Le-feter Number 7

Dear Christian FriendssPRAYER

We thank you for your faithfulness inprayer. Prom the general tenor of our workwe know the Lord is helping and "blessing us,and we trust your prayers power our progress,

OUR PRAYER MEEDSs

1. Mamhati and Bafwangelc, The preacher ofthese churches reports that they are continuing well as in our lant report

MISSIONARIES:

Miss Zola L. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. ButlerMr, and Mrs. Howard A. CrowlMr. and Mrs. Larry D. DoggettMr. and Mrs. Ronald D. HarsbeMiss Pbyliis J. RineMr. and Mrs. CliRbrd W. SchaubMiss Nancy C. Shcwmakcr itfi liim I irtiiimTriii

ADDRESS IN AMERICA :

P. O. BOX 996Cincinnati I, Ohio, USA

ADDRESSES IN CONGO:

Bomili Post: Bomili parBafwaseode via Stanleyville'

Bukavu Post iB.P. 1359, BukavuOlina Post:Nia-Nia via Stanleyville

Republique du Congo, BOMILI^ par B(sende via Stan. ^

March 24, I964

Dear Friends in Christ,

Tha "big news around here is everyone's expectancy of the soon-to-arrive hahyof the Butlerso They are presently at a mission hospital ahout 350 miles fromhere Hon has said that he vrJ.ll send ua a telegram when their ^boy** arrives,"but it oould reviuirc a couple weeks for the wire to reaoh us. We mil probablynot know until they return.

There has been sora trouble at Olinao Mr Sohauh brought some used clotheswith him from the States and brought (iuite a bit to Olina to sell to the Africansthere at very low prices in order to help them. They Mrere stored in the guesthouse there, and someone seemingly broke in euid stole several articles. Wordhas just arrived now that the chief there has imprisoned three of the missionworkiuen claiming tliat they are the culprits. I will have to try to settle thematter when I go over next week.

Rather than scatter our efforts so thin anong the 65 churchfs Son Butler and Ihave decided to each pick a promising church and concentrate our efforts on itin an attempt to get it on its feet and really able to continue on with lessmissionary supervision req.uired. I have selected the church at Baf^'amboku for

first project. Miss Brown, Miss Shewmaker and Betty and the children aregoing with me each Lord's Day that I am able to go there. 'Jhe ladies haveBible School classes for the children and women So far the church is respondingvery well. There is great interest, and the attendance is steadily increasingfrom visit to visit. I will soon l>e able to spend one week a month in theirvillage holding services, calling and taaining the local eldars and preacher.

The Africans have many ways that are often exasperating to us, hut they areannising when you watch them as they happen to others. The other day I witnesseda genuine comedy from my office window. Michel, a grouchy workman, bawled outa oouple children only three or four years old for playing with a ^leelbarrow.He very loudly and dramatically rebuked them and ordered them to put the vehiclein the carpenter shop. They did not move. They just stood dead-still and lookedat him. Again Michel went through his performance^ I'vlth eq..ial success. And again.Finally, wearying, he gave one last order and stalked off leaving the impressionhe expected it carried out as soon as he left. The children watched bim motionlessly as he disappeared out of sight. Then,one of the little tots grandly wavedhis arm to the other indicating the opposite direction from that which Michelhad flo fruitlessly fought for. The junior partner lifted the heavy homemadewheelbarrow, and off they went where they were going to go anyway before thatgrouchy man came along and delayed "tiSBak We missionaries have the same level ofsuccess often with the sidults. I saw myself many times over

Thank you for your blessing on the work of preaching the gospel in Congo. Weneed your prayers and support and interest, and we trust you are being blessedas well in giving them.

AFRICAN CHRIPTIAS MISSION

Ronald Harshe

Dear BrethrensPRAYER

riot my will, but thine, be done."Jesus prayed. So in evangelizing in a for-_eign country we want most of-all to carry outHis wishes rather than to try to enlist Himin helping us to succeed in our program. Wethank you for praying with us in these mat-^ters and helping us to determine and carryout His will in the Congo.OUR PRAYlilR im-DSi

l" Congo., turmoil. Once again the Congo ison the verge of chaosi This time commu'-nist rebels are attempting by force toseize strategic areas. So far, they havehad little success| but there are indications that the movement is widely-scatter-ed throughout the nation. Everything iscalm in the Bomili area, and we are we11aPrayer is needed to keep the Congo freeand open to the preaching of the gospel.If the communists succeed in winning thecountry we know what that vdll mean tothe gospel in this country and to theChristians v;ho love it.

