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Assistance in Establishment of New Congregations Publishing of
Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish Language Spiritual
Material and Moral Support of Preachers in Poland Relief Ministry
to Poland Training Foreign Students New Testaments and Bibles
to Poland and Russia Radio Ministry in Polish, Russian and
Ukranlan Languages Follow-up Work of Radio Listeners by
Correspondence Preaching in Camps, Churches and at Rallies
Work Among Foreign Speaking People In the United States of America

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THE BIBLE STORY HOUR.

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by Yvonne Bajko

one week, so a Bible Story Hour was

Started. This was an extension

of

the Vacation Bible School, only in

stead of being held every day, it was held only on Saturday afternoons.
It operated the same way the Vacation Bible School did - with a song
service, Bible lesson, arts and crafts, and refreshments. The
chil
dren, whose enthusiasm was high from VBS, came eagerly.
However, there was one problem. Many of the children would not come by
themselves. This meant that workers would have to be sent to get them.
With nearly 80 children to be "picked up" many workers were needed.
Willing workers are hard to find. It is extremely difficult to find
someone who is willing to put as much time and effort into this work
that is needed. Some do not understand these "street" children.Others

are ashamed to stop children on the street and invite them to church.
Still others are afraid to face their living conditions, and talk to
the parents.

For the little time and the few workers we have, we are making exce
llent progress. We teach the children many choruses and tell them about God's wonderful

love.

The children are also taught honesty and discipline.

This job has been the hardest, but we have been successful in that
part also.
Many of the children come by themselves now - not only to the Satur
day Story Hour, but Sunday School also. We have about 20 that come re
gularly, and we hope and pray we will soon have more.

This work has only began, but with your prayers, and more workers
will go farther and farther, and reach many, many more children.
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^^|^UI|||^^B^HHHHl "Beloved in Christ Bro.Bajko.

I would like to inform
you
that your letter and support
was received and I thank you

very much. I am very happy

that with your help I can gi-

ve

the

Li-

. , f e to many hungry
I

Cctn not be silent about the

great blessings in our church

which we experienced during the last revival meeting. The last day
of
the services will never be forgotten when first F.A. stepped forward &
in her prayer confessed Christ as her personal Saviour and then a Ca
tholic lady and two brothers - alltogether 4 precious souls.
We are very happy to see the results of your broadcasting ministry.
May the Lord bless you richly. Yours in Christ, J.S. Warsaw."
"Dear Aunt Dela. Since mother is writind to you and I would like to write you a few words also. First of all I would like to thank you
for
your help. I was so happy to receive the song books "Heavenly Sunshine"
and "One Song". These song books are a great treasure for me
because
all of the songs are touching our hearts.

Thanks to your songs, our youth became singing youth and came closer to
Christ, it also forces us to stop and to think more seriously about,our
relation to Christ. I want to thank you for "Guidepost" magazines which
are so precious for us. Please send us more of your song books and li
terature you have. Yours, T."
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:

"Dear Brother. I am very thankful for your wonderful song books which
are so wonderful that it is hard to describe the impact they have
on
all of us. The Life of Christ and The Book of Acts, vis. are just
as
wonderful.lt is the best I ever received in my life. Please send us mo
re. May the Lord bless you real good. S. H."
"Dear Brethren: We are listening to your boadcast, and we thank God that
you proclaim the Gospel of Christ in the Polish language. You announce
that you are able to send Christian literature. We are in great need of
such literature, so please send us some. V.J."

DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS

^'OUe^
Bel air,

Maryland

21014

OUR MiMnnr:
Assistance in Establishment of New Congregations Publishing of
Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish Language Spiritual
Material and Moral Support of Preachers in Poland Relief Ministry
to Poland Training Foreign Students New Testaments and Bibles
to Poland and Russia Radio Ministry in Polish, Russian and
Ukranian Languages Follow-up Work of Radio Listeners by
Correspondence Preaching in Camps, Churches and at Rallies
Work Among Foreign Speaking People in the United States of America

Pmxl Bajko, Director

J'JL 18 19&?
July, 1969.

