Bemo Alan Janet 1978 Thailand

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BEMO'S SOJOURNS

By faith they sojourned in the land

looking fbr>vard to a city which has foundations,

whose bu ilder

and maker

is

God.

Heb. 11:8-10

A l a n

J a n e t Bemo

Box 65

Chiangmai, Thailand

Bemo

FCRWARDIWG AGENT:

M rs . L in d a G oe r k e

ailand

King

City,

Mo.

6kk63

Jan. ,

Feb.,

March, April 1978

s a r y th ings t o l i v e on

e a r t h

wouldn t be h a l f

bad i f

they

didn t

take so

much

time

from

going

with the

gospel.

e are

anxious

to

go -

to

get

back overseas.

e

have been traveling to seven states visit ing

many

precious brethren, te lHng people about

plans

to

go

to

Thailand

and

a t

each p lace s inging

th e

song,

Out where the fields

are

whiter; Out where the workers are few. e

are

willing to

go where He wants us

to go,

do

what

He wants us to

do. Yes,

we re

willing to

go where He wants

us to go,

to

do what He wants us to

do.

In these

last

few months before

we

leave, our desire

to be working in Thailand has grown. e believe this comes from the Holy Spirit and from the

l e t t e r s

we get from Thailand and Taiwan.

I d

like

to

share

with

you some

recent

news from

Taiwan.

e get a

l e t t e r

from someone in

Taiwan about every week. e got a cassette recording from

the brethren

in

Taipei of

a Tuesday

night get-together. The singing was beautiful. hat encouraged me was that they had

learned

some new

songs. Their

personal words

to

us

were

so precious. They

spoke of

t h e i r joy in

the

Lord and t h e i r

love. They

are as

anxious to

see

us as we are

them.

e will

spend

about two

weeks in Taiwan on

our

way

to

Thailand. e just

go t

a

l e t t e r

from Jenny. She

told of

two peo

ple being

baptized who

were

students

of the correspondence

course which Chuck

Johnston is

working with. She said, Someday there will

have

many

people

accept

the

Lord

Jesus.

Praise

the

Lordl She

told of taking the

Sunday School children

to

a hospi ta l t o call on

the

sick

children. Speaking

of

Sunday School, Sandl Kang

has

written te l l ing

of

d iv id ing the Sunday

School

children

into

two

age

groups now

and

desiring any kind of S.S. v is ua l a id

and

handi

craft material we could send them. I f you

are

interested,

her

address

is:

Sandi Kang, 91

Hoping

S t .

San Chung,

Taipei.

e

received

a

tape

from

Larry

Lang which he

partially

recorded

while visiting the crippled man, Mr. Yu, I used

to

care for. These

things

testify

of

how God

is

working

in

these

people s l ives .

News from Thailand includes a letter from Eugene Morse, another from a Chinese there. Brother

Yang, who will be a co-worker, when

we

get

there;

and a telephone

call

from J. Russel Morse,

who has

just

retiurned from a three month tr ip

to

Thailand. Bro. Yang

is

anxious for us to

arrive. Eugene

tells

of lli Chinese churches in remote villages that badly need teaching.

J . Russel called yesterday and

talked for

t h i r t y

minutes

of how the whole s i tuat ion

has

changed

in

Thailand. here

before

i t was

the

missionaries taking

the incentive

in

evangelism,

now,

the

villagers are coming to the missionaries and

saying, Please

come back to our

village

and give us

another

chance

to

hear the gospel. As J. Russel

said,

Theyare wondering what

this

world is coming to and

we

have the

answer.

So you can

see why we

are anxious to go.


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V e are

going

to

be here in

Muskogee t i l l

June i^th when

we

will leave

for

speaking

dates

in

Kansas^ Canada^

Washington,

Oregon

and California.

We

have

reservations to leave

L.A.

on July

ilth. After two weeks in

Taiwan

and a couple of days in Hong

ong

we will arrive in Thailand

a t the

end of

July, Pray for us

Since I

last

wrote,

Becky

has turned 9 (Jan. 9th) and Beth

11

(April

l8).

I

just

praise

God

at

the

way

the children

are

growing. The most important

birthday

of

late

was

that

of

Jonnie's

baptism on

April 9th.

I asked

him why

he wanted

to

be

baptized

and he said, 'IBecause Jesus

wants me to

be.

Janet had said, You know

Jonnie, this

is very serious and you must

believe

that

Jesus is God's Son and Jonnie

said,

Of course, I do.

