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iooking forward to a city which has foundations,

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God.

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Yokefellow:

Linda Goerke

3106

Summit

Ave

St. Joseph, MO 64506

(816) 279-7783

Alan

Jane t

Bemo

Box

108

NongKhai 43000

Thailand

January

11, 1993

We

are all readyto

leave

for

Laos.

Ourthingsare

packed

upandbaggage is ready

to

go.

Ofcourse there are several things

we

wish

we could

have gotten

done

but

ready or

not

here we go.

We

just got a fax fromLaostellingus that, after

close scrutiny

the Laos

govern

ment has

given

us an excellent report.Ourdirector,

Tbm

Love^ said, It couldn't

have been a better r eport if I had written it myself. So again we have access

to somenew villagesas we start this year's projects. Wearrive

n

Laos

on

the

th

nd

I

m

scheduled

to go

up

ountry

on

he 21st.

We had a wonderful Christmas with our whole family as you

can see from the pictures. I highly recommend grandparenting.

Beth, Moo,Praise (2)

and

Word (6 months)

are

ministering to

the Junior

High

classes in their church at ^ckport, Tfexas and

finding it a challenge Moo is still working as a welder alsa

Th^

brought one homeless Junior Higher,

Cody

with them for

Chris tmas

Becky and Brian are still in Columbia, Missouri. She is an

English High Schoolteacher and he is just graduating with a

1 degree in

Environmental Biology.

They

are hoping

to come

visit

us in Laos this summer if financially

able

Jon, Michelle and Aissa (8months) are in St. Petersburg, Florida where

he has a goodjob in the Wastewater Department. Theyare in the unen

viable job of buying a home

Nathan and his buddy from Dalat School in Malaysia, Robert Thprom,

are working this semester to earn money for college next semester.

Th^

have an

apartment

in

ou r

house

Sarah is returning to school inMalaysia on January 25th to finish off

her sophomore year

and

would appreciate your prayers.

And Rachel is our 8 year old,

the

only one going to be in Laos with

us. Janet will

be

home-schooling her.

So that's our

low-down. We d

loveto hear from you. Our address is same

as before: Box 108, NongKhai 43000, Thailand.

Grandma Grandpa with

grandkids Aissa, Word, Praise.


2/10

December , 1992

Dear Fr iends and co-worker s .

s usual

our time

in the States

has been

short

and hectic. However we saw

many

of

our friends

and

supporters,

and

have been

able to spend some quali ty

time

with

our

family.

were

able to fellowship

and

get

caught

up on what

God

is

doing

here

and

around the

world by

attending the North

American and National Missionary Conventions.

We t r ave led from Kan sa s to F lo rid a and from

Texas

to Iowa. While home we did some

much

needed

remodeling on our

house. have

seen Nathan

through

his f i r s t semester

o f c olle ge and

Janet through

two courses

a t

Ozark Christian College. I went deer

hunting

several

times

but didn' t get one. (Nathan hit a deer

with his

motorcycle,

though,

j u s t a half mile from our

house.

I t did the bike a couple hundred dol lars

worth

of

damage

and sent

Sarah to the

hospital

for a few hoursshe was riding on

th e

back.)

Also, as usual, we were blessed in many ways by

God's

people while

here .

We were

given

one car and loaned another . We have

been

tak en c are of f inan-

Tially

anH our

soulT~Have been restored by Christian fellowship. Man^of~you have

been a par t of tha t . Thank-you

One

of the things

God

i s

doing

in

our

time

is making His

people

aware

of the

people

groups which are

st

unreached. God

i s

doing m ighty

th ings

The

r a t io of

Chris t

ians to non-Christians has

grown

by the year.

This year

t i s 1 Chris tia n for every

6.8 non Christ ians. The

gap

i s closing. Of the 60 thousand people groups in the

world

th ere are 11

thousand which

remain unreached. There

are

50 evangel ic al B ibl e-

believing churches for every one of

these

remaining

unreached

groups. I f every 50 of

these churches

were

to adopt and fas t

and

pray fo r one of

these

people groups

we

could

have thjob of evangalizing

them

a l l completed by the year 2,000. We have been

working

with one of these people groups

the

Black

Thai . There a re 500,000 of them

in

northern Vietnam, Laos,

a

few

in

the U .S.,

and

a

few in France.

