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appointment her father took her im mediately to the home of some rela tives while he went on about his secret business. Her disappointment changed to joy when she discovered one of her cousins was a Christian. Sara quickly told her the story of the trouble over her marriage. The cousin listened with interest. Then the cousin told Sara about her life. She went every day to the mission school. With amazement Sara found that her cousin could read and write and even do arithmetic. “Tomorrow is Sunday, and you shall visit our church, and I will show you my school building,” Sara’s city cousin promised. It was a happy Sara that sat in the market village church. Her pretty brown eyes saw the hundreds of peo ple gathered around her, and she could only cover her mouth in amaze ment. They sang the same songs as she had learned in her little village chapel. When Pastor Kobo preached, his words cut deep into her heart. He spoke of reading God’s Book every day to make us strong Christians. “I w ill!” Sara promised in her heart. When the service was over, the two girls went to inspect the church school building. “ Oh,” thought Sara, “ if I could only go to school here.” On the steps of the school they saw a young man. Sara’s cousin said that the young man would soon be a teacher. “ He’s just a helper now, but I’ve heard it said that he is going soon to begin a school in one of our bush chapels.” The young teacher greeted the two girls and then politely asked Sara her name. Sara gave her name and the name of her village. The young man’s eyes widened. Then with an unexpected loss of dignity he turned and hurried away. Watching his flight, Sara wondered why her name had been such a surprise. Sud denly s u s p i c i o u s , Sara asked her cousin, “What was his name?” “Why, he’s David, son of Laugba.” Sara sank to the bottom step with a gasp. “Why, Sara,” cried the cousin, “ you look like a goat that just smelled a lion!” “Not a lion,” was Sara’s weak reply, “ I have seen the man I will marry.”
E d it o r ’ s N o t e : W e continue in this issue, of the King’s Business, with a series of articles on missions for young people. They are printed by permission of the Brethren Missionary Herald. Ruth Custer Samarin and her husband are graduates of BIOLA. They are laboring in Africa under the Brethren Missionary organization. S a r a scrubbed her legs with the rough seed pod till they stung. Then tossing the “ seedpod washrag” over her shoulder she plunged into the warm river water. “ I’ll wash very clean today” ’ she thought, “for to morrow I’m going to Bossangoa.” Her father went often to the big town that was six walking hours away from their little village, but Sara had never gone before. After her bath Sara went to the house of Moko, her friend. Settling themselves in the shade of the house, Moko began to comb Sara’s hair. Then she parted the hair in dozens of little squares. Each square of hair was bound with thread until Sara’s head was covered with many long “ pig tails,” which were drawn back and secured at the top and back of her head. This process took hours, but the girls had so much to discuss that time passed happily. “Why do you think your father is taking you to Bossangoa?” Moko whispered. Sara giggled, and then confessed more seriously: “ I’m not quite sure, but I think he is going to see the family of the Christian boy that I will marry. Father says that the last goat they sent is crippled and he wants a better one.” On through the whole afternoon Moko worked. “ I’ll buy thread at the market,” Sara promised, “ and do your hair when I return.” “You can do it for my wedding day,” Moko replied bitterly. With a sigh Sara indicated her understanding. In one more moon this friend since childhood would be come the fifth wife of an old village chief. Married to this old man with five other women to boss and scold her was no life to look forward to! By noon the next day Sara and her father reached the outskirts of the big market town. But much to her dis
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