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RAMBLINGS

From WALTI -

Getting to

wor t Teaching

As many of you will remember, the f i r s t task l i s ted in my brochure and

in my

presentation was

that of teaching

a t Chiangmai Bible Inst i tute

(CBl).

my first work was

the

trj^

t Q_ Burma

described

last

time.

On

that

I

taught

Christ ian Evidence. Upon returning

to

Chiangmai, i t was

to be good

fo r the

CBl s tudents to rec eiv e the same

mater ia l .

Two

o f s tuden ts

were,

involved.

Firs t

there

were

the

students of primarily

Burmese

background.

They

some ab i l i t y in

English

so

tha t

they could receive

the

teaching d i rec t

ly in English. However, a f te r the

f i r s t

day I was advised they were having

and that

I

should slow my rate of speaking. Lest Americans feel

in

t he i r English language ab i l i ty they should be

aware

that most

f these

students

speak at least

languages (in addition to English) We

with our l imited

education

in l anguage should be humbled when made

of the studen ts of CBl. Putting these ab i l i t i e s to work will be the

of another of these Ramblings. ....

The second

group of

students

were

th.ose -of

Thai heri tage. For these,

t ranslated

into

Thai

which

made

teaching

a team

effort .

(Poyon

is

the

reacher

of the. Thai Christian Church

which

meets in

the CBl building.) He

sure

he

understood

the d i f f i cu l t English words so the

Thai

students

understand

the

Thai

which he spoke to

them.

I

l ike

working with a

t rans la tor . Besides giving

the

speaker t ime to phrase his sentences, t rans

lat ion

requires that he

avoid

long

complicated

sentences, making what he

more eas i ly diges ted

In

smal le r

b i t e s .

For th is course, the t rad i t iona l

system

of examinations

and grades

has

een

replaced

by several

projects

from

which

the students may

select .

The

rojec t chosen wil l

requi re

them to

review

the

mater ial which has

been pre

s en t ed

and wi l l

be usab l e in o t h e r work o f th e m iss io n.

t

i s

a t rill to

see

them

quickly volunteer

to do

the

projects.

_

At

the

same time I have been presenting Christian Evidenc^ ^,'Paul ParrisB-

has

begun

a study of

Acts.

In this course,

Paul

is teaching t-he^ tu-

with Poyon t ransla t ing for the

Thai

students . We intend

for

th is

to

e

th e s ta nd ard proc edure as

we continue

to develop the

curriculum of

CBl.

(Next: Life In Chiangmai)


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RAMBLINGS of WALT

Mews Letter

of

Walt Prevost

SOUTH

EAST

ASIA

EVANGELIZING

MISSION

BOX

59 CHIANGMAI, THAILAND

MAKE CHECKS P Y LE TO WEST SE TTLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

4400 42ND.

AVE.

S.W.

SEATTLE, WASH.

98116.

c/ o DOROTHY WEBER,

FWDG

Volume

February 1978

Number

4

Life in Chiangmai

When on e

f i rs t arrives in a new

location,

he

immediately

be

comes aware o f differences between his

new

l oc a ti on a nd tha t

from which

he

has

just

come.

Often these

take th e form of nega

tive criticisms, which are unfortunate and are indications

of

cul

ture shock. Comparisons should

be

made

in

terms which are not

negative about th e new surroundings. I will try to take that

approach as I make the following observations about life in

Chiangmai.

Traff ic dr ives

on

th e left. T hi s is obvious t he m om en t

one

leaves

th e

airport

in

Bangkok.

I was

not

concerned

about

this

when I was a passenger.

But , when

I

had

to learn to

ride

a motor

cycle

while trying

to

remember to stay to the lef t,

it

was a

bi t

traumatic

at

times. However, this did no t last long. The major

problem

I

had

was

remembering

that,

when

making a

right turn

across

traffic,

those

cars,

motorcycles,

and

trucks ahead

of

me

on

the

right are coming towards me

Chiangmai is th e motorcycle capital of the world. We have

been

told

that on a per-person basis Chiangmai has more motor

cycles th an any

other

city

in th e

world.

