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the

Land

of the Satea

aad

iht

N gef

January, 1973

Our new

year began with

hot,

humid, sun-baked days,

and a

constant

low of

red

d i r t f i l te r ing slowly and

steadi ly

upon the t rees

grass,

house and us. There

i s more dust blowing th an u su al because of

the

present road

construct ion

near to

where we l ive .

These

things are bothersome but not

nearly

as bothersome as what

the devil is trying to do to our babes in Christ.

In

the vi l lage of figun Todo where Francis Olorunfemi

is

the evangel is t,

there

is

one

part icular

man who

continually

makes

trouble.

This

man

Ainla,

is

one

of

the

sons

of

the l a te

* babalawo

I f

a

pr ies t

or

native docto r, as he i s more commonly known.

Ainla

an I fa

pr ies t

He i s

presently

a babalawo in another v i l l age

i s t rying to be

ajiBtent ic ing

under

IfoCeeefa),

the oracular deity

is

the

most

popular

and

mostimportant deity

. ubaland.

e

is worshipped and consulted on a l l Important occasions and

dictates cannot be disregarded. Belief

in

him is very important and is a vital

factor

in

Yoruba psychological background. Desp ite a century of

intensive

Christian

evangelization and about two cen tu ries o f

ohammedan

penetration into

the country belief

in

Ifa

st i l l

finds expression among many civilized Yorubas.

There

is

a

great

desire for the

people

to

probe

into

the

dark

bosom

of

the

future when one is surrounded by so many sources

of

danger. The Yoruba turns

naturally to Ifa for guidance in regard to the future. consults him on all

matters great

and

small.

Hence

there

has

come into existence

an

oracular

system

invested with such great importance that modern influence has done very l i t t le

to mi n im i z e

There are

many

myths

as to

the origin

of I fa . Here is one that wil l give you

some

idea of

what is

involved: I f

a was born

in

I fe th e c ra dle

of

the Yoruba

people. He was a medical man who had an extensive

practice

and was a

ski l l ful

diviner. After

he

became famous,

he

founded a town called Ipetu and became

king of

the

place. People

from

every part of Yoruba country

flocked to him.

Out

of

these, we are

to ld

he chose

sixteen

men.

The

names

of

these

appren

t i c e s

a re

sa id to be i den t i ca l

with

the names o f

the

s ix te en d lv in ato ry s igns

Bel ief in I fa i s

deeply

imbedded in

the

mind o f

th e Yorubas In view o f ts

ant iqui ty

and

vigour

there i s no doubt

tha t in sp i te of a l l the rapid

progress

of

western

educat ion,

cai i tur ies wil l elapse

be for e ts l a s t t r a c e s can

be

ob l i t e r a t e d

from the mind of the average Yoruba.

So, you can see tha t

Ainla

takes h is bus

iness ser iously. He continually helps the

people

to sacr i f ice

pigs

dogs and

rams

to

h i s


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the var ious

gods.

In

the

church Francis preabhed . from Ephe ian|r 4:17-34 and 5:11-18 and

the

people

that asking the

oracles was

wrong.

He preached against :

1. Asking the oracle which idol to-isecve-and sacrifice to before a

c an b e b o r n .

2. Asking the

oracle

to t e l l

about

the coming l i fe of a child.

3. Asking the oracle to tell ^hat is to be done

in

order to res tore

l i f e

of

a s ick

person , and

4.

Asking the oracle V here

a dead body

should be

buried.

tol

c h i l d

the

On

New Year's

Day

Ainla brought his

accusations against

Francis to th e church.

Francis believes tha t it i s be ca us e he is preaching against

the

worshipping of

idols

that Ain la thought that Francis

hated ,him. As each accusation was proved

false, Francis had'the opportunity

to

t e l l Ainla that he speaks from God s Word

and t h a t he wi l l con t inue

to

do so and t h a t he does no t h ate A in la .

At

th e end

of t he d is cu ss ion , Ainla put the Bible on

h is

Heaid and declared tha t he had

nothing

agains t Franc is , and asked him

to

name

his

new

baby

(which had

brought

things to a

head)

which had

original ly

been

named by the pagans. The pagans

named

the

baby

Aweniyi,

meaning

the,Secret

is

Glorious .

.The

Christ ian

name

for

the baby

i s

SAMSON OLULAJA

God has

se t t led the

f ight .

In sp i te of

a l l

of

th is in

the vi l lage , the

men

of the church have begun to

bui ld a

small

four room mud house for F rancis. Pray

tha t they

w ill f in is h

i t .

At the

present

time Francis , h is wife

and

th ree ch ild ren , are l iving in

one

small

room. Much

prayer

should be made

to

the Father for His | |uiding hand

in

this vil lage,

for

Francis as there

is

personal danger

to him from

the

idol

worshippers

and

for

Ainla,

too, that

he V7ill

see

the

error of

his ways

and

turn

to

God .

