Baughman Don Marianne 1978 Nigeria

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T E S a n d

r o

GER I

Thf f.tind

of fke

Sahara and

the Niger

MAY,

1978

Driving cross-country

towards

Onitsha as we did in March we witnessed the

farm products that flov/ from the breadbasket of Nigeria, the Cross River State,

Indeed, crops grow well and some of the largest

root

plants we have

ever

seen

come from th is area. Also , cas sava , maize,

r ice, and f ru i t

Traffic

slowed

to

a stop

as roadwork was being done a t

an

intersect ion near Onitsha,

As we

sa t

there

in

our

car

we had

to

turn

off

the

air-conditioner

and open

our

windows

to the sounds of the hawkers and smell of exhaust. Traffic on the

opposite

side of the road moved past. Inscriptions on lorries

(trucks)

and passanger

vehicles read, Golden Rule, Blessed i-Iansion, The Lord is

My

Shepherd,

Business Express, Dubonnet, and Owerri-Lagos, to mention a few. Along

the roadside

mechanics pounded and

welded

on broken motor

parts.

Motor

Parking

lots

filled up,

tea

and bread

were

sold

at

small

tables, hawkers

hurried

up

and

down stopping ,ai .eeeh car-selllhg; large loaves of bread and Amstel .Malta (a new

vitamin enriched drink

which

the

government

has just recently banned).

One

malt

salesman

sitting

on

his box

had

his handkerchief

tied on

his

head

to pro

tect him from

the

sun and the dirt . His bottle opener dangled from

the

hankie.

Children

hawked

toy pistols, cigarettes, sox, hankies,

chewing

sticks, kola

nuts, and perhaps i f one wanted any other thing they

would

go off and find i t

for

you.

There

was

plenty of

shopping

time as

we

sat in the

non-moving

traffic.

Road signs

amidst block companies and bui ld ing construct ion

advertised

Bosch

Batteries Your Best Friend on the Road, Ultra

Sheen

(Don gave me a coupon

for

this on

my birthday

--

to

make

the skin young again )

and

The Architect -

First Choice Paint - Nigerluxl After an hour we finally cleared the intersect

tion. A large

modern

building off to the

left

in

newly

painted blue and gold

yielded a Premier Brewerie Plant sign . Hand-push

carts

ruled the road as we

crept

along. One

cart loaded with

yams was being pushed by

three men

and

pulled

by

one man.

Some

were

loaded with building blocks and construction materials.

People darted in and

out,

bicycles careered back

and

forth, motorbike sirens

screamed and

hurtled past.

In two and a

half

hours of heavy

traffic

we travell

ed the 66 miles to Enugu where

we

spent the n ight.

The

ri-xt

morning

we

proceeded

e^st

on 35

mph

road.

Occasional

good

stretches

were

interspersed with chuck holes, pot holes, and

no

road at

all.

We .

stopped for pet ro l in Abakaliki. Here we turned south towards the Cross River.

The

landscape

is flat

and

rocky

with occasional

clumps

of huge trees

off

in the

distance.

We

searched for a tree to

shade

us from the

noonday sun

where we

could eat our

lunch,aHd.,

finally.-found one;.that we could .gain-access to from the

road.

It; was on a section of old road no longer in use. Flies and

buzzing

insects joined us. Another hour brought us to the ferry.

We

waited a few

minutes

to board

and after

the five minute,

1,50

crossing

we

landed . at Ekori

Beach. A

new laterite

road took us

right

Into Ekori.

We

went first to the

new Bible School and church builc'ing

that is

being constructed to see

how far

along i t was. Then to the house that Capt, and Mrs. Eni gave the mission for

a

medical

f ac i l i t y

This

is

the^largest

house

in Ekori village

and

boasts statues in the front

yard

of Capt.

Eni

standing and his mother sitting under a large eagle. We


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X l i t tbA l i t t l e one burner gas

stove out

on the back balcony to heat the

food for s.-.pper

while Don

took a tlm

of

poison and sprayed i t into the attic op

ening.