Oh

the precious faith of l i t t le

children He is going on eight years old. I was eight when

baptized

by my father. Jonnie is

anxious to t e l l people of his commitment.

We

se e in Jonnie

a

real concern fo r o th ers. He's

had us a ll praying

for

a l i t t le girl in his class who came to school crying because her parents

are get t ing a divorce.

Well,, the.

next

letter, you get from us ought

to

be-written from Chiangmai, Tha-i-land-. P-lea-se,

please

pray for us

as

we

go into another of Satan's strongholds. Pray that he be bound so

tha t

the

captives

might be

se t

free .

Many

have

been confused about who is our

forwarding

agent. Linda Goerke

is

s t i l l our forward

ing

agent and

is

doing a

wonderful

job of i t

My

dad will

be

taking care of th e newsletters

and sending

them

out. Many have

moved

and i t costs

a

lo t to have returned

newsletters,

so

please

f i l l out the enclosed card and return as soon as possible, so

we

can update our mailing

l i s t and also know how many

are

needed

in

each

church.

Thank

you,

brothers and sisters

for

your love,

concern,

during th i s

year

in the U.S.

hospi ta l i ty and many encouragements

Formosa Chris t ian

Mission,

Inc.

Mr.

Mrsc

Doug Bemo

527 Anthony Street

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Tiii^Ol

Retiorn Requested

H C R I 2 0 N S

BOX

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In Jesus

J.

^

Alan D. Bemo and family

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BEMO S SOJOURNS

By

faith they sojourned in the

land

looking

forward

to a city

which

has foundations,

whose

builder

and maker is God. Heb. l-8-IO

Alan.

&

J a n e t Bemo

Box 180

Chlangmai,

Thailand

FtRWARDBIG AGENT:

Mrs,

L i n d a Goerke

R t - 1

King City ,

Mo,

6Uk63

envyings.

C h r i s t i a n s very l i v e s and souls are In im

mediate

danger.

I have

never

been compelled t o pray

so

beforel Please

pray with usi

Pray

for

the Morse Family

In particular,

. . . .we wrestle not

against

flesh and blood but

against principali t ies , against powers, against

the rulers of

darkness of

t h i s

world, against

s p i r i t u a l

wickedness

In

high places.

There

are

those who

are using worldly

and

carnal

ways t o t r y t o stop

God's

Work here.

Jesus taught

us

tha t

when

people

do

so ,

we cannot use the same way

to fight back

or

protect

ourselves. For

though

we

walk in the

flesh,

we do

not

war a f t e r th e f le sh : (For

the

weapons

of

our

warfare are

not

c arna l, bu t mighty through

God

to the pulling

down

of strongholds). Casting

down Imagina

t i o n

and

every high

thing

that

exalteth

i tself

against the

knowledge

of

God, and

bringing

Into capt ivi ty every thought t o

the obedience

of

Christ Read

vhat

I have writ ten and

think about

I t . Understand

and pray.

are se t t l e d In a

nice

house

which

was

kept

for us

by Joni

and Nangsar Morse.

I t

Is

r e a l

ly big and roomy with a

yard

and

carport.

I t was also a furnished house which

Is

a big re

l i e f

and savings to us. All we've had to

buy

Is

a washing machine and a l i t t l e

silverware

and one pan

to

see us through

t i l l

our crates arrive. The Eugene Morses have graciously

provided us

with towel s

and

sheets t ours arrive. So you see,

the

Lord

Is taking

very

good

care

of

us.

And best of a l l the

rent

Is

only 150. per

month, a

big

savings over rent

in Taipei. However, very soon we

will

be

renting

a hos te l fo r

Chinese to come

and

stay in

plus preacher's salaries, t i l l

hopefully,

we can encourage

the

churches to support them

themselves,

so

things

will

even

ou t

very quickly.

are

anxious

to

start

having

a

lo t

of

Chinese

guests

coming

to s tay

for short v i s i t s

from the

mountains. In

fac t, th is weekend

will

be our

f i r s t v i s i t

to

the

mountains

otirselves,

arrived

here,

July 26th

after traveling

for

MEETING

IN TAIWAN)

nearly

two months, from June

3rd,

I t s good

to

be home. The t r i p was very

precious

though.

