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    M Y

    12

    1982

    ZJfte J^emo d

    SoJourning.d

    in ZJItailand

    LBy f ith

    they

    sojourne the

    l n

    looking

    forward to a

    city

    which has foundations,

    w h o s e bui lde r a nd m ak er is G od . H eb . 1 1 : 8 1 0

    A l a n

    J a n e t

    B e m o

    B o x 1 8 0

    Chiangmai, Thailand

    FORWARDING AGENT:

    Mrs.

    Linda

    G o e r k e

    R o u t e

    1

    King

    City.

    MO 6 4 4 6 3

    December

    1981

    - March 1982

    Dear Co-worker s in the Lord,

    Wha^

    a joy i t j s to write you again. The_Lord is good through

    all

    things] Blessed be

    t h e Name ~or~the L o r ^ l

    In

    our las t

    l e t t e r we

    shared with

    you concerning our

    stay

    in Mipo. Our

    leave-taking-

    there, after three months, was heart-wrenching for

    all

    of us. We had become very

    close

    and

    would have been very

    willing

    to

    stay

    on and on if other

    places

    weren't

    cal ling a lso. ow we

    learned

    to

    appreciate

    and

    love every

    soul

    there

    in

    Mipo

    Since

    then

    we

    have been back a

    couple

    of times to find that Brother

    Nwo

    is continuing to teach

    the

    literacy

    classes

    to a

    few students so the work is continuing on. Praise

    God

    Just towards

    the

    end of ou r stay

    in

    Mipo we

    received

    word that

    the

    Overlake Christian

    Church wanted to

    give

    a special o ffe ri ng to buy a four-wheel truck for us. Praise the Lord

    We

    have been praying about such a need

    fo r

    two

    years -- we

    have

    told

    the

    Lord

    who gives us

    everything

    we

    need and

    we

    told no one else.

    We

    praise God everytime

    we

    go over a

    bad

    place

    in the road. Last year alone

    we

    spent two miserable nights

    on

    the road because

    we

    were

    stuck.

    Another time we had

    to

    walk on into the

    village

    and leave the car there for four

    days. Already this new truck has gotten us out of three jams that would have meant days of

    delay in the old truck.

    We

    have also gotten a 8,000

    pound wench

    put on

    i t . Come

    over during

    the

    rainy season

    and have some fun

    with us

    On December 15, Beth came back home from school in

    Taiwan for

    her Christmas vacation.

    She^

    was

    able to

    spend

    a

    week

    at Mipo

    with

    us

    before

    we

    all

    moved

    to

    Chiangmai

    for the

    Christmas

    festivities. It

    was ^ good to

    have

    her in the fold again.

    Back

    in Chiangmai we

    decorated the house

    and

    Janet made her usual WoFlderful Christmas Eve

    feast

    and we joyfully

    celebrated the birth of our Lord with the Tom Love family

    and

    several of the

    Morse

    family

    ^nd a new German convert and his Thai

    friend.

    Later, the evening was spent caroling with

    the Chinese brethren t i l l 3:00 a.m. as is their custom, eating

    at

    every house. At 5:00 a.m.

    the kids

    woke

    us up and were ready to

    open,

    the ir g if ts

    from

    near and far.

    What

    a night

    Ha.

    After services at the

    church and

    lunch with the brethren, ole' pa here went home to sleep i t

    all

    off.

    Saturday we went to the Love's

    home

    for a delicious Swedish meal. Over New Year's

    we all went to the beach to spend a few days together. Actually i t was a l i t t l e island in

    the Gulf of

    Siam

    called Paradise Island.

    It was

    very relaxing

    and

    enjoyable going snorkling

    and swimming with my young'uns.

    It

    was the most beautiful snorkling water I had ever

    been

    in.

    All

    too soon,

    Beth

    went

    back

    to

    Taiwan and

    to

    school

    on

    January the

    2nd.

    Lord

    willing,

    we'll

    be meeting her in Hong Kong again on May 29th.

