Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Spring 2013 | Page 6
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about 15 feet away. As the reception came to a
planning to go to Africa as a missionary.
interested in native affairs over the years, but
close, he surveyed the room and announced
We remembered her laugh, her sunny
until this article, Wheaton appears to have
they were about to move to Barrows
disposition, and her love for the Lord’s work.
given little attention to natives.
Auditorium. He glanced over at me with a
All these years later, it brings such
What I have learned to see in the past
puzzled look on his face, then broke out in a
sadness to my heart to think of what
nearly 20 years is the tremendous impact of
wide grin and walked over, offering his hand to
happened to Margie.
natives on this hemisphere and that I and
me. “Good morning, I’m Billy Graham. Thanks
Lynn Ekblad Stolar M.A. ’82
most everyone around me has much more to
for helping us out today,” he said.
Cary, Illinois
learn. I hope Wheaton will address Indians
with a better set of responses than much of
His accessible and caring demeanor is not
simply a Southern quality or an affectation from
Grateful for Dr. Chappell
the past 500 years have offered.
years of ministry. He has a genuine desire to
Thank you for sharing Mollie Trager’s ’13 story
Dave Abrahamson ’65
meet and share with everyone, and his
and the hope and compassion poured out in
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
message has been constant.
the midst of the sorrows and loss in her family.
Marshall True ’80
As I was facing graduation and the “end”
A Lifesaving Connection
of Wheaton in 1984, I felt it was also the
Bravo to the Alumni Association for selecting
“end” of my Christian life. I was making
Omaha, Nebraska
Dr. William C. Wood to receive the 2012
Margie Bowers, Remembered
preparations to go back home to my
Distinguished Service to Society Award!
Thank you so much for the lovely piece about
nonbelieving family.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at
my sister Ma