I

hope

I

can

en

courage

you and

your

church,

t h i s

Christmas

and New

Year Season,

to make a

r eso lu t ion

for His Kingdom's sake to adopt one of

these

people groups, find out a l l you can

about

them

to

pray

in te l l igen t ly

and send

someone

there .

We

are

looking

a t

the

poss ib i l i ty of

concentrat ing

our e f fo r t toward these people. I f you

are

in te re ste d in

adopting

an

unreached

people

group.

Con ta ct C en te r

of

World

Missions,

1605 Elizabeth

St . ,

Pasadena, CA

91104. They

are

t ry ing to gather a l l the information

they can

about a l l the unreached people groups fo r the churches to pray.

Now we are

prepar ing

on r e tu rn ing to Laos on J an ua ry 1 2th . These a re tro ub le d t imes

Tor

many

par ts~of t l i^

wOTld:;

Laos^ is inc luded;

Please

pray~f6r

TrsT~Tbr^^^s~and~

the s t r eng th to

dea l w ith

th e c ha lle ng e of working in th i s d i f f i cu l t s i tua t ion . Re

j o i c e with us, too , as we have th i s unique oppor tuni ty

to

be a l i gh t in t h i s dark

place where the name

of Jesus has never

been

heard. We

have 6

i r r i ga t ion dams

l ined

up to

do

during the f i r s t hal f of

1993.

We

wi l l

b e work ing with 9

vi l l ages

where

there are no Chris t ians

and

where no one

have

ever gone with God's message .

I 'm

looking

forward

to

i t

We

an t ic ipa te

a

wonder fu l Chri s tmas

t h i s year .

God

wi l l ing , our chi ldren , t he i r

spouses , our

grandch i ld r en ,

and our paren ts wi l l

a l l be

toge ther fo r a few

days

a t

Chr is tmas .

What

a joyous

t ime

o f f el low sh ip . We f e e l l i k e we are clo se to what

heaven

must

be

l ike whenever we have a

chance

l ik e th is . We

are

praying fo r a

meaningful and sp i r i t u a l

shar ing

and

snowlots

o f snow We

hope

Christmas

wi l l be

f u l l

of

joy and

sp i r i t u a l

renewal fo r

you too.

MERRY CHRISTM S ND H PPY

NEW YE R

Love

i n

J e s u s ,

Alan a nd

J a n e t

Bemo


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Linda Goerke

3106

Summit

Ave.


(816) 279-7783

Alan

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FOOD

FOR

THE

HUNGRY

Box

108

Nongkhai 43000

Thailand

Dear Co-workers,

January/March,

1993

There are so many things I want to communicate to people here

but there are language, political, and cultural barriers.

It

is going

to be wonderful in Heaven when we find out what

has

really been

happening in the world.

We

are

glad

forwhat

we

can sharaWe hadawonderful two weeks ofChristmaswith all ofour

children

together at our

home

in

Joplin. Jon

Michelle and

Aissa came from

Florida;

Beth

Moo Praise and

Word

from Tbxas; Becky and Brian fromColumbia Missouri; Dad and Dot fromMuskogee; and our

three

youngest

and

Mom

Dittemore in

Joplin. God

is

so good

in giving us

such wonderful memories

to

keep

us

going. On

January

12

we

were

packed

and on our

way

to Seattle Washington

where

the

Overlake Church(andDick Bergers)gaveus a wonderful send-off.

We

had a stop-over inTaiwan where

the Skiles and Johnstons got hotel rooms in the same hotel the airline put us up in so that we could

visit all through the night.How blessed friends in the Lord ara

We

had all gone to Taiwan together

in the late 1960 s and it was great to hear of the great things that the Lord is doing there still. They

have

been truly faithful.

We

arrived in

Bangkok

on the 16th, met and kept by the special

F.H.I

staff

thera It tookus a weekto get debriefed, suppliesready Sarah and the Love s son,Trevor sent to Dalat

School in Malaysia and travel papers ready. But

finally

on the 27th, we got on the little 17 passenger

plane to XiangKwang

and

were on

our way.

Withone thing and another it tookfive daysto get to

Xiengkho

our home and things have been really

hectic for the rest of January and February. By the end of February, we had gotten all nine water

projects started. During this time we were able to meet and

work

with several hundred people for

the first time Theyall

know

weare Christians, see our good

works

and somedaywill glorifythe Father.

