a barbecue lunch for young people at their property at
Cargo
Vale. After their forty-three years of marriage,I asked him how he and his wife, Ellen, met.
A country boy, born and bred in the beautiful Riverina area
in Boree Creek, he shared how he first became a believer.
As a child, he often listened in to the Sunday School of the Air radio
program. This was supported by the Christians of Yackandandah Assembly whom he
later met at a Gospel tent at the Lockhart Show. They encouraged him to attend a Way of Life Christian camp. His mother soon arranged for him and his brother to go, where he came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour
A love of the land saw him pursue Agricultural Science
studies at Sydney University and while living in the city he met with a group
of Christians at Hebron Hall. Now at the same time, Ellen, a young nurse from
the northern state of Queensland had also come to Sydney to study Midwifery. He admired her bright personality and
independent spirit. However, they hadn’t dated until he asked her to attend his
graduation from an evening Emmaus Bible Study course. She agreed and he knew
she was the one God had for his future wife. Ellen evidently felt the same way,
but when he asked her to marry him, she said she’d think it over and pray about it. She
gave her answer a week later.
Ellen & Arthur were married on his twenty-third
birthday.
* As a biometrician, Arthur continues his work in all
experimental fields of agriculture. He has developed a software program and
recently received special appreciation and high recognition for his work of
genetic evaluation with LAMBPLAN. In short, a program to produce lean lambs
with a better quality of meat than the fatty sheep of the past.
Thank you, Arthur, for sharing your special memories.
