Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

download Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

of 15

Transcript of Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    1/15

    Field Address :

    Alan and

    Janet

    Bemo

    Box

    22384

    Taipei

    100,

    Taiwan

    rfi.K

    f iAST

    KU S O eK

    Dear Christian

    Friends,

    We wish you

    a

    blessed Christmas

    this year

    as

    we rejoice

    in the Christ

    who came so

    long

    ago

    to

    save the

    world.

    At

    the sam e

    t ime le t u s mourn over th e mil l ions who

    have

    not

    heard

    t hi s good news yet

    We have

    some real

    exciting

    news

    to

    tell

    you

    in

    this issue

    of

    th e

    FAR EAST

    CRUSADER. We

    are now making

    final

    plans

    to

    go back

    to

    Taiwan

    ear ly . The Lord

    willing

    we

    will

    be returning

    to

    Taiwan

    on

    January

    13th,

    1974. We

    have made

    these

    early plans

    fo r

    several

    reasons.

    The

    most

    important

    is that we really

    believe

    that

    Jesus

    is com ing back soon.

    As

    we see

    prophecies being fulf illed in

    th e middle

    East

    we keep thinking of the

    Christians

    in Taiwan who need

    to

    be

    warned to

    be

    watchful.

    We think of

    the

    millions

    without Christ Another

    reason for wanting

    to

    go back

    early

    is

    that we

    feel

    that Taiwan

    is

    the

    place we can be the most effective for

    the

    Lord.

    Just

    after we

    made

    this decision Mr. Kissinger went to

    Peking. As he came back to

    America

    he said, when asked

    what h is conference

    with jChou En Lai was ail

    about,

    The United

    States

    is definitely planning to

    expand

    diplomatic

    relatioas

    with Peking. When we

    heard this we were

    even

    more happy we were going back early. If this happens it will get more and more

    difficult for Americans to go to th e Republic of China. Right now we are waiting for ou r

    visas

    to ge t

    back

    and we would like for you to pray with us that we will get them soon. We have received several

    letters

    from folk in Taiwan wanting

    us

    to return ear ly

    too.

    Probably most

    outstanding

    is a let ter from the

    preacher

    i used to work with, Mr. Lwo, telling of how the eider of

    th e

    congregation

    where we worked

    had

    passed

    away. We

    do

    hope to be

    able to

    encourage and

    help this

    congregation when we

    get back,

    but we do not

    want to work

    there

    full time if

    they

    have been able

    to

    get along for

    the last

    nine months without us, we

    hope

    they can

    continue

    to be indigenous

    Beth is out of school on January 11th. it just

    so happens

    that there is a special

    club

    flight of which we

    are members) leaving San Francisco for

    taipei

    on January 13th. Then the Spring term will

    start

    in Taipei

    on

    January

    25th. We

    thank

    God for how

    these

    things work

    out.

    We

    are

    also thankful to th e Muskogee

    Christian

    Church

    which

    permitted

    me to

    resign

    as

    youth minister

    to get

    ready

    to go

    back

    to

    Taiwan earlier.

    Also

    Ozark Bible

    College

    was able to

    ge t someone e lse to

    take my

    t each ing job there .

    Since we

    wrote last

    we have really

    been busy.

    We have

    been able to squeeze

    in all

    the speaking dates

    into

    these last

    few

    weeks before we

    leave . It

    seems that God has t aken care of so many of our special

    needs

    during these months of furlough. We have col lected a good amount of teaching material to use

    as

    we have

    visited with ministers over the country. We have learned to praise

    the

    Lord In fair weather and foul and

    with

    the

    help of Pauline Maxey

    (Janet s

    Aunt), Merlin R. Carothers author of Prison to Praise), and the

    blessed Holy Spirit. The National Missionary Convention

    was

    so helpful through fellowship with old

    friends like Lanny and Pat Maddux) and by helping solve

    some

    problems of the relation between a

    missionary

    and

    his supporting churches. Definitely,

    our

    week in Chicago attending

    the

    Institute of Basic

    Youth Conflicts was the highlight of our furlough. It was so helpful I can t adequately describe it

    Forwarding Agent:

    Mrs.

    Sandi Gant

    R. R. 1.

    Box 333

    Fort Gibson. Okla.

    74434

    J

    cciv

    /q-7tv

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    2/15

    here but

    to

    say tha t

    I learned

    more about the

    Bible

    and

    mysel f in

    this week than ever before.

    It is def in itely

    worth

    the

    45 tui ti on

    it s

    wor th 10,000

    no its priceless because it Is

    th e

    study and app lica tion

    of

    GOD S

    WORD. God helped

    us greatly

    by

    Christian friends

    like

    Richard and Roxann Weiland

    who put

    us

    up

    fo r

    the entire week and wat ched

    Becky

    and J onnie as

    we

    a tt ended t he

    sessions, even

    though they had

    never

    known us

    up until thir ty

    minutes before the

    first

    classes started

    on Monday

    night.

    I

    could

    spend the

    whole

    newsletter

    writing about

    thi s but

    I do have other

    things that

    need to be

    said.

    If you are interested in

    hearing more

    about these Institutes please

    write

    to .

    We

    have

    some

    schedules

    of

    institutes

    in 1974.

    Recent news from Taiwan

    is of deep

    interest

    to

    us.

    Alan Lwo, my co-worker in

    Taiwan, tells us

    of

    him and

    his

    girl friend breaking up. Mark Chen and Jul ia Ling, who

    used

    to work with us in the office there have

    written of t hei r p lans to

    ge t married

    earlier

    (January 20th) and are happy

    that

    we

    will be abl e to be

    there for

    th e

    wedding.

    Thomas Lwo,

    who

    is now

    preaching

    at the

    church we

    were

    instrumental

    in

    establishing,

    writes that all th e Christians in th e

    mother

    church and the

    new

    c hur ch are h appy about

    our early

    return.

    Another church

    writes

    and

    asks

    us

    to plan to help

    them In teaching

    while

    we are there.

    Following

    Is pur schedule from

    now

    till

    ou r

    departure

    date.

    Of course

    some of

    this will already

    be

    past

    by

    th e time you

    ge t

    this. Of that which

    isn t, we

    must remember that it will only be done IF THE LORD

    WILLS .

    Sun.,

    Dec.

    16

    A.M.

    Sun.,

    Dec.

    23

    A.M.

    and P.M.

    Thurs . , Dec. 27

    A.M. and P.M.

    F ri ., D ec . 28 A.M.

    and P.M.

    Sun.,

    Dec.

    30

    A.M.

    and

    P.M.

    Mon ., D ec . 31 P.M.

    Sun. , Jan. 6 A.M. and P.M.

    Sun. , Jan. 13

    Miami,

    Oklahoma

    Tahlequah, Oklahoma

    Louisville, Kentucky

    Lincoln, I l linois

    Muskogee,* Oklahoma

    Houston,

    Texas

    St .

    Joseph, Missouri

    San

    Francisco, California

    S o o n e r

    S S C l a s s

    F ir st C h ri st ia n C h ur ch

    Family reunion

    Bud and Lois

    Clapp

    E as t

    P o in t C h ri st ia n C h ur ch

    J ud y a nd Don Clark

    Central

    C h r is ti a n C h u r ch

    Depar t f or Taiwan

    Please look

    forward

    to hearing from us

    In January.

    We hope to be t el li ng you about

    th e answe r

    to

    your

    prayers

    concerning

    th e visas. Please

    pray

    th at God s will be done in ALL things.