2# Move to Olina. At a mission-'Adde missionary meeting v/e have decided to move fromBomili to the Olina mission station about110 miles away. Since I96I Olina hasbeen abandoned, and we have been traveling to the area to maintain the v/ork.The Lord willing, we wiii move tnere^^wath^in a year. Since it has become apparentthat we cannot have missionaries at bothOlina and Bomili v/e have chosen Olina asthe most efficient post from which tocarry on the Lord's work. It is morecentrallylocated for our work and futureexpansion,and it is much more accessiblethan Bomili, We are trying to get thedeed to this land which we have held until now under temporary contract. Prayfor His continued guidance in moving andfor the granting of the deed.

3* Jean IbagOo one of our preachers v/ho hasglaucoma, is still having trouble gettingmedicine for his eyes.

4e) Leon Modumaq a former Christian and mission employee who has taken a second wife,still shows no signs of repenting.Mlg6ionary~recruit-s- are needed to seizeall the many opportunities. May the Lordcall those of His choosing,

60 Concentrated church program. We have begun to work with the Bafwamboku church.The preacher is Pabien. Betty, ZolaBrown, Nancy Shev-raaker, the children andI have gone on several Lord's Bays andhad Bible School as well as worship ser-viees. Attendance has grown from 80 to154- The response is excellent and wehope to continue with this church for afew months to establish it firmly as amodel to the others nearby.

Prayerfully,

onald Harshe

Bomili par BafwasendeVia StanleyvilleRepublic of the CongoApril 6, 1964

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Lots of nice things have happened aron-i'here lately, but probably the nicest is thearrival of Gregory Alan Butler. He is a r* ;little maji, and we all love him dearly.. Heis the thirteenth child among onr twenty-si-member mission family.

Some very unlovely things have ha"op';nc.also. Shortly after Ron and Carolyn Butlercaine home with Greg a woman across xhe 3"oadbecame missing. About four days later h.?rbody was found in the forest, mutilated.It is said that she and her husband had abitter fight. The local government agentinsisted that Ronald and Ron Butler go toBafwasende at 9^00 P.M. to get -bhe territorial medical agent to perform an autopsy^The men spent the whole ni^t driving andsleeping on the road, and all for nothing.Anyone could tell by seeing the knife woundwhat caused her death. You seldom hearofmurder here. It was very frightening andsobering to our people.

The family just returned from Olinawhere Ronald was holding area church meetings. While he was busy visiting churches,Nancy Shewmake|?, Zola' Brown and I conducteda short Vacatrbn Bible School program forthe village"children at Olina, The childrenhad never done anything like it before, andthey seemed to enjoy and appreciate it mucho

JSt before we" arrived ax uiina someonebroke into the house and stole some clothingthat Clifford Schaub had left there to begiven out to the people later on. The thiefwas a man to whom Cliff had sold clothesjust a short while earlier We were verydisappointed that his gratitude had givu...place to greed. This often happens amongthe people v/e try to helpo This confirmsour conviction that physical comfortingcannot be neglected, but spiritual strengthening is the all-important thing in missionwork.

