News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSON Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address: Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson P.O. Box 74

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Forwarding Agents: Bill and Margaret Ettling Rt. 2. Box 360 Jackson, MO 63755 Phone: (314) 243-8825

Sending Congregation:
First Church of Christ State Street at Marshall

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January-February-March, 1985

We're in Thailand!
On February 26, after a one-month delay due to visa problems, we arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

How glad we are to be here at last! Esther and Virgilio de los Santos met us at the airport and took
us to the-home of David and Deloris Filbeck, where we are staying until the house we plan to rent

comes open around April 1st. We want to say thank you to both of these families for their help so far in getting us settled in.

James and Virgilio de los Santos, and Dwain andMark

Anderson eating in the "night market."

Ourfirst few months will certainly call for

making some adjustments and there wasone
adjustment which started the instant we

stepped off the plane. When we left Illinois the weather was very cold with snow on the ground. Thailand, on the other hand, is just beginning the hot season and it was about 95 when we arrived!

Our Activities
Already we've been keeping busy. We must have looked at 10 or 12 houses before we settled on one. Then there was getting our Thai drivers' license which required two trips to the American Consulate, two trips to the photographers, a trip to the hospital for health certificates, and three trips to the district police station. They tell us that other things such as getting work permits are equally as
time consuming.

Last weekend (March 10 and 11) I (Dwain) made my first trip to Bangkok. Our shipment of house hold goods from Hong Kong was coming into port and it was necessary to go down to do the

Above, our new home, Risht, Sara and Mark on their luav to school.

paperwork for it. The two most common ways to make the trip is by train and by bus. The trains were all fully booked already, so the other option was the night bus. The bus left Chiang Mai at 9 p.m. and arrived in Bangkok about 7:30 the next mo'rning. The bus was non-stop, so believe me, I was ready to stand up a while by the time we got to Bangkok! The paperwork all went smoothly, so I could return to Chiang Mai on the next evening bus. Our things should be through customs and up to Chiang Mai by the time we move into our house.
P.T.L.!

We praise God that as soon as we arrived, opportuni ties for service came to us. Becky began teaching an English Bible school class at the Thai church we've been
attending. Last week she had 13 students. I have been able to preach one time using a translator, and have been asked to preach twice for a youth retreat and also for an Easter

Sunrise Service in April. April looks to be a busy month for us and we are looking forward to it. Several other missionaries have extended invitations to us to come to the villages where they work to see what is being accomplished. We plan to
visit as many as possible. Also, there is a Christian

Conference in another province near the end of the month, and we plan to participate in that as well.
Above, enjoying a snack of watermelon after a service in a Thai home. Right, the choir led by Esther de los Santos at the Chiang Mai Christian Church.

Truck Purchased
Our decision to stay in Chiang Mai meant that we needed to purchase a truck right away. Some funds had already been given toward a vehicle, but not enough to pay cash. In checking out the

possibility of borrowing the balance of the money here, we learned that the interest rate would be about 25-30% per year! We knew that wasn't the solution! We'd like to thank Becky's folks, Clayton and Eleanor Kinsey, for helping us out of this bind. They took out a loan for the purchase of the truck and now we will pay it off in monthly installments. The truck we purchased is an Isuzu diesel.
It has a double cab which means the children can sit inside. It is a two-wheel-drive rather

than four-wheel-drive. After talking with severed others, we decided that for the present this was the best (and by far the cheaper) way to go. In a few days a camper-like top will be added to it which will allow for the storage of tools, first-aid equipment, etc., and for the carrying of four to six more people. The total purchase price of the truck was $7,925, of which $6,500 was borrowed. The note is for a period of 3 years, but we really hope to be able to pay it off more quickly than that. Please pray with us that funds for a

Our new truck.

speedy pay-off of this loan will come in.

Thank You
We know that God answers prayers, and we'd like to say "Thank You" for your prayers on our behalf. So many of the prayer requests in our last newsletter have already been answered. We praise God for that! Please pray with us that God will help us make all the adjustments we need to make here. Also that more opportunities for sharing His Word will come and that in sharing the Word it will bear
fruit.

