us it was forbidden and ordered us out of the village immediately. As we were leaving we saw an Af rican running toward our car in great fear. He told us there was an other corpse down off the side of the road. A government agricultural of ficer riding with us who had partici pated in the battle, and whose home had been burned to the ground, fol lowed the African to the dead man. Since we were out of the village I couldn’t see any harm in taking a picture so I grabbed the camera and followed after. When we reached the so-called Mau Mau corpse he rose up on his elbow with a horrible expres sion which I shall not forget. My companion quickly pulled his gun on him but found him unarmed and with a shattered leg. When one Mau Mau falls in battle, another takes his weap on, because they have such a limited supply. Today we are leaving this area, but the faithful and fearless mission aries remain, to continue their min istry of spreading the gospel. They say these are the most fruitful days they have ever known in Kenya. May God watch over them and bless them in their labor of love. —Oran Smith. Wycliffe Summer School T he Summer Institute of Linguistics, popularly known as Camp W yc liffe, announces that its intensive linguistics course for evangelical mis sionaries and missionary candidates will be offered again this summer on four campuses. The 11-week ses sions provide the technical and prac tical training to equip missionary candidates for work in previously un written languages. Missionaries are also given preparation for fields re quiring extensive translation work. Staffed mainly by missionaries with actual field experience in linguistics, the courses offered are: Phonetics, Phonemics, Morphology and Syntax. These studies present the methods necessary for producing alphabets, literacy materials, grammatical an alysis, Christian literature and Bible translations; and aid the missionary student to gain greater fluency in using the foreign language. This summer the courses are to be conducted at: Norman, Okla. and Grand Forks, N.D. from June 14 to August 27, 1954; Briercrest Bible In stitute, Caronport, Saskatchewan from June 21 to September 3; and in Lon don, England from July 5 to Septem ber 17. Details of registration and other information may be secured by writing the Summer Institute of Lin guistics, P.O. Box 870, Glendale 5, California.
ies laid out for identification. The Mau Mau had just made their big gest attack yet known, but had been sorely beaten due to the presence of British military in the area. Some of the villagers had been injured and the head man killed, but the rest of the dead were Mau Mau. The figst started when a car had been am- ambushed, the driver shot and the car burned. Had we not been delayed along the road taking pictures we would have arrived in the thick of the fight. We managed to get some good pic tures before the military officer told
MISSIONS ^contmued______________ never before heard, but we also had the experience of hearing some say they didn’t want to hear about the Saviour because they were servants of the devil. On the return trip we had planned to make one last stop at a place called Githumu, but we had to pass through Kandora to secure a pass to get into this area. Upon arriving at the village of Kandora we saw the huts were burning and a mob of people had gathered into the center of the village. We pushed our way through the crowd to see 35 dead bod-
An OMS Crusade Team in ac tion on the streets of Tokyo.
5 OMS C R U S A D E T E A M S “ INVADE” JAPAN with GOSPEL
OMS GOALS FOR 1954 Revivals in all our fields. Acceptance of forty new missionaries. Necessary funds for the support of these. Forming of at least 200 new Prayer Circles. Opening of new Bible Seminaries in Brazil and Greece. Sending of our first missionaries to Africa and Palestine. Opening of new churches in all our fields. Increase of number of Crusade Teams. It takes $400.00 per month to keep each Crusade team in the field and operating. May God lay it upon your heart to help us take advantage of these God-given opportunities for the sal vation of lost souls.
H e re are the results of 3 6 months: • 24 Evangelistic campaigns, each lasting between 3 and 6 weeks. • 12 new Japanese Churches estab lished and flourishing. • 1,177,047 homes visited by 5 bands in Gospel and tract distribution and follow-up work. • 75,522 children attending chil dren’s services. • 28,553 adult decisions for Christ. Similar teams are operating in Formosa, Korea, Brazil and India.
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