The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1964

First month passes quickly Switze rlan·d for 1n Springers • By Dr. Joseph Springer We have already passed our fir t month at our Geneva, Swi,tzerland addres o i1t's high ·ti 1 rne we wrote to you who are making i,t ,po sible through your support for us to ser ve the Lord here. First of all, let us bring you up ,to date on the personal side of ithe Springer family. Carol, J im, and Danny are well settled in their studies at the lniternational School in Genev.a. They are all hard ail work in it:heir study of French w,h·ich i the langu– age spoke in <this ec,tion of Switzer– land. We also, are rinding a if ew words here and there beginning to make sense, since Spanish is qui,te similar in appearance at least if not pronunciation. The Lord has direoted u to a cu1te little Swiss cottage over 200 years old, fortuna,tely renovated since the days when the cattle occupied the ground floor and ithe family ,lived above them. We prefer the inconveni– ence of buying milk at the neavby "laiterie". France is jusit outside ,our front door and this little vill,age of Cara, wher e we li ve, is aotually in both France and Switzerland. Our beginning d ays here have of necess ity been ones of gettin,g ac– quainited with custo111 and culture qui>te different fro111 Ecuador. Living costs are high- the ,price of meat i really ga tronomicaJ ! The Swis r eall y think they're living it up when they have ~ausage and hot cold cuts for dinner. They make up for it wjth their watches, cheese and kii s! There are, of course, many compensation for these high prices. not the ]ea t of which are the snowcapped Al p5 out our window. We have already been able to 111ake two trips 011 behalf of our n1ir11stry l1ere in ...L1ropc. Beuorc ~cl1ool ·tarted, v. 1 c drove to Part~ to work wi,th .the Boyer hrothers in the rccor(ling of so111e .. rench JJrogran1s which arc di s– tril>ute<J in l: L1rope, Africa, tl1e Wc\t lnclies a11d Fre11ch anada . While I lie itated lo ir1g in Fre11cl1, Bell)' went right al1ead and pla)'Cd i11 tl1at langtt– age. ext ti111e I' ll leave tl1e control s an<.i tr)' ot1t 111)' J)P011unciatio11! I l1av~ al o l1ad a \\'eek <lf <ler>t1latiun i11 l..,111gla11d a11(I " cotla11d Htld \.\' ill l1c i iting ot1r r 11ct1 111aili11g ff ice J 11 f ar i 11 e 11 ext ~, ck. (J n () to 11 cr THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST 29 we driive to Modena, I,t,aly ,to be– come better acquainted with the Ital– ian phase of WRMF's new radio and litera,ture miniSitry. Our heartfelt th,anks to each one of yoju for s·h,ar,in,g with us in ,th,i challenging 01ppor.tuni,ty. We're sure our advances are geared ,to your pray– jng for there are dif! iculties and di - couragemen1t to be overcome. Kodiak, Alaska missionaries are settled after four weeks By Rev. Dale Davis Mi sionary greetings from Kodi ak, Alask,a's most historic ciity. After weeks of packing, four weeks in mov– ing and getting settled, we are now finding time ifor some corre 1 pondence. Most of our houseihold furnishings were shipped by freighter. We packed the car and mall trailer wiitJh those household items we needed most. Marilyn fle·w ,to Kod,i,ak so she could regi ter for school . Bea ,and I drove from Anchorage ,to Seward o we could move both the car and ,trai ler to Kodi ak a,t ·much le expen e than via the freighter. U 1 pon arriving in Seward we learned of the re.pair neces ary before ,the ferry oould leave Seward for Kodi ak. The two day de– lay wa prolonged for a mon,th . In •the n1eantin1e iit wa nece ary to fly ito Kodi .ak fro111 the Penin ula and aJso air freight the mo t ,neces ary of hoL1 ehold ,thing . 0Ltr fir t few week in Kod iak we were wi,thot1t the Lt e of OLtr car, exec.pt on occa- ion~ when we had the tt c of one of the congrega ti on. During tl1is ,ti111c we logged 111any n1iles of foot tr,lvcl. lit was a hcaI thy, rcfr C5 hing 11 an ti i ca 11 wi lh 110 regrets on our part . Recently a11 en1 crgcncy tlcc1r1cll it nccc\sary thal I travel lo nchoragc J llcw to H o111cr, c.Jro\c 111) car anLI l ra 11 c 1 tlj) l hc 11 i g 11 way to n c 11 oragc, cared 1 or •tl1c c111crgcnc\. at1LI tl1cn drove tl1c car nnLI trailer agai11 1lc) 'ewartl in ti111 e to 111 e ~t lhc fer 1 \ \.; first triJJ after re1)airs. Lo KL)tliak \\ c l1av\; llllJJackcd tJ1c trailct a11LI lll(>VeLI the l1t1u ill)ILI tl1ings into their a1)- 11rc>1Jriate pla e i11 l1t)111c anti garage. I l> 1 \\c l1HV\;; rett1r11~LI ll) t11a,1 un hcalt,hy hab1,t of driving Jron1 ,place ·lo place. We rece ived a war,m welco,me from folks of the Berean BaiptiSit Church here in Kodiak. Some of these folks we have known for many years. We enjoy their love ,and confidence. We are looking forward ito sever al years of blessed mini ttry believing t he Lord opened to ll ,thi s door of m,inistry. We truS1t and pray Beas health will improve with this move , and ask tha,t you pray ito t :h.at end. Gett ing settled again, we should be back on our mon,thly schedule of correspondence. We will keep you informed wherein prayer wi ll make pos i·ble the evidence of God working in our mridsit. We are ohankful for y,our faitJhful sup1port and ,prayer help the e many year . We do pray for you and •the n1ini try of Cedar Hill . Nlo t sincerely in Christ, D ale and Be,a D avis ." The Ohio Independent Baptist CHRISTIAN FELLOWSH IP . . . Whether you are a pastor, mission– ary or church member, you'll find that this magazine gives you the information you need for fellowship . FOR STUDENTS AND MISSION– ARIES . . . Keep informed of your home church and its activities. SOURCE OF IDEAS . . . Methods successfully used by others will help your ministry. ORDER or RENEW TODAY! 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