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By fai th

they

sojourned

in th e

land....

looking forward to a city which has foundations,

who s e bu i lde r a nd m a ke r is God .

HEB.

11:8-10

Alan & Jane t

Bemo Yokefellow:

FOOD

FOR

THE HUNGRY Linda Goerke

Box

108 3106

Summi t Ave.

Nongkhai 43000 St. Joseph, MO 64606

Thailand (816) 279-7783

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February

28, 1992

Dear Friends,

What a difficult time we are having On

January

11th Tbm Love and I boarded

a small aircraft to go upcountry. We were carrying $13,000 and a half million

kip in cash to start up the 1992 projects. Within a week we had spent most of

the U.S. money on cement and rebar which was delivered to the project sites.

Wealso bought three Soviet motorcycles. The price was right (only $350 apiece)

but it took two days of work to

get

two of them going, while using

the

third one

for spare parts. We got one of

the

irrigation

dams under

construction

and then

on

January

22nd we received a wireless telegram. I

thought

it was news of when

our newly purchased truck was going to arrive but it turned out to be a short message from

Janet

saying

that

my mother

was gravely ill and

that

1 should come immediately. I tried to find a vehicle in the village I could hire to

take

me to the

provincial capital but there were none. The government would not allow me to drive the motorcycle, because of security

reasons. I spent a miserable night and caught a ride on a ten-wheeled truck which came through the next morning. Tom

was left with the tremendous responsibility of the seven water projects. It ended up taking me three days to get to Vien

tiane.

Janet

had made several plane reservations so I was only

there

for

about three

liours. I crossed

the

river into Thailand

and then got a plane for the States the next morning. I arrived in Tblsa the evening of the 26th and was met by my dad

and my daughter. Becky

Due to reports we had received in Laos, 1didn't know whether I would find my mother alive or dead. She was alive and

recognized me,

though

it was hard for me to recognize her.

She

had

suffered

a massive heart

attack

and, had she

not

been airlifted to this very modern hospital,

would

havedied. The next day her doctor said that he feared she had just three

days to live at the most. She had been through a lot. She has had to have her right leg amputated above the knee, right

after her

he^irt

stopped beating again due to loss of blood.After battling for over a month she passed away on February

21st. Her funeral w as h eld

at he r

h ome chu rc h

on th e 24th.

How

am 1doing through all of this? I am so emotionally exhausted I don't even want to try to tell you about it. Certainly

God has sustained me and friends and family have been very supportive. I thank God for that. Each time I didn' t think

1could go on any further a friend has just been there or said the right thing. People have been generous so that I have

not had to be burdened by financial needs. This time of separation from

Janet

has been extremely stressful for both of us.

Having

gotten Mom's affairs back in order, I am returning to Laos tomorrow. I

will

be able to help Tbm put to use the

120

tons of cement and other materials which have been donated to do the projects, thousands of hungry people

will

be

able to grow food for years to come, and hopefully hundreds

will

be witnessed to concerning the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Life has seemed like being in a small sinking boat on a big stormy sea. Sometimes I haven't known which waywas up

and have just quit rowingand bailing. I'lljust stop, sit backand let it happen. Let the waves roll in and the boat fill up.

It is then that Jesus came over the storm and I stood up and walked. The problems were still there, raging out of control,

but it wasn't destroying me. I could ride out the storm in safety What about mymom, though? Yeah She isdoing it

too

She has walked with

the

Lord longer than I have. Of course Christ has approached her boat too and has called

her

to walk

on water ,

triumphant

over even death.

Thankyou for your

love.

Let us know if

we

can

speak

at

some

special eventat yourChurch betweenJuly and

December.

If you don't have a special time we will t ry to schedule to see you dur ing this time.

Love, Alan

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LAOPEOPLE'S

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC

'By fai th

they

sojourned In the land....

looking forward

to a

city which

has

foundations,

who se bu il de r

and

make r is

God.

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Alan & Jane t

Bemo

FOOD FOR

THE

HUNGRY

Box 108

Nongkhai 43000

Thailand

Dear Friends,

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Greetings from Northern Laos.

pnovn i

unt i Ru .. . \ Janet, Rachel

and

I arrived in

;Vv XiengKho

on

March 11. We

found

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Loves

had been doing a

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rific

jobwhile we

were

gone

Tbm had

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kept the

water

projects going

while

vr

I was gone and they had movedinto

;

the

house

th e

government had given

to us. We got

right

to work

and

in no

time felt as if we hadn't been gone at all. A lit tle over a month later we are

praising God at the way things are going. Of the 10 projects we are involved

in, 6

are

finished and

the others

should be done within a month and a

halfwhen

i t is t ime

fo r

us to leave

Yokefellow:

Linda

Goerke

3106 Summi t

Ave

St. Joseph, MO 64506

(816) 279-7783

HEB.

11:8-10

April 13, 1992

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water

projects

done,

(weir at Sop San)

The nice president of the province visited the Haeoysen weir and told us it is the biggest irrigation dam in the whole

province It took two years to complete and 100 tons of cement had to be hand-carried bypeople three kilometers from

t h e n e ar es t car road.

Villagers love the gospel cassettes

And four to go.

