The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1999

Ohio Women Dear Ladies, S ince we are midway through our OWMU year, I want to give you an update on the Simbai project in New Guinea. The foll owing excerpts from a recent letter from Bill and Debbi e Tobias hould do that best. Their letter should also encourage you to pray more fer– vently and fi]I even more quarter saver . Remember, we need to fill 2,000 in order to purchase the needed Kawasaki Mule. "Dear Folks, Greetings fro ,n the Simbai. Th e Simbai Project continues to move along, although soniewhat slower than we had hoped or inwgined. We know the Lord is in control and we are f ollowing His schedule. We have dorie some more repairs to our governnient house. The shower has been completely renovated. New lights and outlets have been installed through– out the house, eliniinating the need f or extension cords. A used electric water punzp has been installed so we no longer need to punzp our water by hand. We still have a few things to do, Like plumb the hot water into the kitchen sink. We do not have a bathroom sink, but we 'ILge t that later when we add a sn1all rooni to the back of the house. Our roof has been another niatter. We have fixed several Leaks, but our temporary repairs haven 't been too successful. Meanwhile, we nzove the f urniture and set out the buckets accordingly when it rains! The fo rnzerly i,npassable 42-n-iile road f ro,n Aio,ne to Simbai is now op en, at least to ,notorbikes and f our or six wheel dri ve vehicles. All our cargo is being stored in Madang awai1ing shipment via barge up the Ramu River to Aion1e. Dry season be,?an in June, and the river level is too low to n1ake the shiprnent, so we will OWMU OFFICERS 1999-2000 President. Mrs Sue Miller 1750 Flinthill Dnve Columbus OH 43223 614-875-41 28 V1ce-Pres1dent Mrs Susan Johnson Box 247 Huntsburg OH 44046-0247 440-636-5543 Secretary. Mrs Betty Dyak 1911 Eldridge Avenue Akron OH 44301 330-724-9676 Treasurer· Mrs Ruth Shoe 8859 State Rt #47 West DeGraff OH 43318 937-585-6255 probably not be able to ship our cargo until November. As a result, our buildi,ig teams have had to be rescheduled. Meanwhile, we will continue to work with our national pastors and their churches here in the Simbai. Perhaps this "delay" will give us a chance to get the new church started here in the Simbai Station. Th e Lord knows. He will work out all the details according to His will. Thanks for all your fa ithful prayers and financial support." "For Such A Time A Thi ... Reaching Forth" encompasse Bill and Debbie Tobias there in New Guinea, and we OWMU women here in Ohio, so that thousands in the Simbai region will hear the gospel, many for the first time. What an awesome thought! In His Love Sue Mi ller Fall Rally Canton Area WMF October 19 10 a.m. - 2 :15 p.m. First Baptis t Church Louisvil le,Ohio Speakers: Tom and Kar i Zentz. ABWE church planters in Japan OWMU Fall Rally Tuesday . October 26 2:00 p.m. Temple Baptist Church 1148 Gallia Street. Portsmouth Speaker: Mrs. Juleen Hayes BMM. Ghana Theme: "For Such A Time As This... Reaching Fort,h" Pr oject.: $10.000 for a Kawasaki Mule for missionary Debbie Tobia t> 1n Papua New Gui nea Come prepared to help us reach our goal! As You Go... W itne sing on Lhe Appalachian Trai I! A member of one of our northeast Ohi o churches, hiking the lrail las t month , had unique opportunities to share the Gospel almost every day. He witnessed to a hiker doing volunteer maintenance work on a shelter and left a tract with him. Later in the day their paths crossed again at another shelter along the trail. He hesitated about again talking to the worker but the urging of the Spirit of God was clear. When asked if he' d had time to read the tract, the man was eager to Lalk. While they walked to the truck for some equipment , the shelter worker asked "Can you tell me how to find God?" Moments later, there in the forest he trusted Christ! A you go, even in the wilderness, "be ready always to give an answer." --edit ed by David Chap11zan National Association of Nouthetic Counselors Track 1 Coming to Cleveland Area October 22,23 November 19,20 December 3,4 Grace Baptist Church 23096 Center Ridge Rd Westlake, OH 44145 1-440-333-4515 FAX 1-440-333-4859 Email Dunngbc@aol.com Basic counseling issues with focus on marital , parent-child and frequent life problems. Track offers 30 hours of instruction . Call to preregister. Ohio Independent Baptist is a publication of the Ohio Association of Regular Bapti t Churches Editor State Reprcsental ive David Warren Managing Editor Linda Thoma Proofreader Deborah Bi~scll Technical As is tance Register Graphi cs Randolph. 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