TRIP

TO

POLAND

Due to our very extensive ministry in Poland, it is our policy to visit

Poland every 3-5 years during the sunmier months.
The first

visit was made in 1960 and the second in 1963 The next

vi

sit was planned for 1968 but my visa was denied by the Polish governement without any explanation, and the trip was postponed till this
year. Once again I was unable to get the visa. Despite this, I planned
my trip to other European countries, especially Czechoslovakia, where
we

have

thousands of radio listeners and receivers of our literature.

But hope was not given up for receiving a visa to Poland.

May 15th, I departed by the SS France, and Immediately after my landing
in Europe, I went to the Polish Embassy. Before going there, I opened
the Bible and my eyes fell on Mark 9:23: "Jesus said unto him: If thou
canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth". Without
any hesitation I
thanked God for answering my prayers, and one hour
after entering the Polish Embassy I had in my possesion a Polish visa.
In the next few hours I was on my way to Poland. Due to my other sche
dule, I was only able to stay in Poland five days, but what a glorious
time I

had!

Saturday, May 24, at 6.14 p.m., I was met at the train in Warsaw by a
large group of preachers and Christian workers. From the station we
went in George's car to his place where dinner was prepared. We had to
eat in a hurry because our preachers from all parts of Poland were wai
ting for a special meeting. The meeting lasted till 3 or 4 o'clock
in
the morning.
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I was able to hear reports of their activities, achievements and

vic

tories, also about failures and difficulties* There was an open,

sin
cere exchange of thougths and ideas about work in Poland, and much time
was given for evangelism and ministry among the youth.
All preachers and workers expressed their sincere appreciation for the
support given by the Department of Missions, for our publications and
vital interest in the Polish ministry. From my side I assured the bre
thren about our stand behind them and further presentation of that work

before the Brotherhood here. There was mutml understanding and harmony
in all phases of the work in Poland.

May 25th was very busy.

I preached for both services in the Church

of

Christ, Pulawska Street, which we helped to build two years ago, where
Bro. J. Sacewicz and P. Bajenski are ministers and George Bajenski is
youth

leader and choir director.

The house of the Lord was filled

to

its capacity at both services. The choir sang beautifully from our song
books and then,after the evening service, the youth gathered for a spe
cial singspiration where they sang many choruses from our chorus

book.

My eyes were filled with tears listening to those beautiful melodies.

Between

the services I had at least 30 personal conferences with prea

chers and workers.

After the evening service George, Kostek and I met in the home of Bro.
and sister A, Lewczuk for another conference, which lasted till 4 o'clock

in the morning. Here we talked about the ministry among the young

peo

ple. I was also glad to hear how the Lord is blessing them in the work
among the youth and how helpful are our song books. Life of Christ, vis.

Book of Acts and our

Polish

magazine in the work.I thanked

together with them
for
these great victories.

Monday, after two hours

of
sleep, I went with George,his
father and Bro* Sacewicz

to

home for aged

people in
Ostroda, where we spent seve-

'*

ra I hours in fellowship

with

the old people and closed that

fellowship with a special ser
vice where I preached again.
Then we departed to Kostek's place. On the way we visited a Christian
lady, who is dying of cancer, in Olsztyn, where we had short fellowship
and prayer, then we stopped In Sz.to visit one preacher and his family,
and by 12.15 midnight we reached Kostek's place, where we ate a late,
late dinner and after a couple of hours of fellowship retired to
our
beds.

By 7 a.m. we were once again on our feet because some Christians came
to meet us and have fellowship with us. We also discussed the establi
shment of a

Church in Bielsk-Podl.

I would like to make a note that at the present, Kostek is the

proud

father of a fine boy, who was born a couple of weeks ago.

