The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 1960

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T l1u s b egan the ,\·ork of Bapti t 11id- 1is io1 s on the 1nall, u11kno,,·11 islancl of t. i11- ce 1 t , \\Te t I11dies. THE I L _;\ ND IT ELF t. \ -incent is tt1cked a\vav in the '·i land tring,, that marks th~ bound– aI) ben,·een the .;\tlantic Ocean and the Caribbean ea, 200 n1ile 11orth of \ ·e11ezt1ela, .A. I t is }1 ·1.rd l, , a big dot on the map, being 11 ~ iles at its ,,·idest poi11t and 1 miles long. Ho,,·e, er 67 ,000 English- peaking people li\ e tl1ere today. I ts l1istory i quite colorful and clouded ,vith \\·ar. as me11 sought for con1uest and ,,·ealth. One of the fiercest peop le li\ ed here-the Carib Indian. The bloodie t p eriod \\'as that of st1bdu– ing these origi11al settlers by the Eng– lish and French colon)' seekers. lav– er}' also had its molding effect and toda:· L~e "majority race" is egro. Other races are \ \ 1 hite. Indian ( from India ) a11d a fe,v Caribs in the north. ~ Iixing of race is quite common. RE-I:\'FORCE~1Ei\TS In At1gust. 1932, an amphibian plane s,\ ooped do,,rn and landed on the the blue run\\ 1 a)', bringing re-en– forcements and replacements for the I 1, <:' 111is~il111arie ~ ~,h·c·, tcl, tl1 :.rt'. 'l ' l1c' ~il, t•r t) 1 ,llll' cli n1l><.'c l 111J th(' ,, <>C>clt• n 1 ~11111) t111( l •t1111r' l<l a c., )111clclc'r11 1g ~l <){). I1, ~ 111 t1l l tl<><>t <>11c•11('cl ,t11c l l ,, <> / Rev. a1 d "f>. 1rs. Schlegel couples emerged into the bright tropi– cal su11- the Henrys and Schliegels by nam e! T l1e firs t job, b esides getting u sed to tl1e h·opical a tmosphere and becom– i11g acquainted with the existing ch:irch es ancl work , \.Vas the setting up ' • • • • Pa: ·sor.az, e a11d Eible School cf a Bible school dedicated to the trai11ing of native men an cl \vomen. A st,.cng indigenous ch\.1rch needs well– h·aine:l leaders-Bible school \vas tl1e a1;S\\ler. In February of 1952 we opene J ot1r sch ool in the lar ge base– ment of one of the missionary h omes . In 1935 ,~:e felt it was time to buy Jand and build, so ~·e set up a Land and Bt1ilding F t1nd. At l east th e name was impressive-,ve h ad noth– ing in it. \ e were all in agreemen t on one thing about build ing-we ,vould ne\.·er borro,v money but build as money cam e in. In 1956, while one of our mis– sionaries \vas on furlougl1, his uncle whom he h ardly knevv gave h im a c· llt'ck fc>1 $2 .-()(). l ie· sn icJ 1 • ,vas 5,~, ii1g il fc) t (11 1<> ll1 ·r J) tt rp<>S • ""'J1icl1 cl1 cl nc> t 1n,1 l )ria lt /.C' I IC' k11 •\v no tl,– i 11g ,tl)o11t tl1 ' l~i l)lt 1 ~c·hc>c>l so far a, tl1~ 1n 1ss i<>11c1rv k11 (' '' ', a11tl 11 , \V~Ls 11c>t a 1 ic:11 1111c.'lc'." \\ 1 l1e11 llle 111i~s1cJ11ary ttrri\e(l l>ack <>11 ll1c fi elcl , ,11 1clcal si te f cJr tl1e 13il>le S(·l1ool ca1ne i11 tc> vi ,v. r ic l1 ma 11 ,, ,as clivicli11g ttp his es la tf> to sell i11cc ocl supplie(l the mc)ney, \v~ ,,, nt to him a1 d offerecl less lha1 11e \,,as aski11g, anc1 he ,1ccepted. MORE FROM A U EE TREASURY By the time we purch ased the Janel ("~hie~~ \.Ve have named "vVhist1ing vV1nds ) , brought in a \Vater line built by 7' by 12' tool shed , and had an electric line brought to the site, all of our money ,vas gone . It looked as though we would have t o cease operations, but the Lord worked again. In F ebruary, 1957, one of our mission aries got a special gift of $3,000. This was given b y some one who wished to be known only as "Anonymou s." It sort of t ook our breath. away. \Ve no,v h ad enough t o begin our building in ean1est. Pla11s ,vere dra\vn and the work b egun. \ Ve did most of the ,vork ow·selves in order to "stretch the money." The hou se was built first t o save rent vvhile the school "''as being built. In Jant1ary, 1958, our ''ba1Tel" , vas a lmost empty and the hou se was not yet completed . The n ext month his– to~·y rep eat ed itself and the Lord sup– plied another gift of $3,000. \ \' ith our barrel ag2in filled , \.Ve finished the h ouse and entered into the build-– ing of the Bible school. In F ebruar)' the Lord added $1,300, ,vhich \\'as sorely needed to help the Bible school project along. In F eb1uary of 1960 every p enny \.Vas gone, the school was unfinish ed ) and there were outst anding bill t o be p aid. \ Ve ceased all operations, laid off our \.Vorkers, and prep ared t o correct the situation . In Mar ch ,ve received another gift from our "unseen treast11·y' for $1,500. The Lord h ad supplied $8,800 anony– mou sly. Smaller gifts amounted t o $50.00. \,Vhat a blessing and privi– lege "to be there' ' when God sup– plied , as he did in the last four years. CO CLU IO There are four impressive facts <Continued on page 18> •