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RAMBLINGS of WALT
News Letter of Walt Prevost
SOUTH EAST ASIA EVANGEL IZ ING MISSION BOX 59
MAKE CHECKS P Y BLE TO WEST SEATTLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 4400 42ND.
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CHIANGMAI THAILAND
AVE. S.W SEATTLE, WASH. 98116. c o DOROTHY WEBER. FWDG. AGENT
Volume I
January 1980
A Potpourri of News from Walt
1 am using this issue of Ramhlings of Wall to report on a variety of activities with which I
have been involved.
Compound Evangelism is what I have been calling my attempts to reach my neighbors
for Christ in the family compound where I live. During eight weekly evening sessions about a
dozen came. These people are Buddhistthey moved a god-shelf, including an image of Buddha,
out of my house before I moved in. I am presently continuing with three girls who want some
help with English. Each Thursday evening we read from the Gospel of Mark. I am encouraged
by the fact tiiat they ask more questions about Jesus than about English words Poyon trans
lated for the initial series; Prachuap is helping with the English Bible reading.
The Week of Evangelism early in the first term of this school year was intended to be tiie first of what will become an annual
event. The intent is (1) to give unimmersed students an opportunity to complete their obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ, and (2) to
make an evangelistic impact on the neighborhood of Chiangmai Bible Institute. The first intent was brought to mind when we thought
of the idea of a Week of Evangelism because two of our students were at that time unimmersed.
That has now been corrected (see elsewhere in this ROW). During our five evening meetings we
asked preachers from outside the CBI family to preach. Special music was provided by CBI
students and visiting musicians. During the day the students visited a hospital, children's home
and other places where the visit of concerned Christians was appreciated and where possibilities
for Christian service might be found.
The wedding of Witt and Suni was a big social event on the CBI campus. We the faculty of
CBI are proud ofWitt and were happy to provide a wedding for him. I asked Peter (the partially
bald guy In the line-up) what his part was; he said, I was the daddy. Poyon officiated. As re
ported in the June
ROW
Witt and Manope have begun work in tiieir home district
of
Pua.
Good reports are coming in, including obedient responses to the Gospel.
The baptism of three ladies was an occasion of great joy. Tasance,Jongrak, and Wankam
were immersed into Christ one Lord's Day afternoon in the creek on Doi Sutep the mountain
al the western edge of Chiangmai. Many of had been praying for these three for some time.
Tasanee and Jongrak are students at CBI; Wankam is the wife of Poyon.
The First Commencement by Chiangmai Bible Institute was held in September. Eight Two-
Year Bible Diplomas were awarded. These diplomas result from at least 90 quarter-hours of
work 15 hours of which were for in te rn work . One of the principles undergirding the curricu
lum of CBI is the concept of learning by doing. Our four-year curriculum requires a full term
of Internship in each of the second, third and fourth years. Two of our Thai students. Manope
and Witt, complet ed the ir class work with the end of the 1978-79 school year and have spent
the final three months at the ir permanent location working with the congregations in Ban San
Lao and Ban Haen. near Pua. Clifford accomplished his internship by translating leaching mate
rials from English into his native language. Nansar has worked at operating a hostel inChiangmai
for Lisu people with her husband, Joni Morse. Pungsar has worked in a variety of ways with the
Morses' tribal work. James. Jungson. and Sinsar lived in tribal villages for most of a year doing
preaching and leaching while they worked with the village people. To justify being given credit
for their intern work, each student prepared a written report describing the work accomplished.
Paul Fuller is back on the f ie ld . While Paul wor ks on th e dissertation
for his doctorate in Ethnomus icology, he and his family are living in
Bangkok. But , he still par ticipa tes in the teaching program of Chiangmai
Bible Institue.
Mary Parkhurst, latest addition to the SEAEM-team. Mary liasjoined
us for a yea r. She will help in a variety of ways, including the Improving of
the content and operation of the CBI Library . On earlie r t rips she did a lot
of work in organiz ing the Library : now she intends to complete that work
and train an Asian to do the work for the long-term
operation
of
the
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Alan Bemo, visiting
teacher. The Alan Bemo
family
is now l oc ate d in Chiangniai,
working among the Chinese
population of northern Thailand.
They were located o n T aiw an
before coming to Chlangmai.
Alan taught a course on the
B o o k o f D a n i e l .
