本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
勇气是其他美德攀登的梯子。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
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March 16, 2005
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Your actions in life set your course and determine the destination of
your travels.
Your reactions in life create the climate in which you travel.
Beth Johnson
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Beth Johnson
Biographical Information
Beth Johnson
(Edna Elizabeth Finch)
Parents
On July 21, 1934, Richard Henry Finch and Travis Elizabeth Donald married at Abilene Christian University, in Abilene, Texas, where they both were kept by guardians after the death of their parents. Richard had just graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Spanish, hoping to work as a guard on the Texas/Mexico border.
Edna Elizabeth Finch was born in Lubbock, Texas on July 31, 1939 while her father was finishing his Masters degree in mathematics at Texas Tech University. He had changed his major after failing to meet the minimum weight requirement for border guards.
When Beth was born, she already had one older brother. During the next eleven years, two younger brothers were added to the family. Both of her parents had been born in Texas and had grown up in the church. At their feet Beth's first Bible training began.
Early years and aspirations
Of her early years, Beth wrote, "During my youth, I lived in the Texas Panhandle, where my parents owned a dry-land farm. I attended public school in Clarendon, Texas and also went to junior college there. It was during those early years that I first began doing the weekly bulletin and also teaching a children's Bible class for our congregation. Later, when I went away to college, I usually taught at least one class every week wherever I was. From the very beginning I had determined that I wanted to marry a preacher.
"Another strong desire I had for a life goal was to become a Home Economics teacher with a Smith Hughes Certificate. Since my father had been a school administrator for a long time, he knew what a tremendous load that would put on me. While other teachers taught for nine months of the year, teachers with a Smith Hughes Certificate were required to work twelve. He strongly advised me to choose some other field of study.
"Although I listened to him and earned a Bachelors Degree in secondary education, I never forgot my love for home arts or my desire to teach basic household skills as an art form. I continue to believe these skills make a home what it needs to be. Loving her husband and guiding her children can unleash a woman's full potential. Such terms as ironing out the world's problems give us insight into the value of a woman's work."
Education
Beth obtained a Bachelor's Degree at West Texas A&M (formerly WTSU) in Canyon, Texas. In 1980, she completed a Masters' Degree in English at Columbia Women's College in Columbia, South Carolina. Of her teaching career Beth wrote: "During the years our children were at home, I did not teach or work outside the home. However, after they were old enough to start school, I taught for about 14 years. When we were not in the mission field, I helped to supplement the family income by teaching."
Marriage
Beth met Dennis Johnson while they were both students in Abilene Christian University. Dennis majored in Bible and psychology with a view to becoming a full-time preacher. They were married on January 27, 1962 at the chapel of the College Church in Abilene. Dennis had already completed his BA at ACU before they married. Later he earned a Masters' in early church history at the Alabama School of Religion in Montgomery.
Mission work
Dennis and Beth first became interested in the India work in 1968, after Dennis' father and mother went to Madras as missionaries with J.C. and Myrtle Bailey. His parents had been in India since 1965 and wrote that they needed help to do the great work they had undertaken.
Dennis and Beth resigned their jobs in Cisco, Texas, sold their furniture, packed only two suitcases each, and began a life's work that was to dominate their family and their time from then on. One of their five children was born in India and one in Sri Lanka.
From 1968 to 1970 Dennis and Beth worked in Chennai (Madras), India, where they helped to set up the Chennai Teacher Training School. Their work was sponsored by the Frazier Street congregation in Conroe, Texas.
From 1970 to 1974 they worked with the church in Anderson, South Carolina.
In October of 1976 they went to Sri Lanka. After a short time, they moved to India where they worked in a village called Tiruchi, south of Chennai, until 1980. They were sponsored by the church in Memphis, Texas.
During three more periods they have worked with the school in Chennai (Madras): 1985-1989, sponsored by the West Huntsville congregation in Alabama; 1991-1996, sponsored by the East Huntsville congregation in Alabama; 2002 to the present (2005), sponsored by the Hillcrest congregation in Stephenville, Texas.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
勇气是其他美德攀登的梯子。
Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
---------------------------------------------------------
March 16, 2005
- : - : - : - : - : -
Your actions in life set your course and determine the destination of
your travels.
