THE MOSTELLER STORY
INSTALMENT #4
Our story continues:.......
I had been keeping what I called my little missionary diary. There was something that I thought was worthy of going into my diary, and I asked my wife Gladys, if I should make the entry. Her response was...”If you do anything, I think you should write to headquarters and offer yourself for foreign missionary service”. So I did. I went into our bedroom with bare boards on the walls and ceiling and wrote Dr. C. Warren Jones, the General Missionary Secretary, saying, “Mrs Mosteller and I are available for foreign missionary service anytime, anywhere.” That was in March 1944. A few days after that, the Oregon Pacific District Assembly convened, with Dr. James B. Chapman presiding. He had brought along his new wife, Louise Robinson Chapman, of missionary fame. We caught both of them looking us over a few times. Shortly thereafter we were requested to attend the 1944 General Assembly, to be held three months later, at which time we would be interviewed by the four General Superintendents: Dr. R.T. Williams, Dr. James B. Chapman, Dr. Orval J. Nease, and a former college professor of mine, Dr. Howard V. Miller. That would be a frightening experience. We were called in for the interview. Dr. Chapman occupied the entire 20 minutes by telling about his recent trip to the Cape Verde Islands. No questions were asked of us, just a comment by Dr. Miller, “I didn’t know you were called to be a missionary,” to which I replied, “I wasn’t when you knew me.”
The highlight of that day was when Mrs. S.N. Fitkin, General Missionary President, took our little baby, Kathleen Joy, in her arms, lifted her high into the air, and referred to her as “our little missionary girl.” We left Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the General Assembly was held, knowing no more than we knew when we came. We were eventually informed that we were appointed to serve in the Cape Verde Islands, where we had the time of our lives. God be praised........
In Christ’s Love....
Earl E. Mosteller.
Link to INSTALMENT #5 >>>
|From daughter Ginny –
“I neglected to include our thanks for your prayers on dad’s (Earl’s) behalf. He has recuperated so much more quickly from the second back injury (his fall on August 30th) than the first one, and last Sunday, (Sept 28th), he was able to be back in church again for the first time since June!. We praise the Lord, and we thank you too, because you have been praying for him....and....”The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man (dad always adds, woman, boy or girl) availeth much”. (Dad’s special verse that he often used in deputation services)
I had been keeping what I called my little missionary diary. There was something that I thought was worthy of going into my diary, and I asked my wife Gladys, if I should make the entry. Her response was...”If you do anything, I think you should write to headquarters and offer yourself for foreign missionary service”. So I did. I went into our bedroom with bare boards on the walls and ceiling and wrote Dr. C. Warren Jones, the General Missionary Secretary, saying, “Mrs Mosteller and I are available for foreign missionary service anytime, anywhere.” That was in March 1944. A few days after that, the Oregon Pacific District Assembly convened, with Dr. James B. Chapman presiding. He had brought along his new wife, Louise Robinson Chapman, of missionary fame. We caught both of them looking us over a few times. Shortly thereafter we were requested to attend the 1944 General Assembly, to be held three months later, at which time we would be interviewed by the four General Superintendents: Dr. R.T. Williams, Dr. James B. Chapman, Dr. Orval J. Nease, and a former college professor of mine, Dr. Howard V. Miller. That would be a frightening experience. We were called in for the interview. Dr. Chapman occupied the entire 20 minutes by telling about his recent trip to the Cape Verde Islands. No questions were asked of us, just a comment by Dr. Miller, “I didn’t know you were called to be a missionary,” to which I replied, “I wasn’t when you knew me.”
The highlight of that day was when Mrs. S.N. Fitkin, General Missionary President, took our little baby, Kathleen Joy, in her arms, lifted her high into the air, and referred to her as “our little missionary girl.” We left Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the General Assembly was held, knowing no more than we knew when we came. We were eventually informed that we were appointed to serve in the Cape Verde Islands, where we had the time of our lives. God be praised........
In Christ’s Love....
Earl E. Mosteller.
Link to INSTALMENT #5 >>>
|From daughter Ginny –
“I neglected to include our thanks for your prayers on dad’s (Earl’s) behalf. He has recuperated so much more quickly from the second back injury (his fall on August 30th) than the first one, and last Sunday, (Sept 28th), he was able to be back in church again for the first time since June!. We praise the Lord, and we thank you too, because you have been praying for him....and....”The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man (dad always adds, woman, boy or girl) availeth much”. (Dad’s special verse that he often used in deputation services)