Every village is extremelyglad to have us there Theyeachwant us to spend all our time with them.

Sop Hau even built us our own little home to stay in, but so far

we ve

only been able to spend five

nights there Another

village which

is a three kilometer walkfrom the

road

had four hundred people

out with hoes, picks,and shovels making the trail suitable for a motorcycle so that wecouldget there

easier. So far I have only been able to be there once to get them started on their weir. It s been so

encouraging to see everyone so friendly and glad that we re

there

They are completely open to us.

We continue to praise God for the opportunity to be here and thank you for your part in it.

Above was all Alan was able to

write

before that plane came

to

take Rachel

and

me back to Vientiane

where this can be mailed. We re on our way to visit Sarah in boarding school in Malaysia. It s been

hard on her

this semester without big brother Nathan there as family and friend, and the school is

a lot harder than

her

first semester of 10th grade in the

U.S.

I promised her we d come visit her mid-

semester and I know she d

appreciate

your prayers.


4/10

It's good to be back with the Lao people again. They are such precious people and have been so good

to us. We ve heard of some good Lao tracts that have just been printed by the Vientiane church and

are hoping to take some up this time for those who have seemed particularly interest in the gospel.

We alsohavea neatyoungLaomanwhom

F.H.I.

hashired to workwithAlanin irrigation and agriculture.

He has studied for 7 years in Uzbekastan, is a compassionate and diligentworker, and most wonderful

of all, came to know

the

Lord in

Uzbekastan.

So now we have three in our small church service on

Sundays. He's teaching us Lao songs and memoryverses. It's not easyfor him as a Christian up here,

though, and he daily needs your prayer power. Although we can't mention his name, God will know

whom

you

are talkingabout. He s

much

loved bythe people^ just asAlanis,because his

love

and goodness

just shine through, and we're sohappy to havehim on our team. Alan is training others too,

in irriga

tion,

and we re excited about the possibilities thera Meanwhile,

Rachel

and I just keepplugging away

at home-schooling, going with daddy whenever we can, and learning how to survive without much

food or communication. I always did want to live like in pioneer days , (or did I?) Ha

We appreciate you all so much. Keep up your prayers. More in May.

Your co-workers in Laos,

Alan,

Janet

Rachel and Sarah

A note from Linda: I have

lost

my list of

churches

and individuals

who

want more than

one copy

of

the newsletter, so ifyou want extra copies please send ME your name and how many you need. Also

please let me know if you change your address or don'twant to be on our mailing list. Thank you.

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whose

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3106

Summit Ave

St Joseph, MO 64506

(816) 279-7783

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FOR

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HUNGRY

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Nongkhai 43000

Thailand

Dear Friends

Thisis longoverdue. As usual for this time ofyear, these have been

long

and draining months, and it's hard to even

begin

to

describe

all

the

ups

and

downs

we ve

been through.

I

continue

to

believe

firmly

thatitis only the

prayers

ofyou. His saints and

prayer

warriors, that keep us

going

over here So

often

we

feel

like

giving up and wondering what in the

world

are

we doing here,

but the Lord continues

to get us through

each

day at a time

Probably

many of

you can

identify with many ofthese feelings

and we have so appreciated your encouraging letters and packages.

The ten irrigation projects

were

finished

by

the endof

April. Also

during the

month

ofApril we

were

asked

by the government to look at

25 more

possible irrigation sites for 1994. There is

so

much

need

here Of course we can't tackle that much but we did decide on 12 of the most needy. May God help

us as we try to rise to meet the challenge of the needs of the people here

Upon our return to Vientiene,

we immediately went across

the river to

Nongkhai, Thailand

to

call all

the

family

and see

how everyone was doing. We

had

heard

that our

son

Jon had

fallen from

his

roof

and broken both his

legs

and arms and was in a body cast. It was a relief to find out he was

okay

now and

had

only

broken

one wristandthe

elbow

ofthe other

arm.

We also had

heard

that

Mom Dit-

temore was feeling her end was

very

near and

were relieved

to hear that she had just boughta new

outfit and hat the

day

before and though feeling

very

tired, her vital signs were still strong. Sarah's

letters to us from boarding school in

Malaysia

showed us that

she

was having a very rough time, and

when

we

called her, all she could dowas cry, so since Janet and Rachel had had a chance to see her

in March, I went down there immediately to spend a

week

with her. She s

home

now with us for the

summer and we re all

doing

better. There were some other serious

problems

awaiting us too and for

a time there

we

were ready to get on the next plane

home.

