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5 1^74

Short Mography and work of Mr, Bajko we list the following eventsi
Worked in a factory for 12 hours each day like a slave for two sliijes
of bread and a bowl of cabbage soup.

While in labor camp he saw the desperate condition of young people from

Poland and Russia who were without Christ.

He decided to devote his life to

the ministry of Christ.

Graduated in 19^7 from the Slavic Evangelical Baptist Seminary which he

entered while in Displaced Person Gampo

Graduated in 1952 from Eastern Christian Institute (former name of E.CoCO

and became an ordained minister at that time.

In September 1952, entered Milligan College and graduated in 1953 with

BA. degree.
Called back in 195^ to ECC to serve as Director of Missions =>

Through this channel he has been blessed with the opportunity to help
revive the churches in Poland.

Two students from Poland came to the USA (sponsored by ECC Dept. of
Missions) to be trained in the ministry and to return to work in Poland.
In i960, 1963, and I973 Paul and Dela Bajko visited Poland to learn how
they could best serve the Polish people and further ifcdicause of Christ.

He

went to Poland alone in 1969 and 1972.

dust to mention a few accomplishments;

1, Regular publication of "The Guideposfnow in its iSth year.

2.

Publication of "The Life of Christ, Viaualiaed" translated in Polish

and Russian, and Book of Acts, Visualized^ PceM

/ 3* Dela has translated and published 6 songbooks into the Polish language
and sent over 30*000 copies to Poland.

She also wrote and published

a book of poems.
Send thousands of Bibles and New Testaments in Polish and Russian
languages.

5*

In i960, started broadcasting the Gospel in Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

languages through Monte Carlo and. Baltimore stationSo

6.

In 1958> started regular support of $15,000 per year (this has grown

to $78,000 in I97J) to Poland to "help with the restoration of the Cj^urcht

These funds have helped restore church buildings, sponsor children's

and youth work, furnish musical instruments, S-onday school materials.

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Bibles, medicine,
and assistance to 30 preachers and workers
In 1971 purchased camp grounds and now a Christian Service Camp is in
full operationo

p.

Each year holds from 10-20 Faith Promise Rallies and preaches at Rallies
and Conventions.

9ft Works with Slavic Church of Christ which was established in I96O0
10.

Teaches Missions at Eastern Chi'istian College.


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Several year^jgassed o_ 3^ 1935'c,amj^he_waxjMpiiJb

struction to ray countryo Many, many cities were destroyed,, and many lives

were lost0 I was separated ffom my family and my chorch lav the Qerioanat "who
sent me to a labor can?) in Qennany, where I worked in a factoiy like a slave ,
for two slices of bread and a bowl of cabbage soup every day^

iny dreams

for a good and rich life vanished, but in that hardest time of ii^''3lfe Christ "
did not l^ave me aloneo
job for me to doo

He was not only my Comforter, and Helper, T^ut He had a

There He.opened my eyes to the great harvest, and He showed

me that He wanted to make me an heavenly engineer I saw thousands of young

:
souls who had gone astray in this world not knowing the way of Life, because they

had never heard about Christ and His wonderful Gospels I saw, thoumnds being
killed, going into dark eternity, perishing eternally,'not Teaching the heaven

I saw thous^ds of yoimg souls from Poland^' Russia, and other countries without
".a^hope and home, dying from hunger, stairvation,Ibard work, sickness, and
bombso

There I realized that the Lord sent me tni

by winning souls for Christ

tn do

xsnr\r

It was not an easy job, especially in those con-

ditionSf but

after I had seen the

fruits of my witnessing^ It -is hard to describe that wonderful feeling and joy,
^1?Hen you see people baptized into Christ, becoming newspersons in Chi^ato^Xt-^
was wonderftCL beyond comparison to hear their prayers, thefcb songs, their teistimonieso

Materially they were in the same conditlQn^a.aLJbefore--two slices of

bread, cabbage soup every day, arid 12 hours of work, but spiritually they became

richy -happyt and joyfulo Many of them did not suryivejth&,Har..J:aL-jafflfi Jbhfl-JE^
dom, but they were rejoicing that they were going to a beautiful mansion in
heaven

Then i remember the day of libaration by America troops "When I saw the
first -Amerjcan soldier, he was carrying a few loar-fiainf Oerman rye breado-UC-
was very hungry 'and motioned for the breado He gave me one loaf, and I ate
i'Lfe-Si
minutes> and I was .re^y:foiLaBpth^
.
I was free but I realized that still thousands
boys and girls wore in
slaveiT of^sin,
I started to preach_tiie JJospeLJin displaced_peraQna^aiipa-^
I traveled to many places and many souls accepted Christ as their personal

Sayiov^oAt the same time I was attending'the Slavic_SeininaryJitjlLi3rder-1:^

receive some theological training for my ministry

Then I was ,ca3J,Ledto EC^Ig^a3 tM-diractQr.^ ..the-Misaions' Departments

Here the Lord opened for us a great field of ministryI Estat>iishing churches
among.fpreign^pepple,_jraising.:8uppQrt_f!o2LPi^^

publications, radio ministry, rallies, and visitations In this way we preach

the. ^spel. eyery.Jay~not Qnly_..inJthflJDLaSaAo,_Jmt.in.Poland, Jtossia^ -Czecho-*
Slovakia, Germany, Bel^um, France, Yugoslavia, RuBBinia, and many other places
.Many souls..found a blessed-.life_with JesusJbecause. of_thia-:Brork,.and^t.is already over 30 years that I have been in this great work of building the glo
rious Church of. Christ- I never regretted that I .took this roiad..- -I-praythat
many more Christian friends will take that wonderful stand and go. into the .
ministry because. here., is. the greate st._challenge., to...averyone _to ibecamfl-^the
Star of God as we pead in Daniel 1213, "And- they that be wise shall shine as
the stars, forever and evero'M We^can bfi-.atars..in_:oUr-aHn. country^^and in thfl

foreign field, for the glory of preaching the Gospel is not passing

'i I f/^up^evu-i/ , -A?