We ve

been through eight

states,

three

provinces of Canada, Korea, Taiwan and Hong

Kong and now

f i n a l l y

In

Thailand. We

stayed In

motels

three t imes and

even then

two of

those was at th e expense of others.

thank

God

for

th e love and patience of friends, re

latives and brothers and

sisters

In

Christ who

were so hospitable to us, a

big

family of

seven. Each v i s i t

we had

was

precious

and I am siire

that th e

strength and encouragement we

gained w i l l

help

us through the r e s t

of

our

l ives

here on e a r t h .

stayed

In the Tom Love's apartment vdilch they had

just vacated to

move

down to

the

orphanage. They

also

loaned us

their

van and motorcycle which were a great

help

In meeting


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a l l

th e

Chris t ians

and

b l ind folk aga in .

t vas

a t h r i l l

to

see everyone again and

it

seemed

l ike we were busy every

minute

e i ther teaching,

preaching, vis i t ing

or

feasting. They

had a

short

four-day

evening seminar

where

I

taught

through Nehemlah

and

I fee l we were mutually en

couraged by our fa i th in the Lord. The Chinese

brethren

said

they hoped I could come back every

year or so to have

such

a special

meeting and

tha t

they

would

t ry to pay

the

expense of such a

t r i p . I suggested bet ter use of the i r money

would be t o send

one

o f t h e i r B ro th ers o r S i s t e r s

t o

Thai land

to work with

us fo r a

month or. so .

That way

they could

r e turn and

share

on

a

new

viewpoint of the Lord s Work in

another

place

and grow as

a

worker

in th e

church

besides . We

were a lso exc ited a t how th e Correspondence

Course

t h a t

Chuck

Johnston

is

heading

up,

is

growing. There

are

now

^,000 students

enrolled

or

graduated and three

more people

were baptized

as a resul t of i t , just while we were

there.

P r a i s e Qodi

EETim PUCE IN

CHIAMjMAI

The absolute highl ight of our s tay in Taiwan vras

what

God is doing for Mr. You. He was one of

the first people we

wanted

to see although

V||||| | | |

dreading

it

a

little,

too, as

we remembered

the ^

steaming, ra t and cockroach infested back

room

he l ived in .

Brother

Yang who had b een taking

care of

him once

a

week

and serving him

communion

mKk

was

going

into the

Army

We

had heard

that

his

HbBmwI

family was

not tak ing any

care

of him. They

never bathedthls crippled man and fed him scraps

In

a dog dish once a

day. We

went there with

heavy hear ts dreading what we would

see .

How

ever,

when we

got there,

his mother told

us he

CHIHESE EVANGELIST,

BROTHER YANG

was gone a man

from

a Chris t ian

Hospi ta l

in

the center of the isl nd h d om nd t ken

m

but

they are

caring

for

him

for ^0.

a month

for

everything, including some therapy. The

church

in Taipei is hoping to

pay

his expenses, but

FIRST

CHUROi MEETING

WE

ATTENDED

there are many

people

there

for

who

no one

is

12

ADULTS

l6 CHILDREN AUN

PREACHED

paying .their expenses and

.the..hospital

s t i l l

carries

on through

faith.

If

you

are

interested

in helping with

th is

worthwhile

project , -

you .can ask

to

be a

sponsor

for someone

there and

they wil l

give

you a picti ire and the his tory of a needy pat ien t .

Write to

Puli Chris t ian

Hospital ,

Pul l , Taiwan,

R.O.C. Thank

you for your

prayers

for You Ho

Ming.

The Lord has

heard

and answered. Continue to

pray

for h is

non-Christ ian family .

This s hould

be

a big

i n f l u en ce in th ir l i v e s . God ca r e s f o r H is own.

FIRST CHUROi MEETING

WE

ATTENDED

12

ADULTS

16 GHIIDREN AUN PREACHED

Continue too,

to pray

for the work here , as i t

is

jus t opening up. . . for Brother Syau, a new

Christ ian who desperately

needs

a job and place

to

l ive so that

he

can

bring

h is f am il y back

together i t is very difficult for the

Chinese

who

only speak Chinese

to get

a job

here . . . .

for Mr. Lee

and

his family t^o are very poor

and

need a b igge r p la ce

to

l i v e . . . . . f o r Brother

Yang ( the preacher) as he

hopefully

meets his

bride-to-be

this weekend (an arranged meeting)

. . . . . f o r

us, as

we begin

language

study in a new language

and

on

and

on

i t goes.

Pray

earnest ly for

th es e t hings

tha t

God s

power

might

be

shown

in

each

l i fe .

