Sunday, April 19, 2009

Congo (57) Luebo, Congo 12/21/1921 [BMS]

Luebo,

Dec. 21, 1921

Dear Mother & Daddy:

It has been our job during the past few days to adjust ourselves to the "quiet life" again after the Mission meeting, for we were certainly rushing from morn till night for those two weeks. Things are just beginning to settle now, and we are almost at normal again. Our Meeting began on Nov. 30th and ended Dec. 14th, at 9:00 P.M. This was an unusually long meeting, as it generally lasts about one week, but this year we were remodeling our Constitution and By-Laws of the Mission, and this was quite a task itself, beside the other problems.

I don't know at the moment what Dorothy has written you, as I am up at the office, and have only a limited time to write this letter-mail closes at 3:00 and this is after 2:00, so if we double up on what we say you will understand why. She has perhaps told you about our entertaining the Edmonstons and their little eight-year old boy; they left Luebo this past Monday.

There were some rather important changes made at this meeting, especially in the placing of the missionaries. Mr. Bedinger, who has been at Lusambo, is to take up teaching in the Bible Training School at Mutoto; and the Clevelands are to go to Lusambo. This will probably be in about three or four months. Also, Mr. Gilliam, who is our Educational man, is to have charge of the Normal Training class at the Bible School at Mutoto. You can readily see from these few changes the importance we attach to our Bible Training School at Mutoto. It is at this school where all of our Evangelists are trained, and we have adopted the policy of doing the utmost to build up this School to our very best ability.

We received your two letters and card yesterday; also a nice long letter from Carroll. He certainly writes an interesting "article". We note that they sent us a package which will no doubt reach us in the next mail, probably in one or two weeks.

I note what you say about our letters, your sending them to friends, et cetera. As you have no doubt received our letters explaining what we had in mind, it is hardly necessary to say more. It seems that we misunderstood you, and that you misunderstood us. After you wrote us how you were sending these letters, then we had absolutely no objection, but rather are pleased that others have news regarding us and the work. It was only the question of sending our letters, the personal part, that we were doubtful about. So you may be free to use them in the way you explained whenever you can. I shall try to send you copies of any letters we write to others that may serve you in this way.

Dorothy was certainly glad to get her music, and has been practicing on the piano, to which she has access practically all day. Then we have the little organ in our house, which she has been using quite often. It seems to me that she has improved a great deal since we've been here in her playing.

This isn't much of a letter for news, but I'll have to close, and promise to write more next time. It's nearly time for mail to close, and I have to go down to see Dot before we send mail. (Our house is about three or four hundred yards from my office.)

With love to all.

B. M.

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