    Praying and Praising,

    Alan

    D. em o

    P.S. To

    help us get

    our

    mailing l is t

    up to date

    before we leave could you

    please fill in th e

    enclosed

    card

    to day and

    mail

    It. From these we will make a new mai li ng list.

    Alan Janet Bemo

    2120

    Hayes

    Muskogee, Okla. 74401

    I >7

    on, n

    k a^

    N.^n-Pratlt . . rganatio

    BULK EAT

    . i

    U S i-OSTAG-

    P I

    St.(Hb3CD Okia

    PennitNo.

    8

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    3/15

    A l a n

    J s u i e t

    Bemo

    5-1, Lane 161

    Hsin

    Sheng SRd, ,Sec, l

    Taipei 106,

    Taiwan

    Dear C h r i s t i a n Fr iends,

    r A K f iAST

    C R U S A a C B

    March,

    April,

    197^

    Forwarding

    Agent

    S a n d i

    G a n t

    R.R. 1 , Box

    333

    F o r t Gitson ,

    Okla,

    7^434

    I am r e a l l y

    sorry

    about the breakdown in communications l a t e l y . There have been

    s eve ra l t hi n

    involved which have

    caused

    the

    newsletters t o be l a t e

    but I think these

    problems

    are about

    s o l v e d now.

    These

    l a s t couple

    of

    months have

    been f i l l e d

    .with

    s e v e r a l

    disappointments

    a s well as

    j o y s .

    We must o f t e n remember the Holy S p i r i t s

    command

    to give thanks i n

    a l l

    circumstances , and

    . .know th a t in

    everything

    God works

    f o r good

    .with those who love him, who are c a l l e d

    according

    to

    his purpose, I will tr y

    to

    write about

    the

    events as objectively as possible .

    n

    March

    6th

    we

    had

    a

    very

    pleasant

    day

    as

    we

    went

    to

    Lwo Tung

    to

    visit t|e

    Skile^and

    attend

    the

    ground-breaking^ ceremony of

    the

    orphanage

    they

    are

    s t a r t i n g soon,

    Tha'^t--fiodJ?ds le d

    them

    into this work is no

    question.

    We have seen

    this evidence many

    times,

    God

    spent a lo t of

    time

    preparing

    them for t h i s work with

    various t r i a l s

    so they would

    have

    the

    patience

    fo r t h i s

    (James 1:2-^), I

    know

    from

    their

    hour a day point-of-view

    things s t i l l

    seem to be

    going slow

    but

    from ou r bird 's-eye point of

    view

    we praise God a t the p rogres s: March 6th

    ground-'breaking.L_April 20gi. bui ld ing

    stated;,,April^2^j^

    building license.finally

    completed

    Red tape

    has

    been the'niain

    problem.

    The Lord willing the

    building

    should be

    completed

    in

    eptember, In the meantime they axe very

    busy

    with two worship services

    and

    a Sunday School

    class on Sunday, a Thursday

    night

    cottage meeting in a Chinese family 's home,

    and

    a

    Bible

    class

    for the children in the

    community

    on Saturday, Besides these things

    Ted

    has

    to

    be

    ning around everyday doing things for the orphanage,

    Mrs,_ Haxry

    P o l l ,

    who

    had been

    s t a y i n g

    with

    Mom

    f o r

    s e v e r a l

    months

    had

    t o

    r e tu rn t o

    th e

    S t a t e s

    earlier Ih an planned because of her daughter-in-law's illness. She

    left

    on March 10th and

    we

    s u r e

    m i s s

    h e r .

    We spent the

    week-end of

    the

    1 7th w ith

    Chuck .

    Molly

    Johnston, We hadn ' t

    been

    able t o v i s i t

    too

    much

    s ince

    we re turned, I was able

    t o

    see Chuck teaching some

    Chris t ian

    s tudents there

    the

    Survey

    of the B ible course. He i s teaching t h i r t y

    s tudents

    in

    three d i f f e r e n t

    c l a s s e s

    a w e e k ,

    We have

    also

    been p rivi ledged to

    have

    th e Skiles ' and Johnstons stay

    in

    our home l a t e l y .

    Also on March _3lBt we had a special

    visitor ,

    A Christian businessman, Norm^_.Moble.

    spent

    the

    whole

    Sunday

    with

    us.

    We so appreciated his i n t e r e s t

    in the Lord's work. His Chinese

    couldn' t understand

    how he could waste a whole day when he could be making

    money.

    Here

    i s an

    example

    we

    a l l

    need

    of se ek in g

    f i r s t

    God's kingdom,

    were f i n a l l y able

    to

    get the T raining for S ervice book, Survey of the Bible, back from

    the printer on^prjjL^^nd, , The ll^^.^^nese copies cost almost U,Sj5_^80p_j^ e are able to us

    these books ourselves

    as

    well

    them i n

    our bookstore.

    he books came out j u s t

    in

    time f o r

    the

    s t a r t i n g

    of

    the

    Restorat i^m Bible I n s t i t u t e which

    had

    i ts

    opening exercises

    on_^pril 4th.

    I have

    discussed

    this before. Two Chinese preachers and

    sel f p lanned

    to

    teach

    the

    Bible on a college level in

    the

    evenings

    to

    f a i t h f u l Christians

    would

    teach

    others also I I Tim,2:2), None of us

    receive

    a speci al s al ar y

    for

    this

    we

    are

    using

    the

    Fu Hsipg Ghur.ch._apartment

    for

    .pur classroom. We..bad_(fp.~people at the ^

    e x e r c i s e s and

    t h a t

    nigh t we had

    12

    s t u d e n t s e n r o l l e d .

    This

    was

    about

    what we

    had

    for. However, two

    weeks later

    we Ti ad .^i]a3L.threifaithful

    students lef t .

    We s t i l l

    th e

    Lord, though , because

    of.

    these

    ..boys

    plan

    to ,

    be

    preachers

    and

    th e

    other

    i s the

    s t u d e n t any o f

    us have e v e r

    had .

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    4/15

    W .

    WMM^m t't>'^

    r

    tf

    Janet

    with E ng lis h B ib le

    c las s

    s t u d e n t s

    .

    T *:

    and Ted Sk i l e s

    Chuck J o h n s t o n

    tecich in g

    th e

    Su rv ey of the

    B ib le c ou rs e

    in Chun/5 L i

    ge t t ing

    u s e d

    t o

    tw o

    extra

    feet

    o n a

    Chuirch out ing

    I

    l ib ra r ian

    Alan

    w

    a t

    the l ib rary

    of the Restora t ion

    Bible

    I n s t i t u t e

    B et h s b ir th d ay

    p a r t y

    Visitor N o r m a n

    Noba l

    Some o f

    the

    f o

    a t th e Ta i S h a

    Church

    Stude

    p reache r o n f a

    left M r,

    Lee

    3rd

    from

    l e f t .

    Julia

    w it h C hi ne se t yp ew ri te

    rea l hunt

    &

    peck

    5 0 0 0

    charac te r s

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    5/15

    In

    our l a s t

    newsletter I mentioned th e new Church

    a t

    Tai Sheui (Tarzan). We were hoping

    to

    be able

    to

    workthere but when

    brother

    Lwo

    went

    there on February 17th

    he

    discovered t h a t a

    s tuden t preacher

    from

    Bible College with a Presbyter ian background had

    alresuiy

    announced

    that the

    Presiden t o f

    their Seminary would come on

    Easter

    Sunday and baptise (sprinkle) an

    who desired sucho When t was my time to preach on March 10th I

    preached

    a

    sermon

    on The

    mestning of Baptism. S t i l l

    they

    d i d n t understand so Mr. Lwo and I went over l a t e r and

    talked

    to them

    about i t .

