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J a ne t Bemo

ox 223S4

ipe i. Taiwan

De a r Ch rlstIans

CTP 13

June

28,

1968

Even though

It has only

been two months since

our l as t n ewsle tt er

and a

l i t t l e over

a month since

we

were in

America,

a lo t has taken place

since

The

f i r s t major thing tha t happened

was

my graduation.

Mm

sure

my

professors will agree tha t my graduation was a remarkab le event.

I graduated with a

B S L {Bachelor

of Sacred Literature)

degree

1

and Janet graduated

with

a

P.H.T.

(Putting

Hubby

Through)

degree.

She wasn t

given public recogn Itlon fo r t h l s , but lcer ta lnly rec-

ognize i t . I

am thankful fo r

such a

helpful wife

as

Janet.

_

The week after g raduat i on was f I II ed with

last

minute packing and

a thousand mi Ies of t

rave

l ing. On our Iast t r ip home In ou r l i t t l e

Opel, which had 24,000 miles put on

i t

in a year,

i t

finally gave

out. e

crippled

along at 25 mph. a I night long

with

what we thought

was

amal funct

ion ing

fuel pump all the

way from Stronghurst,

no i s

to Jop

I I n, Missouri. I t turned

out

on Iy

to

be a

s topped -up fue l

line

but

when

we

finally got

to

J op I in, I

took

to

a re pal r shop Alan

Janet

a t

and said

goodbye

to

it,

leaving

it

in the capable careofmy

father.

Graduation

from, ^ j

— ,

— v

ur a a u

a

iion

j r om

He is

selling

It for us and we

are

very grateful to him for that. Qzark

Bible

College

On Friday before t ha t f a te fu l

t r i p ,

June 7 , I had th e honor o f

performing

the wed

ding

ceremony

f9 r my

brother ,

Gary Bemo,

and

his f ia nce , Carolyn Donaldson. I wish I

had

a p ic tu re o f

t ha t

event

to

show you.

Then on Tuesday

morn in g, Ju ne

I I , we s t a r t ed

our t r i p from

Jop l i n , Missouri to Los

Angeles, Cal i fo rn ia . We drove

a s ix teen- foo t van U-Haul

t ruck with

a ll of our th ings

to

be shipped

overseas

in

i t .

We

drove

through Kansas ,

Colorado,

Utah, Arizona,

Neva

da

and

Ca l i f o rn i a ,

s topp ing

to

v i s i t f r i e nds a long th e way. Even though we saw some

beaut i ful

scenery and

saved

about

300, I

wouldn t recommend

i t fo r anyone

e l s e .

We

spoke

a t

th ree

c hu rc he s d ur in g

our

week-long s t ay

in

Los Angeles .

We

put

our belongings

on a f r e i gh t e r

bound fo r Taiwan and on

June

24, we

boarded

a j e t bound

forTokyo. I f

you

c an t

t e l l i t

from th i s p i c t u r e , Beth

is

laughing and she had ap re t t y good

t ime

In s p i t e o f th e crowded

condi

tions

It

t o ok u s

fifteen

hou r s of

f ly ing

t ime

with

a th i r t y -m inu t e

s top

in Hono I u I u and an

ei

ghteen-hou r s top

in Tokyo before we f inal ly arr ived in

Taiwcin. We a r r iv ed a t 7:30

p.m.,

on

June 26,

and had a i

arge

group

of

Ame r i c a n s and Ch i

n e s e

to we I come u s .

On Plane

to Tokyo



The second Sunday we were

here , t h e r e

was

Hawai i

had l e d h e r

m a i d to

t h e L o r d .

To be q ui te t ru th fu I we were p r e t t y

discouraged th e f i r s t week we were

here . I t

Is always a shock t o come

from a coun t ry

where

you

can

g e t so

so

much

done

t o

one where

t

t a k e s

so

Ion9 to do so I i t t I

e,

I a t t ri bute

t h i s

to the

weather, t ransportat Ion

and

Iack of knowledge of the Chinese

language. However, with

camp s t a r t

ing the

second

week a f t e r we got here,

we

were too

busy to even

t h i n k

about

i t . y language

school

s t a r t e d

the

same week

of

camp. This

meant

that 1

had to get up at camp every

morning

a t 5:00 so t h a t I could

g e t

back to

Taipei

fo r my

language classes

which

began at 7:30

a.m.

