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iM I

a .

By fai th they

sojourned

in

th e

land

looking forward

to a city

which has foundations,

whose bui lder a n d make r Is

God.

HEB.

11:8-10

J a nu ary th ro ugh

J u n e , 1995

D ea r W o nd erfu l F r i e n d s

and

Su p p o r t e r s ,

We a r e now

in th e

p r o c e s s

o f g o in g back

to Laos

P a r t o f

ability to even

t h i n k a b o u t

it and d a r e

to

do it was you r faithfulness to u s .

Praise

God

Thank you

Even

when we

had g iven

up on ou r s e l v e s you d id no t .

You

p rayed , w ro te , and gave . You were f a i t h f u l to God and t h i s has he lped

b r i n g u s t h r o u gh

a

difficult

t im e .

In J a n u a r y I

started

h av i n g a s t r o n g

u rge

to go

back

to

Laos .

We

t h ough t

we s h o u l d s e ek t h e

a d v i c e

o f th e

e l d e r s

o f C o lle ge H e ig h ts Ch r i s t i a n

Church , a l o c a l

chu rch o f

which

we

have been m em bers , and

which has

s u ppo r t e d

u s

f o r y e a r s . We met wi t h them and t h ey were g l a d to ta k e on

t h i s r es p o ns ib i l i t y and cha l l e ng e . They

sugge s t e d t h a t we

meet wi th Rick

Bay l e s s ,

a

c o un s e l o r

on

th e chu r ch

staff.

We

worked

on

some

i s s u e s

which

had c a u s e d stress

o r

wh i ch

had no t e q u ip ped us to d e a l w it h stress a s a

Ch r i s t i a n s h o u l d . I am

50

y ea rs o ld and have been a Ch r i s t i a n mos t o f

t h a t

t i m e a n d

s t

h a v e s o much to learn

Af t e r this p r o c e s s we

met w i th t h e m is s i o n

e l d e r s

last

Wednesday

night. May

31 ,

and

t h ey e nc ou ra ged u s to go on wi t h

p r e p a r a t i o n s

to r e t u r n to Laos .

The entire

eldership

w i l l

be

mee t i n g w i t h

us on S a t u r d a y ,

J u n e

1 0 t h , and

w i l l

b e

setting up a c o n t r a c t o f a c c o u n t a b i l i t y

f o r

them

and u s . Th i s h a s

been such

a

wonde r f u l e x p e r i e n c e

and

we wish it had happened y e a r s a go .

The

e l d e r s , t h e n ,

wi l l

be s e n d i n g a letter o f c on fi rm a tio n to

ou r

s u p p o r t e r s soon

after

this

and anyone else

who

wou ld

like to r e c e i v e

it.

I f you so d e s i r e p le as e w r it e to Rick Bay l e s s , ^ C ol le ge H e ig h ts Ch r i s t i a n

Church ,

R t . 7 ,

Box

947 ,

J o p l i n , MO

64801 ,

o r

c a l l

417 - 6 24 - 6 915 .

In

a n t i c i p a t i o n

o f

this

c o n f i rm a t i o n ,

I

r e s i g n e d

f rom

my j o b a t W i lh i t e

S i gn

Company last week wi t h

r e g r e t s

on

bo t h

s i d e s , I t h i n k . My bo s s , a

f i n e

Ch r i s t i a n b r o t h e r ,

made me

f e e l good

when

he s a i d

I

cou l d

have

a

j o b t h e r e

any t ime I

ne eded

it.

I h av e a c c e p t e d an o p p o r t u n i t y to go to t h e FOOD FOR

THE HUNGRY office i n Scottsdale AZ t o work on a r e s e a r c h project fo r them

nex t

week, l eav i ng tomorrow

( June

4 th ) and

r e t u rn i ng to

J op l i n

on

June 9 t h .

J a n e t

and I

p l a n to

le av e th e

n e x t

d ay

t o go t o th e Un i v e r s i t y o f

Wi s c on s i n

i n Madi son ,

wher e we w i l l b eg i n a n i n e week

i n t e n s i v e

Lao

l anguage

cou r se --

5

hou rs o f c l a s s

t ime and 5

hour s

home work pe r

day ,

5

days a week . We

be l i ev e

t h i s wi l l be o f t remendous he l p in im p ro vin g o ur

l anguage

ability so we

can he l p peop le and s h a r e Ch r i s t more e f f e c t i v e l y in

Laos .

I f you

would

l i k e to

c o n t a c t us du r i ng this t ime we

wou ld

l o v e

it.

Wr i t e to

us in

c a r e

o f : Jo e

Tseng , 2906

Ash f o r d , Mad i s on ,

WI 53713 . ( J o e



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fo rward to

work ing

aga in among ou r Asian b r e t h r e n , Lord wi l l i n g .

Tom

Love ,

th e

d i r e c t o r

o f

FHI

Laos ,

wr i t e s

you

this

letter:

A l a n a nd

J a n e t Bemo

wo rk e d w i t h

FH I

in L ao s f rom

1990 until

1993 .

