The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1956

ag THE HI INDEPEN ENT BAPTIST January 1956 HERE WE ARE! By J IR8 . \\ TI JL l :\ I H. l 11 l j 1 0 \ 'in Yittoria, Colonna l G \ , Naples, Ital~' ,\ {•eompnu,dng this finC' nrtiek wn · a ldtrr from thr ReY. Willinm J<~useo: " 1 don't know how 1 did it hut I s uccerded in getting Mrs. J<'useo to write thi' month's articlr. lt took mr a yrnr though. "Stnrtrcl yr 0 trrdny with the language st udy, und rr n tutor who k11ows no 1'"J 11gli h. I hould h,we n rare timC'. ' \\·r are thankful for thr way God ha s been " ·orki ng here. bout 25 public eonfe ' ion at thr fir t eYange li tic meeting spo nsored by the Baptist hurch. William 'Did ) ' OU hrnr about the boy who , whrn asked what denomination hi s fathrr hrlonged to, replied that hC' wasn't surr hut thought it was n , e\·enth Day Absenti t." (Edito r ) Lorene ··Ooh, ::.\Iommy, my tummy hurt . Ooh, hurry ..... ' Jndy de cribe. her own and mommy' entiment. the fir ._ t day ont from New York. I coukln 't figure out why the men \Yer e faring- o well, and the women :o poorly. Gne it prove we are of the weaker . ex. After t"·o or three day , we be– gan to enjoy li, ing a bit more– then ,rnuldn 't you know it ? The hip changed it motion from roll– ing to rocking. In pite of it all, \Ye liwcl; and it wa a ble ing to be able to witnrs on the hip. ""\, hat a joy it ·wa to be able finally to tand on Italian oil. vV e had to pinch our elve to make ure ,Ye were really awake and in Italy. Ho"· different from 1.merica ! Little, little car -ju t like little bug. running madly her e and th er e (unle omeone had a r eal old taxicab). Of course, we rode m a hor edrawn carriage. Da, id and .Judy were thr illed . u ch poverty on every id e. The 1101 e 1. deafening. Everyone i. talking o rapidly and loudly– ge ticulating ju t a furiously. \\ ill ,,·e eYer be able to talk like that ? The . treet are o narrow. l\[otor– cyle , ars, pu hearts, people, cloukeycart. , and hor ecart all get– ting in each other. way. I'm a– fraid my hu. band would never let me driYe down the e treets. If there are . icl ewalk , usuall:v only two people conld comfortably walk . ide by . ide. ""\Vhat big apartment building. . Xo cute little home. like we were 11. ed to. " :\Iommy. that man want. sorne– thinO'. '' I couldn 't under tand what he wa. saying: but I knew he wanted money from the American.. How we ,,i. h we could have told him a– bout . omething much more pre– cion. than all the money in the \\'Orld. . DurinO' the fir . t week here, lVIom- my, David and Judy took a littl e walk to get acquainted. A we were " alking along- bang . Judy walked right into a ba ket omeone had let dovvn from above to get some vegetable. . Vv e were so bu, y look– ing at th e donkey and vegetable cart that we didn't see the basket . ,Judy :aid to me : " I gues. · Italy i. r eally different from America. Peo– p le don't have baskets like that over there.'' A David and Judy guide 1\Iom– my along, I . udden ly noticed that people were looking· at u just as closely as we ,vere them. So, we quicken our pace and try to look a little more Italian. v, e notice how very, very few eem to have joy on their faces. On the way home, with both David and Judy talking as closely like the Italians as they can , I couldn't help but pray that our live. would always how forth the true joy of the Lord. How thankful we are for the prayer back home. Yes, ,ve have had mnch iclrnes . '1 1 ired- almost exhan ted--but God ha graciou ly answered ancl supplied our e, ery CLEVELAND HEBREWMISSION (Founded 1904) Gi.ving th e "GOOD I EvVS" to the Jew by per onal witness in leve– land, Youngstoll'n, and East Liver– pool , Ohio, al o Charleston , 'iVe t Virginia a nd Sao Paulo, Brazil. RADIO MINISTRY 'iV R -CleYeland, unday, 1: 00 P.M. \\'BEW-Youngstown , 8: 15 AM. unclay , WV A:\'1- Al toona, Pa., Sa tu relay, :15 AM. WAVL- Apollo, Pa., Sunday, 1:15 P.M. WSPD-'l'oledo, Ohio, Sunday, :45 A.M. (Every fourth Sunday Only ) REV. GERALD V. S 1ELSER, Sup't P. 0. Box 3556 Cleveland 1 , Ohio need for every moment of each day that we have been here. V.. e ap– preciate our apartment so much, an 1 the furnitnre God ha. supplied. I 'm sure you women would en– joy helping me on washday hang clothes Italian style. rrhree lines stretched over the side of the bal– cony- so you lean ,, ay over seven storie up and pray that yon won't drop anything·. V ou would I robably find the noise ju. t a intere ting as I do. For in tance, 3 a.m. and ome peo– ple are carrying on a conversation down on the treet. It wake u , and we 're seven floor . up and all the ,, indow are clo. eel. eem to be the noi-mal thing. Then, too, al– most any hour you can hear roo. t– ers crowing- poor thing probably never know when it' morning or eYening in thi big city. 1\Io. t any– time during the clay people are playing accordion , p lay r piano. , horns, c1rums, guitars, etc., to beg for money . You can n ever know ju t how it fe el. to answer the door, or the apartment phone, and know that you won't be able to understand the per on ,vho will be there 1m– le.-s yon experience it. Shopping i: uch an intere. ting experience. Everything i. o ex– pens1ve. All little hops. How funny it eem not to be able to make change and even under tand how much money they want unle s they write it out for yon. Then 1 r emember that hri t tells u . we are to be pilgrim and foreigner down here. Now I un– derstand a little more fnlly ju t what He meant. H ow ,ve look forward to 1 tters from home-how much more pre– cious to have Hi. \\ ord with us alway . A. I think of the new year and all of it. new opportunitie -I can't help but prai e H im for the wonderful beginning· H e ha o·iven n. in onr new country.