Then

a f t e r

three

hours of

ci

asses,

I

had to hurry back

by

two

busses

so I

could

teach

two

classes

any

responses

at camp, but we had

several of

vices t h i s morning and we know

that

we

have

water,

od

will

give

the Increase.

k

a

baptism.

M-rs. Martin, a missionary from

C l a s s d u r i n g

Camp

at

camp in the

afternoon.

e d i d n t

have

the t h i r t y - e i g h t campers at church s e r -

p lanted th e

seed. e

are

sure

that I f we

e

are

working with two c o n g r e g a t i o n s now — one a t ShulIn and th e o t h e r In

t h e

suburb of Shingwang. At Shingwang we only have a few

people meeting

In t h e i r homes,

but we

hope

t h i s will be the

s t a r t i n g

of a great work.

Yesterday,

through the Lord s

ieadl ng~,

we rriade~the

f in a l

deal

on a

house^. I t Ts

a

nice

home big enough fo r a s t u d e n t c e n t e r which we hope t o s t a r t soon and I t Is lo

c a t e d r i g h t in t h e middle o f t h e c o l l e g e a r e a . e a r e r e a l l y

e x c i t e d ;

however o u r

t h i n g s won t be a r r i v i n g here by s h i p

t ll

August 13 so we

c a n t

move in y e t .

J a n e t

too , i s studying Chin ese with a p r i v a t e t u t o r two

hours

every af ternoon. I t

is hard

work,

but

we

are

enjoying

I t .

The most d i f f i c u l t

part about It

Is

the tones .

For

example, i f you say wo yau mai

b i

which

means I want t o buy a pen, you d bet

t e r be careful because If you say o yaumai

b l

you will be selI Ing you r pen.

e

are

really glad to be here. But Just because we re happy here

doesn t

mean we

d o n t need your p r a y e r s an d l e t t e r s . P l e a s e

do both.

In C h r i s t

Co

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Alan

an d Beth Bemo

- now

a f te r

g rad ua tin g h e re _

they

were going do^m, I

asked to

go

along,

Iiis parents, Doris and Douglas B emo, and ;J.an and his father

crated

up their

g i ft s to

the

of a

heater,

a cook stove, a washer and dryer - a l l to go to Taiwan. Then we made

the

journey

south

on S

a t .

a f t

an d ha s

a

busy

week-end,

with

even

me

d ra fted to

speak.

We

^:a^k

Layman

and hi s wife Janet (Davis) who had grown up in Japan at th e same time as

my Janet. The children on

the horse

below are

t h e i r

so n and ou r B eth.

we went

to visit Christ s Forty Acres before returning to Joplin, in time

to

collect the

an d

i c e cream

I ha d

ordered f o r

th e b r i d a l shower f o r Carolyn Donaldson whose marriage t o Ga

^Vlan s

brother, was an event of June 7th, with Alan officiating),

Wednesday,

X drove

to

emore and

go t

Mother

so that

she could hear the concert by the two Ozark

Bible

College choirs

ni ght . I t was a high mark

of the

year,

believe

me.

Such

musici

Won t

heaven resound when

th e

Christian

si nger s an d

musicians jo in

forces up t her e?

night,

the

Ted S kiles famil y form erl y th e Demo's fonârding ag en ts , b ut

now

preparing to b

interns

to Taiv/an, themselves) arrived and next day the Douglas Bemos and Dean Wolfal

whose home

a t

Treaty, Ind. A Ia n and

Janet

had

lived, last summer). Baccalaureate

services

held Thursday afternoon, folloiêd by a f ac u lt y r ec e pt io n , and in th e evening. Commencement,

was

one of 54 graduates and earned the 5-year degree of B.S.L. I have laiown Man fo r 4^ yea

have r e j o i c e d a t h is gro^rth o f mind and s p i r i t

a s

he s t u d i e d unde r th e

g o d l y

p r o f e sso r s o f O.

Jariet Has

gro\-ai i n th e same way an d I am so

proud

to be her

mother.