Sometimes

we

still feel that

way.

May, June and Julyare usually the months for F.H.I. business

meetings,

writingcompletion reports,

six-month reports, project reportsfornextyear, raising funds fornext

year s projects,

eta, andhopefully

squeezing a

much needed vacation

inthere with the

family. However,

thisyear, money hadbeen

pledg

edto purchase 620 tons ofriceto drought victims inthe areawhere we are working and we specifical

ly, I)hadbeenasked tobein charge ofbuying it, transportingit, settinguprice

banks,

and distributing

it, sincewe were familiar with the area. It is a big job with a lot of problems, and even though I am

determined to see it through, it has taken a tollonour family lifeand onmephysically and

mentally.

I have already had to be upcountry for two weeks and am leaving today again to be up there an in

determinate time, perhaps a month. Please pray for us.


6/10

It s not all sad and bad, although we may feel like it sometimes. God is doing great things

hera

In

May the Laogovernment returned a bigchurch propertywhich theyhad confiscated fromthe

church

in

1975

Uptill now all the Protestant churches had

only

been allowed to meet in one

small church

building

where the government

could

keep tabson

them

It

was always overcrowded

but

very

zealous

for the Lord.Now with the governmenthanding overanother churchproperty, things seemto be look

ing up and

everyone

is so

excited

Thedayofthe rededication of the

new

property a rare whitebird

came and alightedon the steeple and stayedthere during the

whole

ceremony This had a dramatic

effect on all of the people The whole Christian community is filled with joy and it seems as though

the whole country is going to open up to evangelism in just a short tima Meanwhile we are trying

to faithfully witness

wherever

we

can

We

have

meta wonderful young Chinese Christian couple here

with two sons, and have already been blessed with two home Bible Studies with them, and hope to

continue them and invite other Chinese peoplewehave

met

to attend with us. We feel there may be

many Chinese here who have not yet admitted their faith.

Sothe Lord is opening doors Pray that wemaybe readyand see the openings and enter while there

is_still t ima ^

Yours

in Jesus

Alan

and

Jane t Bemo

Cent ra l Ch ri st ian Chu rch

1501 N.

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looking

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which has foundations,

whos e

bu i lde r an d

make r

is God.

HEB.

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Al a n

J a n e t

Bemo

FOOD

FOR THE HUNGRY

R.R. 3 , Box 94

Jop l in , MO

64801

Dear Fr i ends ,

Yoke f e l l ow :

L i n d a

Goe r k e

3106

Summi t

Ave .

S t. Joseph,

MO 64506

(816) 279-7783

August 1993

I am w rit in g to you from

R.R.

3, Box 94, Jop l in , MO 64801

(Te l .

417-782-0787) .

What?

The

l a s t

t ime

you

heard

from

us,

we

were

dis t r ibu t ing 620

tons of

r ic e in

Northern

Laos. While

working

on t h i s pro jec t I s t a r t ed exper ienc ing

chest pains . One day

when

I

was

par t icu la r ly s t ressed

with

f rus t ra t ion of the

d i s t r i bu t i on I experienced

pain i n

my l e f t ches t

and

l e f t

shoulder .

I broke out

i n

a

sweat and experienced shortness o f brea th . t

r ea l l y

f r ightened me so I determined to

turn

the

project over to

our Lao

ag r icu l tu r a l i s t ,

Boot, and head for Vientiane. On

July

18th I ar r ived home and was so re l iev ed to be with my family

aga in .

I got a check-up

a t

th e

A u st ra li an C l in ic in

Vien t i ane

and

fu r the r

t e s t s in

a hosp i t a l

across

th e r i v e r

in

Thailand. Everything

checked

out a l r igh t so I thought I probably jus t needed a r es t . Then

on

July 24 I had an

even

worse at tack

and was

rushed to the Australian Clinic, who

quickly had the border opened for me so

tha t

I could be

sent to

the

hospi t a l in

Thailand

a t

11:00

p.m. Saturday night . ( I t s the

f i rs t

time we've ever gotten to go across the

Mekong River

a t

night Usually boats only run from

8:30 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. and

are

closed

on Sundays.)

