The Nome nugget., 1944-03-10
he big Luda' chapel.

events, only 6 feW days ago : re- turned to Luda after c months absence out in the villages. At first was teaching Christians, but later. following what seemed to be Divine leading. went mo heather districts. Also. was look ing for an opening ir . heathen district 10 which l went last year. but in which I was. CT account of illness, hindered from working. You have read, no doubt, about desperate robbers who sally out from their mountain fastnesses 10 prey upon defenseless travellers and peace-loving villagers, Well, l went right into the mountain fas,nesses where the robbers live. In. fact, l was right near one viii lage when the men folks came home laden with loo- Many Of these people l exhorted 10 turn to the Lord. My testimony was brief, and though delivered in faulty Lisu. was backed up with not little faith and prayer. e. plained Who it was that sent me. and also delivered His message. Some said: We can't get along without drinking Whiskey and smoking tobacco" Cnot mention ing other manifold sins against God and man. Others sad: We are brewing whisky now, but come around after the New Year and We will believe. To one who especially urged me 10 return. said: But if l were to return, where could I stay?' He replied: Across the valley there. in Foundation village pointing with his finger to Q village over on the other side Of the precipi- tous ravine. Ii Was ( collection of some twenty looking shacks propped up amongst im- mense boulders on Inc shoulder of a ridge, the mountain towering. above. Something about the cir cumstances made me feel that this was Divine leading.
 On the following day. as we were nearing the aforementioned village, I suddenly recalled the conversation of tn previous eve ming, and then and there prayed very definitely te God, asking Him to lead me in a plain path. Very dubious though, was. about pos abilities. l cried earnestly to God that He would work. At the point where we struck the village, a woman was doing the very ordi- nary job of pounding out corn, and an old man was standing lei
 surely by. Squat.ing clown, l opened q conversation, expecting that more people would soon ga- tther. However, in short time, the old man, who was very cour- teous, invited my two companions and me into his house So far, so good l had not always been treat ed thus. Suffice ii to say, now that beyond my expectations were the results of that visit Not only were we hospitably entertained, but l was asked to return, and in- vited to live in that very house.
 Finally, let me mention another project that looms up big on my 1
 horizon Our superintendent has approved of my proposal to take trip into Tibet proper, and sug- gests the months of March and April. The people of that be- nighted land on the roof of the world have burdened my heart for about seven years. It may be the Lord plans to send in laborers some day from this valley. The SalWeen flows out of Tibet into 1 Yunnan. Three weeks travelling should bring me to the border, and then--zI don't know what. Some of you know the inaccessi- bility of Tibet and the way she has treated Christ's ambassadors, so you realize it is no pleasure trip. I go forward hoping in the limitless patience and grace of