Bemo Alan Janet 1970 Taiwan

8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1970 Taiwan

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M an J a n e t Bemo - y

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Dear C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s

G r e e t i n g s i n t h e name o f C h r i s t who h a s l e f t u s evidence o f H is D i v i n i t y i n th e p a s t and ha swonderfu l ly r evea l ed Himsel f i n th e p r e s e n t What a joy i t i s t o be he re se rv ing Him an d t o be

b l e t o w r i t e t o you because o f Him.

We have decided to w r i t e to yo u whenever we f e e l we h av e s om et hi ng worthwhile to sa y an d when wea v e t i m e T he l a s t n e w s l e t t e r we w r o t e w a s at T;he e n d o f N o v e m b e r s o I w o u l d l ike t o t e l l o f

few t h i n g s w hi ch h ap pe ne d i n November a nd D ec em be r.

One evening i n November we ha d g otten th e ch i ld ren to bed and were j u s t s t a r t i n g to use the fewprec ious e ve nin g h ou rs f o r s tudy ing when the doorbe l l r ang . I wondered who th e i n t r u d e r wa s a s

went to th e door. I t wa s a lady who had been to our house twice before asking fo r money, an dh i s t ime she sim ply asked i f sh e could spend the n i g h t a t o ur h ou se . When sh e came i n t o theiving-room she saink to the f loor an d the baby t i ed to he r back seemed l i f e l e s s She and the

baby both ha d h o r r i b l e b lack an d blue marks on them an d slie t o ld us t h a t h er h us ba nd h ad beendrinking and had beaten them an d now sh e ha d l e f t because sh e was af ra id of him. She s t i l l hadw o o ld e r c h i l dr en w i th him. Je f i x e d h e r someth ing t o e a t and t h e n w h i l e sh e and h e r babybathed Jane t washed he r c lo thes an d l a i d out some new ones for them. She stayed with us fo rhr ee n ig ht s an d sometime dur ing the th i rd night^she l e f t s e c r e t l y. While she was here we gave

her a Bible and a t r a c t to read and were able to t a lk to her a l i t t l e We may never know howhe i s now b u t we p r a y f o r h e r o f t e n

Many t ou r i s t s come to Taiwan to see the scenery, ea t th e Chinese food and hear about the customsand go away thinking they have real ly seen China. Actually they have missed the most importantn d i nt er es ti ng p a rt - people as ind iv idua l s . One da y a man

named M r. Jeng came t o church e a r l y Sam Hazlewood wa s t he ren d Sa m w elc om ed h im t o come i n He d i d a n d l a t e r when c h u r c h

wa s ove r, I g o t to know him. He t o l d me abou t a n exper iencewhicn he ha d recent ly which led him to seek the Lord, and see- Mn g our Church sign put up only the week before) he had come. rI asked him to give this testimony the next week in church. e ^ tliWiPsaid he would bu t asked me to t ranslate his testimony into Eng- ^i s h fo r the nmericans p r e s e n t . I sa id I would but n o t u n t i l w

he would t e l l me h i s s to ry once again beforehand. As c lose a sI could translate this was part of his message: Ladies and .: kGentlemen, Mr . Bemo asked me t o speak t h i s evening and my h e a r ts espec ia l ly happy t h a t God has given me t n i s opportuni ty. I

have bel ieved in God fo r a long time s ince I went to th e 6 th -11th g ra de s in a Christ ian grade school on th e ^ in land . Allmy teachers were Chr i s t i ans an a we ha a worship every Sunday,weekaay morning b ef or e s ch oo l, a nd i te dn es da y evening. I wa s .mmersed when I was eleven but didn t think about God much Translating (V) fo r Mr. Jeng

a f t e r t h a t L a s t month when I was walk ing home from work Iwas crossing a nigii bridge vlien I noticed a small boy standing outside the ra i l ing of th e b ri dg ecrying fo r help. I wonaered why no one was helping him. I climbed over the ra i l and as I wasnanglng onto the raiiihe, wiUi one hand reaching down to rescue th e boy, a taxie cab rubbed th eraiiint, and cut one of ray fingers of f here nolding up short bandaged stub). I finally pulledthe boy to safety cuid he ran away without saying thank-you or anything. I had done a good thing

and been badly iiui t, bleeding a l o t , bu t no one even thanked me. I couldn t understand th isbu t t..en I taought of Jesus and how, a f t e r He haa given Hiraseli for o th ers, had received


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no thanks, i i t i l l today people have no grat i tude fo r Hi s sacr i f ice . The doctor says my hand i salmost well now, but ever s ince t h i s happened I have thought I should f ind a Church. I went toa b ig one but there were to o many people an d I was a l i t t l e embarrased. When I came here l a s tSunday morning I f e l t very welcome. I would jus t l ike to read one s cr ip tu re t ii is e vening -Psalms 33s12. Blessed i s the nation whose God i s th e Lord, th e people whom He has chosen as Hih e r i t a g e . we need t o have God a s o u r L o r d .