    They

    had

    s t i l l

    decided

    to go

    along

    with this

    doctrine so

    on

    April

    loth

    Mark

    Chen,

    who works

    for

    us,

    and

    I went

    there

    by

    cycle

    with

    some

    intensive

    teaching

    material to study the

    meaning

    of baptism with the leaders of the

    Chiirch,

    Mr.

    Mrs.

    Lee.

    They

    decided

    that

    immersion

    was

    the scriptural

    mode

    of baptism and decided that

    i f

    we could

    take

    th e p ort ab le b a p t i s t r y

    over on Saturday

    t h a t

    they would be

    immersed

    the

    next

    day, Easte

    Sunday. However

    Friday n i ^ t

    they

    csdled to

    t e l l us

    they

    had ch^ged because

    jChurch were

    of tbe .|tesbyj;.8irl.^;^bU5kgro

    blow

    and

    we wer

    no t only sa^l*or their ssikes but were filled with

    feelings

    of guilt as to whether

    we

    had don

    ll

    we c o u l d

    h a v e d o n e

    t o t e a c h

    t h e m .

    That

    day we caune

    back

    from Tai Shaui

    on th e cycle

    we d id

    so w ith

    g r e a t joy

    i n our h e a r t s

    from

    what we thought t o be a g re at v ic to ry f o r

    th e Lcrd. Nark

    I had

    prayed

    with

    our wives

    be fo re le av in g the off ice

    t h a t afternoon

    emd a f t e r

    the

    c a l l we stopped by

    the

    roadside

    to

    thank th e

    Lord.

    About t w e n t y m i n u t ^ . . l a t e r a f t e r we had

    e n t e r e d Taipei

    C i t y I was l y i n g on

    the

    street

    with a broken

    leg.

    I had

    made

    an.

    ill^i^^Jfcrt;^^ front

    of

    another

    motor

    cycle which was speeding. I got a direct hiT dh the l e f t

    leg

    but because the calf muscle

    took most

    of the blow I

    only

    had a simple f r a c t u r e of the t i b i a . The f i r s t

    thought

    I had

    a f t e r

    I came t o my

    senses

    was

    Pra is e th e

    Lord I r e a l i z e d I

    had

    a

    broken

    le g

    r i g h t away

    and then checked

    to see how

    the

    others

    were. Somehoji.Jigi;to^^a^, who was

    sitting

    behind

    me, nor the fe llow who had

    h i t

    us were hurt. We a l l got a^ambulj^ct^

    and

    they

    weg^ rele^ed in mlnu s. I continue to praise God1[n that this

    has

    given me

    some

    unique

    opportunities t o witness and I haven ' t had to_miss a

    teaching

    or preaching

    appoint

    ment

    yet,

    even though to date

    l Lye~ljad^tOsha Ye

    the^a^rCh?^ This cast should

    be

    off

    by

    July.

    An

    April 28th I was even

    able to

    preacK

    a t

    a leprosarium

    where

    there were

    many walking on

    crutches

    because

    o f having no t o e s .

    I am b l e s s e d .

    who was

    seven

    on

    April 18th

    had

    her party

    on

    the 19th because, being

    a

    Friday, t

    was

    convenient.

    Janet

    made

    her

    a

    casj^le^ake

    and

    six

    l i t t l e

    schoolmates

    came

    to

    share

    i t

    and the fun with

    her.

    That

    ssune day^^ecky^ who is now.

    five years and

    three months

    old,

    lost

    her first baby

    tooth.

    I

    don't have'^'^uch'^news abou ^

    Jonnie ? but that he seems to be the most

    excited of us a l l

    for

    thfiyQaM--^by who should arrive .

    A new Church work i s s t a r t i n g now due

    t o

    the f a c t

    t h a t

    we had

    t o break

    r e l a t i o n s with the

    presLCher who i s preaching a t the

    Shih

    Ling

    Church

    of C h r i s t . I know t h a t some of

    you

    have

    been

    praying about t h i s

    and ought to

    know

    t h a t

    because Mr.

    Jyang

    had made

    nearly a l l

    of

    the

    former members f e e l unwelcome there they had a l l s topped going to Church

    t h e r e .

    We d i d n t

    t o

    see them

    s c a t t e r e d

    so we

    i n v i t e d

    them

    t o

    meet

    here on Sunday mornings f o r th e Lord 's

    supper

    and

    discussion of God's word. thank you for your prayers,though, because this

    separation of services has been accomplished without resentments. have agreed to help

    Church

    in Shih Ling out

    flaaociallyt

    if necessary,

    fqsl

    Mr^

    Jyang

    plans

    to take a

    teaching

    job in Shift Xing to be able To keep the Church from

    closing there.

    Thejfi^t meeting~in~jw .; y^^.WM on Apjil 28th with We

    hope you will

    continue

    to

    pray

    for

    these

    two Torks.

    IPiri^ ^ ^iHejcjasses have been going well^^^ JaneTis teaching one on Sunday afternoon

    and I now

    ha.y^'i^^

    At first Janet had a few studerfEs

    who

    stu

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    6/15

    Lately I

    have done

    a l i t t l e t e t t e r on l e t t e r writ ing

    tecause

    of th i s l eg . We hope to

    hear from

    you

    hut

    please don t wait t you get a broken leg. I have heard

    from

    several

    of

    you that you are buying motor-cycles

    tec au se o f

    the

    gasoline

    shortage. JUst l e t

    us

    a 11

    not

    forget

    what

    someone

    told

    me a few weeks agoi There

    are

    two

    kinds of

    motorcycle

    dr ivers

    those who have

    had

    an

    accident and

    those who are

    going

    to have.

    I especially need your prayers. I

    don t

    mind tel l ing you

    that

    I get frustrated sometimes

    wondering

    how I

    can serve

    the

    Lord in

    a

    greater

    way.

    I m sure

    you

    too

    sometimes wonder

    i f

    you

    are really using the gifts God

    gave you

    i f

    you

    are

    really

    doing

    that which God wants

    you

    to do. Let s

    keep

    our armour

    on and

    hold

    up

    one another in

    prayer.

    May

    God bless and ke ep y ou.

    Praying

    Praising

    pUyv

    Alan D. Bemo

    Mrs .

    S a n d i

    Gsui t

    R. R. 1 Box 333 NON PRO IT

    Po r t Gib son

    organization

    Oklahoma 77^3^

    Return Requested

    W.E . MCGILVERY

    RESEARCH DEPT .

    P .O .

    BOX

    177

    KEMPTON,

    IND . 4 6 0 4 9

    U,S. Pos tage

    1 8^

    Paid

    F t Gibson

    Okia*

    77^3

    Pe rmi t No. 3

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    7/15

    Gleanings May 31, 7^^

    WI^I

    Alan and Mrs. J a n e t Bemo,

    5^11 leme 161, Hsin

    Sheng

    Rd., Sec- 1, Taipei 106, 106

    Taiwan

    report

    a

    motor

    cycle accident.

    Alan

    and h is r id er Mark Chen

    were

    h i t

    Alan 's

    broken' leg was the

    only in jury

    to the

    t h r e e

    men

    i nvo lved Alan, expec t s

    th e

    cas t

    to

    be removed by

    Ju l y

    He carrys on h is xirork

    in

    Bible classes

    and preaching

    each

    week.

