{"id":4355,"date":"2018-03-18T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T05:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubfriends.net\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2018-03-17T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T01:39:04","slug":"sarah-barrys-secret-mission-reports-prior-to-ubfs-split-from-the-church-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/sarah-barrys-secret-mission-reports-prior-to-ubfs-split-from-the-church-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Barry&#8217;s secret mission reports prior to UBF&#8217;s split from the church&#8211; part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Report.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for report\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>November 1956<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4360\" src=\"http:\/\/ubfriends.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screenshot_20180217-175339-e1518919174826.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"979\" height=\"1185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screenshot_20180217-175339-e1518919174826.png 979w, http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screenshot_20180217-175339-e1518919174826-248x300.png 248w, http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screenshot_20180217-175339-e1518919174826-768x930.png 768w, http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screenshot_20180217-175339-e1518919174826-846x1024.png 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Dear Friends:<\/div>\n<div>The other day, Marjorie Linton (Mrs. Dwight) and I got on our bicycles, picked a road, and headed for the outskirts of Kwangju City. We had our pockets full of tracts, and when we stopped at every hill to push the bicycles up, we found opportunities to talk to all kind of people and to give the tracts to those who promised to read them. Our road ended at one of the many orphanages in the city, so we decided to go in and \u201csight-see\u201d. As we stopped outside, and the children crowded around, I was surprised to hear one speak very politely and call my name. There, wearing a bright smile, was a little girl whom I had gotten to know during the months she spent in the Graham Memorial T.B. Hospital. Although she\u2019ll have to be careful for a long time, she looked as happy and healthy as any of the other children.<\/div>\n<div>A lot of children come into the T.B. hospital from the orphanage of the city. Many have T.B. and stay for treatment and some don\u2019t and are discharged. Tal Soo is about six years old. Although he still has active T.B., he is a walking miracle! Whe he came into the hospital, he looked like a sitting skeleton. He couldn\u2019t walk, and he wouldn\u2019t talk \u2013 he just stared, and occasionally beligerantly hit at people who tried to be friendly. Now, he is all over the hospital and is so friendly he\u2019s everybody\u2019s pet. His special favorite is Miss Astrid Kraakenes, the missionary head nurse, with whom he tags along as she makes her afternoon rounds of the hospital. He doesn\u2019t miss a single worship service, either.<\/div>\n<div>Sa Junie came into the hospital because he looked so weak and scrawny the folks at the orphanage thought he must have T.B. He couldn\u2019t even stand alone, and because he spent his time listlessly picking at the bed covers, some of the staff thought he didn\u2019t have a good sense. Wonder of wonders, hospital tests showed he didn\u2019t have T.B. The main thing wrong with him was just malnutrition. He couldn\u2019t stay in the hospital, because being exposed daily, he might really catch T.B. So he came home with me. I don\u2019t remember a section on the application for missionary service on taking care of babies \u2013 anyway, if there were one, I\u2019m sure I left it completely blank. Surprisingly enough however, Sa Junie is getting more healthy every day. He can walk across the room by himself, and he even laughs occasionally, right out loud, like a real three-year-old. He has been living with us a month now and when he gets a little stronger, I\u2019m hoping to find a Christian home in which to put him. I\u2019m sure the Lord will open the door to his future.<\/div>\n<div>My main contact with the hospital has been after language study hours. Working with one of the nurses, we started some occupational therapy work with the patients who were well enough to do it. That work is going rather slowly now, because as soon as the patients are well enough to work, they are discharged to make room for someone who is sicker. So, lately, I\u2019ve been going over just to visit the patients. Naturally, my conversation is rather limited, but there have been opportunities to sing hymns with them, tell children Bible stories, witness to non-Christians, and encourage discouraged Christians.<\/div>\n<div>Needless to say, we were all thrilled to learn that one-half of the Birthday Offering of the Women of the Church is to be used for medical work in Korea. A part of that money, anyway will be used to buy drugs and to help care for children like these.<\/div>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sincerely,<br \/>\nSara Barry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Received at Nashville, Tenn., November 7, 1956<br \/>\nAddress: Miss Sara Barry (as indicated above)<br \/>\nPostage: Letters sent by regular mail 8\u00a2 per ounce, 4\u00a2 for Postal Cards<br \/>\nAir mail 25\u00a2 per each one-half ounce \u2013 Air mail folders may be purchased at the Post Office for 10\u00a2<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As you can see here there was a time long ago when Barry was actually genuine. The focus was about spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. Pure and Simple. There was no problem or hinderace in God&#8217;s work.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So the question is what changed and why?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,132,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-history","category-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}