Mr. Je ng wants to be a preacher and i s anxious for a Bible Training Ins t i tu te to be s tar ted . Hhas been an i n s p i r a t i o n t o u s a l l .

This year, the Lord willing, we will be finishing language study. What a day that will bel Inthe meantime we are learning so much, we are now in a Sook called Twenty Lectures on ChineseCulture . This booK has really been helpful in understanding the Chinese mind. The other dayour lesson was on Chinese l i te ra ture and although i t pointed out the most in-t^national language, getting you along almost anywhere, i t pointed out lsothat Ghinese r~al-though only a national_lanKU.ag.ft. is aunken by the greatest number of people in thr worlit, Twas thinking that even thoughw are taking two years to get fSe lanf^^ tlia t afterward w wilknow the two best languages in the world - ijiglish to get us around best and Chinese to reachthe g r e a t e s t number o f people f or C hr is t,

The class we are having on Thursday evenings i s going Ireal well. I t is the one event which really gets me all stirred fo r Christ af ter a v/eek of school, I have beenteaching a te n lesson series on the Life of Christ which II will finish this week. I hope that several of them ^

Becky has j u s t turned one year old a s o f January 8 th .we had some of her l i t t l e fr iends over and e ven t ho ug hshe d i d n t qui te understand what the big occasion was, ;she sure enjoyed i t . She had two cakes - one from her ) \grandmother Bit temore and one from us ( v i a AnaheimChristian Church). She liked both but she was. mostlyinterested in the candles. Slie had never seen fire be- ,n.fore and she stuck her finger right in the flame. It didn t ^ studentsburn her because she had so much but tery frost ing on i t .

Yesterday, th e Tseng family who-were former conver ts of ourshere and who are now in America working on his P.H.D, sent usa le t ter and ^10 check for the work here. This was really at h r i l l an d encouragement .

a~vary^;UAfgent prayer need. I have a chance of possibly^oing to kinmen.,^ island belonging toTaiwanbut within sight ofHed~Ghina;. The- government wil l allow s e v er a l m i s si o na r ie s togo during Chinese New Year and at tach Bibles, t r ac t s or whatever to balloons to f loat over to the mainland. The gas inthese balloons will weaken and eventual ly allow the Bibles,e t c . to become accessable to someone behind the bamboo cur

tain. Please pray that I might be permitted to go and pa rt i c ip a t e i n t h i s .

R . I , Bo x J37r t Gibson , Okla.

7^^34tu rn Requested

It has been a great year of I969 and we are really looking for- ^^kyat one year old

rsT saLdi expectation of great things for Jim. Pray with us, won t you?NON-PROFIT

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F i e l d A d d r e s s :

A l a n J a n e t BeaoLane 1^7i Number 21Hsin Sheng S* Bd*i Sec* 1Taipe i , Taiwan

F A K C A S Tc K o s A a e R

F o rw a r di ng A g en t:

M r s . S a n d i G a d tR. R. 1 , Box 23F o r t G i b s o n ,O k l a h o m a

D e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,

On Thursday morning, February 12 , before we ha d l e f t fo r school, I received word t h a t myb r o t h e r, Gsiry Bemo, ha d taken h i s own l i f e I c a l l e d my fo lks a s soon a s I could an d madearrangements to f ly to the Sta tes the next day* The impact of w hat had h ap pened d id n t r ea ll yh i t me t i l l I got there* I was there fo r two weeks with my Mother and Father* I t i s r ea l lyhard to imders tand why t h i s h ap pe ne d a nd we have had to l e a m to depend upon the Lord more*Your prayers fo r my Horn an d Dad, Gary s wife , Carolyn, an d myself are needed*

I want to thank everyone who ha s done something for u s durin g t h i s time* I am especial lyamazed a t the way the money wa s provided fo r the t r i p to an d f rom America* I became convincet ha t was the Lord s w il l tha t I go back to the Sta tes fo r a couple of weeks to be withmy folks . I prayed, I f t h i s i s indeed your wi l l , God, I should not have to say a word aboutrying to ra ise t h i s money* IWien I wrote a check for th e t icket in Taipei I did not beginhave th e money for i t* I decided I would not mention th e need to anyone accept God Howevewhen I go t to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where my folks l ive , I found tha t th e money had already becommitted by Churches and individuals in tha t area* They were only waiting for me to arriveand le t them know how much th e tickes had cost* I have marked these special gi f t s on th ef i n an ci a l r e p or t a s s p e c i a l .

I took Becky with me to the States because I could take he r for only IO 6 fare and because oand Dad had never seen her. Although I missed Janet and Beth, who stayed in Taiwan, Becky kme from g e t t i n g to o homesick*

While In Oklahoma I got to speak in some of the supportingC h u r c h e s t h e r e

On our way back to Taiwan we stopped over in Los Angeles where Xwa s me t a t the a i r p o r t by Chuck a nd M olly Johnston, who werea l so leaving fo r Taiwan the next day by ^ i p They boarded the Vsame ship Janet and I had ridden, at the same dock where we had j|boarded when we came to Taiwan for the f i r s t time nearly four ^years ago* This brought back some pleasan t memories.