    Alan

    passes

    along a

    b i t

    of Taiwan phil&sophy:

    There

    are tw kinds of

    motor ^cle

    drivers

    those

    who

    hnve had

    an

    acc ident and t hose

    who are

    going

    to have.

    The

    forwarding

    agent fo r the Bemos

    i s :

    Sandi

    Gant, R.R. 3.,

    Box 353,

    For t Gibson, Okla .

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    8/15

    Missionary:

    Aion & J a n e t

    B e m o

    Number

    1, Lane 15 7

    Hsin

    Sheng

    S.Rd., Sec. 1

    Taipe i 106 ,

    Taiwan

    FAR

    f iAST

    cttus ett

    '2 0

    Forwarding Agen

    Mrs.

    S a n d i G o n t

    R.R. 1. Box 333

    Fort

    Gibson,

    Okl

    7 4 4 3 4

    Taking Beth s

    Confession*

    i4ay & Jvine

    Report,

    197^

    Dear Christ ian Friends,

    This

    l a s t Sunday,

    June 30th, 1

    had

    one

    of the greatest

    Joys o f ay l i f e -

    I ^ t a s

    ahle to baptize

    my

    oldest daughter,

    Beth,

    who

    i s now 7i years

    old* I have often wondered vhen a

    child was

    old

    enough to be baptized, especially since I j jHraBBBi

    was

    baptized

    a t 8 years

    o f

    age but

    l a t e r

    was re-bapt lzed b e -

    cause I didn't feel

    like

    I

    had

    really accepted Christ the r ^

    V'

    first

    time*

    Often I have been asked by

    people here about

    E ^ 1 #

    children being baptized

    and

    I

    have always

    taught that a per- 1 T 1 f ' l

    son

    must

    be old enough to not

    only have

    faith in Jesus,

    and

    , J S j y ^

    repent

    of thei r sins,

    but

    they

    must

    also

    have

    a

    f ee li ng o f

    guilt for

    their

    sins. Those

    at Pentecost

    were not told

    to

    be V-w.- i

    baptized until they were pricked in their

    hearts.

    I feel ^^9

    IfU L

    that instead of teaching

    people

    baptism, we should

    show

    them ^^31 i jji

    they

    are bound hopelessly f o r h e ll on t h e i r own and t e l l them ,, - t

    of

    baptism

    only when thev ask What shal l we do? On Thurs-

    day morning,

    June 27th, Beth came to

    the office

    and said, m

    Baddy, I want

    to

    be baptized* I was

    r e a l l y surprised

    since

    we had

    not often discussed

    the

    subject

    i n

    the c h i l d r e n s

    de-

    votions. 1

    put

    aside my work and asked her why* She

    said,

    Because I

    l o v e

    God* 1 t o l d h e r t h a t I d i d n t

    t h i n k

    s h e

    needed

    to be baptized until she

    was

    convicted of sin - until

    11

    mm

    uplfff

    she

    felt

    bad

    and

    maybe

    couldn't

    sleep

    well

    because

    she

    had

    f f/iVJ

    sinned* Her eyes f i l l e d with tears as she said, Baddy,

    t h a t

    i s the way

    1

    f e e l every t ime

    I

    do something bad.

    I

    held her

    in my

    arms and a

    real

    burden grew up

    inside

    of

    me* Bespite

    . .

    u

    4.u9

    n ^

    the Biblical

    example

    of baptism the

    same

    hour of the night ,

    tn

    s

    Confession*

    we s e t the time

    f o r

    baptism

    f o r

    the following Sunday

    morning*

    Then each day, Beth and 1 spent some time

    studying

    the

    scrip-

    tures

    together

    concerning

    baptism*

    At

    the t ine she

    was

    bap-

    t i z e d

    I

    was

    r e a l l y

    chocked up

    with

    emotion* She a l s o had her

    f i r s t Lord s

    Supper

    just a f t e r he;r^baptism.

    Equally important, there wef^two other

    young

    ladies bap-

    jtized. in June - both around 23 years^ old* One was a friend

    o f Ja net s former En^ish student of a

    year

    and a half ago* ^

    Sometimes

    the seed

    we

    sow

    will not

    produce growth

    for

    months

    1E~

    or

    years* But

    I remember how hard

    Janet

    used to work

    with iHj^R

    t h a t English Bible class and then she would say, as I often

    do, Is i t

    getting across? 1 wonder

    i f

    I am

    really

    accomplish-

    ing anything?

    But

    God has promised tha t

    those

    tha t sow in

    tears

    shall reap in Joy**** Janet s former

    student

    brought

    ^

    t h i s g i r l

    Hiss

    Chwang, a fellow s tudent nurse sh e had won

    to

    the Lord, by on June 6th, saying she wanted

    to

    be baptized*

    He

    spent about an hour

    that

    day studying the scriptures to- * r

    gether and she was baptized the

    following

    Sunday, the 9th. ^ daptism

    That

    day as we baptized her, another girl, Angel Ge,

    who

    was there

    and

    has been coming to

    services faithfully

    and

    who

    had said she was

    baptized,

    had a

    very surprised

    look on

    her

    face* Mark

    Chen

    noticed the look and asked her, Here you only sprinkled? She said, y

    and

    l a t e r

    as

    we

    discussed

    th is

    with her, she dec ided she, too, shou ld be

    immersed

    but

    f i r

    wanted to talk with her

    mom,

    who was a Christian, about i t . When she talked to her mom

    a

    bout

    i t she

    found that her

    mom had been

    iramexsed, too,

    on

    the

    mainland.

    (Taiwan

    has

    a ve

    Angel Ge s Baptism

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    9/15

    Ml

    V- .y r

    ^z

    y::

    Angel and Beth partaking Lord s Supper

    Church Serv i ce in ou r

    home

    I tuth?,

    and The Spir i t of

    Truth.

    June was a

    l i t t l e

    fuller month. , ^ ^ . m

    On June

    1st

    the

    Church

    here had a going

    away party for

    the Johnston

    s.

    This

    was

    a

    great

    chance

    for us all to get together and ha ve a good

    time

    It was completely jlanned

    by

    the

    Chinese

    brethren.

    They

    had

    a

    Bar

    B

    Q., a

    song

    fest, a

    Koody

    Science film,

    devo

    tion,

    and

    then played games

    About

    fourty were there

    and we

    decided to

    try

    to

    have

    a get-

    together like

    this

    every couple of months

    ^e

    outing

    was

    held in the yard of

    one

    of the

    believers and while

    there

    Jonnle

    got stung

    on the nose by a

    yellow-jacket. I t scared

    us a

    l i t t le but

    soon he

    was

    feeling better although he

    really

    had a swollen nose

    for

    a

    few

    day

    Also on the 1st, Beth and

    Becky

    went

    to Lwo

    Tung

    to

    stay with

    the Sklles

    for a week.

    I t

    was

    Mark Sklle s

    birthday and this was a good chance

    for

    the kids to visi t .

    Mark

    Chen

    a

    member

    of the

    Church which

    meets in our

    home

    and I went to Shih-Ling on

    June 3rd, to take some of the Church's offerings to help the Shih-Ling Church

    You

    will

    remember

    that in

    the last newsletter I told you how, even though we couldn t work with Mr.

    Jang, the preacher there, that we

    would

    continue to help the

    Church

    there financially

    t i l l

    July.