Sh e

ha s

th e

Ch ristia n

o f

sho\d.ng

h o s p i t a l i t y an d pat i ence an d gent l eness an d i s a f i n e

Bib le

t e a c h e r . They

a r e

very

much needed an d

wanted i n

Taiwan, where they intend to begin a Student

Center,

an d ^vill

a t once to

learn the

Taiwanese language (wiiich I do no t speak, incidentally).

morning

a f t e r g ra du at io n , J an e t

gave her

l a s t Tuppenâre par t y

an d

t h a t ni ght

I

gave

a

cook-o

partj^ for the whole crowd of Formosa recruits se e

picture

belcn/) - namely, Ted and Beve

now beginning to raise

support for

going

to

Formosa

address

them Ozark

Bible

Colleg

N. Main

S t .

Joplin,

Mo.

64801); Ted was

valedictorian

of

the

1967

class

a t O.B.S. and

ha s

b

for 3

years

for the ne^/

congregation

i n B lacloêll, Okla. They

have

3 chi l dren. Then,

an d Molly

Johnston

an d

t h e i r

2 c h i l d r e n who hope

t o

come next summer a f t e r h is graduation

O.D.C.

H e

also h as been preaching

fo r

s e v e r a l y e a r s , i n

addition to

worldng

as a motel

aud

to support

his

family, bu t hopes to r a i s e

h i s

support

t h i s school

year.

Address the same. A

Sam

and Virginia Hazelwood,

now

youth

ministers a t the

Blvd. Church in Muskogee, plan to

com

s e v e r a l

year s o f

m i ni st er i ng an d

majoring

i n

l i n g u i s t i c s . Virginia

was th e

1966 valedictor

an d

Sam has

ha d

a t our of d uty i n th e

armed forces,

so

has

a

v i s i o n ,

from h is

oversees

dut

needs

to be

done.

And indeed, a l l of t h e s e young f ol ks have s t a r s i n

t h e i r

eyes an d I pr

fo r them as thej' go t h r u th e rugged months of work and worry and much

prayer

an d preaching

in

for going.

This month, Ted Sidles

begins

booking dates and since

they

plan to

come

s oo ne st , may I ask you to i n v i t e

them to y ou r c hu rc h?

th e

coming

of

June,

we

a l l

began

to

go

i n

d i f f e r e n t

d i r e c t i o n s .

Florence

Douglas

drove

Moth

me to Claremore, S a t .

A ft

an d we spent a quiet week-end th e re

with

Mother and

s t e p - f a t h e r ,

Elrod, The childi^cn and I

a l l

returned to

Joplin

on

Monday ni ght ,

however, and they

began

ORIENT BROADCASTER

FORhSDSA C H R I S TI A N

M I S S I O N

A s s o c i a t e d w i t h th e

Kyushu

C h r i s t i a n

>£Lssion

ADiary of the Activities of

I ^ b e l

Dittemore

HOME

ADDRESS;

F0KV.7\RDING AGENT:

406 N.

P e a r l

S t . Margai Ct McGinn

Joplin, Missouri 64801 ^ Box 79, Maspeth,

June 2 9 th , 1968

Y . 1 1 3 7 8

Five

w ee ks ha ve

gone

by

sin c e

I

w rote the

l a s t

newsletter

an d

n

J anet

an d

Alan and B eth Bemo) are i n Taiv«.n and I i n Eastern

Ohio, j u s t back from a wonderful week

in

Virginia wiiere,

as

gue

of D r.

Cl ar abel l c Hopldns, I not on ly spoke

a t Bump as s, W ay nes,

boro

an d

C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , bu t also ha d

a week

of d a i l y

chiropra

t i c treatments which put ray head

and

back into shape again.

Goo

Bu t l e t s g e t

back

to May s l a s t \/eek \ ^ c h began with a v i s i t

th e Kaindchi

m o u n t a i n s . I

had always

w anted t o

s e e them

an d

v i

t h e

c h u r c h e s

an d m i s s i o n a r i e s o f t h a t a r e a an d

when

J a n e t an d A

We s p e n t F r i d a y evening a t

A l a n s

home, v i s i



pack

in earnest.. I t had to

be done by

Sat,,

with a wedding

in

be tween. So they were busy.