That night we stayed with th e Howard Dobbs family in Aneheim,California The next day I got to meet for a few minutes i r Jsome me n o f t h e F a s t Aneheim and K n o t t Avenue C h r i s t i a nChurches* Afterward Becky and I got on a plane bound forTaiwan. Sh e wa s a p e r f e c t t r a v e l e r .

We arr ived back in Taiwan j u s t as Sunday Services were beingheld but Jane t and Beth were a t the ai rpor t for a gloriousr e u n i o n

^On March 8th I preached my f i r s t sermon,,iii-Ch,inftRp at.-Church. rI was fi l led with feelings of both accomplishment and humility, ^ ^if you can imagine. I th ^ the moat aerioua mistake I made chuok olly Johnstonwas that I said, We may have to sacrifice the commandments of Our latest missionariesGod. when I m e a n t t o say, We may have to s a c r i f i c e our l i v e sfor G^. That is serious enough but Flder Suen later translated my Chinese into their Chinm this particular point since I had gone over the sermon with him earlier*


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Missionary Children: clockwise from back row - Mark Skiles, Beth Bemo Jennine Johnston, GregJenni fe r Johnston. Vicki Bkiles , Jeanet te Johnston, Becky Bemo, Missing-Shane Hazlewoo

Below i s the M en s M ee ti ng : from l e f t i s Alan Bemo,Ted Ski les , Jonathan Ch en , Chuck Johnston Samr i az l ewood . M i s s i n g - P e t e r Suen Luke L i n e

On March l6t]a^he Johnston family finally arrived after a combined tr ip of ship and plane. I t wsomething to be able to see them off and meet them too.

ow with four missionary couples here in Taiwan and nine children between us, the women are takiturns each month having special S.S classes for the English-speaking children while the regulars er vic es a re being conducted i n Chinese .

While I was f i l l i ng ou t the census report the other day, Jane t sa id , I t sure i s a good thing thU.S. government takes a c en su s e ve ry ten years because the missionar ies here alone have more thdoubled t he p op ul at io n in th e past ten years. I suppose we have done our part in the populat ionexplosion . In fact , speaking of l o t s of children, census, and populat ion explos ions , we wouldlike to ^npj^jQoe. that we are expec_y.ng ..a baby in July. e are hoping for a boy, but prayingfo r a healthy child of the Lord^s choic^.

One o f t h e g r e a t t h r i l l s I have bee n expe r i en c ing l a t e l y ist h a t o f the men meeting to work th in gs o ut about church s e rv i c e s , summer camps and j o i n t p r o j e c t s I t i s g re a t to havt h e C h i n e s e t h e r e t o t e l l u s t h e i r i d e a s on t h i n g s an d wehold t h e i r advice a s t h a t o f g r e a t e s t impor tance . By th e wour summer camp i s to be held from Ju ly t h i s yea r. Ihope the new baby w i l l wait t i l l af terward.

we have a new lady watching our k i d s while we a re in school ,wno i s t ry in g to teach them Chinese. Also Beth has l i t t l eChinese f r i e n d s who come t o t h e nouse e v e r y day t o p l a y w i ther and i t r e a l l y amazes us to hear h er c h a t t e r away inCiiinese. J u s t the o the r morning we heard Beth t e l l the ladyin perfect Chinese, My daddy i s going to school . I t tookus t h ree months to say a sentence l i k e t h a t . Ha

J a n e t won t be going to school anymore a f t e r th e new one. a r

r i v e s bu t I w i l l cont inue t o go t i l l th e en d o f t h i s yeair.Please pray fo r us tha t we may be able to learn quickly andwell the language of tnese people whom the Lord and we love

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Your c o - w o r k e r s i n Taiwan ,e t n Becky an d t h e i r f r iends*M r s S a n d i G a n t

H H . 1 , Bo x 2^7P o r t G ib so n, O kla .

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FINiiNCIiiL REPORT . 0F i e l d A d d r e s s :

A l a n J a n e t Bemo

Lane 157 Number 21Hsiu Bheng SHdfSec1Ta i p e i , Taiwan

JANUARY

I n c o m e

FOR ALiiN Sc J a N i T BH^IOForwarding Agent:

M r s . S a n d i G a n t

k . R , 1 , Box 257F t . G ib so n, O kl a.74^5^

JaNUaRY ( con t inued)P r i n t i n g

R e w s l e t t e r s .4^ 9Q0j

F i n a n c i a l Repor t s . 2 .00i-ducation (Books) 10.75Sala ry-

O ff e r i n g 80.00Insurance . . . 47,84S o cia l o ec ur it y 55 .50House Help. 42,50Persona l . 85.33

To t a l Janua ry Sxpences 4}679.58

B a l a n c e

December, 1969 Balance .i>l43,55To t a l Janua ry Income . 735.75To t a l 879*10Total January sxpence . 679*58Janua ry Balance s199.72