I believe

it Now

I

have

joined this vast companywith a Thailand-built Honda

JXllO.

Much

honking

of

horns

is

the standard procedure

for driving

in

Thailand.

Freely translated, a

honk seems

to mean, I'm com

ing through

Parking p lace s for motorcycles are found

in

the

downtown

area

of

Chiangmai. Diagonal stripes across the curbside parking

area indicate motorcycle parking . No parking metersbut th e

Chiangmai version o f mete r maids collect 50 satongs (=

Baht

= 2Vi

cents) for parking, sometimes.

Weather has been beautiful, in t hi s dead of winter, s ince I

arrived in Chiangmaihighs in

t he 80' s,

overnight lows

some

times into

th e

upper 50's; mostly dry bu t with several rains . I

will

reserve final c ommen ts o n th e weather

until

after I have

been through an entire year with its ho t and rainy seasons.

C ities are cities are cit ies around

th e

world.

Bangkok, th e

capital and largest city of Thailand, is a big city with a

popula

tion

in

the

millions.

The c it y

has many people,

much

traffic,

and

loud

noises.

There

are many

sidewalk businesses. Bangkok

is located in a river delta

area

and has many canal s which were

o nc e th e

traffic arterialsbefore th e advent

of

motorized

wheel

transportation. Across t he Chao Phraya River in Thon Buri is

th e

famous f loat ing

market

where

much commerce

is

carried

on in boats.

Chiangmai

is

Thailand's second city,

about 150,000

population. It is about 450 miles to the

north

and is at an eleva

t ion o f abou t 1

f ee t; i ts

longitude

is

such

t ha t

i t

is

15

h o ur s a he ad o f Seat

tl e in time;

it s

lati

t ude is abou t th e

same

as Mex ico City.

The picture shows

downtown

Chiang

mai, a modern city.

The vehicle

in

th e

foreground is a taxia small pickup with seats in the back. Most

rides

in

town

are

two baht (about

ten cents) .

Housing is good in Chiangmai. The house pictured is the one

I have rented. It is a three-bedroom

Thai house

of above average

const ruc t ion I t has

an L-shaped living-

dining room, kitchen,

small

bedroom,

and

Thai bath (Asian

to il et a nd cold-only

shower) downstairs;

upstairs are

two

bed

rooms, a huge

hall

(equal in size to

the

two bedrooms) , and

a farong bath (American style with toilet and

ho t

shower). I

use

th e small

bedroom downstairs as a

s tu dy . The

house has

many

screened windows which

open

wide

for

ventilation. There

is no heat; when the

temperature

outside is in the

50's,

the

house is almost that cool; sweaters or coats must be worn in

doors during the

cold

winters

Fresh fruit is plentiful in Thailand. Traveling College mem

bers will remember the huge slices of fresh pineapple which we

enjoyed. In addition, there are bananas, papayas, oranges, and

other fruit in

abundance.

As elsewhere in Asia, rice ( cow in

Thai) is the staple of the Thai diet. The Thai people put on the

rice various dishes called gopp cow. Most are very good to the

taste

of

farongs (foreigners). Some, though, are very

hot

with

chili. I have a Thai meal prepa red for me at

noon. For

the

other

meals I cobble up something for myself. Among the

western

foods which are available here is Bisquick, a staple of the Walt

Prevost cooking attempts. I have already

pu t

the waffle iron to

work

Electricity in Thailand is 220-volt 50-cycle, requiring a trans

former for

appliances

brought

from America.

Many rice fields can be seen in the city of Chiangmai. The

winnowing of rice

shown

here

occurred

very

recently

in a

field very near where

I have been

living.

The fa ns a re u se d

to

crea te a breeze

to

blow

th e c ha ff

away

from the falling rice.

Shortwave

radio is

a

must

for English-only westerners . I have heard no English

radio on Chiangmai stat ions. Voice of America, BBC, FEBC

Manila,

and

other English-language broadcasts can be heard on

shortwave. I t is

convenient

fo r me to listen to a VO A

half-hour

news broadcast each

evening at

10 p.m.