For being able to be in Thailand, we are thankful. For the task we have been given, we are thankful. We're thankful, too, that our Father continues to meet our physical needs, and that He does it through His people. We want to say thanks to you for your part in that as well. Please notice our new field address on the heading of this newsletter. If you have any questions
about our work, or if you just like to write letters, please do write to us. An airmail letter takes about

two weeks each direction, so we'll try to answer each letter just as soon as we can. Thanks again! And may God bless you as you serve Him.
In His Service,

Dwain & Becky Anderson

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News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand
Field Address:

Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson

P.O. Box 74

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Forwarding Agents: Bill and Margaret Ettling Rt. 2, Box 360 Jackson, MO 63755 Phone: (314) 243-8825

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April-May-June, 1985
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Since arriving in Thailand in February, we have learned many new things and have had many exciting experiences. We've also been keeping very busy. In our last newsletter we mentioned that we planned to do some traveling and visiting of other mission works during the month of April. That we did and we'd
like to share a bit about our month with you.

A Busy April
April's work began with preaching on the fourth and fifth for the two evening
services of a retreat for Thai young people. The young people were from

churches that Virgilio and Esther dc los Santos work with here in Chiang Mai and in a village a few miles away called Mecajun. The first evening's service was held here in the compound where the de los Santos family, David and
Deloris Filbcck and ourselves live. The next day the group traveled to a

lakeside campground several miles from Chiang Mai. We were not able to attend the whole retreat because we were also moving into our house during those days, but we enjoyed the part we were able to attend.

Becky, Sora and Mark in front of our house. .

The seventh of April was Easter and the day was celebrated with an Easter Sunrise Service held in a park halfway be tween Chiang Mai and Mecajun. About 25

people attended the service which was fol

lowed by a meal. I was asked to preach for this service and Becky sang a special for

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here runs from late January through early May at least, and April seems to be the
hottest time of all. The sun shines hot and

Easter Sunrise worshippers. April 7, 1985.

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bright every day without athoughtofrain.

proaches 100 F. and it stays that way until late evening. The school buildings do not have any air conditioning
so a vacation is declared. The vacation time is also over the Thai New Year celebration called "Songkran", or

This year we used the time to go over to Pua in Nan Province, which is a 7-hour drive from Chiang Mai. This
area is where David and Deloris Filbeck and also Imogcne Williams work. The Filbecks had invited us to come see their work among the Tin people and also to participate in a special two-day service being held in a nearby Tin village for new Christians over the water festival holiday. Visiting these villages, meeting the Christians there, and participating in the services was a real eye-opener. It was also a real blessing. While we were in the villages we visited in the peoples' homes. We also shared meals
with them after the services and ate what they ate.

I found myself praying a lot more out there. Like the time when I first saw the villagers put that big "wok" full of water buffalo on to cook for the approaching meal. And then again when I saw the water buffalo and the mountain sticky rice all set out ready to eat. You have the doubt of whether the food is good, or ifit willkill you, even though you know you will eat it even if it does kill you. I prayed too, the first time 15 or 20 people all loaded into the back of the truck (withS or 4 of them standing on the bumper), prayed that the truck would hold the weight and that the bumper wouldn't fall off! Those are the more humorous times, but I also prayed when for the first time, I cleaned and bandaged a bad burn on a little baby's leg, prayed that I knew what I was doing. Also, when I watched a new Christian Mom and Dad cut the
Budhist charms off the necks of their two sons. We found this to be a time when we looked to the Lord for

strength (and health) and He did not fail us.

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songsfor the children. Far lower right, David Filbeck converses with one ofIheleaders
of the Tin church in Bak Lang.