The

noise of the bats over

our bedroom soon

stopped, but increased

in

intensi ty in the bechrooml

Don

and Jane hung the mosquito

nets,

Isid our mat

t ress on

the

f loor under i t

and

set up Jane*s bed . For supper ve

ate/'tinned

spaghetti , tinned ?^oast beef, bread and

for

dessert cookies and coffee.

Vincent appeared

while

we were eating,

clothed in

the new uniform i at Capt.Eni

sent him. With

his

sh i r t t a i l hanging out he stood before us grinni^ g from ear

to ear

n Saturday morning reading in Colossians 2 My purpose in that

they may

be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the

riches

of complete understanding, in order that they

may know

the mystery of

God

nai^ly^

Christ, in whom are

hidden

all the t reasures of wisdom

and

know

ledge.

Ilam

arrived

to buy

Efic

hymnbooks. After

breakfast we

drove between

tree-lined

farms to

Assiga

to

get

the program

for

the

conference of

th e church-

es that began

in

the

evening.

In

the

afternoon we read, studied, cooked wash

ed dished and

some

of thh ^villagers- came.to greet ua. At diiak we drove to the

AJere church

fo r

our

f irst service.

Lanterns were brought as the soft evening

glow disappeared over the

river

and the blackness and mosquitoes surrounded us .

For

half an

hour the men harmonized hymns in the Efic

language

- -

very lovely .

Don preached on The Riches of God.

On

Sunday morning we

sang

for half

an

hour

as people kept

arriving

from

Ekori, ISkpani and Assiga on foot,

bicycles

and local transportation. Then we

a l l

formed two

l ines

and began singing to the inspired leading

of

Elder Shadrach

and

made our

way through th e center of the

village

to the i cbeach.

Evangelist

John

Egbe entered the

water in the

rocky shoreline and the three

candidates

pre

pared

for baptism. The

singing continued as

three new

souls

confessed

Jesus as

thei r

Saviour

and

were baptized for

th e forgiveness of their

sins. The

heat

and

humidity increased perceptibly dur ing our

walk

back to the

church,

and now as

we began to worship, the wind began to blow and the sky grew dark.. Soon th e

rain

bat tered down

on

the roof

to

th e

sa t i s f ac t ion

of a l l the

farmers

who

had

spent long hours the

preceding

day

planting.

We were cooled by the rain and

refreshed by the Gospel message that John brought to us. We then

gathered a-

round

the

Lord's

Table

w ith o ur N ig eria n b ro th ers as

a l l

of

you

were

doing

on

His

day .

After church we sold Bibles

and hymnbooks, wrote

out baptismal ce r t i f i

cates, and gave out medicine Maria

came

with baby Gabriel

e

had sent

her

to the hospital

across

the river with

him

as

his swollen belly

indicated

mal

nutri t ion.

The

Assiga

church had

given

her the money

to

go . We paid the medi

cal

expenses and urged her to

take

him back

again.

He seemed

some better

but

n o t well

Later

that

afternoon,

reading

Francis

Shaeffer 's The Church Before

the

Watching World on

Practicing

Purity in

th e

Visible Church: We have

then,

two

sets of parallel couplets: (l)

The principle

of

the

practice

of the

purity of

observable

love

among all true Christians; and

(2)

the practice of orthodoxy of

doctr ine and observable

orthodoxy

of

community in th e v is ib le church. The

heart o f these

sets

of principles

is

to

show

forth

the

love

of

God

and

the

holi

ness of God s imultaneous ly . f we show e i ther of these without th e o th er , we

exhibit not the

character,

but a caricature

of

God for th e

world

to see.

I f

we

s t r e s s th e love

o f

God without th e h olin es s o f

God,

it t u rns

ou t

only to be com

promise.

But

if

we

s t ress

the holiness of God without the love of God we prac

t ice something that i s

hard

and

lacks beauty. And i t ^ important to show.

forth

beauty before a lost world and a lost

generation. ^

Returning home

to

Sango-Otta af ter

th is encouraging

fel lowship, the Lord

spved us

on

th e I f e - I b ad an

road

from a s em i - t r a i l e r t h a t fo rced us o f f th e r oad .

We

praise

God

for His everlast ing

love and

protect ion,

and you fo r

your

con

s t a n t prayer s .