Pray fo r us , b re th ren .

Church of Ch ri st Ch ris ti an

909 W es t Loc u s t treet

Wilmington, Ohio 45177

WEST

AFRICAN CHRIST IAN MISS ION

Donald

D.

Baughman, Missionary

FORWARDING AGENT:

Mrs.

Carol

Scarbrough

243

Miz e l l

Duncanvil le , Texas 75113

In C h ris tia n

l ove ,

Don,

Marianne, Lisa

and Jane

Baughman

Non-Prof i t Organiza t ion

U. S.

Postage

Paid

Pe rm i t

#59

Wilmington,

Ohio

45177

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The

C h r i s t i a n Mission

Vol. I 7 No . 2

February

1973

THE N IG ER IA N F I E L D

W e s t A f r i c a

hristianM i s s i o n

Page

19

N i g e r i a

i s one o f t h e most

i m p o r t a n t c o u n t r i e s i n A f r i c a

t o d a y .

P o l i t i c a l l y and econo

m i c a l l y it i s p o s si b ly t h e

most

i m p o r t a n t .

During

t h e two and

o n e - h a l f - y e a r

c i v i l war many

wondered a s t h e y watched if

t h e n at i o n

was s t r o n g

enough

f o r t h e t a s k o f welding a m u l t i

p l i c i t y

o f languages t r i b e s

and

c u l t u re s i n to

a s t r o n g

and

u n i

f i e d body. N i g e r i a

was

a b l e

t o

p r e s e r v e its u n i t y and come f o r t h

p r o b a b l y s t o n g e r f o r t h e e f f o r t .

B e c a u s e o f t h e natural

a n d

h u

man r e s o u r c e s o f t h e l a n d N i g e r

i a

occupies

a

s t r a t e g i c

place

i n

t h e world

t o d a y . Because

o f its

p o p u l a t i o n o f siirby

m i l l i o n

one A f r i c a n i n s i x i s

a

Niger ian .

The c l i m a t e o f

N i g e r i a i s

most ly

t r o p i c a l and s u b - t r o p i c a l . The

p e o p l e a r e

m o st ly f ar m er s pr o

d u c i n g t h e n a t i o n s

food

a s w el l

a s r u b b e r cocoa

groundnuts

and palm o i l f o r

e x p o r t .

S i n c e

I 9 6 0

much i n d u s t r i a l i z a t i o n

has

t a ke n p la ce i n N i g e r i a b u t

its effects

a r e

still relative

l y

u n f e l t

by

th e

average

N i g e r i

an.

N i g e r i a i s a l s o a l e a d i n g

p r o d u c e r

o f t h e w o r l d s

oil

s u p p l y .

DON

A ND M AR IA NN E

BAUGHMAN

Don and Marianne Baughman

h a v e b e e n m i s s i o n a r i e s in

N i

g e r i a

s i n c e 1957 The work t h a t

i s i n

N i g e r i a

t h e churches

b o t h

i n

t h e West o f

N i g e r i a and

i n

t h e E a s t t h e Bible College

which

was s t a r t e d

by

N i g e r i a n

i n i t i a t i v e t h e weekly

r a d i o

program w i t h

its cor respondence

c o u r s e

and

t h e o t h e r ways i n

w h i c h

t h e

C h u r c h

of the New

T e s t

ament

i s a c t i v e

i n N i g e r i a i n

b r i n g i n g C h r i s t t o t h e people

is there b e c a u s e o f t h e

d e d i c a

t i o n and

p e r s i s t e n c e

o f t h e

Baughmans.

D o n a n d

M a r i a n n e are the

p ar e n ts o f f ou r d au gh te rs . Two

o f

t h e i r

c h i l d r e n L i s a and

Jane

were

b o r n i n

N i g e r i a . One

o f t h e i r

c h i l d r e n

Ruth

Carol

d i e d

and

was bTiried t h e r e i n 1969 Judy

Baughman i s

a

f reshman

a t

C in

c i n n a t i Bible Seminary. The

Baughmans

may

be c o n t a c t e d

t h r o u g h t h e i r forwarding a g e n t :

Mrs. Carol Scarbrough 15O6

Sham

rock C i r c l e Duncanvil le Texas

75116 .

WALTER AN D EDDIE ANNE

SMITH

W a l te r

a n d E d d i e A n n e S m i t h

w i l l

be

i n

America

u n t i l

June

1973?

r e p o r t i n g on t h e i r f i r s t

t o u r

i n

N i g e r i a which s t a r t e d

i n September 1967

During

t h i s t ime t h e Smiths

b u i l t t h e i r m i s s i o n

house b u i l t

a c h a p e l

k i t c h e n

and

oversaw

other

construction w o r k

for

the

new C h r is ti an Serv ice C am p p ro

gram.