    Our month

    in

    Chiangmai was

    spent in getting reorganized and

    getting

    ready to go to

    BingLong on

    January

    23rd

    for six

    weeks.

    Also, during that time a couple in the Chinese

    Church here in

    Chiangmai

    were married and I had to brush up on performing a formal

    wedding

    service

    which

    is not

    really

    my

    line. The Lord

    worked

    i t

    out though and they are a blessing

    to

    the church in many

    ways.

    BingLong proved to be a lot different field from Mipo. We were staying with Brother

    Shen and his family on their second floor

    which

    had not been completed yet. So the

    first

    few days were spent in

    plastering the

    adobe

    brick wal ls upstairs

    with a

    cow

    manure and

    mud

    mixture. We also partitioned i t off into five rooms with bamboo matting,

    and

    i t was right

    homey. e found

    the

    people

    there generally unreceptive

    and

    a

    lot

    of the population not

    even

    there because i t was the opium harvesting time, and they were in

    their

    fields in Burma. Even

    though

    we

    had

    services every night

    at

    one

    place or another, very

    few came

    except

    on

    Sunday.

    We

    feel,

    though,

    that

    our stay in

    BingLong

    may

    have

    been

    more profitable

    than that of

    Mipo

    Our living

    quarters

    in Bing Long

    Brother S h e n s

    h o u s e

    Janet teaching

    Sunday

    afternoon

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    because from the first

    two

    full-time Bible students moved into our house to study. One Mr.

    Ying was a 8 year old Bare-foot Doctor just recently arrived from China. He stopped his

    practice to come

    and

    study full-time.

    The

    other, Luke

    Lwo was

    a

    28

    year old farmer

    who

    stopped his work right during the harvest to study. They were not our doing. These

    were

    young men that

    God

    raised up to prepare for His Work. Soon we were in a routine of studying

    three hours every morning, working on agricultural projects together in the afternoons and

    then studying again in the evenings.

    We

    studied the Gospel of Matthew half of a Bible

    Survey

    course,

    and

    Christian

    Music. Cathy

    Carlile

    taught

    them

    English also.

    When

    we

    left,

    both these

    young

    men decided to come back with us to continue studying daily while we are

    here and then

    go

    to Menako with us to study a

    month

    before going on to

    Bangkok

    to continue

    their training at the Bible School there.

    God

    is preparing laborers for the harvest.

    Agricultural

    projects

    in

    BingLong

    in

    cluded

    th e

    building o f

    a 3,000

    tree

    shade

    house for propagating peach, apple, pear

    and coffee and pecan trees in plastic

    sacks.

    We

    also

    put

    up an electr ic fence

    around

    Brother

    Shen s

    f ie ld This so l a r

    electric fence was supplied by

    Grinnell

    Christian Church and is probably the

    f i r s t

    of

    i ts

    kind

    in Thailand.

    I t

    was good

    to

    see the results of

    Rod Smith s

    budding

    las t

    year as some peach

    trees

    were already

    blooming and putting on fru i t

    Now back

    again

    in

    Chiangmai for two

    weeks we

    are

    rather frant ical ly gett ing

    ready to

    leave

    for

    Menako.

    This

    tim e with

    the Tom Loves

    going

    too, and

    la ter

    some

    interns from the Bible College in Bangkok

    coming up

    for

    a month. We

    look forward to great things for the

    Lord, but we

    really,

    real ly

    need

    your

    prayers This

    village

    has

    no car

    road

    to

    i t

    We sent up

    about 1 ,500

    pounds of supplies the

    day

    before yesterday by mule

    t ra in

    We,

    ourselves will go a

    different ,

    shorter route in

    three

    days t ime, pas sing through Mipo Sunday

    evening so

    that

    we

    can have

    services

    with

    them

    before

    we go

    on . I t

    will

    be

    about

    a

    four

    to

    five

    hour walk. (The Chris tians are

    sending horses

    down for the l i t t le kids.) This village

    has

    been

    asking for

    a teacher

    to

    come

    and

    teach them

    for seven

    years

    and

    we are

    jus t

    now

    gett in g t he re . There

    are Chinese and Lahu

    Christians

    in th is area who want to be taught.