Your reactions in life create the climate in which you travel.
Beth Johnson
-----------------------------------------------------------
Beth Johnson
Biographical Information
Beth Johnson
(Edna Elizabeth Finch)
Parents
On July 21, 1934, Richard Henry Finch and Travis Elizabeth Donald married at Abilene Christian University, in Abilene, Texas, where they both were kept by guardians after the death of their parents. Richard had just graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Spanish, hoping to work as a guard on the Texas/Mexico border.
Edna Elizabeth Finch was born in Lubbock, Texas on July 31, 1939 while her father was finishing his Masters degree in mathematics at Texas Tech University. He had changed his major after failing to meet the minimum weight requirement for border guards.
When Beth was born, she already had one older brother. During the next eleven years, two younger brothers were added to the family. Both of her parents had been born in Texas and had grown up in the church. At their feet Beth's first Bible training began.
Early years and aspirations
Of her early years, Beth wrote, "During my youth, I lived in the Texas Panhandle, where my parents owned a dry-land farm. I attended public school in Clarendon, Texas and also went to junior college there. It was during those early years that I first began doing the weekly bulletin and also teaching a children's Bible class for our congregation. Later, when I went away to college, I usually taught at least one class every week wherever I was. From the very beginning I had determined that I wanted to marry a preacher.
"Another strong desire I had for a life goal was to become a Home Economics teacher with a Smith Hughes Certificate. Since my father had been a school administrator for a long time, he knew what a tremendous load that would put on me. While other teachers taught for nine months of the year, teachers with a Smith Hughes Certificate were required to work twelve. He strongly advised me to choose some other field of study.
"Although I listened to him and earned a Bachelors Degree in secondary education, I never forgot my love for home arts or my desire to teach basic household skills as an art form. I continue to believe these skills make a home what it needs to be. Loving her husband and guiding her children can unleash a woman's full potential. Such terms as ironing out the world's problems give us insight into the value of a woman's work."
Education
Beth obtained a Bachelor's Degree at West Texas A&M (formerly WTSU) in Canyon, Texas. In 1980, she completed a Masters' Degree in English at Columbia Women's College in Columbia, South Carolina. Of her teaching career Beth wrote: "During the years our children were at home, I did not teach or work outside the home. However, after they were old enough to start school, I taught for about 14 years. When we were not in the mission field, I helped to supplement the family income by teaching."
Marriage
Beth met Dennis Johnson while they were both students in Abilene Christian University. Dennis majored in Bible and psychology with a view to becoming a full-time preacher. They were married on January 27, 1962 at the chapel of the College Church in Abilene. Dennis had already completed his BA at ACU before they married. Later he earned a Masters' in early church history at the Alabama School of Religion in Montgomery.
Mission work
Dennis and Beth first became interested in the India work in 1968, after Dennis' father and mother went to Madras as missionaries with J.C. and Myrtle Bailey. His parents had been in India since 1965 and wrote that they needed help to do the great work they had undertaken.
Dennis and Beth resigned their jobs in Cisco, Texas, sold their furniture, packed only two suitcases each, and began a life's work that was to dominate their family and their time from then on. One of their five children was born in India and one in Sri Lanka.
From 1968 to 1970 Dennis and Beth worked in Chennai (Madras), India, where they helped to set up the Chennai Teacher Training School. Their work was sponsored by the Frazier Street congregation in Conroe, Texas.
From 1970 to 1974 they worked with the church in Anderson, South Carolina.
In October of 1976 they went to Sri Lanka. After a short time, they moved to India where they worked in a village called Tiruchi, south of Chennai, until 1980. They were sponsored by the church in Memphis, Texas.
During three more periods they have worked with the school in Chennai (Madras): 1985-1989, sponsored by the West Huntsville congregation in Alabama; 1991-1996, sponsored by the East Huntsville congregation in Alabama; 2002 to the present (2005), sponsored by the Hillcrest congregation in Stephenville, Texas.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net