{"id":73,"date":"2014-09-30T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2015-02-11T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T19:31:59","slug":"india-early-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/india-early-years\/","title":{"rendered":"India: Early Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment414\" style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/10\/Early-Years_II.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/10\/Early-Years_II.jpeg\" alt=\"Barry and Marty making chapatis\" class=\"size-full wp-image-414 \" height=\"187\" width=\"133\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barry and Marty making chapatis, Landour Language School, 1946<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of their marriage, Barry and Jim knew they wanted to serve as missionaries for the American Presbyterian Church in India.\u00a0 The only missionaries who went to India before the end of WW II were, in Barry\u2019s approximation, working for the CIA.\u00a0 Soon after V-J day in October 1945, Jim, Barry, and their toddler daughter Marty took a troop transport ship from Baltimore to Lahore, which at that point was still a part of India.\u00a0 Barry explains that it was from there that they began to study Hindi and Urdu and serve the Indian Church.<\/p>\n<p>We Sailed on a Troop Ship<br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-73-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_1.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>We Got to Karachi<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-73-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_2.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Lahore: How Long Are You Staying?<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-73-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_3.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_3.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_To-India_3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Ewing Christian College: Voluntary Poverty<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-73-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Voluntary-Poverty-in-India.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Voluntary-Poverty-in-India.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Voluntary-Poverty-in-India.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/podcast\/\">here<\/a> to download the podcast for this segment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\">Back to Stories by Theme<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/tennessee\/\" title=\"Tennessee\">&lt; 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