In His

Loving Serv ice ,

Don and

Marianne Baughman


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August 1978

NEWS

OF GOSPEL

BROADCASTING MISSION

Marianne and

Don Baughman

Radio in

igeri

is to y

t its z en i th . T r a n si st o r

r ios re sol

ll o v e r

Niger ia . A

_poor farmer

who l i v e s

i n

one

room

and toils

a l l

da y

on

h is farm may

have as

his

_one and

only possession

a

radio. The

Head

o f State speaks

o v e r the ir wave s

and

the

whole nation can

l isten.

With ^

coun try the

s iz e o f

Texas and

Arizona

togetR^T

andhaving

80 mi l l i on peopi.e

and

more

than

Hi f fp rpn t

t r i bes

unde r

standing i s important.

Radio

is

on e

way t h a t the

people

ca n

enl ighten each other . The

peop l e

a re

c lo s e ly k n i t so

c ia l ly

in

spi te

Q_the lr w ide ly

varying re l ig ious bel ief s and

pract ices .

The nor thern , s t a t e s o f

Niger ia

are

Moslem and pagan ,

though there

are

Chr is t i ans

meeting in many places .

The

sou thern s t a t e s are Chr is t i an

Update

By Don

and Marianne

Baughman

pagan and Moslem Every morning

a t 5:00

a.m.

in the nearby

v i l lage o f Sango,

we

hear

the

Moslem ca l l to

prayer

over

t he i r publ ic

address system.

gious people.

ment is

preparing^ to turn the

leadership of the country

over

to the civ i l ians in 1979. Rep

r e s e n t a t i v e s were

e le c te d to

the

cons t i tuen t assembly;

and

the

assembly

sa t

recent ly

in

Lagos

to draft a new consti tu

t ion . The

presen t

government

l eader s need our prayers as

they endeavor to govern

with

wisdom For

our

struggle

is

not

against flesh and

bloody

hut

against th e r ule rs ^ aga in st

th e

powers, against

the

world

forces o f this darkness,

against the spiri tual

forces

of

wickedness in th e

heavenly

places .

Ephesians

6:12).

The

Search th e Scriptures

broadcast

in

Nigeria

began

in

1961 over

the Western Nigerian

Broadcast ing System.

Chr is t i ans

and

churches in

America through

the

Gospel

Broadcast ing Mis

s i on

then under the

di r ec t ion

o f

Walter and Mainie Coble,

paid fo r the

a ir t ime.

In 1967,

Nigeria

was

divided

into

1

s t a t e s .

There a re now 19 s t a t e

and each s t a t e

has con t ro l

o

i t s own_ .radio

_station.

Thi

brought

on _

greatly inflated

costs

in

radio

time,

the Gospe

Broadcasting Mission has bee

able

to meet only

a

port ion o

t he p resent air

costs;

so

the

West African Chr is t i an Missio

through

the prayers and fund

of

fai thful

supporting friend

and

churches

has kept

the pro

gram on the

a i r .

In 1976,

Radio Y

cancelle

a ll sponsored religious

pro

grams

ne

l istener from If

asked: I would l ik e to kno

the

reason why

your

program

a re

no more hea rd

on

Radio OYO

I mean

can

you t e l l me why

th

ban? And,

in

fac t

a ll re li

Continued

on

page

Jane Baughman


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LISTEN

August 1978

No.

148

LISTEN i s

published

bi-monthly in

February,

April, June, August , Oc tober

and December by Gospel Broadcasting

Mission, Box 51, O nalaska, WI 54650.

Publ ica t ion

address: 17359

7 1s t C ou rt ,

Tinley Park ,

XL 60477. Second

Class

postage paid

a t

Tinley

Park,

XL.

THE

GOSPEL

BROADCASTING

MISSION

Box

5 1, O na la sk a,

WI

54650

W LTER an d MAINIE COBLE,FOUNDERS

DIRECTOR Bi l l McClure

LISTEN EDITORS Walter 6

Ardis Leeper

TREASURER JoAnne

McA l i s te r

SECRETARY Lo r e ne

McClu r e

BO RD MEMBERS Ralph-Atehison-

Ray Jewel l

Bob McKinney

Ha ro l d N i l e s

Dean

Uh l s

DIRECTLY

SPEAKING

. . .