We continue

to pray

dally for our

supporters,

too, and

are

anxious

to

hear from you and to


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hear

from

you and to

share with

you

in

your

sorrows

and

victor ies

b e r

i s :

P.O. Box l80

P l ease

wri t e

e

h a v e a

new b o x

num-

Your Co-Wo rk er s

Over.

The Alan Bemo Family

Alan, Janet,

Beth,

Becky, Jennie, Nathan

Sarah

PS. Jonnie

wants to

t e l l you he had a very nice 8th birthday in

Thailand.

His

cake

was

baked

in

an electric sk i l le t

The children a l l seem to be adjus ti ng very well now,

although we had some h igh feve rs

at

f i r s t

Formosa Christian Mission, Inc.

Mr, Mrs, Doug Bemo

52? Anthony Street

Muskogee, Okla.

71^1401

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BEMffS SOJOURNS

By faith they sojourned in the land

looking forward to a city which has foundations,

whose

builder and maker is God. Heb.ll^S-IO

IN THA ILAND

A l a n

J a n e t Bemo

Box

180

Chiangmai,

Thailand

Dear

Chr i s t i an

Fr iends

September, October, 1978

FORWARDim AGENT:

Mrs . L i n d a Goe r ke

R t . 1

King City Mo.

Many of

you have been

praying fo r

th e Morses l a t e ly in t h e i r hardsh ips

to

t r y to t e l l you a l i t t l e of what is going on as sim ply

as

I can.

Four of the Morse men (Eugene,

Robert,

Jonnie

and

Bobby) were

asked

to appear

at the

MaeDang po

l ice

s ta t ion

on

July

31st

to

answer

some

questions

concerning

some accusat ions

which

had

been

pr in ted

in

the Thai newspapers namely tha t they had des

troyed nat ional forests and

done log

poaching

in

the Lisu vi l lage

of

TungLung. They were detained

that day and

kept

behind bars unt i l August 6th.

The Morses

have been involved in evangelism

and some s oc ia l p ro je ct s in th i s vi l lage fo r some

years . Fourteen chi ldren from th i s

vi l lage are

l iving

a t

Bobby

Morse's

hos te l

in

Chiangmai.

(Jonnle, Eugene, Robert,

Bobby

behind

Early

in 978 the Lisu of this village re-

bars.

Like a storyfromthe BookofActs.)

cleared a f ie ld fo r

r ice

plant ing. I t

had been

farmed be for e and had been

al lowed

t o

r e s t fo r a

t ime

so as

t o

become mor e

f e r t i l e .

A ll th e

t rees that

were

cut were small

t rees which were secondary growth.

The

Lisu

had acquired t i

t le

papers

of ownership

for

this

land. This time

they

got

together and in ste ad o f

using the

conventional slash and

bti rn method,

decided

to

hire a t r ac tor

to

do a good

job o f g ettin g

out o ld

s tmps

and roots .

There was a

party

who had been wanting to get a hold

of

this

part icular

piece of

land

and now

as

he saw

the Lisu were

not

about to se l l

i t but were planning

for

the

future,

he

started to try to scare them away. (The

Lisu

have been a nomadic people in the past, moving

on toanew location when problems

arise.)

Because

of

greed and jealousy

this

party

started

making

accusations

aga inst the missionaries

who

had

a tt ri bu ted to

t he ir s ta b il it y, thinking

this

would

scare

them.

Instead, the

Lisu

came

to

the polic e

station

to

defend

the

mission

aries, saying

that

the land was

theirs

and

they

were

the

ones responsible

for re-clearing

the land.

They were,

at that time,

(Aug. Ji'd) arrested as

being

collaboraters

in

crime.

The Morses were released on Aug.

8th

on bail for 2^0,000 a piece (U.S.

12,?00)

which

was

put

up by Thai friends

in

the form

of

land as collateral. Then on Sept.

20th, in

court,

the case was completely

dropped

as there simply was no evidence or basis for the charges

mad e .

The Morses

helped

the

Lisu

get ba i l and

they

are a lso

out of j a i l now. There have been many

other complications

and th rea ts in the i r case and

they

cer ta inly

need our prayers. ^

This

whole

thing

has put

some

tremendous

strain on the Morses, the missionary commuhity as

a whole, and a l l Christ ians

in

Thailand. However,

we believe that

idien

there has been

sowing

in

tears there wil l be

reaping

in

joy.

Keep

praying.

