Once A Refugee, Now A Farm Wife (Continued from Pago B 2) After eight years of schooling, Ruth worked in a weaving and knitting factory. When Ruth was 23 yean old, she married one of those Pax American boys—Kenneth Yoder. After they were married, they returned to the U.S. in 1960 and settled in Grantsville, Md. They live on a 237-acre daily farm that has been in the Yoder family for many generations. The Yoders milk 80 cows on their farm named Cornucopia. The prefix for their registered Hosteins is Schoencnberg. Ruth’s husband Kenneth is also an ordained minister at Oakdale Mennonite Church. The Yoders have seven child ren, who are now adults. Heidi Dwight and Annetta help on the farm and take courses at a nearby community college. The Yoders’ oldest daughter Sylvia manied to Bill Mast and their three children also live on a diary farm and milk about 120 Holsteins. Isolde is a secretary and has two children. Karen and Marvin Tice recently had a baby, Diik and his wife Karin have a construction business and are expecting their first baby in April. “My experience in a refugee camp taught me what it is to get, along with a lot less. I still don’t like to throw things away,” Ruth said. “We raised our children diffe [PAUL B. \V> ' ' 1 OOP II FOOD!] Oil Reliable Stainless Steel AG-CHEM FOAM MARKER Reg. $864.00 SPECIAL $797.00 mm Bach Foam Marker Contains: * Mixing chamber for each boom. « Drop hoses for each boom. * Electronic harness for in-cab controls (on-off/left-right). * Hose for boom lengths up to 47*. The Ag-Chem foam marker offers you efficient operation with a 12 volt compressor that draws only 9 amps. Independent left and right boom markers can be controlled from the cab for on-the-go operation. That lets you operate either boom marker for precise, economical foam placement. 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Ruth was aghast “I didn’t want a bench in my house because it reminded me of camp,” she said. Since Ruth was the only one of her family to move to America, she and her husband returned to Ger many many times to visit family members. Her father died in 1988, and her mother last year. This year, for the first time, her two brothers and two sisters plan to visit Ruth in Maryland. Ruth and her siblings have never forgotten the hope extended to her family through the help of MCC. “Until you live through it (being a refugee), you cannot realize how such help is appreciated.” She said, “Besides providing material help, the MCC personnel had a big influ Reg. $12.55 FOAM DYE For Higher Visibility Foam $13.50 Pint • Sprayer Hose • Ball Valves • Nylon Fittings • Poly Tanks ence on our spiritual lives by showing us the way to Christ” The Relief Sale is one way that thousand of people work together to raise money for families like Ruth’s. 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