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Kathleen Anderson
NEWSLETTER
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Kathleen Anderson is working with the
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
in Chiengmoi, Thailand
FORWARDING AGENT:
Mr. ond Mrs. Harry Criblez
Rt. 1
Ada, Ohio 45810
February 10, 1977
FIELD ADDRESS:
Box 59
Chiengmai, Thailond
Missionaries:
Paul and Cris Fuller
Max and Rosabel Haven
Daniel and Beverly Kalnin
Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun
Douglas and Geri Umbanhowar
Number 5
BORNfO
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FOUNDER and COORDINATOR:
LaVerne Morse
EVANGELIST: Louis Hall
Board of 581
Mokena, llltnois
Directors; 60448
Dear Christian friends,
I don*t think ever in my life have I felt so grateful to so many
people for what they have done. Let me explain the reason behind my
gratitude for all of you: Beginning January 1977 supposedly in an
effort to clean out some corruption, the government required that
each person who wanted to apply for a residence visa would have to
deposit ^2,900 in a Thai bank. This would not be withdrawable until
after the person left the country. When I first heard this new ruling.
I was very concerned about where I would get such an amount of money,
since I knew that I would have to apply for this kind of visa. My
forwarding agent then informed me that enough funds to cover such a
requirement were already therebefore I even really needed them!
Praise the Lord! On January 12 I deposited the required amount of
ic>ney,__rec^yed..a letter from the bank to certify that it was there,
and then took the letter to immigration to apply for a permanent resi
dence visa. Now I am praying that I will be granted enough time to
accomplish some work for the Lord, Please pray along with roe that,
if it be the Lord*s will, I will'rece'ive a permit to remain here in
Thailand.
Many of you have been asking about the new building that we are in the
process of building. This new multi-purpose building will include
classrooms, dormitory rooms, a library, faculty offices, and a main
assembly room. I am very happy to say that the students and faculty
have both been working on it, along with the regular paid laborers.
(One day even I got blisters from carrying buckets of stone to the
cement mixer!) Even though the building is only about half-completed,
some of our classes are being held in it. I know from first hand
experience that teaching amid busy construction workers isn't exactly
the "ideal" classroom situation. At the present time the school is
meeting in a house, but we've overgrown it by far. We're all praying
for the rapid completion of this much-needed facility. Although we're
needing more funds for this
building, our crucial need
at the present time is with
our general fund. Such
expenses as food, shelter,
and medicine for the stu
dents, school supplies,
trips for evangelism, gas
and repair on the mission
truck, all come from the
general fund, I just pray
that all our needs can be
metfor both building and
general expenses, for both
physical and spiritual
necessities.
I now have a bright red 70 cc Honda motorcycle for a means of trans
portation here in Chiengmai. Some of you may remember my mentioning
that I wanted one, and I certainly feel now that it has been a wise
purchase. Everyone rides them here in townyoung boys, teenage girls,
decrepit, old men, sixty year old women. I won't feel that I'm shocking
anyone by riding such a thing, and I will be careful! Since it is
such a small motorbike, it only goes about 30 mph at the fastest. What
I really like about it is that it only takes 60d to fill up its tank,
and I can go seventy miles on that much! A special thank you goes to
my home congregation's Vacation Bible School of last summer, for they
provided a large portion of the purchase price, I know that it will
help me serve the Lord more efficiently here.
I don't have a house yet, but I finally did move into a small apartment
just a few houses down from the Umbanhowars'. I hope-eventually to rent
a house in which I could house several of the girl students. Of our
twenty-two students, six of them are girls. Once the new building is
completed, our young men will be able to live in its dormitory rooms,
but it will probably be quite a while before we manage to build a girls'
dormitory, I'm really looking forward to the time when I can heir out
with this student housing problem.
Also, thank you so much for all the
Christmas cards and gifts that came
my way over the holidays. It made
my first Christmas av/ay from home a
little easier. I hope you'll con
tinue to remember roe in your thoughts
and prayers, throughout the year.