    Mr

    Jang has a supervisor job

    now

    in a factory

    which will

    start in August He

    want

    to

    continue

    with the

    Church work,

    too.

    The Church

    in

    our home

    decided

    to

    use

    the

    rest

    of

    their

    offerings

    to

    send down to Lwo Dung

    to

    help with the orphanage

    building

    there.

    ^We saw

    .the__Johnston's off at the

    airport

    on June 7th and then on the 8th we went by

    train to

    Lwo Tung

    to vis i t the Skiles

    and

    pick

    up

    our

    girls.

    I was really happy to be able to get

    the c^ t

    off

    my leg

    Cn

    the I7th. After the doct

    ~br

    examined

    an Xray^taken

    that

    dajr he saidr^he was-going to -take-^e--cast

    off

    but-I-

    wculd

    -

    have to be very careful because the break was mending slow. 1 would s t i l l have to use the

    crutches

    and

    not

    put any weight on my left

    leg

    for two more months.

    Janet

    had gone with m

    to

    the hospital and since we were

    out

    we went to ceill on a couple of people.

    As

    soon as

    we got home that evening I took a hot bath and

    scratched,

    and scratched and scratched

    ahhh At f i r s t the knee joint was pretty s t i f f but

    now

    everything

    i s

    doing f ine.

    We paid off

    a ll the doctor bil ls

    at

    the beginning of

    June.

    Two

    days later our

    six

    months in

    advance ren t was

    due.

    Then a week l a t e r the boy who had h i t me came over with t

    repair

    bi l l

    for his

    damaged

    motorcycle.

    So

    this

    past

    month

    has

    had

    i t s

    shsore

    of

    expenses

    but we praise God that He has provided just in time for everv need. Sometimes i t is breat

    takln^y close

    but He

    always provides. We

    especially

    want to thank the

    Stronghurst,

    I l l i

    nois Church for their

    spec ia l o ff er ing

    for

    our

    extra

    doctor

    bi l l s .

    I

    again

    had the

    opportunity

    to preach

    a t

    the

    Church

    of

    the

    Lepers

    on

    the 23rd.

    Then

    the

    Skiles

    came for a three day v i s i t on th e 27 th . They came up

    to

    meet Mark, their son,

    who had been in camp. They also had the i r l i th

    wedding

    anniversary while here.

    June 30th marked

    the

    l a s t

    day of

    classes

    fo r

    the 1 s t semester of

    the

    Bible In s t i t u t e .

    I gave Calvin Lai, my only student

    this

    semester, his fin al exam

    that

    evening. He made 87

    on a t e s t tha t

    took Xj hours

    to take. He

    has

    been

    an

    insp i ra t ion

    to.me. We

    are

    making

    plans fo r

    our

    next semester now. I

    plan

    to be teaching a

    course

    cal led To. .the

    Ends

    .of . th

    S^rth which will be a s tudy of

    the

    Acts of

    th e

    Apostles. We hope

    to

    have some new studen

    along

    with

    our present three,

    week

    I ran

    - into

    a

    ncripture--whlch-was

    l o t

    of

    help,

    to-met?-Th

    thou^ td

    -of- the

    dil igent

    lead only to plenteousness; but of

    every one

    tha t i s hasty only to want. Pr.

    21j

    I sometimes want everything

    to

    happen r ight now and i f it doesn t I get impatient. We

    mu

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    10/15

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

    A l a n

    & J a n e t Bemo

    ) Lane 16l

    Hsin

    Sheng

    S.Rd,Sec,1

    Taipei

    106, Taiwan

    Dear Christian

    Friends,

    FAR f iAST

    c K u s A a e r c

    July, August, 197k

    Forwarding Agent:

    M r s . S a n d i

    G a n t

    RoR. 1, Box 333

    FtGibson,Okla.

    7hh3h

    The big news this issue

    i s

    the baby boy God gave us on August

    l6th.

    Janet \

    woke m up about 3:00

    on

    that Friday morning by saying are you very ^

    sleepy? Five minutes Later I

    woke

    up .again and asked her why, with a JJL>

    p r e t t y good

    idea

    what

    the

    answer

    would be.

    Ten

    minutes

    l a t e r

    I

    was out

    tr y in g t o

    f ind a t a x i , . We

    got

    to the

    h o s p i t a l

    a few minutes l a t e r

    and

    by

    6:20

    w

    had a

    new

    baby boy. Janet had given

    birth to

    a healthy 9

    pound

    ^

    ounce

    boy

    almost

    the

    same weight

    as

    Jonathan was. This wa^si?i3g::3SI^?es S^

    t has had and I was

    able

    to

    be by her

    side

    a l l the time. named;4iim Nathan Warren BejA,- Nathan because we

    pray

    that

    he

    will

    be as brave a

    spokesman

    for(G6d as Nat:?ran

    Old

    Testament was, and

    Warren

    because

    w

    hope he

    will

    be as

    much

    a pioheer 'fW'^KrTst' as

    his

    grandfather,

    Janet s

    f a t h e r , Warren Dittemore

    was

    who

    died

    i n Mainland

    China

    of typhoid when Janet was

    j u s t

    a

    baby.

    I t i s also appropriate t h a t the name

    Nathan

    i s Hebrew fo r gift

    since

    God gave him

    t o

    us

    the day before

    our

    tenth wedding anniversary August T7th. ^,That morning,

    after

    knowing

    that Janet was feeling up to i t , I called the doctor and- asked for permission

    to

    take my

    wife out for dinner. So, much

    to

    the dismay of the nurses, 36 hours after Janet had given

    b i r t h to our new son, Janet and I got a l l dolled up

    and wen t

    out to e a t . About two

    hours

    and a

    scrumptious

    meal l a t e r we were back

    in

    the

    hospital

    room where I

    stowed

    away waiting

    f o r baby-feeding t ime. That night I

    got

    to hold Nathan f o r the f i r s t

    t ime.

    I t s amazing

    _what

    can

    happen^in.

    t.en.years

    the

    mission

    f ield,

    four

    children,

    joys

    and

    heartaches

    a l l

    shared ;d .th the

    wonderful

    woTian God gave me.

    July started

    off with

    a bang

    with

    the Uth.

    a l l attended

    the

    annual celebration

    which

    i s

    held

    on

    the

    Taipei

    American

    School campus

    each

    year .

    We

    arr ived

    a t

    a bout 2 :0 0

    PM and

    promptly started stuffing on

    hot dogs,

    pop-corn, &

    pop-sides while

    we

    took the kids

    on

    horseback r ides, watched cartoons, and saw a f i r e department

    demonstration.

    Beth and I

    (I

    was s t i l l on crutches at the

    time)

    won second prize in a

    water

    baJJoon throwing

    contest

    and

    thereby

    won about 20 in money and loot. Of course the day was finished off

    with

    a

    big

    d i s p l a y o f

    f i r e w o r k s .

    We had no camp

    t h i s

    summer because of several

    complications

    I wasn t able to ge t off the

    crutches u n t i l August

    12th)

    but our family

    did

    get to make a

    four-day

    t r i p to v i s i t some

    brethren

    toirard

    the

    South.

    Janet

    was

    great

    with

    child

    and I

    had

    to

    carry

    our

    things

    in

    a

    back-pack while

    using crutches. We

    were

    quite a s ight

    as

    we arr ived in Chang Hwa

    a t

    the

    t rain

    station.