After centixries of spiritual darkness and sovereign mile pf the Roinan_ _

rCatliollciniur

l92T,""^he HgET^of Christ sfeirted to ahin^ -in ny country*

or Polando ftpdreds cf people responded to the ihvitatiop of Christo Bi! '

"l^^Z^theTyear of my birtfii my father became a Christen, and soon after that
he started to preach the Gospel and became a minister of one of the largest
CKui^lies'of Christ in PolaMr"!""^^ up'in a Chilstian atmosphere, .Every ,
Iiord*s Day I was in the Lord's House and I liked the preaching of rsj fathers

T^'^eatest des3xe~as'^t^'be^

a pfeacher 'in the futureo

Ify father was. proud of me and of my decision and he prayed that that

de^s3.6h would not be dhangedT, Tears were passing tsjo

I started going to .

school y and there, although I was merely a child, I already suffei^d perse
cution from 'the Homan~Catholic CBurcho

Because the Roman Catholic Church was

a state religion of Poland, all the teachers were Roman Catholic^ aacP^ was

required"to recite prayers to 'Holy Mary^^een of Poland, aad to .make the sign
of the cross, aooordijig to the Roman Catliulic customs^ and to attend classes

of therHoman Catholic~reli*i^ofu (Sowing up in a Christian family, I, refused

to do so because I knww another teaching, whi^h^^wiv^_^t_Jic^_andjyi^Tn^__
day "School7 "So I.w^~aS?tteh,"^
out of school, n^'grades were lowered, etc,
There I realized that the Christian life is not easy But. I still had
tHe~p*eatest' desire to~becbme a pfeacfier# It was a great challenge for me

'Our church grew tremendously, we had over 100 young people in our con"^epitio^h, whiST were very acMve in the service for the Lord, and I was also
active in the worko

But when I was growing

started to closely wiitch the

licti^Ties of'my fatEer, and I saw that it was much hai^er to be a preacher
a simple emeber of tl^ churchy ^ father was arrested > called by the
police, often people, stirredf by priests, were throwing stones at him, "etc. o
Finally with a great er^ort I was admitted to High School o "While in
HEgirSchoo^r,'! surrendered Toy heart to Christ coii5)letely and became a Christiano
I remember that wonderful day when I walked into the river to be baptized into

Christ for'the remission of sins, and became a new man in Christ.

greatest and happiest day in

It was the

soon my friends, in High School foimd

out'about this, and were ridiculing, teasing, and persecuting me; Many pre\^ous
friends did not want to know me ansnaoreo wLlfe was not easy but I still tided
to'do iy best to witness for Cliristo " At that time my dei^re to be a minister
vanished, and I stajrtedjbo make new plans for my future. I changed my mind
about tiie ministry and wanted to be an en^neer..
new plans became known to
W father who was still praying about me that I may not loose ig7 faith and

desire to preach the Qospelo When he found out about

dicision, he was
vei^ disappointed and he tried to explain the difference to me> He said
that it was a good ambition to be an engineer, to have money, to have an easy
U-ve, to receive praises ajid honors from people ^ but this is temporary, uncertain, destroyable. . But there is a glorious job to do, to be a Masterbuild-

er a Paul says in" ICor. 3110> Acco^ing_,to the grace gf God y which is given
unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another
buU.deth thereon." He pointed to me that-the .job to build the Church of

Christ is the most in^Dortant, because It is the'highest, the most elevated,

a living building,, which has been founded -uponJbhe Rock, which is 'Christy and

having foundations upon this earth this building reaches heaven and is undestroyable because Christ said I **Upon thiS; rock X. will build ny Chursh| and

the gates of hell shall not prevail against ito-" Matt. I61I80
But' my father's persuasions^ d^^

not change my i^nd at that^Wme.^

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Department

tlllssions

Eastern Christian, College

P. 0. Box 229

Bel Air, Hid. 21014

The Department of Missions of

E.C.C, is in its 12th year of activities

in winning souls for Christ. These are the many phases of the work:
1. Slavic Church of Christ in Baltimore.

2. Financial support of the English speaking congregations in Baltimo*

re, Md. and Colts Neck, N.J,
3. Training foreign students /two have gone back to their
native
countries/.
4. Publishing of Christian literature and song books.
5. Supplying the congregations in Poland and Russia with Bibles
and
New Testaments.

6. Two radio broadcast in the Polish, Russian and Ukrainian languages

and follow-up work.

7. Raising
help.

support for 16 preachers in Poland and other

financial

8. Student scholarships.

Thanks to the faithful supporters and contributors the work of the De

partment of Missions grows rapidly and reaches many souls for Christ in
many coutries.

Yours in Christ,

MR. AND MRS. PAUL BAJKO,

MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVIC PEOPLE

George, Dela, Andrew, Paul, Yvonne

After

centuries

Catholic

of spiritual darkness and sovereign rule of the Roman

Church in 1921 the light of the Gospel started to shine in my

country - Poland. Hundreds of people responded to the invitation of

Christ. In 1922, the year of my birth, my father became a Christian and
soon after that he started to preach the Gospel and became a minister
of one of the largest Churches of Christ in Poland. I grew in Christian
atmosphere. Every Lord's Day I was in the Lord's House and I liked the
preaching of my father. My greatest desire was to become a preacher in
the future. While in High School I surrended my heart to Christ comple
tely and became a Christian.
I remember that wonderful day when I walked into the river to be bapti
zed

into

Christ

for

the

remission

of sins and became a

new man in

Christ. It was the greatest and happiest day in my life, but soon
my
friends in High School found out about this and were rediculing and tea
sing and persecuting me. Many previous friends did not want to know me
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any more.

Life

became

not

easy

but still I tried to do my best to witness for

Christ,

Few years past and the war, which started in 1939 brought complete de
struction to my country. Whole cities and countries were destroyed and
many lives lost. I was separated from my family and my Church by the
Germans, who sent me to a labor camp in Germany, where I worked in a
factory like a slave for two slices of bread and a bowl of cabbage soup
every day. But that place became my mission field, because I saw thou
sands of people who needed the Gospel. So I started to preach and some
souls were won for Christ.As soon as I was liberated by the U.S. troops

I decided to prepare myself for the ministry. While yet in Displaced

Persons Camp I started to attend Theological Seminary and at the same
time I was engaged in an active work among young people. In that work
I met a very active young lady by the name Dela, who by her dedication
to the Lord and His cause attracted my attention.In a short time we be
came engaged but were able to get married only four years later in
Canada.

All the time it was upon my mind to serve the Lord and I was seeking
the fellowship with the Churches of Christ and the Christian Churches.
In 1950 Lord opened the door for me to come to U.S.A. as an immigrant.
Through Bro. E. Stuckenbruck I was able to enter Eastern Christian In
stitute in Orange, N.J. and after that Milligan College, Tenn., which I
graduated in 1953.

In 1951 we got married and Lord blessed us with three children.We dedi
cated

our

children

to the Lord and it is our prayer that He will use

them in active ministry too.

