^ptorabor 1956

Desp Friends in Christ 8

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Tho school children have rotumod now from their two' ?K>k vacation, and the classos haverest^ once again. Yesterday, tiasj first day of thoir return. Miss Brown distributedClothing.to ttom. Ihoro were many happy faces as they received their ovoralls, shortpants, shirts and su

at tho oblJjr teaching horo at tho mission It lookod much hotter to havo tho 100 orBO school facos glcamJung from tho chapol as tho s>roachor taught tho third chaptor ofMatthoffl. Wight by night, che^tor by chapter thoy and tho adults Tuho voluntarily contorocoivo tho toaciiing rom tho ^ow Tostami^t* X a student sponds six yocirs in theschool horo ho ill have studied througjh tho Now 'roabamoat ibur times*I roisartoid to nyr wlfo tho othor day that wo havo probably suffered loss fPQj^ thohoat tho past ti^o vioeHi^ than tihvo tho people in imorica* is true ovon thoughm aro practically planted on tho oquator* Wo aro in the rainy season; and it getsvory cool, ospocially in tho ovenix^. ^^o havo \3&*r slooping under two blankets andJohniiy coiiplaifiod tho othor morning that ho w;:s cold all ni^t* During the day \30often vioar swoa&ors or light Jaekiots; - ^t what people think a tropical country isi4bn at all. But in a oovtpla laonths when tho dry season strikos v will long for thosecodkl days; at least vio have boon told it bocomos vory hot then* Much of tho time itis dark and dreary* Yesterday looming it vas raining and so daisk that we had to takekeronsene lights to tho office to see to do our mik* Usually it is humid and damp;but it iaaia>8 ail tho vogotation very vi

S^jptorabor 24* 1956

Dear Friends in Christi

Tho preacher haa just attached tho "woen" to his prayer yesterday at Uio cloBe of theaorviccs, and tno people iiad Just bogun to leavo the building when suddenly all the nativosbegan pouring bacit into tho b. ildin^i like a flood of water through a buri>tod diko. BrothorGrowl and X stood at the front of tho ouilain,; yut along with our fcr.iilies cuxd >.iss Brownnot Soiag ablo to understand what tho excitoiuwit was about, iiie oach grabbed a club andrushed out to find a jaad dog. ae learned la tor that the nativua, ospeciall'. ..children,wore hanging fro;u the polos of Uio roof wiiicn serve as rafters. Th the

7} oiKi.t>ch^i "which is h..lit, bohind ovory honiD in this countiy* It is/?Gfitiroly tho nativoa'faiilt,though, for tho villago is to bo moved sonnj and thoy do not viant to build him ahouse if the villago will no longer bo located thero# Vhon Brothor Growl opened thci mooting for yjiyono to bring & problem to him no one spoke up Affci^r a long pauso the pxx^achorsaid, "I havo somothing I would lik to say 9% of thesKi people I havo never seen before.Thei'G had boon a big crowd, but as is often the case hure many of tham camo to look at thowhite iiir-iTi - wo are a curiosity to aomo people- So the church is having trouble stirringup interest in its JiKjjnbors; this sin pligues some of tho churches here just liko it doesin Affit;rica.

The llission Barry-all has had a workout tho last week. Last Friday I had to tako a veryill baby to the doctor at flafwasentfe 60 miles away, and just a few minutes ago a nan camoto tho window wanting us to go to his village and get his wife in tho Carry-all and takeher bo the native infirmior here. She started labor two days ago and has not yat had horbabyj I guess he finally got around to thinking it was time to sqok aoiiu help for her.Little 4 month old Tiraii\y Schaub was ill the past wook. After about ^ days of illness hisparents took him to the doctor at Bafwasonde and thoy learned ho iiQar tho stage ofpneumonia. After some penicillin he is doing fine# Vtf o3q>ect them to an ivo Jiere frcsmthoii* nomo at QLina at tho end of this week for a meeting of all tho ridissionai'ios here.