They a l s o a s s i s t e d i n

h o l d

in g e v an g eli st ic meetings i n

t e a c h i n g C h r i s t i a n

l e a d e r s h i p

and

w i t h

t h e

opening

o f t h e Cross

R i v e r

B i b le S c h o o l.

During

t h e i r first

t o u r

i n

N i g e r i a Walter and E ddie s t u d i e d

t h e Yoruba language which i s

t h e language o f

a p p r o x i m a t e l y

e l e v e n

m i l l i o n

p e o p l e i n

West

A f r i c a . Language

i s a

b a s i c

problem i n West A f r i c a t o d a y a s

a t

l e a s t

t h i r t y d i f f e r e n t langu

a g e s

a r e

spoken i n

N i g e r i a

a l o n e .

The B i b l e o r p o r t i o n s o f t h e

B i b l e have

been

t r a n s l a t e d i n t o

some

o f t h e s e

l a n g u a g e s

b u t maiiy

have

no

s in g le p o rt i o n o f

S c r i p

ture

w h i c h

h a s b e e n

translated

T h e i r forwarding

agen t

i s : Miss

B e t t y

Deem

136

E a s t

Como

Avenue

Colombus Ohio 45202.


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The Chris t ian Mission Vol I7

No

2 FjObruary 1973

THE

NIGEHIAIT

FIELD

Walte r Eddie Anne

Ee i th

a n d

eri nne

Sn r i t h

Don

a nd Mar ia nn e Bonghman


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TH NIG RI N

ElELL

Nigeria

is

one of the most important countries in Africa today. Political

ly and economically

it

is possibly

the

most important. During

the

two and

one-half-year civil war many wondered

as

they watched if the

nation

was

strong

enough

for the task of

welding

a multiplicity of languages tribes and

cultures into

a

strong and unified body. Nigeria

was able to preserve

its

unity

and come forth

probably

stronger

for the effort. Because

of

the

natural

and

human resources of the land Nigeria occupies a strategic place

in

the

world

today.

Because

of

its

population

of sixty million one

African

in

six

is

a

Ni

gerian. The climate

of

Nigeria is mostly

tropical and

sub tropical. The people

are

mostly farmers producing

the

nation s food

as

well

as rubber

cocoa

groundnuts and

palm

oil

for export.

Since I960 much

industrialization

has

taken place in Nigeria but its effects are still relatively unfelt

by

the

average

Nigerian. Nigeria is

also

a leading

producer

of the world s oil supply.

on and

Marianne Baugbman

Don

and Marianne

Baughman

have been missionaries in Nigeria

since

1957 The work that

is in

Nigeriathe

churches both in the

West of Ni

geria and

in

the East the

Bible

College

which

was

started by Nigerian initia

tive

the weekly radio program with its

correspondence

course and the

other

ways

in

which

the Church

of the New Testament is active in Nigeria in bring

ing Christ

to

the peopleis

there

because of the dedication

and persistence

of the Baughmans t u u i

Don

and

Marianne are the parents of

four

daughters. Two of their chil

dren

Lisa

and Jane

were

born

in

Nigeria.

One of

their children

Ruth Carol

died and was buried there in 1969.

Judy

Baughman is

a

freshman

at

Cincin

nati

Bible

Seminary. The

Baughmans

may he

contacted

through

their

for

warding agent: Mrs.

Carol Scarhrough 1506 Shamrock Circle Duncanville.

Texas

75116

MILLIONS

YINGTHERE HA VE NEV ER HEARD.

MILLIONS LIVING HERE HAVE NEVER CARED.


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OT I S n

EWS f r om

OER IA

The

Land

of the Sstoa md ^ Ni^er

Apr i l 1973

n March 9th Don and Marianne Eaughman went to the American

Embassy

in

Lagos, Nigeria to get nevr

passports

as

the

others had been stolen in December.

IiHiile there,

Marianne had a check-up by

the Embassy

doctor.

He

found a two and

oncr-half inch turaorous mass

that

he said needed immediate removal. He recommended

that

Marianne return to the United States as

soon

as possible

for

surgery. Don

secured a return visa from the Immigration autorities

in

Nigeria and purchased a

round trip plane ticket. Marianne

arrived at

Port Columbus, Ohio on the 15th of

March

Marianne flew from Lagos to

Frankfort,

Germany and spent the night there.

ome of David's

v^ords

came often to mind, Wait on the

Lord

be of

good

courage,

strengthen your heart, wait, I say on the Lord.

n

the

l6th

she kept an appoint

ment with Dr. Richard Zollinger in

Columbus.

Arrangements had already been made

by

cable.

