Family pictures from Ken and Mary Lou Engle and those they loved, gathered in one place. Every photograph in the series is gathered here by subject, each with a link to the chapter where it appears. More are added as they come in.
Dad and Mom
Ken and Mary Lou Engle, from courtship to the last years in Abilene.
Ken and Mary Lou Engle after their wedding, 26 April 1953, at the Cyril Brooks compound in San Juan, Rizal. Cyril Brooks gave the bride away, since Mary Lou’s father was home in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. In Volume Two, The Call to the PhilippinesKen and Mary Lou on their wedding day, 26 April 1953. In In His JoyKen and Mary Lou Engle. In In His JoyDad on the Manila pier in his sunglasses, twenty-six years old, minutes after the launch brought him in from the California Bear: Saturday 17 March 1951. In In His JoyDad comes off the launch at the Manila pier, Saturday 17 March 1951: his first day in the Philippines as a missionary. In In His JoyDad in his later years at his desk, his reel-to-reel recorder and microphone beside him and his and Mom’s early portraits on the desk. In Moments to Remember and Moments of MelodyPhotographs We Wish Our Father Had Taken: The Camera Artistry of Kenneth Ercil Engle, by Kevin Leonard Engle and Gordon Scott Engle. In In His Joy
Kevin and Cheryl
Kevin and Cheryl, from their courting days in 1985 onward.
Courting days: Kevin and Cheryl visiting his parents in Abilene, Kansas, winter 1985. Abilene is also where she was laid to rest. In CherylCheryl relaxing in her parents’ living room. Kevin picked her up here for their first date in May 1985, a Twila Paris and Steve Green concert at Prestonwood Baptist Church. In CherylCheryl with Kevin at the Christmas home of their friends Col. Mark Roy and his wife, 2021. In CherylCheryl and Kevin with her brothers and sisters and their spouses, together for a niece’s wedding in West Texas, May 2023. In CherylCheryl, smiling as always. In CherylCheryl Lyn Ferris Engle, 1 July 1952 – 8 January 2026. In CherylIn loving memory: Cheryl, and the words that describe her. In Cheryl
Kevin Growing Up
Kevin’s boyhood and school years in the Philippines, up to the Navy in 1975. Read Kevin’s Recollections.
Kevin at about three, Manila, about 1960. A Preacher Like DadKevin, about eight, in a calesa, shortly after he was saved on 5 September 1965. Kevin’s RecollectionsKevin, about eleven, on a rented pedal go-kart at Burnham Park, Baguio City, about 1968.“Dad had me doing radio early!” Kevin, about eleven, on the air at DZBS/DZAH, Baguio City, 1968.Headmaster Henry McGee presents Kevin with the Best Actor of the Year gold medal for playing Jud Fry in Oklahoma!, Brent School, Baguio City, 23 May 1975. Best Actor of the YearA birthday pencil holder Kevin carved for his father at age twelve, 9 November 1969. In Volume Two, The Call to the Philippines
Binangonan
The fishing town on Laguna de Bay where Dad’s provincial work centered. Read the story in In His Joy, “Binangonan.”
The Manila years, 1951–1967: the Brooks house, the Gospel Hall and home.
San Juan Gospel Hall, Manila, where Ken and Mary Lou were married on 26 April 1953. Kevin believes the man in white in the doorway, facing away, is Dad. In In His JoyKen and Mary Lou Engle after their wedding, 26 April 1953, at the Cyril Brooks compound in San Juan, Rizal. Cyril Brooks gave the bride away, since Mary Lou’s father was home in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. In Volume Two, The Call to the PhilippinesRudy and Uping on their wedding day, San Juan, 1969. In Herald of Christ: Rudy Ponce de LeonRudy Ponce de Leon on his 87th birthday, 18 October 2026, while visiting his nephew Albert Alfonso in California. Albert is the son of Eleazer “Ely” Alfonso, who helped Ken when he first came to the Philippines. In Herald of Christ: Rudy Ponce de Leon
Abilene
Abilene, Kansas: the farm, the family, and Ken and Mary Lou’s years at home.
Kevin and Cheryl visiting Ken and Mary Lou at their home in Abilene, Kansas. In Cheryl
The family’s prayer cards through the years, from Dad’s first card in 1951.
The front of the prayer card Ken and Mary Lou sent to friends who prayed for the work. The star marks Baguio. In Carrying the VisionKen and Mary Lou Engle with Kevin, Stanley, Gordon, Karen and Becky. The card lists the work in the Philippines: boys and girls, the Christian Service Brigade, Baguio and Binangonan, and the broadcasts Moments of Melody, Moments of Meditation, the Living Book and a children's program. In Carrying the VisionThe back of the card, with a star on the Philippines, so friends at home could see where in the world to pray. In Carrying the Vision
Radio Work
Dad’s radio ministry, from the Bible School of the Air on DZAS to Moments of Melody. Read Volume Five, Moments of Melody.
