What a bundle of laughs you could be when you were still you! Happy Birthday! You orchestrated lots of birthdays for hostel kids in the dining room which you and Uncle Bill designed the furniture and decor for. It will always echo with Uncle Bill's voice over the intercom and smells of pancake syrup for me. The sound of your voice was bells and exclamation points, and joy and encouragement and affirmation. Sometimes chiding, cheerleading, a voice of faith, believing, honesty, truth, and sometimes quiet tender Love. Thank you for the words you spoke, and the love unspoken behind them. There was a steady River of the love of God pouring through you, well most times. Can't we all be forgiven an occasional momentary glitch of gossip, meanness, or chocoholism ?! (Wink). You always told me I was your favorite. Later on I came to find out you told many others the same thing! I'm so glad your heart was big enough for all of us. I look forward to seeing the restored you again, with your Bill, in Heaven. Oh, what a day! Love, Brent 

I’m remembering fondly that today was Aunt Liz’s birthday and her Homecoming In Heaven. 

She was such a wonderful lady! She was so so loved and so filled with for others. I loved her so very very much! 

Her only living brother, Jack, also loved her greatly and missed her. 

I grew up at HPBC and loved Bro Bill and Liz Corwin! Bro Bill baptized me when I was 10. One childhood memory I have of Liz is going to a birthday party for one of the girls at their house on Greenway.  I was probably 8 yrs old. Liz had made aprons for all of us and we baked and decorated cookies. I still have my apron that she made!! She was such a sweet, loving lady that I have never forgotten. Sending condolences to her family. 

The poem from Mom's service

We love  ‘Auntie Liz’!  -The Barnard family 

Condolences from Ken and Mary Ellison

Scott, Kerri, and Kelly, 

 Your Mom would never let us hostel kids prank her. Or she'd out prank us if we tried. I'd taped an anonymous note on the intercom she'd use to wake each of us up by: "Aunt Liz, Please read Proverbs 27:14 softly at breakfast, do apply it to your life." Of course she looked it up: "If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse." But instead of reading that Proverb, when we were all in the dining room, she quite loudly, with a twinkle in her eye, looking right at me said this: "One of you taped this anonymous note on the intercom to get me to read a Proverb, and I guess I read the wrong chapter. Here's Proverbs 26:14 -- AS A DOOR TURNS ON ITS HINGES, SO A SLUGGARD TURNS ON HIS BED." :) 

 Some of us work with high school students today trying to make them feel the way your mother made us high school kids feel. She was curious, confident, clever, and calming. When a girl broke up with me and broke my heart, Aunt Liz drew the details out from me. "Want to know what will really get her?" she responded. "Yes," I muttered. "Forget about her. Act like you don't care about her anymore." Aunt Liz knew that might not work on the girl. But she also knew how to help me repair my young broken heart. 

 After graduating, going to college in America, meeting the love of my life, I returned with her to Indonesia for a visit. Your Mom and Dad were not serving as hostel parents then but did invite the two of us to their home in Jakarta. She made Julie feel so special. She'd long since made me feel that way. The Breakfast Club had just come out on DVD, so they got us making two flavors of homemade ice cream with them, and we ate and watched and laughed out loud together. Fast forward. When we visited her after Uncle Bill had passed away and she was struggling with memory, she grabbed me by the arm and whispered loudly so all in the room could hear: "Don't tell anyone. You were my favorite." And I would say the same back to her. We'd laugh. Of course, to Aunt Liz we all were her favorites. She is one of those rare human beings who makes you feel like you really matter. 

 Watching you three as her children, with your own children, as you interact with many of us, I want you to know you make us feel like we really matter - what a legacy your Mom has in you! 

 Kurk Gayle

Your precious Mama was always larger than life, laughing, loving, and welcoming so many into her heart. She was hostel mom only for my freshman year, but I will always remember her loving enthusiasm for life, and appreciate that you all shared your parents with so many other people.  May Scott, Kerri and Kelly be blessed with many wonderful memories, and the knowledge that your mother lived her best life, touching so many.  Love you all! Linda Ruble Davrath

Liz was such a delightful person to be around.  I still remember the year she and Bill were Missionaries in Residence at the Baylor BSU. Loved working with her.  Her children were the best! Although it’s been probably almost 40 years have past, I have only good memories of a great Christian woman.  ♥️🙏🏻 Earl Ann Lenert Bumpus

Tribute to Liz Corwin from Good News Baptist Church, Singapore

I will always remember Liz's encouragement and guidance when I first get involved in the children ministry. Her love for the children is balanced with a firm hand in teaching and guiding the children in living out the truth.