After

being

s ta bi li ze d i n the

hospi ta l

in

Udon

Thani

for

three

days, I was then

flown to

the Bangkok General Hospital in Bangkok, which has a cardiac uni t . Meanwhile, Janet and

the

gi r l s

had

two

days in

Vientiane

to

pack for whatever contingency might come up.

In Bangkok, I underwent

t e s t s for

a

week

and

was

released on

August

4th^ On

August 7th

we

boarded a plane fo r the U.S. We arrived in Joplin on the 9th. I have

been

in the hospi ta l

for one day

here

and

am

now under a doctor 's care and medication. A_ll we know so far

is

tha t these seem to

be spasms

caused

by

s t r ess . I

s t i l l

experience

pain

almost daily and

am trying to learn to l ive within new perimeters given by the doctor: eat , work, and

sleep

habi ts , and dealing

with

s t ress . The

doctor

has told me tha t I have

not had

a heart

at tack

and

tha t there i s no damage,

but

tha t

th i s

angina i s a warning: make some changes

o r

have

a

hear t a t tack . So now

I am

hoping

I

can

t ake a

couple

of

months

to t ry to ge t

th is

thing

under

control

and then t ry to determine what th is

means for

our

future. We

have so appreciated a l l

of

you praying with us for healing and for guidance.

are glad for

other

reasons, to

be

here right

now.

Isabel 's doctor told

us

that

she

has

some s erio us h ea rt problems, and

he

suspects

Lupus.

He does not think tha t these

can be

treated

a t

her age and condi ti on , but

she

i s

in

no pain, just

very

tired

feeling.

She

remains happy and fairly active and we

are

enjoying each

other 's

company.

are

glad to be together

as a

family.

Sarah and Rachel are

enrolled in

a Christian

school here. Nathan i s going to Missouri Southern State

College

and l iving a t home with

us.

We've

been to v i s i t

Brian

and Becky,

and

see the house they hope to buy. He i s

continuing

in

school,

working

on

his

Master's

in

Conservat ion, whi le

Becky

has

a good

High School

teaching job with the

Columbia

schools. Beth

Moo,

Praise

and

Word are


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eagerly

anticipating

another addition to t h ei r

family

in October. And

needless to say

we

are

too. And

Jon Michelle

and

Aissa

k ee p w or ki ng away

in b e au t if ul F lo ri da .

We ve already so enjoyed

th e

encouragements

of

so ny of you. God s family is

s t i l l

strong and healthy in th e good ole U.S.

of

A. Thank you thank you.

Le t

us hear from

y o u

L o v e

Alan

and J a n e t Bem-o

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Herry

Christies,

By faith they sojourned

In

th e land....

l oo ki ng f or wa rd to a city which has foundations

whose bu il de r and make r I s

God.

HE8.

11:e-10

I write this

letter

to you with great

agony

to tell you

we

are

now

not planning

on

going

back

to Laos.

During

the last

four months we have prayed meditated and talked this decision

back

and forth and around and around. Ue ve lost sleep.

I intended to mail you a

letter

I wrote just three days ago saying

we

were leaving for

Laos

on January 12

we

already

had r es er va ti on s. Yet

we

did not

have

peace with

this

decision. Janet and I couldn t work it out so

we

asked the

preacher and the elders of our church to

meet

with us last night.

The

conclusion we

came

to was that we should not go

back at this time.

Ue have

decided that

we

should stay in this area to take care of family and health needs. I am

now

looking for a Job to

support o urselves. I feel bad in that there are people in Laos who do not know the Lord and the I team there is

hoping I can

come

to do the 94

irrigation projects.

own

needs seem small

compared

to

this

but I

just

don t

have

what it

takes. It may seem strange to

you

that I

have

peace about staying but

have

none about going.

physical condition has improved greatly.

On November

1st I

went

off medication of any kind. Since then I

have

had a

few bouts with chest pain but it has been

when

I

had

too much to eat too late in the evening didn t get

enough

sleep,

or

was

worrying too much.