For your prayers, interest and financial support of Christ's work in the Congo Ww thankyou in dtia name. \ijq rejoice in tho privilege of being colatorors with you. Viio are convinced the work heiv is groat because it is the Lord's; and by your xprossion of interestwe know you havo faith in its worthwhileness, too.

Ihank you for helping,

AFRICAN cmnmm laSSI^ . ^'onald Harsh

October 15* 1956

Di^ Friends in

Sihon Brothor G-owl want to tho Bafwasende torritary this W8kand churches ia that area ho took a praaobor vAth hljn to bagla his Bdjnlstry. ,tha tcMBDtations are very great the (ilsaicai has leannod it is unwise to Mnd an uniaerricd^man into tSie villagos to praash. The new proacher has beon at tha minion fw som ^msjbut ho has bean without a wife. He had ono picked out sobs tironaid dowry for hor she diod. Bscantly he selootod anothor onffi,and with to help from th EissioB ho was abio to pay for hr;totobaiiie isairi^ li bagta his ra^ietryicidodiatelj. We are glad fiwn snottier nan can begin to proaoh the gosp^ w toa S^tago of Host tn^preaohorii.liao fi:aoaS for, villagers are eoastanUy bagging for churdies to be ^ted in^th^ aro iiS- opportunities to enlarge tha ehnrci. hare. Ihero are, thmgh, too fo

tTdHL Joan Koaiiia. tho ndssion evangelist, stai'ted wkang U anoedy church v-hts past W4sk. She church had bcon started by a youngdone it on his om and did not know what ho was doing, ihoroa^sevett"^S vma^Tbut ti.ey do not toiov, it is all about. So Brother Kozina is teachingthorn and trying to put them on a good &eriptxxral mao,

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fchfl BO milaSe Ihe ^eragoman compiwjtol^ rebuilt it, ana 4.^ 41 - -S Si iSI S^tongue broto, and so e are .till wl.out a trailer toimul ndizi in*

Tha Schaubs dOK died last week of rabies. It had boon bitten by ^ dog whichrabid and died two Bonths &is0. The tia was notu'ljr osgii^ u "d hirttmaosf ?.s s ii^srsj^, s, s rKi:r'na^ ^Tu til sflwffl it Brother ^csh&ub is busy with th i^ork Qi mLKingSiTn^L^^diSc: WhlsTh.";.irrk. U-o k=p t^e property at Olina some ofthf ^t b. built in brick ^ore next &ugu^. ^hey re no pressing the brioout of QXina clay In preparation to fxrinij thsia in a Kiln.

A iRGTith ago a iiacl dog had bitton a lltti boy_In tho villa^; vihor w& Rttoittl church onth Lt>ra*s i^ys Fimily^ iSiroti'Aer ^atfd and Xwere ablo to cateh vip vjith xt^md Howardshot it Th littlci boy was not aroacid, and thQ natives had little intoi'tsu in I>ring-iiig him to ^Bdli for th antx-rabic vaccino shotu, not even in rspQ^l^^^ to our urgings,filers ?ias nothing mor wo could do. Ye^tta-day ths father brought th@ little, boy to thisiasioa for his shots* snt hin to the infinnier and only hc^o that it is not too latto save his lif. After th afternoon sorvice v/as ended at o&urch yesterday a iium toldHowiird that a caa was ill in tte village and iio wanted a shot. Aa it Uu*ne

Bomllij i)cnbr 1956

Dar Friondij in Christ:

Hiee Brovn lft th Congo on'th 18th as tfchuduiud. Thw Crowl had takwi hmr in, i^daft-ir ah# lft thy stayttd oi^r on da/ in Stanl-ijyvill doing som purch5ting. "kshnth/ arrivd i^t tii miiwion w lookwd at our watch and noticod that Zola v/ould blanding in Ww York in on hour She had tI^avild 10,000 rail

Bix)thr Schaub feit mooting tliati th atudgjnt prQach^s Imwa finished thoirfirst yi9ar