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Assemblies of God 8~ R.II Wir e" Pe"tecost Came to Habama Assemblies of God 8~ R.II . Spt!ncc ~I "6:"'. ",ri. I~ ,.,...w:,,~, , J,.. ."I R --- Rn..... ' ..." .II" ..... 11.-, •. 1911 nr...... ................;~ ~~~~.... ~~::::::~~~::~ :":' ...................\~ rn~. ':. ~':.:. :'.~\:\:',,:":'.:1~.8~ From The American Maga:il/e. June 1939 •• - ~-:....-=- They call her the greatest woman in Egypt-this big-hearted American who looks like Marie Dress- ler and is "Mamma" to 700 orphans and widows J E ROM E EAT T y gyP' ,~ a land of wondcr~. but (0 me E its grcatc~t ,~ M,~:> L,llmn Tra,hcr. hugc and hcany. once of Jad..~onvillc. Fla .. mOlhcr to (>-l7 Egyptian orphan" and 74 pcnnilc:>s widows. At A!. .... ioul, Egypt. shc conduth onc of thc mO~1 amazmg o{X!n hous.c~ in thc world No de!.crving Lillian Trashu child or .... ,dow ha!> cver been turncd al Ass;()ul. /938. l'holf) by Jerome away. IJealty The my~lery of the Sphmx , ~ a ch,ld's Con/inu, /I /UI fHJJ(t J THE HERITAGE t,ETTJ,j:R Wayn, Wom" ' H'U b.ne alre.ld) nntn.:cd, Ibl" ,,"uc A01 lIallCllW .\ la~lng d do\C h"ltlk, at an Aw.:lIlbln,', III (jnd legend and ,lnc of the l-!TC,II .... olllen of thl .. L"cnlUl) I.tlhan Tr:hhcr IIKK7·196t) \1." Tra .. hcr', orphanage ;11 A""I(lut, L:g)pt ..... hKh ... no .... L"allcd the Lllhan Tra:.hcr Memorial Orphanage, will be 7" year. old on FchruilfY 10. On that da} In 1911, I. l1h,Ul!OO!.. it lin} baby gIrl 11110 her home. The hahy', 1ll00hcr had JU\! thed. and Ihc lather .... iI\ unable 10 lake (itre of the .... ad Wllh what 1.IIIIall undcr.. \ooJ 10 he a mandate from God. an orphanage wa~ c,tabh,hcd whlth I;OnIIllUC\ to thl\ day a~ a hil\'cn lor orph;LIl \ .and .... idow .. You'll CillO), Jerome BeallY ', cla..... c story. "NitI.' Mother, " .... hleh wc arc re­ A ("f(!llll of 300 Iwlcoml'il Liflian Trll\her 10 Sf1fi"xfil'fd. Mi.H(!!lri. ill ill/lIll1n f955. The pnntlllg from the June 19.19 ."uc of fill' l·i.lit litH her fint to 'he Vllilell SllIfe.\ 11125 \"('url. ftuflulell ill the 1\"e1COIIIIII~ fJar,\' ab(JI'e Amuium MlIXlI: /I/{'. One of Lilllan '~ (lrt' (hi' to ri~htJ IJ ert Will Char/offe WI'I}h, Ruff'" Ri~~.I, ,hell ~e lleral .\/IpNilllem/elll, lallhful helper. and then! Wl!re many Miu Traslll'r: i.a SlIIl'ff, \/r.1 Amfrt'l\" Crolldl (illjrom); Mrs. George Carmil"lwel, (II/(I Philip Crouch. ha, ill~) Written;1 ~101)' Noef Perk;}I , IlIl'n mi.\.\iml(ln'\eaellln for thl~ i,wl! hilip and Il ille! Crouch <.erved With P Lllhan Tra,her at the A'\lOut Orphan· ere til the Archi\"e~ we ha\l! pre· prcllllllnarie, But I do remember a~e. 1948-55. Crouch became a Ihird­ H served materials Ihat help tell the ~ lalllilla generati on Tlli~\i(lIlary In hi, family to 'tory of Lillian Tra\her'\ long <lnd dedi­ She held e\eryone·.