Missionaries;

Miss Zola BrownMr. and Mrs. Howard A. Crowl

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Harshe

Mr. and Mrs. ClifTord W. Schaub

Forwarding Agent:Miltoo W. Dillt

T/oiir Friends in Ohrist

BonJll, J-iarch 4, 19&7

MAR 16 1S67

Congo Address:L'African Christian MissionBomili — BarwasendeProvince OrientateCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:

P. O. Box 6. Station C-Cincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S. A.

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Luat Tliursdoy Hovrard l«ft for iitanloyvilio on n truck to purchiise ceioent for tkabuilding project at Olina* One* tho cement is in hand the roul construction on thoschool building can bov;in in earnost. laist hove the pftrnanont bricV: buildinf;; coini>la3fcw•d by August or \m lo.'m the Olinn jjost* 'Cho truck,and iiBybe Uoi-.'ord ns ^vcll, till rnjoninat Ollna q few days doing aoinn odd jobs,

T}\e Cnrry~/U.l hns been busy lately, Saturday afternoon the natives brou^^ht n risport tothe ]rd.a3ion that a native wno c}io])ping doivTi n troo and vjhon it foil it crushod his l^iS.Kis vddloiio ivas inoccossible to tho Carry->U.l, aiid so tho villai:®rs said they would startto carry him to tho rond. Virs. Cro^vl took tho CMrry-^Q.1 as close as she coula to hisvilj.a^o and thon had to wait for theia to arriw. ^iHiwu tiu; xuxi-vioibi' Iiuro at HoTiiii sav;him ho said he vjould have to {.;o to the whj.te doctor at liofTvasende bb wiles a^vay or ho wouladio. Ab soon as wo could got ready I left with him for aoctor at iJaf'msonde. ThoInfirmor hod carofully splinted his crushed lef; nna had tsiven hira several shots to quitjthim, but even with this all tho roads worn go bad and his pain so severe that it tooknearly four hours to looke ..Ue trip. arrived at the - octor's .place about 1:00 A.M. Ifswill probably have to amrwtnte t.ho leg. Thiis idorning a nan and a a??^*lved at nyof ico ^•rindovf. The man nnno\inced thnt tho v'oinan was the v.lfo of tho rian T hcd taken tolkif^vaaand<% and that she v/antod me to niake a special trip of 100 loiles over junt',lo roodsto take her to her husband. Jihe not vory hap<^y to learn thnt I did not have the timeana that the mission did not have tho laanoy to run a froo taxi service. !-^ntivcs tmlk nilovor tho country, ana if she roally mnts to sho can Ret there in about two days.

One Ox the olcior school children hnd been coroing to the jrdssion*a dispensary for ^ oouploinornin^'.s f^ettinc; sulfn cnpsulos for a cold. This vjas an ordinary thine as thf> nativesofton have colas. Thon ono rox-nini^ ho caiai* to tlio house very ill. His .qyioptoins jndicatooho inicht have pnouiiwnia, ho wo took him ii®iediatoly to tho inflrroiort4\o dins;noiu"!0 i t assuch and {^avo biici penicillin. Tliat iii;:;ht he took n tui-n for tho ajopsc, ana wc niad., r-noiFiorconcy trip to the uisj^joiiisary attain. Tiiia tijJk; ho stayed. VM were concerned for hipi,but this iQomins ho i;5 irjudi botto:'.

Vilhilo iirocncr ochaub was on safari last weuk ono tire finally gave up the ijhost -- this lefthira v/ith only throe which is sort of an enibarussing position to be in. tJowex^here ho borrowed ono to ruturn to Oiina and t})on rot«ixn<;d it to it.s ovvAor by bicycle. Ea also senttwo loen on bicycles howi to got two tires; happunod to have tv*) new ones vjhich had notyet been taken to Olijui. Mo sent thei'i to him on tho bicycles. So after sittings at OliJiafor tfoveval days with 1 Carry-All and throu tirc)S tJro^'c.r 3chauo ^Oiould be txcine a^.ain.

/iccopt our thanks for your part in rjaintaining tho steady pro^U'ess of th(3 f',oajjc-;l hnvo,^he iifricnn Christian ilssion

Bomj.li, Itarcih '•'̂ l, 1957

Congo Address •L'Afnran Christian MissionBomili — Baf'wasendeProvince OrjenialeCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:

P. O. Box 6, Station OCincinnati 26, Ohio. U. S. A.

5>oni- iTriflnds in Christ: • . 'H: ,

rho thirty-tVlrd church was planted lost vmok-oncl. One of tho preacJiorr, had been podal-lin;. his blcyclc to n yuri^^Coorinc villaf^o for roiiny wooks to toncH thuin the gospel of ^Ciirist. Tinny of them had oxprorised thoir intoroat in bocoiai]-ig Christians, but e:!q)oriBnc<has taught tho los-ioon of not bnptiain;', tho;^e pooplo too hnntily, rJtLon the Crorils v/orcvivSitine this proachor's church, t)io noi;:.)iborirv- villnr^u al.so nttonded; and nt tho conclusion of tlio Lord^s Day v.'orsVdp soi-^icon twclTfi of tbc; noli;V.boriiii: viliat^or9 wctlkoai-onvard to ontor the Kiri..dorri o;;- God. .^^to- aue.'Jtioninr> thoii to dctorr^iino if thoy understood the sto:; thoy vjoro tniaii^;, and to find if thoy hod repented, thoy wore baptizoainto Christ. Brothor Crovd then tnut--)it tiiLME aoiif; of tho onHontials of Christian living,and explained to thi^m their duties as a ci.urciu ^urion^ other thiti^s those people have tvj'vjcaltno.sses, Ono is tl.ey do not liko to part with wiiot little i.ioney thoy have, ospeciall,to r,ivc it to the church; the other is t]:ey are lazy ana Juat hate to erect and Mfantnina church builfiint'. Brother Grova told them the xuissi.on would not ^^,ivo th^sm coxJiunionservice noi? the fruit of thv5 vine; tho '̂c they v-ill have to buy ou* of their offerings.Ho iXirther impronRcd u])on thcM thoir respo.nsibility to oi'oct n bu.ldinKjtelliJV,-; themtlint vjhen it is finisliod the r-ilssionerioi-i will lonke n visit to tliorsi. In addition, weare ho -ine, thoy mil be<";in to poy n part of their preacher's snlary soon. \lo trusttliat you will .pray v,lth us for tliis nev; baby, tb.nt it will ^-grovv straight am stronE'luickly.

Acouplo ai';o a tornado Bvjopt throu.^.h vdthir. about t '̂o niilos of Itonili. Tho nextday vjc vjont out to see the dai!kai:;e. 'Itees had .boon cast acrosf5 the roaci until ^tiiobcwho caino through the tm>lo on foot aaia it was impoj^iblo to travel by auto lor sixrailftS. The local ^ovcrjuaent a^^ent called out mertsoncy vjorkc.-s to cliop the muij orancheand trees from tl'.o road. In a few days it was all clear af,;ain. In this sparsely populated 1 '̂ith villaties very sradl ana scarce in proportion to tho TOstness oi loI'erost, tonodoa lav© a ham time hitting, a villot'.oj so no one hurt. The nativesoil say that the bir. dra5:on which lives in the rivor at ItoJfiili was flji-ng over in theni<a\t. and ho ^resked the havoc, then later he rotiu-nr^d to his hoine in the river. j1-thou^h no one saw him,they all arc sure that these arc the facts in the case, -'e wereoiQazod that even the prenc/iers bolii-jve it.

3chool ended Fridoy, but tho final exercises vfill bo hiild up for one monthtixae of tho annu-l ccnferonce of th,^. CiLristians, liecoUHe the Catholic priest has beenCQuairu' t^^uble in the vlllni-os -v^ere yjg have "been bu^-diH' ndi%i for our schoolc.-dldren,nnd also because the caephants have been ruininr; tho ^^olds of the villn^:;t>r3,r.®will plant om- o-wn -icjld here* The sbhoolchildren, rnther ab(;ut tnirty of them, aiercJTuiininr, here to start clnarini; a fiolo. •.onday. Thoy will plant nd^, svjoet potatoes,and irjanioc; this should help a lot towar;: feeding: theio next ynar.