After breakfast we left Kostek's home on the way to "Warsaw in order to
be at a special service in Warsaw, but we had to stop in Szeszyly,Sielce and Siemiatycze, where many people came to meet us. Seeing so many
of them, we had to have short services,where once again I had to preach.
Then we hurried to Warsaw where we bad only 45 minutes to refresh our
selves, change, and run to another service and after the service to a
special banquet. After that more conferences with many workers and in
dividuals and with only a few hours of sleep we were on our way to Cieszyn, my last stop and service in Poland where I was accompanied
by
George, Kostek and Lonek. Then I had to leave Poland by midnight
May
28th, for Czechoslovakia. I will write about the trip to Czechoslova kia and services there in the September issue of our news
letter.
I would like to

mention that it was a most exciting

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and glorious trip!

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which are sung throughout al^

of Poland, including Roinan Ca

tholic Churches, what opens the door for our workers to go among those
people and preach the Gospel.

I thank God for Bro. Winnik because our radio ministry is reaching
thousands of homes in Poland, Czechoslovakia and other countries, and
many people have

responded to the Gospel invitation because of

this

ministry.

I thank God for all American Christians who support the Department of
Missions, and through it, the work in Poland, where our preachers can
preach and receive our publications.

I thank God for George, Kostek and Lonek and Alina Lewczuk, who work
among young people and youth with great dedication and
success.
George and Kostek were a special blessing to me. With tears in our

eyes we talked about their study in U.S., about our work together

publication and the Slavic Church, also of visits to Churches,

American friends and work

If George

in

camps,

in Poland.

will get his visa to go to Canada in order to

get married,

we will see him also in the States, but if not, Vera, his fiance,will
go

to Poland and they will be married in Poland.

Next year our Slavic Church will observe 10 years of existence and
because Kostek and George were chartered members of our church, we
plan to invite both of them to the States for that great occasion.
I thank God for all faithful

and loyal ministers in Poland who preach

the Gospel with great dedication.

Now at the end of this letter, I would like to thank all

Christians

for your prayers in my behalf, our work, your special gifts, and your

wonderful support of our ministry. We need you all the t^e.

Yours in His service,

DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS
BEL Air,

Maryland

21014

OUR Mmisnrs
Assistance in Establishment of New Congregations Publishing of
Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish Language Spiritual
Material and Moral Support of Preachers in Poland Relief Ministry
to Poland Training Forei^ Students New Testaments and Bibles
to Poland and Russia Radio Ministry in Polish, Russian and
Ukranian Languages Follow-up Work of Radio Listeners by
Correspondence Preaching in Camps, Churches and at Rallies
Work Among Foreign Speaking People in the UnitedStatesofAmerica

Paul Bajko, Director

September, 1969,
TRIP

TO

CZECH

osfo

V A K I A

Our acquaintance with the people in Czechoslovakia began a few years

ago thanks to our Polish broadcast from Monaco. We received

hundreds

of letters every year with petitions for Christian literature,

song-

books and Bibles.

Because there was not much hope to receive a visa to Poland, I

plan

ned to go to Czechoslovakia this year for 2 weeks. However as I wrote

in my previous report, the Lord opened the door to Poland.
I went to Czechoslovakia directly from Poland.

Therefore

The impression I got after crossing the boarder from Poland to

Cze

choslovakia is hard to describe; but it was a favorable impression. I

went to meet people whom I never met before in my life - people who
se names were known to me only from correspondence.
At the time I arrived in Czechoslovakia there was an annual conferen
ce of the preachers of the Czechoslovakian Church of Brethren. I was

introduced to all of them and I was given an apportunity to preach at

that conference and have talks and fellowship with them.
I found that the Church of the Brethren there is very close

to

our

Restoration Movement doctrinally, and they were very happy to hear about the Church of Christ - Christian Church movement in America

Poland.

and

As a result of that conference I was invited to many chur

ches across the land to preach.

I found in Czechoslovakia, close to the Polish border, many large and

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small

churches.

All

the

church

choirs use our songbooks,

Sunday

schools use our publications such as the Life of Christ and New Tes
tament Heroes, visualized, and the youth use our Polish magazine with

articles and poems. Everywhere I went they prepared special

to show how well our material

numbers

is used.

There were special youth meetings which lasted for hours, at which I
preached and talked about our Colleges, youth camps and the Restora
tion Movement.