In

1954

I was called back to E.C.I, as director of missions. Starting

with a few small

endevours

we were able with Lord's help to develop a

great work which is described on the first page. It is our blessed pri
vilege to serve the Lord and we try to do our best. Dela is very active
in the field of publication, in relief work, etc. and I thank God for
such a

Each

wonderful wife.

year

many

souls

Christians in Poland

are

won for Christ, churches are established,

encouraged and many young people challenged to go

into ministry.

Lord is very good to us

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SLAVIC CHURCH
OF CHRIST

A. J. Korenczuk, Mm.

out of the physical poverty

and captivity, but even in Ame-

Part of theSlavic congr<sgation

rica remained in spiritual cap

tivity

and

poverty.

Most

of

I
those people have little asso
ciation with Americans and many of them never learned to speak the En
glish language. From their old countries they brought own customs, own
religion and their own way of life.
Some more missionary minded
denominations
were
worrying about
the religious life of the foreign people and for this reason organized
Home Mission Boards and started to work among those people, having some
success. As far as our own movement is concerned there wasn't any work
done till we arrived to this country in 1950.
Because one of the largest groups of immigrants is from Poland and Ru
ssia /around 6 millions Poles and 4 millions Russians/, and because I
and ray wife both speak Polish and Russian languages, we began to work
among those groups. What a joy it is to go to those, who do not know
Christ as personal Saviour and tell them the story of Jesus in their

own language and win them,for Christ!

Those who accepted Christ forgot

their national and socialjdifferences and united in Christ into one fa

mily of God's children. Iifi the city of Baltimore we have such a congre

gation.

There are peoplejfrom Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and White Ru-

ssian descent^ Many'times we have to use during the service Polish, Ru

ssian, Ukrainian and English languages. We also sing in those different

languages.People try to understand one another and to love one another.

Lord's Table is spread for all of them every Lord's Day and there we
can see the power of the Gospel of Christ which is unto salvation to
every one that believes.
Many times we have American visitors in our Church and although they
do not understand messages in foreign language, they join us in the
Lord's Supper, in singing in own language and then we have usually a
short message in English,
Although all of our young people know their native tongues, English is
really their language and we realize, that in order to really benefit
from the service, they must have it in English, So we always sing some
choruses in English and have the Bible Class for them in English, But
we encourage our children to speak their parents language that they
may be able to speak about Christ to those, who do not know the En
glish language.

The

work

much

FirstJ

among

harder

foreign

than

The people

in

the

people in this country is not easy and it is

old country. There are few reasons for it.

brought their own religion of tradition and want to

stick to i t .

Second: America is a land of opportunities and gives everybody a good

chance to make money. People, who in the past were poor and oppressed,

grab

these opportunities and their lives are being centered around the

material things to the disadvantage of their spiritual life.

In addition to all that their religion of tradition was based upon ri
tualism, good deeds, merrits and paying money. Since they became here
considerably rich, they can pay money, do some good deeds and once a

year

perform

their

ritual duties. This way they are almost sure that

all that will secure them some way of salvation. So our task to work
among them, is not easy. It takes many times years of teaching, pray
ing, discussions etc. in order to win one soul for Christ, but once

they

are

won for Christ, we have good, sincere Christians. Dedicated,

concecrated and devoted to the cause of witnessing to others. The Bible

for them is a precious book and it is the only book of rules and the
only guide. It is their spiritual food, which they enjoy every day.
They also like to read solid Christian literature and they like to
sing. We have to provide those people with Bibles in their own langua
ges, which we can get from the American Bible Society. But as for
literature and song books we have to provide our own, so with Lord's
help we are engaged also very extensively in publication.
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One of the congregations in Poland

The Department of Missions at

E.C.C.

has a vital interest in the work

in Poland. The Restoration Movement in Poland, which took origin shor

tly after the First World War under the leadership of Bro.Jaroshevich,
grew very rapidly. In 1939 there were many churches with very well
trained leadership. Poland, which was for many centuries in spiritual
darkness, dominated by the Roman Catholic Church, saw the true light.
The Gospel of Christ was touching the hearts of many. Brother Jaroshe
vich, and many other faithful ministers, labored day and night. Thou
sands
of copies of Bibles and New Testaments were given in the hands
of people. Polish and Russian Christian magazines were published by
the Churches of Christ, special courses were organized to train young
people for the ministry, song leaders, Sunday School teachers, etc.

The Second World War was| a great blow not only for Poland as a nation,
but also for the Churches of Christ. Many ministers died or were killed
and many church buildings were destroyed. But the Church which was
built upon the Rock stood firmly, although only a small part remained

Baptized into Christ

in Poland.

Most

the eastern
Jaroshevich

of

our churches were annexed to Russia together with

part of Poland, Nevertheless the work was renewed by Bro.

and other ministers after the Second World War and many

new churches were started.

Due to

some

misunderstanding and misconception our Brotherhood in the

United States

them alone

lost

vital

interest in the churches in Poland and left

to strive, exposing them for prey to some very active deno

minations.

After our arrival to the U.S.A., we decided in the name of the Lord to
renew the fellowship with the churches in Poland.
Our American Churches
responded

in a most

wonderful

way to

our

pleas to help our

Poland. With their help we are a-

'm

iF I r

Tl ^^l
A

Youth in action

support fully 16 ministers.

Packages upon packages of

used

clothing are being shipped

to
needy families to Poland, medicine, bicycles for preachers and for
youth workers. Thousands of dollars are sent for the remodeling
of church buildings.
But we sent them not only mate-

rial but spiritual help as wellt

money for Bibles and New Testa
ments

and

Christian

literature

is being send regularly /they

can purchase Bibles in Poland/.
We published song books with mu
sic

and

Life

of Christ

visua

lized, we publish regularly a

Polish magazine that is being send
to Poland and distributed free,we
also publish other literature and
broadcast in Polish language the
Gospel of Christ every
week.
It is a very vital and important
ministry and very much appreciated
by the Brotherhood in Poland.
When we visited Poland we

thrilled by the zeal and

siasm of the Christian youth,They

are so eager to work

Minister is ready to go

were

enthu-

for Christ!

But almost every endeavor requires

money and so we help them
with
purchasing of musical instruments

for their orchestras.

The little bands and orchestras attract crowds and are a great

help

in

their evangelistic efforts.

During the summer - vacation groups of young people with their sponsors
go with the Gospel of Christ from one village to another, helping
far
mers in the fields during the day
and holding evangelistic meetings

funds!