I had just T\ov} been interrupted, nnd hnvo novj rtiturnod to this letter. Perhaps youxvDUld be inter(53tod in the interruption. Johnny ivalkftd into the office and honcied ms0 not© froiri lioTinrd Croi\?l. The? Crov/la hnd Itsft tho mission yostorday for o nine-dnysafari aioon '̂; tho churcJies, I'h.oir first L-u^otin^; v;ns only twonty-fivo miles a^'jay bgr bicyclebut to got thore by Carry-JUl it is oi^:;hty joiles bocnuse thoro is no direct road to the;village* The purpose of tho note vmn to ask mo to sond a fov; t' ings out to thorn, butthis is the way it bof^^nn, '^l^oar Ron and nil, /vrrivod safoly,tliout-ih lato bocauso of bridgeout, fallen treo, sick wojrian, leaky r,as tank and sticking cnrburotor float - just thousual safnri iriatata (Kinfixrana fc 3 trouble), . . . *" '/o sont thv; bicyclo nionnoneer backinimediatoly v/ith the re u. «t.id i.iatorialo.

Ac.lopt our oxj^resslon of api-irocintioji I'ox' your folloiv^/iij) in tlu.s work. Uo arc laindfulof our dobt to not only tho Lord, but nlfio to you wlio are oiitrustin^; your Lioney to ourstoivardship. Tho possibilities 'or tho church In t;.is country arc vast, and wc oxpoctwith your co-oporation to continue to ov?u\:(?lizo those liviJ^^ in so many kinds of darknoss.

airii; iWiaoM au-a;-.iTiAH mi^sst.ok,

Ronald liarshe

Dear Friends,African Christian Mission, Belgian CongoAprj.,1 , '37

The new, mud chapel at Olina was jammed and overflowing last week with five hundredChrtsiians of the area who had assembled for the annual three-day meeting. Brother CrowlpreacheJ during the daytime sessions and showed filmstrips of tlie life of Christ al night. Morning. afiernoon and evening they filled the building and spilled out the windows and enirance tosing to the Lord and lo hear His Word pleached. Because most of the Christians cannot read,the song Icadt'r, v^ith the help of the forly-ocjd preachers and sfudent preacheis, would sing aline; tiicn the congregaiion would follow singing the same line. If the chorus was a familiar one,everyone sang it in u.iison. At the close of the la<it session Tluirsday morning the natives couldbe seen siuriing home with their few belongings which they had \^rapped m a cloih or stuffedinto a cardboard suitcase balanced perfectly on their heads. Some iiau to walk as far as fortyniiics to their homes ; they would sleep ir. a viliaj '̂e wiih a friend and finish their safari the nextday. We hope iheir enthusiasm remains with them and is put to work in their churches.

This week the brethren in the Bcmili area will ircet at the mission for five sessions oftheir con'cvcnce. Brother Schaub will preach the sermons. Thiee v-eeks later the third and lastconfcrcnce wiil be conducted at Bafwasende for the Christians of that area with Brothers Sjhauband Harshe preaching. The niission vcrk covers <-n Mea ai tie rresent of 125 miles indiameter; by having three conferences, cach about sixty miles from the other, no one has towalk over li'"(y miles to attend the meetings. We hope for upwards of fifteen hundred Christiansto corne to the three conferences.

Today is the last day of school at Bomili, The children opposed Ihe mission workmen in aof j;occer this morning and soundly trounced ihem. At noon they enjoyed a native feast of

goat, pl.^ntain, rice cakes and palm oil ; and at the moment they are enioying some recreationwhich the Crowls prepared for them. '1 hey have made booths in which are such enteriainmtntsas spilling the milk buttles, shooting wooden plugs at a target with one of the Harshe children'sdouble barrel sh .ugun, ihra.vlng a basketball throui^h the hoop and hitting a target which Inturn dumped v-ater on an iinlonunate victim. Everything is Iree, of course ; and they will receivehard bails of cafidy for rnzes. Later graduation cxercises will be held for those who have completed ihe sixth Grade - this is quite an accomplishment in this country !

In about five days the Crowls will leave Bomili. They will go to Stanleyville where fourdays laier they will board the airliner bound first for Biussels, Belgium, then for New Yorkand, finally, lor Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Crowi is taking no chances on missing the plane ; shealready has the things v^hich iht-y will leave in the Congo tucked away and those things whichihey will take with them in readiness. Mr. Crowi has been taking sixteen mii. movies and making tape recordings of the various phases of the mission work and Congo life. Shortly afterthey arrive in America the middle of May the film will be ready, and they will travel with itamong the churches for one year. You will suiely he inicrested in ihis presentation of the workol your nn.ssion«r!es; you may coniact tns Crowls for a speaking engagement at :

African Christian Mission

Box 6, Station CCincinnati 26, Ohio

Accept our expressions of gratitude in the name of the Lord for your partnership with usas we labor in the vineyard of the Belgian Congo.

S'ncerely in Christ,Your Missionaries

JjoMlli, 9, li-bV May k

i^oor V'rioiK^s in Ohrif'-t,

Congo Address:L'African Christian MissionBomili - Bafwavnde >Province Orientale \Congo Beige, Africa ••

Forwarding Address:P. O. Box 6. Station CCincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S. A.

'iho now, nul chn;ioX fit Oliirm jnroir.of'i nnd ovorflo'vl)V\ 'vith /l.vo I'.undroaGhristlnnn of tho nron }ind for tho n/munl t.hi^oo-clny niXiti.rv;. Oj-owIproachod d\irin;;, tho do/Aino fionr;ionr5 nna sliovjor. fi.lru.^trlp-s of tlio lifo of Gbrist nt -'liKiit.Mornlrif!;, nftornoon and , thoy nil(:)d tho bxi.U.r:,iri^; .-vui HiJ.lllod out tho ivindtavs onclontTnnco to ;=;lnc'-, to tho J-ord rirul to hoor v:in 1/ord pT'oiicliod. nocauso rioijt o.f t>u} Chrl:>tir;viscfin:iot rond, the iuirv.'.lofidor, \nth tho :!o3- ' of t]\o fo??ty~o6.d iiro.'mho.rs n?i.d Rtiuuirit ,")ruoch.orswould nlix; a lino; thou tho conrfo,-ntion '-'ould fo-llo-.r Fini'u> lino. If thochorni^ i-xies n .•'nrailin:,- ono ir','C7\-*ovo ^-am- it In unirio.'u At t'lo clo.io o.' t]i.o In.st soanionThursdny jix)rnlnf, t':;; nntlvo/? oould bo ••.ttn'tint'; hojio v)it}i t^nir " '̂ov; oolon{;i.}i(.f5 v,')(ichthoy hna in a clol:]; o- i?tuf 'od ii\to n carc-LhonT'd ;5uitease bolnncoji poi-rfrjctly on

thoir lioacis or slun^:; tho'i' 'idiokrr. /ij-to to ""/.'aJ-fc a-'i fa'* n:' ''orty liilofi to I'oturrito thoir iioitjon; tiioy •".•oula nloop in u vii.la:,(; vltSi a Trlonfi and ::'inij:-)}i tholr MUiavj. thonoxt any, V/o ho;_)c thoJ.r onthufsia.'jii roj^miim >.lth a:u; i'n j;ut to v;orlc iii tiici r CJiurcJ^vja.

Tho j^joili oonrorenec is cloain;, Ujtvny, it j'ollo^ajd tlio fi.-iiKi .attorn aL5 thv; Olinn coni'or-onco vvit>i tho o-\.ooj)tion t}..-^t :rot;i.or '-.'C;inub ciia tho ..roae;..iii^,, llio laet conforonco willbo hold nt yaf' aaoiiuo in tr.roo nncv •>'j'ob;iort3 ;k^hjiub nno. nv.sho idll ,-roach thoro.

H'o oxnoct n totnl o.f J'^j'toon liumrod Ghri:"t}na!5 to nttv.nd ti-.o oonj.\;.r*i'nco.';.

