Open Bible College - Onward Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Qzeacd guinea On January 28, 1954, O. Ralph Isbill, Missionary Secretary of Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. , was in Bouake, Ivory Coast, French West Africa and received special permission to enter Lower Guinea, an 6 . ' Palbyewbefgv an area of 10, OOO square miles Wilma Tarvm- with a population of one mil- Ray Gowmg lion souls . In March of 1954 Rev. Grant Moore and his family settled in Kindia, first center of Open Bible Standard Mis sions in French Guinea. Rev. Verl Stearns, Jr. , and his family joined the Moores in the fall of 1954. These two families are now laboring in French Guinea. This area was assigned to Open Bible Standard Churches so they are the only Protestant missionaries there. The entire Foreign Missions Fellowship has bought some fur- niture for the home of the Moore family. l , i X. i, UI:-I .V , 1, H frm 1 f ' Sally, Wilma, Anne, Tommy and Grant Moore 34 Shirley and Verl Stems, Jr

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Ma Hammond H 1 Bob Bush Pri LaVon and Paul Hartman 1 Oward Stone, Bilizua ' rown rlene Gwen Paul and LaVon Hartman began their present labors in Cuba in June, 1948. They met with much opposition to the Gospel at the be- ginning of their ministry. Though many things happened, however, they remained faithful to their calling and now God has sent other laborers to help them. Three couples, Lewis and Tullia Miller, Bill and Toonie Heflin and Don and Margaret Smith, are their co-workers. The Open Bible Mission in Cuba has six churches, two of which are supporting their own native worker. The harvest truly is ripe in Cuba. and we praise God that He has sent forth these laborers into His great harvest field! Bill and Toonie Heflin and Children Lewis and Tullia Miller 33 Don, Margaret and Avonna Lee Smith

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Quia! Rev. and Mrs. Dewey Hale were located at Saboba where there is a mission station and a clinic, for about eight months. Then they began to build a new G'-ice Weid station at Yakajia, which is 16 Glwia H 'nbfich miles from Saboba. This new all- Bi1IChif:Zothea Calnpb location had been untouched by e' Je-'fy Dbnhell' the missionary located at Sa- am boba. They moved into their new station about the first of the year Bro. Hale does general missionary work and Naomi establishes a clinic.The Hales have not been at their new station very long but we know that God shall bless and use them in even a greater way than He did when they were at Saboba. Dewey and Naomi Hale WX