Dur ing

t h a t

t ime t h ey were a

va l u ab l e

p a r t

o f

th e

team

he r e

and

made a

s i g n i f i c a n t

co n t r i b u t i o n to ou r

min i s t y . They

m ad e many c l o s e relationships w ith th e Lao p eop l e and we o f t e n

a r e

a s ke d when t h e y w i l l

return.

S i n c e

t h e Bemos left

we

h av e

ve ry

much felt

their ab s ence

and

we have

been p r a y i n g fo r

their

return

The r e a r e many ne ed s i n Laos and b e ca u s e o f their many y e a r s o f

e x p e r i e n c e ,

I

b e l i e v e th e Bemos

a r e un i q u e l y

q u a l i f i e d to p l a y

a

p a r t

i n h e lp in g to

mee t

them . Bo th

Alan

and

J a n e t

a r e

skilled

in s e v e r a l o f t h e

l o c a l

l a ng ua ge s, t h ey h av e c o n s i d e r a b l e

c u l t u r a l

und e r s t a n d i n g

and

t h ey have many

p r a c t i c a l skills

which

are n e e d e d here.

The r e f o r e , we a r e d e l i g h t e d to a sk

them

back

t o j o i n

th e

work

he r e and

a re p r ay i ng

t h a t

God

wi l l

p r ov i d e th e r e so urc e s to

make

it

po s s i b l e if

it

i s

His wi l l .

S in c e r e l y ,

Tom

Love ,

Coun t r y Di r e c t o r

We

a re hop ing to do wha teve r

we

can to communica te wi th you in day s

to

come.

We

hope

to t r a v e l on

week-ends

t h i s summer to t h o se

who may

w an t u s

to

speak

in th e

no r t h e r n

a r e a s

a round Wi s con s i n .

We

le a v e fo r

Laos

wheneve r t h e Lord and f i n a n c e s s e e fit

hope f u l l y this

fall.

P l e a s e

w r i t e

to

us

if you

have

any qu e s t i o n s ,

o r

would l i k e

fo r us

to come and speak

this

s umme r or

f ll

Here a r e some impo r t a n t

e v e n t s

t h a t happened s i n c e we last wro t e : J a n e t

g radua t e d

from Ozark

Ch r i s t i a n C ol leg e w ith a B ache lo r o f Ch r i s t i a n

Edu c a t i o n . The n e x t week

sh e

t u r n ed 50 . She

finally c augh t up

wi t h m e.

S h e s

e n j o y i n g t e a c h i n g

6 Vie tnamese s t u d e n t s be tween p a c k i n g .

On May 26 th , S arah , ou r 18 yea r o l d ,

g r adua t ed from

C o lle ge H eig hts

Ch r i s t i a n Schoo l .

She i s

p l a n n i n g

on

s t udy i ng

Soc i a l ogy

a t

Co l l e g e

this

fall.

S he

and

h e r

sister Becky , wi l l be work i ng i n J o p l i n this

summer

and

keep i ng

th e

home

fires

bu r n i n g .



So jou «U«t^

^ dao4 P DIR

LAOPEOPLE'S

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC

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By faith theysojourned In the land....

looking forward to a city which has foundations,

whose

builder

and

maker Is

God.

HEB. 11:8 10

Alan

&

ne t

Bemo

FOOD

FOR

THE

HUNGRY

Box 108

Nongkhai 43000

Thailand

June through September, 1995

Dear Friends,

Our nine weeks of intense language study went well. We studied an

average of ten hours a day. Both of us passed the course and, most

importantly, learned a lot more

Laa

Learning to read

will

especially

be helpful.There were 13 other students in the Lao program of which

we made friends of all. Three were military, one is planning to go to Laos to study primates and another

hopes to find the fossils of a homo erectus in Laos to prove evolution.

IWo

were Laos who needed to

study their own language since they had been removed from their homeland during the war. Others just

wanted to study Lao as they teach Asian children in the U.S. I believe we have the best reason for going

to

Laos .

We also made friends of the two Lao teachers who had come to

the

U.S. especially to teach this

course

After the course was over one of them came to spend three days with us here in Joplin, which was a

special thrill to us.

Right after language study wehad a meeting with co-workers, the Loves and Ridgleys, in Grinnell, Iowa,

to talk and pray about the work in Laos. We were again impressed about

the

impossible situation in Laos,

but

more than that, the tremendous power of God to work in impossible situations. We were encouraged

by the testimony of the life of Gideon and how God chose him to deliver Israel. Before he could do it

God purposely weakened Israel so

that

when victory came they could not take credit for it themselves.

I came away from this meeting with a renewed commitment to offer the remaining days of my life as

a living sacrifice to God to serve Him in Laos, for as long

as

it be His will.

Becky applied and got a job in Laos as a school teacher. We put her on a plane to Vientian on September

1st.

It

made us jealous

that

we could not be there yet. She is temporarily living with

the

Love family

until she can find an apartment.