I

va-s

busy too, preparing for a 5

week

spealdng

trip but we

enjoyed having

the Woodrow Phillip

over on

Tues. p.m.

and

welcoming

Mother

^ô

came

by

bus

from Claremore

on Wed, a f t . She and I

lef t by car on Thursday a.m . June 6th, and we both

said

good-bye to our three precious Bemos -

Mother

promising to

meet

them on a

cloud

when they arrived

in

heaven.

Our f irs t

stop

was in S

t .

Louis where we pi cked up my

sister,

Mary Ellen

Giese,

at

the

airpo

and then drove on

east

to Flora, 111. where I spoke that night. I stayed that night at the

Ralph >fyer home but

Mother

and Mary stayed v/ith /am Trotter and Mother m lS already under the d

er vdien

I got

to

her beauty shop,

nesct

a.m. to be fixed up. Then

we

headed south

for the

wedd

of V/alter

Maxey

and

Mary

Stanes,

tha t n ight,

in

Murphysboro, 111.

I t

was

a

lovely

wedding and

the

Stanes were

so

gracious

to

share their

fine

home and warm hospitality with

the avalanche

o

>iaxeys who arrived. After

the reception

and

the rice

we took a

family picture

of

a l l

our im

mediate family s t i l l on earth - Mother, me Tibbs, Mark toy Vic tor and Bryan - all

together

possibly the

last time, and then everyone but us 3 women and Pauline and Mark l e f t for motels.

B rian Giese, Mary*s son, had been best man and he and >Iary

l e f t in

the wee hours for

thei r

ho

in Storm Lake,

la .

where he had one last week-ead

before

leaving Omaha

Monday

for a missiona

interneship in H

awaii

from C.B.S.)

Later that

a.m.. Mother and I

said

a

tearful

fare^rell to

Mark

and P au li ne \/ho had

lef t

their

home

in Louisville

fo r

a

last

lap of speaking

dates before

sailing back to Japan. Then, after a brunch at t he motel with the others, we left

for

Spring

field,

111. ^diere I spoke, next day,

at

Sweetwater church

in the

a.m. and

West

Side that

nigh

Early

Men.

a.m.

I

drove

Mother

to

the

St,

Louis

airport

and

put her

on a

plane

for

Tulsa

and

t

called

my

children at noon to say good-bye as they were to leave for the V/est Coast,

that

day.

But

then,

the

loneliness

of the lone

t ravel ler h it

me and

was a l l I could do to get in the

and id-thout Mother s

cheerful

presence) start

the

long journey east. So I headed

for the

hom

a dear

friend,

across t he Indiana line

in

Sullivan, Mrs.

Jessie

Engle,

and

spent a busy but ve

restful

24 hrs. washing, writing and having a permanent,

before

going on

to

Bedford to speak o

ue s. p.m. After a good eyeningand morning there, I drove over to N. Vernon and had lunch with

the

newl3Cweds Walter and Mary Maxey who

are Asst. ministers there

now beginning

t heir n^rri

i fe with

the

same church where

his

parents, Mark and

Pauline,

began

theirs).

Then I drove

do

to

spend

2 good

days

in Louisville with Vic and Lois and their 3 boys -

on

vacation, that

week

riday evening I drove up

to

Indpls.

for

supper with H elen Swengel and Uriah Bna of Assam at

home

of

Vera Mushrush, and

a ll

day

Saturday

dictated

let ters

and

other

material

to

Vera who ty

while

I

wrote

longhand

notes.

Then Vera

drove

me, on Sunday, to Lucerne

in the a.m.

and

in the

p.m. to speak. I \^s so

grateful

for her help, ^fon. a.m. saw me heading eas

stopping

for awhile

in

Circleville to vis i t and on to New Lexington, 0. to spend

the

ni

a former fellow-office

worker

I

had-not, seen

for 3Q_yr.s.

Then,

Tues. I

went Qn-ta-B-rilli

to speak

that

night - th e 18th . Wed. p.m. I spoke

at

Steubenville ^nd Thurs. the V/m.

