Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

gave a report on Russia to a good crowd who had left their work and came to attend the meeting during the after- noon; further I acquainted Bro. and Sister Hofer with the fact that they had been selected to fill this important post in the service of the Master, as ministers of love and mercy to the brethren who were hungry, naked and sick. They requested a little time for prayerful consideration, accepted later and sailed for Europe on the 7th day of October. The next day brought me home to my waiting family, whom I found cheerful and glad even though they had experienced some trying days during my absence. To- gether we had very many reasons to thank God for His grace both at home and abroad. VIII. Extracts FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MENNO- NITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE At the next annual meeting of the Mennonite Cen- tral Committee at Chicago on Dec. 27, the work in Russia was reviewed both by the chairman and the Secretary- Treasurer. It showed a healthy progress in continuation of the policy that we had pursued. ‘The report that already some three thousand acres had been plowed by the tractors in the Ukraine alone was encouraging. Bro. Mumaw reported that twenty-five additional outfits had been purchased and would be sent the next month. It was further reported that Rev. P. H. Unruh of Goessel, Kans., had been accepted as field-worker and had already left. Orie O. Miller, assistant to the Secretary, reported that he had continued to keep in touch with the 62 young men who entered this country under bond the previous year. At the expiration of the second six months all but 13 had finished paying their notes to the committee. They were all granted another extension, and it was hoped that by the end of the third six months all would have paid THE MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 85 their dues, so that the bond-men might be released. Bro. Miller had been able to aid an additional number of im- migrants coming from Constantinople. He further gave the final report of the Constantinople unit as presented in another chapter. The committee voted to give the recon- struction work in Russia their full approval, and recom- mended the sending of two additional tractor men. A minimum budget of $15,000 per month was agreed upon. The Executive Committee was called together for Feb. 10, upon request of the Secretary-Treasurer, for the purpose of deciding upon the budget for the remainder of the year, since the A.R.A. expected to complete its ship- ments before March, and desired to know the amount of the allocations that they would be asked to make to the A.M.R. Bro. Mumaw had made a trip to New York at the call of the A.R.A. office and was advised that a con- siderable amount of food was yet necessary for our work in Russia. The Committee acting upon this report agreed to provide the necessary funds to pay for the amount needed. In a short time following this meeting, the fam- ine conditions in Russia were