Sincerely,
PRAYER REQUESTS:
1. The completion of Chiengmai's
multipurpose building.
2. A house for some of the girl
students and myself.
3. For the spiritual and academic
welfare of Chiengmai Bible Insti
tute's twenty-two students.
AND THANKSGIVING:
1. For providing the funds for
me to apply for a permanent resi
dence visa.
2. For the motorcycle that was
so graciously provided for my use.
5. For my supporters continued
faithfulness in finances, letters,
and prayers.
My new motorcycle and I in front
of my apartment.
(The material for Kathleen's December newsletter was evidently lost in
the mail. Although it was mailed well over two months ago, the publisher
has never received it. We extend our deepest apologies.;
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
Route 1, Box 329
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
Richard Bourne
' Mission Services
Box 177
Karapton, IN U60i4.9
NON-PROFIT ORG.
POSTAGE PAID
Bluffton, Oftio
Permit No. 155
FINANCIAL REPORT FROM MR. AND MRS. HARRY CRIBLEZ. ADA, OHIO
FORWARDING AGENTS FOR KATHLEEN ANDERSON
Balance on hand Ada, Ohio January 1, 1976 $ 1,617.20
Total donations received from donors 11,944.20
Total credits $13,561.40
Itemized expenses for 1976
1. Living link funds (May thru December) $ 3,600.00
2. Transportation to raise support 174.94
3. Tuition for CBS 375.00
4. Printing and bookkeeping supplies 154.17
5. Transportation and travel to the field 493.45
6. Immigration expenses (visa, passport, entry fee, shots,
pictures, work permits, etc.) 413.10
7. Shipping (barrels, books, personal) 662.71
8. Language school fees (In Bangkok) 353.00
9. Motorcycle 484.25
10. Postage and Mailing 195.72
11. Newsletter expenses '. 142.69
12. Insurance for Kathleen 78.92
13. Emergency travel fund for Kathleen 200.00
14. Required deposit in Thai bank to enable Katfrleen to __ _ _
apply for permanent residence visa 2,500.00
15. Paid Thai student scholarships (room and board for 5 students) 175.00
16. Textbooks and teaching materials (in Thailand) 127.25
17. Put into general mission fund, (food, shelter, medicine, clothing, for
students, supplies for the school, gas for mission truck, land tax for
mission property, evangelistic trips to mountains, etc.) 1,513.83
Total expenses $11,644.03
(We have also opened an Emergency Fund Savings Account with Citizens
Notional bank, Bluffton, Ohio)
Money transferred from general fund to Emergency Fund $ 1,200.00
Balance on hand Ada, Ohio January 1, 1977 $ 717.37
Kathleen Anderson
NEWSLETTER
Kathleen Anderson is working with the
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
in Chiengmoi, Thailand
FORWARDING AGENT;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Criblez
Rt. 1
Ada. Ohio 45810
April 19, 1977
FIELD ADDRESS;
Box 59
Chlengmai, Thailand
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- I PMI LIPPi'-'ES;
Missionaries:
Paul and Cris Fuller
Max and Rosabel Haven
Daniel and Beverly Kalnin
Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun
FOUNDER ond COORDINATOR:
LaVerne Morse
EVANGELIST; Louis Hall
Board of .
Mokeno, Illinois
Douglas and Geri Umbonhowar Directors: 60448
Number 6
Dear Christian friends,
Last week Thailand ushered in the Thai new year with one of its
biggest holiday times called "The Water Festival." For three days,
a person could not travel anywhere in the city without getting
drenched with water. People were armed with cups, bowls, wash pans,
buckets, and even garden hoses, all for the purpose of flinging water
at every passer-by. The custom started as a form of wishing good luck
by gently pouring some water on the shoulders of your friends. Today
some Thais still practice that tradition, but for most people, it is
a time of shear wet enjoyment. Needless to say, I was doused a number
of times by a bucket of cold water, for the, Thais-, especially like to
see the V/esterners get. soaked. I can^t complain though, for in the
heat of the day here, the water came as a refreshing experience.
