WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

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which inhabits the Cambodian-Annara frontier. They
are a wild race of jungle hunters. The missionary
was able to gain their hearts by hunting with them.
With his rifle he could get more game than the
Pnong could with their bows and arrows. He gave
the meat to the natives, and thus gained entrance to
their villages. There he had opportunity to tell them
the story of a Saviour's love, and some of them listened
gladly.
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These villages were far from Kratie, and in 1933
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the missionary and his wife felt called of God to
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move to Ban-My-Thuot on the Darlac Plateau in
South Central Annam. This is the center of the
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Pnong country and also of the territory occupied by
several other tribes. !
The Resident Superieur was willing that this sta-
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tion should be opened, and at first the local official
seemed ready to acquiesce. But this local officer was
changed between the time when the first visit was
made to Ban-My-Thuot and when the missionary
reached the district with his family and household
effects. The new man was not friendly and refused
to allow them to preach. Moreover, he made it difficult
for them to even find a home. They were forced
to build a native thatched house in which they lived
until their furlough about a year later. During that
time they continued their study of the tribal lan¬
guage, and translated a summary of the Gospels
into it. \\
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