One of our biggest joys was the successof our Easter services. The day beforeEaster some of the Bomili Christians gathered at the church and went out in teams todeliver papers announcing our special services that were to begin that very evening,Ai; the first service^~S^aturday evening, thefilmstrip on the death of Christ was shown.The next morning we had sunrise services,then later we had our regular worship services at which time we decorated a crosswith glowers. Sunday evening we had afilmstrip on the resurrection. All the services were splendidly attended^ the highestbeing 550 on Saturday eveningc Throughthese services the Christians net cr.ly ijpokaforth their faith in Christ, but their on-thusiasm was greatly increased b/ suegoesof their efforts. All praise be to God forthese blessingso

In Christian love,

Betty Hars'hc

MJSSIONARJES:

Miss Zola L. BrowDMr. aod Mrs. Rooald C. ButlorMr. aad Mrs. Howard A. CrowlMr. and Mrs. Larry D. DoggettMr. and Mrs. RooaJd D. HarsheMiss Phyllis J. RincMr. and Mrs. CUfTord W. ScbaubMiss Nancy C. Shewmakcr

ADDRESS IN AMERICA:P. O. BOX 996Cincinnati I, Ohio, USA

ADDRESSES IN CONGO:

Bomili Post: Bomili perBafwasende via Stanleyville

Bukavu Post:B.P. J559, BukavuOlina Post:Nib-Nia via Stanleyville

Ripublique du Conga BOMILIy par Bjsende via Stan. ^

Dear Friends in Chris-t,

Xj

April 18, 1964

The Butlers have arrived haok at Boiaili with a "baby boy, Gregory Allen" He makesthe 26th member of the mission family} thirteen of them are children# He does notdo much direct missionary work yetj but he is contributing his bit by raising thegenerp-l level of morale. Bach evening at prayer meeting there is a contest to seewho gsts to hold himj this is usually among the Harshe children.There vras a tragedy here at Boniili Just across the road from the iiission not evena good stone*s throw away A woman was murdered and imitilated not too nicely.After a fight with her husbajid, she was reported missing. After about three daysshe was discovered in the jangle, dead. Son Butler and I had to go in the nightto Bafwasende to ^-et a couple medical agents to perform an autospyo This provedto be unnecessary as it was apparent what had happendd There was a lot of fearand trembling around here as everyone expected a traokload of soldiers any minuteto arrive and beat everyone up in the area. This is often coimon praotitfe. Theassistant administrator came out and finally tocS the family of the dead woman andseveral witnesses to Bafwasende. The husband is accused of the murder. Outrightmurders are rare here. The people usually rely on spells and v/itchcraft to getrid of those they hate. There are many, many trials of persons accused of killingsomeone by witchcraft. If found guilty, they are Jailed for several months is allo

We had a grand service Saster at the Bomili church. More than the fins attendsuicewas the willingness of the Christiand to work for the services. The day beforeEaster many of the Christians met at the churchy there they accepted in teams oftwo little printsd papers advertising the special services. We assigned themcertain areas in and around Bomili to cover. They were to leave one paper atevery home and invite the people to church. They distributed nearly 4OO papers,and about as many had no territory to be sent to as that did. Those who had noplace to go we gave one paper to and told them to go into the streets and stopeveryone they saw, show them the paper and tell them about tiae servioss. Sundaymorning there were 288 in the service which is Just about double the normalattendance. We had, in all, four services including sunrise services. Thehighest attendance was 350 at an evening slide projector presentation of thedeath of Christ. Everyone was thrilled and waiting for another opportunity to dothe samso The student preachers formed five teams and called on those who hadbackslidden. Nearly every team reported that at least one person they called oncame to the services^ We were especially glad because of the encouragement whichit gives them to do this type of work. They have no idea iow to go about doingjfchi a sort of thing, and we hope to help them in this wayoWe give thsinks to the Lord for your continued help in bringing His message toCongolese who need it so veiy much. There only hope spiritually is in what youare helping us to do.

AFBICAK CHHI3TIAB MISSIOH .

flonald Harshe

Letter

Bear PriendssPEAYER

Join with us at this time in earnestprayer for the unhindered progress of theLord's work here in the Congo. These aretroubled times | hut we trust that '*What-soever ye shall ask the Father in my name,He ^11 give it you,**