Yo.'3ti;vday aJ.l tht; ,>ro.v.a'.o7':: i^iot i.-l.t' t]..-; j;ns;iu)nn?rl(.-s anci aiiiCuaHoa ;50vo?-nl ;)ro:)loir]ijvhicl- fac: tho riluirion. Wig liost ;3oi'"'.u\i:3 ono is a vicious boint. ^i?ronri jy an anta-•oni^'-tic n(-;ont Tor a lfijv;o lont'^tion that ti.o lonjyuo vith a air^loynl f-octloro ';hio'i Ijj o:v;K>aorf ^o i;' .. ..?v;innnt i.-i'i. tjvo^.-iij-iojit, i'ot only haM it nndo tho ,.,ovorjL-3ont susnic;i;>n:3 o'i' U!-j| but it I'os vnv.J.^-5on sovXJ c '• Tho nn^ivof? to look Ui^on ua in aind tlioroo;' liindor our "i.iJj'k. "LO!'U)r]'ov: t}vo t'lroo v^ill f.^o to ikif^.afivjncic and tiilk \viththo ndiaini.'Urator cf tho >jsol^; to.-.-ritory alons ijith jds liSiiiRtJint in an oJToj't ;/0 r^ot tl.osituation clonro^. up, on-; l.o stc-,' tl.o riu-jorsi.roi(in2"''ow tho OrO'.ls v;uj. i.-(a^''iJV,; Joj'dli I'or -'taJilo^/villu. : iia tho il.ar.:i;oi-! vvill.oavo onrly in l.)io j <0!TiliV;-;, niia tjn,>ii nftcjr tho airf-ui^Hion in iwiJ.'" .asonuu idth tho of' icirily•rf.ll ::;o on to •'.>tJinloyvillo. 'Jhovo fo.r J'our aayu thoy " 111 tak'i; cnro ol' tlio nocosoar^'Todical ^roojouro-', ao .so^io iairchfiain; onn '.inn up somv: oacia am oauB, Thon after I'ourlays thoy v-dll i^ou v. t^o ,)iono for -jaorica. 'i'hoy -'ill soon havo a r.ixt.jon liia. color ijovio'iljD of tho vfork Mlo.tv, I'l.ith ta.i'o .rocordo;i Coji^'o .^ound;?. For in^^ contacthe nd^iiSion at Oinclm\atj , The .\frican Oliri. Htiaii Msalon, Doa o, .>tntion C, Ointi. 0.

'I'ji ; "T-n n. '"1 • jIS'vj on

Missionaries:

Miss 2^Ia Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Crowl

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Harshe

Mr. and Mrs. ClifTord W. Schaub

Forwarding Agent:Milton W. Dills

Door ifrj-enclfl in Christ,

6 m/

Congo Address;

L'African Christian MissionBomili — Bafwa<«ndeProvince OrientaleCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:

P. O- Box 6. Station CCincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S. A.

Lcite ihcj Ijcl^aub's frM)ko v.a our slaviborl t"r!.c5y hnd tust rntnj'nod ftror: th«irt.rl'; to ~ 'i^vL t'i.V'':. '.rjiiu i!r;,rri.in/.-; tr-.o v;oi.»o'/i. 'clu: foorin utA rn-5.''lc1,r«csc.a;i i-.L'i';.-Ut-.r," .Ucd i_)urciu.usria Jj; j'ijul nov' ivo are pretf;/

i a?' •'oi.riv; oj;- hv untj.l liaf-; 'ircvfli to "siir; c.

t(; i-i'Q iTi to Iu;-r OU" t<'» i iiSi.j Ioa.

Lfia't I.ci'o:' jj jD''iy l.;u; 'vujit. r,o -jlio tki-oc) cJuUroiica ;5crvcd by ita, orin oi't/j.o luW j-Aj j.)roac;'''ox-"• 'iUou;;,:! v-or*- oiAy abciit thlrt/ i;iila.s QWiiy,. It took usfrorri oaiiy Uiioil rii;arlj da.i-i-: r.o /;i5iA>, t'hi- trip, rij'iriP.io thq •"'jlt';. t'.c o^iirc^^os(im ivitu.r-a to ..t al^ g tli-n. (tjo: o-it liourj ic cro«iJ T.h.o I'eri'.y r.t Boraiiif-.,-. Wi; o rJtid, Li:-:. '•:•):<; •.A;n'v 'iio \ 'Dxc- :-Tt*!aC^'Or !t£»U •.•'cJ.ioil iiltc Hiil cm so"^aa i.o i.-.-v.'V- .iu-i.'-; .uu; .... .u-.il/ • .'.l... to -1^' o.':.uro'U> (ra.piain the

tc ii' c:r:..7oiit. i-Q..K aiiy OYC-'iCc, j^h.oil'1 c:;!•.!y ir h-j o-rfx* anyoao oiiy Licnoy,forof't>;i* c Iti^rvos a cC-!.iiCi': ':,orc. is ii,irj;,53Gt loi'J.a of 'civiii 'r±,id: yzicio,

•'/a -id-.i-o i.'jiuc vJ.c d to hutii' ts.tit t'";. iaiia c.lf i:x;v. !'.is ff'o nbuvc i;-j,o^ory v<,-iiy t.l.a"; ^i/id uuo.. s.-;-.h tVu,;. w:-,o/t t/.La on-^-u ^ir-iic rt ono ''i.linc'W

v^"i loi' tiU; a:;o-c'uii/r r.il viyi-'.,;;o.-2 :-t T.iolr uaual .'.AvriiiJV:. JVA.tiry. thr.tt;-(: uc.:- L/i.-:, i,:.o ....-rlc-k'/us* and r.,lj. "ulio 01-.:?istiaiis >-'oulC. m- c. i-c

•.-•Qr.-hlp rj;''.,>,a,v:iv; bu.t ;.v. z<i v..i. Cr.tlioilc.i. v,..j lind a 'Calk •i.-itht :.;-. cMcf .-in.-; l.i'C.L-iv <•- '.v. n.-j.,-. u:- .nivih , .U, oUii.Jija -.j jui-J. people

soruv f oir c.MIr.i'v;... '.o tsuj 7.otvj-''.o t:v.. Oatbollc ^ohcoi^ q:i.c '̂'̂ o t.'i..(ii.~ tlvij- c:di '•'f'-o ..•d;ii-.Lcn) thj uriU.iCnC not ivnnt coin;.: tooa.;- niis, of coui.A.;, i.-. .;c ;icv t:;-y to thc-so rULiOr..;,

jl' .. tl.i •! -kj-.-'/- r:k'^itoJXy t>;(; sto":';' to tiio Jdesion th t a 2ia=ii \^os

Dnu::!;!-., no oiiC; cr i'l l.is . He.- tiiut th-.lo taiav.'-:!

<xi' .'lin lit ion ouxsMo biiliaiivi. sliortl^' ti;.ii j'or -••iox-Bhi;; nnd reivii.n.i •c)\c.ro until'^r;3 j"r-oAi t'U': "•v;'Idlii;., lU; enljjs uliu Chri.yr. Lanf? h>"":ocrito.s n.; th.^y y)o:?>; by^

hi; ••j'lout-T 'its iaR".ilti-: au.ir-in./, tine •::> .'lob-joti, Iio toil;-: x.ho -noo^lo to iocA^) thr: c'hurch'jocniiiV- "tIio;r'' n'-o ja-^t •toa^i.n^.,". ou;-.''j oju;," lii «:a:iornl clif?r'i;)t3 t,ho iynXXro asncinbly

-for yoMo o'' tJicj C.hi'l.-'-'oinnfi -rfintocl to .'jottlo tho nmLtor •vd'*;-. hlr'i v/5 th tholr list?;,•mt ^-..^oaeJi;"'."* tolrl tliriT.j th.?i": 1?^ not -t^o ••-'aJt to hjindl.-,^ it, >'o v/onv. to the hondiann and

Juar,0:i o;,- tho vij.'-rlth hi.n con7>lrr...'il:.; ninV .'.irsov tl"u? .njfji.tsr thoy 07-dcrod thetrt''J.bloru'-jko.'" to Cfjasc;; bU"!: hr' l;';r5.02'od I rjy-^ra Vr.i. oyistic^wr u iioto to t}iQ nan tril.iliif,

l/r: i'': he ciid .ri'ol dt-j ) r.\. i-uvbr-' u-oo U ;';o.';.nt.;ly -..v; •'•oiil-l lanki? a coiaplaj jit nj;:--i..a3t hii;;tw tiic Q'.lof h! ::iSr:l.l'' r..n.d "''.''on •>'111 'v-. L'l ••.nl trriubl;:.', V;; will ^niit. and ooo.

Vhfxhk ."ou fo.-^ r^-M:Tinln-: i;iti>. u:' n.noUnir In your !;riou j). n,-'"'" aad ,'.mj).,-0''t,'j3~ i j! Gj' -IltiU'^'V) .'

