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Field Report

Out r e a ch I n t e rna t iona l w o rk ers a re in

China, Africa. Jamaica, &

the

Fiji islands

The Bamboo Curtain

Tears

A

first

Praise God fo r

this open door

The

China

Bible Mission team, Sonja and Karen Hamilton, returned from the Eas te r

Week holiday visit to Mainland China with exciting news Going in

with

Wing Wong and

students

from

the Chinese

Christian Seminary from Hong Kong, the girls were able to

distribute Bibles in the local language and

were

able to meet for the first time with 70

Chinese

people in the village where friends are located in a work project. Seventy peopie came to the

small

home

meeting and

crowded

in to hear the Gospelior

the

first time This is what we had

prayed for and the Lord has poured out His answer. Many

came

to Christ and the others

wanted more teaching and have invited the team back again to continue sharing this

message of Hope and Salvation. We thank you all for your prayers and financial help.

Please contact us for more detailed information on this project. We work with Hong Kong

Christ ian Mission.

Ea s t fr ica

Two people there now; more to follow soon, Lord willing (James 4:15)

Phil and Pat York report that they

will

be allowed to begin a vocational training school

near the Kitale,

Kenya,

area. This will give them evangelistic opportunities with

many

village

people who are yet to hear

the

Gospel. Praise the Lord for this Their address is Box 900.

Kitale, Kenya.

We hear that the government of Uganda is stabilizing again and workers can return

there. We are expecting our team of recruits for the summer to enter Uganda, Pat Allen and

Jacques

Blackwell,

w go

n early

June.

Lord willing,

and our recruits

for

summer training

six volunteers from the states)

will join

them around the

12th of

June for 60 days

of

evangelism

in

schools and villages

in Kenya

and Uganda. I plan to go on this internship,

also, to investigate registration possibilities again

in Kenya

and check on work

n

Uganda.

Financial support for this trip is needed now Please use our

Tennessee

address.

Sou th

frica

Two workers & two

more

on the way

Pete and Fran Laughren are

working

hard in Capetown, South Africa, and

visiting

many areas where villages and located churches are needing more Bible teaching. Pete is

chairman of the Church of Christ Mission 30 AD.

in

place of Al Zimmerman, who has returned

with

his wife.

Jean, on furlough.

Pray

for th^m during this time

in South

Africa s

period

of

unrest. Jonathan join the work

n

Kimberly at the end

of the year, or when support is sufficient

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MOTIVATION

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Sta t e s i de

Rec ru i tmen t

Since we have been in the

states,

two couples have

reached the

foreign field

and one

single worker is in Jamaica. Mike Riddle and the Deruy's are also raising support for

long-term work and several people are planning to be with us for the summer internship.

Mike Riddle is joining the Outreach International team for the '86

summer

internship in

Kenya and for further work during the following year. Youth ministry has

become

a very

important part of

the

ministry in East Africa, and Mike can make a valuable contribution to our

effort in this area.

f

you would like to help him with support (about 1500 air fare and 500

per month

support ,

please

contact him at the following address: Mike Riddle, P. O. Box

13116, Knoxville, TN 37920. He would be happy to come and speak to your church.

Bob and Maxine Deruy are presently finishing their discipleship

program

in Limestone,

Tennessee, and are hoping to

leave

for Maiani, Kenya, in May,

when

their son,

Joey,

is out of

school. Their air fare and most of

the

money for their automobile has been raised, but they

are still

short

of

their

goal of 800 monthly support . Their position

as

teachers in the Maiani

secondary

school

is confirmed

and the doors

ar e

open

to

their

work of

evangelism

and

teaching the

Christians already

there. They

will

be

entering a five year

contract

with

the

school

system, giving them time to build relationships with the students and people of

the

Maiani community.

f

you can help with their

support,

or if you want to know more

about

their

work,

please

contact them at this

address:

Bob Maxine Deruy, Rt. 1, Box 45, Limestone, TN

37681.

They will be available to speak to you or your

congregation

until their departure

date.

ama i c a

Craig Koble recently

returned

from Jamaica and hopes to join

the

team in

East

Africa

for the summer internship this year. The work continues in

Jamaica

under the direction of the

local Christians.

Jacques

BlackwellwWl join

Pat

Allen in East Africa for the summer, also.

A

La s t

Word a b o u t

on a K ona

Let me

share

with you part of a letter from Wing Wong,

dated

April 7th. I think it

will

help you understand

the

significance of this

open

door into China:

Al, this last

Shenzhen

trip has confirmed several things that might Interest you. First, many young

Christian people are interested in spreading the Gospel in China, but they did not know how. They need leaders

and

training. Second, it gives us more freedom and opportunity while there are Americans on the team. Ifyour

girls and Norm were not there the other day when we had the evangelistic meeting, I think the Communistparty

members

might not

be

so polite to us. We could hold

such

a meeting inChina

because

of Norm's special

position. Third, people inChina are thirsty of the Gospel. They listen well. Fourth. Communists are not really

that tough to deal with. Ithink many Christians are defeated by their own fear. Afterall, our Lord has been with us

all the way and we believe that He Is able to carry us through any circumstances.