(half

finished

Jyau-fai

weir)

Wehave started

sharing the

gospel with villagers with gospel cassettes with good results. People like to listen to

them

over and over and have asked for copies. Pray for us as we move into other areas of evangelizing.

By the middle of May we will be finished with work here in XiengKho district. Then we will be attending Nathan's

graduation activities in Penang, Maylasia the first of June We should be arriving at Rt. 3, Box 94, Joplin, Mo. 64801 by

the first of July. We

are

still awaiting news of the birth of another grandchild which should have been born by

now.

Jon

and Michelle

are

having their first child. Moo and Beth are expecting their second in

June

So you know that come July

seeing these grandchildren is going to be a top priority. We do plan on being in the

states

for six months. Please

ge t

in

touch with us to see if we can work it

out

to see you while we ar e

there

n Jesus

Alan &

Jane t

P.SWe have a new granddaughter, Alissa Haley, born to our son Jon and wife Michelle on April 20. Praise the Lord

All

t hr ee a re

f ine

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Box 94

Joplin, MO 64801

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(417) 782-0787

Dear Friends,

By f ai th they

sojourned

in

the land....

looking forward to a

city

which

has foundatio

who se b ui ld er an d

make r

is

God.

Yokefellow:

inda Goerke

3106

Summi t

Ava

St. Joseph, MO 64506

(816) 279-7783

HEB. 11:

September 19

(V (U. . The last time we wrote we were wrapping things up in Laos, getting rea

UU U dU

for a furlough. Since

then

we have attended Nathan's high school gradu

i I

tion

in

Malaysia,

(a

proud

day

for

us

all); had

a good

time

together a

family

through Jordan,

Israel,

and

a li tt le of

Europe;

visited

our statesi

ids and met precious little Aissa Haley (Jon and Michelle's baby girl), and Word Truth, a grandson of ma

imples, child of Beth and Moo, and his beautiful sister.

Praise

We're not

at

all prejudiced, but surely th

be

three

of the most beautiful of God's creation. We've been blessed to speak at several of

the

ar

Proud family at

Nathan

Warren Bemo s graduation.

God,

all the ten irrigation projects were finished inLaos before the rains started in May, and wewe

le to leave These projects are making it possible for people to increase their rice production by 184 to

year.

Thisyearweworkedwith three unreached peoplegroups in thirteen villages. None of these peop

ever heard the gospel before, so we are asking that you especially be in prayer for them. Theyare t

ack Thai, Hmong, and Lowland Lau. We feel confident that the 5,645 people of these villages have no

t least had the opportunity to see our light shine and that the seed of the gospel has been planted. Mo

now that this Jesus Way isnot bad . In this Communist countrywe have carefully tried to teach

som

some have

come

to the place where they are saying, Thisteaching is wise and good, we want to he

So

far there has

been no

harvest of souls, but

we believe

there

will

be someday. We

have heard ma

comments about the F.H.I, team from the people

They

know we are there because we are believe

the

All-powerful

God, and it is because of

Him

that

we

care They know He is a good God and One w

wise teachings. They love to hear Christian music in their languageand have asked for

copies

of o

We oftenhear them

say,

ThisJesus religion isgood. You are

good.

You are differentfromother develo

workers.

You

really care. Pray for these precious souls in Laos.

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are planning on returning to Laos in January 1993 God willing. T he re a re six irrigation projects lin

fo r next year

that

I surveyed last May. It looks like

th e

Tom Loves

Walter

Ridgleys Joel Lilly an d w

ill all be working together again. We used to dream an d pray together about working as a team in a clos

untry. Now it looks like it is going to happen. We

ar e

calling ourselves TH E DREAM TEAM. Please pr

r us all as we ar e traveling speaking and preparing to

return

to Laos. The government is Up a nd th

own on the

granting

of working visas there so

this

too needs to be a matter of prayer.

elow is our schedule

Lord

willing we will get a chance to see you all. There are still a few open dates

don t hesitate to give us a call.

Sept. 8 16

FH I

Tbaching/speaking Scottsdale

AZ

Sept. 19 20 Church of Christ at Treaty Wabash IN

20PM Church of Christ E tn a Green IN

23PM S. Louisville Christian Louisville KY

t. 27AM First Christian Church Th^ay KS

pt. 27PM Campus Ministry Lawrence KS

Oct. 2 4 First Christian Church Lamar MO

Oct. 5 9 Missions Emphasis Week O C C Joplin MO

urs in Jesus

a n d Jane t B e m o

Oct. 11 First Christian Church Stronghurst

IL

Oct. 18 First Christian Church Dewey OK

Oct. 25

Crocker Christian

Church Crocker MO

Nov. 5 8 Christian Missionary Convention Wichita K

Nov. 10

Westside

Christian Church Wichita

KS

Nov. 12 15 Grinnell Christian Church

Grinnell

lA

Nov. 22 Central Christian St. Joseph MO

Word T r uth

A d k i n s

Pra i se Cha r ts Adki ns

Aissa

Haley Bemo

t ra l C h ri st ia n C h ur ch

5 0 1 N . Leonard R o a d

Joseph

MO 64506

C O R RE C T IO N R E QU E ST E D

K n o x v i l l e TN

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