Bcxnili, Usxy

Uo^ir Friunds in Christ,JIJN 11 1857

Congo Address:L'African Christian MissionBomili — Barwa^ndeProvince OrientalcCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:

P. O. Box 6. Station CCincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S, A.

Xoday is a big cUiy at Boi:iili. Tho ti-ibal chiui'e of tho the sub-c>iioi'a ^-nd thohoadnion of tno vilifif^os arc /.ill hero (iockod out in thoii- boat ciothoso Tho fl/.:gs aroflying and ovoi-yono is clO'ining ;ind fixing up» Xho woiKfion hoi"X3 at tho friission as welli-iavo tho d-v" o-ff clofin i^) tho grounds, Tho occasion foi- .ill this fuss is tho cujiingtoday of tho Coj;gftisai0A0i' of tho provirico r:i;co/rij:)aniud by tho Aciniriistrator of th>-.- torri-bor^, Thoiu .-U'o only six provinces in tho oatii-i; nation, so it can bo soon ho holdsahigh rfinK. Thoi-c is /rioro cxcit(;f:iunt ai-ound htiro th<in if tho ^jovoi-nor woro coming to ?.inAmoriciin town, Thv;So ru.'.tivos aro ospocially awo^l by ^;ovcrruiiont mon, and this ono hasthorn hopping, viO coiifoss that v;^*, loo, fool a slight tr>4)ior ixi our Knoos for v/e havoonly rocontly shouldorod tho work tioro, it is in so.'iic; rc^spocts iinf^j^uiliar to us.II" ho comos to tho i:.isaion to viijit v/o hop^ ho spo?;.ks iiii^^lisii and doos not ,.sk too manyquostions,

Karly tomorrow mornin/i; Wv; will loavo for '•i'ii'wasGndo to moot wiLh tho Christi^jns in thataroa for thoir annwil conJ>r<.;nco, Vio will r-ioot thci uScJ-Viubs thoro. Four niootings willbo h^/Xd for tho t\to df'.ys. Hrothoi- iicmiu'o '̂111 narrato cho tv,(o fiLiistrip% and I willproach tho 'cwo son:iona» Lnot yoar woll ovoi* fivu hundred Ciiristi.-uis fi'oni tho nightchurchos of Lho firoa assojiiblodj vio hofXi for an ovon gro&tor gathering this yoar. Thoughv/o disliko safaris, wo arc looking forv^ai'd to tho ssofiibling with tho bj othron and thofollow shiip Tvith tho 3chaubs,

IVo aro planting our ovin plantain fiolda hero at lioniili lor tho schoolchildron. Thisfood (sijnilar to twm^uias) is tho staplo in thoir diot, and ovon froquontly tho only food.Thoy oithor stick it in live co-Is and ;ii'tur boin^- roastod is pooled, or thoy viillL firstpool it and thon boil it an waior. j'in c^rd-ijiai-y schoolboy will oat an amaaing thirty-fivepounds of it a wookJ Durijic: tho past wotjk v*fo bought throo tons of those plsintain shootsfrom a noarby villai^ to plant in our fioltie The 'wop.ion, oX coui'i^o, aro tho onos Yfho dobho work of ^ja'uhori/ig i-huin i'rofri tho fioids .'ind of c^-U'ryitig th<.;iii to tho villago lor soiling.Thoy carry thoir loads in a v;ovtjn baskot on thoir t>e.cKs, i-ith a wide band slung undoi'tho basket /ind up and aiound choir for^iiAads thoy carry choir burdens slij';htly bont over.It was aiiiiizing how much ttiosc v.ofiiun carri^;d. It was cojiunon for a v.oman to have carriod125 pounds in tnis distanco of ono—half niilo <uid thv;/i to iai)or with it up a st/t.^ep hill.One vvotoan brought a load of 17^^ {joundsJ As a v^holo th>,; woriv^n ai'o lauch stronger than thomen for thoy do tho tioavioi* work.

v.c aro tilfi-d ai'id rofroahod iji youj' paj-tnorship vdth us to br.Uig tho only frtosa „to 'b-hes^ apirltualX'.'' as '̂ ^-..'11 as pi'iysica.Lly—bur'do.iod ju^oplv;.

ssagc of hope

P/NnnlH

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Dear Friends,

African Christian Mission, Belgian CongoMay, 1957

The Growls should be in America. They, with the Harshes, left Bomili May 10. They leftat 10:00 A.M. and did not arrive in Stanleyville until 8:30 the next morning ; they drove allnight only sleeping in the Carry-All about two hours. Including the two families and a nativethere was a total of ten people in the Carry-All, and this made very uncomfortable sleeping. Theroads were very bad, and there were three delays. The first was caused by a truck stuck in themiddle of the road. The next occurred about 11:00 at night when we came upon a truckwhich had broken up the planks on a bridge and had permuted one front wheel to fall throughthe bridge. After about three hours we passed there. Finally, we were stopped by two trucksparked side by side in the middle of the road. One had broken down and was thus left where itwas; and when another later tried to pass, it broke down as it was broadside and c«iuld not bebudged. The matter looked hopeless at first, but after awhile we managed to pass after a third truckpushed one of them back a distance thereby opening a way. 22 hours later we completed the215 mile trip. On May 15 at daybreak the Crowls roared away.

Our spirits were lifted last week-end during the conference of Christians at Bafwasende. Thebuilding could not contain everyone ; and when each preacher estimated the number present fromthe churches he served we learned there were about 838 Christians present. One preacher reportedthat of the 160 Chistians in one church, 158 were present; the other two were ill. The ten churchesof the area assembled from a radius of thirty miles. On the Lord's Day morning when the ofFenngwas received. 1615 3^ francs ($32.31) were given. This seems to be very little but one franc is ashard for a native to acquire as one dollar is for an American. Though francs and dollars are notequal in buymg power, this offering represented the same portion of their wages as an offering ofsuch an assembly in America of $1615.50. Forty-seven men and women responded to the invitationSunday morning and were baptized immediately. After the baptismal service they returned to thechurch and received the Lord's Supper. From the opening prayer to the close of the communionservice for the new Christians five hours transpired —yet very few people left before the final prayer.

The new building at Olina is progressing well. The foundation has been completed and thewall is now about three feet high. The three masons are laying bricks so fast that it is very difficultfor the brick-making crew to keep enough bncks made and fired ahead of them. The roofing hasnot yet been purchased, but all the rafters have been made into sturdy triangles and only need tobe lifted into place and fastened. August comes closer every day, but we expect the building to beready when the day for inspection arrives.

One of the preachers last week excitedly brought the story to the mission that a man wascausing no end of trouble for the church in his village. He claims that this man takes up hisstation outside the building shortly before time for worship and remains there until everyonehas gone from the building. He calls the Christians hypocrites as they pass by, he shouts his insultsduring the preacher's sermon, he tells the people to leave the church because «they » are juststealing your money and in general disrupts the entire assembly for worship. Some of the Christians wanted to settle the matter with their fists, but the preacher told them that is not the way tohandle it. He went to the headman and judges of the village i^jih his complaint against the troublemaker, and after hearing the case they ordered the man to cease, but so far he has ignoredthem. 1 gave the preacher a note to the man telling him if he did not step his disturbances immediately we would make a complaint against him to the chief himself, and then he will be inreal trouble. This week the preacher said when he returned to the village with the note the headmancalled the entire village together in order to read it to them. Fearing 1 had already made acomplaint to the chief, he fled the village and has not been seen since.

In the March letter we told about the Catholic priest slapping his people in one village fora small offense. This week our preacher in that village reported that many Catholics are comingto his teaching now and leaving the Catholic church. They say they sec the diffeience when themissionaries come to visit. They also notice we give penicillin shots and other medicine, andthat we take seriously ill and dying people to the white doctor fifty-five miles away. The priestwill not do this, and his people are beginning to see the difference.

Thanking you»Your Missionaries

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Boinilij June 22, 1^57

D«Air Kriends in Christ,

Congo Address :L'African Christian MissionRomiii — BafwasendeProvince OnenialeCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address;

P. O. Box 6. Station CCincinnati 26. Ohio, U. S. A.

The Giiurcn«« in tha Bomiii area aro b'-viring rash o.f chiorch building; novj. Of tho 1?ehurehos threo ol' bhcjn aro no"w buiiding churchcs and ono ot-' or is buildinj^i parsonagefor iis preacher, This latter ciuirch has jusfc cojnpiotod an raddi&io/i onto its forjnorbuilding; to aecojiiOdate tho largur crov/ds. In addition, two (aoi'o ciiurchos are ready tooof^ifi churches; and of Ihojr. will biiLLd a parsona^^ as vXiLl, vVo rejoice iii this because,nomeii^ it is difxicuit to i;et thaa to build. The Catnoiic pr-iest aecompiishesi it bycallifi/5 ail tiio wiithoiicB TrOgotaoT in a ijarticular villa/^e and shouting, threatoniri/^,•oercin^ .aiid ^von isiapping the iiativos a4tii triey build aa no wants. .:;.Ton thou^jh twoof tho churches ^vere i'orcod irtto bidJlAirij^ wiicn tiioir old ones foil down vio feel ife isstill an accoiupliBlimont for thoii\ that tlvj/ startoct to rebuild so pranptly on tholr owninitiative.