You are a tremendous power

in

the g re at s tr ug gle

here. E specially pray

tha t

these 8 Lisu wil l come

to call

uponthe

name

of

their

Savior and be saved. (Alan seeing Brother

Yang

George

off

on

a

t r ip

to

the

moun ta in s. No ti ce

the

Bemo

As for ourselves, we

are spending much time truck. A gate has been put on the back

in Thai language study--

taking

13 hours a week

at since

Jonnie

fell out.)

the

Language

Center .

I

had

forgot ten

how

di f f icu l t

i t

is

to

s i t

s t i l l

in

a

classroom

for

2 or 3 hours

at

a

time. Janet

is

having an easier time of

i t than

I .

I t is good to be able

to make very simple conversation

with

people now,

though.

There are two Chinese evangelists on the

payrol l

here, each get t ing 1^00 (U.S. 7^.) a

month,

hopeful ly to be decreased as the years go by. I to ld you

about

Brother

Yang

in our

l a s t l e t t e r . Brother

Shen,

the o the r

one,

l ives in the

mountains

with

h is

wife

and

two

sons.

a 1

j :

I would l i k e


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(Church Services

in

the

Village

of Da Gu

Di,

one

of

Brother Yang s preaching points.)

Tape

Ministry in the mountains

He is a

school teacher besides

h is e v ang el is ti c

and preaching

work. He is the man I met in

another village when w were here 3i years ago and who had heard the gospel for

the

first

t ime

then

and was

del ivered

from an ev i l sp i r i t . He s ta r ted attending the

Llsu

serv ices

there

and was baptized

and then went

on

to

a year s

Bible

training

in

Bangkok before return

ing to

the

mountains to - s t a r t a

church

where

he

has h is

te ac hin g jo b. I t is hard to believe

he is

the same

man. God

has changed

him

so

much.

His

l i fe i s

beaut iful and an inspirat ion.

1

have

asked

him

to write his

biography

and

I want to t r ans la te i t so I can send a l l of you

a copy someday.

We have had severa l precious v is i to r s in our home l a te ly . Brother Yang goes on

evan

ge li st ic t ri ps to remote mountain villages often and

he

invited two evangelists for

one

spe

c ia l t r ip George, an

Indian

from Bangkok

and

Phil ip

a

Chinese from

Singapore. They stayed

here coming and

going

and I was

very

envious

of the

long 7

day t r ip

on

>ihich they rode

horses for

5

hours

and

had

many

opportunit ies

to

preach the

Word.

I f you

know me

a t a l l

you

know how hard

i t i s for

me

to stay

home

to

study

Thai with t he se exc it in g goings-on.

I did go on one weekend t r ip to the Chinese vi l lage of Mi-Po which we

could

drive

to .

The roads are

in te r r ible

condi t ion from the rainy season but our Toyota t ruck is t e r r i f i c

I did not think i t would go up , th rough, and

across

some

of those

places. found three

b elie ve rs in th is

vi l lage .

One

man s

only contact with the Lord has been through the Lisu

language.

A Lisu preacher

in

a

nearby vil lage

has taught him. He

t es t i f i es of

how God has

changed

his

l ife

from

bad

habits of

opium

addiction,

smoking,

gambling,

and

restlessness

to

one of stabil i ty and peace. Anytime anyone is

sick

in

the

village he goes and prays

for

them

and t e s t i f i e s

of God s

power

to help. I t is th is

kind of witness

which has

brought

one

of

these

th ree

bel ievers

to Chris t . This man

asked

me to

teach him

to sing

some

hymns in

Chine se an d we did fa r in to the

night .

I also taught there on Sunday morn ing and

as

there

were

Lisu

present , one

man t ranslated into Lisu. I

also

showed them how

to prune

native

peach

t rees

which were about five

years

old

and did some

grafting

and

budding.

This vi l lage

was one of the f i r s t tha t the Morses worked

in

thus the

Lisu

church

nearby and the peach

t rees . A Lisu man

wants

me

to

help him

graf t

about 300

t rees

th i s

winter and the

U.W.

has

agreed to

supply

the scion wood (graf ting s tock) . This village has changed from a predomi

nately Lisu

vi l lage

to

a

predominately Chinese vil lage.

The Lisu have

asked for

us

to

bring

them some strawberry plants. I ve bought li and we are planning on another

t r ip

this week

end,

October 13-15.

They

are

going

to

share

gon

the

proceeds

from

the

f i r s t crop

since

I

bought the^plants . ByJthe, way.we_caD_graft. suc_ce.s^fully in late-summer-because,.there i s

a

2nd dormant s ea son

at this

time

after

which

the^trees

bloom and even bear some fruit. Can

any

of

you t e l l me why?

