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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1957

Page

12

Opera Singer, Linguist Turns to Mission Work

A famed opera baritone Anton Marco renounces secular stage to sing gospel in Latin America and Texas missions. After wartime USO shows and a turning moment from a Bible verse at 3 AM, he fully embraces faith, joining his wife in church and planning a mission-driven tour culminating in a Mexico rally.

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Jesus Yoke and Light Burden Reflect Faith Lesson

Rev Howard C Cole of Vancouver Washington uses a Bible verse from Matthew 11 28 30 to illustrate bearing burdens with Christ while observing horse collars on a Fellowship Center garbage can as a metaphor for strength. He notes that burdens remain but with Jesus they are lighter and urges readers to learn from Him.

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Refugee Becomes Will Ambassador Mara Eksteins Story

Mara Eksteins, a Hood College senior and Latvian refugee, has won a Fulbright scholarship to study French at the University of Paris and will serve as an American student ambassador of good will in Europe. Born in 1944, she fled Latvia with her family during the Russian invasion, lived in Germany under Nazi rule, then moved to a Latvian colony under American occupation before resuming schooling.

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Immigrant Mara Exstein Earns Hood College Scholarship

Mara Exstein, sponsored by the World Lutheran Federation, traveled to New York aboard a refugee ship. She spoke little English at first and found the New World frightening, but she graduated from Clear Spring High School, earned a four year Hood College scholarship, and is returning to Europe as a representative of her new country.

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