    Hej^e

    are-the

    specifics we woul-d

    Tike

    for you-to earnestly pray-afeout: 1-)-our-physical safety

    as

    th is is

    so fa r from

    civi l izat ion

    and there have been some armed tak eover attempts in

    th is

    area. 2) that we might be able to

    no t

    only

    teach

    but

    set

    up a teaching program which can be

    followed

    up after we leave and 3) that we

    can

    train Chinese and Lahu leaders there to carry

    on

    af te r

    we

    leave.

    We go forth to

    th is

    vi l lage

    with

    a l i t t l e

    fear

    but we are

    also

    anxious

    to

    see what the

    Lord will do there. We look

    forward to giving

    you a good

    re po rt in

    our next

    letter

    Also,

    during

    these two weeks we are making

    final

    plans to return to the U.S. for a

    year s

    furlough.

    We

    have been

    here

    four

    years and can real ly

    feel the need of

    seeing our

    friends

    and families again in the States

    for

    awhile. Lord willing, we will be arriving in

    Los

    Angeles

    on

    June 11.

    Janet s mother, Isabel Dittemore,

    will

    be gett ing a cataract oper

    ation as soon as we can return on June 15th,

    so

    a t l eas t Janet and Sarah,

    and

    perhaps a ll of

    us will be spend ing time with her in Joplin, Missouri,

    while

    the

    other

    children and I se t up

    housekeeping

    a t 2120

    Hayes,

    Muskogee, Oklahoma, 74401. I hope many

    of

    you

    can stop

    bv

    to

    see us and we will try our best to

    vis i t

    all our support ing churches and friends. Several

    speaking dates have

    already been

    se t up and we defini tely hope

    to attend

    the Missionary Con

    vention in Lexington, Ky, from

    Sept.

    28-Oct. 1. So far we have

    not

    had time

    to

    write out a

    de fi ni te i ti ne ra ry . We

    will

    do so

    as

    soon

    as

    we

    can. Let

    us know i f we can do anything for

    you ...we a re

    here to

    serve.

    In deep

    Christian

    Love,

    Alan

    Bemo

    Foremosa

    hr i s t i an Miss ion

    c/o Mr. Mrs. Doug

    Bemo

    527 Anthony

    Muskogee, Okla. 74401

    Address

    jon

    Requested

    kJioYi

    tzacking

    ^fiothvi Ija o [Zzit] B Vk,

    yZng

    Horizons

    Box

    177

    Kompton, Ind. 46049

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    Organization

    U.S.

    Pos tage Paid

    t

    Muskogee, Okla.

    74401

    Permi t

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    T lte Bemo^d Soj,ournLn^A in Tjliailand

    Alan

    J a n e t Bemo

    2120 Hayes

    Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401

    By faith they

    sojourned in

    the

    land

    ;q.,

    looking

    forward to a city

    which

    has

    foundations.

    whose builder and maker is God.

    Heb.ll-8-lO

    May - J u l y

    1 9 8 2

    FORWARDIMj AGENT:

    M r s . L i n d a

    G o e r k e

    R t . 1

    King

    City , Mo.

    6^ 46

    D e a r

    C o - w o r k e r s ,

    We

    have

    come halfw ay around t h e w o r l d

    and

    four months

    have p a s s e d

    s i n c e we

    w r o t e

    you

    l a s t .

    As we a r e

    h e r e

    i n t h e S t a t e s now, we hope

    t o s e e most

    o f you

    i n

    person while we

    a r e

    h e r e

    t o

    tell

    you

    how

    wonderful

    God

    has been .

    U n t i l

    t h e n , and j u s t i n case we d o n t g e t t o s e e

    you,

    we

    want

    t o

    send

    t h i s l e t t e r .