Shoes are

no t

worn in

Tha i homes . The y

are removed and

placed near the door as is the custom in many other Asian coun

tries. This is no

problem

to me, since I have been in the habit

of going

barefoot

in my own place for years .

Thai language study is a high priority i tem for ail missionaries

working in Thailand. Unlike other team members who have

spent several months in Bangkok for language study, I have be

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A

VISIT TO

THE

NORTHEAST

.ol, o 6

1

traveled

to Chtangkham to

vis i t

Dorothy Uhlig and

W

Callaway.

I

renewe

my

acquaintance

with

Dorothy when

sh e

came to borrow

CW s

station wagon and some m an

and boy power

to help

move

a badly

burned lady

home

from

the

clinic

which Dorothy

operates.

It was

my privilege to visi t the

refugee camp outside Chiangkham

with

W He went

to the

camp

to

purchase baskets from Lahu tribal

people. After prices had been

es

tablished for

all

of the baskets

he paid them and then

we

loaded

the baskets into the car. There

is

an

active church in the camp;

Christians,

both refugee and non-

refugee are

busy with

1Iteracy

classes

and various

other projects

designed to

improve

the quality of

l ife of

the

refugees.

The

Callaways

operate a

hostel.

A

very enjoyable

hour was

spen t with

several boys and girls trying to

help them with

English.

Lois Callaway

was

away

in

Bangkok

supervising

th e

print ing of

th e

third Yao language primer - an

Im

portant basic fo r

preaching

the

Gospel

to people

who

cannot

read.

week

in the northeast was very

educational and enjoyable. | now

have a much

better

Idea of th e

work being done by other mission

aries

in Thailand to the glory

of

God

and the Lord Jesus Chri

st.


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RAMBLINGS of

WALT

News Letter

of W^ah

Prevosi

SOUTH EAST ASIA EVANGELIZING

MISSION

BOX 59 CHIANGMAI, THAILAND

MAKE CHECKS

P Y LE

TO WEST

SE TTLE

CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 4400

42ND.

AVE. S.W. SEATTLE, WASH.

98116.

c/ o DOROTHY WEBER,

FWDG.

AG

V o l u m e

I May

1978

N u m b e r 7

A Week

in

Ban San

Lao

The

congregation of Chris tians in

th e

village of Ban San Lao

asked

the

Thai Christian Church, which meets in the building of

Chiangmai Bible Institute, to par ti cipate in a week of meet ings

on th e occasion of the dedication of its bui ld ing. Tim Viner ,

Jerry Headen, and

I

accompanied Poyon,

the TCC

preacher,

to

Ban San Lao to help in the program.

BanSan Lao is the home of Manop and Witt, two of our Thai

s tudents . It is located a

few kilometers

o u t o f

Pu a

in Na n

Prov

ince, about

400

kilometers east-northeast of Chiangmai, about

35 ki lometer s

from

th e Laot ia n bo rde r.

About a

hundred fami

lies l ive

in th e

village.

The h o u s e shown be

longs to

Duan, the

preacher, n i s

whe re we

stayed. Its

construction

and

gen

eral

arrangement ar e

t y p i c a l of Thai

houses. Water for

the village is ob

tained at th e village

well and is carried to

the

homes using the familiar

bamboo

pole

over the shou lder with bucket s hanging from the ends of the

pole.Electricalpower

does

no t ye t

reach

to

Ban San Lao; Poyon

took

a

portable

gen

e r a t o r

to us e f o r

lights

and

to

show

movies.

A village

landmark

is

th e

large

tree;_its .-diameter

is

a b o u t

twenty-five

feet. 1 i

The building dedication was to celebrate the completion of

the church s new meet ing house, loca ted in the cleared area to

^ the east

of

the village.

Even though the

building had been

use

f o r

severa l

weeks . T ha i custom

d i c t a t e d t h a t t h i s

week

th e meetings

could

not begin unti l

a f t e r th e d e d i c a t i o n .

