We received the baptism in the Holy Spirit along with other farm families in our community. When I look back, I can't believe my family, having no background in the Assemblies of God, elected to move to Springfield to put my brother and me in Bible school. It had to be a sovereign leading of the Spirit. W.I. Evans, Ralph Riggs, Myer Pearlman, and J. Roswell Flower all had a very great influence on my life. The last group Hogan baptized on Easter at Taipei, Taiwan, ca.
Hogan is in the back, second from left.
We went to the mission field in 1946. We were pastoring in Detroit when the Lord called us to China. The war was still on, and we knew it would end and China would be open. We left our pastorate and went to the University of California to study Chinese and Oriental culture. The war did come to a close, and in 1946 we went to the mission field.