\. attention as she \Crve III Lgypt when he wa,> appointed in call!d mini\t!)·, \10 aited on Ihe platform for the Intro· 19."\7 HI\ gr:mdparem\, I-rank and Agne~ One of the ilems which Wl! tre;l\ure i\ duction and then as she began 10 tell of Crouch, Iclt lhelr hma IMIll III 1912 and Lillian '~ own ,>c rapbook of her vi\ it to the her preciou~ babies at Assiout. tool four o f their chddren to Egypt In­ U,S. til 1955, It i\ filled With photo­ Mamma Lillian had been away from cl uded III thm group were Mr and Mr\, graph!>. po!.! card ~, new'papcr fe<lturc\. her babie~ for 10 weels when I heard he r John Crouch. Mr. and Mr, Andrew tclegmm~, <lnd other memorabilia. tlwt IlI ght In Tacoma . And we jmt knew Crouch (Pllllip', p:l re nh )~ Mr and Mr\, I vividly recall that vi\ it beca u ~c I wa:. ~he would rather be at As,ioU\ than cris,­ Ilugh M ('adwalder; lame, Crouch: and \t:llioned at Ft. Lewi.\.. \Va~h in g\{J n , and cro~Sl ng the country on her fi rst furlough I tcnril! 1I11 Hoocrhon LIllian ~ poke at our c hurch, Fir ~1 A'>­ in 25 year" The only li vi ng member'> of thai 191 2 sembl y in Tacoma, which al thai time wa~ Yet you couldn't help but notice tlwt group arc Mary Crouch Cadw:tlder, 91, pa'tored by Everett Ewing. ,he loved to lell the slory of God' !> work lIou\ton, Te'la,. ,lI1d her brother J:ulle, Since I wa~ not re:lred In the A,· COlltill/lt'd 011 pa!{t 5 Crouch, H2, Spnngfield. Mi \~o uri scmblies o f God. [ had no idea who After cumpleting hi\ \lUdie~ al Cent rdl Mamma Lillian wa ... or what , he had lie· ASSt:. \tUllES OF GOI) IIER IT\GE Bible College III 1937, Philip Crouch compli.') hed III faraway Eg) pI The o nl y IImlQgt b published quarterl} b) the \ ssemblles Joined hi~ parenh III Egypt The nexi year Ihlllg I knew about Egypt wa, Ihat Gamal God \rrhhe!!, I.uS Boonlme "Ie .. SprinJ:' MI\\ I Lucl Conwa) received nll'~~ionary Abdcl Nas~er \Ioa s Ihrememng to invade or fittd, \1065802. Phont (-' 171 862·2781. This appomtment They werc mamcd III Egypt brael and Ihat could :lffeCl my ap­ papt'r is rr~ 10 memberli of the A»('mblies of God and conl1nued under rn l "~lo n ary llP­ proaching di\Charge from the ann) IIcritaJ:r Societ~. y ....drl~ membership" are 1I1ail· pollltrnent untt! 1955. In 1963 Crouch People were buuing \10 Ilh excitement. able ror $10: lifetime membel""hipS :lre $1110, W:l'> nanled pre\lde nt of Centr,ll Bible so I kne\lo I could nOI afford to nll\~ hear­ I'ersons .. i~hin~ to donate historical matl'riat.s College. -.erving unol 1980. lie 1\ now ing Lillian Trasher. A" 1\ turned o ut. It ~uch as correspondence, photo):raph ... talK'''. vice pre,idenl 01 Trimt) Broadca.') lIl1 g wa:. one of the most memor:tble mi"ioll­ fill"" nUI.J:lu:ines. hook", minules, etc .. art IIrted Net\loorl , TU,>III1 , California ary services