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Eleanor Rose Guynes, the wife offormer SAGU President Delmer R.Guynes, went to be with the Lord Friday,April 22, 2011, at 8:30 p.m. in Mombasa,Kenya. Mrs. Guynes was buried in KualaLumpur, Malaysia, on May 1, 2011. Amemorial service was held at SAGU onFriday, May 20.Dr. Guynes shares, “What a wonderfullife we have had because a young girl heardthe voice of God calling her to Chinaand took step after step in ‘mustard seedfaith’ to follow that call … and what greatmountains of opportunity and difficultyhave moved in response to that ‘mustardseed faith’ planted firmly wherever God hasplaced her!”Mrs. Guynes was born on February7, 1928, in Okmulgee, OK. She enrolledat SAGU in the fall of 1946 despiteopposition and limited financial resources.She was introduced to Delmer Guynes inthe summer of 1948, and they marriedEaster morning, April 17, 1949.Their opportunity to work in Chinawas hindered in 1949 when it becamea closed country. But, they received anopportunity to pastor a church in Caldwell,TX, in 1952. Approximately two yearslater, they were approved missionaries toMalaysia (Malaya at the time). By the endof 1954, they pastored the only structuredAssemblies of God church in Malaysia.The Guynes started the constructionof the Bible Institute of Malaysia in1958. In 1965 they returned to Dallas,where Eleanor received a master’s degreein elementary education at SouthernMethodist University (SMU). While Dr.Guynes pastored at University Assembly ofGod Church of Waxahachie and served asSAGU’s Academic Dean, Eleanor taught inthe Midlothian school system.In 1968, they moved to Springfield,MO, where she was a faculty memberat Central Bible College (CBC) for 12years. During this time, she earned asecond master’s degree in cross-culturalcommunication at the Assembles of GodTheological Seminary.Upon resignation from CBC,22 - Southwestern Today Magazine