    Luke Ling, a faithful Christian who used

    to l ive

    in Taipei, met us and

    that

    n i g h t we 3iad a d e l i c i o u s meal i n h i s

    mone.

    He was ma rr ie d wh il e we were i n th e S t a t e s l a s t

    year and they had had a baby boy

    about

    three

    weeks prior

    to o\ir v i s i t i n g them. After the

    meal

    we had a

    Bible

    lesson

    which

    I taught

    in

    Mandarin

    and

    Luke

    t ra ns la te d in to

    Taiwanese

    f o r h i s mother who l i v e s w i t h them. I m

    s u r e

    t h a t t h e r e

    w i l l

    be

    no

    h a r v e s t

    t h e r e

    because

    each time a t ruth was mentioned, such

    as

    man s sin or Jesus

    death for our

    salvation, she

    l aughed.

    The next day we went to Puli where Philip now l ives and works

    as

    manager in

    his

    a^ont s

    Maternity Hospital. He is the young man who is a member

    of

    our congregation in Taipei

    bu t had to give up his job here because of being unjustly convicted of manslaughter (we

    have mentioned

    this

    incident before).

    While

    in

    Puli

    we

    stayed

    in

    a Japanese

    style

    house on

    th e premises o f the h o s p i t a l where

    we

    s l e p t

    pn mats.

    During

    the two days

    we

    went swimming

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    11/15

    picnicing

    and

    visited

    a

    lo t with Phi lip#

    Then on

    Wednesday

    night,

    our

    last

    night there,

    had a Bible study time Philip,

    his

    aunt, and two nurses attended.

    After part

    of the Bibl

    udy I'lrs. Lyou said, I have only heard the teaching of

    the

    Bible once before when I attended

    funeral in

    a church building. The preacher said, a l l people must die but

    Christians

    don't

    to

    be afraid

    of

    death. ' She also said,

    I

    have always believed that i f a person does

    things

    he can go to heaven but I

    never

    have fe l t

    l ike

    I

    could

    do enough good

    to

    get

    Here was an earnes t

    and t ru thfu l

    hear t .

    The

    seed was

    sown

    that

    night

    as

    we

    went on

    t e l l

    her

    of

    righteousness

    by

    faith

    in

    Jesus

    Christ,

    and

    we

    feel th at

    i t

    has

    a

    very

    good

    o f a

    God-given

    i nc rease .

    iith

    birthday

    came on

    the

    30th

    of

    July and he had a

    small

    party with

    some

    of his frien

    children are growing up fast i t seems. He will s ta r t Chinese Nursery School, Sept. 10 th,

    nd Beth and Becky have

    already

    staxted

    to

    Bethany

    Christian

    School on August 26 th, Beth is

    Grade

    and

    Becky in Kindergarten,

    services have been up

    and

    down attendance snd down

    However, od

    has

    shown me^recentiy^^irfiaj_an

    egotist I

    r e a l l y S o

    much of the

    I have

    been busy

    building

    my

    oim

    littld

    ^^gdom in idiich I am people don't

    Church

    or

    a ren t overly

    friendly

    to

    This

    makes t much

    c lear

    why God

    has not been able to work in

    my l i f e more I

    cannot have two masters.

    of

    th i s

    I

    have

    also

    been

    l e f t

    incapable

    of

    caring

    fo r

    others

    I 'm too

    busy

    feeling

    fo r me.

    I don t

    mind admitt ing th i s

    to you because I

    have an

    idea

    t ha t

    you

    probably

    have

    he

    same tendencies and I know I

    need your prayers.

    Confess

    your sins

    one to ano ther.

    as I

    write

    this I

    feel ,

    somehow, a wonderful sense of deliverance

    and

    peace.

    highest attendance (please, lets

    praise

    King Jesus for this paragraph) was on August 25th

    there

    were

    20

    present

    18

    of

    them were

    pa r t of

    the Body.

    On

    September

    1 s t

    there were

    he same number exactly, even though

    three

    of the young men were attending a tes t . Two gi r l s .

    Lee and Catherine Ywan ( the f iancee of one

    of

    our

    Christian

    boys) were baptized that

    They have been

    attending

    Engli sh Bible classes ever

    since

    we arrived 8 months ago.

    n the afternoon,

    af ter

    the i r tes t , the

    young

    men then came for a Communion Service. The

    has

    sent

    ^63 to the orphanage

    in Lwo

    Tung and $50

    to starving

    people in

    India

    in

    gust, which

    real ly

    thri l ls

    us.

    August

    30,

    my birthdj^,

    I had a little birtliday party at the breakfast table with

    my

    amily. That afternoph??^^^nb^t_q,^^t airportt who

    was

    returning after

    year's furlough, and Vera Benson|^ ho

    is

    coming out for the

    first time

    to

    work with

    the

    in

    wo

    Tung.

    al1 the foreigners

    had

    a

    welcome

    and

    biilhday

    cake and

    the

    t 7:00 PM the Chinese brethren

    aO came

    with a no th er cake and a

    par ty

    t 10:00.

    What

    a day

    -for tb^:ec-^3^ypa^.an grea test part has been that of serving Jeusus. I pray

    or

    a

    few

    more'

    td gbive HdjirTh .

    i^rite to

    us

    anytime.

    We will enjby the correspondence. In the meantime we thank God

    or j'^our

    faith,

    and therefore your love andNhope, and the f ru i t you bear.

    & Praising,

    D.

    Bemo

    ' 7

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    12/15

    Beth,

    Becky,

    Jonnie with

    D r

    Luk e

    P-.. ^

    M

    w-

    1

    I ti

    m

    Na than War r en

    36 hours

    old

    911 8.3i

    oz .

    21

    inches

    long

    Mothe r

    and

    Ch i l d

    doing wel l

    Gowhoy Jonnie

    on

    h is

    bir thday

    m

    Brother Phi l ip

    helps

    the

    back-pack

    on

    a r r iva l

    n

    Alan J a n e t

    on t h e i r lO th

    wedding

    -

    anniversary

    a wa t e r f a l l

    whe r e we

    had

    a p icn ic

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    13/15

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

    A l a n

    J a n e t B e n o

    ^5-1j

    Lane

    l6l

    Hsin Sheng S.Rd,,Sec,1

    Taipei 106, Taiwan

    Dear Fr iends,

    r A R CAST

    C R U S A a C R

    Septenber to Eecember, 197^

    Forwarding Agent;

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

    R.R.

    1, Box 333

    Ft.Gibson,Okla.

    Ihk^h

    1. 9.

    L >v -J 1.

    This

    i s th e

    week

    a f t e r Chris tmas . For th e f i r s t time ir . a long t ime I f e e l l i k e I

    can

    relax a l i t t l e today. Sven so, when I cajne downstairs to write

    to

    you

    t h i s

    morning, I

    found

    that I

    had to

    f i l l

    out

    a

    couple of orders fo r the bookstore

    f i r s t .

    Since

    I h a v e n t

    w r i t t e n

    f o r

    4

    months t i s k i n d o f hard to t e l l you a l l t h a t has happened

    i n

    t h a t

    len gth of time but I think I

    can

    sum most of the important

    things

    up

    with

    one word: s e r

    vice. The most rewarding experiences we have encountered

    lately

    have come in serving others.

    Back

    in

    September

    our concern

    over

    those

    who

    write

    in

    from Kom's

    (Isabel

    Dittemore)

    radio

    program grew t we decided

    to

    try

    to

    do something about i t . Mo m always sends

    booklets and

    a Bible correspondence course

    to

    those who want i t and a couple of tim es people

    have

    sent

    money

    to

    ask

    her to

    buy them a Bible .