The following.is a report from Dr. Zollinger:

On March. 16, 1973> I

examined Mrs. Marianne Baughman. She

had a hugh

cyst in her right breast. I was able to needle the cyst and drew off a

large ambiint of fluid, resulting

in

the collapse and disappearance of

the mass. The fluid was sent to the laboratory

fo r

analysis and the

final report indicates

that i t

was

negative for

malignant cells Dr.

Richard W.

Zollinger,

M.D.,

God answered ll

g i f t s

of the prayers.

We thank

you .

for your

prayers and for your

The round

t r ip

plane ticket from Lagos, Nigeria to Columbus, Ohio cost

694. I t is an excursion rate. She must remain in the States for a minimum of

two weeks or a maximum of days. So, after spending a brief time with relatives

and

friends,

Marianne

left

for

Nigeria

on April 2nd, and

arrived

back on

the

field

on April 3rd

to

continue the Lord s work there

with

Don and Lisa and Jane. We

praise the Lord

continually

for

His

goodness to us.

This all happened so quickly

that we

had

l i t t le

time to

le t

everyone

know

the

situation.

But

we

do

want

you

to

know

how

thankful

we

are

for

your constant

p r a y e r s on o u r b eh a l f

Judy completes her freshman year at The Cincinnati Bible Seminary in May.

She plans to leave for

Nigeria

early in May

to

help with the work this summer.

She is

presently speaking in

churches

in the Cincinnati area to raise her support.

We are

all looking forv/ard

to

being together again as a family this summer.

May your walk

with

Him continue to strengthen you and your love for Christ.

The Baughmans,

Don,

Marianne, Lisa, Jane and

Judy


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Gleanings

May

17, 1973

by

W.S.Mc)

On March 9 th Don and M rs. Marianne Baughman v i s i t ed

th e

American

mbassy

also had a check-up. 7he

mbassy

Oocitor found

a

S M M tumorous mass and recommended t t Mar i anne r e tu r n to t h e

United

States

as soon as possible fo r surgery.

She

flew to Columbus,

Ohio and the Doctor repor t s :

On March

16,

1973, X examined Mrs.

Marianne

Baughman. She

had a

hugh

cys t

in her r i gh t breas t .

Z

was

ab le to needle th e

cy s t

and drew o f f a

l a rge

amount o f f l u i d

re su lt in g in

th e c olla ps e

and

disappearance of

th e mass,

fhe f lu id

was

s en t

to

the

l abora to ry

fo r

ana lys i s and th e

f i n a l r epo r t

ind ica tes t ha t

it

was negative fo r malignant

ce l l s

Dr. Richard

W.

Zo l l i n g e r

M.D.

The round t r i p plane t i c k e t

an excurs ion r a t e cos t

694.

Marianne

i s now back

in

Otta Niger ia

Afr ica

with her

husband

Don.

I f you would share in th i s emergency e xp ense send

to

t he i r forwarding

agen t s

Mrs. Caro l

Searbrough

243 Mize l l Duncanv i l l e Texas

75113.

i t ik i l :

Mii ik


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17^ iMd

August,

1973

Dea r F r i e nd s in Ch r i s t :

P r a i s e

the

Lo rd wi t h

f a i t h f uH j i e s s to us

us t h a t we a re a l i ve and ab le to give

God

th e

g lo ry

f o r

His

All summer we have

had

a

lovely

houseful

of teenagers:

Our daughter , Judy,

her

cousin,

Danny,

Ann

Bartram

from

Wilmington,

Ohio

and

Lisa

and

Jane

who are home

from school. n

the

19th

of July the

Lord provided us with a new Penquot

station

wagon.

On the

20th

we

l e f t fo r

th e Eas t; we

v is i t ed churches, Chris t ian

f r iends

and

stopped

to s ight

see. Returning

to

the West we crossed by ferry a t

Lokoja

so

the

young people cou ld see

the

confluence

of the

Niger

and Benue Rivers. On July

27th

we were within three hours of home . We had l e f t a t U:00 a.m. on Friday morning

and were looking forward to ou r beds. Well,

just

after dark, about 8:30 p.in.,

bright

lights

no one dims) momentarily

blinded

Don and he slowed down to about ^0

mph. I t was

then

we crashed

in to

a

b ric k wa ll .

After the debris se t t led we found

the b ri ck wal l

to be

a s ta ti ona ry t ruck. The truck i t s e l f had crashed into a

stationary

object (so

the

vil lagers told us) and

the driver was

kil led. That

was why

there

were no

l ights

or other warnings for us

that

it stood

in

the road. Praise

the

Lord,

a l l seven of

us

walked away

from the wreckage.