    At l a s t w r i t i n g we

    asked

    you

    t o

    pray f o r

    our p h y s i c a l s a f e t y

    and t h e

    work

    i n

    Mae Naam

    Khong.

    The

    Lord answered t h e s e p r a y e r s beyond our e x p e c t a t i o n s .

    We

    h a d a

    t i r i n g

    b u t e x c i t i n g trip t h e r e t h e

    little

    c h i l d r e n by

    h o r s e b a c k and

    t h e

    r e s t by

    walk ing . A f t e r t r a v e l i n g f o r

    s i x hours

    remember t h e r e i s no

    c a r -

    r o a d

    - t h e r e , we

    a r r i v e d t o

    f i n d

    o u t

    t h a t a

    h o u s e

    h a d n o t b e e n

    s e t t l e d

    on

    f o r

    us t o l i v e

    i n a f t e r

    ll

    Some o f our t h i n g s

    which

    we had s e n t up e a r l i e r by

    mule a n d

    h o r s e

    h a d

    n o t a r r i v e d

    s o t h e r e

    w e r e

    some difficulties One p r o b l e m

    was t h a t

    w i t h o u t

    o u r b ed di n g we were

    v e r y

    c o l d

    a t

    n i g h t . C h i n e s e b r o t h e r s

    l e n t

    us some b l a n k e t s a n d

    Lahu

    b r e t h r e n

    h e l p e d

    us b y p u t t i n g

    i n bamboo

    s l e e p

    in g

    pla t fo rms

    and s h e l v e s . Within

    t h r e e

    days e v e r y t h i n g had

    a r r i v e d

    and

    Tom

    Love

    a n d

    I

    h a d built a n o v e n o u t

    of a d o b e bricks

    I n

    l e s s

    t h a n

    a

    w e e k

    we

    h a d

    s i g n e d up more t h a n a hundred young

    people

    f o r t h e Bib le s t o r i e s f o r 30 min

    u t e s and t h e n

    B i b l e

    l i t e r a c y f o r a n h o u r . At first Tom

    and

    I t o o k c a r e o f

    t h e s e

    c l a s s e s along w i t h Brother Chen,

    t h e

    l o c a l

    t e a c h e r . He

    was

    a

    C h r i s t i a n

    b e f o r e we met h im b u t d i d n o t

    know

    much a b o u t t h e B i b l e .

    By

    t e a c h i n g h im a n d

    p u t t i n g him

    t o

    work we were a b l e t o

    d iv i d e t h e s t u de n t s

    i n t o t h r e e

    l e v e l s .

    A f t e r we w e r e t h e r e

    f o r

    t h r e e weeks f i v e s t u d e n t s from

    B e th e l B i b le

    S e m i n a r y

    i n Bangkok

    came

    t o

    h e l p

    us d u r i n g t h e i r

    mid- term b r e a k .

    We had

    had c o n t a c t

    w i t h t h r e e o f t h es e s t u de nt s b e f o r e and h a d h e l p e d them g e t e n r o ll e d i n t h a t

    s c h o o l . By d iv id in g t h e work

    l o a d

    up we

    were

    much

    more

    f r e e t o

    b ra n ch o u t

    i n t o o t h e r avenues

    o f s e rv ic e.

    A

    morning E n g l i s h

    c l a s s was

    t a u g h t

    by C a t h i

    C a r l i l e

    and

    a

    morning T h a i c l a s s

    was t a u g h t

    by

    one o f t h e

    s e m i n a r y s t u d e n t s .

    The

    M e d i c a l

    C l i n i c

    was r e a l l y

    e x t e n s i v e

    t h e r e

    s i n c e

    we

    h a d D r .

    Yin

    w it h u s .