Congo turmoil. '*Wars and rumors of wsti's"; are all around. Here at Bomili things

have been pea.ceful and are expected toremain so. There are many distastefulrumors circulating in Stan, though.Bukavu has been undergoing the moststress. Rebel attacks and rebellionin the area south of Bukavu have keptminds uneasy. Druriken soldiers came tothe Growl* s and Dogget* s home and demanded entrance. After being refused andmuch arguing they finally fore.a HowardCrowl and Larry Dogget into thoirvehicle at gunpoint to be taken to theircamp. Before leaving Howard cr.lled toJune to pack up their families and go tothe American Consul in Bukavu and telihim what was happeningo At once thesoldiers recont^idered their plans ajfidreleased Howard and Lsirry, al^d vrcsentj-went their way to tlie native mr^^ricst wher.3

tiiey-harrassed the pecplo there. Tlraesare not expected to grow easier a:J xii:Congolese Independence laj approach

2, Move to Olina. In Fay Ronald and Eo:went to Paulis to f". further i..-*

formation about the 0?.inc, prcpertycan have clear title for t-?i Die tlic T>rioeof pre-independence da^c=. How^. rer, theprice may be raised again in Junec T^emission has been given the unj.:.mited usp>of a concrete block machine, and we feelthe Lord is showing His vdll in the unhindered way our plans have oeen regressing toward moving.-

3. Jean Ibago. Jean was able to get ir ai-cine again in May, but there has jeer: noappreciable improvemtnt in his eyes.

^ l^on Moduma. We .g-h-i n no clgns of^tois Christian repenting of the taking

of a second wife.

5* |cruij^i We are increasing our prayerefforts at this time v/hen Sw many youngpeoplA are graduating from high schooland Sille colleges that the hearts ofsome may te turned to consider the harvest here. The Christians he_-e prayoitSik/ for more missionaries to come.jfe^kilikanda, one of our preachers, hasdecided to leave the ministry. Hispast three ministries have been unsuccessful partly because of theChritians unconcern for his needs.we trust the Lord will have His way withthis mans life.

In Jesus name. Amen,

Bomili par Eafv/ase.iie"Via StanleyvilleRepublic of the CongoJune 4, 1964

EBWS

We can tell that the churches are definiteljr" on the comeback. After the tumblethat everything took at independence time ihas been a steady struggle to restore Ghochurcho We have seen gradual and marked improvement regularly, but there has been nogre jer indication of it than our recentconferences held last month. There were atotal of 972 Christiajis attending the fivearea meetings. The single largest attendanwas here at Bomili where we are concentrat:'.-.cur efforts for awhile. There were 384 hor.There were actually more Christians at theconferences this year than were attending"hen W3 first came to the Congo in 1956 So

rejoice to see the Lord's mighty hand atwork overcoming all His enemies

The next term of the Bible Instituteopens next Monday, We expect fourteen students. Most of these have now completed one

of work I they have two more years to goDefore receiving thei: certificates. Theirminc.3 have limbered now, and most of them aredoinj acceptable work now. Even those --/hoare still failing are remaining in schooland von^in^ hard to get as much as they can,.S'^verai. new prospects have been accepted forthe school for this term, but they probablyw..?l not all show-up julgdnt^ from past exper-itiuces. ^

Thoently Sbe PG'^tlcid. They were both new here andseemed o be trying especially hard to be

. c. . It was qi^^te obviously very difficultt r them, too. It seems one of them had in

vertently stepped on the baby chick of theother one, killing it. The offender was so]?ry and apologetic. The dispute centered onhow much should be paid for the dead chick.The owner wanted the price of a grown chicken.This vras out of reason. The offender waswilling to pay a more reasonable price. Ifthey were in their home village it would haveprobably been carried on amid much shouUngand bitterness. I admired thsmcfor theirre^jtraint, and we were able to reach anagreeab?.e solution. This shows v/hat influence...le gospel does have in changing the every- jday lives of those surrendering to it.

Our family's general health seems to bepoor at the moment. We have noticed thatusually three or four in the family will getsick at the same time. Danny is in bed today and everyone else besides John has beenhalf-sick for several days. We usually blameIt on malaria and take additional medicinesanyway it usually goes away.

