Person talk:Martin Huizenga (1)

[26 April 2013]

Finally, in late October 1933, the congregation welcomed Candidate Martin Huizenga and his wife, the former Grace DeHoog from Grand Rapids. 24 Part of the salary was in cash, the rest was in donations of food, including sides of beef and pork to can, fl our, potatoes, produce, butter, milk, cream, and anything else.25 As other families did, the Vander Sandens took them to a canyon a few miles from Martin to gather stove wood. While the short-term student pastors had boarded with families, the Huizengas lived in Martin in a small house that had no indoor plumbing or electricity and with furniture donated by the congregation. They apparently adapted rather cheerfully to this lifestyle. In April 1935 the Huizengas left, called to Holland Center, South Dakota. By that time others also were already beginning to leave, and membership had decreased to eight families and fi fteen communicant members.--henk 14:44, 26 April 2013 (EDT)