Danny asked what he

shou ld do.

e prayed

and

the

Lord

provided,

A good

Samaritan

we

don t

know

his

name)

bid

a

t ax i stop and wait . I t carr ied us

a l l

the way to Lagos to our doctor. Don

had

a

badly bruised

chest

where

the s teer ing

wheel h i t

and

received

an

inject ion

fo r

the

pain. Judy had a bump

on

the

head,

Marianne

had two fractured r ibs . Ann, Danixy,

Lisa and

Jane had

minor

bruises.

e

reached home by

the

same t ax i a t

a.m.

e woke the Smiths,

paid

the taxi driver his

^4 0

fare

(very

reasonable) and

went to

bed. e are s t i l l praising God for giving

us another

opportunity to serve Him

here

i n

Niger ia .

We are gra teful fo r your constant prayers. One l e t t e r Jus t

arr ived

writ ten on July

25th. I t read:

I

prayed

so

hard for

a safe

journey for

a l l

of you. e

know

that

God

hears

the prayers of His

children

and are grateful

to

Him for you, our

fellow-

laborers .

Danny

and

Ann l e f t Nigeria

as planned

on

August

1st . Judy wil l depart on the 15th

fo r her

second

year

a t The

Cinc innat i B ibl e Seminary.

May the Lord grant many

more

years o f se rv ice

to

a l l of us as we

l abor

together in

His

vineya rd .

Yours

in His

Wonderful

Promise

.,

The Baughmans

Don,

Iiferianne, Judy,

Lisa

and

Jane

P.S . The

car insurance was

comprehensive

and we a l so

had

a

no claims bonus.

We

thank th e

Lord

fo r ta kin g ca re o f a l l o f our needs .

c


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I

Gleanings Sept. 15,75 W.E.Mc )

y

Don

and Mrs. Marianne aughman ^ ^ ^

Box 46,

Otta , Western

S t a t e ,

Niger ia ,

Vest A f r i c a purchased a new

Penquot

s t a t i o n wagon

on

J u l y 19th. On J u l y

2 0 t h t h e y

s t a r t e d

on a

t r i p

e a s t t o

visit

churches, Christian friends and ||

t o

do

a b i t o f

s i g h t

seeing. On

t h e i r

r e t u r n home

F r i d a y ,

J u l y

2 7 t h , t h e y

s t a r t e d

a t 4 : 0 0 A.M. a n d a b o u t 8 : 3 0 P.M.

j u s t

a f t e r dark bright

l i ^ t s n o

one

dims) momentarily bl inded Don and he

slowed down t o about 40 mph. I t

was t h e n

they

crashed

into a brick wall. A fter the

debris s e t t l e d , they found th e

b r i c k

wal l

t o be a s t a t i o n a r y t r u c k . This t r u c k

had crashed

into

a stat ionary object(so

the

vil lagers

reported)

and the truck

driver

was k i l l e d .

3?hat

was

why t h e r e

were no

l ights or

other warnings

for us as

the

t r u c k

s t o o d

i n t h e

r o a d .

A l l

seven

passengers i n Don's new car were able to

walk away from the wreckage. They were

t a k e n t o

t h e i r D o c t o r a n d

D o n s c h e s t

was b r u i s e d where he h i t t h e

s t e e r i n g

w h e e l . Marianne h a d 2 f r a c t u r e d r i b s .

The

o t h e r passengers had

bumps and

b r u i s e s . A l l were a b l e

t o

r e t u r n home.

Thei r c a r

insurance

was comprehensive

and

they

had a no claims

bonus.

They

rejoice

tha t

the

Lord i s

caring

for

a l l

o f

t h e i r n e e d s .

T h e i r forwarding a g e n t

i s : Mrs. Carol Sca rb rough, P .O . Box 223,


10/12

OCTOBER

1973

NO. 119

nieERiA:

3jiMc in(i ihe ^asf^el

By DON ArJD

MARIANNE

BAUGHHAN

By

Radio, Correspondence

and Personal Teaching

W N

came to Nigeria West

Africa

in

1956,

we

wanted

to

teach

a l l

nations, baptizing

them i n the

name o f t h e

Father ,

and

of

the Son, and o f the

Holy

S p i r i t , Teaching

them

to

ob

serve

a l l things

whatsoever I

have commanded you

So,

in 1960, when Bro. Walter Coble

suggested that

we

put Search

th e Scriptures

on

the a i r in

Nigeria,

we

knew that the Lord

was leading us

to f u l f i l l His

purposes

in

Nigeria,

In r a d i o broadcast ing

the

preacher

of

the

Gospel does

not

have t h e e y e - t o - e y e c o n t a c t

w i t h

h i s l i s t e n e r s

which

most

ministers c on sid er import an t.

However, of more importance is

h e a r t - t o - h e a r t

contact ; and

t h i s is what we

f i n d

when

preaching the

Good

News

in

N ige ri a. H ea rt s

are touched and

opened.

Listeners wri te

fo r

the

correspondence

course

which we

offer

and as k

help

in

knowing

God

b e t t e r .

