The Bible Institute, established in 1939, housed hundreds of students, many of whom were training to be pastors, before they were ordered out by gun-toting soldiers in March 1963. The site included housing for students and teachers, a chapel, and agricultural land where food was grown and cows were kept for milk. Institute director Floyd Woodworth was arrested and held in solitary confinement for 20 days before being released and deported to the United States.