The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1966

From T·he Congo To Cara,cas r>lctc he(lrc l, h11l again prayer l1a hcen an wered , o that lotlay - five week. later, Peggy i.. tip and Jre\\Ctl. thot1gh ti 11 not able to be out. • By Ruth Hege Baptist Mid-Missions It wa with mingled feeling that I boarded the plane at the leveland Airport JU t before midnight on May 29. I wa·.:) on my way to Co ta Rica to attend the Spani h In titute for a refresher cour e in the language which eemed to have left me com– pletely during the ten year of con– centration on French and Kitub,a. After the evacuation from the ongo I had pent 16 months in the home– land and was carrying with me a wealth of precious memories of fel– Jow~hi p with family and friend marvelously displayed against a back– drop of God' s faithfu]n~s in guiding, strengthening, su taining and pouring in H is balm to heal the heartaches of the Congo experience. How urely the bitter water of Marah had been weetened by Hi s grace as He taught 1ne more of the bles~:)edne s of the ' 'ne ertheles afterward" of Heb. 12: 1 J. ow no c hastening £ r the prcscr1t eemeth to be joyoLt s. bt1l grJevou : nevertheles afitcrward it ) ieldeth the peace.able frliit f right– eou ne s ur1to tl1e111 which are cx– erci ed tl1ereb) 1 ." C, la I, wou Id 1 l1a ve rel t1rned to th ngo 1,ut 1 angungu, 111}' f )J'111~r statio11, "a tiJl r bel l1~ld - a· y t th re l1·d be'-=11 110 \\ rt1 fr 111 tl1 dea 1,el ie,, r .11 11 ad ri ked th ir Ji 1 s to l1elr1 11 esc J' . A th J)la11 ~ped 1111e 0111 t rtl} llt; \ ' I t i 11 , ti n, 1 c t:tld 0111}' c 11 fill nui tl n1 tll l r t 11 111 t 11 i 111 i ri i t I T 11 re \\ a a d 1> t t Ieel 1 I ur n 111 at t I \\ as rtJ1. ang 1111 pa111 It \ Jl a 11 1 I 11 111 \\ 11 J l 11 ,, rid t tt: nd OHIO IN,D P ND BAP IST ing forma] cla·-- e all morning. five day a week oon et my thought and tongue back into the Spani h groove and after ix week in Co ta Rica I bade farewell to friend and again boarded the p 1 Jane. Thi·.. time my de tination wa Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. I had ome n1i givings about pa ing cu tom in Caraca·-– for I was taking a radio, typewriter and tape-recorder and the duty would doubt]e be high on tho e item . Furthermore I was arr,iving ju t be– fore 9 a.,m. Where would I pend the intervening hour ? I had informed my fellow mi ionarie of my arrival time but they were hundred of mil~ from Caraca . But when I remem– bered the prom i e the Lord h,ad given n1e that morning: "My pres– ence . hall go with thee and T will give thee re t" my n1i giving gave way to prai e. And trLtly, He did above all that I a ked or thoL1ght, for my baggage pa ed through cu tom~ duty free! Then, while wait– ing in line for the checking of pa - port and vi a I aw Steve Green through the window. A few minute later we were piling my baggage into the car and were on our w,ay to the home of mi ionary friend for the night. Serious Accident I found that teve ha(I not conic t araca·3 ju t to meet n1e. Our two ~ingle ladie , oralyn lea on and Peggy Degnan had been involved in a eriou car accident and h was there arranging the p,aper and pa age for oralyn -... flight hon1e. Pegg} who uffercd a . kull fac tt1re wa~ to be taken fr n1 the h pi tal ~on1c 600 n1ile\ away to her hon1e in J>uerlo Orda7 where I wot1l<l be car– ing for her . How perfec tly the l ~or(i had ti111c{.I the hot1r of n1y arrival . he f ollow1ng day I ca111c 011 to J> t1erto Ordal with Martha ,rccn to fJfCJ)tl rc for Peggy\) arrival. he <loc- tor li atl c,rdcrc<l ·:) 1 \.\CCk\ f co111 - Ye· -- after an ab ence of IO year the Lord ha brought me back to Venezuela. I have been confined to the hou e but many of the believer fron1 other local churche where I worked previott ly have come to ec me ,and bid me welcome home. One day when I an wered the doorbell, there tood dear old brother Roble . Tear3 came to hi eye a he greeted me - and once in ide, he bowed hi head and poured out a prayer of th.ank giving to God for paring my life. I c uld only breathe a fervent H Amen .,, Several brethren whom Satan had Lt ed to tir up triife and make thing very difficult for 11 be– fore I left Tucu pi ta 1 0 year. -- ago. ca n1e a long di tance to a k forgive– ne . We felt the power of the clean~– ing blood and joined our heart in prai e to God for Hi .. faithfulne jn bringing LI together once again. In– vitation have come fron1 everal of the local churche for peci,al erv– ices. I am tru ting the Lord to direct in all of the e contact for Hi own glory. One day I got away for a fev-.' hour and Ken John on took n1e ot1t to ee the hot1 ing development in Puerto Ordaz the booming indtt trial center of the Orinoco Mining Co. A -- I looked tl pon the tier and tier , f building in at lea t i different part of the city where thou and f t1l are till without a witne." , n1} heart cried out to the Lord f the harve t to thru t forth lab rer into this ne dy fie)d whi h i ind ed \i\ hit unto harvc t - and t lead 111 tep by t p into Hi ch ..en path of f\- 1cc f r n1e . I kno\\ He ha a pt1rp \e 1n bringing n1c back tt1 eneLttcla - ht1t at be"..t. \hottld the I or I tarr\ . n1 y re111 ·11 n i ng } ear, ot ~ r, 1ce are lin11ted . l a), ot1r } ting ~1e pie "'ht) l1 a e hear <l t h c l or ti · ~ c. .1 I l , e t th t: 11 t a cc It 1' e a f I in l to ti o H 1, \\ i 11 . " , t)tt 1el<l to H1111 He \\ ill al,t) ledtl ) cJ11 f rth 11) tl1c right \\ ~) THE CHILDREN'S GOSPEL HOUR, INC. Liv in gston , Te,, ,, . J 8570 Presenting Jesus Christ to Youth by Radio and TV Now on WSPD-TV Ch. 13 - Toledo, Ohio - Sunday 8:30 a .m. PRAY FOR THE SALVATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS Write A Card Of Thanks To WSPD-TV The Clutdren' s Gospel Hour is now on 40 r dio and 20 1V sttttion~ a h · eek. Pray that niore ~rations will take the progran1, The youth of An,eric need to hear the Gospel now. Write for further 1nforn1at1on. Henry C. G ig r, Executive Directo JANUARY 1966 PAGE 7