INTO THE INTERIOR

At the end of May 1953, John and Michael Charuk, natural brothers (from “one ma and one pa” as a Liberian would say), arrived from Sierra Leone. These two missionaries, in their early thirties and originally from western Canada, had already served in Africa for four years, three of these as district overseers and missionaries in Nigeria. They had a wealth of knowledge and practical experience regarding problems peculiar to West Africa. With four missionaries now crowded into small quarters, John Charuk searched out a new location at Kakata.

Early in 1954 a home was rented at Kakata. It served as a missionary home, and Michael Charuk joined his brother there. The brothers walked tremendous distances to reach sheeplike ones and build up a group. Michael Charuk found some really interested young men at Nyehn, four hours away, by walking a bush road. For a time they were visited twice a week. This meant leaving very early in the morning so as to return the same day, on foot, of course. These men really appreciated the efforts put forth to help them. As a result, William Bonney, William Morris and James Mally became Kingdom proclaimers.