URING WORLD W R

11 ,

a

young preacher in col lege

f e l t he

was r ea l l y having

a tough t ime o f

it

He worked

long hours , s tudied di l igen t ly

every night and

preached fai th

fu l ly each

weekend.

He

f e l t

sor ry fo r himse l f

and

thought

of

how much God s hould apprec i

te h i s efforts

But

t h en he

r e c e i v e d

a

letter

from

h is

bro ther

who was f igh t

ing on

the

European f ron t . The

brother d e s c r i b e d life i n a

fojAole, and to ld o f

s leeping

in the

rain and

snow,

o f

eat ing

K ra t ion s , o f marching

fo r

days never having h is shoes

of f ,

and

o f see ing

h is

f r iends

and

budd i e s maimed

and

killed

i n

b ttle

Then, the young preacher l o s t

h is

se l f -p i ty

and

prayed:

Lordj I 'm

in an

armyt

too, but I

get

three meats

a

day

and oomfortdble

qitar-

t e r s .

I ve

never

suffered

fo r Jesus. I ve never

l ived

in a foxhole to

advanoe

th e

Gospel. I ve never

s lep t

an

th e

ground^

and

never laid

doum my

l i fe

fo r

you.

Surely3 I can give

myself

to

you.

When we re

tempted to r e f l ec t

on

how much we v e

done or

how

much we' ve g iv en

in

t he s er vi ce

o f Jesus ,

we need to remember

wha t o t h e r s

ha ve d on e.

Many

people

have

suffered

through

the

years in order to

accomplish great things. The

freedom

we enjoy

in

o ur c ou ntry

was purchased

at the cos t

of

many l ives . The joy we

have in

s e rv ing Je su s

would

not have

been

poss ible

without

th e

suf

fering o f the cross .

Ou r

r e l i

gious

freedom

was

passed

on

to

us by

the l iv e s o f count less

martyrs . Even

the

Bible we read

each day requ ired personal

sac r i f i ce

over many centur ies

of t im e .

I f Gospel Broadcasting Mis

s ion i s to take

advantage o f

cu rr en t oppo rt uni ti e s

to broad

cas t

the

Gospel ,

it i s going to

require an

i nc re as in g l ev el

o f

support and

commitment on

the

THE PHILIPPINES . . .

RECENT

LETTER

f rom

J e r em i a s

Rubio,

d i r e c t o r o f GBM s

Phi1ippine-1anguage

broadcas t

from Manila,

indicates several

o pp ortu nit ie s fo r

new

broad

c sts One

will s e r v e t h e

Bi c o l

region

in Legaspi

City , and the

other

in Naga

City , Camarines

Sur. The

programs would be

pro

duced

in Mani la ,

where the

current program

or ig ina tes , and

s e n t to

th e two st tions i n

Legaspi

City

an d Naga

Ci ty .

Tota l

cost

to produce an d a i r

these

programs wil l be

205.71

per month. As soon as funds are

on

hand,

committed

fo r

t h i s

purpose, we

wil l

s ta r t . . .

KORE . . .

yOON WO

H E

reports on the

Korean-language program

from

S e ou l :

We h av e

b r o a d c a s t f i v e t imes

in the

month o f

May.

The

preachers

were

Yoon Kwon Chae

an d Won Bon g Cha.

We r e c e i v e d 27 letters f rom

the

l i s t eners

and sent

r ep l ies

and some

i n f o rma t i o n

. . .

One

e n r o l l e d

into t h e Bi b l e Cor r e

spondence School

and

we think

par t of

Chris t ians

who

care

More funds

wi l l enab l e

mor

programs

to be aired.

How

much have you

bee

wil l ing

to sacr i f i ce

fo r th

preaching

o f

the

Gospel aroun

the

world? Why not pause fo r

few minutes r igh t now? Pra

about your

l eve l

o f

commitmen

and

about the

opportuni t ie

th t exist

to

b la nk e t t h e

wo r l

with

the Gospel; and then

d

whatever God di rec t s

yo u to do

As

you

g iv e, p le as e pray

fo

every broadcas t e r who fa i th

fu l ly proclaims God's messag

o f

l i f e in Je su s.