Could

i t

have

something

to

do

with

the

t e r r i f ic

amounts

of

i;ater

they get

and

then the

sudden

stop

in September?

Could i t have to do

with

the

shortage

of

sunl ight

during

the

ra iny season?

Because of the problem of i l l i teracy among the hi 11 Chinese, we have a tape ministry.

When

I

say

we , I mean many of us

missionaries.

Ten tape-players have been put at

my dis

posal and

sic of these

a re a lre ady

being used in the mountains. These

and tapes

are le f t in

various

communities to be

passed

around.

They

consis t

of

sermons, s tor ies songs and

scr ip

ture port ions. We

need v ery b ad ly to dev elop our tape

l ib ra ry in

Chinese.

I

think

the

church

in

Chiangraai

has

grown.

are

looking

for

a

bet ter

place

to

meet,

which can also serve

as

a place for the evangel is t . Brother Yang, to l ive while he is

in

town, and as a hostel for

visiting

out-of-town Chinese. The church,

with

the help of our

t i t h e

is

able

to rent i t s

own

place and buy chairs

and a

hand organ.


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^he Children star ted in school Septeiriher ^th^

and

seem

to

be

adjusting

well. They ride

to school on

bicycles

every

day. By

the way,

Jonnie f e l l out of the back of

our t ruck

on

September 29 Fortunately I was entering a compound a t slow speed and there

were

no cars

behind

us. He

did

suf fe r a

s l igh t concussion but he

i s p er fe ctly

well

now.

Praise

the

Lord

for answered

prayer

This newsle t ter i s e sp ec ia ll y long but I couldn t figure out

what

to

leave out

or

shorten. I

hope you

can get a

grasp

of the

work

and

pray

ef fec t ive ly

This is

a crazy,

mixed-up

place

where

the Devil

has

reigned

for

years.

He knows his

t ime

is

short

and he

is

fighting

desperately.

Pray fo r us

and God s Work

here

Mr. Mrs. Doug Bemo

527 Anthony

Muskogee,

Okla.

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BEMffS SOJOURNS

y faith they sojourned in the

land

ll\l THAILAND

looking

forward to a city

which

has foundations, /

whose builder

and maker

is

God. Heb.l :8-10

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/ FORWARDm AGENT:

Alan Janet emo ^

Mrs Linda

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Chiangmai,

Thailand November December. 1978 6^63

Dea r

F r i e n d s ,

The r e is a lways

some th ing

go ing

on

a round h e r e . The r e

is

so

much to do

a

p ers on c an no t a f fo rd

to

s t ay in one p lace ve ry l o ng . The work

i s g r e a t

and widely sp r ead , and we a re

sepa ra t ed

on

th e

wa l l , f a r f rom one ano the r . In

th e p lace where you hea r th e sound o f the t r umpe t , r a l l y to u s t h e r e . Our

God wi l l

f i g h t

fo r u s .

(Kehemlah ^ :19 .20)

As

we work here we o f t en he a r th e

t rumpet o r

c a l l

fo r help and we

work

to ge th er to he l p .

Although our

main

Job

r i g h t

now

is

to l e a rn

th e

Tha i l anguage

and

work

wi th th e Chinese

church

he r e in

Chiangmai , we have had t h r e e t r umpe t

c a l l s

l a t e l y I

The

first

came

a t

th e

end

o f

October

when

a

Chinese

p reache r ,

Brothe r

Hwang, asked Rob ert

i lorse

and myself to go

on an

eight day evangel i s t ic t r i p

with him and

seven

o the r Chinese to s ix v i l l a g e s .

This

p reache r t o ld

us

t h a t

he

Jus t

cannot r egu la r ly v i s i t th ese p laces plus h is r egu la r i t i n e r a r y . We

began

our

t r i p

by

d r i v i ng to Bro the r Hwang s place in R ob er t s c a r . Then we

t o ok

a

two and

a

ha l f hou r boa t

trip

up th e Mae

Sue l

Riv e r t o

a

trail which

led o f f up i n t o th e

mounta ins .

F i r s t we

all

s a t

by

th e r iv erb an k and a te a

meal o f g l u t i nou s

r i c e

and b ro i l ed c hic ke n w ith

ou r

hand s , after

which

X d i s

covered

a l eech on my

l e g .

Then we s t a r t ed

walk ing . This was

th e

beginn ing

o f

a t r e k o f many mi le s to

f ou r

v i l l a g e s ove r the

nex t few day s .

