When I first had disposable income to give to Christian causes, I allocated some to the British and Foreign Bible Society, as it was then called.
I knew little or nothing about its work except that it was 'a good thing'. In following years my contacts with it were minimal, although when I entered Spurgeon's College, it presented me with a Greek New Testament and a Hebrew Bible, as it did for all theological students.
Years later, on our arrival in Congo, we became aware of the church's lack of Christian literature. Bolobo had at one time boasted a large printing press, but for some undoubtedly good reason this had been dismantled and much of the machinery had been put into the foundation of the girls' school. All that was left was a small, hand-operated printing press and bookshop. We produced leaflets and individual books of the Bible on it. Two employees who knew not a word of English did all the proof-reading.