Mi

(ministers

at B rilliant) drove

me to Pit tsburg

where I took a plane

for Virginia, leav

g my car in

Brilliant

where I picked i t up a

gain,

last night.

meantime, in

Taiwan,

a t

the end

of

May,

the Training f or S erv ic e class took

the f ina l exam

nd made above 90 grades. What is better , they arranged for and

conducted,

last week, a

yout

f or Chr is ti an

graduating students

and their

friends

(28 campers

in

al l

with l es sons

from

he

Training for Service course as study

material .

7

of

the

campers

confessed

the i r

fai th a t

and

we

pray

will

complete

their

obedience soon.

Please

pray

for

them.

On

June

27th,

Ala

Janet arrived on the

7:30

p.m.

plane

and

lam

sure

prayer-meeting, that

night, was one

of

a t the ai rpor t for the

return of

their

American

brother

and

s i s te r .

KLshi

has written from Japan

that when she

put a sign in

front

of their new home announc

services

there each week, the mayer of the suburb

village

(of Hirosliima), asked i f

they

wo

ike to

have

the services announc^

over

the rad io

and preceded

to

copy the hours and

did

anno

e

take heart,

as I know

they

do

too, over every such

gesture

of friendsliip

and

over

opportunity

to

preach and teach that Jesus i s Lord,

to

the glory of the Father.

EASE NOTE; I f you do

not

want

to

have th e D is cip le s fo rc e you

into

a

merger

such as the rece

one,

you had

better get your church s

name taken out of

the

year book before SEPT

Just

a warning

from

your missionary

£otK<^mosa

I s a b e l

M. Di t t emo r e



FAR FAST CRUSADER

Missiomry:

Alan

Jane t

Bemo

Lane 157, / 21

Hsin Sheng S. Rd., Section 1

Taipei , Taiwan

Forwarding

Agent:

l - i rs .

Sand i Oant

R. R.

1,

Box 237

Fort

Oibson,

Oklahoma 7UU3U

Dear Christ ian Friends,

A lo t

of important thii^gs

happened

in the

month

of August, One was - fl

our fourth wedding anniversaiy . flT S

which

we

celebrated by getting S »

our things

through

customs, f

oing

through customs was

an

ex

^ t f

i ~

'' •

perienee I would like to

have

r ^

skipped

i f there

had been

aiy

^

o ther way of get t ing our belong-

ipgs.

The

ship.

President Van V^

Buren, was to

arrive

on August 16,

but

because

of

a typhoon

i t

was HI^SBHR r

delayed

t i l l

the 17th (our anniver-L ^ |

sary).

I went

to

Keelung,

the kv

M

port city, to get

them,

but there : I B

were so mapy

ships still

in har- . [ 9

bor that

ours

hadn t

even gotten

HB^B^^9|BB^HIv / m r iB

to the

dock. That

was

on

Saturday

I

9S>

^

so went

back

following I B

Chinese man to help me get through ,

. ^

j t

*

custc«E

and we spent

all

of Mon anniversary

- femily

picture

day morning going

from desk to desk

to o ffic ia l t iying

to

get our papers in order. At 11:00,

af te r miles of walkir^

and

even a boat r ide o r

two,

I f inally

got to see

our things. Almost

immediately I noticed

that

a lock was off one of

our

barrelB and

that one cra te was

badly

damaged, I feared tha t some

of

our

things had been s tolen

or danaged, but I soon saw that

everything was a lr igh t A customs i rapector

told

rae I had to

open

every crate and two o f

our bar re l s After about an hour of such

work

we

were

f inished

and

I

t hou^ t

we

were

ready

to take

the th i rgs

home.

Then the Chinese man

I had

hired as

my customs broker to ld me we

were only

half through.

The docks closed down a t

1:00

P.M.

so

I had to go home

and

come back

the

next

morning a t

7:00.

At

1:00

P.M. on Têsda^r,

August

20th,

we had

our

things

a t

our

new

house and 500 less

in the

bank as a resiilt. ]2ven

a t th is people

said

we

got off easy.

Vow*

Ve

are

thankful, though,

to teve

our things nw and we hope that

our

experiences can help the

other

r ecru i t s

vô are coming to

Taiwan.