Roccatly a wontin /lOcir Bomiii was jrabbod by a crocodilo. A friend standin,^ nearby alaograbbed tho v/o.tvu-in afi a ou;.^ of war onsuod,. Tho croeodile ;<avo up first, but only aftori>a^ia'i, first, sevorol; lacor-atud rjio '.vat^n's atxioma-i, Jho v^as bro to }3ojidli to tnogovornirtoat dispensary, but al'tor a fuv^ da^'s died.

Ono of our iaission 'mrl'SAGn has boon accueod of bowitciii/ii^ crocociilos so as to jiiako thojtattack pooplo; ho is supposod, throu/iih his wiici^oraft, to bo their uiaator. E^on though!io does boliovo pooplo are able to do this, and ovon thoui^.h it sooms OTidont that iio didpractico such tiiiniss yoars ago, ho now tjt;uids on tho lacfc that ho is a Christian no>? anddonios that Ikj lias anythia,: to do witii it. :'is acc u«ora io&k hia before tlie chiof andifiade their caapiaint; the cliiof su,;,'^ostud that ne n;tui-n to his hor.i(j villafjo until thin,;6Qool do-wn Jieruo J3ut Habu does not want to ^^o (or j.iors spucifically his ^vife and dau>.'/itGrdo not want him to leave tho mirfsion's steady income); he has vjorkod hero many years^andwo c/innot boliovo iio had anything; to do with Lhe crocodiloaj so at ids ro'.uost w© sont aletter to tho chiof «tatin£'. his profc.-r'.;fice to stay horts. If vje forood hi)n to leave it majrappear Lhat wo beliov® in tho powor of thoii' witclicraft.

..Q iiad a holiday recently. JSeeaus© tho forr.ter tribal cliiof 'who lives across tho road froKithe j-jiission at Boi^iili also was celobratin^- his pOuh waddin^'. anniversaiy (very, very rarehere; at tho saifio ti;.iG, the ,;QV«rcuuont ^•;aTo hira por/idsaion bo have a dan«e at iiie pl;icedurin.:; tho lioiiday. Tncjy bt#;^afi .j.ir.iirday iiLjit, d.i-iccjd all'::day ou/tdciy, Sunday night and.lOnday. Boir^ u/ider our noses, tho danca j^do us ynnLTy^ and were f<lad whon thQ drufnsfinally ceaswd thoir thai;ipiri^;j;.

Cour offering; is iiekin-j, possible* thy ^ork oi the Lord in Liiis country. V^e wish to add)ur "thanX you" to tlio-iu wo know you will ri.jCi.;ivfe fx'or.i ntiny natives o/i the last d.*^.

Tliii, CHHlSTUai UXSilOU

Mi«ionaries;

Miss Zola Brown

Mr, and Mrs. Howard A. CrowlMr. and Mrs, Ronald Harshe

Mr. and Mrs. ClifTord W. Schaub

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Boiaili, Juno 39, 195V

Congo Address •L'Afriran Christian MissionBomili — BafwasendeProvince OrjentaleCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:

P. O. Box 6. Station CCincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S. A.

Dear Friends in Christ, .jlJ! ••

In tlie TOO hours of the i,iDrnliK5 tho two night iratolnaon como to our bedroom mndow. One™mn(, bitterly, so tho other had to do thd tolkiiMS. Ho had Just reooljod worf that

his brother had died, oM ho vma roiiueatlnj; poriidsslon to loave IraroBaiatoly to go to lis^lla^e for the mournin,, procoauro. -We hod feared that tho awi^ aound he ^aamaldne would frltshton tlie children, but thoy said nothia; about it tlie next d >.Then Hednoaday mornini; a loud wail raced oil OTCr the laisaion. It oai.10 trom tho aiTOOtionof the now school -where the rajn vrero working on tho roof of tho new dormitory, e oqthat popped to mind first was that one of workmen had _faU on off ^eYoryverv roofo His cry sftortod coroinfT, tovjard the office, bocauso ^ ^K -iflvvirj fwin -wi oTH of thc officQ I could not ^es or v^at it was. Upon running ou

betivoen gaaps that he just loarnod that his brother had diod,

jr r; '^:xr£: sl: s:"

T. Sdd'lt of tte rfodi HO fbaM0?^S%h0 bicycle ana ran. The olophant aaw him mid soom-T fo-c him but it row Lip tiio search wbon a truck coiaiJi^; dovm tho road scf.ircaTllto i f ^XeT'jTI "aa trui\.op-oycd, pale a.^ porspiri^ tho next day aa ho tolaaUfIt! Ho^ttributod hia life to God's pro.idonco, and there ia every reason to beliov.

that he is richt.

T fetel like a very loean man this I'look. Thoro ia a hifih turnoifOT in the mission

our sixth grade school teachor. Tho report is that ho has a ooncubino.

The ^®rk tsoos Vicll, and wg have you to thank for helping to make it so.T}Li; /^FRICAr>J CIIRI^TI/vii i-aiiSIOK

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African Christian Mission, Belgian CongoJune, 1957

Dear Friends,

nBwano, Bwano, I was almost killed last night! If God had not been helping me I wouldhave died tor sure, but God delivered me from death and saved my life. He is greater than allelse.» With this. Jean Ibago, a big. enthusiastic preacher launched vigorously into the tale of hisbru&h with death near Bomili the night before last. This is the essence of his story.

«I was returning home to Bafwanakokoko after having preached at Bafwagali. The rain haddetained me and now it was dark ; but, even though 1 was afraid, I decided to go home becausemy wife was aU>ne and expecting me. While ridmg my bicycle in the blackness, I heard whatsounded like eiephanis foraging in the forest just off the side of the road. I dismounted from thebicycle and stoi>d beside it, listening. I remembered hearing it said that an animal is afraid ol fireand will flee from it, so i lit a maich lo see if there were any elephants in the road, and also tochase any away if there were. Standing there in the middle of ilie road 20 feet away, and tacinsme, was a great big elephant —he didn't look hke he intended to run avvay from my match. IfGod had not been with my mind and made me stop my bicycle when i did. 1 would have runsmack into his trunk ; and there is no telling what he would have done then (it was pitch dark).

«He looked mean, so immediately I threw the bicycle down and ran as hard as 1could backup the road. The elephant charged the bicycle, and, with a flip of his trunk, tossed it to the edgeofthe jun'jie (it was damaged only slightly); then he snorted around like he was looking for me. 1didnot run into the forest because ifhe had killed me no one could have found my corpse, and wouldnever have knuwn that an animal did it. Then, God helped me again, for after awhile a iiuck camedown the road, and the noise and headlights scared the elephant into the jungle . (He, undoubtedly,diagnosed his Helper correctly, for it would have been very unusual for even one vehicle to pass(m the road during the entire night, lei alone to come along at this particular moment). 1 got mybicycie, climbed on it and got out ol there tast.»

When Jean said goodbye, I told him to have a good trip, and not to run into anymoreelephants. In dead earnestness he said, « No more night nding for me. » Probably your reactionand mine will be similar if we ever bump into an elephant.

Ollna is still gomg up in bricks. Brother Schaub has hired some additional day-workers tohelp on [he br'ck-making in order to keep ahead of the masons who are trymg to beit the Augustdeadline. Next month we will buy the metal roofing.

The preachers of the Oiina and Bomili areas reported 81 baptisms during the month of May.There is a rash of church-buUding now. Of the 34 congregations, five are presently buildmg churchcs,and two others are building parsonages for their preachers. One of these latter has just compleiedan addition to the church to accomodate the larger crowds. Another has just finished a house ofworship, and two more are preparing to build. We reioice in this because, normally, it is difficultto get them to build. The Catholic priest accomplishes it by calling all the Catholics in a villageand shouting, threatening, coercing, and even slapping the natives, until they build as he wants.

