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dom, these were of a different tribe and tongue from
the people of Luang Prabang, and were located in
a distant part of the country.
There were three years of language study and seed
sowing before there was any fruitage on the station.
But in 1932 a number of Annamese who had been
lured by business and other gainful pursuits to
travel thus far away from their native land, became
Christians. The leader of this group had a Laosian
wife, and she and her sister were the first Laosian
converts at Luang Prabang.
In 1933, a Laosian Christian and his wife from
the Swiss Brethren Mission at Savannaket, came to
Luang Prabang as helpers to the missionaries there.
A gospel hall was opened, and evangelistic meetings
were held, and several more converts came to the
Saviour. A miniature Bible School was also opened
for the native worker and his wife. In the Fall of
1934, when the missionary couple left for furlough,
these Laosian workers were able to carry on, doing
faithful and fruitful service. At the end of 1935
they reported "a turning to God" in the villages
near the capital.
The Bible had been translated into the Laosian
language by one of the Swiss Brethren. It was published
by the Mission press at Hanoi, and has been
a great help in teaching the native workers and in
the evangelistic work in Laos. Several tracts were
translated by the missionaries at Luang Prabang,