A week before

we

got our things through customs we signed a one

year

lease on a

house.

In

China

you have to pay a t le as t six months rent in

advance which took another

big hunk out

of

our bank account.

This

is alr ight though, since th is

is

why the Lord gave i t to us. He

has supplied our eveiT. - need.

Our house

is

located close to severa l colleges mst

as

we had hoped and i t has a nice

b ig

room

in frort

which we want to use

for oiu* student, meetings. I t has

an outs id e

door

to

tha t

roan

so i t

is

veiy

convienent. Right now we are s t i l l living

a t l-fother s house while

she

is



that spoken

Chinese

is easier to

learn

jB^3B||

English,

but the wri t ten

is quite

to us

at f i rs t

because we were planning

ftHfiiJi'

nii

on

going

r igh t to

work

ful l - t ime.

Here Our new home.

are some examples of i ts importance,

though.

There

were two Sundays on

which

Mr. Suen

my

t r ans la tor couldn t be there, so I had

to speak

in

English

without a t ransla tor . Of course

most of the people couldn t understand me

and

th e sub.iect was so inpor tant tha t I almost

cried,

Just

this

week I spoke to four college

students

that were meeting here

a t

th e

house.

After

speaking for about forty

minutes

on vhy I believed

the B ible,

one of them said, I wish yo u

could

speak

to

us

in Chinese.

Since we wrote

l a s t

there have

been

t v/ o more

addit ions

to

the Lord s

Body

of which

we

are

very

thankful

to

the Lord. These

were

brought to Christ

by Mrs

Lill ian

Martin,

a

co-worker

here.

She

has now moved

to

Kaohsiung

to

begin

her

orphanage.

—-j i -

We

are really happy that Ted Skiles and his family our I

former forwarding agents are coming to

Taiwan,

the Lord f

willing this

coming

December.

It will truly

have

to

be

A0^

1

through t he Lo rd s power for them to be able to

raise

j

their support by

then.

We

are

sure

that

i t is His V/ill /-

because of

the way has

led in their lives

already, - |Wk

i ?

The S kile s se nt us a

taped

l e t t e r recent ly t e l l ing

o f

the i r

experiences so far

in

preparing

to come

and

i t

is

BM

y ^

amazing

how

the Lord

has

worked.

The

work here needs

y

them very

much arsi i f you, too , would be interes ted in

hearing

them

speak

and

helpipg them p le as e w r it e them

in

care of

their

forwarding agent: Ted Skiles C t .

Dan Schu l t e

1204 Krauss Dr. 7^

Eldon, Ko,

St-iles

family

We look forward

very

much

to

the i r

arr ival

and the i r help

in the

work here . Please pray for them. They are dedicated servants

of

Ocd \dio are anxious

to get on the field

and

only have

three

months to

ra ise

thei r support.

Please

continue

to pray

fo r

us

too, as

we labor on

in

His vineyard here

in Taipei,

Taiwan.

In Chris t,

iS

5 ^ H



A d d r e s s :

J a n e t

Bemo

157» Number 21

Sheng S.

Rd*,

Sec* 1

Taiwan

26, 1968

C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s :

are so

th ankfu l to be

here in

Taiwan

serving

ou r Lord and

Savior

Jesus Christ.

We want

to

a re with

you a few

things

which

have

happened since we

wrote l a s t .

e re^so^^^^ th t

^

i t

so much

more tn^ any

otner we

have

suburb

where

we have Simday night

housing

d i s t r i c t and

as

we

were

about

to

one

night ,

an

army

jeep also s t a r t e d to

the

compound. One

of

th e Christians flagged the Jeep down and asked

the

driver to give us

l i f t to Taipei since

that was where he was going anyway. He

seemed

glad

to

give us the

ride

and

were amazed

to find

that

tne trip,

which

usually

takes over

an

hour

by

taxi, bus,

and

walking

ly took fifteen minutes and a lot

less

energy. I don t exaggerate a bit wnen I say

that

in the

three hours we had

the

car we

got two

days work done

he

car is truly a blessing. It wa

ot

earned or deserved

—

i t

was truly a

g i f t of

the

Lord. We

had

thought about buying

a

car

t

because they are so expensive

here

we didn t give i t much serious

thought.