I had the opportunity to meet, with many Lutheran pastors

and

with them about the Lord. All of them admired the structure

talk
of

the

Church, the Scriptual practice and the simplicity of worship as it is

practiced by the Churches of Christ.

The highlight of my visit was on the last day of my stay in

Czecho
slovakia. It was on the Lord's Day and I had four services beginning
with Free Pentacostal Church, then going to the Brethren Church, next
to the Free Evangelical Church and finally the Lutheran Church. Everjrwhere crowds were in hundreds but the most impressive service
was
in the Lutheran church where hundreds of people came for a special,
unscheduled service, arranged by a so called youth "Missionary Group'.'
Before I went behind the pulpit I was welcomed by the pastor of the

Church as the friend, then by children with flowers and poems as one
who provided them with spiritual food and by the youth with beautiful
roses with appreciation for songbooksj Life of Christ, flanelographs.
Bibles, Polish

magazine, etc.
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I was astonished,and with tears in my eyes I thanked God for the fruits
of our work. After I preached for over 1 hour I was greeted by all peo
ple and then we went to the Parish fot further fellowship, a question
period and singing.

What did I find in Czechoslovakia? - I found that at the present

time
people have freedom to worship and people, redeem the time, I found that
at every service people pray and preachers have to ask people
to
be
short in prayers because there are hundreds who want to pray.
I found
that there is a shortage of Christian literature and I found how appre
ciative those people are for what we have done for them.
Everywhere people were trying to present to me monetary gifts
for
literature we sent for them, which I had to turn down telling them that
it is Lord's work and encouraged them to help those who are in need.
I found that people are listening to our broadcasts faithfully and read

everything we send to them.

I brought with me hundreds of new adresses

where we can send spiritual food; I received many requests for more Bi
bles, songbooks, Bible slides, Bible stories, Christian records,
etc.

I received urgent request to publish Life of Christ and New Testament

Heroes, visualized,in Czechoslovakian language, what will be done
as
soon as we will receive the translation from Czechoslovakia.

I received requests to come back as soon as possible but for longer vi_

sits

P^^OSIMV NA .V,

because

there are

ny places
go
and
preach.

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left there part of my heart and now we try to do as much as we can for
the people over there in addition to our ministry in Poland. It was ve
ry hard for me to depart without tears.
I thank God for our wonderful country of America where we live so free
ly and have acces to all of God's blessings, and I thank God for faith
ful Christians across this great land who, through us, carry the Gospel
of Christ to the far countries of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia
and
others.

I returned to this country with greater zeal and determination to serve

my Lord better by fulfilling His Great Commission.

On my way back I was able to meet missionaries from European

Evange
listic Society? Bro. Bartchy Scott, Bro. Thurston and I>r. Th. Mosalkow}
from the Black Forest Christian Mission: Bro. and Sister Alva Phillips
and co-workers; from the West German Christian Mission: Bro. and Sister

Ed Fausz and family; from the French Christian Mission: Bro. M. Duhonj
from European Christian Camp, Bible Christian Call and Appello Cristiano: Bro. and Sister Guy Mayfield, and had with all of them great fel
lowship exchanging thoughts about work in Europe,
Since my return, we have sent out hundreds of packages with
spiritual
food behind the Iron Curtain and received many letters of appreciation
for my visit and preaching.
I consider my trip to Europe this past summer very succesful and bene
ficial and and thank God for His guidance and blessings.
The publication of the Life of Christ and New Testament Heroes, visua
lized, in Czechoslovakian language will cost us over $ 1500.00.
Those who would like to contribute toward this project, please send your
offering to Department of Missions and it will be appreciated very much.