Pray

fo r a l

here

a t GBM who

work

d i l i gen t l

to

use

radio to preach Jesus t

the

world. Thank yo u

fo r

bein

a

par t o f

th is - min i st ry . Th

s t rength

o f Gospel Broadcastin

Mission i s

found in yo u

wh

give

and pray and share.

tha t we

have

prospects for

th r ee new Bible

col lege

s tu

dents

Bro.

Kong, who has been

working as sec re ta ry

o f the

broadcast ing work here , has had

ser ious

surgery

on

h is

hear

recent ly . The surgery was suc

Continued on page

Mr. and Mrs. Yoon Kwon Cha

d i r ec t the Geon Children s Hom

in

Seo ul y K or ea. In addition

Bro.

Chae

i s

president of

Kore

Christian Seminary

and

work

faithfully with the broadca

which M sponsors

from

Seou


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IdERI N RO DC ST

her arms give out

I} .

She als

re c o rd s g ra d es , a d dre s s e s en

v e l o p e s s e n d s l e . s sons

an

l i t e r a t u r e and

f i l e s

app l i c a

t ions . J ^ e wil l re turn t

CincinnatiT Bible College fo

her sophomore year th is fa l l .

We receive many l e t t e r s an

many

ques t ions ,

including

on

from

a young mother

in

Ibadan

Our

an swe r

to

h e r

is

a s

f o l

lows:

Your

l e t t e r concernin

your daughter who i s a year ol

was

brought to my a t ten t ion

You men t i on that sh e

c a n n o

h o l d

her neck erect a d v i c

to you i s to take the

chi l

immediately to the IMivers i t

College Hospital . You

wil l b

d i r e c t e d

t o th e C h i ld r e n

Cl in ic .

We

do

pray fo r Oluwa

toyin

t ha t

her neck wi l l grow

st rong. God wil l

help

the doc

tor to know wha t to d o .

From

Ijebu-Igbo,

Timoth

w rite s : I

hereby

ex tend m

greeting to th e s t a f f {Searc

the

Scriptures) for the

grea

par t they have played

when

I a

doing my course both in

markin

and in sending the

quest ions

t

me. May God he lp

you.

Amen.

Yo

did everyth ing

w it hout a sk in

fo r

any amoun t.

God wi l l showe

h is bles s ings

on

you. Amen.

From

t h e

Fed e r a l

Schoo l

o

Hygiene

in

Ibadan,

Jame

w rites : I am hereby apprecia t

ing the

cer t i f ica te yo u

sent

t

me on my

completing

one of you

Bible

correspondence

courses .

say thank you

very

much and

am very gra te ful . I think

still need some sp i r i t u a l

hel

Continued on

page

gious programs

on t h a t same

Radio

OYO

a r e no

more

on t h e

a i r ,

and

I

th ink

it also

affec t s your program

t ha t

i s

why I

ask t he q u es ti on .

A t

this s ame t im e there

we r e

many othe r l e t t e r s . Our Heav

en ly

Father

heard

and

answered

our

prayers . Seccroh

the

Scrip

tu res i s

present ly

heard over

Radio OGUN on

Sa tu rday even ings

a t 7:15 p.m. This i s a prime

t ime

f o r r a d io

listeners

We

would

l ike to give

yo u

a

of ho w t h e r a d i o

program

i s pjoduced.

In

a 15-

minute

broadcast

the messages

ave rage about nine minutes. One

must give in

nine

minutes a

message

which wou ld ordinar i ly

t a k e 45 minu t e s . Much t ime is

spent

in

preparatTcm

o f mes

sages which

are

re levant to

Nigerians and the i r

way

of

life

The messages are tap ed in a

sound

s tud io

22 miles away

in

the fede ra l cap i ta l

o f Lagos.

From

the re

th ey are

sen t to

Abeokuta,

the cap i ta l o f Ogun

tate

Our theme

song

has

been the

same

fo r

many

years : We

Thank

Thee.