    Remember t h a t Dr. Yin

    and Luke

    Iwo, t h e

    fo rmer

    opium farmer h a d l e f t ll t o

    s t u d y t h e B i b l e i n Binglong and

    had

    d e c i d e d t o

    go

    on w i t h

    us

    t o Mae Naam

    Khong

    t o s t u d y

    some

    more. That made 18 o f us a l t o g e t h e r i n

    our

    two smal l

    bamboo h o u s e s . . . . c l o s e f e l l o w s h i p . We p r o b a b l y had

    around

    100 k i n d s o f medi

    c i n e s and e a s i l y twenty p a t i e n t s

    a

    day. We

    saw

    l i v e s

    saved and s u f f e r i n g

    a l l e v i a t e d . During t h e day Tom and I s p e n t much o f our t i m e h e l p i n g around a

    h u n d r e d f a m i l i e s

    s e t

    up f i v e s h ad e h ou se s

    f o r f r u i t t r e e

    s e e d l i n g s .

    When

    we

    a r r i v ed i n t h i s

    v i l l a g e

    t h e r e were

    o n l y two Chinese b e l i e v e r s .

    We

    g i v e

    God

    ll t h e c r e d i t f o r

    t h e

    f a c t

    t h a t

    a b o u t

    30

    p e o p l e were b a p t i z e d d u r i n g t h e

    t i m e we were t h e r e .

    We

    r e c e n t l y

    r e c e i v e d a t a p e from Tom

    Love t e l l i n g us

    t h e

    C hr i s t i a n s a r e c o n t i n u i n g t o meet t o g e t h e r on Sundays. During

    t h e t ime

    we

    were

    t h e r e I

    had t o

    go

    back

    t o Chiangmai t w i c e

    and

    J a n e t once, b u t

    some

    o f

    our

    p a r t y d i d

    n o t s e e o r

    h e a r

    a

    motor

    v e h i c l e

    o r

    t a s t e one

    i c y

    d r i n k

    for a solid

    t w o

    m o n t h s .

    ALAN

    S E W IN G A N AKHA M A N S HAND

    rl

    TOM LOVE TEACHING Y I N DA TRUNG

    TO

    B A P T I Z E

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    t o

    t h e

    r a t - r a c e

    o f

    C h i a n g m a i

    we all

    c o n s i d e r e d

    we

    h a d left

    r e a l

    civili

    z a t i o n

    i n

    t h e

    mountains. This

    was e s p e c i a l l y

    t r u e

    s i n c e

    we were only t h e r e

    two

    weeks

    making f i n a l p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r r e t u r n i n g

    t o

    t h e

    U.S.

    We d i d g e t

    o f f

    on

    s c h e d u l e

    and

    a r r i v e d i n Hong

    Kong on May

    2 8 t h .

    A f t e r a

    few

    days

    t h e r e

    w he r e B et h j o i n e d

    us

    t o o we

    made

    a s i x - d a y

    trip i n t o

    M a i n l a n d

    C h i n a . S i n c e

    J a n e t h a d

    s p e n t

    t h e

    first

    f i v e

    y e a r s

    o f

    h e r life t h e r e

    a n d

    h e r f a t h e r

    h a d

    d i e d

    t h e r e

    we

    h a d lo n g

    w a n t e d

    t o

    go t o

    Yunnan.

    We s p e n t all s i x

    days

    i n

    Kunming,

    t h e

    c a p i t a l

    o f

    t h i s

    s o u t h e rn p r o v in c e .

    We

    saw

    many s i g h t s

    i n

    a n d

    a r o u n d Kunming

    b u t t h e g r e a t e s t

    thrill

    o f all was

    t o s e e

    how

    G o d s

    c h u r c h i s

    t h r i v i n g t h e r e . When we

    see you

    please

    remember

    t o

    ask

    us ah^out

    t h i s t r i p

    b e c a u s e t h e r e is

    a

    l o t

    more we

    w o u l d l i k e t o tell you b u t

    c a n n o t do

    s o

    on

    paper

    arr ived

    in the

    States

    on

    June

    1 1 t h

    at Los A ng e l e s a n d once a g a i n

    e n j o y e d t h e s p e c i a l h o s p i t a l i t y o f

    T eorgiaJones and family. We spoke

    I / ^ c h u r c h e s

    and

    v i s i t e d

    w i t h

    1

    many dear friends there and also

    , . - saw

    D i s n e y l a n d .