FOR JANU.iRY, FI2BRU.\Ry, MaRCH

A n o n y m o u s ^ 40 .00C o l o r a d o

M r. M r s . Bob Ammerman 1 0 . 0 0 l l i n o i s

o t r o n g i i u r s t C h r i s t i a n Church 5 5 - 0 0D t r o n g h u r s t C h r i s t i a n a i s i s . Hoc. 5 9 . 0 0miss ion B e l l e s , o t ronghurs t 1 2 . 0 0I n d i a n a

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i^ir. ^ w r s . D e a n W o l f a l 1 50 .00I o w a ,

G r in n el l C h r is t i an C h u r c h . . 45.00Mr . oc M rs. G ary Meyers 1 0 . 0 0K a n s a s

Mrs. Andrew Bai ley 5 . 0 0M r s . H . F . Wa l t e r s . * * 5 . 0 0L o l a G p o s s 5 0 . 0 0Mr . Mrs. Liang Fu Tseng. 1 0 . 0 0K e n t u c k y

M r s . I s a b e l D i t t e m o r e . 28.75M i s so u r i

C e n t r a l C h r i s t i a n . 2 0 . 0 0F l o r e n c e D o u g l a s 1 0 . 0 0N e b r a s k a

Lad ie s Miss. Hoc. ( .^ymore) . 2 5 . 0 0Ne w M e x i c o

M r. 8c I n r s . N or man Malm 4 0 . 0 0B r u c e Malm 2 . 0 0O h i o

kifomen s G e ne ra l C o u n ci l . . . 12 .50O k l a h o m a

M r . c M r s . K e n ne t h N a u m a n n . 5 0 . 0 0F i r s t Chr is t ian (Okay) . . 2 0 . 0 0Muskogee C h r i s t i a n . . 2 5 . 0 0R i v e r s i d e C h r i s t i a n 2 0 . 0 0M r. iic M r s . A . L . G o r m a n . . 2 0 . 0 0Mr. 8c Mrs . Doug Bemo 5 0 . 0 0H a s t P o i n t C h r i s t i a n 2 1 . 5 0J a n u a r y T o t a l I n c o m e ^755*75

i i:q)ense

Rent itIlO.OOU t i l i t i e s . . ^ 5 5^T r a v e l

Car Repa i r 15.75Gaso l ine and o i l . 5 0 . 9 9Car Tax 72.00

Gasoline ta x - * 18.97P o s t a g e

Taiwan . 29*15U . b .

btamps . 16 .0^

Pe rmi t . 5 0 . 0 0

FsBRUaRY

I n c o m e

An onymous . . . . . . . . . . . 4 > 40 .005 . 0 0

A r k a n s a s

N o r a Lou L e n o n . 1 0 . 0 0C a l i f o r n i a

l u io t t i ive. C h r i s t i a n . 55*00l iSst Anaheim Chr is t i an . . .64.56C a n a d a

M r. ^ i l r s . Don Lev ; i s 1 0 . 0 0C o l o r a d o

M r. I - i rs . Bob 1 0 . 0 0 l l i n o i s

S t r o n g h u r s t C h r i s t i a n 70 .00K a n s a s

Mr . M rs . G eo rge Di t t emore 55*00M r. u M r s . Ben G r o s s 4 0 . 0 0B i b l e S tu dy C lu b, b u b l e t t e . 10 .00l u r s . H. i? . kVal te r s . 5 * 0 0K e n t u c k y

I s a b e l D i t t e m o r e 1 0 . 0 0 d s sou r i

M r. X M r s . R i c h a r d B u u s 1 0 0 . 0 0

M r s . B a r b a r a J o B t a u f f e r . 5 * 0 0Mary D o n a l d s o n 1 0 . 0 0C e n t r a l C h r i s t i a n C hu rch 55 * 00New M e x i c o

Mary J o Malm I . 5 0J a n e t Malm 2 . 5 0B r u c e Malm 2 . 0 0

Mr . Mrs. Norman Malm. . . 5^*00New Yo r k

M a rg a r e t McGinn 5 0 . 0 0


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F i e l d A d d r e s s :

A l a n J a n e t Benio

Lane 157* Number 21Usln Sheng S. Bd, Sec.Ta i p e i Tedwan

u l y 'f , 1970

r A K C A S Tc t t u s A a e K i

F o r w a r d i n g Age

M r s * S a n d i G a n t

H, E, 1 , Box 2F o r t G i b s o n ,O k l a h o m a

Bear C h r i s t i a n Ce-workers ,

hope t h i s l e t t e r f i n d s you brea th ing every b r e a t h and e a t i n g every b i t e n o t merelyo u r p h y s i c a l e x i s t e n c e b u t f o r o u r L ord J es us C h ri s t ~ -

evera l of you have wri t t en an d asked more about the poss ib i l i t y of sending Bibles byal loons in to Red China* Since l a s t I wrote a l o t of th ings h ave h ap pe ne d along t h i s

i ne* Because people have wri t t en me about t an d as su red me o f t h e i r praye r s I have5n encouraged to do more i nves t iga t ing* I have gone to t a l k to th e M in is te r o f I n t e r -

