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He tried three times to sift out
first-time decisions from the 9TH
ers who apparently were ready for
. mass demonstration of their fl
deity to Christ. Inquirers were
not asked to come forward but
were told they could remain behind
ii they wished to register q gen.
uine commitment to Christ after
counting the cost. Over five thou
sand stayed.
Later Graham and several Of
his associates witnessed q fantas-
tic African dance in a village high
on q mountainside. He preached
briefly to the villages who were
members of the famous Nasal
tribe. Graham said it was more
like the old Legendary Africa than
anything else he had witnessed on
his tour, which has already touched
nine countries in seven weeks.
All this week Graham will be
working out from Nairobi, Kenya,
the fabulous city set next door
to one of the most fascinating
game reserves on the continent.
Preaching trips include flights to
Kisumu, Kenya, on the northern
shore of Lake Victoria, and Usum-
bura, in Ruanda Urundi, the land
Of the giant Watutsis. Next week
end will bring rallies in Nairobi,
followed by a campaign in Eth
opia's capital.
The evangelist called on Tom
Mboya, one of Kenya's top Ma
tionalist leaders, who just returned
from a conference in London on
the Colony's future. Mboya adj
dressed twenty-five thousand at q
policial rally on Saturday. He
complained later when police used
tear gas and baton charges to dis
perse hundreds of his followers
who streamed after his auto to-
ward the heart of the city.
Graham called Mboya one Of
the more superior of the African
leaders whom he has met He is
personable, able and more reason
able than many others. Mboya
said he felt the church's greatest
contribution was in the field Of
education. If the church is to make
the greatest impact, he told Ora
ham, it must adapt itself more TO
Africa with more African leader
ship. Mboya cancelled his political
meeting, scheduled for next Sum-
day, in favor of Graham's closing
rally.
At the airport Sunday, Graham
met a young Britisher who re-
turned to England after fighting
the Mau Mau's in Kenya and was
converted in Harringay Arena,
London. He is now working in the
African sponsored Navigator's or
ganization which does much fol-
low-up work for Grahama's ma
jor campaigns.
The pilot of one of the little
four-passenger planes which trans
ported the team, said he recently
visited small group of primi-
tive villagers in the remote Su-
dan Mountains and found them
praying for Graham's tour. The,
planes were chartered from the
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
which was formed by ex-service
pilots to expedite the work Of
missions in many lands.
The Graham teamsters were inn
pressed by the vastness of the
beautiful country over which they
flew. One pilot, who travelled with
Cliff Barrows to the southern shore
Of Lake Victoria for an extension
meeting, said that the Lake re-
minded him of Switzerland.
Barrows preached to a crowd Of
three thousand, and nearly two
hundred remained as inquirers.
Grady Wilson is holding prepare
tory meetings in Nairobi this week.
Joe Blinco is at Kisumu, near one
Of the sources Of the Nile. Witch
doctors had been marching around
the meeting-site there, muttering.
incahtations, but were unable 10
prevent the attendance Of nine
thousand, q a thousand decisions
in three days. Roy Gustafson is
the advance evangelist at Usum-
bura on the northern tip Of Lake
Tanganyika.
This vast country was opened to
civilization and Christianity less
than century ago by men like
Livingstone and Stanley. A ven
cradle African at Moshi, Sunday,
told Graham he had seen Living
stone face to face whom h~ we a
boy. He is now 103 years old.