    We t h e n h a d a

    p r e c i o u s t i m e

    i n

    D a l l a s

    Texas

    w i t h

    C a t h i C a r l i l e s f a m i l y b e f o r e com-

    i ing on

    home to

    Muskogee,

    I t

    was

    f

    wonderful

    seeing my

    family

    again

    JKg.w

    and

    resettling in

    our

    home again.

    ^

    There

    was

    much

    work

    t o be

    done on

    ^ .J ian

    Church

    had stocked our shelves

    and r e f r i g e r a t o r

    w i t h food, which

    ^ a s s u c h a s p e c i a l welcome t o u s .

    SARAH

    CARRYING CHINESE

    BABY

    '

    n o doubt about t anet s m o m

    came t o

    v i s i t

    us

    f o r a few

    days

    and t h e n we went t o

    J o p l i n

    t o s e e h e r

    t h r o u g h

    h e r

    l e n s

    i m p l a n t

    o p e r a t i o n

    whic h w en t

    v e r v

    w e l l .

    P r a i s e

    God,

    and

    t h a n k

    you

    f o r your many prayers

    for h e r .

    J a n e t and Sarah s tayed on w ith h e r while t h e

    r e s t o f u s w e n t home t o f i n i s h u p t h e work on t h e h o u s e a n d g e t r e a d y f o r a

    summer o f t r a v e l i n g and

    s p e a k i n g .

    W e l l be t r a v e l i n g

    all

    t h e

    way

    from

    -Sea-fet lr-Washington-to-Washington, D.C.-,^ s o we d r e a l l y - a p p r e c i a t e your p r a y

    e r s . We s h o u l d a r r i v e b a c k i n

    Muskogee by

    August 2 0 t h f o r o u r

    c h i l d r e n t o

    s t a r t

    s c h o o l . Our

    phone nimiber i s

    918-683-8007.

    I

    w i l l

    be

    commuting t o

    J o p l i n every Tuesday t o t e a c h a

    two-hour missions

    c l a s s a t Ozark

    Bible

    Col

    l e g e .

    We

    w i l l be speaking in

    churches

    over weekends and plan on being a t

    the

    Missionary

    Convention i n

    Lexington,

    Kentucky

    from

    September

    28-October

    1 . Our

    b o o t h

    w i l l

    be G-1,

    so we

    hope t o

    s e e many o f

    you

    t h e r e .

    SARAH CARRYING C H I N E S E BABY

    We have

    a l r e a d y

    been

    b l e s s e d

    by

    being

    here

    and

    v i s i t i n g

    with

    so

    many o f

    you.

    The family

    of God i s so

    g r e a t .

    We

    are

    looking forward t o a g r e a t furlough

    year

    and gett ing

    rejuvenated

    for the great work there i s yet

    t o do in

    T h a i l a n d . L o r d

    w i l l i n g .

    Yours , f o r

    t h e

    growth o f His Kingdom,

    The A l a n

    Bemo

    F a m i l y

    F o r m o s a C h r i s t i a n

    M i s s i o n

    M r .

    M r s . Doug Bemo

    527 A n t h o n y

    Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401

    A D D R E S S

    C O R R E C T I O N

    REQUESTED

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    CH tANOMA I

    T he Bemo^ Sojourning d

    in Tjkailand

    By faith they sojourned In th e

    land.. . .

    looking forward to a city which has foundations,

    whose bui lder

    and maker

    is G od.

    HEB.

    11:S-10

    Dea r

    Co -Wo rk e r s ,

    Alan and

    Jane t Bemo

    Box 180

    Chiangn^i,

    Thailand

    Stateside

    Address

    2120

    Hayes, Muskogee,Okla.74401

    Tel 9 1 8 - 6 8 3 - 3 0 0 7

    Ju ly December, 1982

    Merry

    Chris tmas

    i It i s n ice to be say ing t h i s from

    th e

    same

    s ide o f the

    ocean

    as

    you

    a re

    on.