.. L Rel ig ious Affa i r s and he assu res us t h a t t i s very poss ib le to send Bible bal loons:u ind the Bamboo Curtain* Before we can , though, a l e t t e r has to be wri t t en to higher

.yrnment o f f i c i a l s to have th e p r o j e c t approved. One problem i s t h a t th e Chinese Com.Li.ists have s impl i f ied Chinese wri t ing and now no one under th i r ty ca n read any Bible

-Terature printed here* ê can buy Bibles printed in th e simplified Chinese in HongKwe a re not allowed to bring them in to Taiwan* The bal loons cannot be sen t from Hon

Kcig because HongKong ha s diplomatic re la t ions with Red China* In the l e t t e r to the goeiûmeat of Taiwan we are going to reques t permission to br ing some Bibles in s impl i f i edhinese in to Taiwan for th e purpose of sending to Red China by balloon* Before we wri t

h i s l e t t e r we would l ike to t e l l you about i t so you can pray about i t* We know onlyGod can do the imposs ib le . P lease pray w ith us .

am Hazlewood, Chuck Johnston and I went on an English bus tour* This bus tour was setp by Overseas Crusade for Chinese students who are interested in learning English. T

urpose o f th e t o u r wa s t o so w th e Good News o f C h r i s t i n t h e i r h ea r t s*W

were i n v i t e do go along to help in t h i s . During th e hour and a half r ide to the beach we sa t amonhe students and talked to them in English about l o t s of things but most important wealked to them about the fai th ^hch we have. At th e beach we played games in English,

went swimming together and had hour of inspirat ion - a message from God's Word. Again the t r ip back we talked to them. God's Word was sown among lonely College Studentsnd some g re at c on ta ct s were made. Daily we se e and hear about new methods of reachinghese young people for Chris t , and our excitement i s mounting to get into fu l l t ime wor

wêk before Mother 's Day we had our house pa in ted . W e had to s t ay away from f ive toine Saturday n i g h t a s we wai ted f o r th e p a i n t to dry* Whene g o t home we discovered a t h i e f had j u s t been t h e r e and hado l e n ou r t y p e w r i t e r and add ing machine. This i s t h e s i x t h

me we have had a r o b b e r y o r a tte mp te d r o b b e r y h e r e . T h i sv e s ne w mean ing t o t h e s c r i p t u r e H e w i l l come a s a t h i e fn th e night .* . . . Every night we expect a th ie f to come. RSvery n igh t we s ho uld e xp ec t C hr is t to come. Anyway we now ' ^ ' ave a prob lem. We need a new t y p e w r i t e r v e r y b a d l y. The p e w r i t e r t h a t J a n e t s u s i n g t o t y p e t h i s n e w s l e t t e r o u t

i t h s one w h i c h we hav e b o r r o w e d . A t y p e w r i t e r s s o m e - -h i n g we need a l m o s t e v e r y d a y. We a r e h o p i n g t h a t some o fou are looking for a s pe ci al p ro je ct and would l ike to help s to buy a new one. I f you can help please send th e money ^ o S a nd i ou r f or wa rd in g a g e n t .

th ink you w i l l remember Mr. Jeng, the man who ha d h is f i n - Tf?

er cut o f f while rescuing a boy on a br idge . He i s r e a l l y ~ ' *n f i r e fo r th e Lord . He has l e d s i x o f h i s co-workers t o Ou r t y p e w r i t e r

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r i s t and i s now making ar ragen ien t s f o r t h e n a l l t o be bs i3 t i zed t o g e t h e r i n tVie oceaj h as a l o t o f i d e a s a b o u t ho w t o s p r e a d t h e g o s p e l i n Ta iwan . He s u g g e s t e d t h a t v/e

l d a d v e r t i z e t o have a c o m b i n a t i o n E n g l i s h c l a s s and p r e a c h i n g s e rv ic e t o be h e l d s e vl t i m e s a week . He s a i d i f I would t e a c h f o r t h i r t y m i n u t e s he w ould p r e a c h f o r t h i r tu t e s . Also he wants to s t a r t an evanga l i s t i c meeting fo r non-Chr i s t i ans to be held

e r y S a t u r d a y n i g h t . He want s t o do t h e p r e a c h i n g . We began o u r f i r s t one l a s t S a t u r d ah as p rea ch ed i n t h e morn ing Sunday s e r v i c e once so f a r . A l s o , Mr. Jeng w a n t s t o go if u l l- ti m e C h ri s ti a n s er v i c e . I s e r i o u s l y t h i n k t h i s may be th e L o r d s answer t o my

e s t f o r a Chinese co-worker when we b e g i n f u l l - t i m e work n e x t y e a r . e would l i k e f o ru t o c on ti nu e p ra y i ng a b o u t t h i s . Th e b ig g e st p ra ye r need c o n c e r n i n g Mr. J e n g i s t h e

t t h a t h i s .vife i s n o t a C h r i s t i a n , b u t a n a r d e n t B u d d h i s t . When he f i r s t s t a r t e d coto Church she opposed him and o f t e n h id h is r e l i g io u s books . Now she has changed he