We s tayed

in each

v i l l a g e one o r

two

n i gh t s , t e a ch ing pub l i c a l l y and

from house to

house in each p l ace . We had

a po r t ab l e

f i lm s t r i p

p ro j e c t o r which we ca r r i e d

and which

I used every

nigh t of our t r i p

but

one. In one v i l l age

we

angered

th e

Head-Man

who

chewed

us

ou t

s e ve r e l y

because

we

had

no t

t o l d

him

t h a t

we

were t h e r e and what we were

p lann ing

to do . We were wi th in

s i g h t

o f th e

Burma

bo rde r and th e

Thai

borde r

pa t r o l came

a sk ing the

Head-Man what

we

were do ing t h e r e .

When he

d id no t know,

t h i s

pu t him in

an

embarass ing

po s i

t i on

because

h e , o f

all

peop le , ough t

to know what was

go ing

on

i n h is

vil

l a ge . We

l e a rned a good l e s son

t h e r e . One

o t h e r

v i l l a g e was where

Bro the r

Hwang s l i f e

had ac tua l l y been t h r ea t ened . At ano the r

v i l l age ,

when

some

fo rmer ly

ho s t i l e

people i nv i t ed Rober t and

I

fo r

a

meal ,

one o f

the

men

warned u s , Don t e a t

o r d rin k

a ny th in g th ey d o n t .

Make su r e you

see

your

food

coming

ou t o f th e same

ve s s e l as t h e i r s .

But t h i s t r i p was v i c t o r i ous

fo r th e Lord . A lo t o f seed

was

sown. We stayed up l a t e every n i gh t t a l k ing

to

people who

were

ask ing

ques t ions .

Two f ami l i e s

t u rned

from t h e i r worship

o f e v i l s p i r i t s to th e Lord . We helped

them

bum t h e i r

s p i r i t

she lves .

Chr i s t i a n s were encouraged .

One

v i l l age h igh , high up in th e mountains ,

Mese lo , asked

ou r

f ami ly to come back and

l i v e

permanent ly .

They

have bu i l t

t h e i r

own

Church Bui ld ing wi th a coup le o f

rooms in

back

where

t hey sa id we

could

l i v e .

t sounds v ery temp tin g and

we may go t h e r e to

l i v e fo r

th e

month o f Ap r i l when th e ch i l d r en a re ou t of schoo l fo r a month o f

summer

va

c a t i o n . Going to t h ese

p l ace s

was Ju s t l i k e going to China because th e peo

p le were

almost

100^ Chinese and the

only

language we spoke was Chinese .

While t h e re I s t a r t e d wonder ing why we needed to s tudy Thai

bu t

as soon a s we

g o t back t o th e p l a i n s and were i n t e r r o g a t e d by Tha i po l i c e , I knew we

had

to

speak Tha i we l l .

Our

second

t r umpet c a l l came

around

Thanksg iv ing . The ch i l d r en

were

go ing

to

be ou t o f s choo l

f o r

two days

so we

had

p lanned a f o u r day trip

t o g e t h e r

back

to th e

village

where

th e

two f am i l i e s

had

bu rned

their

spirit s h e l v e s .

They

needed to

be t a ugh t

more and b a p t i z e d . However , a t

th e

last

hou r b e f o r e

l e a v i n g

we

were

i n f o rmed

t h a t th e main

f am i l y in th e Church

h e r e in Chiangmai had

k i l l e d th e

f a t t ed

c a l f and

were i n v i t i n g

eve ryone i n

th e

Church

p l u s to a Thanksg iv ing f e a s t fo r t h e i r first son who was Ju s t a

month o l d . (To th e Chinese t h i s i s e spec i a l l y impor t an t ) . We

prayed

earn

e s t l y abou t t h i s and

felt

t h a t

God

wanted

us to

s t ay , bu t

we were a very

d i s

a ppo i n t e d

f am i l y .

However , F r i d ay n i gh t , Ju s t after we had r e t u r n ed f rom th e f e a s t , two

coup l e s

showed up

from M l-Po , th e v i l l a g e I had been to

tw i c e

b e fo r e , t e a c h

in g and g r a f t i n g

peach trees

One

o f th e

women

was ve r y

emo t i o n a l l y s i c k .

Mow we cou ld see t h a t th e Lord

had

k ep t us

he r e

to c a r e f o r t he se

peop l e .

Sa tu rd ay

morn ing I

took them to th e ho s p i t a l and t hen

a t

noon,

Eugene

Morse

and

I

took

them

back

to

Mi-Fo,

a

f ou r -hou r

d r i v e .

