GUILayout.Label is not displaying on level load

I have a script that is checking a line from a text file and then displaying the word using Labels. I call the function that gets the line in Start() and my GUILayout.Label is being run in OnGUI(). I also call the function to get a line on a button press in OnGUI(). Problem is, that the Layout will only display when I press the button, but not on the first check of OnGUI() after Start() runs. I have verified that the I am getting a valid word to display in Start(), so I have no idea why the Label is not displaying. my code follows:

  function Start()
 {
     Debug.Log("Script has Started");
     if(newgame == true)
     {
         newgame = false;
         word = "";
         GetWord();
         
     }
 
 }
 function GetWord()
 {
         keyboardInstance.win = false;
         keyboardInstance.played = false;
         keyboardInstance.rightLetterCount = 0;
         keyboardInstance.wrongCount = 0;
         keyboardInstance.a = a;
         keyboardInstance.b = b;
         keyboardInstance.c = c;
         keyboardInstance.d = d;
         keyboardInstance.e = e;
         keyboardInstance.f = f;
         keyboardInstance.g = g;
         keyboardInstance.h = h;
         keyboardInstance.i = i;
         keyboardInstance.j = j;
         keyboardInstance.k = k;
         keyboardInstance.l = l;
         keyboardInstance.m = m;
         keyboardInstance.n = n;
         keyboardInstance.o = o;
         keyboardInstance.p = p;
         keyboardInstance.q = q;
         keyboardInstance.r = r;
         keyboardInstance.s = s;
         keyboardInstance.t = t;
         keyboardInstance.u = u;
         keyboardInstance.v = v;
         keyboardInstance.w = w;
         keyboardInstance.x = x;
         keyboardInstance.y = y;
         keyboardInstance.z = z;
         for (keyboardInstance.keyIndex = 0; keyboardInstance.keyIndex < 26; keyboardInstance.keyIndex++)
         {
             keyboardInstance.keyPressed[keyboardInstance.keyIndex] = false;
         }
         var sr : StreamReader = new StreamReader(path);
         var fileContents = sr.ReadToEnd();
         sr.Close();
     
         var randomNumber = Random.Range(0, numWords);
         var i : int = randomNumber;
     
         var lines = fileContents.Split("\n"[0]);
         
         
         for (line in lines[i]) {
             word += line;
         }
         textureArray = new Texture[(word.length - 1)];
         dashWidth = Screen.width/(word.length - 1);
         for (index = 0; index < (word.length - 1); index++){
             
             
             
             textureArray[index] = underscore;
         }
         activeWord = true;
         Debug.Log(word);
 }
 
 function OnGUI () {
     
     if (word != ""){
     
     GUI.Label(Rect(Screen.width/2,Screen.height/2,70,70),textureArray[0]);
     GUILayout.BeginArea(Rect(Screen.width/2 - ((word.Length - 1) * 70)/2,Screen.height - Screen.height/2,70 * (word.Length - 1),(Screen.height - Screen.height/2)/2));
         GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
 
             for (counter = 0; counter < chars; counter++)
             {
                 
                 GUILayout.Label(textureArray[counter]);        
                 
             }
             
 
         GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
     GUILayout.EndArea();
     activeWord = false;
     }
     
     
     if (GUI.Button(Rect(20,260,100,100),"",newGame)){
         if (word != ""){
             word = "";
             GetWord();
         }