I just received a nice letter from Sylvia (Patrick) Pollard.  I confess that I do not know Sylvia so I gather from the listing of her name in the alumni list and not her husband's, Herb, that she is an alumni but he is not.  Although, I often feel that when someone has been married to an alumnus that long they qualify. 

Since her letter came in standard mail I will include several thoughts to bring you up to date on their ministry.

They served the Lord for 35 years in Kenya, West Africa.  When they re--tired (note the spelling is the way most missionaries re--tire, they just gear up for another ministry) they became a part of Source of Light Ministries some 13 years ago. 

They work with the Madison Discipleship School, primarily in correspondance to prisons.  Sylvia has some 50 students, mostly in Zambia but with some in Thailand and Indonesia.  The whole school has over 26,000 students.  She shared in her prayer letter some testimonies of these prisoners.  Let me share one that moved me to tears.  This is from Ricardo.

" I would like to take this opportunity to say that as a convicted-armed robber who was state raised since the age of three due to the fact that my father killed my mother while in a drunken stupor.  This Bible study course has answered many of my questions.  Definitely it has taught me a great deal about Christianity, and also helped me to free myself of the hatred I had for my father by praying for his soul and fogiving him.  I now have released a long held anger I carried for almost forty years.  Today, I have God in my life and I have peace in my heart and not ashamed of whom I was and am proud of who I've become today: A blood bought, Spirit-filled, born again Christian-AMEN!"


Now, that is a great testimony and a great letter.

I hope to hear and share more reports of what God is doing through our alumni just like this one.

Larry Spencer