The hot weather not only has brought a water-throwing-holiday, but
it also brings s^mer-yacati,pn_ to Chiengmai Bible Institute. Since
Apr-jj, , May are the hottest and driest months here in Thailand, our
summer break comes a little earlier than in the States. I have fin
ished teaching my first quarter of classes, and praise the Lord, even
though this English teacher was quite inexperienced, I feel the stu
dents have all improved in their grasp of the English language. Some
of the students have made a marked improvement, and I just hope that
in the next couple years they will be able to take some of the Chris
tian materials written in English and translate them into their numer
ous respective languages such as Lisu, Kachin, Rawang, Lahu, Burmese,
and Thai. Already one of our young men is trying to interpret the
gospel of Mark into the Ngo Chang dialect, for that tribe as yet do
not have the scriptures translated into their tongue. Remember the
iKHHilSI H 1' 4?^'istudents in prayer, as
,|l .T lllgf j! they attempt this far-
iM reaching work for the
riMiwi : Lord.
' mission ries" held
" 17"^ Lisu village near here.
^ ^ ^ - Three of our Thai speak-
- ' ' ing students have been
Student body and teachers, guest lecturers in front of new building.
working for several weeks with Daniel Kalnin and a Philippine
missionary, Virgilio de los Santos, in teaching and preaching in
some Thai churches north of Chiengmai. Doug Umbanhowar, Peter
Sutjaibun,_and a group of students have been working on the develop-
ment of thirteen acres of land which the mission owns outside of the
city. Some students have been making sermon tapes for radio broad
casts, and so the mission is reaching out in a number of worthwhile
ways.
As for myself, I've been finishing up the grading for my three Eng
lish classes, doing quite a bit of typing and secretarial work for
the other missionaries, catching up on correspondence, and house
hunting. In the next few weeks I hope, to make a number of cassette
tapes to aid in my teaching of English next quarter. I've realized
in teaching tlTea'e""past- four months that if the students will ever
become fluent in the English language, they will need to hear it
over again and again, and cassette tapes would be best for that.
Some of you have been asking about our student scholarship program.
The mission has recently been trying extra hard to have scholarships
provided for each and every student enrolled at Chiengmai Bible
Institute. At the present time only a few of our twenty-two students
are being specifically supported by families or churches in the States.
Providing the money for food, housing, clothing, and tuition for one
student every month would be a tremendous investment in the Lord's work.
It would even be possible to correspond with the student one chooses
to sponsor, and we could send that contributor pictures of their stu
dent, and keep the sponsor informed of that student's progress. Below
are pictured two of the six girls that attend Chiengmai Bible Institute,
|Eor J^35...0Cl .a month, an individual, family, or church could cover the
'Scholarship funds needed to keep one of them, or one of their class
mates, enrolled at CBI. Please write to me_^ if you are interested.
As the team here continues to work for the advancement of the gospel
in Southeast Asia, we remember our brothers and sisters in Christ
across the ocean, and thank God so much for you. I close by asking,
just as Paul did in II Thessalonians 5:1? "Pinally, my brothers, do
pray for us here. Pray that the Lord's message may go forward unhin
deredan<l-maybring- Eim glory-r..- -- -
Sincerely,
PRAYER REQUESTS:
1. The students of CBI
increase in their ability
to translate and make
Christian materials in
their own languages.
2. The completion of CBI's
multi-purpose building.
AND THANKSGIVING:
1. The past quarter of
classes at CBI are com
pleted, and we thank God
for the opportunity to
teach these young people.
2. All but about $4000.00 ]
of the needed funds has j
been provided for our new /
building. PTL!
CBI students Mary (left) and Kho-dang-nang.
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
Route 1, Box 329
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
Uilliam McGilvrey
Mission Services
Box 177
Kempton, IN h60h9
NON-PROFIT ORG.