Recently a woman near Bomili was grabbed by a crocodile. A friend standing nearby alsograbbed the woman, and a real tug of war ensued. Th^ crocodile gave up first, but only after havingseverely torn the woman's abdomen. She was brought to Bomiii to the government dispensary, butafter a few days she died.

The priest at Bomili is still carrying on his cold war against us. The other day one ofseven-year-old Johnny Harshe's Catholic playmates told him that the priest said the Americans and« their » Christians do not close their eyes when they pray. Johnny shot back the reply. « He islymg. »This is one example of his disregard for truth and fairness in our spiritual warfare.

Your giving is making possible the work of the Lord in this ripe fi;ld. We wish to add ourc thank you » to those we know you wjU receive from many natives on the Last Day.

StJ.'.riieyyilia, July 6, 1957

Congo Address :L'Arrican Christian MissionBomili — BarwasendeProvince Orienlale

Congo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:

P. O. Box 6. Station C-Cincinnati 26, Ohio. U. S. A.

iiear Friends in Cnrist,

One vveoli a^o last Sujiday we rccc-ivoci a letter in tiae laail timtshipricnt v/iiicii v/e had shipped. I'roiu Aiuerioa in of 1956 had finally

r:reived in Stanlo^-ville. It ..aa boon in Stanloyville nearly t^vo weeksthen, we deci.-cd we Tiad better :.o in after at beiore_^\7e nad to pay too•'•'Uch GtoraGO ciiarges. Lo.jrfc Sunaay vv.v.s the xirst we could ^^et away j-ronthe i/iisL-aon: we arrived here late in the evening. We have been bo^d upGO far in red tape, but this afternoon I willjDe able to go to custaris

should be able iio finisii up to.'-Lorro\/ j:ioii}.in;^. • We are plannin^j^ toDurchaRe tiic metf^l roofing: for the new oric!: school buildinfj; at 03.inp.,and to make soi^o loc£^;er purchaijes before coins out.

Ir I'^Bt week's letter I v/rote ccncomin^^ one of the Vvorkraen who came tothe office wailinr after havin- ^unt leameci that hisjjbrother had died.He was>rcintt-d ti e ciL^toinary tii.e off from i^is work to walk to ni3 villag.and take part in "che laournin/ rites. Within two nours of the time he re-turred to "the mission from, completamg this, a messenger from Jjafwasendearrived and told him that his wife iiaa ;}ust diea in the /lospital ^iiere,The wailin^v bagan r^l over again. We had taken hgDensi's wi±e to thewhite doctor in iiaiwa^encie after tl^e infiripier was unable^^to cure ^er atBoiaili. She had wanted to go back to her village co aie she said, butv/e tall^ec; her into lettin^', us take her to hafv/aaende witn us. We nopeher death will not increase the reluctance of otnerrj to ij.o for neededtreatment.

a:he iieadiain of the .mission woriunen ^.iarriea le^st vioek. He brouA:,htbride to "uhe office in nor now clotnes and he. in his brightest, toC.U0C her to us. She seo..oci to be a very nice person, ana they lookedvery happy as they slowli' strolled away.

The baboons have been i^ettin^ into our plantain i'iolasthe plants wiiich the schoolchildrcn .plan'cea. A couple visits bo tho ^ic_iio.ve netted nothing, but I hope to be aole "oo J£ill one and thereby ocarethe others av/ay.

We '•-onnirclv thenk you Tor sharing with us tliat we iiay share our gospel.TiiE APRIGAK CliRISTIAr-' laSSlO

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African Christian Mission, Belgian CongoJuly, 1957

Dear Friends,

The long-awaited and eagerly-looked-for first class of the preacher training school at Olinahas just completed its work. There are about twenty students. They began in June of1956; but,because the need for them is so great, they have not received the customary three months vacationbetween school years. Their teacher has pushed them hard, and they have nowfinished thetwo-year course. At present they are building a school dormitory at Olina; when they arefinished they will receive a vacation. After their vacation they will return to Olina for severaldays of orientation before beginning theirministries ; finally, during the first of September, theywill be graduated. Shortly after graduation day a new class will begin.

The new brick school building at Olina is progressing, but troubles come. First, it wasa job to keep bricks before the masons ; then one of the masons was at thehospital for a week ;and now, anothermason is in prison for a month. Nevertheless, by the middle of July the firsttwo rooms had been completely laid up in brick.

The preachers this month brought contrasting reports of the churches which they sei^e.Some are busily building churches and parsonages ; while others are idly watching their building of worship fall to pieces (a couple do not even have church buildings). Some of thechurches are too indifferent to build parsonages for their preachers ; while another is beggingthat the preacher move to their village into a hcme -which they will build for him. Some of thechurches arevery lazy ; whereas others report a very excellent attendance at all the worshipservices. Several people left the church (two were just tired of religion, two women ran awayfrom their husbands with other men, another entered the healing cult of the devil, and, yetanother, took a concubine) ; some who had formerly fallen away have repented and beenreceived back into the fellowship of the church. All in all there are the ups and downs; butthe church of the Lord in the Congo continues to progress as no obstacle, even the gates ofhades, can stop the triumph of the preached gospel.

In the wee hours of the morning the two night watchmen came to the Harshes' bedroomwindow at Bomili. One was wailing bitterly, so the other had to do the talking. The weepingman had just received word that his brother had died, and he was requesting permission toleave immediately to go to his village for the customary mourning procedure.

Then Wednesday morning a loud wail raced all over the mission. It had come from thedirection of the new school dormitory where the men were working on the roof. The thingthat popped to mind first was that one of the workmen had fallen off the very steep and veryhigh roof. Upon confronting Egbenzi I could tell he was not injured ; he managed to snifflecut betv^^een gasps that he just learned that his brother had died. They have very elaboratecustoms to follow when a relative dies. They always, when a close relative dies, walkmiles toreturn home. Once there, they all, men and women alike, shave their heads, apply mud to theirbodies, remove most of their clothing and wail for a few days.

Well, Egbenzi had not been back at the mission more than two hours whena messengerarrived from Bafwasende bringing to him the news that his wife had just died in the hospital there. The wailing began all over again. We had taken his wife to the white doctor inBafwasende after the native infirmier was unable to cure her at Bomili. She had bilharziasis,a disease caused by parasitic worms of the intestines; among other ways it is contracted bydrinking unboiled water. None of the natives boil their water. Before we had taken her toBafwasende she had said she wanted to go back to her village «todie,»but we talked her intoletting us take her to the white doctor. We hope her death will not increase the reluctance ofothers to seek the white man's medicine in preference to the many heathen remedies.

Without your constant faithfulness in your prayers and finances our lives would be muchless effective. We thank our God for your co-labor in the greatest task.

Your partners,Your Missionaries

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African Christian Mission, Belgian CongoAugust, 1957

Dear Friends,

Last week the first graduating class of the preacher training school at Olina receivedtheir certificates amid a three-day meeting of the Christians of the area. Many of thepreachers rode their bicycles 60 to 120 miles to attend the event. Brother Schaub, who hasbeen overseeing the work of preparing these men for the ministry, gave the 20 men their certificates of accomplishment and brought the messages of instruction and challenge. Ten ofthe new students have gone to the Bomili area to work, and the remaining ten have remainedin the Olina territory. Some of the churches which have shared a preachsr with one ortwo other churches will receive their own preacher. We will be able also to start a fewchurches in villages where the opportunity has been the greatest, but many other opportunitieswill have to remain unclaimed. Already 11 students are enrolled for the ne^r class beginningnext week.

On the same day that Miss Brown arrived in Stanleyville Cliflford Schaub at Olinareceived a cablegram from America stating that she would arrive July 29. He immediatelywent to Bomili and the next morning started out for Stanleyville with Brother Harshe. Theyarrived in the night and the next day met Miss Brown. She looked very good after her visitto America, having added 15 pounds. She testified that her stay « was very restful » even thoughshe kept very busy travelling and presenting the work of the Mission to the brethren. We all^ere very glad to see her back among us, and everyone spent several hours with « What isgoing on in America ? »talk. Because she came three weeks earlier than we had expected, herhouse vjas not ready for her. She is at the moment living with the Harshes at Bomili, awaitingthe final preparations of her home and the making of some furniture. She is now settled downto her work, and is busily making the final preparations for the opening of the elementaryschool next Monday.