    We

    a re

    looking

    forward

    to g et t in g

    th e most ou t o f Chris tmas wi th our

    fami l ies and giv ing g i f t s .

    A ll o f us a re

    da i ly hoping

    fo r

    snow. We re h oping y o u l l have a b l e s s ed

    Chr i s tmas .

    S ince

    wr i t i ng

    to you s ix

    months

    ago

    we

    have k ep t p r e t t y

    busy . We have pu t abou t 15 ,000 mi l es on th e

    van,

    speak

    ing a t most o f

    our

    r e gu l a r suppo r t i ng Churches . We ve

    a l so

    been pr ive leged

    to

    speak a t th e

    Miss ionary

    Conven

    t i o n .

    It

    was so t h r i l l i n g

    to

    hea r

    and compare

    God s

    working from

    all

    around the w orld . We met many

    o ld

    f r i end s

    and

    made

    many new

    one s .

    I t h ank th e Lord fo r

    th e o pp or tu ni ty t o

    speak

    a t two miss ion emphasis weeks -

    one a t Ozark

    Bib le

    Col lege

    and

    one

    a t

    Iowa Chr i s t i an

    Col l ege .

    Through t h i s means we met

    s ev e r a l

    s t uden t s who

    a re i n t e r e s t ed in going to Tha ila nd a s mis s i ona r i e s .

    Because o f

    t h i s

    I have s t a r t e d pu t t i ng

    ou t

    a little

    letter called G e r s h om . T h i s

    is the

    name of Mos e s

    f i r s t

    boy mea nin g, I

    so journed

    in a

    fore ign l and .

    I f

    you a re i n t e r e s t e d

    in r ece iv ing t h i s

    l e t me know. I

    have

    t a u g h t

    a two hou r

    mis s ions

    c l a s s

    eve ry

    Tuesday

    n igh t t h i s s emes t e r at Ozark Bib le Col l ege . I

    t a ugh t

    on

    M i s s ion s

    i n Sou t h e a s t As i a ,

    and ,

    a s u su a l , le a rn ed

    more t h a n t h e students

    Everywhere

    we ve

    been

    we

    have

    l ea rned

    so

    much.

    The

    Roths in

    St ronghu r s t , 111 .

    th e Wolfa l s in Trea ty , I nd .

    gave

    us hand

    powered me t a l c an n in g ma c hi ne s. We go t

    th e add re s s to

    buy

    a b ig

    hand -powered

    c ide r p res s from Ray Lang in Gr ine l l , I owa .

    These t h i ng s have

    a l r e ady

    been sh i pped t o

    Tha i l and t o be u sed i n fruit and vege t a b l e

    p roces s i ng in th e moun t a i n s . We ve

    l ea rned abou t

    sheep i n Wayne,

    N ebraska an d

    app l e

    pee l e r s

    i n Po to s i , Mo.

    Forwarding Agent:

    L inda Goe rke

    R R 1

    King City Missouri

    64463

    The kids are busy, Beth was the second runner-up for FFA Sweetheart and now

    she is

    trying out

    for the school musical.

    Becky and

    Jonnie are keeping me

    busy

    helping

    them

    with

    Science

    projects.

    Becky

    is learning

    Banjo.

    Adjust

    ment

    to the

    American scene

    has

    been sat isfactory

    for the most part but

    there

    has been almost daily spi ri tu a l b a tt le in some areas. They

    have

    found that

    their peers here are much

    rougher

    in language and actions

    than they

    are used

    to . This is one

    reason

    why we

    decided

    to stay

    here

    a

    year

    so th e child re n

    could adjust to American culture. Beth wil l be returning by

    herself

    in a

    couple of

    years. We

    are so thankful for

    the

    way

    a l l

    of

    th e child re n

    are

    maturing

    in

    Chr is t . Nathan was

    bapt ised on

    November 21s t .