i t u d e t o one o f p a s s i v e n e s s . As Mr . Jeng p u t i t As l o n g a s sh e i s n o t a C h r i s t i a nnnot be an e f f e c t i v e m i n i s t e r f o r C h r i s t b e c a u s e when I t e l l peop le a b o u t C h r i s t t h e y

l a s k me, I f C h r i s t i s so g r e a t why d o e s n t y o u r ow n w i f e b e l i e v e ? T h i s i s v e r y t rhope t h a t you w i l l p r a y d a i l y f o r Mrs. J e n g . She h a s high b lood p r e s s u r e . Mr. J ng

k e d h e r i f he p r a y e d f o r God t o h e a l h e r and sh e was h e a l e d would sh e b e l i e v e and o c er i s t ? She s a i d she would. Then he t o l d h e r t h a t , i n t h a t c a s e he knew Qod would h e a l* He i s a man o f g r e a t f a i t h . P l e a s e pray s p ec if ic a l ly t ha t God w i l l hea l Mrs. Jeng

d g i v e Mr. Jeng th e r i g h t words t o say to h e r . P l e a s e p r a y r i g h t now

have just had the f i rs t Inst i tute fo r Church Growth here I '

Taiwan. Three Professors from America on DeWelt Conley . j llsby and Gordan Clymer came to conduct i t . It was attended jmissionaries from HongKong as well as the missionaries and ^ f

tionals here. It was certainly an inspiration to all of us ; jP^ y''d gave us a lo t of ideas on how to better evangalize Taiwan. r ^ i

had the privilege of having Brothers e elt and Sisly in ^r home which was an added encouragement. B B \ / I

preparation for camp we have had some interesting exper- BB. f j' ^nces but since there is so much to tell I will wait t i l l HB|I^^BBP|B f

t n ew s l e l : t eT~and t e l X ~ a b o u t ~ t h e p r e ^ r a t i o n , camp , a n a 'f i n a l r e s u l t s .

brothers DeWelt Clymer,SilsbSam Hazlewood and I were w a i t i n g t o p i c k up th e camp a d -

t i z e m e n t s we were s t a n d i n g i n a s m a l l s t r e e t g e t t i n g o u ro e s s h i n e d . S e v e r a l s m a l l boys came and watched us so wec i d e d to s ing a fe w s o n g s . By th e t ime we g ot th ro ug h th es t song we a l r e a d y had an aud ience o f t w e n t y - f i v e p e o p l e

a l l a g e s . We d e c i d e d we would do t h i s a g a i n - n e x t t imeh some t r a c t s t o p a s s o u t .

e baby i s due r ight a f t e r camp i s over. e are praying hesh e w i l l w a i t b u t j u s t i n c a s e J a n e t has t h e phone numberth e camp grounds to l e t me know when t h i n g s s t a r t happen

g . Anyway by the time yo u get t h i s i t may be h i s t o r y. Il be v; r i t ing an . t h e r n e w s l e t t e r as soon as th e baby i s

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an h as been epccep t iona l ly busy t h e s e p a s t fe w weeks and h a s asked me t o w r i t e t h i st e r to yo u fo r him. I t was a grea t oppor tuni ty so I grabbed i t (Ha ) and a l so i t

v e s me an op ipor tun i ty t o t e l l a b o u t one o f A la n ' s a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s r e c e n t l y w hich heb a b l y w o uld have s k i p p e d o v e r , b u t more a b o u t t h a t l a t e r . He and Chuck J o h n s t o n and

m Hazlewood have gone fo r a 3-day C h r i s t i a n Men's R e t r e a t up i n th e mounta ins with o t hr i s t i a n men o n t h e i s l a n d . The t h e m e o f t h e r e t r e a t i s C h r i s t a n d t h e C h i n e s e M i n dh e x c e p t i o n a l C h i n e s e C h r is t i a n l ea d e rs and m i s s i o n a r i e s s p e a k i n g , so i t p r o m i s e s t o

an e d uc at io na l a s w el l a s a much needed r e l a x a t i o n f o r Alan . S i n c e he hopes t o grade from s c h o o l by t h e end o f t h i s y e a r he h a s r e a l l y been cramming t h e C h i n e s e l a n g u a g e

wn and p e r s o n a l l y I l l be g l a d f o r him t o g e t u n t e n s e d a l i t t l e b i t i n t h e s e n e x t fewy s .

ny t h i n g s h av e h ap pe ne d s i n c e t h e b i r t h o f o u r l i t t l e . , an. One i s born and another s t a r t s to school. Beth ^r t e d t o C hin es e N urs ery S ch oo l on Sep tember 10 w i t h

o u t 130 l i t t l e C h i n e s e f r i e n d s . Sh e r e a l l y l o v e s i t andmes home daily singing l i t t le Chinese songs and dancing. |e s a y s s h e w i l l s i n g them f o r h e r l i t t l e A m e r i c a n jends when she vis i t s in America in a few years. There S ' w

t h r e e g r a d e s i n t h e s c h o o l f o r t h r e e , f o u r and f i v ea r o l d s . The youngest group (Be th ' s ) wear b r i g h t pink *rons, the middle wear turqouise (Jennifer Johnston's ' ^ '*