T r an s la ti on C e n te r-
P r e s e n t a nd F ut u re . The
translation o f th e New Testa
ment into th e Ngo Chan lan
guage has now reached the
proof-reading stage, ncaring
printing. Peter Sutjaibun, Ying
Bawni (shown here), a nd Tai nk
Wang have completed th e major
work of translating th e Ngo Chan New Testament, working in this rcnied
house. To exercise better long-range .stewardship of th e Lord's l nds and to
better coordinate the various ministries of SEAEM, we wish to complete
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the section of the CBI building shown, to become the Translation ('enter,
where Ngo Chan New Testament and other translation work might be
accompli.shcd. We estimate tliat $2500 will complet e this sec tion of the
building. Docs this project appeal to you or your group or your classasa
place wliere you might put lo work some of the Lord's funds for which
you are responsible? If so, wc will enjoy hearing from you
Mytrip to India and Burma was very rewarding. The purpose
of th e (rip was lo reach al Mid-India Bible Institute in Damoh, India, an d
in the Asian Leadership Seminar in Rangoon, Burma. In Damoh, I was with
Vijai Lall and Jay Henry. I taught \Vi hours of Apologetics during cacli of
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three evenings. Jay Henry, the regular teachcr, translated into Hindi. In
Rangoon,
I
joined
fellow
SEAEM-teamer Jerry Headen. Jerry taught from
Ephesians; I taught Apologetics and ( at t he r eque st of the Chin brethren)
Speaking in Tongues. The fur hat was made from Ihe skin of a small bear-
like animal which lives in t he S now Mountains o f no r the rn Burma ; it was
presented lo me in recognition of my five trips lo Burma~and in recogni
tion of th e fact that I do no t have much fur of my own on top Th e visit
w it h th e workers and kids of Kulpahar
Kids' Home was pure joy. Madonna
Burget, Steve, Caleb, and Ann P le tt ne r.
Linda Stanton, Dolly Chitwood, and
Leah Moshier c o n t i n u e to ma in t ai n a n
island o f G o d s Grace in a se a o f Hi n
duism. It was wonderfu l to r en ew a c
quaintance with ihem as well as tlie
Indian workers an d th e kids (160 o f
tiiem) of Kulpahar. 1 plan to report
more completely on the trip in tiie
n e x t ROW.
CBI students are helping the refugees. As of this writing about
a dozen CBI students as well as several adults including Doug Umbanhowar
and Poy (m . arc h elp ing to bu ild a new camp for Kampuchean refugees in
eastern Thailand. This came about when World Vision asked Bobby Morse
to arrange for about 30 helpers. We ar e pleased at this opportunity for ou r
students to join with other Christian workers lo express the love of Christ
to these very unfortunate people.
My first furlough will be soon. My next big row will probably
written soon afler arriving home in Seattle on furlough. I plan to leave
Chiangmai about 20 March, visit several friends enroute, and arrive at Sea-
Tac Airport on 8 .April 1980. After a bu.sy summer (NACC in Seattle in
July; WI-NE-MA Week of Missions in August), I'll become a part of th e
staff of WSCC for most of my year qfXuilougl>
^___Altheagirtarrnocated northern Thailand several hundred
- miles frt>m the
troubled eastern border
of
Thailand,
we
here
arc always
aware o f th e difTiculties there an d the fact t h a t Thailand is considered to
be th e next domino. Th e King and ihe government of
Thailand are work
ing hard to protect this country so that Ihe people here may continue lo
live in freedom. Will you p ra y with me that God will continue to bless this
free count ry and lha l He will intervene in the affairs of neighboring coun
t ries so that those people may also live in freedom?
With love in Christ,
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Ramblings jQ^^alt
NO. 30
A CBI STU W T WORK ^
The following Is a quotation
from a recent fe t ter by Doug Um
banhowar fel low SE EM miss ionary .
One of our s tudents Prasaeng
is
a member of the Laflu t r i be-r
The r e
a r e
Lahus
in
ll
t h r e e
coun
t r i e s o f Burma Thailand and Laos.
During the l a s t two months bro ther
Prasaeng t r ave l ed to a remote Lahu
vi l l age which is composed of recent
Immigrants f rom Laos. Actually
they
are
refugees
f leeing
the
com
mun i s t r u l e in thei r homeland .
Prasaeng knew of the i r needs both
physical and sp i r i t ua l a n d was
will ing to be a missionary to his
own
people
who
have
su f fe red much
and are in a sp i r i tua l ba t t l e with
Satan. By going and teaching
preaching encouraging and witnes
s ing th e love o f Chr i s t he was ab le
^to lead 43 people to Christ and
bap t i ze
them
fo r
remiss ion
o f s in s .
He used h i s life a s
a wi t n e s s t o
show th e l ove o f God. He a l s o used
his t lents in digging wells
building a c h u r c h building and
teaching about be t t e r hea l th meth
ods. He worked so hard and grew
so c l o s e to h is new b r o t h e r s and
s i s t e r s t h a t he found i t d i f f i c u l t
t o r e t u r n tohisstu ies a t CBI . . .
That is Avhat my work in CBI is
a l l
about
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helping
young
people
like Prasaeng prepare to preach
Chr is t to t he i r own people.