They go to preach the Gospel

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Ministers who receive financial support

"Congregation of the Church of Christ in S. sends you the best wishes

and greetings in the name of the Lord. We thank you for your wonderful
gift in the amount of 22.000.00 zloty toward the repair of our
house
of worship. Now we can meet in the beautiful chapel to worship God and
to preach the Gospel. We had our Thanksgiving for the harvest and bap
tismal service in the remodeled chapel. Thank you also for your help in
my ministry and the ministry of many of our evangelists.
May Lord bless and reward you richly,"
S,A.

"We greet you and wish you God's blessing in your work. Thanks to God
we are well on our way to heaven. Sometimes the life is so hard and
dissapointing but Lord strengthens us. Our church is growing. God helps
and comforts us. We are very happy that the youth,which accepted Christ
when you were in Poland and preached in our church /17 souls/,is faith
ful to the Lord and works for the Lord, We miss you and it is our wish
that you may come again and we believe that Lord will do it.
Thank you for your magazine, which we read and find so much spiritual
food in it."

Yours, B.A.

One out of many gatherings where I preached while in Poland

The brethren in Poland are also hungry for personal fellowship and
every year
from Poland

as soon as summer is approaching we receive many letters

with a warm and persuasive invitation to come and to have

fellowship with them and to preach the Gospel. It is not only an invi
tation, but a petition and begging to come, because our people would
like to be in a closer contact with the Brotherhood in America.

With Lord's help and thanks to prayers and the financial support of ma
ny Christians, we were able to make two very succesful trips to Poland.
Everywhere

we

3-6 hours

were

every

welcomed

day.

As

with open arms and services lasted from

the result of preaching we witnessed many

souls accepting Christ as personal Saviour.

In addition to preaching, visiting and helping people, I had quite a

few serious discussions with some preachers who sometimes compromised
with other denominations. We discussed especially the Lord's Supper
and I

to the

am

very

New

happy to say, that almost all of our churches returned

Testament

position in the observance of the Lord's Supper

every Lord's Day and many other improvements have been made.
We believe that Lord will prolong freedom in Poland and we will have
another opportunity to visit the brethren there.

We are

happy to report that

Kostek Jakoniuk and George Bajenski - the

two Polish students,are back in Poland and work very succesfully there.

RADIO MINISTRY

Recording Polish programs

We are glad that our brotherhood in America understands the significan

ce of the radio-ministry and supports it generously. Where the missio
nary can not get, where the printed word can not reach - the radio me
ssage has usually an open door. In Poland there is no such thing as
religious program on the radio and we were thinking for quite a while
about such a program, but our funds were limited. But God's means are
not

limited.

We

believe

that

it

was God's hand that brought us together with the

dear Brother and Sister Coble, the founders of the Gospel Broadcasting
Mission. Straight away they understood the need and were ready to help.
Now thanks to them and all friends,who support the Broadcasting Mi
ssion, we are on the air with a Gospel message in the Polish langua
ge. It is a short 15 - minutes program, but how very thankful are the
people in Poland and in other countries for this broadcast! We are re
ceiving the most wonderful letters, where people thank us for the Word
of God, ask questions, ask for Bibles and literature. We are thrilled
with such a wonderful response from non-Christians and pray and ask you
to pray also that our heavenly Father may bless His Word in those hun
gry hearts.

Our joy was greater yet when we found out, that our program reaches not
only Poland,but is also heard and very well received in Czechoslovakia,
Russia, France, Germany, Belgium and in many other countries.

Thanks to teh Polish brojadcast few new churches have been established
and the ministers write me, that the broadcast helps them to reach peo
ple for Christ.

Lord is blessing our other broadcast also. Two years ago we started a
local broadcast in the Russian and Ukrainian language in the city of
Baltimore. As far as we know hundreds of

Russian, Ukrainian and Polish

people listen to this broadcast every Lord's Day and have discussions
concerning the true Christianity.
Brother Adam Korenczuk, the minister of the Slavic Church, is in char
ge of the Russian-Ukrainian program.

In order to have good programs technically and also to save some money,
we built in the
adequate equipped

our programs

basement of our house a recording studio, which is

for such recordings. That studio serves to record

as well as the programs of the Eastern Christian College.

And here are some typicaljletters from our radio - listeners:

"I would like to inform you that I listen to your program every Monday
and I like it very much. If it is possible, please send me the Bible
and some other religious literature you have..." M.E
"... Three times I visited a family Szulc. This family is always liste
ning to your services

broad

casted from Monte Carlo.

gained many souls for

^
^

;I

Christ.

Thanks to this broadcast I got

acquainted with this

family.

preached the Gospel for them

^i^d presented them with the Bl
ble and invited them to

Group of radio listeners

This

the

PRINTED WORD

Everybody knows to-day what

great significance the printed

word has for the work of

Christ*

Where

the preacher,

the evangelist or the missio-

H|jp^|||||||u|^^^n

|H

nary can't reach, the printed word can do

The
alize

Christians of to-day rethe great power of the

printed word, and the Christian

glish

literature

in

the En-

language is one of the

richest in the world.

9
-

'^'""liiiiitfi'ri^ "' Multilith offset

this

field.

Unfor-

tunatly, the Slavic Christian

literature Is comparatively
poor and there is a great

need

for

it in such langua

ges
as
Polish, Russian,
Ukrainian, etc.
Realizing this, we have de
cided to
do
something in

Our first enterprise was translating the "Life of Christ

Visualized" into the Polish and Russian languages. This book was sent
to many countries and was welcomed with great joy and enthusiasm.

From

the

letters which we are receiving from people and preachers in

Poland we also learned that Polish and Russian Christians do not

have

enough Bibles and New Testaments.In some churches only the preacher is
able to have a Bible,and many people copy by hand passages of the pre
cious Word of Life in order to satisfy their spiritual hunger.

Although hundreds of Bibles were purchased and given away, it is no

thing in comparison with the need. Letters are coming constantly for
more Bibles, and
thren in Christ

we are doing everything from our side that our bre

and people who are seeking salvation, will receive

Bibles.

Every

week

many

packages with all kinds of Christian literature are

send from here to Poland and other countries.

THE GUIDEPOST
ZBAWienie.