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rry yellow shoulder bags with the school's name on i t . ^HBa l l v e r y e x c i t i n g a s you can s e e 1 They r i d e l i t t l e

n i - b u s e s t o and f rom s c h o o l . You may wonder i f we w i l l yntinue the children in Chinese schools for their for- wKmjUal education. Psychologically we don't think this would ' ' RBI

wise. s missionary children we think they need to ^ow basically what nationality they are and study and ^ Bv e home l i f e i n t h e i r ow n c u l t u r e b u t go o u t from t h e r e

make f r i e n d s and l e a r n o th er l a n g u a g e s . However t h e s et fe w y e a r s o f n u r s e r y s c h o o l , I t h i n k , w i l l b e b e n e -

c i a l t o B e t h ' s u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e Chinese and t h e i rg u a g e . S h e ' s a l r e a d y h a v i n g a few p r o b l e m s w i t h even

i s , though, so we are going slow. Our only desire i s BHfRSjl^^Hil i iHHk. ro u r c h i l d r e n t o grow i n t o C h r is t i an s er v an ts i n t h e i rn s t e a d and we d a i l y p r a y f o r t h e wisdom i n g u i d i n gm i n t h i s p a t h . Already th rough one o f B e t h ' s l i t t l e Off t o s c h o o l ,rsery f r iends , Tomoko, (a Japanese g i r l ) , we have had the privelege of inv i t ing andi ng i n v i t e d to he r p a r e n t ' s home and sha r ing our f a i t h . He r mother i s t e ach ing a l l o

m is sio na ry women J ap an es e I ke ba na f lower a r r ang ing and she i s becoming a very c l o s eend . I t i s sure making me r e c a l l my Japanese f a s t . I am th inking very s er io us ly o fr t i n g women's meetings fo r a l l of the women t h a t have become f r i ends i n t h i s neighbor

od and would a p p r e c i a t e any sugges t ions you may have from your own women's meet ings .tua l ly more an d more we a r e r e a l i z i n g what g r een -h o r ns we are about eve ry th ing , butw t h a t t h e Lord w i l l u s e u s e v e n s o a n d h e l p u s t h r o u g h o l d e r C h r i s t i a n f r i e n d s s u c h

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lan has b ee n w on de ri ng exac t ly how t o go about s t a r t i n g i nd ig inous churches here i h Taan where th e church would more o r l e s s suppor t i t s own Chinese M i n i s t e r and make an eo r t to r e n t o r b u i l d i t s own b u i l d i n g , e t c . The miss iona ry could concen t ra t e then oni s i t i n g th e chu rches and a d v i s i n g and on t r a i n i n g l e a d e r s a s Pau l o f th e New Testamenti d . thought o f v i s i t i n g th e M ar k M ax ey s i n Kanoya, Japan a f t e r Alan ' s g r a d u a t i o n bause many i nd ig inous chu rches have been s t a r t e d t h e r e an d we wanted t o se e and h e a r exc t l y how i t wa s a l l done. But now we see t h a t our non- ins t rument Church o f C hr is t b reh r e n have done t h e very same he re and we can s tudy from our own back y a r d , so to speak

Actual ly i t wa s t h e i r Chinese m i n i s t e r s who came to see us f i r s t and i n v i t e d us to seehat work they have done. They were r e a l surpr ised to know there was another branchf t h e Church o f C h r i s t and seem v er y a nx i o us t o work w i t h u s and h e l p u s i n any wa y t han . This i s a l l very exc i t ing an d sure ly the lead ing of the Lord. As they s a i d , Ar ee n o t B r o t h e r s ? Our l i t t l e d e n o m i n a t i o n s and c l i q u e s seem t o s o r t o f fade away onhe mission f i e l d where the people don ' t understand them anyway and want only to work te ther as brothers in Christ . So we've been busy studying many things these l a s to n t h s and have a s k e d ho w t h e i r c h u r c h e s w e r e s t a r t e d a n d ho w a nd w h e r e t h e i r l e a d e r sere t r a ined and how they go about bui ld ing up t h e i r churches ,e tc . Again, we need to uers tand the Chinese mind an d speak to the Chinese . I t i s amazing how a non-Chris t ianeri tage can make a difference in thinking in so many ways. Over the supper table i shere Alan o f t e n l i k e s t o d is c us s t h es e m a tt e rs w it h t h e C h i n e s e . And you ma y wonder

what a m ission ary w ife does. The same as an y other wife she f ixes the suppe r.

