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Report from Bert Ellis
pr.
12, 1973 by
W.E.Mc)
You will recall that the Horizons 03, February 17, 1973
gave
a report on
the illness
of
Bert
Ellis,
Box 141,
Pusan,
Korea. Bert wrote a letter April 5th and we quote from it:
I
ppreciate
very
much
the article
about
my illness in
Horizons. You will be interested to
Jcnow
that enough money
has come
in
from
non-regular givers to more than pay my medical
bills, praise
the LordI
I m slowly getting
better;
I
till do not have anything like my normal
strength
but
am
improving from
day
to day.
I
am
able
to
take
care
of
m^y
of
my normal routines
by
spa cing my self and
resting when I et tired out.
1
ave never experienced anything
like this
in
my life.
I m
hopeful
that warm weather
will help
me to get rid of the rest of
whatever
is bothering me.
Bert_is_busyL
in
the_graduate^rQgram_for,
reachers and
_ _
teachers. He promises to share more on this when he
finds
time
to write it. He is also
preaching
every Sunday now. The
forwarding
agent
for Bert and Marjory
Ellis
is:
Miss
Loraine
Lindsay, Cabool State Bank,
Drawer
M,
Cabool,
Missouri 65689.
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^ K T i i ^ y i o n
s
iR^elea,se
WILL YOU HELP
SAVE
&OK
^aMn, rc
November 11,
1973
LIFE?
Monday, November 5, 1973, we
learned
that a young
lady of
o u r acquaintance
was
at
the point
of death and that
without immediate
hospitalization and
intensiv
c re would die
in
a
short
time*
The young lady is 25 years of age, the oldest
of
4
hildren
of a
widowed
mother,
all
Christians,
and
helps
to support
the family;
the mother has also had to leave
her job
in
order
to
c re
for the
girl*
We knew
the girl had been ill for
a
month but also knew she had been to the hospital for
several days for diagnostic examination and treatment and we assumed ever ything
was proceeding normally* Then we learned suddenly that the hospital had diagnose
the
case
as
TB-meningltls,
told
the
family what
hospitalization
and
treatment
would be
required,
and the
family's
response had
been that they simply
did
not
have the money and
they
had ta ken the girl ho me to receive once a day treatment
from a local doctor and what amounted
to
eventual death* After
a
hurried trip
to
the
hospital and a
conference with the
medical chief we learned that
the
prognosi
is very
poor
but there is
a
slight possibility
of
recovery if she receives c a r e
and treatment* We then talked to
the
administrator of the hospital and assumed
the financial responsibility for
her
c re and had
her
taken
to
the hospital
by am
bulanc e* She rec eived emergency treatment
for
several hours and is now in an
in
tensive
c a re
unit*
It
will
be a
minimum of
30 days
before
the
diagnosis
is
c o n
firmed
and
no
one
even hazards
a guess
as
to the
length
of the
hospitalization r e
quired* It is
a
day to day proposition just now as to whether she lives; she
is
in a deep coma.
We simply do
not
have the funds
to
take ca re
of
this emerg ency as Bert himsel
has had
two
lengthy hospitalizations,
a
total
of 30 days,
this
year*
Christian
friends
have
responded to our needs
and
Bert's hospital costs have now all been
paid*
Presently
it is co sting a bout 25
a day
for this
ca se, not
so much by U*
S
standards but a stagger ing sum to
the
Koreans* There are no
other
resources for
these people,
no
insurance,
no
public health c re etc*, and
so
we either had to
hospit lize her and assiune
the
financial responsibility or
stand
by and watch her
diet
We
did
not
believe you
would
want
us to
do
that
and,
for our
part, we could
nott The girl is under the care now
of
the same doctors who so marvelously help
ed
Bert
during
his illnesses.)
Please
send your
gifts to:
Miss
Loraine Lindsey, Cabool State
Bank,
Drawer M,
Cabool, Missouri
65689. Mark
them:
HOSPITAL.
We will keep you advized of the si
uation here.
God
bless
you
all, and above all, pray fo r this girl's recoveryI
FROM: Bert Ellis
P 0* Box
141
Pusan, KOREA
We will deeply appreciate
your
carrying this
storyl
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A
hristmas Day n A f r i c a , n
C h in a and
Japan;
A hristmas Day
n I n d i a
a nd
f a r A f g h a n i s t a n :
A I h r i s t m a s
Day
i n a l l t h e
world,
t he
Islands o f
t he sea;
A h r i s t m a s Day o r everyone—
t h a t ' s
h o w t ought t o b e
But
h e r e can be no h r i s t m a s
joy
f o r t h o s e who ever heard
T h i s story—there can
be
o r
t h e m
no
meaning i n t h e
W o r d
A
hristmas Day
i n
heaven Oh ,
y e s , I t h i n k t h e a n g e l s know
When
e s u s '
b i r t h d a y
comes,
nd
s i n g
a s
t h e y d i d l o n g a g o .