I

t augh t tw ice

in

Chinese

in th e

Chinese v i l l age

and w alked with Eugene to two o the r

v i l l a g e s

t h a t were

a l l

Lisu. Becky

went

with us, hiking

along Just

as

wel l

as the

res t of

us

for hours on

end.

I was

pleased

to

find

out tha t

one of

the

Chinese

men we

had been working with Mr. Chen had been baptized during the two

months

since

we had seen him

e

visited fish ponds

and

carrot fields where opium had


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once grown) t h a t

the

Morses had i n t r o d u c e d .

We

v i s i t e d some s t r a w b e r r y

p l a n t s which I had Introduced

on

my l a s t v i s i t . Some

were

doing well

and

o t

hers

not

a t

a l l ,

I

had taken

J^OO plants

up

a t lOjz a

p l a n t .

That

added up

to

and

r a t h e r than s t a r t

any

kind of give-away

program

we decided

t h a t

i f I

paid for the plants that

they

would give me 50% of the f i r s t crop plus re

place my ^00

plants

next October (they can do

this

since they will

reproduce

from

5-10

times

by

then).

This

way

we

have

a

mutual

respect

fo r

each

other

and

next

year I w i l l have p l a n t s to take to another place.

The third trumpet c a l l

l a t e l y

came in

the

form

of

a U.K.

c a l l

saying

that they had my bud wood ready for graft ing. I picked i t up

day

before

yes

terday

and am planning to leave

for

Mo-Pi again r ight a f t e r Church tomorrow

(Dec,

9th) , I plan on gett ing up there in

time

for Sunday Evening Service

and then spend two

and

a h a l f

days

graft ing four v a r i e t i e s

of

plums, four

of

peach,

two of

apricot

and

one variety

of

nectarine,

I have

enough

bud wood

to do

a

thousand

t r e e s

but w i l l

probably

only have time t o do

a

hundred o r

8 ,

The r e s t o f

December

w i l l

be

b u s y , a s

I*m

s u r e your s i s p r o v i n g

t o

b e .

Just l a s t Wednesday,

the

6th, L i t t l e Sarah

turned

two. Then on

the l^ th,

J a n e t s

mom

i s

a r r i v i n g i n Bangkok from Taipei where she has

been

working.

Janet

is

going

down

to

meet

her

and

bring her

up

here

(we

are

a 13

hour

t r a i n

r i d e f rom Bangkok),

while I take care of the chi ldren t h i s t ime.

Mom

i s

plan

ning to s t a y

f o r

a

couple

of months

but

we d l i k e

t o

keep

h e r here

f o r a

cou

p l e

o f y e a r s

a n y w a y .

Then

a f t e r

t h e

2 0 t h

B r o t h e r Shen i s

coming t o g u id e u s t o h i s

v i l l a g e

f o r

a Chri stmas Conven ti on . I am t o g i v e a

c o u p le o f

Chr is tmas

messages

and

I m not sure what a l l w i l l go on . We re hoping to come back by the

evening

of the 2^th so t h a t we

can

go

c a r o l i n g with

the Church

h e r e .

I hope our

fam

i l y

can

have Christmas together on the

25th and

then

bright and early the

26th,

the Lord will ing, I

w i l l

be

off to

Lung Wen. another of the

v i l l a g e s

visi ted on that

eight

d ay

t r i p ,

to par t ic ipate in a five-day t raining seminar

of

t h r e e l o c a l v i l l a g e s .

I am

to give f i v e l e c t u r e s

on

What i s the Church?

I t s a

r e a l

Joy

to look forward to these times with our Chinese brethren.

You

can see

t h a t

we

w i l l

have

a

busy

b u t

very

Merry

Chr is tmas .

Our hope

i s t h a t yours, too, w i l l be a f u l l

and

Blessed Christmas. We want to

extend

our warmest

Christmas

Greet ings t o a l l who

r e c e i v e t h i s l e t t e r ,

^ From

t h e

Alan Bemo F a m i l y ,

P . S . A s l i d e p r o g r a m o f

o u r

work is

a v a i l a b l e , if y o u

a r e

inter

ested (complete with c a s s e t t e

t a p e .

Contact Linda Goerke o r

Doug

Bemo whose a d d r e s s e s a r e

listed o n this newsletter

F o r m o s a Christian

M i s s i o n

Mr.

M r s . Doug Bemo

5 2 7 A n t h o n y

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