In His Presence My Heart Is Made Strong

About the Book

This book begins with the women who lived in Ezekiel’s lifetime, continues with the lives of some of the women who lived in the times between the Testaments; and continuing into the New Testament studying influential wives of the Caesars, Mary the mother of Jesus, and ends with Mary, the mother of John Mark, in the beginning of Christianity.  

About the Author

       Willodine Hopkins is a widow and has four grown children. She was born, and lived many years of her life in Arkansas and has a Master’s degree in biology from Arkansas State University. She taught in Clover Bend School district and Tuckerman High School for several years, then began teaching in Crowley’s Ridge Academy and Crowley’s Ridge College. She was the Woman’s Coordinator for their world Evangelism Program, organizing and sending “Campaigns for Christ” groups to New England, Panama, Canada and China. On weekends she conducted “1,000 for Christ” ladies’ rallies in which one thousand people were taught the Gospel using Bible correspondence courses. She also coordinated “Target-a-Nation” evangelism workshops in which missionaries, campaign workers and interested Christians assembled to learn the peoples and cultures of the nations and plan how to reach each nation with the Gospel.

       She moved to California in 1985.While living in California, she taught in Normandie Christian School and Los Angeles Unified School District, and continued her education by taking courses from California State University and the University of California on various campuses.

       As a teacher of women’s role in the church, she has taught in Women’s Retreats and Women’s Luncheons, at Biola and Pepperdine Universities. She has taught Women’s Seminars and Soul Winning Workshops in Arkansas, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Alabama, New Mexico, Arizona and Canada.