THE MOSTELLER STORY
INSTALMENT # 7
We want this opportunity to again thank you for the warm Christmas greetings and gifts you sent us.
Our hearts were touched by your love and thoughtfulness. We pray that God will richly reward you and that 2015 will be your best yet.
Well, our story continues.....
London, England, 1946. Here we caught a ship to Lisbon, Portugal. The trip was uneventful except for the meals that were much beyond what we were used to in the States. Pastor Rev. Jose llido Freiere received us, and he was glad to have us go to many places in Portugal where he had congregations that he was serving – as often as he could get around to them. He found a language teacher for us who was competent in teaching the Portuguese language to foreigners.. We spent six weeks in Lisbon before we could find a ship that would take us to the Cape Verde Islands. We were always told that the ship was loaded.
After hearing our story Rev. Freiere came to our rescue. It was amazing how a $20 bill could just happen to find an empty spot on the ship. At the appointed time we boarded the half empty Guine that made the run every forty days to the Cape Verde Islands and then on to Guine Bissau on the west coast of Africa. Gladys had good sea legs, but as we let the mouth of the Rio Tejo (Tagus River), I went to our cabin, never to leave it until we got to the islands ten days later – very seasick.
Gladys never missed a meal. She and the British Vice Counsel Sydney Winham, ate all their meals, even when a storm was on and the dishes were sliding from side to side on the table, ofttimes jumping the barriers placed there to keep them from hitting the floor. Fortunately the piano that broke loose and came sliding across the floor didn’t hit those brave passengers. Upon disembarking in Cape Verde, we were royally received by Rev. Everette Howard, his wife (Garnet) and Samuel Clifford Gay, who had served as a missionary in Africa and was now helping the Howards, for he had gotten to the place where he didn’t even have a postage stamp to write home of his need. Everette had told Clifford, “Stay with us and help us, and we’ll see that you don’t starve. Royally received ? Yes, a thousand people met in the Howard’s back yard to witness a drama of the life of the Apostle Paul.
Extremely tired, I slept in the next morning. I hadn’t even prayed. Everette greeted me, saying, “Did you have a sweet time with the Lord this morning?” I learned that he was interested in having colleagues that prayed. He was a praying man, receiving answers to prayer that led someone a book entitled, “Miracles in Cape Verde”......
In Christ’s Love.....
Earl E. Mosteller
Link to INSTALMENT #8 >>>
Our hearts were touched by your love and thoughtfulness. We pray that God will richly reward you and that 2015 will be your best yet.
Well, our story continues.....
London, England, 1946. Here we caught a ship to Lisbon, Portugal. The trip was uneventful except for the meals that were much beyond what we were used to in the States. Pastor Rev. Jose llido Freiere received us, and he was glad to have us go to many places in Portugal where he had congregations that he was serving – as often as he could get around to them. He found a language teacher for us who was competent in teaching the Portuguese language to foreigners.. We spent six weeks in Lisbon before we could find a ship that would take us to the Cape Verde Islands. We were always told that the ship was loaded.
After hearing our story Rev. Freiere came to our rescue. It was amazing how a $20 bill could just happen to find an empty spot on the ship. At the appointed time we boarded the half empty Guine that made the run every forty days to the Cape Verde Islands and then on to Guine Bissau on the west coast of Africa. Gladys had good sea legs, but as we let the mouth of the Rio Tejo (Tagus River), I went to our cabin, never to leave it until we got to the islands ten days later – very seasick.
Gladys never missed a meal. She and the British Vice Counsel Sydney Winham, ate all their meals, even when a storm was on and the dishes were sliding from side to side on the table, ofttimes jumping the barriers placed there to keep them from hitting the floor. Fortunately the piano that broke loose and came sliding across the floor didn’t hit those brave passengers. Upon disembarking in Cape Verde, we were royally received by Rev. Everette Howard, his wife (Garnet) and Samuel Clifford Gay, who had served as a missionary in Africa and was now helping the Howards, for he had gotten to the place where he didn’t even have a postage stamp to write home of his need. Everette had told Clifford, “Stay with us and help us, and we’ll see that you don’t starve. Royally received ? Yes, a thousand people met in the Howard’s back yard to witness a drama of the life of the Apostle Paul.
Extremely tired, I slept in the next morning. I hadn’t even prayed. Everette greeted me, saying, “Did you have a sweet time with the Lord this morning?” I learned that he was interested in having colleagues that prayed. He was a praying man, receiving answers to prayer that led someone a book entitled, “Miracles in Cape Verde”......
In Christ’s Love.....
Earl E. Mosteller
Link to INSTALMENT #8 >>>