POSTAGE PAID
Bluffton, Ohio
Permit No. 155
Kathleen Anderson
NEWSLETTER
Kathleen Anderson is working with the
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
in Chiengmoi, Thailand
INDI*
THAILikNO
1 \ n r VIETNAM
\' / PHILIPpT'iES
INOOH ESt A
FORWARDING AGENT:
Mr. ond Mrs. Harry Criblez
Ri. 1 _
Ado, Ohio 45810
FIELD ADDRESS:
Box 59
Chiengmmr Thoilond-
Missionaries:
Paul and Cris Fuller
Max and Rosabel Haven EVANGELIST: Louis Hall
Daniel and Beverly Kalnin _ ire
Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun ^ , Mokeno, Illinois
Douglas and Geri Umbanhowar Directors: 60448
FOUNDER and COORDINATOR:
LaVerne Morse
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Jime 50, 1977
Number 7
Dear Christian friends,
The weeks and months fly by so fast when a person is busy. Three
weeks ago I celebrated my first anniversary of living here in
Thailand, and I could hardly believe that that much time had elapsed.
In looking back to where T v;as a year ago, undoubtedly this twenty-
fifth year of my life has been one of the most energetic and rewarding
ones. Some of the past months* irapressions that have remained with
this missionary of one year include:
Sitting oh a hard, hard chair for a typically two and
a half hour church service
The effort it took to be patient and cool with a slow-
as-molasses moving immigration officer
Repeating the pronunciation of a difficult English word
five, six, seven times in an^iEnglish class
Understanding scriptural phrases as I never had before,
suchas the love shown in giving a cup of cold water
The sinking feeling of saying goodbye to your co-workers
going on furlough
The Joy of watching a young girl be baptized into Christ
in a mountain stream near Chiengmai
This is Just a small spectrum of some of the feelings and experiences
which I'd like to share with you. Perhaps sometime I'll have the
chance to tell you more in person.
The latest major development has been that I've moved into a different
house...... It's quite largeit once was a wareshouse for a" tea company.
It has a dining room, a kitchen, a living room, three bedrooms, and
luxury of luxuries, two (indoor) bathrooms. But all this space is
being put to good
m
use. The day after
I moved in, five of
our girl students
moved in with me, so
now I'm a house mother
of a small dormitory.
Since the girls are
from two different
hill-tribe groups,
and do not speak
Central Thai very
well, we're using
English as our lingua
franca. So far we're
getting along quite
well. We've had a
few problems of mis
understandinglike
the time one of the
The five girls who live v:ith me: Khono, Kho-dang-nang, G-aru-nang,
Maeram, and Mary.
girls put the ice crear^ in the refrigerator, instead of the freezer
part of the refrigerator, and v/e ended, ur with a puddle of choclate
cream. But in general, the communication gaps have heen minor.
Please pray for us as we continue to arJiust to each other.
V/e are quite limited on teachers at the Tnstitiite at this time. Doug
and Geri TJmbanhnwar as v/ell as Panl and Cris. Puller left for furloughs
to the United States this nast month. 'Phev plan to be ~one until
next summer (197B). Both Doug and. Paul vrill' be involvetf in post
graduate studies v.fhile they are there. Another limitation in our
faculty is tha:^^ ^ ,^alnin has decided to go into fu.ll-time evan
gelism with the, hill-tribes. He has folt the'^need for someone to be
fully involved with this for quite some time, and so beginning this
past month, he began to arrange much more extensive trips into the
surrounding villages. Please remember these three"Doug, Paul, and
Danielas they begin a new phase of tteir missionary endeavor,
v/e began classes three weeks ago after our hot-season vacation, I*m
teaching English three hours every morning, plus I've been nreparing
cassette tapes for the stndents. Every day each student spends an
hour of stud7/ing grammar and composition with me, and has an hour of
practicing conversation v/ith our tape laboratory. The students are
also stud7/ing Bible, Thai, and then are involved in our work-study
program. A few v/eeks ago, they again spent several days helping pour
cement for our nev? building. The male students have moved into the
dormitory rooms of the building, but the rest of the rooms v/ill take
a lot of work before completion. I'm holding one of my English
classes under the trees lin the school yard because of lack of space,
but that v;ill have some real drawbacks once the monsoon season starts.