    This

    was

    a

    r ea l

    meaningful

    step

    on

    his part

    as

    he has been

    thinking

    about

    i t

    for

    a long

    time.

    Sarah

    j u s t

    had her

    6th

    bi r thday

    on

    December

    6th .

    Whenever

    we

    get a chance

    we

    take

    in some

    hunting and

    fishing.

    I got a deer.

    Jonn ie sho t

    a s qu i r r e l .

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    We continue to get good reports back

    from

    Thailand.

    Tom

    Kathy

    Love

    are

    fai thful ly

    serving our Lord

    there.

    They have reported

    exc it ing things:

    a

    recent escapee

    from

    mainland

    China coming

    to their house especially to hear^

    and

    accept

    Christ,

    they

    were

    able

    to go to a

    formerly closed

    village which is

    the Chinese

    guerri l la

    forces

    headquarters,

    a

    road has

    been

    opened to Mae

    Naam

    Khong

    which

    used

    to take

    20 mules

    four hours to get equipment

    to,

    and the

    Loves a re

    moving

    back

    t o Mae Naam Khong.

    New

    MissicAiaries

    Brian Jennifer

    Smith have

    recent ly gone to Thailand

    to

    work with rura l Thais.

    Pray

    for

    them

    as they

    study Thai

    in Chiangmai.;

    Robert

    and

    Eugene

    have

    jus t

    recently

    returned

    to

    Thailand

    af te r

    furlough.

    Rod

    and

    Ann

    Smith were original ly going to Thailand in

    August, 1982

    but they

    found

    the i r

    son had

    an

    eye problem which needed to

    be

    corrected by surgery

    on

    Dec.

    21s t .

    Let s

    a l l pray fo r them as they are

    under

    a lo t

    of

    s t r e s s .

    Do you

    remember Paul Lang?

    He

    worked with

    us

    as an

    intern in

    Thailand

    in

    1981. How

    about Cathi

    Carl i le?

    She

    taught our

    chi ldren

    in Mipo,

    Binglung,

    and Mae

    Naam Khong

    during

    the 1981- 82

    school year.

    Well,

    they were married

    on Dec.18th and are now making plans

    to

    re turn

    to

    Thai land in the near

    fu t u r e .

    By

    th e way,

    I

    go t to per form th e

    ceremony.

    I f you would l ike

    to understand

    Northern

    Thailand

    and missionary

    work as a

    whole

    you really

    ought

    to

    read

    Eternity

    in

    Their

    Hearts

    by

    Don

    Richardson.

    He i s th e same man who

    wrote

    Peace Chi ld . In t h i s book he t e l l s about

    th e

    ten

    t r ibes

    of the

    l o s t

    book, f ive of which we have worked with

    dur ing

    th e

    l as t four

    years. This t e l l s

    of

    people who

    have

    o ra l h is to ry

    of

    creation,

    the

    flood,

    e tc . and

    how they

    have los t the

    wri t ten

    record. They have

    had

    prophecies of missionaries coming for centuries and have

    been

    waiting for

    l ifet imes for people to

    come

    to

    t e l l them

    about

    God. What a privelege we

    have to

    l ive

    in

    th is age when God is using

    us

    to fu l f i l l His

    desire

    to

    have

    a great

    multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from

    a l l

    t r ibes, and peoples

    and tongues,

    standing

    before

    the

    throne

    and before

    the

    Lamb,

    clothed in white robes . . . .and crying out with

    a loud

    voice, Salvation

    belongs to our

    God who

    sits upon

    the throne

    and to the Lambl (Rev.7:9,10)

    As we celebrate

    Chr i s t s

    i n i t i a l coming l e t

    us

    a lso determine to help as

    many

    as

    we

    can

    to

    be

    ready

    a t

    His second

    coming.

    Yo u r s I n ~ J e s u s r

    The Bemo Fami ly

    Formosa Chr i s t i an

    Mission

    NON-PROFIT

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    Mrs. Doug Bemo

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    Oklahoma

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