“…And incidentally magic became a challenge to Helen when she saw someone give a poor performance...”
Letter from Tom Dethlefsen in What a Fellowship, p. 18
“Unlike the lady who lived in a shoe…Mrs. John (Helen) Easterly KNOWS what to do with children. She teaches them from the Bible. She teaches them in her home church…She teaches them in the public schools…
Do the children become bored? Absolutely not. When she isn’t presenting a chalk talk, she may be playing her accordion and singing…or telling them one of her many stories…And then, of course, there’s always MAGIC!”
Magic for Christ Volume 1, #5-Feb. 1955
“A very nice lady, Mrs. Helen Easterly, came into the studio and told me she had been doing chalk talks in Sunday School and thought she would like to do magic, although she didn’t know anything about it. I showed her a few things, explained that they were easy to do. When I showed her how to do them she became enthused, catching on very rapidly. She wanted more and more…In about two weeks she was back for more, and this time she purchased a lot more of the larger items and again, I spent quite a little time showing her how to do them. Seh was really enthused. I explained my recent conversation with Rev. Knorr and she said she’d like to join us…”
Letter from Tom Dethlefsen in What a Fellowship, p. 18
“Within a couple of years of the FCM beginning, Helen & her husband, John, sold their home, bought a 70 foot boat and became Missionaries to the Islands of the Seas.“
Letter from Tom Dethlefsen in What a Fellowship, p. 18