Lynne was born in Englewood, N.J., on June 27, 1943. In 1950 she was diagnosed with polio but was fully healed through treatment and prayer. That same year she committed her life to Christ. Lynne graduated from Trinity International University (formerly Trinity College) in Deerfield, Ill., with a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1965. After completing her studies, she served as a secretary with the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem, Israel, for a year followed by two years as a secretary with Latin America Mission.
Lynne met her husband, Dwight, while he was applying with HCJB Global in 1968. "I married Dwight and decided to accompany him to Ecuador!" she said in an interview several years ago.
The Linds were married on Oct. 12, 1968, and that fall they were also accepted as missionaries with HCJB Global, officially beginning missionary service in January 1969. After eight months of Spanish language school in San José, Costa Rica, they arrived in Quito, Ecuador, in August 1969.
While Dwight worked in the television department, Lynne served as a typesetter in the printshop and did secretarial work for various administrators. She later taught English in HCJB Global's Christian Center of Communications (CCC), the Quito branch campus of Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minn. She was also actively involved in the Camino de la Luz (path of light) Bible study program for Ecuadorians-which she called a key highlight of her missionary career.
The Linds also served in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a short time as Dwight worked in television production for HCJB Global. In January 1998 they were transferred to Texas to serve with the World Radio Network, one of the mission's cooperating ministries. They worked at WRN's headquarters near McAllen, Texas, before moving to Sierra Vista in 2006 to serve at Radio Station KWRB. Dwight is also WRN's western regional coordinator.
One of the Scripture portions that encouraged the Linds in recent days was John 14:1-4: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."
Lynne is survived by her husband, Dwight, of 38 years; a daughter, Nancy Anderson (Richard) of Ewing, N.J.; and sons Timothy of Sierra Vista and Daniel (Sara) of Quito; and one grandson.
Three memorial services are planned. The first will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at New Hope Fellowship, an Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) congregation in Sierra Vista. The second will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Trinity EFCA in Teaneck, N.J. A third memorial service, in Spanish, will be held for all of the Linds' friends in Quito. Her ashes will rest at the El Batán Cemetery in Quito.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be sent to HCJB Global. On the memo line of the check put Lynne Lind Memorial #940100. This will create a scholarship fund for students to attend the CCC.
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