We

are

planning on leaving

for

Laos before

the

end

of

the

year. Before we left we wanted to see

that

Sarah was well adjusted in College She is going to Missouri Southern State College and working part-

time Next month she will be moving into the dormitory. She is maturing and we are proud of the way

she

is progressing.

Another thing

that

we are waiting on is our financial support. Right now it is at 42 of what it needs

to be

We still have a few churches to speak to and are waiting to hear from some past supporters. We

are confident that God will supply all our needs according to His design and in His time

It

is a joy to

have this confidence and not have to worry about it.

Yokefellow:

Linda Goerke

3106

Summit

Ave

St. Joseph, MO 64506

(816) 279-9978



In the meantime I have gone back to work at the Wilhite Sign company here in Joplin until enough

monies accumulate so

that

we can leava

Janet

is homeschooling Rachel while we re on hold .

If you would

like

us to share about the work in Laos or missions in general we would love to do so.

We

are also

looking

for prayerwarriors who

would

commit to praying for Laos

every

dayand

specific

needs as we fax them to

you. We

need a hot-line going for Laos, one of the last unreached countries

with several unreached people groups. Think and pray about this commitment for Laos.

We appreciate hearing from you.

Sincerely Yours in Him,

Alan, Janet and Rachel Bemo

RS.—Please notice

that

Linda Goerke is once again our forwarding agent if you need slide programs,

information, change of address or removal from newsletters, etc. All pledges and gifts should be sent

to Food for the Hungry (forAlan Bemo P.O. Box

1239

Scottsdale,

AZ 85267

^or tax exemption.

Central hrist ian Church

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LAOPEOPLE'S

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC

'By faith they sojourned in the land....

looking forward to a city which has foundations,

whose bui ld er

and maker is God.

HEB. 11:8-10

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m hu

l ouf l i

novM f

HW6 • 1)

nOV tt WrlH

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Alan

&

Jane t Bemo

FOOD

FOR

THE

HUNGRY

Box

108

Nongkhai 43000

Thailand

Christmas

1995

Dear

Friends,

May you

have

a I Peter 1:3 6 Merry Christmas. Praise be to the God

and

Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ In His great mercy He has given

us newbirth into a livinghope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

from the dead...In this yougreatly

rejoice^

though nowfor a little while

you may

have

to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

We were planning on spending

Christmas in Laos with Becky and

friends there^ but everything did

not come together in time Now we

will enjoy having Christmas with

family and friends here Because

of the flights being full during this

season, our departure date is not

till January 8, Becky's 26th

birthday.

Actuallywe were relieved to delay

our departure in some ways.

Janet

and I are miserable right now with

flu and are glad we are not trav

eling. My dad is also very sick. Of

course

there were a

lot

of last

minute things that needed to be

done which we can

perhaps

get

done now. Our visa numbers came

yesterday, December 11, so God has everything under control.

t

Forwarding Agent:

Linda

Goerke

3106 Summit Ave

St

Joseph, MO 64506

(816) 279-9978

Phoenix Aissa Praise Noble and Word

1995 has been a good

year

I turned 51 and haven't felt better. The Lord seemed to be leading us back

to work overseas, sowe'vejust been followingHis leading step by step and marvel again

at

His provisions.

During this year the elders

at

College Heights Christian Church have proven to be true Acts 13 senders,

and we have been blessed in renewing old friendships with individuals and churches. We can see God

teaching us all in so many ways. Isn 't it fun to see our vision for God's Kingdom growing together.



ThisyearNate and Kate presented

us with a beautiful 5th grandbaby,

Phoenix. This l as t s umme r Janet

and

I

had

an intense,

but

wonder

ful nine weeks of Lao language

study in Wisconsin. Becky took a

teaching job in Laos.

Our

little

Sarah became a college freshman

this fall

and

seems to be adjusting

well to it. At Thanksgiving

the

first full Bemo family reunion was

held

that

I can ever remember).

We even met

our full-blood Indian

relatives. Now we feel prepared

and excited for

a work

in the

closed coimtry of Laos.

We have especially become in

creasinglyinterested in the Thidam

and Thidaeng (two unreached

people groupsinNorthern

Laos

with

which

wehave had opportune to work, and look forward to

working

with again. We ve been real happy to make contact with a missionary in Des Moines who is nearing a

completion of the Ibidam Bible

We

want to say a big thank-you to manywho have given sacrificially so that we can go, and have been

praying for God s

will

to be donein all these matters. Those whohave signedon to be PrayerWarriors

will be receiving prayer alerts from time to time

Once again,

all support gifts must go through

Food

for the Hungry, 7729 E. Greenway

Rd.,

Scottsdale,

AZ

85260. They are the ones who make it possible

for us to enter and work in Laos. Personal gifts should be sent to our forwarding agent, Linda Goerke,

3106 Summit Ave, St. Joseph, MO 64506. These will be deposited directly into our bank account and

not be tax exempt unless sent through your church.

May you have a blessed Christmas Season as you share the joy ofourLord's birthwithfamily and friends.

In Christian Love,

Central

Christ ian

Church

1501 N.

Leonard

Road


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