    But the need for personal

    contac t

    with

    these

    was

    growing and in September we had alvDut

    t h i r t y

    l e t t e r s

    from

    people we wanted to c a l l

    on.

    We

    brought t h i s matter before

    the

    congregation

    one

    Sunday morning, so

    the

    brethren

    divided

    i n t o

    twos

    and each team took two cards with these prospec t s names and

    addresses

    on them. We

    trained

    as to what personal

    testimony

    we wanted to

    give

    them and what

    s cr ip tu re s to read

    in

    what

    s i t u a t i o n s . We

    had the usual problems:

    People

    were

    not home,

    had

    moved, or were not

    i n t e r e s t e d .

    Sometimes we

    c o u l d n t even

    f i n d t h e

    a d d r e s s . But, a s a lways , t h e r e

    were rewards .

    Some are coming to Church services and

    the

    English Bible

    classes

    as a result . The most

    satisfying,

    however, is

    the

    contact made with Mr. Yu.(pronounced as the yo of yo-yo)

    He

    i s the

    28

    year old son of blind parents of

    which

    only

    his 30

    year old mother i s l i v i n g .

    She has

    adopted two younger

    children

    and supports h er fam ily by renting out two rooms in

    t h e i r home

    and

    doing

    massage

    work in

    th e evenin gs .

    Because of h is handicap caused by cere

    bra l

    palsy

    he has been confined

    to

    a small damp room

    a l l his

    l i f e with l i t t l e more

    to

    do but

    answer

    the

    phone

    fo r

    h is mom's work and l i s t e n

    to the

    radio . Thus he

    heard

    Mom's radio

    program. He l i s t e n s every day and

    his

    only complaint i s that i t i s too

    short .

    He wrote in

    (he asked his younger

    brother

    to

    write

    for

    him) for a

    free

    coloring

    book offered and Mark

    Andy went

    to

    c a l l on him. He was so happy

    t o

    see someone and so d e s t i t u t e f o r s p i r i t u a l

    knowledge

    t h a t

    we decided to

    go see

    him

    every week,

    V. e l e f t a

    modern-day

    t r a n s l a t i o n

    of the

    gospel

    of John with him and taught him Bible s t o r i e s the f i r s t two weeks. We also taught him

    to

    sing Jesus

    loves

    Me. When we went back

    the

    second week we found him lovingly holding th

    gospel.

    We asked him i f he had read any

    of

    t and he

    told

    us then

    t h a t

    he

    c o u l d n t

    read

    he

    has

    never

    gone

    t o

    any kind of

    t r a i n i n g i n s t i t u t i o n .

    During

    the week we pondered

    t h i s

    problem,

    Everyone

    ought

    to

    be able

    to

    have a Bible he can

    read

    anytime he wants too. We

    f i n a l l y came up with

    the

    idea

    of

    buying

    him some childre-n s Bible p ic tu re s to ry

    books which

    we could

    use

    t o t e a c h him t h e B ib l e and which he c o u l d look a t any

    t ime

    he wanted

    t o

    and

    remember what he had been taught . After

    buying

    two of these books - - the f i r s t

    about

    the

    b i r t h of J e s u s and th e second

    about

    J e s u s h e a li n g m i n i st ry he gave

    us

    money and s a i d

    he

    wanted to nay f o r these

    and buy

    some more. We f i n i s h e d the f i r s t

    two

    books

    and

    l a s t Friday

    studied a picture lesson we

    put

    together

    on Christ s death for us, i t seemed

    very

    strange

    to us t h a t

    i n

    two C h r i s t i a n bookstores

    we

    could not

    f ind

    one p ic tu re s to ry book

    of the

    c r u c i

    f i n o n

    ^f Jesus)

    This week we will teach him God s

    plan

    for

    his

    l i f e . Please pray for Mr.Yu

    I have never seen such s p i r i t u a l stairvation ar.d huriger for God s word. This man i s j u s t as

    intelligent as

    you

    or

    I (maybe even more

    so)

    but has just never ceen given a chance to

    learn

    anything. Someone

    has

    taught

    him

    to smoke

    sometime

    or another.

    Are

    we not indebted to teach

    him

    of

    Him

    who

    gave us the

    breath

    of

    life

    and

    offers e te rnal

    life?

    He

    has faix-h

    in odalread

    One

    day we

    talked

    to him

    about

    going to the doc tor for a

    check-up

    but

    both

    he and his mother

    said that i t was hopeless and too

    much

    trouble. , dropp Sd

    the

    subject and went on with

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    14/15

    the story

    of

    how Jesus healed a blind man. After the .--tory Kark asked him. Do

    jou

    telieve

    this

    story,

    Kr. Yu?

    He answered, Yes, I

    do. Hark

    continued.

    Do you believe

    He

    will hel

    you Again

    Hr.

    Yu

    answered in

    the

    affirmative. I said, Hr. Yu, you just said you though

    it would be too much

    trouble

    to get in a

    taxi and go to

    Taipei to

    see the doctor.

    h^ if

    you heard

    that Jesus was in Taipei what would you think? Would

    you

    ink it would

    too

    much

    trouble

    to

    go

    see Him? Ahappy smile came over

    his

    twisted face_^d he ^swered. No

    no,

    I would go sie

    him.

    I said, Jesus is

    not

    in

    Taipei

    now but we will

    day after

    we

    die. Just as the

    blind

    man

    and heard

    about

    Jesus and had to wait for his

    chan

    tfs^elesus

    we Cili

    have

    to

    wait,

    but

    if we i>elieve in Him He

    wiil

    give__us a perfect body

    and

    take

    us

    all

    to

    heaven

    where

    there

    will

    never

    be

    a

    heartache or

    tear.

    He

    happily

    n^de

    in return.

    Now

    that

    he

    believes

    we

    are anxious

    to

    go on

    to tell

    him about Acts 2:38. Two

    weeks

    ago we

    did

    talk him

    into going

    to see

    the doctor

    if we

    paid the

    bills. I

    Had

    appointLnts

    and the

    first

    was

    at

    the

    eye-doctor. When

    the

    doctor

    ac^ute oontunctivitis and severe near sightedness,

    he

    asxedhow long

    he

    had been that way.

    The

    doctor stared

    in disbelief when

    he

    was

    told

    that Mr.

    Yu

    had pver

    seen

    an eye-doc^r.

    The doctor

    gave him

    medicine for the conjunctivites and a prescription for glasses. When I

    to prthe

    bill

    he said, I

    can t

    charge for a

    patient

    like this. Next went to

    see

    a

    missionary doctor

    about his

    other problems. He

    had been to a

    doctor

    previously abou

    a bleedine ulcer but

    his

    family ruled

    out surgery by

    saying, With

    his lep

    like

    that why

    bother.

    as his

    twisted and crossed

    legs

    ?(ere

    examined we

    were

    all opphppd with compas

    sion

    and all

    prayed

    that God

    would

    heal

    him. The doctor

    said he could

    be helped

    pa

    specialist in corrective surgery for spastics is

    due

    to be in tow. from down

    south^any day

    now.

    He

    is interested in

    going

    to

    see

    Mr.

    Yu

    to

    see

    exactly

    what

    can

    be

    done.

    Again,

    although we started to pay the bill, the doctp would not accept

    payment.