We

also praise the

Lord

in song with other fam ilia r

favorites

wh i ch

we have on

records.

Don Baughman _ and

bring the mes

sages , and we have an occa

s iona l gues t

spe.aker .

Bob

Sheffler from Liberia brought

the message when he

was

with

us

in

Niger ia

l a s t

February.

Evan-

eelist F r anc i s Olo run f em i

is

Francis

also , grades

the

Yoruba

correspondence courses .

Over

the a i r we

of fe r

copies

o f the

messages and a free

Bible

correspondence course.

S ince ou r

re turn

to Niger ia

in

June 1977, we have enro l led

2 . 025

new

stiiHent.


8/11

CONTINUED

FROM PAGE 2

program

on

the

a i r in the

Kuki

d ia l ec t .

Funds are

urgent ly

ne eded

f o r

this

b r o a d c a s t .

GBM: ONALASKA

WIS. . .

WWE

HAVE

A NEW

PHONE NUMBER

It is

608/783-6490.

SPECIAL GIFTS: Two Ampex tape

recorders were given to GBM

by

Ce c i l Todd o f

th e

Rev iva l F i r e s

min i s t ry . One

Teaa

recorder

was

given to

G M by Dr. John Fal l is

o f Dallas , Texas.

This

equip

men t will e n a b l e

u s t o have a

very

f ine recording studio

with

the very l a t e s t equipment

b e c a u s e

th es e f r i e n d s h av e

given. We are gra tefu l .

GBM

Di r e c t o r

B i l l

McClure

recent ly rep resen ted th e mis

s ion in these

congregations:

Janesvil le ,

Wis.; Riverside

and

Muskogee Chr is ti an i n Muskogee,

Okla. ; Town

and Country

Chris

t i an , Okmulgee, Okla. ;

Central

Chr i s t i an , Fort Smith,

Ark.

In

August,

he will

speak

for the

Tinley

Park Chur(

of

Christ ,

Tinley Park, 111. In

September,

he

wil l

represent the

mission

a t

the

Fai th -Promise

Ral ly fo r

the church in

Markle,

Ind . ;

and

on September 10th, he

will

speak f or s ervic es at

Central

Chr i s t i an , San Be rna rd ino , Ca l.

Speaking

dates

are

now being

l ined up

by the Director for

1979. I f

you

would

l ike

a pro

gram

for your church,

please

wri t e immediately . We

a re

an x

i ous

t o tell th e

GBM

s tory a l l

across the

country

through a

special slide-sound

program and

a message from God's Word.

cessful ,

but

he

probably

wil l

have to s tay

in the hosp i ta l

f o r

a t

l e a s t one

month .

In

th e

meantime,

I

wil l

take care

o f

t he b roadca st ing

business

with

the help

o f

some

o f

our s tu

d e n t s

.

The

c h u r c h e s o v e r

h e r e

a r e

growing

steadi ly.

There i s

a

renewed sp i r i t o f u nity among

t h e

Korean

c h u r c h e s and some

th in g g re at

i s

on

the

way.

KINGSTON JAMAICA

VINCENT R H M

called

to say

t h a t

Radio

Jamaica

ha s

accepted our new b roadca st p ro

gram and wi l l s t a r t

immedi

a te ly .

We're not

sure

o f

the

exact time of day

the program

wil l be heard

yet ;

but ,

a t

l e a s t ,

it wi l l be

on in the

cap i ta l

c i ty o f

Jamaica.

Please

pray for th is

program ef fo r t .

The cost wil l

be about

60

per

week.

Funds a re

needed fo r

t h i s

program

immediately.

MANIPUR

INDIA . . .

HE

KUKI L NGU GE

program

has s t a r t ed Bro. T. Lunkim,

our broadcas te r , who

l ives

in

Imphal,

wrote

to

express his

thanks .

