![]() ![]() Russell and Darlene Deibler were only married for a year before they arrived in the Netherlands East Indies in August 1938, and began work among the Kapauku people in New Guinea. As World War II unfolded and they were caught in the sweeping military might of Japan, the enthusiastic promise she made as a child was tested, for she had to give up every earthly treasure for Christ’s sake. As a young girl living in Boone, Iowa, the cry of her heart was, “Lord, I’d go anywhere for you, no matter what it cost!” The Lord led her to marry a missionary and begin to work on a small island in the Netherlands East Indies. ![]() This month, we are going to look at the life of a young missionary wife to whom this verse became real as she faced hardships beyond what she had ever expected when she entered the mission field. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). ![]() A Boat Sulawesi, formerly Dutch East Indies. ![]()
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