The deadline for having the brick schoolbuilding at Olina finished has come and gone.August 14 was the date. Two of the four rooms are completely finished, and the other twoshould be finished soon. The two rooms will no doubt be adequate to pass the inspection, but ifthe government waits a little longer to make the inspection the last two will be completedas well. We are happy that we have been able to obtain very excellent roofing at a reasonable price. A durable composition roofingwhich cannot rust nor leak (especially valuable in thistropical country where materials rust quickly) is sold by a company in Stanleyville, but it isveryexpensive. However, they have broken pieces which they re-cut into smaller, uniform sizesand sell much cheaper. We have been able to buy this type of roofing for less than wecould have bought steel roofing. Nearly half of it has been put on already, and it makes avery fine looking as well as serviceable roof.

The workmen at Bomili went up the Nepoko river during the past month to gather junglevine with which to build the new school dormitory at Boniili. One of the men did not returnto the forest camp at the end of the second day of work - he had somehow become lost in thevastness of the miles and miles of jungle. It was time to return to Bomili the next morning,but the standing rule is that if anyone is lost in the forest the other men are to remain andlook for him until he is found or until they must give up hope. They searched for two dayswithout success and finally returned to Bomili. Happily, a couple days later, Logomambawandered out of the forest near the juncture of the rivers at Bomili. He seemed to be nonethe worse for his experience; and we all rejoiced at his return, for many people disappearevery year in the forest.

We humbly acknowledge our indebtedness to you faithful ones in America who areholding up our hands in many ways in this fruitful and great task of evangelizing the Congo'sblack people. We know that you are glad to have a part with us in serving Him to whom weare all indebted above measure.

Your partners,

Your Missionaries

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Missionaries:

Miss Zola Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. CrowlMr. and Mrs, Ronald Harshe

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford W. Schaub

Forwarding Agent:Milton W. Dills

Congo Address:L'African Christian MissionBomili — BafwasendeProvince OrientateCongo Beige, Africa

Forwarding Address:P. O. Box 6. Station C-Cincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S. A.

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African CuRrsriAN Mission, Belgian CongoSeptember-October, 1957

Dear Friends,

What a thrilling month it has been! There seems to be a spiritual revival going on at Bomili.Not a week went by in September that several people did not confess Christ. And two peoplewho had fallen away came back and said they would like to try again. Everybody was happyto receive them back into the fellowship again. But we are especially happy to say that anumber of schoolchildren were baptized — thirteen of them! Five of these v/ere little girls, andwe feel it is the result of Mrs. Crowl's and Miss Brown's work with them in the Bible schoolsthey held. On Saturday afternoons Miss Brown has about 45 minutes of Bible class and 45 offtlearning how to sew.)> Mrs. Crowl had taught them to make skirts ; nowMiss Brownis teachingthem to make blouses. She is teaching them from the DVBS course of the past summer « JesusCalls. » She typed the memory verse under some colored pictures of the life of Christ andhanded them out One girl asked timidly if she might keep the picture. They were delightedwhen told that was the purpose in giving them. Even the kindergarten girls have been carryingthe pictures around with them, murmuring the v/ords as if they were reading.

There are 113 children in school nov/, for we lost 6 from kindergarten. This is how theclasses are divided : kindergarten 41, first grade 23, second grade 20, third grade 12, fourthgrade 9, fifth grade 7, and sixth grade 2. Notice the sudden drop from kindergarten to first,and then from second to third ; after that it levels off.

The preacher training school at Olina has graduated its first class of 20 students; inSeptember, about two weeks after the graduation exercises, the new school year opened;and there are 19 students enrolled. Brother Schaub is well-pleased with the new class. Hesays they have more education, on the average, tlian those who have just been graduated,and that they already are able to preach respectably. Thus far the new preachers who havejust gone to their churches to begin their ministries are doing well. It is a great relief to havemore preachers now and to be able to start new churches and to divide up some of the workof the previously overburdened preachers. At present there are 38 preachers.

We have the problem of how we are going to provide bicycles for the new preachers.The Mission just does not have the money to do it. The preachers must have bicycles totravel from village to village to hold teaching (most of them have two or three teaching points),and they must have a way to come in to the Mission each month to receive further instruction.We have decided to be bold and ask the churches to help in purchasing these bicycles; andso far, of the twelve asked, all have promised to pay one-half on the purchasing of a bicyclefor their preacher. The Christians are eager to help their men because so many villages arebegging for preachers and churches to be started.

Violence has been the rule recently in the Bomili area. On a recent Lord's Day someneighboring villagers broughtan ill Christian to the Mission. Immediately we sent him to thedispensary here operated bythe government. The man had fallen unconscious aboutfive-and-one-half-hours before ; they werejust now bothering to seek help. The man died that night at9:00. The infirraier said he had been poisoned. The week before a woman was brought inwith a crushed skull. Her husband had beaten her to death with a club. The month beforea crocodile killed another man in a nearby village. By far the biggest news was the suicideof a white government agent at Bafwasende a few weeks ago. No one knows his reason.

Thanks once again for sharing of your money to bring the glorious gospel to the Congolese.

Bomili, October 16, 195T

Friends in Christ,

Since writing last we have been very husy, Secaus© of my sta^ in the hospital and^-s^ouple weeks spent at Olina the work at Bomili has fallen way "behind. In addi'̂ onj

doctor has "been ordering a trip to Stanleyville every two weeks for a check-oip,rh:.3 takes three or four days out of eYex-y two week period. So, all in all, we aeem;ij.fihle to catch up vdth the "work.

preacher training school at Olina graduated its first class of 20 studentsjin^eptemherjJuHt ahout two weeks after the graduation exercises, the new school year

723^ned, and there are 19 students enrolled. Brother Schauh is well-pleased withtlM new class. He says that they have more education, on the average, than those

have just hean graduated^ and that they already are ahle to teach reapectS.'bly, ^Thus far the new preachers v/ho have just gone to their churches to "begin their ministries are doing well. It is a great relief .to have more preachers now and to be

-able to start new churches and to divide up some of the work of the previously over- •burdened p.-eachero. At present there are 38 preaehsrs.

elementary school has begus^ well. At Bonii'li^ we have ll6 enrolled at the^^Ksent^ this is the largest enrollment ever. We had some trouble from two to fivenipnths ago v/ith a vicious rumor whiuh we had feared might hurt our enrollment thisysar. The rumor was that the government did not like our school and was urging'tveryone to leave it and go to the Protestants or Catholics. Who started the storywe do not Icnow, but nonie of the local chiefs actiially piCiCed it up and (possiblyunder the influence of the Gat'^olic priest) actually tried to enforce it on their •subjects. Finally, it has been stopped^ and ?/e find novr that our school^is stronger,than ever. Jiaybe it is the publicity which we received^ ma,ybe the Lord is showingthat not ing can ruin His work.

Yiolence has been the rule rec ntly in our area. Last Lord's Day some neighboring •villagers brought an ill Christian to the Fassion- Immediately we sent^him to thedispensary here operated by the govejcninent. The Man had fallen unconscious aboutfive and one halt hours before5 they were just now bothering to seek help. Theman died that night at 9^00. The infirmier said he had been poisoned. The wesic :before a '/^"oman was brought in with a crushed skull. Her husband had beaten her ^0death with a club. The month before a crocodile killed another man in a nearbyvillage, % far the biggest nevrs was the suicide of a white government ag«nt^ atBafwasende a little over two weeks ago« He is not our agent at Bomili, but .hisarea borders on ours —Between Bafwasende and ^omili. Ho one knows his reasonj

Thanks again for your grand help in the gospel,

Ronald Ha^she

Missionaries:

Miss Zola Brown

Mr. and Mre. Howard A. CrowlMr. and Mrs, Ronald HarsheMr. and Mrs. ClifTord W. Schaub

P orwarding Agent:

Milton W. Dills

Dear Friends in Christ,

oiina, October 22, 1957

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Congo AdHrescL*African Christian MissionPosie OlinaNia-Nia via StanleyvilleProvince OrienialeCongo Beige, Afrique

Forwarding Address;P. O. Box 6, Station CCincinnati 26, Ohio, U. S. A.

It is now ten o'clock on this Tuesday morning and I am just now getting settledin the office to get some work done. I started out this morning hy seeing thebrick men getting started to set a new kiln of bricks# Following this I spentabout two hours helping put up the last rafters for our school building. Thebrftok work has been done for several weeks, but we have been waiting for oursawyers to out the needed timbers to complete the roof. By the end of this weekwe should have the roof all on — that is if the rain holds off.

