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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD 277
are also the great fields of visual education, evangelical book store, and child
evangelism, to be included in our proposed educational program.
Preach! Around Asuncion lie important centers to be occupied: Formosa
(Argentina), five hours away; Villa Rica, seven hours; Encarnacion, ten hours;
Concepcion, twenty-four hours (boat, train, or bus provides transportation).
Many suburbs of Asuncion have not yet been reached. At present we are
engaged in an evangelistic campaign in Asuncion which we feel will, under the
Lord's blessing, lead to the organization of another church. Two graduates
of our Seminary in Buenos Aires are joining us soon to help in the evangelistic
work, one serving in Formosa, and the other in the new church. Building
programs are also under way. Our policy is to encourage the organization
of churches which assume, from the beginning, a part of their expenses, and
are led to move forward as soon as possible, to full economic autonomy, selfmaintainance
and propagation.
"I AM THE WAY"
Land-locked, land-poor Paraguay, surrounded by powerful neighbors such
as Brazil and Argentina, looks with pride to the glories of the past while girding
up her loins for the struggle of today in the hope of a more glorious tomorrow.
In that struggle she turns increasingly to her younger sister to the north. In
the help which this sister gives she must not overlook the fundamental inspiration
of her spiritual heritage, a heritage not enjoyed by Paraguay. This wartorn
land will find "the pathway to peace" in the words of Christ, I am the
Way."
A NEW MISSIONARY SPEAKS
Miss Estelle Councilman, a recent appointee to Paraguay, gives us this
insight into the heart of a missionary:
"One has to experience leaving home and loved ones to go to a fo J ei & n
country, to know what it is like; but those loved ones left behind, no doubt
suffer and bear more than we privileged ones who go forth in His name to carry
the 'good tidings of great joy.' There is nothing in all the world so wonderful,
and how thankful I am that I am among that number! All I can do for Him
is so little in comparison to what He has done for me. But my dim light here
in this darkest darkness seems so much. Pray that soon there may be other
lights shining brightly here in the midst of the darkness of sin, superstition,
and ignorance."
Regarding Paraguay's need for the ministry of teaching, Miss Councilman
writes *
"Maybe soon we can manage to have a Baptist school and especially am I
interested in helping young people prepare to be teacher^.^ey can go
into thP towns of Asuncion (in the.interior) and open up schools. In many
own th rTaren