He comments: Many

people

are expressing the i r joy

in hear ing

the broadcast . This

i s a dai ly program and

wi l l

reach over

500,000

people in

n or th ea ste rn In dia wi t h

th e

Gospel. Bro. Lunkim

assures

us

t h a t

even non -Ch r i s t i a n s

w i l l

l i s t en because

t h i s

i s the only

Whw yowmove,^

yewr

mollniov0witnyou.

iCH HGEOf DDRESSigjI

PLEASE

KEEP

US

POSTED

ON YOUR

CORRECT ADDRESS

GOSPEL BROADCASTING MISSION

Pub l i ca t i on

Off ice

17359 71 s t Cou r t

Tinley Park, I l l inois 60477

Some Kuki young men who

liv

in

northeast Ind ia .

These youn

men

oan

now

hean

th e

message

o

J e s u s on

r ad io

ove r o u r GBM

sponsored

program.

Your

g i f t

help other

Kuki people

to

leam

o f

Jesus.

NIGERIAN

BROADCAST

Continued from page 3)

from

you

in how to l ive a suc

c e s s f u l

Ch r i s t i a n

life

and how

to b e an

effective

s o u l wi nn e

for

Christ

From Bendel Sta t e , Stanle

wri te s :

Greetings

in the won

d e r f u l name

o f

J e s u s Ch r i s t .

thank

you great ly

for sendin

me your B ib le c ou rs e

lessons

They

were

thoroughly digeste

and I rece ived a new joy

in

it

The

Word

of

God

I

r e a d t h e r e

i

p r i ce l e s s . May God bless thos

who a re s uppo rt in g th i s grea

work f inancial ly and sp i r i tu

a l ly . P leas e con ti nue

sendin

me

tracts

and

b o o k l e t s .

Your added

g i f t s , designate

for

the

Nigerian broadcast

will

enable

Gospel Broadcastin

Mission to assume a large

port ion

of the expenses o f

t h i

program

and r e lease the Baugh

mans '

f und s fo r a more ex t en

sive

follow-up

program.

SECOND CLASS MAIL

Tin ley Park,

IL 60477


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STr E M ^Gos p cjr

Kfe I

Gleanings Aug. 50, 1978 WEM

on

and

Hrs Harianne

^augtrmanp

Box 46,

Otta,

Ogun Sta te , Nigeria,

V/est

Afr ica

r epo r t t h a t

s ince

t h e i r re tu rn to N igeria a f t e r

furlough

in June , 1977 they have

enro l led

9,OS3 nev; s tuden t s i n t h e i r f r e e

Bihle

correspondence

course. Already

there were S 437 students t enrolled.

Walter and Mrs . Edna Smith a re co-

l aho re r s in

Nige r i a .

The i r

rad io

b r o a d c a s t is

called

Se a r c h The

Scr ip ture

and

it

s ta r ted

in

Nigeria

in

1961. Baughraan's

forwarding

agent i s : Nrs,

Card

Scarbrough,

Rt. 5,

Box P6 C Midlothian, TX

76065

hone

?14 775 -P I^8 .


10/11

OTES a n d

W S

f r om

I G E R I

A

w- -

fhc Lami of the Sahara ami the Niger

November, 1978

Dea r

Ch r i s t i a n

F r i e nd s :

Daily

we

ate grading

correspondence lessons, mimeographing, writ ing radio

messages, supervising our part-time gardner in our

l i t t le

operation-feed-the-nation

b i t

(we

do

well to

feed

ourselves

- -

the

insects

ge t the b iggest share) ,

taking

care

o f the medical

needs

o f the l oca l Chr is t i ans

there has

been a l o t

o f

m alar ia fever

l a te ly , encouraging evangelis ts

with

prayer

and l i te ra ture needs,

keeping in a supply

of food

in th is las t year prices in Nigeria have inf la ted 50 ), repair ing lawn

mowers, mowing

grass and

harves t ing f r u i t .

To

do

a l l

o f

t he se nece ss ary

things our

l iving quarters

must be kept habitable. Having certain

house guests

such

as

termites,

l izards,

cockreaches,

snakes,

spiders and driver ants with regularity slows

down our progress a b i t . We have

had

a

rash

of varmint s invading our home over

the

pas t few months. They

do

keep

us busy.