I ever attended. to .. rite to the ,\ rchile!! a l tht abme addreSl>. Some friends lind I left the Chmtlan Servicemens Center o n Pac ific Avenue In \ ' :iI) ne E. \\ arnt r. ":ditor whm we thought was plenty of time for the evening service. But when we arrived ARCHIV ES AI}\ ISOKY BOARD at the old bricl building, which was then J OM! ph R, Flo .. t r , Chatrmlln located at 12th and G Streets. we saw that G. Ra)mond Carlso n ThumliS F. lIarr iso n lVil)'lle E, IVllmer IS almo!>t every scat was taken . My fri end, HarttI'll Pt terwn Director oj rhe AIG and I had to squeeze into some of the I:I~t Archil'es remaining bakony scab, (t Copyright 1984 by Iht Gtff erol ('Qullril of thfl I don't remember anything about the AS$t ". blit~ of God, Springfield, MO 65801, o AlG II ..: IU r AGE. Wintu 1984·lJ5 IA-ft: Utlitlll Tra\htr (left) atld hu \/Hl'f Jenllie ,,, 19W. It'anl/I: for 1.):Jpt the Ji'" t'm". NilE /Ie/OM': I.illia" (Uld at I,'au 10 chiltlrnt jll a Hodel T, ,..,bruary 19.!H. card Irid (ornpan.:d 10 the llly'lcr) 01 ho\\.. 'inglclwndcd. 'he h;" rai,cd more than s:nO.()(XlIll the I .. " 2H ),caf'" 10 erc­ Me and budd a hu!!c imlilulion and to educate. feed. and clothe the poor ;lnd friendlc\\ from the \T;I,h pile\ of Egypt MI" Tra,hcr rcrll1nd~ you of Ihe latc Marie Dn:"ler 111 her IllCrrtc'>\ lTlomcnl~. C.. ccpl lhal ... he", }oungcr ;lnd a httlc I:lrgcr 'Tm aboU! live teet. len 1I1ehe ... tall." ,he IOld me. laughing, "hut don', you dare a.,~ hov. Illuch I .... cigh .. Two hun­ dred and ,\\.cOI)-ji\'e Plltlnd, w(luld be a good guc.,., She i~ fifty-one. her hair j, gray. her \ 1It/wr Jerome lJeatty ... kin 1\ clear and hrov. ned by the dc\cl1 Wind, She hi" a Imet). friendl) face. PhO/oJ. b)' Ihe {flU Jerome IJetlllY /lIed In and when ... he arrived [rom America althe Ihis iSSl/e COl/rUJI' of Jerome lIeall.\'. Jr., age of [wCnly-three ,he \\.3\ kmmn 3\ the n aquoil. ,\lassaclllileth, prettic ... , girl in Upper Egypt. She ha\ a \mall ~taff. all native, but one. and per· [oml\ with untiring vigor the dutie .. of a money·ral\lIlg cre\.'.. a hotelkeeper. a school principal. and two Of threc hun· I drcd mothers, Rcccntly threc of hcr y()ungc~t died in After the ""ell·kl/ol4'r1 jO"fllt/list I one night lit the Amcricnn Mi .... ion ho~· J erome Bet/tty attellded II chapel pital during an epidcmic of dy~entery, I sen-ice and saM' Ihe orplwlI,\' allli Shc wa .. inconsolable, "M} b"bic" arc ""ido M's stalld to sillg. he ""role. "A gonc!" .. hc gro:mcd A doclOr pleadcd, "But. MI .... Lillian. lump comes i" ),ollr , h rOal alld ),Olt you havc hundred .. morc.·' blillk back tears . .. Shc liftcd a Icar·,[;lIllCd facc .. Yc ..... ... hc ~aid. "but I can'l ~parc cvcn one." Mi~ .. ionarics arc repulcd 10 be jcalou .
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