Do
ou
s u p p o s e
t h e y wonder w h y
wc
r e
so slow
t o
t e l l
The
i d i n g s
of g r e a t j o y t h e y
sang t h a t n i g h t , and
l o v e d s o
w e l l ?
Sometimes
I
t h i n k t h e y
l o n g t o
speed o n e a g e r wings
away,
To
e l l
the t o r y of t h e
C : h r i s t
w h o
came on h i i s t m a s
d a y .
But
t u r t t o
angels
w a s Hi s
a s t
comm i s s i on
given: (Jo Tell
a l l
t h e w o r ld." t w a s to us; a n d o h ,
we 've
failed im o
S h a l l we
o t give
t n i r s e l v e s t o
Him
nd
then
g o
o r t h t o
share
Our Christmas Day— o u r C h r i s t —
w i t h n e e d y ,
o s t o n e s e v e r y w h e r e ?
a
r
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CHRISTMAS, 1973
Dear Christian Co-Workers:
Yes, it s Christmas
time
a g a i n i H e r e i n
Korea
ciec o r a t i o n s
h
appeared
i n
the shop s
ju s t
after Thanksgiving and
"White
C h r i s t m a s "
i s
being heard
o n
the juke-boxes in the tea-rooms. We look back over the
y e a r
and
in ma ny respects i t
been our mo st difficult since we first
came
to Korea in 1958. Last Christmas Day Ber
w a s
taken
to the hospital with a critical illness
a n d
had a 17 day stay with a long p
iod o f
convalescence
then
later
i n the year he
w a s
again criti cally ill and had
anoth
14 days
i n
t h e h o s p i t a l a n d
i s
s t i l l r e c u p e r a t i n g . T h e s e i l l n e s s e s of c o u r s e p u t a d d
strain
on
Marge
t o
keep th ings g o r i n g .
John
wrote from school
t o
say he did not worry
about
Dad's condition
a s
somehow the Lord
always t o o k
care
o f our emergencies but t h e
strain
could
har dly add
to h i s peace o f mind
i n
a
strenuous
graduate
study program.
illness h a s prevented planned
extension
o f
the
work this year. We separated from
the
seminar y where
we
had taught
for some 10
years wh en they refused to
meet
any ethical
acade m ic s t a nd a r d s w i t h
t h e
n e w g r a d ua t e p r o g r a m
and
t r ied
t o
m ake a " r a c ke t " o u t o f
l ike
s o much o f t h e t h e o l o g i c a l educa t i o n
i n K o r e a .
We fel t w e m u s t u s e C h r i s t i a n s t
ards
in
t r a i n i n g men
for
t h e Lord's w o r k
s o w e
h a v e c o n t i n u e d t h e p r o g r a m s e p a r a t e l y .
Our former ass ociates hav e engaged in numerous
unChristian activities
since our
separ
ion a n d
made
l i f e
d i f f i c u l t for us. One
c a n
get
v e r y l o n e s o m e s t a n d i n g for a
p r i n c i p
There
i s
political unrest which has kept people stirred up, particularly
students,
an
concentration
on economic growth has made Koreans
m o r e c o n c er n e d w i t h t h e material t h
the
spiritual
a n d this hampers t h e
growth
o f
the Lord's
kingdom.
B u t
t h e r e a r e b l e s s i n g s t o r e m e m b e r
i n t h e
p a s t y e a r
a l s o .
W e h a v e b e e n e s p e c i a l
conscious
o f
the Lord's presence with
us
during
illness a n d
Bert
i s able
to carry
on
m o s t
a normal
program
altho ugh he cannot
do the
extra that
i s presently
needed. You
derful
friends
h a v e again s h o w e d y o u r c o n c e r n w i t h c o n t i n u e d f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t a n d p r
ers; enough extra gifts have come
in
to
t a k e
care
o f
Bert's substantial medical expen
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^ o d b l e s s y o u
a l l
' - T ^ J o h T i h a s
c o m p l e t e d
4 q u a r t e r s
o f
w o r k a t W h e a t o n
C o l l e g e G r a d u a t
School and has only 2 to
go
before receiving his M a 8 t L e r ^ - . s _ d e g r e e in Junej^_.Our
gradu
class in
Fusan has
been
a good one; we have
had a
total of 22 studen ts enrolled
in
t
first year, all of them graduates of 4-year colleges-
O f
these,
9
will
be receiving
Mater's
degrees in Jan uary (providing their theses are
acceptable and
they pass
the
a l
exams )-
Dr-
Charles Bachma n
of Berean Christian College
in Wichita
will be
comi
to
Korea
to confer these
degrees
and
we
are
looking
forward to a
wonderful time
O u
old friend.