Present ly , we are

using a Bible

doctr ine

course .

Before

th e

end

o f t h e

course ,

many o f them write

to

say tney

are now

learning

to use

their

Bibles

and

t h a t they

are

under

standing God s message. This

is

the

f r u i t

o f th e

preaching

o f

the

Gospel

and it i s o f great

consequence. In f a c t , it i s

more important

than

t h a t they

s e e

u s f a c e

t o

f a c e .

We are preaching i n English;

therefore , only the l i t e r a t e

can hear the program / Sincf

1956,

Literacy

has

increased

20

and/today tnere are eauca-

Don Baughman, portfolio

under

his arm, ready to leave for

the

recording

studio,

tors ,

doctors,

lawyers, sol

diers ,

engineers,

c i v i l

serv

ants , students,

e t c . ,

-and those

are

t he people who

write

to

us.

We a l s o

r e c e i v e l e t t e r s

i n t h e

Yoruba

language

and we

offer

the correspondence

course in

Yoruba. One o f our evangel is ts ,^

Bro^P-r-anci-&- Olorunfemi-r grades

th e l e s s o n s

an d

answers

t h o s e

who

have problems

in

Yoruba /

To give you a l i t t l e

idea

of

what it

e n t a i l s

t o

b r o a d c a s t

i n

Nigeria ,

follow us

through

a

few days. Almost every day Don

i s wri t ing

sermons.

Mis

Bible

and wri t ing t a b l e t

are with him

a t

a l l t imes - - e s p e c i a l l y i n

the

car s i t t i n g in

Lagos

t r a f

f i c jams

are

they u s e f u l . Occa

s i o n a l l y ,

as

he

did a f t e r

our

r e c e n t

auto

a c c i d e n t ,

Bro.

Walter Smith

helps us

out

by

producing the messages

for

the

r a d i o

program.

(The

Smiths joined

us i r

Nigeria

in

September

1967 and

have

piit

the i r whole heart:,

i n t o t h e

w o r k .

IVhi le

we w e r e i n

the S t a t e s in 1971-1972,

the>

h a n d l e d l l o f t h e

r a d i o work

and did a

tremendous

job. When

we re turned,

the mailings

had

i n c r e a s e d 50

a n a more

l tt rs

vere

coming

in than ever

b e f o r e .

On broadcas t ing

day

Don

i s

i n

h is o ff i c e a l l

morning,

reading

*he messages and timing them.

We have

e x a c t l y

14

minutes and

45

seconds

on

the

a i r , so

the

radio messages

and the music

must be

timed

exact ly before

hand.

(A

r e c e n t

l e t t e r asked u s

t o i n c r e a s e t o

45 m i n u t e s . We

t o l d h i m

t h a t

i r

t i m e

c o s t s

money, b u t t h a t

we would

be

happy

t o

send

him copies o f a l l

the messages.) Usual ly, two

Continued on page 3

F R O M

THE

W O R L D S

G O S P E L

FRONTIERS

HEAR AND MEET

OVER

2 0 0

MISSIONARIES A T THE

26 ^

n n i o n R L

m i s s i o n n R v

c o n v e n i i o n

NOVEMBER 20-23 , 1973

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.


11/12

IHI GOSPIl III HIGIRIII

CONTINUED FROM

P G

1)

messages

are produced each

Thursday.

This keeps

us

enough

ahead general ly to

take

care o f

s ickness , c ar t ro u bl e, e t c .

, ; diete

V.-V

View

on

th e

e as t sid e

of

the Banghman homeNigeria,

At th e doo r

is

someone wi th

apollo.

That ' s

conjunct ivi t is ,

a disease o f the eyes. Don

stops his

work and

has

a

look.

I f

i t

i s really ccpollo,

he

drops

in the medicine and t e l l s

them to come back . Ma ria nn e c an

do th is

if necessary, but

Don

usual ly

wants to have a look

at the

patient .

Back to his

B UGHM NS H VE UTO

ACCIDENT

On

the

evening

o f July 27th,

the

Baughmans

were

returning

to

the i r home

in

Nigeria from a

tour of

the Eas t , s ightseeing

and

vis i t ing

fr iends .

Jus t

a f t e r

dark, about 8:30 p.m.,

Don was momentarily blinded by

the br igh t

l igh ts

(no one dims)

o f an oncoming ca r . They

c r a shed

i n t o th e

r e a r

end

o f

an

already

wrecked t ruck

which

blocked the i r lane o f

the

high

way .

All seven of

th e passengers

o f th e

Baughman car were

able

to

walk

away from

the

wreck.