Living in our beautiful America,

the

land of freedom and prospe

rity,

that
tKOj tisarbt

world

O, nla RTtaJ stq, brads )oiSriff,

Big el winllrlo taa s]cui];f|ala>te<

On ton slo^e oheo tlctrlgr bUo^,

I nadslal, pokory 1 .Ktary,

ClorpltKo^el, i>okoi7,Tuto^,

I radoiScl, radojol M idoiyt

Z aharbAi esoiTa^ tyeh qoiosb oodsloonlo,

B6g nags prssclet bessdeiilo faogalytt..

Blsrs 1 iniTa rosdnnij ^4"'*

'*.
SloJ vokolo ra drod s*a) knJaVi
Tide, tia duza tgra glcttboca 1^6 oota,

Jo^ lyllcD ojawrqr^lJaJ teniy

I pozHoUsi Duchowl

Zlo^6 y dusz^ tw)

nie CEOlcaj wlQC, fan

Bijoicit DO Mnie

don't

people

realize

in

this

don't have all the conve

and

think

all

the

gives

~ok Boi<r <1<>2 dar el

oj tajrtrj w saoj

we

many

niences we have. I am not going

to mention our high standard of
living and all the blessings
that go along with it, this is
not our subject. But lets stop

CoSole Iloiqr lir^^aio ol v dano,

LojAqJ xajp^j V saoj daa^r s^^uigrt

T ViVfWOT

often

so

We

I sit

ned

beautiful church buil

and

We have

StgrexoH, 196} r.

be thankful for

us in our religious life.

have

dings

KTiinzY^cie spaacdhmn! i oBci'jZEhif,

A Jrt W/M<1 SPRAwi^ OOPOCZniENl'e..

and

blessings that America

educated

ministers.

well prepared and trai

Sunday

School teachers, we

have Bibles as many as we

want.

We don't have to share one Bible

with the whole congregation, li

ke it is very often the case in Russia.

We don't have to tear it apart,

because everybody wants at least one leaf out of the "Bread of Life"...

Our only trouble is that |^e don't find time to read it! We have wonder

ful Sunday School materials: papers to take home, workbooks,visual aids.

We have

thousands

of

religious

magazines and so many pamphlets and

tracts, as our hearts desire. All that we have and it seems to us quite
natural

to

have i t .

this is not the case in Poland or in other

smaller European countries. In Poland,where the New Testament Christia

nity is so new, there is very little Christian literature and their
means are so limited, that they can not print as much as they would

like to.

And all

of us [know and realize the importance of the printed

word.

So this was again the reason why we started publishing a little monthly
In the "Guidepost" we try to serve everybody:
the Christians
as well
s the non-Christians, the adult and the young
people. We print serious theological articles, doctrinal,about the plan
of salvation, stories from real life, poems and always a new song.

magazine "The Guidepost"

The Guidepost reaches 20 jiountries with the Gospel of Christ.

!

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LIFE OF CHRIST VISUALIZED

ezusa
nr. .3
VEJScu SO mtozoLsa
DO miEBOVSTAFUNU

The most wonderful weapon in winning

souls
for
the Bible.

Christ

is

God's Word -

But quite often we find that in the

beginning people don't want to read
the Bible, they are not interested
in religion and don't want to hear
about it. How could we approach them
and make
Bible?

them

want

to

read

the

LaVerne Morse and his bride /at that

time/ had a most wonderful idea,
r

".It Sl9 OMl

"KIl
eo nplno w koiil IcoJiM

that came to life in "Life of Christ

Visualized".

'wTO I W proroteeb o Mnl*...

I tlt eitlnl ChPTtu Ui>

p\i, 1 trelKo dnU

Those

beautiful

colorful

books,

dealing with Christ's life, draw

everybody's interest. The children
and

the

adults

alike

like to

through the colorful pages and see the beautiful pictures and read

go

the

Bible verses about Jesus*

We translated at first one of those books into Polish and Russian

guages

and sent them

lan

overseas. They were received with greatest enthu

siasm and we were overflooded with letters asking for more copies.

The requests for this book came from all kinds of people: our friends,
from strangers, from non-Christians, who have seen a copy somewhere.
We receive even letters from the Catholic priests, who ask for "Life of
Christ Visualized" because they want to teach Catholic children
from
this book.

With a sorrowful heart we had to tell them that we don't have those

books anymore, that all copies were distributed.

And then the wonderful Christians of the Markle Church in Indiana took
action. Thanks to them we were able to print a new edition and not only
of the book No.3, but the books No.l and 2.
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POLISH SONG BOOKS

T12. St^szysj^puka...
! K"T'a^S.
ft

a*

(M-M.

tIS. To CO nojitpszc doj Zbowcy!

fl.'S.ttsi aii:

l4#WFe.wi

L T. t* ni*l-WM^ n* wen, M-MMW MM* lu .

t V

!. Mtf. iWM-T

MnXhorta* Bernard

. N<wf<wsl.l I

lUtAUmmmtMimtmtt'

J3;i:

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"?

f-

< ('CM 0

tchw.

llwtW.C <iifS.

ai M lw kaycnv-k*

HuahO*^

^MwdteltattfM: ift
Almost

everybody

people

like

likes

to

sing. But it seems to me, that the Slavic

to sing even more. They sing when they are happy and they

sing when they are sadt ^nd in trouble. They love all songs in minor

keys, because they speak toj their hearts.

Many sinners were saved in Poland and Russia through a song many
sinners were attracted to the service by singing, started singing them

selves and the message of tjhe song brought them to Christ.

Since the New Testament Chij-istianity is rather new in Poland, there are
not

to

many songs written by their composers. Mostly they use the old

familiar tunes, sang all lover the world, and translate the words. The
translated

songs, writtenj on

loose leafletts go around the churches,

but sometimes get stuckj in one congregation and nobody knows about
them.

What

churches
more

was needed in;Poland was a new song book with music,so the

could learn new iongs and the new translation could be known

than just to one congregation. That was the reason why we started

working on a song book, "j^ranslating and gathering songs took a while

and then with the help of our American churches we were able to publish
a new song book with music for the Polish people. How happy and thank

ful

they were! They received a big treasure of new beautiful songs.

Right now we are working on two small song books - the "Favorites"
style. One designated for the young people to be used in camps, rallies

and youth services with| all the favorite choruses and little songs,

while the other will consi|st mainly of quartets,trios, duets and solos.
The songs are translated mostly from the English language, some from
Russian, Ukrainian, German and Spanish.
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MINISTRY THROUGH RELIEF

It

all

started

letter, asking

when a widow from my home church in Poland sent me a

for

some clothes for her children.I talked to the la

dies from our church and they brought me so many things, that it was
enough for several parcels. The widow and her children were overjoyed*
Their joy made us happy and suddenly we realized that we could make so
many needy people happy, so we packed more parcels and whenever Paul
visited a church, he

mentioned that and we were getting more and more

clothing. At first we sent it to people we knew, then we asked the mi

nisters for names and addresses and now quite often we are receiving
letters from people we don't know, who heard about us, or came across
our magazine the "Guidepost", or heard us on the radio. We are recei ving letters that make us weep and our hearts ache - so great is the
misery of some people!
Preparing the parcels is not an easy job. We have barrels full of clo
thing and out of the hundreds of dresses and skirts and shirts to pick
the right one for certain people is not so simple,taking in considera
tion the age, the size, the standard of living. Usually we pack about
50-60 parcels at a time and the basement of our home is ideal for that.
First we segregate all the clothes.Put on one pile all dresses,on ano
ther all skirts, blouses, coats, children's and baby clothes etc.
Then we prepare the boxes: mark the names on them and the size of the
family. And when we have around 50-60 boxes in a circle we get often
quite dizzy running from one to another looking for "big women" and
"small women", looking for little boys and bigger boys, as we pack one
pile after another. That work does not take several hours, it takes
sometimes several weeks, because beside working with the parcels we
have to attend to other duties.

Sometimes I get so tired and fed-up with that work that I promise my^
self not to look even into the basement, where we keep all the coming
parcels with used clothing. But the next mail brings us another heart
breaking letter and I forget everything and go back to packing again.

I pack

and

weep thinking about the family with TB - the whole family

has tuberculosis. Father and mother can not work any more, they are so

sick.

They receive a small amount of relief-money, but this is hardly

enough to live on for one week. They have no food, no fuel and no clo
thes.
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I think

about

another fanily high up in the mountains', working on the

government

farms

/kolchbzy/

with frozen feet, because the man has no

shoes

walks in the d eep

snow only in rubbers. I think about those

and

worried mothers, whose chi Idren can not go to school, because they have
no warm clothes. I think about those families that can "pick up their
belongings and go"and noth ing of their possesions would be left behind,
because
mothers

they have so little. When the children go at night to bed, the

wash their clothcjs so they can put on clean things in the mor-

ning - they

don't even hk ve one change! I think about them and cry and
pack more parcels, for in what way are we better than they, that we
have everything in abundance??!!
I often
think about that how fortunate we are and how happy - I perso
nally and our family, I know we did not deserve it, I know we are not
worth it, and still God is pouring upon us one blessing after another.
And then once, after reading several "thank-you"letters from people,who
receive from us clothes or medicine, a thought came to my mindt "God
blesses us, because so n^ny people pray for us!" And I am sure this is
true.

Dear friends, all of you who help us in any way in our ministry, remem
ber: many, many people in Poland thank God for you and are praying for

you.

They don't

know n^iybe your name, but they know that what we do,

is only because you are behind us, because you are concerned, you care,
you love!...
So, don't be surprised
to many prayers!

P.S.
maybe

that God is blessing you - it is God's answer

We have a special appeal to you friends: If you send clothing,

you can send some money too. We pay for each pound 35 ft. If you

could help

to

cover tli(5 postage expenses it would be a great service

for the Lord.

From our mailbox:

"My beloved! I do not know how to express my appreciation for what you
have donie for me and my family. First I received your parcel and every
thing fits perfectly. It is great help for us. Now I received medicine
which I needed badly. Now I feel much better and thank you very, very

much for your help and ybfir prayers.

Yours in Christ, A.W."
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BIBLE IN PRISON

A faithful

minister

was

imprisoned. Long were the days in the prison

and often the servant of God wondered, why the Lord wanted him to suf
fer so much? But soon he got over those meditations because ha found
right in prison a great mission field, greater even than in his own

church. All of his fellow prisoners needed Christ and he started prea
ching to them. They did not like it and especially one of them was very
disgusted and cursed the preacher every time he started talking about
Christ. But the faithful servant of God did not pay any attention to
all his curses and abuses, but quietly and patiently preached to them.

Then

came

the

day when the preacher was released from the prison and

joyfully returned home, to his family and to his church. He left the
prison but he did not forget the prisoners and prayed for them all the
time.

After

several months he received a

letter. To his amazement and

joy the letter was written by the man,who cursed him most for preaching
the Gospel and in his letter he asked for a Bible. This same day a Bible
was sent to the dark prison and the blessed light penetrated not only
the thick prison walls, but also the dark heart of the man. Soon after
the first letter another followed,full of happiness and joy of a repen
ting sinner. Praise the Lord! His Word is powerful and still does won
ders to sinner's heart.

LETTERS OF INTEREST
Dear Editor:

At first I would like to thank you very much for the magazine and the
illustrations which you sent me. I can't evev describe ray joy after re
ceiving your literature, which I read so gladly, and not only I, but
everybody in our house and our youth.

My

mother

is 66 years old and my grandmother is 93, but with the help

of glasses she still can read. But she is mostly happy about the pictu
res /Life of Christ, visualized/, which she can see without glasses...
I don't dare to ask you to continue sending me your magazine because I
have no way of repaing you. Even in our youth group we talked about it,
but nobody knew, what could we do for you... /-/ sister Bronislawa.
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"Please, send

V)

us

the

New .Testament of our

Lord Jesus Christ. If it is 'possible send us

several copies and we shall pass them on to
other people - those Words of Life, which we
need badly in these difficult times......
We are listening to your broadcast with open
hearts and advise others to listen too.

If you have

any other literature, even some

old Christian magazines, please send them to

us and after we read them,we shall pass them
to others. We listen very dilligently to all
your broadcasts and may our Lord repay you
with eternal life for the wonderful words of

truth, that you proclaim...

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9
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(0

H*

(D

a>

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(A

A.J."

"We are listening to your broadcast and we

are so thankful for this program. We would
like to ask you to have them more often. We
thank you for it very much.If it is possible
we would like to have some religious books.
/-/ Family G."

"I heard your sermon about God & about God's

Son Jesus Christ. In your lecture Feb.28 you
said, that "blessed is the man, that walketh
not in the counsel of ungodly... etc" I ask
you from my whole heart to tell me,if you are
doing so?... For the first time I heard your
teaching that we should have delight in the
law of the Lord.

like i t .

As for myself I would like to tell you that

from my whole heart I love the things of the
Lord.

What do you think about people who are

worthy to take the name of God in their
mouth and still they do it?
Yours, K."

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LIVING LINK FOR BAJKOS

I*

Through Russia, Germany, labour camp, starvation, persecution and

fftar of death the Lord led us to this wonderful country of America where

we are able to serve Lord freely. But upon our hearts is the burden of

preaching the Gospel for the people of my native land who ai-e perishing
in their sins, not knowing Christ as a personal Saviour.

After my preparation in Eastern Christian Institute and Milligan

College for the ministry I was called by E.C.I. to lead the Missionary
Department of the school. During the last foui* years we were able to
do much in the Kingdom of our Lord. In addition to my regular job at
the school as a teacher, dean of boys, leader of mission work, and organ
izing street meetings, jail meetings, I preached every Lord's Day in the
mission Church in Bayonne, N. J. We published the Life of Christ Visual
ized in the Polish and Russian Languages, and sent over one thousand
Bibles and New Testaments to Poland, Russia and other countries.
Several th-msand pounds of used clothing was sent to needy Christian

families in Poland and_,Ilussia. Me<licine was shipped. Bicycles were

bought for the ministers in Poland. Hundreds of letters were written

ADELA
ANDREW

PAUL

GEORGE

YVONNE

to Christiajis in Poland and other countries encouraging them to be faith

ful. Support for faithful ministers was raised and sent to

Poland, and service was performed as a forwarding agent for

a few Churches which regulai-Iy support some ministei's in
Poland. Many letters were translated every week and sent to
contributors. Last year a soMg book with music was prepared
by Mrs. Bajko and me ano published for use in the Polish
Churches.

In order to keep this work going, I was forced to travel

thousands of miles, to speak in many churches and to spend
every summer in the camps. This way I was i-aising my mini
mum salary.
With the move which was made last September, Eastern
Christian College must go into expansion which will cost thou
sands of dollars. In this new area we must assume many new

responsibilities, so in order to keep our work going without any

niterference and to achieve even more for our Lord we must

place ourselves on a Living-Link basis.

We appeal to you, dear Christian Friends, to pledge a Liv
ing Link support to us as your missionaries. Any amount
given regularly or periodically will be appreciated very much.
OUR PROGRAM IS AS FOLLOWS;

1. To teach at Eastern Christian College and to lead the Mis

sionary Department.
2. To publish Christian literature, songs and poems in Polish
and Russian languages.
3.

To send more Bibles and New Testaments to Poland and

iiussia.

This program we shall be able to fulfill successfully only

with your help. Please consider our work in your prayers be
cause thousands of Polish and Russian people need Christ ur
gently.

If you did not have me in your church before I shall be

glad to visit your congregation, Sunday School, or missionary
society and present our program personally.
Paul Bajko was born in Poland in 1922 in a minister's
family. He received his public and High School education
in his native country. At the age of fourteen, he became
a Christian.

In 1944 he was deported to Germany and placed in a

labor camp. He was led to the decision of preaching the
Gospel while in the camp. After his liberation by American
and British Troops, he was preaching the Gospel among
displaced persons in Germany.

While working in Germany, Paul met Earl Stuckenbruck who recommended that Paxil come to America for
further study and that he em-oll in Eastern Christian In

stitute. Paul was graduated, as an honor student, from the

Institute in 1952.

He then enrolled in Milligan College and was graduated

with high honors in 1953.

Mrs. Bajko was the former Adela Burghardt, who Paul

met in a D.P. camp in Germany. They were married in
Ibe summer of 1951 in Toronto, Canada. They have three

4.

To send relief and medicine to Poland.

childien now.

5.

To maintain a close contact with Churches of Christ in

Poland.

Paul reads and writes German, Russian, Polish and

other Slavic languages and English. Mrs. Bajko reads and

6 To serve as a forwarding agent for those ministers who

x'ecfive regular support.
7. To bring students from Poland and other countries for
ministerial training and send them back to establish churches

writes five languages: German, Polish, Russian, Ukranian

and English. She received her education in a Polish high
school, teacher's college and a business training school. Mrs.
Bajko taught German at Milligan College while Paul was

in native lands.

a student there.

8. To preach the gospel among the Polish and Russian people

THE NEW CRESSWELL CHURCH OF CHRIST HAS

in Baltimore and other cities.

PLEDGED ITS ENTIRE BIBLE SCHOOL OPFERIf^G TO

9. To visit churches in America with the message about New

Testament Christianity in Poland and Russia.

THIS LIVING-LINK FUND.

10. When the time comes, to go as missionaries to Poland

and neighbouring countries with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

PctU/

For further information write: i

Eastern <3nristian
College, Department of Missionary "Training Service. P.O.
Box 223, Bel Air, Maryland.

A WORD OF THANKS

YOUTH LOOK HERE

The northeast United States is a

field of opportunity. Churches are needed

in the new housing developments. Mis
sions ai'e needed among the immigrant

groups in the large cities. Everywhere

there is the challenge for work. Eastern

Christian College is able to give you the

necessary training and education for this
specialized area.

OUR SYMPATHY

We gratefully acknowledge the help

we have had in working out our recent
move. It was a gigantic task, and could
not have been accomplished without this
help. Members of the churches at Fork
and Havre de Grace helped to clean the
building and clear the grounds. Mr. Har
old Smith, a neighboring farmer has ren
dered a great service in removing dozens
of dead trees and clearing the brush that
had overgrown the property. It is good
to be able to sec the road.

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
A limited number of scholarships are
to be awarded this year to students who
are in the upper one-third of their High
School graduating class. Because of the

Much remains to be done. Help us by

giving, so that we c^n have an attractive
campus, and furnish pleasant surroundings-for the students.

tremendous amount of work on the new

campus a number of work scholarships

have also been made possible. Deserving
students who wish to make application
for these scholarships should contact the
school office now to plan for Fall enroll

will fill them as soon as this issue comes

ment.

from the press.

NEW CATALOGUE

A new catalogue is being prepared.

We have several requests on file, and

Form 3547 requested

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With our brethren over the nation we

were saddened at the passing of Bro. C.

H. Phillips, president of Puget Sound

College of the Bible.

His keen insight

of scriptural truth was always a source

of inspiration to those who read his
frequent writings.

We will miss those

writings. We trust that oar sister College
may soon find a worthy successor to this
great man.

SUMMER SPEAKING DATES

Mr, Steever, Mr. Kitchen, and Mr.
Bajko are available for speaking en
gagements, and for summer camp work.
Write the college office immediately to
reserve dates for this year. These men
are also available for week-end mis
sionary programs in the churches.
Holland A. Steever

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EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

Non-Proflt Religious
Organization

p. O. Box 223

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Bel Air, Maryland

Bel Air, Md.

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P. 0, Box 223
Bel Air, Md

Octo'ber, 1959

Bear Christian Friends:

After a Ifusy summor schedule it is time again for the report of our
activities. Beginning June 1st, immedia-tely after a successful school year

at Eastom Christian College, myself and my vdfe and tvro boys (Yvonne v;as

^^stlll in school) v;e left for the first Christian Camp in North Carolina

^\%here Bro. Leggett v/as the manager.

It was a week of v/onderful spiritual refreshment and uplifting.

I vrais

speaking at the chapel service in the morning and at 6*3^ P** during the misw
sion service.

Delia also spoke twice during the chapel service and little

Andrew lead the singing.

Also during that week, I spoko in the charches at

Powells Point, Edenton, Washington & Pinetown.

June IS, we left for Pearsons Mill Camp, Indiana, where we again met en
thusiastic young people who camc to leam more about their Ifester and it was
a second week of our spiritual feast.

Again I spoko in chapel and vesper

services and was teaching one class. Delia took an active part also. While
I was at the camp, I was able to speak in the church at Converco, Marion and
Muncie.

Prom Pearsons Mill on the way to Canada, I spoke at Berkley, Michigan.

July 5th, I was already in a third camp, Round Lake Christian Assembly,
in Ohio, to preach Christ and to challcngo youngsters to sorve the Lord from
their childhood. I spoke also at West Akron and Noble Avenue Churches of
Christ.

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From Round Lake, I went west to Little G-alilee Camp in Illinois.

Again I had a blessed rich fellowship with young people during the chapel

service, class and day activities.

IDuring that week, I spoko in Assumption!

Lane, Villa Grove, Monticello and Farmer City churches. From Illinois, I
drove to Battle Creek, Michigan, vrhere I preached at Newton Church of Christ

^ and Central Christian Church.

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After a short rest in Canada, I went-together with my family-to Banging

Rock Christian Assembly in Indiana, where again I was a chapel speaker and also
spoke in Woodside, Frankfort and Ambia churches,

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The last two weeks of the c&mp I was in Buchanan, Michigan, vhere the Lord
also blessed us richly in fellowship with young people. I spoke also in Noth'-

way Church, Milburn Blvd. River Park, Harris Prarie, St. Joseph, Niles and

Buchanan.

From the last camp, I returned to Bel Air-September 6th and September 12already I was on the way to St. All^ans, W. Va vrhere I held five days a special

missionary emphasis meeting for the congregation. Those services were directed
toward the realization of the fulfilling of the Groat Commission.

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wonderful and it v;as a rich es^^orience for me in fellowship with wonderful

Christian people at St. Albans, Also I spoke at ChErlston, W. Virginia.

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From St. Albans, we went to Little Kiaraichi of Tri-Stato where ISI men

registered for a wonderful gathering. I spoko there Friday and Saturday ni^ts.
From there, I was invited to preach at Grundy, Virginia; and, after traveling
almost a whole night, we reached Gnindy at 2 P.M, whore, after a short slee|),

3 ^3: preached Sunday morning at Vansant Church of Christ during the Sunday School
^ ^ ^ and worship hours. The service vreis dismissed at 1 P.M. In the evening, I spoke

to a congregation of over 5OO people in the Church where Bro. Greenleaf is the

minister and there is no need to emphasize that that ni^t I went again to bed

at 2:30 A.M.

Pyoo (xnmdy, I returned to Bel Air and found again a pile of mail#

IXiring the summer ministry, many souls "became Christians, many dedicatedT"^
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were challenged to serve the Lord more faithfully and diligently and many rea^ J
their lives for a specialized service in the Kingdom of G-od and many people

lized how mnich must he done in reaching many countries and nations for Jesus#
In every place where we went, we had a warm and most wonderful reception
and really I can say that "But now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far
off are made nigh "by the "blood of Christ, "I^h. 2:13*

Everywhere we received wonderful love offerings which are applied for

the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ# Especially young people in the
camps gave freely and sacrificially. To all of you we say "Thank You very,
very much and may the Lord "bless you richly."

All that traveling during the summer did not minimize our ministry to the
Brethern in Poland and Bussia.

Hundreds of letters were received with ftianks

for the spiritual and physical food, and I wrote over three hundred letters
during the summer. Used clothing was sent to Poland what moved people to
tears. Money for Bi"bles and other Christian literature were forwarded, and s
support for ministers was sent and medicine was shipped to Poland. Many re
ports v;ere received from Poland about wonderful gatherings and many "baptisms

(Hundreds of souls have been baptized into Christ).

My wife was redeeming

every free moment for translation of more hymns into Polish language.

Now we are back. New School year is promising# This year, I am teaching
Comparative Religions, Christian Evidence, Russian I and Russian II We ex
pect two students from Poland and when they vdll come at least first semester
or even a whole year, I will be forced to tutor them.

Last. Lord's Day, we had a group of Russian, Polish and Ukrainian people
from Baltimore who asked me to preach for them in Baltimore, so every Sunday
I shall be teaching the Adult Class at Cressell Church of Christ in the mom
ing and in the afternoon preach for that group in Baltimore, Saturdays I

am planning to visit people in Baltimore and talk withihem about Christ.

Our correspondence must be, as usual, answered in many languages, more

parcels, more Bibles and New Testaments and other Christian literature must
be sent to Poland and other countries.

All this work we will do with the Lord's help and also wo ask for your
assistance in prayers and contributions.

VTe would like to mention that, at the present time, the following Churches
and individuals pledged toward our living links

Bro. and Sister Eunson,

Bloomsburg, Pa; Br. and Sister D. Bennett, Harland, Ind; Kenmore Church of Christ|
Akron, Ohio; Harmony Christian Church, Elwood, Ind; Christian Church, Plainfield, Ind; Moreland Christian Church, Canton, Ohio; Church of Christ, G-rove
City, Ohio; West Akron Church of Christ, Akron, Ohio; Mrs, Pierson, Charleston,
W. "7a; Christian Church, Assumption, Illinois.
We thank all those who made a pledge and contri"butions during the summer

months and your reward is great and recorded in the Book of Life.

We are still short about $125

$150 per month toward our living link
support so again we appeal for a consideration of our v/ork prayerfully and make
some pledges toward our living link, that \irithout any hindrances we might fulfill
our task in spreading the Gospel ojnong many nations... .Now we can say, "Hitherto
hath the Lord helped us "-glory be unto Him.
Yours in Christ,