Changes

A joke tributed to his senior year is in the form of an essay he was quote as written on different breeds of cats. "Cat's that's made for little boys to maul and tease is called Maltese cats. Some cats is known by their queer purrs, these are called Pursian (sic) cats. Cats with bad tempers is called Angorrie cats. Cats with deep feelins is called Feline cats."

Eugene aspired towards becoming a preacher, and attended [[Calvary Bible College|Midwest Bible and Missionary Institute]] in Salina, in the early 1940's, and shared a house with fellow student, [[Richard Edwin Burson]]. Richard's son Daniel, recalled in May of 2019, that Richard and Eugene had a special heart for African-American and Hispanic outreach, and often participated in activities in this realm. Eugene then went on to [[Dallas Theological Seminary]].

Eugene then went on to [[Dallas Theological Seminary]] where he was introduced to the Brethren, presumably via Polk Street Gospel Hall. His colleagueroommate at Midwest, Richard, became a Baptist preacher for a couple years until discovering a Brethren magazine (Help and Food) while cleaning out an elderly woman's attic, and mistook it for a cookbook, and became educated on the Brethren with the help of Leonard Lindsted, [[Thomas Robert McCullagh|Tom McCullagh]], and others. Richard converted a Baptist church in Hutchinson in the mid 1940's over to a Bible Hall, and also co-founded [[Kansas Bible Camp]] that same era. He also issued a regular devotional newsletter entitled "The Word" from the early 1940's thru the early 1950's, which eventually included many regionally known assembly authors.

It is thought that Eugene was introduced to the Brethren after moving from Dallas to Seattle, [[Washington]]. He and his wife Loraine were commended in 1968 by Northgate Gospel Chapel in Seattle, Washington, to Camiri, Bolivia. Including 1972, he had founded a Christian school, and during the holidays visiting isolated believers and Indian villages. He reported in February of 1984 in the CMML magazine that in the past October, "quite a number of grade school pupils received the Lord" and a praise about graciousness from parents towards rising tuition costs with inflation tripling living costs. They gave report that the Guarani believers at Camatindi had erected an adobe hall with great personal sacrifice due to their extreme poverty. In Eugene's later years of service, thru 2000 at least, he continued to teach high school curriculum in the school building, which also served as facility for the local assembly.

He reported in February of 1984 in the CMML magazine that in the past October, "quite a number of grade school pupils received the Lord" and a praise about graciousness from parents towards rising tuition costs with inflation tripling living costs. They gave report that the Guarani believers at Camatindi had erected an adobe hall with great personal sacrifice due to their extreme poverty. In Eugene's later years of service, thru 2000 at least, he continued to teach high school curriculum in the school building, which also served as facility for the local assembly. Eugene continued to serve in this work thru the end of his life in 2013.