GNBC has benefited greatly from Liz and Bill's unwaveringly commitments to serving God's people and growing in our faith journey.

From Linda Lim

Remembering Liz as well as Bill Corwin, two very beautiful people whom we had the privilege of knowing personally. They have impacted us and our children greatly and personally ministered to us as well. We will always be thankful to God for Bill and Liz. They loved and served our Lord Jesus. We praise God for their faith and their dedication.

With gratitude,

Jit and Sudipta

Bill and her were our marriage counselors. And officiated our wedding. Always remembered her been ever so bubbly and always remember her radiant smile.

The children were so blessed to have her as their Sunday school teacher and our church is so blessed to have them with us.

Bill and her were such a loving couple. I went to Texas to visit them and stayed with them in their lovely home. Had a wonderful time there. They were such wonderful hosts.

For years Liz would remember my husband’s birthday and would without fail send him a birthday card. She is so busy doing the Lord’s work and yet remembers such little detail to encourage him.

Thank God for their lives and the many lives that they have touched. Love Liz and Bill so very much and missed them much also. They are such motherly and fatherly figures to us. We will see you again Liz and Bill.

From Lynne Hui

I will always remember Mrs Corwin as the bubbly, warm and big-hearted ang-mo (meaning western) grandma who always displayed the love of Jesus. It was her love for me that brought me to Christ. Week after week, I looked forward to Sunday School and I remember Mrs Corwin spending individual time with me after Sunday school to talk and relate with me. She would always bring back little trinkets and gifts for me whenever she returned from Indonesia. I still have some of these souvenirs! I remember on my tenth birthday; she attended my birthday party and shared Christ to my friends through games and bible stories. She had such a big heart and love for us, children then! I hope and pray that my life will be a living testimony to others as she has been to me and so many of us. We have been greatly blessed and loved by her.

Remembering her.

From Lydia Er

Always remembered auntie Liz with great cheerful personality, smiling. Remembering once they invited us “then young people” to their home for fellowship and told us how God directed them to Asia Indonesia for ministry. It involves a big MAP!

From Juliana Tan

I remember, when we hv cell group meeting, they were often so happy and looking forward to meet us. Be it at Lilian and Tom’s home or theirs. The Word of God and food were always ready and they served us with listening heart and great fellowship! Praise and thank God for the couple. So much love from them!

From Lena Lo

My husband, James and I were blessed to have Bill and Liz as our marriage counsellors. Our 3-month pre-marital counselling session was such an eye-opening journey of understanding the Christian marriage model and how Jesus loves his church. Both of them opened their hearts to love and mentor us despite not knowing us personally and a huge age gap.

One Christmas, they invited us to a Christmas dinner at home. We were so amazed at their hospitality and joy in celebrating the season. Liz made us a tree skirt (still being used on every Christmas), one of the 4 she also sewn for her three children, and they called us their Chinese children. They made us feel so loved and special. We did not have children then but from this experience, we opened our home on Christmas Eve to celebrate the season with family and church friends and this is still going on in our 31 years of marriage.

When I gave birth to my first born, Liz came to the hospital to encourage me as I had a difficult and long birth. My boys, now 28 and 26, remember Old Ma and Old Pa, and we visited them in Texas in 2006 November. We still have the toys Liz bought for them.

Words just cannot express how Liz and Bill impacted our marriage and service to the Lord. We witnessed how they had lived by faith and now, died in faith. They showed us how to finish well and love the LORD with all of their heart, soul and mind.

This framed photograph sits on our living room all these years, and now in sweet memory of them.

James and Joyce Hui

We are from Singapore, Good News Baptist Church. We were very blessed knowing and serving God together with Bill and Liz Corwin many years in the 80s +90s. Liz was a big "sister" to many ladies in our church and a very close friend to us and many others. My wife and I had the joy of visiting Liz and Bill 2 times in Texas. We will forever be grateful to God for putting Liz and Bill in our lives. Be blessed in the bosom of Jesus. Tom & Lilian Goh.

Continuing to think of you and lift you up in your grief
You have been the most honorable son and daughters to your Mother and served her so lovingly and well. God has been so good to us all.

Praying the service will be a wonderful time together.
love always,
Brent