Dad and Lino in the DZAS studio of the Far East Broadcasting Company, mastering new programs. Lino’s story in In His JoyDad and Lino in the studio, about 1968. Lino’s story in In His JoyLino at one of the studio’s Ampex reel-to-reel machines. Lino’s story in In His JoyFrom Dad’s album: “Many hours of recording at DZAS.” Lino’s story in In His JoyKen Engle (left) and Ken Brooks, live on the air with “Question Time” at DZAS Manila, the gospel station of the Far East Broadcasting Company, about 1953. In In His JoyThe same two friends in 2009, Ken Brooks (left) and Ken Engle, not long before Ken went home to heaven. In In His JoyBible School of the Air News, May 1967, with Cyril and Anna Brooks and the secretaries Letty Licera and Beth Ocampo looking at an enrollment form the week the millionth student enrolled. At the 13 May rally “Ken Engle reported on the history and Ken Brooks showed slides.” In Volume Eight, Cyril and Anna BrooksThe cover of Dad’s devotional, Moments to Remember: Ken at his desk beside his tape recorder and microphone. In Carrying the Vision
The Boys’ Brigade at Binangonan, about 1966. Lino Aragon stands at the far left of the back row; Kevin, in front, holds the trophy. Lino’s story in In His JoyBoys of the San Juan Brigade in its first year, 1952, with a young leader kneeling in front. One boy holds a boys’ handbook. Ken labeled the slide with Rudy’s and Reny’s names. In Herald of Christ: Rudy Ponce de LeonKevin, about eleven, with Eddie Alfonso in his Brigade uniform, about 1968. Eddie’s father, Eleazer “Ely” Alfonso, helped Ken when he first came to the Philippines: he showed him the ropes, taught him the customs and helped him with his Tagalog. The Brigade Ken started grew to twenty-two clubs across the Philippines under Rudy Ponce de Leon. In Herald of Christ: Rudy Ponce de Leon
Kevin’s years with Stewards Foundation, in Wheaton and Texas. Read Kevin’s Recollections.
The front door of the Stewards Foundation office at 218 West Willow in Wheaton, Illinois. The signs beside the door name Stewards Foundation, Sender Foundation and Workers Together. In Kevin’s RecollectionsKevin at his desk as Executive Director of Stewards Foundation. In Kevin’s RecollectionsKevin's father, Ken Engle, in the Stewards Foundation office. The 218 W. Willow and Stewards Ministries signs behind him came with the Foundation from its old Wheaton office, which it once shared with Stewards Ministries. In Kevin’s RecollectionsKevin and Cheryl in the Stewards Foundation office, under the Stewards Ministries sign that came with the Foundation from Wheaton, Illinois. In Kevin’s RecollectionsKevin and Cheryl (center) with guests from Singapore in the Foundation office, in front of the bronze plaques from the Foundation's hospitals, among them Maynard Hospital and Bethesda Hospital. Stewards Foundation once owned six hospitals. In Kevin’s RecollectionsThe same visit: the guests from Singapore with Cheryl and Kevin (right), under the 218 W. Willow and Stewards Ministries signs. In Kevin’s RecollectionsFrank Brown of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, a member of the Stewards Foundation board, with Kevin and Cheryl in Oklahoma City in 1997. Frank went to be with the Lord several weeks after this picture was taken. In Kevin’s RecollectionsA second honor for the same anniversary: a Texas flag flown at the Capitol in Austin in honor of Kevin's tenth anniversary with Stewards Foundation, presented by Representative Bryan Hughes, April 25, 2004. In Kevin’s RecollectionsThe gold Executive Director baton trustee Jerry Keller presented to Kevin when he went off the board in 2006. In Kevin’s Recollections
Carrying the Vision
Karen and Patrick on Romblon, and KEE Philippine Missions today. Read Carrying the Vision.
Karen and Patrick Carder. In Carrying the VisionPatrick and Karen on Romblon. In Carrying the VisionKevin under the plaque Dad hung in every office he ever had, Colossians 1:28, beside his photo from the memorial service. The work goes on. In Carrying the VisionFifty years after the prayer card, Kevin carries the work on through KEE Philippine Missions: sharing God's Word, one life at a time. In Carrying the Vision
Friends in the Work
Harry Liu, Ed McCully, Paul Tan, William MacDonald and others whose lives crossed Dad’s.
Memory verses: King James (or Ang Dating Biblia in Tagalog). Everywhere else in English: the NET Bible, free to quote and share. Dad’s programs: he used them all, even the Knox and the Living Bible.
Sa pagsasaulo: King James o Ang Dating Biblia. Sa ibang bahagi sa Ingles: ang NET Bible, libreng sipiin at ibahagi. Sa mga programa ni Ken: ginamit niya lahat, pati ang Knox at ang Living Bible.
Warm, everyday Tagalog, the way families in Manila and around Laguna de Bay talk at home, not the formal “deep” (malalim) Tagalog. Bible verses come from Ang Dating Biblia (1905), which is older and more formal.
Magiliw at pang-araw-araw na Tagalog, gaya ng usapan ng pamilya sa bahay sa Maynila at sa paligid ng Laguna de Bay, hindi ang pormal at “malalim” na Tagalog. Ang mga talata ng Biblia ay mula sa Ang Dating Biblia (1905), na mas luma at pormal.
![The outside, folded: “Deed Conveyance, Henry Grove & ux [and wife] to Ulrich Engle for 16 a. 29 p. in Donegall Township, Lancaster County.”](images/deed/docket.jpg)
