Sharing Her Love

By Carolyn Lillehaugen

her older sister and brother who had grown in their love of the Lord through campus ministry at college. After some resistance, God used the witness of their lives to speak to her, and as a 16 year old, Satrang reached a turning point and clearly recalls the day when she made a distinct commitment to live her life for Christ. As Satrang explains, “Each Christians’ faith walk is different, and for some, the process is more gradual, but each individual must still come to that definite point of response to God’s calling.”

Another important part of Satrang’s teen years was her active participation in speech at the county and state level. This experience provided her with a love of words and their meaning as well as experience in research, the fundamentals of speech preparation, and how to engage an audience. All of these basic tools are now used weekly as she prepares her BSF lecture.

Throughout her adult years, Satrang, her husband Kent, and their two daughters, Amy and Andrea moved several times to small communities throughout the state of North Dakota. In each new setting they became involved in the local church and that often meant joining a different denomination depending upon what was available. Because of those experiences, “inter-denominationalism became woven throughout my whole life.”

In many ways, Satrang’s life experiences have uniquely prepared her for her role with Bible Study Fellowship. The interdenominational, international program hosts 1200 weekly classes in 38 countries throughout the world. The Wednesday morning class that Jo teaches in Fargo has 400 women who commit to weekly homework, class discussion, and large group lecture time. There is also an accompanying children’s program where 175 little ones learn about and experience God’s love each week.

As a BSF teaching leader, Satrang considers it an absolute privilege to help women study and understand their faith. “We live in a challenging world and it is important to know what you believe and why you believe it.” As Satrang explains, it is her passion to “teach the Bible and allow God to transform lives.” [AWM]

It’s often said that art imitates life, and for artist Kay Karlstrom Hilde, that adage appears to be true. Her paintings are bold and cheerful, and full of color, beauty and love, words that also describe the Moorhead artist and her approach to life.

Her medium is acrylic/mixed media. Her paintings are whimsical, mystical and full of surprises ― even to her. She sometimes adds magazine paper for color, only to find a message hidden in the painting after it’s done. Subject matters vary, from angels to stylized animals or human figures … anything that strikes her fancy.

She describes herself as both a fast and happy artist. “I had to reconcile that ― I thought the creative process needed to be lengthy and difficult,” Hilde