Walter, Eddie,

Keith and

Gerrianne Smith, our co-workers

in the work here in

Nigeria

(Eddie is also

Don s

s is ter

arrived

in

Nigeria a t the

end

of

June

- -

thus

completing the i r

year

of furlough

in

the s ta tes . I t was good to see them and we had

many good ta lk

sessions f i l l ing them

in on

the work

here,

as well as hav ing them

t e l l

us

about thei r furlough year. We are set t l ing back into a routine once again.

Jane

l e f t Nigeria

in

July to return

to Ohio and

to e nro ll th is

f a l l

for

her

sophomore year

a t The

Cincinnati

Bible College, Jane spent six

months with

us

and

assisted

us in much

of

the office

work

and h elping to ca tch -up . We appreciated a l l

of

her

work.

She

i s cur ren t ly

enrol led in

c lasses

a t G and l ives

in

the dorm the re .

Lisa i s a

sophomore

student

a t

Kentucky Chris t ian

College

th is f a l l . She spent

the summer working

as

a counselor a t Camp Joy near Wilmington, Ohio . Camp Joy i s a

camp for

underprivileged

chi ldren who come

to the

camp

from the

l a rger c i t i e s .

I t

was

an experience for

Lisa

bu t one

tha t

she enjoyed. Lisa also

served on

the facul ty a t

Butler

Springs

Chris t ian

Assembly

as the mission

speaker

for

one

week

of camp

th is

summ r

In

ear ly October it was

necessary

for us Don and Marianne) to

re turn

to

the

States on an emergency medical leave. Mar ianne had

vis i ted a doctor

in Niger ia

con

cerning a lump

that

sh e had

discovered

(the

reoccurance of

a similar problem

of

a few

years ago when it was necessary for Marianne to re tu rn to the

s ta tes

and the doctor - -

an American

doctor v i s i t i ng in Niger ia - - suggested tha t she re tu rn

to

the

Sta tes

fo r

t reatment .

We re turned to Columbus, Ohio

where Mari anne

underwent some t e s t s and ob

servat ion for a few

days.

How

happy

we were to learn

tha t

the tumor was benign and

t h a t

everything seemed to

be okay .

A s ix week

fur lough had b ee n p la nn ed

- -

not know

ing

exac t ly

what the

doctors would f ind

and if hosp i ta l iza t ion

would

be

r equ i red .


11/11

However i t was not necessary fo r Marianne to be

hospitalized.

In addition to

seeing

about Marianne which was of upmost importance we were also eagerly awaiting the

arr ival

of

a second

grandchild

which was due to

arr ive

towards the end

of

October,

Lit t le Kendra Ruth Campion arrived on

Saturday,

November 4th and weighed 9

lbs,

5 oz.

Her

mother

and

daddy.

Marc and Judy Champion and l i t t l e s is ter , Kristan, are

a l l

very

happy

over their new

bundle

of

joy and grandpa and grandma and

aunt

Lisa and

aunt

Jane are

happy

too.

Grandma and

grandpa were able to meet

their new

l i t t l e grand

daughter

and

to

become a

l i t t le

better

acquainted

with

Kristan

during

the

6 week

fur

lough .

In

addit ion to the ar r iva l

of

the new baby, Don's mother has also been

experienc

ing some health problems and on November 1st she entered a Columbus Ohio hospital

and underwent

surgery

on

her

hip

to

replace

a

socket.

She

is

progressing

nicely

and

th e surgery

went

well.

Don was

able to

be

with

his

mother

at

this

time.

Our

six

week

fur|ough

went a ll too quickly and although

we

were

able

to spend a

br ief

vis i t with

th e folk

at

Wilmington, Ohio and

Tulsa,

Oklahoma

our

two l iving-link

^pport

churches,

i t

v/as impossible for us to visi t

everyone.

Again our primary con

cern was to take care

of

Marianne

f i r s t

and to v i s i t with our fam ily .

We

l e f t Por t

Columbus Ohio

airport

on Thursday November

16th to return

t o Nigeri a and

the

work

there.

Your

prayers

are

requested

for

the

Christians

there

and

for

us,

as

well

as

the

Smiths,

as

we l abor t oget he r

for Christ in

Nigeria,

In Chri st ian love.

Don

and Marianne

Baughman

P.S, Best

wishes to you and

your

family for a happy holiday seasoni

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