The only other

car we

had found was one t h a t

cost 1^4200

U.S., which was an Opel. There a r e n t

many cars on

e market

here. By

a chance meeting Mother

(Isabel

Dittemore happened to

find out that

an

of God missionary was trying to sell

his

car,

not

to make a

profit

but to help out some

missionaries. They could have sold i t for a lo t more. We had been graying about this

ca r

d

now we

are

still

thanking

Him

even a t

t a b l e

grace.

were very sad to receive the news that

Janet s

Grandmother _ ^1^

axey Elrod passed away on November 5th remember <j||k ^flHI

e

w o n d e r f u l

t i m e s

we

h a v e h a d w i t h h e r a n d l o o k f o r w a r d t o

e t ime when we w i l l be

t o g e t h e r

a g a i n .

e

work here

i s

progressing

even

though it seems a s though

h a v e little

t o

do with it

Of

c o u r s e it is t h e L o r d wno

t h i n g s bu t

we d o n t

seem

to

be very

u s a b l e . Both

o f

u s

attend

language

school three hours, f ive

days a week

d are having quite

a

struggle with it Our classrooms

are

small, as you can t e l l and there i s only one other

in

our

c l a s s

which

i s

good. We

are

s t a r t i n g

to

la ce as

many

English

words

with

Chinese words as we

can

we~

teach and

t a l k .

We

provide

good entertainment

f o r

r Chinese

friends

as

we

attempt to commimicate. ^

ffi.K

S A S T

cnasmeit

Forwarding Agent:

Mrs*

S a n d i

G a n t

R.

R.

1 ,

Box

237

F o r t

Gibson ,

O k l a h o m a

O u r

New

Cair

At

language s c h o o l



have stairted

having

th^Ldrd s

supper

a t

and

usually^Jiê

eight

people

not countingôurselves. The

leader

Mr, L i u / i s going

to

be

t r a n s l a t i n g

g r e a t l y needed

books

f o r th e Church h e r e

d

he

has been wonde ri ng wha t e l s e

he

can do

serve God more. He has preached s e v e r a l

a t the Church in Taipei and we hope

t h a t

he

w i l l

be preaching r e g u l a r l y

t h i s Church i n h i s own

community.

e

c l a s s e s

we

are

having

i n

our

home

are

going well

but

we

pray t h a t

some of

s t u d e n t s w i l l accept C h r i s t soon.

be p r a y i n g

with

u s .

Some of

our students a t

th e Taip ei Medical

College

went out to the Taipei

Medical

College a couple

of weeks

ago to

take

p i c t u r e s o f some o f our s t u d e n t s who a t t e n d t h e r e .

While

t h e r e I

t a few

s t u d e n t s

who a r e coming to

our c l a s s e s

now

because

of t h a t

We

want to make v i s i t s to

more

college campuses but with

so

language

study

we

j u st d on t

have the

t ime.

I know

t h a t

we nad

could have

f i f t y

students

a

night a t

ou r

house and have meetings-

c o l l e g e

campuses.

i s

one

year

and

seven

months

old

now.

I f

X

were

a

Chinese

f a t h e r

would have

to say

she i s not

to o

pretty or

bright. But

since I am

an

erican I wil l t e l l

you

the truth — she i s get ti ng cut er , l ike her

and smarter, l i k e her fa ther . That l a s t part i s n t

too t ru th

I guess. People s t i l l ask

us

i f

she

i s a boy or a

g i r l

even when

have pretty l i t t l e

dresses

on

her,

and I admit I am

trying to

make

torn-boy out of

h e r .

doctor told us that Janet and the baby to come

are

doing fine. The

baby

i s

due

at

the end

of

December The other day JaneVsaid she

we were going

to

have

twins

and I t o ld h e r

she did I

was

on furlough. We

think

we would

rather

have a boy next but we

that what od gives us i s best. We only pray that he or

she

will

healthy.

Our

next

newsletter

wil l

surely

bare the

announcement.

i n

Chris t ,

t jdL

M r s . S a n d i G a n t

R.S. 1 , Box 237

F o r t

Gibson,

Okla.

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