I guess I onl7/ need to trust the Lord, and He'll provide a roof for
over our heads!
I would like to tell e^ou how grateful I am for the vjonderful way in
which you've been supporting the mission work here. In the past
months, finances above end beyond m7/ monthly service and living link
have helped to provide the mission with many things. Through your
help, I v/as able to purchase n.Ecp.f,rigerator for the school's dining
"r^-or!"p"h:ou'glTl:nTTm=^rciusjte,^tlJ^(53caq for~iHTe~ih.stituteheTpedT pay some
rather large medical bills, purchased a much-needed electric generator,
and helped extensively with the,.schQ].-,ap^h^p program. All I-xan say
is thank you so much. God has been good. I'm hoping that this
coming year will be even more fruitful and. rev/arding than this past
one. May He guide both you and 1 into more effective service for Him,
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
Route 1, Box 329
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
Tlilliam McGilvrey
Mission Services
Box 177 , ^ ,
Kempton, IN U60U9
NON-PROFIT ORG.
POSTAGE PAID
Bluffton, Ohio
Permit No. 155
Kathleen Anderson
NEWSLETTER
Kathleen Anderson is working with the
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
in Chiengmoi, Thailand
FORWARDING AGENT:
Mr, ond Mrs. Harry Criblez
Rt. 1
Ada, Ohio 45810
FIELD ADDRESS:
Box 59
Chiengmal, Thailand
September 8, 1977
Dear Christian friends,
Missionaries:
Paul and Cris Puller
Mox and Rosabel Haven
Daniel and Beverly Kalnin
Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun
Douglas and Geri Umbonhovvar
FOUNDER and COORDINATOR:
LaVerne Morse
EVANGELIST: Louis Hall
Board of Sp'L' ...
. Mokeno, Illinois
Directors: 60448
Niimber 8
It seems to me that a missionary's life could be easily *rlj;erad_aj^..by detail*
as the writer Thoreau once said* In working with a school7'6v^ thou^ it is a
small one, there are always a hundred little things that need to be done* tee:-
such little thing, but In^ortant thing, that I do is take students to see the
doctor* This morning I Just got back from taking one of our students to the
dentist| and this was the fourth trip I'7e made with Jungson during the past
three weeks. His teeth are in poor condition, and he's getting a new partial
bottom plate. Consequently numerous trips are required, but we can really save
time by having my Honda to hop on and ride! At times the health of the students
is a real burden with me* For the most part we well-fed, well-doctored Americans
are so strong in comparison with these Asians* Here malaria is about as comoon
as influen2a in the States, and the students keep a constant vigil against dysentery,
typhoid, and who knows what else* Praise the Lord for good health! And please
pray to the lord for our good health*
After completing this past term of classes (June through August) it became apparent
that we would have to stop conducting classes imtil we could get the school
officially registered with the government. If there is any way that this Bible
school can be hindered from educating leaders, it seems the powers that be will
find a way to do Just that. To both the missionaries and the students, this is
a discouraging delay* (Yes, there is red tape in Thailand, too.) Most of the
male students have gone up to villages to help in the fields and also to preach
and teach whenever they have the chance. The girls are remaining here in Chiangmai,
and I'm going to be teaching them to type* Because of several considerate indivi
duals in the States, we now have half a dozen typewriters for the students to use*
The tribal languages which the girls speak (Lisu and Bawang) both use English
letters for their script, so this
endeavor to teach them to type
should prove to be quite interesting
ever" have^^while^ in Thai
land* I had the opportunity to
Some of the Meo Christian women whom Imogens
Williams teaches pictured along with myself*
.ca^..:ne6r the Thai-Laotian border. Imogene Williaraa, an independent
Chriatian"'missionary who works with the Ifeo hill-tribe people in that area, had
invited me to come visit and see her work there* It was good to have a chance to
zneet with various Meo Christians with whom Imogens works, but seeing the refugee
village was the real highlight of nsy trip. Since Imogens doesn't work with the
refugees on a regular basis, we had to obtain special permission to get inside the
camp. As the pick-up truck which Imogens was driving came up over the hill where
I caught my first view of the camp, I could hardly believe my eyes. There, row
after row after row, were bamboo houses completely covering about (I would roughly
estimate) a 30 acre area of land. And people. fivarywhereS Thousands of people'
To this girl who is used to the open fields of Ohio farmland, my first look at such
cramned together humanity was overwhelming. Imogene and I wound our way past
hundreds of the 8iQq>le dwellings and talked with various people there (some of them
could speak Thai). We were told that there were 13,000 refugees on that area of
land. I can't imagine living in those conditions, neither mental or physical. Some
of them have been there since the time Laos fell to the communists. What hope do
they have? They own nothing at the present, their past is in ashes in communist
Laos, and a very small percentage have been able to emigrate to other countries and
begin life over again. '<^ite a number of benevolent groups, both Christian and
secular, have representatives working there trying to relieve the situation. At
the last report that I've heard, there are about 7^,000 refugees living in Thailand
and the number is growing. One of the things that made me realize the pathos of
the situation was seeing a group of young people sitting along side one of the dirt
paths with absolutely nothing to do but continue sitting there. It's really some
thing to be face to face with so many people who are truly poormentally, physically,
spiritually.
After leaving the refugee can^, one thought kept coming to me over and o^er. how
rich I ami How rich we all are. lb we whom Gk>d has given so mich naterialistically,
may we grow in our understanding of the infinite riches in Christ Jesus.
PRAYER REt^DESrS
1. That CBI can be registered
with the government
2. That the physical and spiri
tual needs of the refugees oen~
be met
3* That people will be led to
give to seam's general fund
viiioh is guite low
AND THANKSGIVING
1. That Christians have gener
ously provided all the needed
funds for CBl's multi-purpose
building
2. That Paul and Elaine Parriah
are now in Chiangmai with the
rest of the team having cozqpleted
five months of language school
in Bangkok
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
Route 1, Box 329
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
Sincerely,
A view of the refugee village which I visited
near the Thai-Laotian border.
Tfilliam McGilvrey
Mission Services
Box 177
Kempton, IN 1+60^9
NON-PROFIT ORG.
POSTAGE PAID
Bluffton, Ohio
Permit No. 155
KathI
nderson
NEWSLETTER
Kathleen Anderson is working with the
SOUTHEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
in Chiengmai, Thailand
FORWARDING AGENT:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Criblez
Rt. 1
Ado, Ohio 45810
Decemoer 1, 1977
Dear Ohristian friends,
FIELD ADDRESS:
Box 59
Chiengmai, Thailand
, Thailand
Missionories:
Paul and Chris Fuller
Jerry and Ram Headen
Daniel and Beverley Kalnin
Paul and Elaine Parrish
Waif Prevost
Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun
Douglas and Geri Umbonhowar
Tim Viner
number 9
Co-ordinator:
LoVerne Morse
Field Representatives:
Louis Hall
Russell Hall
It's been a very good month of November, for several reasons# The biggest blessing
has been the coming of various teaching teams from America# Ihe students so far have
enjoyed three weeks of concentrated Bible teaching with the alternating teams# Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Binanuel from Washington, North Carolina, were the first ones to arrive.
Mr. Bnanuel taught the book of Jamea during the first full week of November, and I
had the opportunity of having this couple stay with me during their first visit to
Chiangmai. Following them came Mr. Russell Hall from Hoanoke, Virginia, and Mr. Norman
Ward from Martinsville, Indiana. Ihey taught the New Testament church and the book
of Hebrews during the second week of the seminars. Mr. Louis Hall from Eden, North
Carolina, then arrived, and continued the study on the book of Hebrews, and also taught
Personal Evangelism. I must add that Louis was a special blessing to me, since he
had been peraonally-aoguaijited with my family and ray home congregation in the States.
I just wish I could personally thank the people who made it financially possible for
these teams to come and visit us. It was really worth it to have them with us for all
this teaching. At the present time we're anxiously awaiting Dr. Lewis Foster and his
wife and daughter to arrive for the last week of these teaching seminars.
C^e idea that certainly causes me to rejoice is that the longer I stay here, the
more evidence there is of the Lord working in the lives of the people in this country.
One man, whose family has been instrumental in preaching the gospel to the Akha tribe,
had asked me for an English Study Bible. He wanted to do an in depth study of the
scriptures in English. IVhen I presented him one sent from the States, it was like
seeing a child on Christmas morninghe was so excited! Another opportunity that has
come my wayi A Christian widow who has been attending the congregation that meets on
the school property invited me to her home for a meal. She wanted me to join her in a
time of thanksgiving to God for some answers to her prayers. One Sunday afternoon I
had the privilege of driving the mission truck to take quite a number of our students
to a meeting about 15 miles outside of Chiangmai. There in a small village a group
of Christian young people were
meeting, and the CBI students
sang numbers. ~
After every song, the students
kept being asked for encores.
It was good to see everyone so
willing to rejoice together in Hp*/:--' -
the Lord. And one of the most
exciting things is to hear
reports from the villages that
people are turning away from
spirit worship, to worshipping
the true God. These are little
incidents, but they do add up
one thing, and is V \ B|||kB[l
the Lord's name is being liftui
up heiein Thailand.
(continued on back)
Louis Hall teaching students with Poyon as interpreter.
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Kathleen Anderson
Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun
Mary, Esther, Lois, Anna
On FurloughI
Paul and Cris Fuller and family
Doug and Geri Umbanhowar and family
Recruitss
Jerry and Pam Headen
and farnily
Cji the first day of November I ^ I
daughter." Garu-nang, one of jB^^B i'j|^
the CBI students who had been
another of the students, Jungson M^'4 Vr .
Hedam-Wang* It was quite an ^^^B mff
occasion--a lovely ceremony ^
customs, guests and a ' ' ^mM
was held in the unfinished library
of the new multi-purpose building. J-Bj^^AMgiBu'dl'V
Although 1 thoroughly enjoyed the 1? s
event, it bothered me how passive -
the bride wasl Among the hill-
that the man takes a v;ife, and she .-
doesn't have much to say about it. ^^1.^tUB^
I guess I'm still American enough lungson and Garu-nang distributing
that I would want to have a oBjor favors at their wedding receptiont
vote in the matter. The newly-
weds are living with Peter and Ruth Sutjaibun until they have the opportunity to return
to their home village to live# klsy God oless this new Christian couple#
lungson and Garu-nang distributing
favors at their wedding reception#
It's hard to believe that Christmas is only a few weeks away, since we have such warm
weather and lush greenery here. I'll probably be saying that every year, but here's
something else that I say just as often and mean just as much* May each and every one
of you have a wonderful, Christ-filled Christmas#
Sincerely,
PLEA32 PRAY FOR the future of the ChiangnBi * THANK TH3 LORD that advances are being made
Bible Institute as it is still uncertain * in translating the Bible into another tribal
what course we should take concerning * language, Ngo Chang, and that the gospel is
registration# being preached in a number of villages.
Did you know that#..
^lere are more than 3#000 languages in the world yet without the Scriptures#
(Language and Faith. 7ycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 1972, pg. 32.)
In Japan there are 109 million Shinto-Buddhists, and one million Christians.
(Swadesh De Roy, "Kurisumasu Ivfeans a Billion Gifts," The Asia Nfegazine.
November 27, 1977, p. 2.)
There are close to 100 Buddhist temples in the city of Chiangmai# (William
Warren, "The Unchanging Lure of Chiangmai," Reader's Digest. Asian Edition,
November 1976, p. 99#)
Missionary giving among American Protestant churches amounts to less than
half of giving for new church buildings# (Stephen R. Sywulka, "Junk That
Missionary Barrel," Moody ivionthlv. September 1977, p. 56)
Thailand's population is less than X% Christian, any denomination.
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