Don's ches t was badly bru i s ed

where the

steer ing

wheel

h i t

him; Marianne sus ta ined two

broken r ibs , th e res t bumps and

bruises . Their

new

Peuguot,

which had

jus t

been

del ivered

on

July

19th, was demolished;

however, insurance

wil l cover

it

We

thank

God

fo r H is s a v

ing (Marianne's expression)

the

Baughmans

in

th i s

t rying

exper ience .

o f f i ce .

Oh ,

here

comes

the gar

dene r ,

Did

we know t h a t

th e

water

tank has a

leak

(c i s t e rn

water i s

pumped

in to

an up-

t ank)?

No ,

Well,

pump

til

it

starts to come o u t and we l l

t ake care

o f

it l a t e r . ( I t

still

l eaks . )

IVe

l i v e i n

t h e bu sh 22

miles from

the federal

cap i ta l

o f Lagos. We usual ly

can

ge t to

the

fr inge

of th e capi ta l ,

Ikeja , in

20 minutes; then it

takes anywhere from one to

three hours to get to

the

broadcas t ing

s ta t ion .

On Thurs

days

there is no time fo r

lunch.

Th e t imed

sermons

ready,

Don

and

Francis

hop

in

the

ca r

wi th

their r e c o r d s a nd a nn ou nc

e r s

sc r ip t .

The announcer's

jo b

is

what Francis

does. Also,

they have

to

know

the

cur r en t

l i t e ra ture we are o f fer ing

f ree o f charge . Present ly , we

are offering a Daily Bible

Beading Schedule,

Unnnnrunguuurur,

goes the

engine. Some cars

don ' t

like to

s t a r t on

the f i r s t go. We a l l

begin to pray.

Finally,

th e car

s ta r t s and

they

begin the i r

journey

to

Lagos.

-f:

Marianne Baughman

Once in town,

they

have to

f ind

a

parking

place. Gener

al ly , they pa rk in

a

lo t near

the ra dio s t a t i o n ;

bu t

if

t h i s

i s

f i l l ed , the hunt

begins .

Up th e s ta i r s they

go .

On

time Excel lent

The

engineer ,

Mr. Adeyemo,

has

someone in

the

s t ud io . Can

th ey w ait

a

minute?

Sure . At l a s t i n t o

th e s t ud i o .

Whew

Th e

a i r

condi t ion ing

i s o ff today,

and

there are no

loindows

For tuna te ly ,

it

i s

only

the

a i r

condi t ioning

t h a t

is

o f f . A ll o f th e o t h e r

e l e c

t r i ca l

apparatus

works. I t

takes

about 40 minutes to

t ape

two

b r o a d c a s t s .

The men

come

out dripping

and begin

the

journey

back home.

I f they a re

for tuna te ,

they

get home by s ix

o c l o c k .

Then

F r a nc i s

c l imbs

on

his

motor bike to go

his

l a s t

20

mi l e s .

During

the

week,

the

mail

comes in . Handling the mail

i s

Mar i a n n e s t a s k .

She s o r t s th e

s t a c k s into l e s s o n s to b e

graded, wants l i t e ra tu re ,

wants

applicat ion

for th e

B ib le c or re sp onde nc e

course .

Mimeographing

is

a regular

chore .

It s o.k. in the

dry

season, bu t during the rains

the mimeograph

s t icks te n

pieces

of

paper

' try

to

go

through

a t once and

the

in k

s c r e en

h a s t o be c l e a n e d o f t e n

as th e ink

gums when not

used

every

day. This means get out

t he k ero se ne and

t h e o ld

t o o t h

brush and go to work on the

in k

screen .

Marianne usual ly looks

l i k e th e i n s i d e

o f

th e i n k

t ube

and sme l l s l i k e k er os en e b e fo re

sh e f i n i s h e s .

Meantime,

eve ryone h as to

ea t . Then,

back

to

the

desk.

Lesson I

h a s ru n o u t

so a

s t e n

c i l

must

be typed.

Oh

but the

mailings are

ready. That s

good Open the stamp folder.

All

out

o f stamps?? ( In

January

of

1973, postage

costs in

creased

50 . Fo r every l e t t e r

that we used to

put

four

pence

on,

we now put s ix pence.)

Send

to

the

Otta

post

of f ice for

stamps.

Emman

comes

back. No

stamps Oh dear, the

mail ing

c an t go out unt i l , we make

the

next t r ip to Ikeja to

the post

o ff i c e t h e r e.

We

enjoy

the

work

very

much.

I t i s a joy

to r i se

each day

and know that there ll be a

letter f rom someone who wan t s

t o know

more

a b o u t God o r

who

wants

to

take the correspond

ence

course .

It s a jo y to be

in ter rup ted , too, b ec au se th e

soul who in ter rup ts

needs to

know that we c a r e

a s

we l l

a s

our

Heavenly

Fa the r .