V/e render a heart-felt thank-you fory^r interest, prayers and financial supportof what we are doing. May God bless you ingiving as He llesses us in using and serving.

ves bf student preacheroffice with a dispute to

a JJJir^stian^Congo,

MISSIONARIES :

Miss Zola L. BrowjiMr. and Mrs. Ronald C. ButlerMr. and Mrs. Howard A. CroiriMr. and Mrs. Larry D. DoggetlMr. and Mrs, Ronald D. MarsbeMiss Phyllis J. RioeMr. and Mrs. Clifford W. ScbanbMiss Nancy C. Sbewmaker

ADDRESS IN AMERICA :1528 Reid Ave.Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45224

ADDRESSES IN CONGO SPoste de Bukavu:B.P. 1559, BukavuPoste de Stanleyville:B.P. 113S, StanleyvillePoste de TOIina;NiaNia via Stanleyville

^ Republique du Congo BOMILI, par Bafwasende ^ia Stan.

June 29 1964

Pear Friends in Christy

A group of fire s-tudent pr^iaohere and I h&re just returned from an eight-day aeetingwith the ohuroh at Bafwam^Ciku The Lord; willing^ I will meet each month with thisohuroh and these student preaohers for tnree or four months* Our intention is toestablish this ohuroh firmly in the faith and to get it functioning smoothly that itmay be totally self-sufficient* It should serve as an inspiration and example to theother ohurohos nearby.

V'e had two meetings da41y with the Christians; one was a short Bible Study in themornings, and the second was a i;roaching service and filmstrip presentation in theevenings# We showed them the ^Tilftrim's Progrosa'' filmstrips, and they seemed tolike sj-id got a lot of {^ood from them# V/e also met daily with a group of interestedmon and taiight a olass on the eldership* We have no leadership in the churches, andwe hope to ^5t one* I also taught the student preachers and the local preacher onhow to prepare a sermon* They also went vith me as we went calling^ we are hopingthey will pick up the neoessaiy know-how to do this sort of woric*

The meeting began on Sunday vdth I65 present for the morning services* Several fromneighboring ohurahes were also present* The regular attsndano is aboait 5^ or 60*At daybreak Monday morning I learned that one of the women of the villa,e bad beenb.itten by a snake in the night* She is the second wife of as man with three ^Ivee*We liad to dispense with the church services that morning while I brought her in toBomili for treatment with anti-snake venin serum* It takes about one hour oae-way*She has now recovered*

While we were walking through the village getting ao(xuainted the nejct afternoon weoame to the place a blind man called "horae*" >.Jis v*ife had died, and he was left tolive alone* tfe and his home was^n a pitiable condition* I asked how he gOv hisfood, and he replied that he Just ate what someone who happened to rememb&r himmight bring* At the time, he was breaking raw peanuts and eating them* He wasvery thin* In reply to my (^uery about how he gets his water he said that he cetsa pan under the eavos and oatches water when it rains. \Vhen it doee not rain he v^ayshe has no v/ater* The water is badly discolored when it runs off these leai* rooi^syand I would not wash in it lot alone drink it*

Toward the end of the week a pygmy came asking me to look at his child* Their villageadjoins that of Bafwamboku* They had just oarried him in from the foreat where theyhad been hunting* They wanted to know if he were dead* He was just dying, and therewas nothing I could do* He was only about eight and one of the pupils our preacherwas teaching to read and write*

At th'^ final servios a woman stood up at the close and told the oongregation that shahad repented of an offense whioh po" one else knew about but herdelf* Someone hadstolen five francs fran her (abiut three cent&) a*id v/hen she learned about it shecried* She told the congregation she was "soi'ry for she shot^ld not have ^rievd overmoney* This was (^uite reiarkable*

ThanVf^iTiv- remain yt-^ar ndGsionariee, African 'Christian ^iwsion^ t\ TTarBhft

Letter #L0

Bear Brethren?PRAYER

^Orsnt, our Father, that Thy namej Thywork and Thy people may "be kept and increased^ Thy power so that heathen people may cometo Jesus# In His name. Amen."