DEPARTMENT OF MISSIONS
BEL AIR,

MARYLAND

21014

om mmmri
Assistance in Establishment of New Congregations Publishing of
Christian Literature and Song Books in Polish Language Spiritual
Material and Moral Support of Preachers in Poland Relief Ministry
to Poland Training Foreign Students New Testaments and Bibles
to Poland and Russia Radio Ministry in Polish, Russian and
Ukranian Languages Follow-up Work of Radio Listeners by
Correspondence #Preaching in Camps, Churches and at Rallies
Work Among Foreign Speaking People in the United States of America

Paul Bajfco, Director

November, 1969,

It is so good to serve the Lord. Every day I pray that the Lord will use
in His service in the best and most suitable way. We see the need which

great.

us
is

From everywhere we receive hundreds of letters with a cry for help.

We thank God that in the name of the Lord and through prayers and support of
many Christians across this land, we are able to answer the call.

We go in person where we can reach people. At the same time we go into homes

of people in Poland, Russia, Czechoslovakia and many other countries through

broadcasting, Bibles, New Testaments, song books, magazines and other Chri
stian literature which we produce and send. We go by tapes, letters and post^

cards. We go by prayers, we go by building houses of worship, supporting ma

ny preachers and training young people for the ministry. Our lives are very
busy and we thank God for it.

We thank God for you, dear friends,who pray for us and help us. Most of
news letters are composed of news from our mission fields, but due to

our
lack

of space very seldom do we put letters from this country from people who stay
behind us. This time I would like to enclose one out of many and I would li
ke to tell you that such letters inspire us and challenge us for a
greater
ministry and more sacrifice:

"Dear Brother Paul, I cannot begin to tell you how much your visit to Fairmount, has meant to our people. This Missionary Day was one of the most succesful we have had in a monetary value, and I feel sure it was the most suc-

cesful in a spiritual value. We have grown much to complacence in our

work
here, but I believe many are beginning to wake up. Mr, Wilson has stirred us
to new commitment and you have shown us how badly our help is needed through
out the world. Pray for us, as we strive to do better in the Lord's work and

hope we won't back slide

"

Mrs. G,M,Bagby, Corr, Seer. Miss. Comm.

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1#T . .
I.

THANK

GOD

FOR

Thank you very much for your wonder-

H|
mi

SOULS

"Dear Bro. Bajko. Peace be unto you!

|M

THE

ful letter and exhortation.

I would

like to inform you that Sept.27, six

precious souls were baptized
into
Christ. Our choir sang

beautifully

and Word of God was preached in power and there were prayers of repen-

-^1 tance and thanks. Next day, the 28th

of September we had
material blessings.
our new chapel with
come to Christ. For

Thanksgiving Day when we thanked God for spiritual

and
We thanked God that with your help we were able to build
baptistry which is always ready to be used when
people
over a year alredy we enjoy this new place and I
would

like to tell you that in the past year 18 souls were added to the

Lord's

church in Warsaw - 16 by baptism and 2 by statement. I am very happy

that

Lord is blessing you there and us here. In the last few days I visited
churches where I preached. Please remember us in your prayers. J.S."

many

"Beloved Bro. Paul and Sister Dela! We were invited by a Catholic priest for
the 150 aniversary of the Catholic Church in S. After long prayer we decided
to accept the invitation and went there together with another Christian man.

There were so many people that all services had to be outside. On the

plat

form I saw 15 bishops and priests. There was a big choir and a band and the
re before the band and choir I saw your song book "One Song". The band star
ted to play "Yesterday, today, for ever, Jesus is the same". Then our friend

priest introduced us as the members of the Church of Christ who came to sing
and to talk about the "Old rugged Cross".
people cried. After the official ceremony
stay and to sing more and tell them more.
the effect this had on the people. Then we
and we were asked to sing again.
It lasted for 3 hours. When the
time for departure came, priests

We sang one song after another and

came to the end,people asked us to
We did and it is hard to describe
were invited to an official dinner
,
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and people took us to the bus s-

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tation and handed to us an enve-

^ rr.

lope with money. Of course we did

not accept money but asked

them

to give it to the mission

work
for song books and other literathat

know the
touched the hearts

of many and with tears in

eyes
we departed praying that the sown seeds will produce big harvest. Your labor
is not in vain. Everything what you do brings fruits. Yours,Aleksy&Alina".
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NEW

HOUSE OF

WORSHIP

the time that He uses you

in such a wonderful way to spread the Gospel everywhere. Please thank those
who took part in this great deed and helped us to preach Christ. Please re
member us in your prayers, Bro. Sacala".

