people in the homeland had sent to her.

"You must wear these to church tomorrow," said Mary. "In God's house you
must be clean. You must be dressed. You must not bring your spears into
church."

"Can we come?" asked the children.

"Indeed you can," said Mary. "The children can come and the slaves can
come. God's house is open to everyone."

The next day was indeed a happy day for Mary. The church was filled with
people. Many of them came just out of curiosity, but there were many who
had learned to know and love and trust in Jesus.

Mary now started day classes and these too were crowded because many wanted
to learn "book." They wanted to learn about Ma's God and about the Saviour
who took away sins. It was not long before a change could be seen in many
of these people. They had become Christians. The look of fear was gone from
their eyes. They no longer feared the demons because they had a Saviour who
loved them and took care of them. They did not do the wicked things they
had done before. They tried to live as God wanted them to live.

Mary was happy. Now she wanted to build a larger and better mission house
in Ekenge. Chief Edem wanted that too. He felt that the church schoolhouse
in Ifako quite outshone the little two-room house in Ekenge. Mary wanted
doors and windows in the new house. She could not make them. The natives
could not. They had never seen any.

Mary wrote to the Mission Board about it. The Mission Board put a notice