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“I Leave the Costing to You”
           “I Leave the Costing to You”






                he  last  words  Russell  us.” That was on Friday, 13 March          house arrest. Darlene didn’t even
                Deibler  would  say  to  his   1942,  when  Russell  Deibler  was    have  time  to  say  goodbye.  She
          Tyoung wife were, “Remem-            taken from the cottage where he,      thrust a pillowcase of belongings
          ber one thing, dear: God said He     his  wife,  Darlene,  and  their  into  her  husband’s  hands,
          would never leave us nor forsake     missionary  team  were  under  listened to his parting words and
                                                                                     determined  not  to  let  the  Japa-
                                                                                     nese soldiers see her cry.

                                                                                     As  the  truck  carrying  Russell
                                                                                     travelled out of sight, she remem-
                                                                                     bered a specific prayer from her
                                                                                     childhood.  “Lord,”  she  had              Darlene Deibler Rose
                                                                                     prayed,  “I’d  go  anywhere  with
                                                                                     You,  no  matter  what  the  cost.”   including near starvation, forced
                                                                                     Now, as a grown woman facing an      labour,  deplorable  conditions,
                                                                                     uncertain future, Darlene restated   false  accusations  of  espionage,
                                                                                     her  prayer:  “With  greater  serious  illness,  months  of  soli-
                                                                                     understanding  I  confirm  to  You   tary confinement, and torture.
                                                                                     tonight, it is still anywhere - I leave
                                                                                     the costing to You.”                 Through  it  all,  Darlene  was
                                                                                                                          sustained by God, Who never left
                                                                                     “Anywhere” would cost unimagi-       her  nor  forsook  her,  just  as  He
                                                                                     nable suffering. Over the next four   had  promised.  How  did  God
                                                                                     years Darlene would endure first     sustain Darlene through her long
                                                                                     separation from her husband and      ordeal?
                                                                                     then  widowhood,  the  brutal
                                                                                     conditions  of  a  World  War  II    Through  the  Word  -    When  the
                                                                                                                                   Continued on p. 8
                                                                                     Japanese  internment  camp                    Continued on p. 8
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