Con^o turmoil. Though there are constantly reports all around of incidents inother places of the Congo, the rebelshave not done anything near enough to usto give us any concern. The tempo seems"bo "be indreasing, howeverj and we suspect

t-i that this unrest will go on almost indefinitely, There v/as a recent incidentin Stanleyville when the rebels enteredthe police and army munitions storageand stole some arms. For about threeweeks there were twelve roadblocks onthe 215 mile span of road betweenhere and Stanleyville, Most are now down,thou^i

2. Move to Olina, The Lord has answered abig part of our pr'iyers in this matter.We have never had a deed to this property, having been holding it under arental contract. Last October we beganproceedings to buy the property and thispast month we finally received the deedinto our hands. There was no furtherprice raise. We are overjoyed at this,

now.jyre can-go on to build in per-Laiinent materials 0 We have prayed thatthe Lord would grant this property if itwere His will that we move the work toOlina, This seems to be our answer,

3. Jean Ibafl^o. It seems that Jean is goingto be afflicted with his eye troublepermanently. At leasts we pray it willgrow no worse. At the moment, he is quiteill in the hospital at Br.fwasende as aresult of a reaction to medicine he wastaking for another disease. He is a leper, and his strength seems to be little.

4* Leon Moduma, Even though I spent a weekvisiting a church near him, and eventhough many of the Christians in hisvillage came to thece meetings, Leon hasstill showed no signs of repenting forthe taking of a second wife,

-5 Recruits. Workers to enter the Congo'sharvest fields are needed. May God send,Bafwamboku church visitation. This isthe church I have chosen to concentrateon in church visitation for the next threemonths, Betty explains elsewhere in thisletter about our first visit. With yourprayers for the Christians, for thosestudying the eldership, for the localpreacher, for the student preachers whoare using this as training for theirfuture ministries, this church can beestablished in the faith.

Your prayer partner-

Ronald flarshe

Bomili par Bafv;:-se-.deVia StanleyvilleRepublic of the GongoJuly 13, 1964

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School's out I At least for the Africa.ichildren in the elementary school here, Ithink they were all glad, too, becauseeveryone scattered to the four winds. E-atschool is not out for their teachers. Theyare all following classes with the studentpreachers in the Bible Institute, We trustwhat they learn in these classes will equipthem to win their students in wo:^ly v/isdomto being students of heavenly things. Atpresent there are nineteen students iii theBible Institute classes. Five of these areelementary school teachers.

School is not out for the Harshechildren, either. We did not get theirclasses begun until November last year, andthey have had several two-week, vacationsin order that we adults could carry on ourresponsibilities in our work. This had extended their classes way into the summer,.We are all working as hard as we can, though,in order that they can finish up and haveat least a short summer vacation.

The last week in June Ronald, alongwith five student preachers, conducted aneight-day revival meeting with the Bafwam-boku church. This is the first of threemonthly meetings. The meeting began verywell with 165 present for a SundayTcrornHIg"service The normal average Sunday morningattendance is between 50 and 60, The plannedschedule called for a short Bible study eachmorning. Every morning there was a class forthe student preachers pertinent to the workthey were doing. Each afternoon was spentcalling and meeting with those men interestedin understanding and doing the work of goodelders. Each evening a message was given anda portion of filmstrip on "Pilgrim's Progress"was shown. The purpose of this revival programis to strengthen the churches and teach ministerial work to the students by participation.The Christians and students were very enthused. The work was successful. But Ronaldwas about worn out.

The hard way of life these people havewas brought home to Ronald while calling inthe village at Bafwamboku^ They came to thehome of a blind man whose wife had died. Thehome and man both were in disreputable condition, The house was falling downf the man wasthin, dirty and ragged. He said the only foodhe ate was just what some villagers felt likeoffering him from time to time. Many timeshe went without water, because the only waterhe had was the dirty, mossy water that ranoff his leaf roof when it rained. Ronaldencouraged the Christians to help the man,,for, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto oneof the least of these my brethren, ye havedone it unto me."

In Christian love,

Betty Harshe

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Dear Brethren in Christ:

PRAYKR

"Vi/hatsoever ye shall ask in my naine^ that willI doy that the Father may be glorified in theSon." This is the greatest encouragement toa missionary cut off from the advice^ fellowship and moral support of the brethren. Thisis also the greatest open door of opportunityto the Stateside brethren in helping in God'swork of world-wide evangelism. Prayer changesthings.