MESSAGE

FROM

KOSTEK

by

the

Lord's work and we thank God that we see the fruits of our labor. I am

"It is a long time since I wrote to you. All our time is occupied

sure

many other workers wrote you about our Youth camps this summer.
We had a musical part and the most important part - teaching the Scriptures.
Half of those who attended were unconverted youth and we thank God
that 33
souls responded to the Gospel invitation. It was wonderful. Your song
book
"One Song" is something unusual, wonderful and great. Our youth begs for it
and most of them received it. We try to distribute the song books in such a
way that there will be a few of them in each congregation. Your chorus book
"Heavenly Sunshine", although it is older, still has the same popularity and
effect as it did in the first days of its appearance. We use them everywhere.
In the first camp under the leadership of George we had over 100 young peo
ple in attendance. The second camp under ray leadership was smaller because
it was harvest time, but many of those who could not attend during the day
time were coming in the evening, and each evening we had great gatherings.We
had Bible dramas and other activities but every day always ended with a evan
gelistic meeting, and after that, because people who came from neighboring
villages did not want to go home, we sang for another hour or two.
On the Lord's day, Aug. 17, we had a baptismal service. We all worked hard
and the Lord blessed us.

Now we are working on our house of worship in B.P., and we will soon have
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nice place to meet in. We tl^nk God for the help we receive from you, and
thanks to this, it is possible for us to do many things for the Lord.
I thank God that He called you there that you might be the channel of bles -

sing which, through the gra^e of God, flows into our country. May the

Lord

reward you and bless you in vour work. Your effort is paid a thousand times
by the joy and thanks of those who receive all the spiritual and
material
food you provide constantly^ Yours in God's love. Kostek".

SISTER MJENp|ci DEPARTED TO THE LORD

:

It was a shock to all of usj Ito receive a telegram from Poland on October 7th

informing that sister Bajenjsjki, the wife of the faithful minister in Poland

and mother of George Bajenski, former Polish student of Eastern Christian Co-

liege and Lincoln Christian jColiege, now faithfully serving the Lo]^din Poland
but presently visiting Cana<^ and U.S.A., died suddenly.

This past sunaner I spent mairjy hours in her home and enjoyed her wonderful ho
spitality with many others Who came to Warsaw to meet me. She was always pa
tient, calm, understanding, smiling and willing to help any one. Every

day

she helped someone. Her home| was a "guest house". When after a busy day everybody would go to rest in bed, she would stay in the kitchen and work.She

always was in the Lord's hbijse and took an active part in the service of the
Lord by singing in the choir and participating in other Church activities.

She will never be forgotten|by neighbours and friends across Poland.She will
always live on in our hearts and minds and we thank God for her life.

Our deepest sympathy goes t6 Bro. Bajenski, to George and the rest of the fa

mily who have to carry on tljie task of service to others.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bajko

"Dear Bro. and Sister Bajkoi With a heavy heart I write this letter

to you.

As you know from my telegram on Oct. 6, my beloved wife departed from us.She

was my closest friend with j?hom I shared 37 years and 50 days of my life.
She was a wonderful wife, a, good mother and grandmother, a housewife

and

friend to everyone. She liv^d for others and she ended her walk on the earth
in service to others.

She was not a burden to anyone, even in her sickness.

She was sick only 2 days and before she went into coma, she prayedt

"Lord

thank you for everything anjd let me not be a burden to anyone." She

became

sick October 3rd and died O^t. 6th.

At the funeral service therp were hundreds of people from all parts of

Po

land. She left a wonderful testimony through her life.

Her sickness caught me in a Revival meeting and it was a great shock to

me.

Her departure left me alonfij but there is one comfort that she waits for me
there in that beautiful mansion

above.

Please pray for me that I najight have strength to serve the Lord
sorrow.

Yours in Christ, P. Bajenski".

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despite of