On

the 22nd I had an appointment with

my

doctor. I had been praying Lord

if

the doctor

says

he

thinks

i t

is a lr ig ht for me to

go

back to Laos I am willing to go. After an examination

he

said I think i t

would be a lr ig ht for

you

to go to Laos as long as you don t have to take on too much responsibility and you don t have

to stay too long. Don t get yourself in a situation

where you

cannot see the end or way out of i t Because of this

report I

made

the decision to return to Laos but then haven t been able to l ive with

it .

Some

of

you

may be

wondering

what

we

have been doing while we ve

been here since August. Sarah

and Rachel

are

enrolled in a

local

Christian

school Janet has

been a busy housewife daughter

and grandma. I have been

trying

to follow doctor s orders while

working on our small farm speak

ing only a l i t t le, and doing some

c ons tr uc ti on jobs for a l i t t le

extra income.

Ue

have visited

and helped our parents, children,

and grand

children. Ue

were

pr ese nt for the

first

time for

the birth of our f our th grand

child, Noble the daughter of Moo

and Beth in Rockport Texas.

Sarah had a

wreck

in

November,

no

one

was

hurt but it

shook

her up

and totaled the car. Ue had a

wonderful Thanksgiving with Brian

and

Becky

here plus our E nglish

co-worker from Laos Heather Uard.

Of course

Janet s mom was

here.

Beth s family welcoming l i t t le

Noble


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who is

alert

but gets tired pretty easily at 84.

It s been

a joy being

around

her and luy own dad these

months. Ue

can

see God's mercy in allowing

this

for us. Rachel is in the Children's

Choir

for Living Christmas

Tree

at

Ozark

Christian

College

this

Christmas

and

we

are all

looking

forward

to that.

Nathan

is living

with

us

and

going

to

Missouri Southern

State College.

Another question might be Hhat are

your

long-range plans?' For now because of my personal health and parents' and

children's needs

we

don't feel

we should

be

going

overseas. I m

looking

for a job to support ourselves while here.

e

are not closing

any doors

which the

Lord

is not closing.

Ue want

to

remain open

to His leading.

There have

been

two

other times in which we felt we had to do something like this, and both

times

were avenues for positive changes in

our

ministry. Once

was

when I was burned out after being in Taiwan for ten years. After working in the States for a while

we went to Thailand for 8 years of really fru it fu l ministry. After a real s tressful

end

of that period of

time and

the

extreme needs of our three oldest chi ldren,

we

stayed in the states for three years while I worked and

went

back to

college. This resulted in us being involved in

an

innovative opportunity to work in Laos, probably the most exciting

and unique opportunity of our lives. I remember thinking, after almost losing my life in Laos, I have been a witness

for Christ in a place

where

no

one

has ever

gone

to

preach

the gospel, to a generation

which has been

denied

spiritual

truth. If I die now I

have complete peace

about dying.' I feel that the extra years of

life

since then

have been

a

bonus. To live is Christ but to die is gain.' What s

next?

I'm not making

any promises

and, so far,

God

hasn't, but

we are going on in expectat ion of growing in God's service.

Ue want

to

thank

so many of you who

have

called and written

and encouraged

us.

It

has

just amazed and overwhelmed

us.

These

have

been hard

months for

us

to write or even function well, but

God s

mercy

and

your

love are pulling us

through.

Thank-you. e

certainly don't expect our supporters to continue giving past the end of

this

year. Please continue to

lif t

us

up

in prayer, though.

Have a Merry Christmas. The great

t o

us a child is born' passage in Isaiah 9 is

sandwiched

in

among

prophecies

concerning

the captivity, punishment

and

delivery of the Jewish people. Rightly they interpreted this

prophecy

to be of

the

coming Messiah, and,

even though

they

did not understand the nature of His kingdom or true Israel, they were greatly

encouraged

by

i t s message.

Though

we

live in a era

when

we

can understand

this

passage

clearly

we

too often get

confused

as to

how God wants

to deal

with our

physical lives.

Whether

or not

we

understand the

whole

picture

completely

we gain great

hope

from, The people walking in darkness have

seen

a great light; You have increased their joy, they

rejoice before

you

as

people

rejoice at the harvest. . . .

'you

have

shattered the

yoke

that

burdens them, and He

will reign for ever.

May

God

bless us as we meditate on the coming Christ and

how God

wants

it to affect us. Please

pray for us as we do for you. Hay the Christmas blessing of Isaiah 9 be yours.

Love In Christ

Alan Janet

Bemo

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