I t s also a

joy

to

receive

ca l l e r s who have been receiv ing

the

messages fo r years . One man

Continued oyi page 4


12/12

TRAVELS

WITH NORM

Happiness is . . . Returning

home after spending

two-and-

one ha l f months on the road

In those months I have spoken

in Minnesota, Ohio, I l l inois ,

Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan,

Kentucky,

Tennessee and

Mis

sour i .

Traveling

through these

areas o f th e

United

Sta tes dur

ing the

summer and

early

fal l

has

provided a real

education.

The l i fe s tyles of the people

really

vary from one s ec ti on o f

the country to

another, but

having th e common bond of

Christ ,

they

a ll are warm,

friendly, concerned,

and f i l led

w i t h

l o v e

I

found

my

northern

skin

having

a

diff icul t time

adjust

ing

to the extreme August heat

and

humidity

of

Tennessee

and

Kentucky, I was so thankful for

th e

comfort

provided by

my

air-

conditioned

Conway C^and

Prix

Camper out of Rice Lake, Wis,

In the Kentucky bluegrass

country, I saw more campers in

a

short period

of time than in

any

other

area of the United

Sta tes t ha t I traveled I t

seems to

be

a

vacat ioners '

paradise and

many

were

inquisi

t ive

about

the low build of my

camper.

They

were

wondering

if

i t

drags over areas because of

i t s

bottom

being

only

12

inches

from th e

ground. Since

I have

averaged

over 1,200

miles per

week of t r ave l over

the l a s t

14

months, I s incere ly believe the

camper

ha s been

given a

true

tes t of

durabi l i ty ,

and

I

have

had no problem. I

do ,

however,

avoid problem areas and when

crossing bumps and ditches I go

carefully

to

protect

my TV, th e

camper and my teeth from a jar

r ing

i n ju ry .

At the

present t ime,

I

am

doing several youth

rallies

while representing Gospel

Broadcasting

Mission, using

Harry, Henrietta, Oscar, and

now about 45 minutes of

magic.

Two

weeks

ago,

I wanted to

use

my

magic to

make

Harry and

I drop through tlie

floor.

In

the

middle

o f a pcrfcrnance ,

Harry broke a vocal cord and

could

not

move h is jaws For

the

l as t

f ive

minutes

o f

the

program, I had to be the dummy

and Harry was th e ventrilo

quist

Harry had major

surgery

and

is

now as ta lkat ive as ever.

We

are looking forward

to

seeing

many

of you

SOON,

Harry

reading

a book on

aommunioations to Norm,

FOR

OLIVE

(continued from page 2)

provided for each occupant of

the home by

benevolent

groups.)

I have

used

a typewriter be~

fore, so I will be all right,

After reading

th i s

l e t t e r

Mary Frances and I decided that

we

would buy the

typewriter

as

a gi f t for Olive.

The Spast ics Socie ty has an

arrangement with I M UK) Ltd,

to

purchase

reconditioned elec

t r ic typewriters a t

a

conces

s ional pr ice .

So, Olive

will

have her

typewriter, thanks to the Lord

for His provision. A

last

word

from Olive which shows

her

strengtli and faith in the Lord

is

this : My

i l lness

was a

good testing (for

me)

in

my

faith

in

our dear Lord Jesus.

GOSPEL RO DC STING MISSION

Publicat ion Office

17359 71s t Court

Tinley Park, Illinois

50477

Prayers answered once again,

b less P is name,

This i s

a story

o f

courage

which should make us

rejoice

that

th e Lord' s voice from

th e

heavens, through a

man-made

instrument,

the microphone, has

brought a soul to

Him,

THE GOSPEL IN NIGERIA

(continued from page 3)

stopped recently and pu t two

naira ($3.00) into

my hand. The

largest

offering

we ever re

ceived came the other day. I t

s a i d :

Please accept

this

l i t t le

sum for

the furthering

of

the

Gospel,

(Five naira about

$7,50.) I l isten to your p r e

gram.

Search the

Scriptures

on

Sundays

and

I've

received a

lot

from

the

messages.

May

the

Lord

continue

to bless

you

all in

your

efforts to spread the

Gospel,

And from those who take the

correspondence course we re

ceive le t ters

l ike

th is: I am

very

happy indeed for the l i t

tle, but very beautiful, cer

tificate which you awarded me

this

month after my

completing

the correspondence course in

Bible Doctr ine, I also appre

ciate

the small

gift

of

Scrip

ture books that you included

with the

certificate.

Thank you

very much.

With le t te rs

like

this coming

in

from day

to

day

to chal

lenge, the opportunity for

serving

God in Nigeria grows

greater all the time.

We

are

thankful to be

allowed the

op

portunity to serve Him

and

to

share in bringing Search the

Scriptures

to

Nigeria.

SECOND

CLASS

MAjk

Tinley Park,

IL

60477

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