The Ohio Independent Baptist

• ouse by Rev . Walter Keisler ·'God i our refuge and strength, 1 ver)· pre ent help in trouble." :>salm 46: 1 A I start to write thi article , I 11otice that the date i October 14th, \frs. Keisler birthday. If she had ived, he would have been 63 today. And three days from today, October 17th, would have been our 41 t wed– ding anniver ary. The e pa t two year~ plu have been real year and month of te ting, but the Lord ha brought me through. Though I wa in the ho pital four time in a little more than a year and although the last two week I spent in the ho pital were con~idered real eriou ~ omehow the Lord aw fit to bring me through and h as given me more work to do. are working out better than I ever expected. I prayed for a long time about what I hould do and I feel that I h ave made the right de– ci io n. (Here he wrote omething of how the Lord had worked out man y of her problem for her.) o the Lord i working thing out. Along with my Bible, I have read everal book on prayer and faith, and the e have helped me a lot . I went back to church. It i good to be back in dhurch. I reme·mber you in n1y prayer . Again, I .~ ay how much I appreciate all you did for me. May God ble you in your work. A alway , ~J' .' ' At other time , we have told you somethi ng of our Lewi Hollow Out- po t unday School. From time to time, the Lord give u an encourag– ing note regarding the \.\ ork there, and thi time it comer:s 1n a letter from a preciou girl \\rho grew up in that area and attended our undav School ., faithfully for n1any year . An honor tt1dent \.\ hen he graduated from high chool, he attended a local uni– ver ity, and then n1arried a Marine drill in tructor and n1oved to orth Carolina. he wa back for a vi it with her baby on thi ummer, and after returning home, wrote the fol– lowing: ·oear Glenna (our E ecutive ecretary) : I d idn't get to ee Mr. Kei ler while I wa home, even thot1gh 1 rea ll y wanted to. Mr. and Mr . Kei ler and you are the rea. on that I m a Chri tian today. I know the work you all do i diff ict1lt and trying at tin1e , but I 'n1 o glad that you all operate the Le,vi . Ho llow 3unda)' chool. The hour r pent there are ome of the happie·_;t n1en1or ie of my childhood. l ' ll never f rget you. ay hello to everyone for me. God be wit h you . Love. Iarian.' Keep remembering u in prayer, 1 or we are laborer · together with H im. I feel I understand the problems of the men that I have been dealing with the past 30 year better than e\'er before. I have been able to Commissioning Service ay to many of them of late "but for the grace of God, I would be where )'OU are tonight." As the days get cooler, the number of transient men stopping -at the Mi sion seems to increase. We h ave had 18 girls in the D oor of Hope in the pa t two years. It bles ed our hearts recently when two _of the girl who had been here, came by on their day off from work and offered to help us when we e pecially needed some extra help! They did this vo]u ntarily and really worked hard. Both of them remarked that they enjoyed con1ing back and pend– ing some time here (under different circurn tances, of course!) and fel– l \\' l1ipping with us, and the work thC}' \.\ ere able to do \.\ 1 as but a mall \\' ay of showing their appreciation. 1any of the girls corresp nd with u , J ter th 0 )' leave and th following i n xcerpt fro111 , letter received recent))' fron1 011 ~ of the girl . hi girl l1a 1 n1,tn)' J)ers nal pr l1lcr11s and l1ad a lot f, cing l1c1 v,/h 11 she )eft h re. ' ar Ji ri 11d: J.'111 ju t \vriting t let }'OU l novl 11 w tl1ings ar '"11}1 int::. J I 1 fin pl1)...sicall}', a11d a1l1 g tt1ng al ng rel I "-' II. rJ hing H OH IO IND PENDENT BAPTIST • • • A n11\s1onar 1 co111111p.,1;1on1ng , f\ 1c w,ls call\?d h thl! ' ,1lv,11 \< Ba1)t1~t httr ch, J indla)' to con11111 \" tt)n 1. ,1nd Mrs Ian ardcn a\ the rvJ)rc nt th lt Cft l c.J1t1rch a~ tl!chntc,tl 111i s ior1arics in l... tl)e11tt 11 tC,\ \Vitl1 the ... ud an I 11~ er ll)t 1 .1<.ltt.l ~la l 1 11 l.. . lJ.'A' .. 1r. War 1~11 1~ a J)L)\\C1 c11gi 11e ·r and I rs . War le n, ' l rcg1 - t red 11t1rsc , ntl ft r111 r 111\;nll l:r )( a I var ,, "' 1 l l t.: r v i n t 11 c 111 i s i n }1 J)it, I. Jl1 "ttt t ctl 1, l ht: "L ng1 ~gat l\) n·.... fl: pre– '\C n ta l t \ C'\ 1n tll\! l.l\ 111g t)t1 "'I han'-1" ... \\ttl1 t r. • tnt1 \t 1, \\ .1r lt!11 lnccl111g. Stantiing frc 111 l~lt tC) l'ight are lt . \\ Ill (1,ll ll)\\ ( lllll Ch rr ' a s lll l'l l f . () (. l l1L)Il)r)\ )l), hrtl\ . l tllc.. l! )at i ol L t!,\CL)tl\ 11. .tllll ~lrs. arl i\ lat1r~1 p~ut•nt l)f ~I,, \\' .l r "l n; Ir. Ja .k ( ,rintl~ll, ( l1 r111 . )1 tl, )} L)~l ll t)f I I ll~ l\;;\..'~ • 11 i }>,t s t t ll" l) i h- art 1 . sna\ I\ . ., JANUA Y 1970 13 I