The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1962

April 1 is the same, even in Liberia BY MARILEE SEEWER {M, s Seewer serves under Baptist t-\1d·M1ssions ) \\ 1 l1c11 1 a11"' ~1 ed th :) ring f n1 '1 tt. l ph nc cht" n1 rn1ng I \\ a ·k d 1t I ".. 1, .. ~111 that n1 k ut b hind n1, h()U ~e:· ' '' it:hout thinking I im– n1ed1f.1tcl, ,, nt t the ba k. d r to . l l . , \' an' t ~ ap b ing t l ~d on pr i I 1. \ n in Lib r i a. I gi, e th,1nk t th L rd f r the ...... \\ a) H ha 1 d and pro ided f r my r turn t L 1 b ria. I left oledo by plan ~lar h 6. In Cleveland our plan \\ a dela) ed o er 11 2 hour b a~ of \\ ather conditi n in e\\ rk. 1t "' , e landed at the I. e\,-ark irport and were provided bus tran portation out to Idlewild irfield, o I arri ed at the Pan ir t rminal about 3 hour la ter than I hould ha e. Barbara R itter' plane from Oakridge. Tenne ee wa al o dela, ed, but prai e the Lord he arriv·ed 15 minute before we were to board the plane for Liberia. The night p ed quickly and we were erved breakfa t a t 12: 30 our time becau e of the 5 hour difference in time between ew York and Africa. \ e made one top between ew ork and Rober field, Liberia. That \\~a in D akar, enegal. While there in the airport we met another ingle lad}' traveling on our plane, a mi ion– ar)· to the Congo and one who know our Bapti t mi ionarie there . Plane Lands Our plane landed at Robertsfield a few minute after 8: 00 Liberian time. How glad \\ e were to ee tan Brittain and the Holme , who had driven the 50 miles from Monrovia to Robert field to meet u . We were orr 1 . hoV;-ever. to di cover that the Holme children bad the chicken pox along with many o ther here in Liberia and at Tappi. In Monrovia I had the privilege of eeing quite a growth in the church there ince we left a year ago. Ionda,. March 12, our pilot flew me to Yila "'here there wa a field executive meeting. Barbara R itter \.Olunteered to be my co-worker until there i another ingle girl for o ur Tappi tation. It wa o nice al o to ee Dori Porter, a member of my church. again and to pend one day and night vi iting \\-'ith her. Page 12 MAY, 1962 Busy Sche dul e 1 LI e"' d a mo 111 t n g. l a r h t J , I w a'> fl \\ n f ron1 ila int app1ta . H w 111 e it \.\i a t be gree ted b ma11 'y familiar black ~roiling t ace . 1'm g tting into th full wing of a bu , mi i n cl1 dule. e hav _ b and girl enrolled in our grade hool. here a re me who a re n t hri tian y t. Pra for them. M equipment arrived in Monrovia la t week along with the Dunn family who came by hip. It i due to arrive here at Tappi thi coming Tu day. Prayer reques : couple i till needed for the Yila tation. Pray for Zawe our evangeli t to the Krahn Tribe who i facing great oppo ition. Thi i a ery urgent requ t for prayer. Pray for a boy we have had to di mi beoau e of hi refu al to cooperate with chool rule . Cedar Hill Baptist Church has large missionary budget; many in full time service Cedar Hill Bapti t Church, Cleve– land, in a monthly mi ionary bulletin, tated that their total mi ionary com– mitment for 1962 through the Mi - ionary Budget i $44,420 or approxi– mately $3 701.67 per month. Cedar Hill members in full time Ohri tian ervice are: Rev. ilton D. Arnold, Bapti t Mid-Mi ion , traff member ; Mi Carolyn Bardole, Bapti t Mid-Mi ion , taff member; Mi Loi Bree , Bapti t Mid-Mi - ion , taff member ; Mi Loi Com- tock child evangeli m , Elyria, Ohrio; Mr. Arthur G. Fetzer, Bapti t Mid– Mi ion , taff member ; Mi Lida Imhof, C leveland Hebrew Mi ion, taff member. Other are: Mr. Riobard John on . J. , Mi ionary H ..E.F.; Mi s Katherine Ki tner Mid-iMi ion , taff member ; Rev. and Mr . Alan Met– calf Hebrew Ohri tian ociety, taff member ; Rev. Robert L. Ryer e, Bap– ti t Mid-Mi ion taff member; Mr . Harriet too,p , Cedar Hill Bapti t Church, taff member; Rev. A. Paul Tidball Cleveland Hebrew Mi ion, taff member . * * * Mi ionarie from the leveland Hebrew Mi ion, the Hebrew Ohri t– ian ociety, Cleveland and Bapti t Mid-Mi ion , Cleveland, participated 1n a Hebrew Chri tian Mi ionary conference in April. Berea Bapiti t Church wa the ho t ohurch. Rev. Blake Rogers A great missionary conference! H eart were warmed, live chal– lenged and oul ble ed at the Third Annua l Mi ionary conference held I in edarville April 4-8. The pre ence of the Lord wa en ed in every ervice. Young people were made to I realize concerning the tremendou need for worker in the ' 'regions beyond. ' Niany deci ion were made for Chri t! Actually, thi wa a Round Robin I conference including the Emmanuel and Calvary Bapti t Churche , Xenia; the Ft. McKinley Bapti t, Ft. Mc– Kinley; the Grace Bapti t Church, Fairborn; the Maranatha Bapti t Church, pringfield; the Grace Bapt i t Church, Cedarville; and the tudent Mi ionary Fellowship, Cedarville ollege. Out tanding for the conference, ~ was the aturday night RALLY in the college gymna ium. It wa a full evening con i ting of a Mi ionary ympo ium, a moving film entitled. HI ndia orrow" and a tirring me - age by Rev. Robert mith of the Evangelical Bapti t Mi ion. Other mi ionarie taking part in the con– ference were Dr. Kenneth Good of the Fellow hip of Bapti t for Home Mi ion ; Rev. Ron eznar and Rev . Blake Roger of the A ociation of Bapti t for World Evangeli m ; Rev. Emmanuel Woods, Rev. Verne Kirb}· r a nd Rev. Lee Irelan of Baptist fid– Mi ion . It i hoped that next 1 ear we can even include more churche in thi conference. The re ult v;ere a ti fyi ng for \.\ hich \ve prai e the Lord. The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST