The Ohio Independent Baptist, July 1963

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Throughout tha t leeple night we huddled toge ther a the wind and rain beat merc il e l) on the house . 1i e anfield. ockerbie a nd D avey came J o\\ n fr on1 their apartment above u to v. a it out the night. I n the mid t f it all "" e at drinking coffee by the fl icker ing light of a tallow cand le! Onl, · American would do that! ., The ound from without wer e fr ighten ing. A 6 ft . high boundr y wall ollap ed behind our hou e. ext door the tin roof wa lifted off and cattered in our y ard. Window popped like ball oon becau e of the \\. ind pre ure a nd our creen wer e r ipped off the Verandas. A f ter a dreary night we began cleanu 1 p oper– ation which las ted the whole day. The fo llowing day our Chr i tian language teacher, Mr. Mi tro came in from h i ea ide borne looking very haggard and tired . That morning he had helped bury unidentified bodie and reported that there wer e many more, mainly· women and children catter ed in different pl aces. D uring the middle of the cyclone a 25 ft . tidal \.\ a,,e \.\ ept in off the bay of Bengal and ent its deadly water nearl} half a mile inland ! P eopl e were helple to ave them el ve a their flim ) bamboo hut folded up like paper. At ~f r. 1itro' r eque t I ( J ay) \.\'ent out to Uf \tey the di a ter area near hi home. We aw many dead bodie lying among t the ref u e and hundred of cow , goats and c hicken alread}' in a tate of decom po ition . ur\ 1 i, 1 ors \\'ere itting on their former home ite \\ 1 eeping while others were ~ till earching for mi sing fami ly member . After reporting thi<; to t he Page 12, JULY, 1963 I c~ l <.) f c.1 t1r 111J,,1t)nl1riL''i \\re t1cc tc.lcd lo ta "c t)ttl l<.1<.1<..l. cl(1th1ng ant i ( 10\ J1cJ tr ~te l, lt) the \t1r, 1, 1 or, f {) nc f i hcr – n1c,1 ·, \ 1 11 lagc . 1 hclic pc plc hac.l no t c l1tc11 f l)f t \\-O c.Ja ) . and whe n the) ~a,, tl1c t od the ac tcJ lik. c a pack o f n1au d()g~ each tr)' ing t gel a little. n1an in the er wd he ld u p a littl e gir l and t Id u. he had lo t her fan1il 1 . We ha ll never forget the e ight. . What wa. the Lord ' 'way · in thi . torn1 tha t took over 20,000 live ? I it not that H e i trying to peak to thi n a tion aga in ? Hi power to ave i a great a Hi power to de troy. How we need to pray and work to ge t the go pel out to people who e heart are di illu ioned void and empty! We th a nk you o much for your prayer and u,pport jn the past but wou ld c hallenge you anew to join u in an even gr eater effort to r each the lo t of Ea t P aki t an. Your Mi ionarie to Eas t Paki t an J ay & E leanor Wal h and Family. (Ser ving with The A oci a tion of Bapti t for W orld E va ngeli m , 1505 P ace St. Phil adelphia, P a . ) More show interest in Liberia work Plea e join wi th m e in a time of pr ayer and prai e for L iberi a . ' Prai e ye the Lord . Pra i e O ye ervant of the Lord pra i e the n ame of the Lor d ." F OR : O ur School Work. T wo ingle wo– men chool teacher ar e inter e ted in our tra ining pr ogr am. One will gradu– ate fr om Cedarville thi pring. The other one i already in our mi ion fami ly. A coup le in G r a nd R apid are in tere ted in teaching our mi ion arie ' ch ildr en, thereby r elea ing the m o ther for o ther ph ase of the work. G len Ozinga i heading up our mi ion grade school . T his now include the secu lar tr aining of our Bible Sc hool tudents. A man h as been needed for thi po ition of leader hip for ome– time . Hi ab ility a an organizer h a already proved helpful in r ai ing the tandards of the chool. The recent examination of our chool by the Supervi or of Sc hool did no t bring a bout any eriou critici m a it h a in a number of o ther mi ion chool in thi provi nce. One girl · chool ,, .ts <Jt'\ lcr clJ c l c1sct f "lcl\: 11 u nt il gr,\'c rn- 111en t s tanllar< ls arc nt lainctl. "rl1c s tq1crv i~t'lr \.\t , l " c.1t1itc it1111rcssc<.I wi:11 t l1c , c h()<'l l a t Zea L>peru tctt t,y < u1 "I nprn t: l1urch. I le was Sllf'JJr isc,1 tha1 l hc,c l1t1, h r>cop lc wc>u le.I go so far a\ to l1t11h.l a ni ce n1t1d-hr ick htli ltling w 1tl1 a n a,bcstos roo f pl t1s f t1t1r c.l or n1 i tor i c\ for l h cir ch i Id rcn·s c <.I t1- ca tio n. The prc\encc of hri st in tJ1c li ve o f n1cn and wome n even c ha nges a tt1tudec; about educa tion f Ot1r ng li h crvicc in l 'appit a. One-hundred - thirty were O LJt fo r o ne c;cr vice in May a nd two littl e gi rl~ were aved . In addition three or four o ther have made dec i ionc; for hr i~t . ince Ea ter . The Liter acy Progr am . A nice group o f the women h ere a t T a ppi h ave complet ed the ir r e pective Ma no, Ba a and E ngli h Primer , and have begun r eading the criptures . Thi i wha t the Lord ha enabled Nadyne Rick to accompli h during the pa t f our month . She i now carrying o n a imilar progr am at Kpea,play. M arj ori e Dorlea and Timothy D emy, the fir t two eventh grader we've ever h ad to enter Bible School. Marjorie i 17 and Timothy 20. Heal th of Mi ionarie ' Childre n. Timmy Dunn h a h ad a ucce f ul ton ilectomy . Doctors are quite ure now that be doe no t h ave leukemi a a wa u pected. The Britta in children h ave not had boil for 5 weeks. This i the fir t time ince la t June tha t they've been without boil . D avid Oz inga also came a fely through a h erni a oper a tion Saturday and i mak – ing good progres . ' Pray f or u unto the Lord our God . G r ade school pupil we'r e con- cerned a bout. (R ebecca Morwaka, Phillip Summerville, T eddy Richard . Sarah J one a nd paren ts of these who need the Lord. ) Jo an P eckinpaugh and Carolyn Hovingh . They will a il for Liberi a the end of June. Lacy and Vanden Akker a they tudy G io and M a no r esp ectively . The church in Monrovia which i m aking prep aration for o r ganizing. Your for the Lo t of Li ber ia Maril ee Seewer * ..,. ... R emember now thy Cr eator in the day of thy youth, while the evil day come no t nor the year draw nigh , when thou halt ay, I have no plea - ure in them · While the un, or the light, or the moon , or the t ar , be no t darkened , nor the cloud r e turn after the r ai n: Eccle ia te 12 : 1 2. o pi ed f rom ' The Engli h Reader " The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST