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The tjmd of the Sahara and the NigerMarch, 197^

Dear Friends in Christ; . .. \

The spiders are very busy at this time of year spinning webs in our house.We knock them down and back they go to begin a new web -- they aren't easilyswayed from their purpose. "Let us throw off everything that hinders andthe sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the i;acemarked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecterof bur faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorningits shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consiaerhim who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not. growweary and lose heart," — Hebrews 12:1-3? New !Enternational Version,"

Don and Walter Smith left for Eastern Nigeria onthe 7th of February, It took us a wet^ to getready. In case you wonder what their loadsmi^t be — it's like this:

1. Bibles, We always have an order for EfikBibles and hymn books . and some English , .Bibles. This time at the Bible Society ofNigeria every English Bible we tried to order they said, "out of stock."So, we finally got the only one they had which looked fine on the oiit-side but the print inside was tiny,

2. Medicines. This entailed a few hours of checking on all that we have instock in both houses. For malaria, filaria, craw-craw, boil ointment,sulphadimadine, aspirins, antibiotics, codein, eye and ear ointments —you name it, we searched for it.

Books, This includes Bibles, notebooks, Thayers, Concordances, etc.Also the reading material dealing with the present "problems" in theEast, Last week was spent studying all the Bible^ translations that,,we own, , In the midst of this study I said, "We certainly have aloti. oftranslations of-the Bible" and wondered if we had them all, I wasglancing thru the World Book Encyclopedia for something and rah acrossthis in "Bibles" — Some famous Bibles, Vinegar Bible (1717)? "which substitutes "vinegar" for "vineyard" in the vineyard parable, - TreacleBible (1518), which has the word "treacle" for "balm" in the line "Isthere no balm in Gilead?" Bug Bible ;(l55l), which has an incorrect read-;ing in Psalm 9I, The line "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror" bynight" reads "Thou shalt not be afraid of any bugges (bogies) by ntght."Food boxes. This includes food for seven days, tin opener, a plate,. ci;pfork, knife and spoon, ^

Water jugs. I filled seven gallon jugs and so did Eddie Smith. Afterfilling them we stepped over to Smiths house, .When we teturned homethe seventh bottle had leaked out- all over the hall floor in front ofthe door, I picked it up and Don said, "There's a leak", I found out

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„here as I tumsd the Jus around. We buy Milton, in th '̂j^s and .,.sav4them for trips to carry water. , , ,

6. Halazone. This ® '̂̂ h^erohiefnearby stream is in a water bottle) and filter •

toe°watlr\h^ ?L\^erchief to get out the worst of the dirt. Then. drop the Halazone in to purify the water for dxxnking. ,,

in getting the needed material.

8. Aeot and bedding. We bought the oot ®2°°™^j^an\b?are^o^^^^^ ^UP — sometimes when you are in it as well as wn yThis time we unfolded the cot Md a light s one r^, , collapse

• Don carried it out to the oar he said, I hope this doesnwhen I lie down on, it, *

they will take you across the river. . • , .

10. Briefcase. All the Gross. River material since 1959 is included. ,u. ->1. s"sr80iSr.«"s; ss«"»

ihriSi »ii.a =88.. j." •»«stove and a flask of soup.

And last but not least, our prayersGod's Word to whomever they meet wherever they are. me o.uu a

May you, owr very dear friends, have the most blessed year ever. ' •In His Faithfulness,

Don, Marianne, Lisa and JaneBaughmap • ••.

Church of Christ (Christian)909 West Locust StreetWilmington, Ohio ^5177

WEST AFRICA CHRISTIAN MISSIONDonald D. Baughman, MissionaryBox U6 Otta, Western State.Nigeria, West Africa

FORWARDING AGENT;Mrs, Carol Scarbrou^Box 223 .DuncanvillSj Texas 75H-"

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West Africa Christian Mission Missionaries:Box kSf Otta, Western State The Donald BaughmansNIGERIA, west Africa The Waltj

There are four main phases to our work:

1. The Search The Scriptures Radio Program.2. The nurturing; of the local Christians,3« The medical work.4. Our camp and Retreat program.

We began the Search the Scriptures Radio Program in 1961.We are on the air every Sunday at 10 a.m. over the Western NigeriaBroadcasting Station, We offer copies of the messages/anS.^^-'acorrespondence course in English and Yoruba. (We live in Yoruba-land along the southern coast of Nigeria.) Correspondence studentscontinually increase. At the present time Brother Walter Smithis writing a course on Acts of the Apostles.

The nurturing of the local Christians. There are five localcongregations and six more Church of Christ congregations in theGross River area in Eastern Nigeria, Locally we hold preachingservices — dtlro luwviffals .Ain thoHWS. — once or twice a year.We are always in contact with the evangelists and the congregations,We visit the Cross Rivei^"^Tce a year and supply the Cross RiverBible School (taught by two of our evangelists) with supplies andlectures.

The medical program. We take care of all of the medicalneeds of the local Christians, and the Christians in the East, andalso help those who are not able to meet their medical needs.Every month we treat malaria, fllaria, worms, malnutrition, eyeand ear infections. We have had leprosy patients that we tookto the leper settlement at Abeokuta, fifty miles away; tuberculosispatients that we've taken to the hospital, hypertension, etc.

J>We help all of those who have a genuine need. Presently we .aretrying to give an X-ray machine to the hospital at Otta.V'rKe^'machine has been given to us and funds are now being raised inthe U.S. to get it over here. We have had to take some roadaccident victims ii-O or 60 miles to be x-rayed. Funds for thisproject can be sent to our forwarding agent. Please desigantefor the "X-ray Fund." Cciroi Scart>rDu3A, z-i-3

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We are in the process of building additional buildings forour camp grounds. We hold an annual three day Easter Fellowshipevery year. In 19^ we exceeded our^jcapacity for sleepingaccommodations. We also hold al^fSay^of Prayer on October 1st,Nigeria's Independence Day. We also host many Retreats and oneday pro,grams for youth groups from Lagos, We participate in «-Smany of their programs when we can.

The Lasid of mi Uie NiQet

May, 197^

Dear Friends in Christ:

Two little boys rolled big black tires merrily down the path behind ourhouse. The tires are their "motors". Though their motors are bigger thanthey are and they have great difficulty balancing them they count it alljoy to run and push with all their might. We hear the sounds of their"motors running" morning, noon and night. Since they found these tires"their father said, "they don*t want food again." Their father, Francis,had come in from planting seventy-five tomato plants. Previously, i?heyhad pushed their motors to the land where their father was planting. Theyhad to get almost on top of the crop to see what he was doing, "V/hat isit I have planted?" the father wanted to know. "Timati ni," (it istomatoes,)

As we walk in Jesus* footsteps each day we should count if all joy.Though our taaks are bigger than we are and we have many difficulties weshould run and push with all our might. Sometimes we find the humidity ofthe rain forests saps much of our strength, but we know that our Father isbigger than we are and will help us to live above the insidious climate.As the tires are constantly the boys companions — morning, noon andnight -- so must our goal be always at our side -- the goal of winning thesick lost souls for Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, Our always faithful Father is constantly at our side supplying our every need.

At this writing there are many who are sick, and we need your prayers forthem -- not only for their physical health but that their spiritual healthwill be strong. We want to tell you about one of the sick:

Bernice, the mother of the two small boys has been ill off and on forseveral years now. Just recently she got much worse so that she couldhardly walk and we brought her here to do all that we can for her. Thelocal doctor at the Otta Hospital could find nothing organically wrongwith her, but her pain is real. We have now found a doctor who is workingwith her, Kie basis of her pain seems to be FEAR, We do know that allsickness is of the devil, and we know that he is attacking her. Herhusband preaches the gospel with pv7oer, A recent message of his was"rejoicing in God always". He told us that we must rejoice not only whenthings are going well but when things are not going well. He knows thathis wife's illness is a trial he must bear.

The pain is very often in her throat, and sometimes her sickness willgrip her jaws and prevent her from speaking. At times she will complainthat ,her. intestines are missing, _,From the belly the siclcness will go upto the chest -- where she complains of pain -- and then on up to thethroat. From there it advances to the head, and the ears become heavy andthe head becomes heavy, and she will complain of knocking and scratching,and many things being done inside the head. From the head it scattersinto the whole body, and in her whole body there is no comfort. This sickness comes upon her in the evening or after she has slept. She hastrouble getting to sleep and even then it may awaken her out of her sleep.She has bad drearas and lack of appetite. She must be encouraged to eat.She complains of tiredness. VThen she gets badly sick, she seems to have alot of fear in her.

John vrites, "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives outfear, because fear has to do with punishment. The man who fears is notmade perfect in love." Bernice is a follower of Christ, Her husbandloves the Lord. Yet her mother always wants her to offer sacrifices toidols — especially new that she is sick. She has been raised by amother who believes that all sickness can be gotten rid of by appeasingthe gods.

We have been praying for her for some weeks and months now. We know thatGod can heal her of this sickness. Wow we ask you to pray with us thatGod ^d.11 heal her. For we know that "the prayer offered in faith :i^llmake the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinnedhe will be forgiven,' James 5^15. Also, prayer for her mother that shewill know Christ as her personal Saviour.

Please also include in your prayers:

Brother Daniel, whr has prostatism and will enter the hospital soon forsurgery. Though he is over 70 years old, Brother Daniel is young in theLord Jesus Christ, Pray that he will grow in grace and knowledge.

Brother Kudeyinbu, an evangelist at the Ebute Metta church, who is recovering from surgery. Pray tlst he will soon be able to preach again.

Brother Mcaaedu, the escangelist at the Bariga congregation, who is havingdifficulty with a skin graft. Also, please pray for the Bariga Christiansas they are having disputes about laxid»

Brother Francis, who is the husband of Bemide and evangelist at Egan andEgun Tedo. Pray that he will have strength to resist the devil's attackon his wife and that he will have the strength to comfort and help her.

Evangelists Lawrence, John, Felix and David who are preaching the Gospel

Also pray for Don Baughman and Walter Smith as they hold several meetingsin May — in Lagos, Ibadan and Ado Eltiti.

April has been a busy but happy month. Tlie Easter Fellowship was a realfeast for all of us though the attendance, was a bit less than last year.Preparing for the Fellowship and cleaning up afterward kept us all goingstrong. Especially since our chief lianrlyraan, more generally called ourgardner, Emmanuel, became the father of Easter Abiodun on the first day ofthe Fellowship, April 11th. On the l8th Don and Walter Smith left for theCross Elver in Eastern Nigeria for a conference of the Churches of Christat Ekeri. The Lord willing, they return-on the 26th.

Jane and Lisa are looking forward to the close^of school for this year andbeing at home with us from June through August, Judy has just completedher second year at The Cincinnati BibleSeminary and will be living andworking in Cincinnati this summer.

Thank you for your constant love, prayers and letters.

In His Wonderful love,Don, Marianne, Judy, Lisa and Jane

Baughman

Church of Christ (Christian)909 West Locust StreetWilmington, Ohio U5177

WEST AFRICA CHRISTIAN MISSION

Donald D. Baughman, MissionaryBox hS, Otta, Western StateNigeria, West Africa

FOEWAEDING AGENT:

Mrs. Carol ScarbroughBox 223Duncanville, Texas 75116

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& Ploturds Doni Judy and Nrs« nea{>iann6 Boughman

Lisa and Jane Boxi^^aiji

?!he Donald Boughman family went tb Nigeria«

West Africa in September« 1996» \l!hey worjc

with the West Africa Christian Hission and

the Walter Smith family are their co^laborera*

Xhere are fo\ir main phases to thei^ work- | Don

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"1« We began Xhe Search She Seriptures Badio

Prodgram in 1961* We are on the air every

Sunday at lOVOO AH over the Western Nigeria

Broadcasting Station* We offer copies of

the messages I tracts and a correspondence

course in English and Toruba* (We live in

Toruba - land along the souther coast of

Nigeria*) Correspondence students continually

increase* Walter Smith has a course on Acts

of the Apostles*

2* G!he nurlniring of the local Chrisitans

serves in ^ local congregations and 6 more

Chruches of Christ congregations in the Cross

Hiver area in Eastern Nigeria* Locally

we hold preaching services once or twice

a year* We are always in contact with the

evangelists and the congregations* We

visit the Cross Biver area at least twice

a year and supply the Cross Biver School

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(taught by two of otir evangelists) withj

supplies and iitoraturoi l-^cTo,

3* n!he Hedioal work: We take oare of all

of the medical needs of the local. Christians

and the Christians ina the East* We also

help those who are not able to me^t theri

medical needs • Every month we tre^t

malariaf filarij||-t worms« malnutritions« eye

and ear infectiozis* We have had leprosy

patients that «e took to the leper settle

ment at Abeokuta - 30 jiles away; tuberculo

sis patients that we've taken to the hospital,

hypertension. Etc* We help all of those

who have a genuine need.

4. Our camp and Retreat Program: we are

in the proces s of building additional buildings

for our camp grounds* We hold an annual

3 day East Fellowship every year* In 1973

we exceeded our capacity for sleeping accomod-

ations* We also hold an annual Day of Prayer

on October 1st, Nigeria's Independence Day* We

also host many Retreats and one day programs

for youth groups from Lagos* We participate

in as many of their programs as we can*"

Donald Douglas Boughman was bom Ma;p^i?671929 in Colmbus, Ohio* He was graduated

from Cincinnati Bible Seminary in Ohio and

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Bon took gradiiate work also at CB3» He

taught at Laurel Homes Mssion lit Oln-

cinnatlf Ohio 1951'*52« He preaohed in Kb

Kentucky and Indiana 1953-1956* \

Krs. Harianne Grimes Boughman was bom

December 16, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio*

She took 2)^ years at CBS also* Ihey have

four childrent Ruth Carol bom February 19,

195^ died November^1969* Judith Ann bomApril 24, 1955 (student at CBS, now), Lisa

Annette bom September 18, 1937 e^nd Jane

Suzanne bom November 15, 1959. Lisan and

Jane were bom in 7a|̂ ba, Nigeria]^ Africa*Their forwarding agent is Marianne's sisters

Mrs* Carol Soarbroughi Box 223, Dimcanville,

Texas 73116* Their field address is Donald

and Mrs* Marianne Boug^an, Box 46, Otta,

Nigeria, West Africa*

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On September 20, Don BaughnSinL

visited the Nigerian ImmigratidSiT

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Nigeria). The man in authority,

a Moslem, had gone to the mosque

and Mr. Baughman was unable to i

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returned the first week of Oct-i

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the mission's quota had expired.

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fOiOTES andEWS from

November 7^ 197^

Dear Christian Friends:

"No condition is permanent" is a common slogan on the vehicles of transportation in Nigeria, After spending almost eighteen years in Nigeria,"we

found this to be true when we went to immigration to renew our residencepermit.

We took the permit to the immigration office on September 20th to be renewed, We were told to come back to pick it up as it was "only a formality,"When we returned on October 2nd to pick up the renewed residence permit, wewere told "your quota has expired" and to "write a letter to the Ministryof Internal Affairs,"

We then went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask about the quota andwere finally told to "write a letter applying for a new quota," and "yourfile is lost,"

This letter has been written and delivered to the Ministry on October 26th,We were told to return to the Ministry on November l^th to receive theiranswer. Meantime, we have made contact with a Christian lawyer, EmmanuelUrhobo, who has taken immediate initiative, and is doing everythingpossible for us to remain in Nigeria. PRAY FOR JtRCTHER URHOBO,

WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE PRAYING THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THE RESIDENCE PERMIT,The Nigerian field is white unto the harvest and the laborers are few.The Walter Smiths are our only co-workers here on the field. The DavidReynolds family were never granted a visa to join us,

WE NEED FOR YOU TO PRAY ALSO THAT WE WILL BE GIVEN A QUOTA, If we receivethis, it would then be possible for us to remain in Nigeria, We have madecontact with Kent Taylor In Ghana and he is prepared to apply to theGhanian government for us to join the work there should it become necessaryto leave Nigeria.

We are prepared to accept God's will in this matter. However, at thispoint, it is difficult for us to see any greater need than the Nigerianfield.

The bahlowo's — witch doctors, superstitions, gods of stone, metal andwood predominate the countiyside. Today, more than ever, the Light andFreedom of Christ Jesus are needdd to bring people out of the bondage ofdarkness.

PLEASE KEEP THE NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS IN YOUR PRAYERS, They are the leavenof God^s love and need daily strength to withstand the pagans and theMoslems,

Your love and faithful support through these many years have brought the-Good News of God's wonderful love to many.

In Christian love.

Church of Christ (Christian)909 West Locust StreetWilmington, Ohio ^5177

WEST AFRICA CHRISTIAN MISSION

Donald D, Baughman, MissionaryBox ^6, Ctta, Western StateNigeria, West Africa

FORWARDING AGENT;

Mrs, Carol ScarbroughRoute #3 Box 26cMiolothian, Texas 76065

The EaughmansDon, Marrianne, Lisa and Jane

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Wilmington, Ohio ^5177

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