    As it turned ou

    fir. Yu s younger brother paid half of the taxi

    bill

    too.

    S

    we

    go

    and tell Mr.

    Yu

    about

    the Lord

    others

    in the family

    and

    community are ^so becomin

    interefLrif nit m^ved by

    the message of

    Christ as

    wll

    as

    the

    love of Cteist

    ^n o^

    he

    for this one

    that

    everyone has

    written

    off.

    For

    example his mother has asked if Cteistpns

    could

    worship

    their ancestors. told them absolutely noti Then pe pungp brother pid

    us his mother

    had

    said that because of this

    he could not

    become a

    Chripian bepuse

    He was

    the only whole son she had

    and

    it was necessary for

    him

    to carry on the

    fpUy

    worship o

    the ancestors. On the other hand, it

    did

    not

    matter if

    Mr.

    Yu becpe a Chpstip

    or

    not.

    one

    hand

    we praise the

    Lord

    for such is the

    kingdom of

    God. He (uod) hap

    anpnted

    me (J

    to

    preach the gospel

    to

    the

    poorj

    he hath

    sent

    me to Heal the ppephearted,

    to

    ppac

    deliverance

    to

    the

    captives,

    and

    recovering

    of

    sight

    to

    the

    blind,

    p set at

    liberty

    them

    are bruised. (Luke k,lQ) I believe that Jesus wants to help,

    more

    than

    any

    others, those

    whom others have counted worthless.

    On

    the other

    hand

    we

    feel sorry because we

    see

    a real

    interest

    growing

    in the

    younger

    brother

    from the seed

    of the gospel.

    It

    so happens that

    there are three other

    blind people

    living

    in

    the

    same lane

    with the Yus

    They all do the-same

    kind

    of work

    and have formed

    a small union

    there

    to help^ one anotpr.

    I stood

    spellbound

    one

    day

    as I

    watched one of these

    ~ a

    man

    -- spep pe

    wapwy in

    fpn

    of his house.

    He

    did a better job than I would have as he used a foot to feel if the

    pave

    ment was clean yet. All of these

    neighbors know

    of

    our

    coming and we

    ^e

    now pYpg to

    arrange a meeting

    with

    all of

    them.

    Please pray with us lor this. It just

    might be

    that M

    Yu,

    the

    least in

    the

    community, might be the key or door tq the whole.

    Another

    opcortunity

    for service

    was

    brought

    to

    us

    during the

    Christmas

    season.

    Our

    littp

    Body of believers had prepared a thirty minute

    Christmas

    program

    and

    ^ s abp to pp it on

    twice. The

    program

    included twelve

    actors

    presenting

    the

    testpony of pepherp, Josph,

    Mary, wise men, a

    healed

    crip-le woman, etc. Each actor pve peir testimony p frop of

    one

    of

    the four tableaus

    which

    Alan

    Lw o

    and I stayed up till midpght severp

    pmes

    to ma

    We nut the

    program on once

    at the Chang Chwun

    Church on

    Gunday night, Dec.

    2Znd.

    p

    Christmas eve about thirty people met here at our house to divpe into po

    groups

    to go

    caroling. One

    group

    went

    to a rest

    home

    and the

    group

    I was

    wph

    went p a

    p p p a p

    group

    SEUig

    two songs, passed out booklets with the Christmas s op in i , p

    ^duLly to patients

    in

    twelve

    different

    rooms.

    were

    really

    pred

    but

    happy whp we

    got back to the house

    about

    9:30

    for

    refreshments

    ap pchange of gifts.

    Janp

    pd 1

    st-ved UP

    t n

    i-30

    A

    getting gifts ready for

    the

    lamily, kathan woxe

    up

    a. 5:30

    toelkfast and the

    kiL

    woke

    the

    whole

    household

    up

    at

    6:30

    to

    open

    presents.

    After

    gtnfwS^ airope ned itd

    breakfast

    f-

    again to

    all

    go to the leppuprium p t wph ^he^ ^etpenpo^pu^_

    program on

    for

    the second time. I t was re^. .xy

  • 8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1974 Taiwan

    15/15

    Thanks{?:i.vjr.,

    at

    new

    Orphana^ -^

    bui ld ing

    Xark

    teaching

    X r .

    Yu

    wi t h

    p ic tu res

    iM

    S i n c e I ve

    wri t t en

    l a s t

    we

    h av e

    had

    tw o o p p o rtu n

    i t i e s

    to

    get

    t o g e t h e r with ou r American f r i ends .

    Americans here in

    T a i p e i

    went t o g e t h e r an d

    r e n t e d

    a bu s to go to Lwo Tung fo r Thanksgiving . .

    w i t h

    th e S kile s .

    We

    a te

    to o much,

    w i t n e s s e d

    Alexis B e l l s baptism, an d saw the almost

    finished

    Orphanage b u i l d i n g . Then on Sunday aft ernoon,

    December 22nd we

    a l l

    g a t h e r e d a t th e Bell s house

    fo r a

    C h r i s t m a s

    par ty .

    Some more good news i s

    tha t

    the

    Lord

    gave Mark an d

    Ju l ia Chen, our

    Chinese

    co-workers, a

    f i n e baby

    boy

    on

    November l ^ th . J u l i a t o o k o ff

    a m o n t h

    from w o r k ,

    as i s

    Chinese

    custom,

    bu t

    i s now

    back

    on

    the

    j o b .

    t i s

    good

    to ha ve

    he r

    b a c k .

    Well, I h a v e n t been a ble to t e l l

    yo u

    a l l

    tha t

    happened

    la te ly but I do b elie ve th es e 2ire th e

    most

    i m p o r t a n t . L if e goes

    on as

    us ua l

    sermons,

    p ra y er s, t ea ch i ng s ,

    heartaiches,

    t e a r s ,

    joys,

    an d

    successes an d fa i lu res . have some g r e a t

    plans fo r

    the

    fu tu re. I wi l l

    really

    try to

    write

    more o f t e n and t e l l yo u

    o f

    what

    w e r e

    d o in g , ra ther

    t h a t

    w hat w e r e

    d ream in g

    abou t .

    ames

    Chen

    N athan an d

    h is ne w

    b u d d y , J

    w

    The da y

    af t e r

    C hristmas

    hope

    you

    have had a merry hristmasand will have m|El

    a

    grea t

    new y e a r with th e Lord Je su s Chr is t , I must

    say tha t 197^ has

    been

    th e h ar de st

    ye a r

    of my

    l i f e .

    Of co u r s e tha t

    doesn t

    co u n t

    t h o se

    y e a rs o f b ein g

    lost in

    sin

    but, thank

    God

    I can forget a ll thati The da

    till we f e e l c lo se r to Chr i s t than eve r

    before, ,

    as

    we have ha d

    to

    le an h ard er on Him,

    p r a i s e Him

    t h a t

    a

    ne w

    Church

    work

    h as

    be e n

    s t a r t ed th i s

    year ,

    k e e p i n g

    sheep from b ein g sc a t t e r e d Th e

    f i v e

    who have

    been

    ba ptiz e d

    a re p re cio us .

    a r e

    t h a n k f u l

    for th e new

    son

    th e

    Lord

    hy.s

    given

    u s . look forward to th is y e a r o f 1975

    sa y i n g

    to

    i s Chris t

    b u t to

    d ie i s gain .

    r a y i n g

    Prais ing ,

    Alan

    D .

    Bemo

    Alan, J e nnie , an d

    Nathan