Becky, Sara and Mark returned to Chiang Mai with Deloris Filbeck on the 15th of April and then David Filbeck and I came together on the 16th. The time we spent there had been good. Sara and Mark had to return to school on Monday, the 22nd, but on that day I set out again for Pua. This time two truck loads of us went to attend and participate in a preaching conference held in Pua at Imogene William's youth hostel, for all the Christians in that area. This conference was quite a large gathering with people of several tribal groups as well as Thai people attending. On Friday afternoon Deloris Filbeck and Becky, Sara and Mark surprised us all (a very pleasant surprise to David and I), by coming over to Pua. Our family then stayed over an extra day so we could once again visit in the area villages and attend the worship service in the Tin village of Bak Lang. On May 2nd, Becky and I both started studying the Thai language here in Chiang Mai. We expect to be studying for the next several months. Our studies are going very well and we're certain that having studied Cantonese with its sounds and tones and "strange" grammar has helped a lot. So far, we have had many opportunities for serving here in Thailand. We have participated alongside other missionaries in work they are doing, and we have seen fruit come from those labors. Over the next few months we hope to visit more areas and more of the works others are doing here. During this time we will be searching, seeking, and praying that God will lead us to the exact place He wants us to begin to work. Please pray with us about this. Pray that the Lord will open our eyes to the needs in various places and help us know where He wants us. Pray too, that He will continue to use us now by providing opportunities to work alongside the
missionaries here. We are so thankful that we came to Thailand and we know for sure that we could not be here without the

prayers and financial support of people at home. Thank you for your part in making it possible for us to be here. It is our prayer that God will use us to proclaim His Word and His love in this place. Please pray with us to this
end.

In His service,

Dwain & Bcc/cy Anderson

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Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

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Field Address: Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson

Fonvardlng Agents: Bill and Margaret Ettling

Rt. 2, Box 360 Jackson, MO 63755

P.O. Box 74

Chiang AAai, 50000 Thailand

Phone: (314) 243-8825

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July-August-September, 1985

Goals Met
Several of our short ranged goals have been realized these past three months, and we praise the Lord for it One of the things we had wanted to do was to see some more of the works outside of Chiang Maiof our fellow missionaries here in Thailand. In early August Dwain spent a weekend in the village of Hui Tat where Sammy Yangmi serves the Lord. This is a Lahu tribai village and going there gave him the opportunity to meet several families in the \rillage,see the work being done and also to preach for the Sunday morning worship. In mid-September Dwain went to the village of Wing Heng with Paul Lang. Paul and his wife Cathy serve in this village along with Walter and Jeannette RIdgley. Theirs is a relatively new area of semce so this trip gave him the opportunity to see and hear about the beginning of the work as well as to meet some of the new Christians. During that same trip Paul took Dwain to the village of Bing Long where Alan and Janet Bemo labor among the Chinese. All of these works make use of agricultural programs to help the
people and so seeing these projects was particularly interesting to Dwain. These trips also gave him a chance to see and hear how each different missionary presents the gospel message, how they use agriculture and other programs to help the people, and how they each have met and overcome obstacles and problems.

Language Study Progresses

Our goals in language study are both short term and long term. We praise the Lord that Dwain has already completed the printed course work from the language school here in Chiang Mai,which was a short range goal. He has now contracted a tutor. They study together three hours per day reading the Bible, learning to tell Bible stories and also studying the Thai elementary school reading books. Becky took the month of August off from studying so that she could be home with Sara and Mark during their summer vacation. She continues to study now at the language school and will complete the major portion of the course there in a few weeks. We are both grateful that the Chinese studies we had have been a big help in studying Thai.

More Trips To Pua

During the past months we have been able to make several more trips to Pua in Nan province along with David and Deloris Filbeck. Every visit there has increased our knowledge of the area and people in and around F\ia. Daily life here in Chiang Mai is quite different from lifein the United States, but life in Pua is even farther removed yet! There are times when we can hardly fathom the contrasts. David and Deloris have made good use of color visual aids and flannelgraph to teach the Bible stories. The village people will set "glued" to a flannelgraph presentation in much the samewaythatfolksinthe U.S.can

stay "glued" to an exciting TV. program. July 5-8th we took along crayons
and copies of a Bible picture to color as well. Although coloring is a

Sunday school children and adults coloring at the church building in Baa Klang near Pua.

commonplace activity for kids in the States, this

was a real treat in Baa Klang! That Sunday we

passed out crayons and 60 copies of a picture of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus to go along with the Christmas story. Even some of the
adult men wanted to color and did! When ev

eryone was finished we let them show off their work. On later trips to Baa Klang we saw these
pictures tacked up to the walls of their bamboo

houses. They may have been onlya crayoned

picture but ^ey added a lot of color to the

otherwise drab home.

We were so happy to have Jean Montgom-

eiy, missionary from Hong Kong, spend 2 weeks with us in September, and of course we
wanted to take her to see Pua as well. On that

They are proud to show us their rinished pictures.

trip, Jean, David Filbeck and Dwain went to see a piece of land some new Christians had pur chased for a new village. Dwain tells the storyWe rode by pick-up truck out of Pua up intothe mountains for 40 minutes. Then, parking the truck and leaving some young boys with it to watch it, we began the trip down a mountain to
the site which is beside a river. The beginning
of the downward trail was cleared and marked

but the farther we went the worse the trail got. In

the end we were crawling through the bamboo thickets making a trail as we went. The jungle was wet and there were leeches too. Finally
after about three hours we reached the river,

Singing during Sunday school at Baa Klang.

had a quick lunch of sticky rice and geng, and

then went to see the land. The new Christians met us there so David led in a short dedication

service. Prayers were offered for the land and

for the families who will make their homes there

" that God will bless them with health, prosperi

ty and a greater knowledge of Him. Weprayed

also that God will make that village to be a

bright light shining in the jungle for Him.

After the prayer service it was time to start

back up to the truck. Wetook a better but long

er trail on the way back. Just about the time we
Children from Yat Doi, a village near Pua

started up it began to pour down rain and It rained on us all the way up the mountain. The trailwas running full of water the wholewayand it was slippery. Ittook about 31^ hours of huff
ing and puffing to reach the truck. For us west erners vJio are accustomed to riding around in our trucks, this trip was quite an experience. But for the p>eople who live in villages scattered

throughout the mountains it is everyday life. Even though daily life is very difficult for these new Christians, they have frequently made the
effort to come together with larger gatherings of Christians. They continue faithful to Christ and it is a real encouragement to us in the work.

Our Isuzu diesel double-cab pickup truck.

Sights Set On Pua

We have been praying specifically about
where to locate and work here in Thailand these

past several months and have asked others to pray with us about it as well. We have visited
several areas here in the North and there are

many places that need workers. One waythat we had prayedisthat God wouldshow us where to go by sending us an invitation to a specific
area. God has answered that prayer by giving
us invitations to work in and around F*ua from
A recent fellowship time in the Filbeck's home Left to right - Becky, Dwain,
Esther & Virgitio de los Santos. Dauid & Deloris Filbeck

three different people in one week's time. We are thankful for this answered prayer and are excited about the many possibilities for service in that area. At this point we plan to begin spending as much time as possible in Pua while continuing with our language studies here in Chiang Mai. We want to find a house to rent near Pua soon so that we can begin to make a
home there and also be able to spend some
weekends there as well as the Christmas and hot season school vacations. Then, when Sara and Mark finish their school term here in

Chiang Mai in June '86, we will move over to Pua to work there full time. Please pray with us that God will provide a good harvest of souls as
Mark beside a saam-loh (tricycle taxi) loaded with fried banana chips near our
house.

a result of our service there.

Praise, Prayer, and Thanksgiving

Praise the Lord, because of special offerings, wewere recently ableto payan extra $2,500.00 on the loanforour
truck, over and above our regular monthly payments. At the time of purchase of the truck in March we borrowed

$6,500.00 in the States and set up a 3 year payment plan. The balance ofthe loan nowisabout $3,000.00. Wewould
liketo be able to pay off the balance of the loan early. Please pray with us that God will provide the extra funds needed to
do that

The unsuccessful govemment coup attempt here in Thailand on September 9th has made no perceptible difference in our daily lives, in fact our families and forwarding agents in the States knew about the coup activities before we did here in Chiang Mai. Please pray for government stability here and peace along the borders as well. We are thankful that our health as a family has generally been good. Please continue to keep our health in your prayers. Several other missionary families here have recently had health problems, among them hepatitis, dysentery,
haemonhagic fever, and malaria.

Sara and Markare settled into their routines for a new school year and are enjoying their studies. We are thankful for this and give God the praise. Sara is in 3rd grade and Mark in 1st grade. Afterour move to Pua nextsummer Becky
will be teaching the children thru a correspondence course. Please begin to pray for Becky and the children now, that the transition to the new study routine will go smoothly and that their schooling thru correspondence will be successful.

Praise God for our progress thus far in language studies and continue to pray that our vocabulary and
understanding of Thai will continue to grow. Learning a new language is a never-ending process.

Pray for our future home in Pua. We want to have a room to receive visitors there and stock it with Christian books and tracts, scripture tapes and Christian music in Thai and Northern Thai languages.
The Christmas season, in fact the entire month of December, is an important witness and fellowship time for the

Christians here. Rease prayforthe Christmas programs and activities inand around Puaand inand around ChiangMai
also.

As we move to l?ua our own personal expenses will not go up any great amount, but the needs in the work itself will be great The Lord has faithfully taken care of us and met our needs. Please praythat Hewill continue to do that and will provide any increase we will need for the work. We want to thank Carol Small and the rest of the folks at Capstan, Inc. for their four years of faithfuland excellent service to us in printing and mailing our newsletters. They are unable to continue that service for us now and we are soriy to lose their good help. From this issue on our newsletter will be printed by the folks at Mission Services, who publish the monthly missions magazine HORIZONS and we're thankful for their help as well.

Thank you for your share in the ministry here with us thru your prayers and support

In His Service,

Dwain & Becky Anderson

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DWAIN &

BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Reld Address:
Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson P.O. Box 74

Forwarding Agents:

Bill and AAargaret Ettling

RL 2, Box 360 Jackson, MO 63755

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Phone: (314)243-8825 Sending Congregation:

First Church of Christ State Street at Marshall

Mark, Dwain, Becky & Sara Anderson

Eldorado, IL 62930

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October* November* December* 1985

Duringthe past few months we have had many reasons to praise God and we are seeing more opportunities for serving Himhere in Thailand all the time. We have been able to make several more trips to Pua, an average of about two trips per month, and with each tripwe see more possibilitiesfor preaching and teaching there. We'd liketo share some ofour experiences, ideas, and prayer requests with you.

DORMITORY PROJECT
Since about September we have been involved inan on-going project to build and furnish a dormitoryfor boys in the "Tin"village of Baaklang. Baaklang is near F\iaand has itsown elementary school. Manyof the ullages inthe surrounding mountains, however, have no schools at all or have very poor ones. The Christian men in the church at Baaklang decided they wanted to help the children of their relatives and brothers and sisters in Christ to get an education and so came up withthe idea of having a small dorm in their village. One of the men, Mr.&u, had an old building on a concrete
slab which could be repaired and used for this purpose. We have been helping them to do that Part of David and Deloris Filbeck's program is to help with the regular expenses of sending young people to school. We

were able to help with this particular project by providing the funds to refurbish the building, providing the funds for and supervising the installation of electricity, and purchasing materials for beds, cooking
utensils, etc. On Januaiy 1st, 1986 a dedication service was held for the

'David and Dwain sharing a meal vrith the *Tin' Christians

while woridng on the dormitory."

"The boys who will live in the dorm, Mr. Sau, Mr. Lot, David
Rlbeck and Dwain at the dedication service."

Sombun, a Bible school studenL put ting the insulator on an electric pole for the dormitory."

"Suan and Sorasak, Bible school stu dents, wiringthe hxays' dorm in Baaklang.'

new dorm with Virgiiio de los Santos preaching and now the dorm is home to five boys. ByAmerican standards this dormitory is very humble indeed. Itis made of bamboo and thatched roofingmaterial -- verysimple but our prayerIsthat God v/ill use itto bring many of the "Tin" people to Himself. We praise God forthis opportunity not onlybecause we could help bysupplying the funds and supervision needed but even more
so because it is a result of the faith and vision of the Christians in Baaklang.

NEW VILLAGE In early December the Rlbecks and ourselves made a six day trip to Pua.
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As we pulled into the village it seemed as if God was leading. Immediately

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upon arriving in the village we asked for the headman, which is the customary and proper way to enter into a new village. The people told us that the headman was oif up the mountain helping to bring a sick man back to the village. From where we were standing we could see the group with the sick man coming down the mountain over a mile away so we went to bring them back to the village in the pickup truck. Thisgaveusanopportunitytohelpthe villagers, meet the headman, and win a favorable hearing for \N^atwe had to say. it seemed as if God had opened that door especially for us!

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manif he knew about Jesus and he said. "No, who is he?" We spent several hours that day \^siting and teaching in the homes of the people and praying with the sick man and his family. David and the Christian men with us also handed out some copies of the Gospel of Mark in the "Tn" language for them to read later on. Our prayer is that God will bless the seed which was sown that day and that many people from Mesanan will come to Him. Please keep this village and these people in your prayers.

CHRISTMAS 1985
Christmas this year was very busy for all the workers here since the celebration of our Savior's birth is stretched out over a two

week (or longer) period. The church here inChiang Mai had its main program on December 22nd with a dinner,special worship servicefor vhich Iwas asked to preach, a special music presentation bythe students ofthe Bible Institute along with the missionary wives directed by Esther de los Santos, a play by the students, and finally a gift exchange. We had a good evening with an

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attendanceof about 80. On December26th and 29ththe groupfromChiangMai made tripstothe villages ofMewan and Mecajun
to celebrate Christmas there, in both places there was a meal along withspecial preaching and a musical presentation bythe Bible Institutestudents. Esther and Virgilio de los Santos have works inboth of these villagesand the special Christmas services were well attended. Programs like these make great opportunities for reaching out into the community. On December 30th three truck loads of us, about 20 people plus baggage in all,made the seven hour trip to Pua. We leftChiang Mai in the moming and arrived in Pua by mid-aftemoon. Afterwe unloaded the trucks and freshened up a bit we allwent to the Mong tribalchurch in Baaklang for a special presentation bythe student choir and players. Weweretreated bythe young people of the church with a meal before the program. That evening the students played to a fullhouse - infact the whole church building and

about halfthe church yard werefull of people. On Mew Year's Eve we had a specialallevening program at the "Tin" church in
Baaklang. We began at 6 pm witha meal, then had singing and the playbythe students and then finishedup byshowingthe movie "Jesus" inThai to a huge crowd inthe yard beside the church building. To these folksprograms such as these are a realtreatand are veiy well received and attended. They are a great opportunityforteaching about the one true God and HisSon Jesus Christ We had intended to have a special program up at the village of YawtDoi on January 1st, as well,but partly because we couldn't find a working generator for electricityand partlybecause we were advised against driving in the mountains late at night due to possible communist activity, we couldn't have the program. Instead, Davidand 1went up to Yawt Doiduring the daytime to visita bitand then
came back down to Pua before dark. There were many rumors going around about trouble and the Thai army had set up a new

checkpost on the road to Yawt Doi so there must have been some truth to the rumors.

In ail, we had a great Christmas season. We praise God for theopportunities for teaching and presenting the Gospel through
song and the movie"Jesus." There is so much to be done! Please keep these things inyourprayers. FYayespeciallyforcontinued stability in the area around Pua that we may continue to travel and teach freely.

BITS, PIECES, AND PRAYER REQUESTS

Somewhere, somehow, in all our travels and special meals over Christmas, 1(Dwain)ended up withTyphoid Fever. 1was sick for several days but, praise the Lord, am doing fine now. We believe that the purchase of a small generator, film projector, and sound system would be a good tool for evangelism. There are several Christian mo>^es in Thai and there are some films on health and hygiene which would benefit the people as well.

Films alwaysdraw large crowds in the mountain villagesand are good chances to preach and teach. Please praywithus atoutthe
decision of vdiether to make this purchase or not

We have been searching for a house to rent in Pua. So far we have not found one though there are some possibilities. Please pray that God will lead us in finding the right house.

Very shortlywe need to make a final decision on exactly v^at correspondence course to use for Sara and Mark for next
school year. Please pray that the Lord will lead in this decision.

Both Becl^ and 1will continue to study Thai for the next three to four months. Praythat God will help us to leam the things
we need to leam to communicate well with the Thai people.

Pleasepray, too,forthe gospel seed sownduringallthe Christmas programs. FYay that the Lord will bringforth a bountiful
harvest from the sowing of His word.

A complete financial statement for 1985 will be sent out shortlyto allour supporters. Anyothers interested in receiving a
copy of the statement may do so by contacting our forwarding agents. Bill & Margaret Ettling.

We are veiy thankful that we can be here in Thailand. We thank God for allowing us to be here and we want to thank you for
your part in our work, too. We covet your prayers.

In His Service,

Dwaln & Becl^ Anderson