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In Spite of the Storms
hold on to that soul with Christian love until the Holy Ghost falls upon them. Then send him or her to one of the
preachers for baptism in the name of Jesus. Do not accompany them; if you don't know when or where the person is baptized the information caimot be beaten out of you.
' I believe the doors will open again, but until then,
it's one on one. Remember each one must win one, and
encourage the one you win to go out and win another one. Do not let the glorious message die.'"
"I left Ethiopia with a sad heart the next day, praying the God of all grace and comfort to sustain the infant church.
Shortly afterward, first the Wendells, and a month later the Harrises had to leave, but, before they left, they arranged
over-night erection of a small building from corrugated roofing called the Apostle Peter's School for young children (for a blind). They even concealed a crude plastic-covered baptistery under its dirt floor.
"We preached in many different places in the world for the next two and a half years, and everywhere we
requested prayer for the church in Ethiopia. I finally got another visa to visit the beloved land. By this time a
conununist onslaught on the Empire had the Emperor's back to the wall. He had no time to notice church services by the banned Apostolics.
"I rejoiced to see an overflow crowd in and aroimd the house converted to a church and expressed my joy to Brother Teshome. He answered, 'These are the Sunday people. Brother Freeman; another crowd this large gathers here on Saturday. We have no space for all of them to come the same day. When the Emperor declared he would get rid of the Pentecostals, we changed our name to Apostolics, but
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