May you continue to pray for the direction of

the

Lord that you may

come

back

and take the

teams

to

spread the Gospel in China. You can go Into China to make the

necessary connections

and explore to

opportunities. Ican organize and train the team to go in with you just likewhat we did on Easter. I believe we can

start a lotoffire in China. Atthe meantime, you may seek out for Christian business men who might be working in

China inthe near future. May God bless you

as

you are willing to serve Him

as

He leads.

Pray

for

us and

for those who work with

us

in

the

cause of Christ

reach International

P

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Yours because of

Christ

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MISSIONARY MOTIVATION

MINISTRY

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J o y Farnham

R e s o ur ce D e p t.

M i s s io n

S e r v i c e s

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K n o x v i l l e , Tn. 37901

D e a r J o y ,

Aug.

6 ,

1986

Thank you f o r y o u r letter o f March 24, I have b e e n i n

EAst A f r i c a

f o r

t h e

summer

and

j u s t

r e t u r n e d . We

h a d 10 i n t e r n s

f o r t h e

summer i n Uganda

and E a s t

Kenya,

a b o u t 35

p e o p l e

were

b a p t i z e d

i n Uganda

and

a

new

church o f

120

p e o p l e

a r e

now

meeting

i n

Misikhu v i l l a g e

o f

Bungoma d i s t r i c t

o f Kenya

n e a r t h e Uganda

b o r d e r . t was a f r u i t f u l summer, we t h a n k

God

f o r t h e v i c t o r i e s .

We

a r e

l o o k i n g f o r workers

f o r

t h a t a r e a i n Kenya and

if y ou w ould an nou nce t h a t f o r

us i n y o u r

news d e p a t t m e n t we would

a p p r e c i a t e it e n c lo se d a re some new s i t e m s a b o u t

t h e

r e s t o f

t h e

f a m i l y ,

J o n a t h a n

p l a n s

t o

go

t o Kimber le y Sout h A f r i c a t o h e l p

Roland

J o s e p h

i n

y o u t h

m i n i s t r y

and

w i t h o u t

any

o t h e r

m i s s i o n a r y

t h e r e he

w i l l

b e

busy no

d o u b t .

Lord w i l l i n g .

And Karen

and

S o n j a

a r e s t u d y i n g Chinese

langauge

and working

i n

Hong Kong w i t h r e g u l a r

t r i p s i n t o Ma in la nd Ch in a . Frances and h e r husband P e t e a r e working

i n

Capetown

r e p l a c i n g

Al and J e a n Zimmerman t h e r e . P e t e and Fran

h a d t o

come

home last week due

t o

t h e s u d d e n d e a t h o f

P e t e s f a t h e r ,

C h e s t e r Laughren,

who

was f a t a l l y

i n j u r e d

i n an a u t o

a c c i d e n t

i n

A t l a n t a

Ga.

Perhaps t h i s news

w i l l be e n t e r e d

i n t o a forthcoming

i s s u e

o f

Horizons. Annette and I

a r e

p r a y i n g f o r a sponsoring

church t o send us

back o v e r s e a s . Lord w i l l i n g ,

we

would

l i k e

you

t o

announce t h a t we a r e ready i n J a n . 87,

Lord

w i l - i n g we l i v e , t o

r e t u r n t o

t h e m i s s i o n f i e l d ,

b u t

n e e d a s e n d i n g

c h u r c h f o r o u r

l i v i n g

l i n k . We as

you

know have a l o t o f exper ience i n r e c r u i t i n g

and

i n

e s t a b l i s h i n g new

m i s s i o n

work,

s o

p l e a s e h e l p us

i n

t h i s

news i t e m

a l s o . .

The

k i d s

a l l h a v e t h e i r s p o n so rs h i p e x c ep t J on at ha n

i s

still w a i t i n g

f o r

some more l i v in g l i n k s u p p o r t . We do a p p r e c i a t e

y o u r

work

t h e r e ,

a n d

o u r a d d r e s s h e r e i n

t h e

s t a t e s is t h e T e n n . a d d r e s s

a b o v e .

We

a re a v a il a b l e t o

s p e a k a b o u t t h e m i s s i o n work i n E a st A f r i c a

and

i n HOng KOng d ur i n g S ep t

-Dec .

1 9 8 6 . . HOpe

you

can make

an a r t i c l e

of t h i s . ,

here are

also some

picutres to use. thanks for

^four help

we

always a p p r e c i a t e you

all

a t M.S

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