MY FATHER'S FOLDER: The Work of Providence

Dad with his parents in front of house where he was born

Aaron, (Pop), did not have much to offer his bride, Helen, (Mom) in a material way, however he had a great spiritual heritage, a faith in God and a personal commitment to Christ since an early age.
Aaron’s father, Solomon, had given each of his sons (eight in all) one thousand dollars as they became adults to invest in their future.

 Aaron had used his as a down payment on  25 acres of farm land with a young prune orchard which he purchased from his older brother, Henry near Dallas Oregon.

There was no house on the property so they temporarily moved into an already furnished house that his brother owned near by.  It was this house in which Dad was born in August of 1921.

Desiring to learn more about the Bible, the Lord laid it upon Pop (my grandfather) to attend BIOLA in Los Angeles for the fall & winter sessions and to return a subsequent year.
This trip was made in one of the first Model T Fords and took a week.
The story goes (News clipping confirm) that they made this trip in the fall when dad was just an infant.  Along the way (Roseburg Ore.), another vehicle crashed into them, knocking the wheel off.  The impact sent Dad flying out the open window, across the road landing in a field.  He was picked up unharmed still wrapped in his blanket. (contrary to what the news article reported.)
The second trip down to Los Angeles was a trying one for Dad.

  His parents could not figure out why he was crying so much only to find out that his cousin Harvey, then about three had been pinching him.  (Dad recalling story from his mother and archival article for 60th Wedding Anniversary of Pop & Mom.)

The time spent at BIOLA proved to be a time of great spiritual growth which later led to  years of ministry as an elder, teacher, and Sunday School superintendant.  So truly, I have a great heritage.