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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.
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Fort Gibson. Okla.
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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
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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 .
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and Ted Sk i l e s
Chuck J o h n s t o n
tecich in g
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Su rv ey of the
B ib le c ou rs e
in Chun/5 L i
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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 .
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&
peck
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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
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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 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
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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
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Beth,
Becky,
Jonnie with
D r
Luk e
P-.. ^
M
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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
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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 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
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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
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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