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"Congo Picture Book"
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AS A TWIG IS BENT, SO GROWS THE TREE
The Congo of tomorrow is today to a large extent in the hands of missionaries. Pray for our program of Christian education that it may make an eternal impact in the Congo.

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SUMBAI MIKANDA         ACHETEZ DES LIVRES         BUY BOOKS
The Banga Bookmobile; Rev. Robert Bontrager in the cab.

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HERE'S ONE THAT TELLS ABOUT JESUS AND IT COSTS ONLY 5 FRANCS
World communism has an annual budget for literature sufficient to place two pieces of literature in the hand of every living soul on earth! But evangelical Christian literature comes in pitiful insufficient dribbles here and there. Thousands of Africans are learning to read each year. To read what? In the picture, Rev. Levi Keidel of Banga sells Christian literature from his Bookmobile.



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"SHE SEEKETH WOOL AND FLAX, AND WORKETH WILLINGLY WITH HER HANDS"
The training of Congo girls for Christian motherhood is one of the most rewarding of all tasks. Each year there are scores of marriages and scores of new Christian homes established in the C. I. M. area.

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