A l a n w i l l n e v e r a s k me t o w r i t e a n o t h e r l e t t e r a g a i n t h e

way I keep adding my wifely comments bu t anyway, now weome to one o f the h i g h l i g h t s of t hese p a s t few months an dh a t i s the Speech Contes t sponsored by the Rotary Clubs o fTaipei. The teachers a t o ur la ng ua ge school selected Alano represent them in the contest alon g w ith 6 other foreignepresen ta t ives from s i x other co l leges . They t r a ined an de lped hi m n i g h t and day f o r tw o weeks on h i s e i g h t minuteheme What I know a b o u t C h i n a . H is p r o n u n c i a t i o n had t oe p e r f e c t and h i s s p e e c h c o n t e n t c o m p l i c a t e d b u t g o o d .

Well D-day was September 21 and he won f i r s t p l a c e . Neede s s t o sa y we were a s proud a s punch b e c a u s e i t meansh e s e 2 ^ y e a r s o f l anguage s tudy h a v e n t b ee n w ast ed b u th a t h i s Chinese i s p r e t t y g o o d . But th e g l o r y a l l goes t o

God ho has upheld us i n o u r d is co u ra g em e nt s and been t h eGoal towards which we were s t u d y i n g . Th an k - yo u , t o o , f o r

our pa t i ence an d con t inua l suppor t th rough p r a y e r s and f iances i n t h e s e 2 ^ y e a r s . May t h i s be an encouragement t os a l l I m c o n v i n c e d t h a t i f we c o u l d do i t , a n y o n e c o u l d .

t seems t h a t r e c e n t l y we hav e been e x ce p ti on a l l y b le s se dw i t h l e t t e r s and even goodies from home and dur ing t h i sThanksgiv ing Season we have much t o be t hankfu l f o r . I am

s p e c i a l l y t h i n k i n g abou t e l d e r l y Mrs. Wa l t e r s who s e nd s ao t e w i t h h e r $5 each month and t h e ' au tumn l e a v e s L u c i l l e

Green s e n t i n he r l e t t e r , th e 'Chr is tmas i n J u l y packagerom Anaheim and th e Chris tmas package from S p r i n g f i e l d ,

Ohio ; th e s p ec ia l o f f e r in g f o r Jonn ie from t h e Sooner c l a s sand s e v e r a l s p e c i a l g i f t s f o r t h e t y p e w r i t e r and on and ont g o e s . M i s s i o n a r i e s a r e t r u l y b le ss ed p e o p l e l l And wer e t h a n k f u l t o o , f o r our overworked forwarding agen t ,Sand i , who bes ides keeping our f

nances s t r a i g h t , g o e s shopping f o r us g e t t i n g th e 101 t h i n g s we need now and then fromee th in g r in g s t o p re ss u re cooker r i n g s . Thanks be t o God an d t o everyone o f you.

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D e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,

Janet, Beth, Becky, Jonnie, and I hope a l l of you have had a Merry Christmas anda appy ew Tear. e hope and pray that on this birthday of th e King of Kings andLord o f L o r d s t h a t He h a s bec om e m ore t h e m a s t e r o f y o u r l i f e

There i s on e s i ckness we r e a l l y l i k e to get I t i s r e a l l y kind of fun fo r Jane tan d I to s i t together on the so fa a f t e r the k id s are a s l e e p , l i s t e n to Christmasr e c o r d s and make o u r s e l v e s homesick V e can r e a l l y g e t th e b l u e s s i t t i n g t h e r et a lk ing about being with my fo lks i n Muskogee,Oklahoma during Christmas t ime andf e e l i n g th e hea t from the f i r e - p l a c e as we crack pecans fo r p ie s or candy Whenwe t h i n k o f o u r l a s t C h r i s t m a s i n t h e S t a t e s which was s p e n t i n Wabash, I n d i a n aw ith the W olfals , Hecks and many o the r s i t makes us p r e t t y homesick. We a re su reto lose some sleep i f we allow ourselves to think about snow, Chr is tmas decor

a t i o n s , an d carols This i s a kind of s i ckness t h a t warms the h e a r t ,i t

i s on et h a t we n e v e r become immune t o o r c u r e d o f T h i s d i s e a s e c o u l d b e f a t a l e x c e p tf o r t h e m e d i c i n e o f o u r l o v e f o r t h e L ord an d T a iw a n . Even t h o u g h we m i s s youan d A m e r i c a we w o u l d n o t h a v e i t a t t h e e x p e n s e o f n o t b e i n g he re

We have qu i t e a l o t of th ings scheduled fo r the Chris tmas season he re . eplanning on decora t ing a t r ee t h i s afternoon. Janet i s busy baking cookies an dmaking candy to give to f r i ends . The kids are exci ted about presen t s under thet r e e , most of which were sent by some of you. I plan on eat ing some of J a n e t sgoodies and opening a few presents myself* The Church had a Christmas par tyn ig ht before l a s t and of course will be going carolling on Christmas eve. The

Church h a s r e n t e d t h e Globe T h e a t e r o f O v e r s e a s Rad io t o p u t on a C h r i s t m a s p l a yon th e 2 6 t h . We a r e p l a n n i n g a C h r i s t m a s p a r t y on C h r i s t m a s n i g h t f o r o u r s t u d e n t san d we a r e e x p e c t i n g a r o u n a t w e n t y p e o p l e .


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