Three weeks ago I spent four days with the preachers of the Olina area. I wasvery well pleased with the results of their work, especially the new preachers.All of these young men were very happy in their new work and their enthusiasismseemed to have increased. It would be wonderful if this keeps on as I found itthis month. I visited three of the churches which have serving them one of thenew preachers, and all of the churches were well pleased with their ministers.One church said they must now build an addition to their building because theattendance is increasing ao much. These reports were very encouraging to me.Pray with us here that such interest continues.

The new class of simdent preachers is doing very well also. There are nineteenenrolled, and most^these have a good education as far as native standards areconcerned. Several have five years of schooling, and this better standard isshowing in their class work, their preaching, and their general ability with allwork. There are two students who have only two years of education, and they arehaving a very hard time trying to keep up with these other students. One of thesetwo I am afraid will be leaving before long because he just doesn't have it in himto try hard enough,

We have added a native nurse to our employees here at Olina. He not only does ourlittle medical work, but also teaches in our elementary school. I employed himbecause I was losing too much time taking pepple to the dispensary ten kilometersaway. I am really saving on this new employee. When I hired him I took him to thedoctor in Wamba to have his approval, and the doctor seemed very pleased with theidea. He told me that he knew that this area needed medical work badly and thoughtthe government may help with much of the needed supplies. He gave me medicine forthe lepers of this area and told me I could get all I needed from the government forthis work. He then gave the information I needed to contact higher officials concerning this work and said he would be willing to help in any way he could.

Please acceDt our sincere thanks for your needed aid.

Miss Zola Browo

Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Crowl

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Harsbe

Mr. and Mrs. CUfTocd W. Schaub

Borriili, Novcin"ber 11, 1957

Congo Address;L'Atriran Christian MissionBomili-BtiiwaiendeProvince OricntalcCongo Beige, Afiique

Forwarding Address :

P.O. Box 6, Siation CQooinnaci 26, Ohio, U.S-A.

Dear Frienis in Chriot,

It is here, tool The Asiatir; flu ha:-, hit each one of ua at Boraili, putting ur. inhel for a couple One day of the 113 Bchoolchildren only 24 of them were ahleto .at end clai:.!^^ :30 Misn/'Brovm clo.ied the school for a fev; daya until the situationimproved, have out no much medicine the laat couple v/eeka that we do nothave.much left.

ast week. The 14 men ^-.erving the ^0of October. One of the men told thatnear the old one. Our preacher and thenev.- chviroh -nd parsonage, but the bigpurposely selected the site next to thehis problem it is rather humorous to thin;

leaders of this Satanic cult living: next0 he can more easily peytsr the preacherthe village and the lecs';er chief have•lect another spot. He has flatly refu5.#^

The preaonerr. were in from their churc'ios 1churches reportsd 34 "bapti-.Ein for the monthhis villa^^e if^ ^voin,';, to huill a nev' villngeChristians have oelected the 3ite for tlieirman in tke heathen cult called "Isuraha" haspreacher^for his homo, V.hen Yoane teilc? oiof .a^pSacher of the gospel and one of thedoor. He has no doubt made his selection sand the church meotinf^^-/, r<o the headinan olforhidion to build there ani told hira to seand it roraainn bo be seen vfhat he will do.

The Lord'sDay before l-'v.-t Bet;.y, the children and i-iistv Brown went v/ith ne to BafYjaf-al;to vinit the church there. Shortly before ?/e arrived it be^an to rain and it raineifor about an hour an har 1 ae; it ever rains here. The muddy water ran in swift anddeep streams ri^Ht do>.Ti the road. 'r'Tien it stopped v/e manaf^ed to have oervices, thoug.somevrhat uncomfortably. The Christians are Juot builling a church an.l no they had fo:our visit erectod -i fe-' toinporary poles and covered them v.dth palm leaves. When therain oomirienced thoy di 1 not bother to put the chairs in the dry. Consequently, thechairs and the r;rounl were conked. They clearod a-ay s .->mo of the loaves to stop thedripping w.ater and brought out some dry chairs and wipad others off> and we beganthe meeting out in the open. Fortunately, the sun vms not lihiningj or v/e could nothave done it. We had a good visit with the. brethren there, an argiiment vdth theheadman of the villa/"'© over .giving the Christians permission to build their new bailding vifb^cre they desiroi^ car trouble nnd, finally, a dry return.

We are now in the rainy ye-ison. One of t:ie now preachers is quite unhappy v.lth thevillage in which he in living. It is near a river, :-md the rainy season has made theraosciuitoes nearly unbearable. Almost every day it rains sometime durin^^, the day, butit usually dry:;? off in a coujile hoursjand the sun takes over once again.

Without your ever-present faithfalnas.: our efforts would be much weaker. We rejoicein your fell.f^hi- and strenA'thoning t.irough the givinf; of your money for this work.

Bomiliy Decjeaio^r- 15? 1957

De.r Friani'-"' in Chri'^'t,

Congo Address;

L'Ai'ncan Christian Missioofiomili'ButwaHendeProvince OneituleCon^o Beige, Afriquie

Forwarding Address :P.O. Box 6, Station CQnoiDDati 26, Ohio^ U.S-A^

Las.t Lor-d'n th^-i f . an.1 P>ro-:-r). \/ont ma to Baf. fcun"bokn to tho o-psning-of new ohur-ch. The Mission Bvang3li':-.t, Jean Kozina, along with one of tho nevl/--graduated projich'.-^rnj has" . "been laying tho foundation for tho nev-/" church for the pat-t .thr^"-^ inontk'-!. hal roachod the hoo?.: of ActB in hln iaily teachingD and. broughttho report to thn Mis.jion that niaay were ready to bscomy Christians and fonn a church.3o \':fGnt and la tho fir^jt .raec-ting explained \diat it means to "be a Christian.response to thr^ im''itation 29 ai-alt-^. and one child stoo:\. Tha ra-3'3tioning h./ theprr^r?.oher went ^oynethin^.i; lik'^? thins

"Oo vou "bi^lioTG r-<'5'juinely the/c -Te-mfj li-r^d for /our sins?"'

"Do you know that only Hia blood is ablo to save you?"""Tos."

'•.A.ro yon roa-d,y to trust '-lira and to giTo up all year nins arid wo.tk for Him?''

Ho?; many \viTGS lo you have?""Only one,""Tiavo jou paid th?.* lo?!T;*y for her?'' (By native custom there is no marc-i.'iire until

the do?/ry has "been paif:.)

"Pass ovc^r ^^nd stand T^dth the re-'^t«"

Several nion of tho villag's have tv/o -^nd three vrlvesjand j-orae of thorn \mnt to beChriBtian!3j but they havo to flryt return the dovry for all but the firet wif'3 beforeth-^y can enter th'> ohu::o/3. Some of them ^-'ill do thiG, but othors will rsfu.Go to

iiidicat-3 th-jir r-oy"-;nta;-jco ir_ thia way •*^a I v.'lll go on. living in thoir heathenisin^Sovf^ral v.'oraen '"ho ^^^rc bapti?.od involved in biga.TnouB mar.ciager:, but since thaywor>^ the firot rriarri-:\i they r-.^re Ihoreforo tlio true ones and tlv? othiirn H'oroin Tin. Tho staJ-.o of .ma-?ria,o;e hero is a seriouG problem to tho c^ntoring of tho church,

One man presented himself bofore tha assembly indicating that he wanted to be aChristian^ ''A'hen asko 1 if he was ready to bo baptized he replisd simply, "No," Afterconsi lerabl?^ stutt^rinn- the preachor asked hi.^ It noeras that ho o^.nei nc clothesother tban thop.-s on his bacl':,, and he fearel that if h:) '^'ont into the 'Vater ha 7Jouldhave nothing' ivj S-r-/ piit on v/h^n ho ori.t,, Tha proacht^r taiif;ht him on the importancof baptism^ and he -jirant into tho wate.r- ?:ith his7 only aet of ragged, dirty clothe-:5»

Aftsr th3 30 "^/ere baptized wo re turns I to the church to oboer^-p the Loid'o ^uppor^and I preached on the responsibilitie-.. of the Chriotian to hi?: church. Hojoising,the new Christians sent uc» away^ and \vq arrived back at Somili late in the night,

Wo have you lc thanlc for iTiaking such an inspiring vi-jit posaible,

Mir.GiON •