Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

0,374.90 Relief Commission of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North Amerca 91,170.13 Other Organizations and individuals 23,799.20 Value of Clothing not otherwise reported 177,468.03 Special Shipments of Corn Grits, etc. 10,000.00 Shipment of Flour from Canada 9,729.84 Food and Clothing Drafts reported 184,160.00 Total $1,292,825.65 330 FEEDING THE HUNGRY SUMMARIZED REPORT OF ALL DISBURSE- MENTS BY THE CO-OPERATING ORGANIZA- TIONS AS REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE. Canadian Mennonite Central Committee $57,101.86 Central Conference of Mennonites 8,366.97 Church of God in Christ, Mennonite 6,509.35 Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities 301,879.87 Emergency Relief Commission 501,231.81 Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Church 64,066.68 Emergency Relief Committee 23,994.96 Mennonite Relief Commission for War Sufferers 919,691.02 Relief Commission of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America 115,683.89 Pacific Branch of the Relief Commission 20,374.90 Other Organizations and Individuals 23,799.20 Value of Clothing not otherwise reported 207,656.03 Special Shipments of Flour, etc. 19,729.84 Food and Clothing Drafts reported 184,160.00 Total $2,454,246.38 PERSONAL REMINISCENCES CHAPTER XII The workers sent abroad to carry out the program of the Mennonite relief effort, have been occasionally mentioned in our report but in this chapter we intend to acquaint our readers a little more closely with these men and women who left home and friends, opportunities to continue with their education or to make money, and a life under normal conditions among those they love, to go to a far country under very abnormal and often dan- gerous conditions in order to bring the proceeds of your sacrifices, and the messages of good will and love to the unfortunate in other lands. It is perhaps needless to add that dangers of all kinds lurked about where these, your representatives, worked and labored. These dangers were occasionally from irresponsible persons, but far more and just as serious were the dangers of travel and the multi- tudinous varieties of diseases which were only too common under the unsanitary conditions where they brought food, medicine and clothing to our needy fellowmen and breth- ren in Europe, Asia, and especially to those of the house- hold of faith in Russia. We here present a picture of the worker as he ap- peared at the time of going abroad, which is followed by a brief biography, and in most cases by a personal remi- niscence of some interesting experience connected with the distribution of supplies to the needy. The character of all the workers is such that you would love and appreciate their fine spirit if you could be personally acquainted with them. This end we hope, at least partially, to accomplish 332 FEEDING THE HUNGRY by the presentations that we give to you in the following pages. Alvin J. Miller was born on December 11, 1883, on a farm near Gr