BEAVERTON, OR, March 02, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Bettie Mitchell has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
After spending over 19 years as an elementary school teacher, Ms. Mitchell earned a B.S. in Education from Lewis & Clark College in 1954. She later received a Master's degree in Religion from Warner Pacific College in 1979. She served as a Biblical Instructor at Portland Community College, Adult Education, from 1974 to 1992, and a teacher at Christian Renewal Center Workshops from 1977 to 2002. Ms. Mitchell founded and served as CEO of Good Samaritan Ministries, (1979-2009) a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that offers counseling, development, healing, encouragement, and empowerment services to those who seek it. She retired in 2009.
Guided by faith, Ms. Mitchell's presence in the world of religious education has been quite impressive. In addition to being a speaker and presenter, she led 24 tours in Israel and Palestine. In addition, she led tours in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Poland, Italy, Japan and mainland China. Good Samaritan Ministries helped develop counselor education programs in Africa, Asia and Middle Eastern countries. Each country has national directors and local centers. Ms. Mitchell visited 55 countries and all 50 states to head the international development of Good Samaritan Ministries. By 2009, the non-profit had worked in 38 countries and were educating 10,000 children annually in multiple countries.
International education is a core value of Good Samaritan Ministries. They have annually educated between 5,000 and 10,000 children from nursery through university. Orphanages and feeding programs have been provided in several countries.
Ms. Mitchell also founded two non profits in the Holy Land: Al Sadiq Al Taieb (ASTA). The program includes education and prevention in all of the schools and a Drug and Alcohol In-Patient Treatment Program. It is inclusive to all living in Israel.
The second non-profit is Rose of Jerusalem. It is an education program to mainstream severely handicapped children and provides extensive therapy and training for the children. The program services five towns in the West Bank in Bethany, East Jerusalem.
Ms. Mitchell has authored books on religion's role in marriage and love towards neighbors. These works include "Who Is My Neighbor? A Parable", "From the Bush to the Roots: The Story of a Good Samaritan in Africa", a five-book children series, "To Know Jesus", an autobiography "Something Worth Saving: The Power of Conflict and Sacrifice: A Therapy Manual for Christian Marriage", and "Be Still and Listen to His Voice: The Story of Prayer and Faith", among others. The mother of four has also had been a campfire leader for 10 years; the assistant director of Washington County Civil Defense; a member of the board directors for Beaverton Fish; the vice president of the local National Conference of Christians and Jews; the chairman of the speaker's bureau for the Near East Task Force for Israel; a Sunday school teacher, speaker, and organizer for the Sharing and Caring program at Bethel Church; and the chairman of both Beaverton's fire bond issue and manager of a mayoral campaign.
She was presented with the NCC and Shalom Oregon's Richard Hughes Memorial Award on May 9, 1984 by Rabbi Stampfer at Neveh Shalom Synagogue. The plaque reads, "Inspired Teacher of Word of God."
Ms. Mitchell has been included in the 51st through 53rd, 55th, 57th, 58th, and 63rd editions of Who's Who in America, the 25th and 27th editions of Who's Who in the West, the 17th, 20th, and the 21st editions of Who's Who in the World, and the 19th through 22nd and the 24th through 28th editions of Who's Who of American Women.
She also completed postgraduate work at Portland State University in 1972 and a Masters of Religion, summa cum laude, from Warner Pacific College in 1979.
KEY TESTIMONY: I HAVE BEEN TO IRAQ TWICE: In 1976 I took an archaeological tour of Iraq with Dr. Joan Oates of Cambridge University. I was personally studying Biblical archeological sites. We went to Mosul, where the remains of Biblical Nineveh could be seen. I climbed the walls of ancient Nineveh, which were 12 kilometers long. There were children on top of the walls playing. The Lord spoke to me clearly "Do you see these children?" I said "Yes, Lord." He said, "Here are the children. Where are the Teachers? Go Home and Quit your Public Education Teaching and Teach Nothing But My Kingdom!" I replied, "My Husband Will Never Agree." He said, "I Will Take Care of That." I said, "All Right I Will Do It."
Three days later I was at Irbil, a city 8,000 years old. In a pile of ruins from a building being destroyed stood a little child about three or four years old. She had a small sack in her hand looking for something worth saving. The Lord spoke to me a second time. He said, "When I look at the world, this is what I see. They are like this child, but in all of the debris of history they no longer know what is important. This is who you will teach."
Two days later I stood on the Tel of ancient Ur. The Lord spoke to me a third and final time. He said, "Every thought in your brain is negative and judgemental." I said, "I agree." He told me to take each thought to him and ask me what His thought was, and by doing this He would change my mind." I did this for the next five years and I was never right once.
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