Late in August the Louhelen School youth program was held with an Austin led class "Divine Art of Living". The 1951 election returned Austin to the national assembly, and she was chair of the Africa committee which reported to the convention on progress of the religion there as well as seeking more connections. In September mother Mary Louise Austin died while visiting Austin; burial was at Colored American Cemetery, in Oakley, Ohio. In October the first coordinated pioneers moving to promote the religion were arriving in Africa.