1. Phyllis Rine. "Why God permitted herdeath no one can know. We do know that Godexpects us to trust Him - beyond any limit-He is good. His ways are not our ways. Heknows the end from the beginning. Phyllisnow knows why and is satisfied; and somedayif we, too, are faithful unto death we willlearn why. Right now our prayer is forGod's peace in her loved ones' hearts, andthat her death may be used of God to furtherthe gospel of the Christ whom she loved.

2. Schaub family. Thanks be to God theyare now safeJ Yet we need to continue muchin prayer that the scars which must surelybe there may soon be healed, i-lay littleTimmy and Mark be able to forget and neversuffer any permanent effects from their experience. May God guide them in His con-tinuing service. _ _

3. Congo Christians. Since we left Bomiliearly in August we have heard not one v/ordof what has happened at Bomili or Olinaeither to the Christians or to the others.We have learned that in Stan the rebelskilled anyone with much of an education.We are hoping this policy was not carriedout in the brush. Our area is still in rebelhands, and even after the government forcesrecapture it the people will have much toendure. There will be as much brutality andinjustice by way of retaliation as when therebels were in control. The Christians, andespecially the preachers, need divine strengthfor continued faithfulness, courage andprotection.

ii. Our future. We face veiy difficult decisions and desire prayers for His guidancein them. Betty is explaining elsevfhere whatwe are planning and doing. The problem of ourchildren's schooling is pressing us into adecision and speecfy settling in one place.Will you pray vrith us that God vrill soon opena door someplace where we can serve Him.

If you see this letter and are not receivingit please write and tell us you will pray withus and want us to send you the prayer-news-letter. y/rite to: Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Harshe1908 &irch Avenue, Lima^ Ohio U5801

Prayerfully, RONALD HARSHE

P.O. Box U390Kampala, UgandaNovember 30, 196ij.

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NEWS

Vfith deep sorrow we must report the death ofour fellow-missionary, Phyllis Rine, on November 2k' Phyllis was killed by rebel gunfire during the rescue operation for whitepeople in Stan. She came to the Congo withus when vjje returned in 1962 and worked withus at Bomili for nearly one and one-halfyears bejfore going to Stan to work with theClifford Schaub familv in January of this

Just before Paulis was evacuated~a "few ds^-s-"ago the rebels killed lir. Joseph Tucker.After Ronald and Ron Butler got we women outof Paulis in August the Tuckers housed themuntil they could fly out. They were returned missionaries of just two weeks when Paulisfell to the rebels. Vi/hen we left Bomili wetook with us two British missionary ladiesstationed near Bomili. We left them at theirstation in Wamba. Now we hear the rebels-lave killed all 50 whites in Wamba. We praythis is not true. We often did purchasing atl/famba. We were there when we decided to tryto fly out from Paulis. A Greek merchantfriend offered to care for our things, and weleft two vehicles and all our belongings athis home.

We have made application to the government ofUganda to remain in Uganda and do missionary

Vork/ We explain this in the most recentissue of the African. Our application, though,has been refused. Vfe have made an appeal,but it appears now that there is little hopeit will be granted. So we have letters of inquiry in to the embassies in Kenya, Nigeria,Ethopia, Nalav^i and Elizabethville in SouthernCongo seeking information both on the likelihood of being permitted to work in these countries and on the adequacy of their school systems. With five children of school age now,schooling has become a factor of great consideration in our decisions. Johnny is in theeighth grade, and it is increasingly difficultto provide his education at home. We have seena groat change in all our children since attending public school in Kampala. So becauseof the children's schooling and because of theunlikelihood of our Bomili area being safefor women and children for a long time tocome we have decided to change our field ofservice.. The trustees of the AfricanChristian Mssion have agreed with us in doing this and will continue to support us inthe new field which we hope to find soon.

Ron and Carolyn Butler who recently moved toRwanda returned to Kampala over Thanksgivingfor a combined visit and purchasing trip.Butlers have rented a house in Bukavu, justacross the border in the Congo. They intendto move in there just as soon as they getpermission from the American Consul. Theyhope this will be in a couple weeks.

Thankfully to you.

Betty Harshe