The March 2011 issue of Adventures in Missions is poignant for us. Only a very few of you have known how the newsletter has been formulated, edited and published. Much of the effort has been performed by our editor, Mary Ellen Schwab. With great patience and complete dedication, she has assembled the paper for the last eight years--more than 90 newsletters. She wouldn’t allow her name to be placed on the masthead, which is the reason we haven’t had one. It was her wish that she could … [Read more...]
Louise Irene Rea
COLLEGE PLACE, Wash.—Louise Irene Rea, 83, a Gospel Outreach volunteer, died November 30 in College Place, Wash. Born in McMinnville, Oregon, Louise grew up on a farm. She graduated from Walla Walla College in 1951 and received her master’s degree from Central Washington State College. In 1952 she married Bill Rea. Louise was an active member of the Seattle Mountaineers and climbed most of the major peaks in the Northwest. After Gospel Outreach was started in the 1990s, a computer … [Read more...]
Volunteers needed
You can help spread the gospel throughout the world by volunteering to help Gospel Outreach right here at home. Simply fill out the following online form, and we'll contact you. Thank you. … [Read more...]
In tribute to Marilyn Weis
How do we articulate appreciation for devoted service that has extended for more than a decade? With just words? Hardly adequate, even if we had an entire book. But to try to reduce our profound loss and thanks to just a few sentences—it’s just impossible to capture our feelings. Marilyn came to us not skilled in accountancy, but full of love for the Lord and with great good sense. We often call it commonsense, but of all characteristics it really is most uncommon. Enthusiasm! Lots of … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]