Pastor
Kwon, the refugee
pastor
of the little church on the
mountain
ha s
continued
his faithful v j o r k for
the
Lord, the congregation has completed
a new build
o n their own with some assistan ce from friends at
Cabool
and
Wilsey, Kan sas in
compl
ing
their
bell-tower;
a new
road has been completed aroun d the mountain,
coming
with
100 feet of the
chu r ch
d o o r a n d we
n o
l o n g er
hav e
to climb like
a
m o u n t a i n
goat
to g
there
as
bus service along the road
is
good This
is
important
a s it
has caused thi
a r e a to
b e gi n
to b uil d u p a n d m ak e s
better prospect
for
chu r ch
growth- A young past
whom we taught in u ndergraduate school and who is now one of the candida tes for the
ter's degree has
not
only increased
his
own congregation in
Pusan
and built and paid
a new building
but
has
been
working with a group of churches in a rural
area,
teachi
preaching,
and training
the ministers with great success- We are
encouraging Pastor
in furthering his education and in his work in the rural area- So the
year
has cert
not been all
on
the deficit
side
by any
means
We are particularly interested
in this
gra d ua te
program-
We are hoping
to
begin
classes
in
Seoul in March, the beginning
of the
new school
year-
We have
a n
invitat
to
open
classes in
Taeg u
a n d have
been offered
the
use
of
classroom
space in a
Chris
high
school there a n d assistance
i n -
enrolling
students-
Interest
has
been
expressed
starting classes
in
T ae jo n, another regional
center,
a n d we have a lso received some
lications
from Chonju ,
another
center- Eventually.we
intend to start
classes in all
centers
here
named,
teaching one concentrated
day
each
week in each place. We wish
could expand
immediately
but
this
will have to
wait
until
John is able to return to
ea
to assist-
A n d
may
we insert this appeal:
John
cannot return u ntil there are
fun
t o s u p p o r t h i m - . He needs a s p o n s o r i n g a n d s u p p o r t i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n or
c o n g r e g a t i o n s -
V i s
experienced,
has
spent 5 years
in
Korea already, has a good educational backgroun
{having
done u ndergraduate work at
Milligan
and
now in a
graduate
program
at Wheaton
'College Gradu ate
School, has for
10
years been representing the mission
in
churches
camps and,
if
a father
may
say so,
has
the ability and desire to do the job in Korea
the
Lord. You may
contact
him: John Ellis, 818 N - Summit, Wheaton,
Illinois
60187.
wi ll
be g l a d
to
confer
wi t h
you- This is a n
u r g e n t n e e d -
We have an urgent financial need.
On Nov.
5 we
were
made aware
of
the plight
of
y o u n g
Korean
lady,
seriously ill with meningitis- Her widowed mother has 3 other ch
ren a n d c anno t take care o f
her medical treatment-
After
diagnosis a t the hospital
had been taken home because of lack of money- It was apparent that if left at home
would die s o o n - We could not just sit
by
without making some effort- We had her ta
to
the hospital
that day, s h e was
in
deep coma,
where
she
received
several hours of
gency
treatment
a n d has
been in intensive c a r e -
The
prognosis is not good
but s h e
i
alive-
We have obligated ourselves
for
the bill which at
the
end
of
November is alr
around
$500 Please pray for the girl
and help
u s
pay the bill
Send
your
gifts wi
note that they a r e
for H OSPITAL
to: Miss
Loraine Lindsey, Cabool State Bank,
Drawer
Cabool, Missouri 65689. Miss
Lindsey
has been our f a i t h f u l f o r w a r d i n g agent for s o
years.
Lord
bless her
We are planning a short,
6 months
furlough beginning next J u n e . We are now in o
re
frankly a bit weary. As
our furlough
will be
short,
if
se
get
your
bid in now
your
prayers
and
gracious
gifts- You
have been ve
ances have k ep t us from communicating
with
you a s
^
F a i t h f u l l y y o u r s ,
l e s s
y o u a l l I
F a i t h f u l l y y o u r s ,
I