LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 107

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140 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention,

tions and to educate them as to their duty of becoming more and m

self-sustaining have had good results. ; ore

Our missionaries, thanks to the Lord and to them, have faithful]
labored in their respective fields, although contending with most tr y
ing conditions. Whilst all people were more or less affected by tL .
existing unfortunate times, it seems as if the people of foreign tongu :
suffered to a greater extent than others. Most of them are day,
laborers. Supervision was exercised by your Board of Foreign-tongy .
Missions, and 1t was ably assisted by the subcommissioners in the dif.
ferent Districts. It has pleased our Lord to call to His eternal rest
one of our most faithful and consecrated workers, the Rev. Geo Matzat
He died September 15, 1931. , .

As to the present status of our Foreign-tongue Missions, as to the
number of missionaries and the different languages in which they
preach the Gospel of Christ, we shall name only the important things.
The more detailed reports can be found in the Statistical Y ear-book,

At present we have 18 missionaries, who are preaching in 8 dif.
ferent languages besides English or German. They are: —

Polish Mission: The Rev. Jose Olszar, stationed in Colgate (Dun-
dalk), Md.; the Rev. John Olszar, stationed in Inglis, Man., Can.-
the Rev. Theo. Engel, stationed in Chicago; the Rev. S. Martell sta~
tioned in Trenton, N. J. ,

Lithuanian Mission: The Rev. J. Rozak, stationed in Chicago;
the Rev. H. S. Brustat, stationed in Naugatuck, Conn. ,

Latvian Mission: The Rev. J. Graudin, stationed in Boston; the
Rev. F. C. Pudsell, stationed in Philadelphia; the Rev. W. v. Kuhl-
berg; stationed in Chicago.

The congregation of Rey. Graudin is perfecting plans to build
a church.

The congregation of Rev. Pudsell bought a building and recon-
structed it into a church and parsonage in 1931.

Slovak Mission: The Rev. M. M. Hevlir, stationed in North-
ampton and West Hatfield, Mass.; the Rev. Geo. Pankuch, stationed
in Hudson, N.Y. During the year 1931 Rev. Pankuch opened mission-
stations in Buffalo and the neighboring cities,

Italian Mission: The Rev. A. Bongarzone, stationed in Union
City, N.J.; the Rev. A. Messina, stationed in Englewood, N.J.; the
Rev. P. D. Maida, stationed in Hoboken, N.J. Rev. Maida entered.
the work in 1931.

Finnish Mission: The Rev. A. E. Kokkonen, stationed in Jer-
sey City. :

Persian Mission: The Rev. L. Pera, stationed in Chicago.

; Spanish (Mexican) Mission: The Rev. José Fernandez, stationed
in Chicago; the Rev. B. Martinelli, stationed in Los Angeles.

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 141

Rev. Martinelli was added to our workers in 1931. Being an
Italian by birth, he is doing mission-work also among the Italians in
that city. .

As our appropriation has been cut to the very limit of our needs,
it will be impossible for us to call new workers into the field or even
to fill the present vacancy. Retrenchments were made wherever pos-
sible, even to the extent of omitting the annual visit to the different
congregations, and yet our expenses will exceed our appropriation.
This can be seen by the budget requirements of our board added to
this report. Your Board therefore comes to Synod with the earnest
plea to study our requirements and to act favorably on our requests
embodied therein.

BUDGET REQUIREMENTS
OF THE BOARD OF FOREIGN-TONGUE MISSIONS FOR 1933.

’ Section 1.
Slovak Missions : — ~
Hudson, N. Y., and 7 other stations ..... $1,392.00 $675.00 $2,167.00
West Hatfield, Mass. ................., 600.00 =... 600.00
Italian Missions : — .
Englewood, N.J. ....... 02. cece eee 816.00 ...... 816.00
Hoboken, N.J. ... cee cece ee eee 1,456.00... 1,456.00
Union City, N.J. ..... eee eee 1,860.00 ...... 1,860.00
Polish Missions : —
Trenton, N.J. 2... cee cece eee 1,488.00 ...... 1,488.00
Dundalk (Colgate), Md. ............... 864.00 ...... 864.00
Chicago 0... eee cee ee ena 432.00 ...... 432.00
Inglish, Man., Can. .......... Se 546.00 =... ... 546.00
Spanish-Mexican Missions : —
Chicago... 2... cece eee eas 1,824.00 ...... 1,824.00
Los Angeles ...............0 0.0 c cee aee 1,200.00 ...... 1,200.00
Iithuanian Missions: — .
Chicago 2.0... .. kc ccc eee e ences 120.00 3 ...... 120.00
Naugatuck, Conn. ............0 0.000005 1,200.00 60.00 1,260.00
Latvian Missions : —
Chicago 2.2... cece cece ee 708.00 =... 708.00
Boston... 0... cee ccc ccc cece eeeaes 762.00 50.00 812.00
Philadelphia .............00. 0.0. 0.0000e 1,200.00 40.00 1,240.00
Finnish Mission: —
Jersey City .........0.0...00.. 0005. Lees 1,200.00 40.00 1,240.00
Persian (Assyrian) Mission: —
Chicago ........... Sac cecc cece eee ee ae 1,920.00 ...... 1,920.00
Miscellaneous Expenses of Board .................... 100.00
Total .... ce cee cece nce e cee eens $20,653.00

The appropriation of the Foreign-tongue Mission Board was re-
duced from $25,500 in 1931 to $19,800 in 1939. Accordingly we were
compelled to reduce our subsidies to missionaries by 20 per cent. In