleburn, Texas. She then served as school nurse in the area until her retirement.

Vernon and Marilyn moved to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 1985, and to College Place, Wash., in 1996.

Marilyn enjoyed reading and knitting. Her role as a homemaker was important to her, and she loved helping others. She was a member of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in College Place, Wash.

Marilyn is survived by her husband, Vernon, and her sister, Marjorie Fellows.

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Suresh looked into his mommy’s eyes and saw tears of joy pouring down her face. (Hongqi Zhang / ISTOCKPHOTO)

“Mommy, mommy. Guess what I learned today in Saturday school? My teacher told me a story about a very famous doctor from Israel. He is now working in India. And He can fix blind eyes.”

“Are you sure, Suresh?” the mother asked her son.

“Yes, mommy. Please come with me to the healing center where He works.”

“But son, He won’t be able to fix my eyes. I have never been able to see anything. My eyes were bad before I was born. Besides, I don’t have enough money to pay such a great doctor,” the mother said. But her son wasn’t discouraged.

“He doesn’t charge money. He loves to heal people. Come with me quickly. Here take my hand.”

At the healing center, a Gospel Outreach worker warmly greeted mother and son.

“Peace be to you, and welcome,” he said.

“Please, sir,” the boy said, “invite Dr. Jesus to see my mommy. I know He can fix her eyes right now.”

“I have a plan,” the young pastor replied. “It will take 40 days. Here’s what we must do. Come here every day, and I will talk with Dr. Jesus. Before you arrive each day, I will skip one meal in order to spend even more time talking with Dr. Jesus.”

“Whatever you say, we will do,” replied the mother.

On the 40th day, everyone was excited. Suresh could hardly wait to watch his mommy see his smiling face for the first time.

“And now, Dr. Jesus, please open the eyes of your little sister so she can see how happy Suresh is,” the worker prayed.

And that is exactly what happened. Suresh looked into his mommy’s eyes and saw tears of joy pouring down her face.

“I knew You would do it! Thank you, Dr. Jesus.”

Story verified by Dr. Watts and Hidayat Masih, Northern India Union president

One day, as Mr. Moses visited in a home in Dovadanam, he discovered that the woman who lived there had kidney stones. Villagers often don’t have ready access to modern medical care. This woman’s pain had continued for many days. Nothing was easing her discomfort.

So Mr. Moses asked if the family would mind if he prayed to his God.

“Do you believe my marvelous God can heal you?” he asked the woman. She already had heard Mr. Moses mention his God in his prayers, and she had faith that his God could heal her.

So the family members took off their shoes and knelt on the floor. Mr. Moses prayed for God’s healing. That evening, Mr. Moses brought all the members of his congregation to the woman’s house, and they all gathered around her in a circle to pray. As they prayed, they laid their hands on the woman’s head. There was something special about those prayers. The woman was certain that the God of Mr. Moses actually was hearing them.

When she awoke the next morning, her pain was gone. What a powerful God. She could hardly wait to tell Mr. Moses and all the church members that their God had heard their prayers and healed her.

Mr. Moses and the other church members continued making friends with this family. And the family members began asking to learn more about this God who had healed their wife and mother.

After Bible studies, the father, mother and two boys, ages 17 and 19, were baptized. Today they tell others about the God who listens, the God who heals, and the God who saves.

Funds raised by Gospel Outreach and elsewhere helped rebuild the church. Years ago, GO worker Devi Bahadar Koirala (seated, front center) donated the land for the church building.

In the February newsletter last year, we shared the need for funds to complete the reconstruction of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Nepal. Years earlier, most of the church was destroyed by a petrol bomb. Church members, led by Gospel Outreach worker Devi Bahadar Koirala, faithfully continued to worship.

Reconstruction funds had been received from Adventists in Europe, but it was not enough. As the need was publicized, response was immediate. During the past year the church has been rebuilt.

Here is a short interview with Koirala, the Gospel Outreach worker who cares for this church:

Q: How many members do you have?

A: 50.

Q: How long did it take to rebuild this church?

A: Five months.

Q: Did any of the church members contribute in this construction?

A: Forty-five people contributed by volunteering their labor, one person per day for 45 days.

Q: Are you happy with the result?

A: Yes, I am more than happy and satisfied.

Your gifts have made it possible to extend the work being done here and elsewhere. Thank you.

Karma Lama and Karshng Lama stand near a stream at their baptismal service. Their baptisms are the first among the Tibetan people that have resulted from Gospel Outreach work.

Two Tibetan young people were baptized in December near the Tibet border. Karma Lama, 22, and Karshng Lama, 24, are the first fruits of the work for Tibetans led by Kami Norbu Lama, a Gospel Outreach (GO) evangelist in Nepal, who is working for his own Tibetan people.

Lama, who has been serving as a GO worker for two years, reports that anyone who leaves the traditional religion is threatened with exclusion from the close-knit community. Challenges are not new to the Tibetan people, and several others on both sides of the Tibet-Nepal border are looking forward to baptism as soon as the weather permits this spring.

The Nepal field is developing plans to enhance the opportunities for Tibetans in Nepal to embrace the Adventist Christian faith. These plans include:

• Providing further training for the newly baptized young men so that they can become effective witnesses to their people.
• Arranging for children from Tibetan families to attend Adventist schools.
• Beginning an FM radio broadcast in the Tibetan language.
• Developing more literature adapted to the Tibetan culture.
• Helping Tibetan believers acquire a place of worship.

Your gifts will help support the work in Tibet and elsewhere.