The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1959

July 1959 __ ----------- _THE OHIO INDEPENDEN_!_l3APTIST___________ Pag~ Nineteen WHYI M RETURNING TO THE PHILIPPINES By Ru1h A. \\'oodwanl, l\ l isRio11c11·.v u11der A s.so <·ia1ion or ll ap1is1s ror V{orlcl 1,;,·a11g lis .11 1 c1111 1·ett1r11i11µ: tc) tl1e I>l1ili1)– I)i11e: ! \ l1ol1t t,,·()11t~"-f'i,·c 1 )~P,lrs ago, tl1e l101·c1 ec1 ll ccl 111 r 1<> ser, 1 (l IIi111 i11 t]1e J)l1iliJJJ)i11 e• . 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