I Heard Their Cry
Ray and Virginia Canfield were both raised on farms in Christian homes, two thousand miles apart. They met at East Whittier Friends Church in California, and both served in youth work there. As a child, Virginia promised to serve God in missions. God spoke to Ray from Romans 10:14-15. Together on their wedding day they answered God's call to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19-20). After completing studies in agriculture and nursing, the California Friends Church Mission Board sent them to Guatemala to help the Chorti Indian people. Their small children, Linda and Tad, went with them, and Kenneth was born in Guatemala. Before retirement, they began a new church outreach in Cambodia. They live in Placentia, California, where all three children and three grandchildren live within five miles of them.