The building

w a s

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J

. completed Tuesday,

the dedication was Wednesday

afternoon,

and the

other

meetings

uegan Wednesday evening. The dedication program began with

the people under the she lter by the f ront of the bui lding. After

prayer and a few very short remarks, the name of

the church

on

the

front

of

the

building was unveiled, a ribbon across

th e door

was

cut

and th e program

moved inside.

Jer ry p re ached for t hi s

program,

pointing

o ut t ha t

God dwells in the hear ts of men and

not

in buildings

but

that buildings are nevertheless very neces

sary

aids to congregational

worship

of

God.

A picture of the King of Thailand was presented to the con

gregation by

some Thai Army

men. Buildings in

Thailand,

in

cluding churches

and

homes (including Walt s), have pictures of

th e King. It was a fine ges tu re for rep resen ta tives of th e pre-

dominant ly-Buddhist government

to give thi s r ecogni tion to a

group of Christians in a small village.

Wait s part of the program was two hours of teaching each

morning on th e Life of the Apostle Paul. The study included

much of Acts as well as information gleaned from his letters

which

allowed a

reconstruction

of his life

and

missionary meth

ods. It was a blessing to be able to share

something

from

God's

Word

with

His

people

in Ban San Lao .

Jerry preached to the Christians during the afternoon pro

grams. He drew ou t of the letters to

th e

Thessalonians

the good

aspects

of

the church there which are good examples for churches

today. Jerry is the lates t missionary to join th e SEAEM teain in

Chiangmai,

coming from

a

fruitful ministry with the

Church in

Glen Lyn, Virginia. He is from

North

Carolina and is a graduate

of Cincinnati Bible Seminary.

Tim did the evangelisticpreaching during the eveningoutside

meetings. Beginning with the

statement,

We ve got a problem

he developed the idea that all people have the problem of sin in

their

lives, bu t

that

there is a solution to

the

problemJesus

Christ. Tim is from Clarksdale, Mississippi . He is a graduate of

Mid-South Christ ian

College

and

shared

classes

with

Walt

at

Cincinnati Christian Seminary.

The Ban San Lao congregation is a working congregation.

Eight people com

pleted their obedi

ence to the Lord by

being

immersed in

nearby Pu a

River.

T h e s e

c o n v e r t s

re

s u l t e d from w o r k

done

prior to the

I- w e e k s meetings.

Seven are fro m Ban

Sa n Lao ; one is

from

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Ban

Haen.

Poyon translated for us. Poyon Tittipoom was the hard

working jack of all trades for

th e

week. Included in th e multi

tude of j obs which he did was that of translating all of th e

speaking which

Jerry,

Tim, and I did while in Ban San Lao. He

is seen in the pictures

with

Jerry and

Tim.

Poyon was an em

ployee of Voice of Peace at

the

t ime the Traveling College vis

ited

Chiangmai.

Re

cently,

he has been

preachingfor theThai

Christian C h u r c h

translating our teach

ing into

Thai,

an d

supervising the con

s t r u c ti o n w o r k

o n t he

CBI building. He is a

very important part

o f

t h e

SEAEM t eam .


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Movies

are a good evangelistic tool in Thai villages. About

three hundred c hi ld re n a nd adu lt s came

to

th e movies each ev e

ning, a major por tion

of

the village population. Part of th e

c r o w d

ca n

b e

seen

in the picture. One

o f t h e

movies

was a

m o d e m

v e r s i o n o f t h e

story of

th e

Prodigal

Son, placed

in

mod

ern Thailand, and

very effective in

com

municating G o d s

love

in terms

which

the Thai

people

can

u n d e r s t a n d

Rice

was s tanda rd fare in Ban

San

Lao as it is all across Asia.

Sometimes

we had sticky rice which we

ate

with our fingers

after

dipping in gopp cow (sometimes both rice and fingers).

Other times we had regular rice with gopp cow which we ate

with

spoons.

It was good Christians around the

world are good

cooks

That's Witt, operj

ating

upon

the water

m e l o n His n a m e is

vid Chowsan

(David is pronounced

Day-Witt by

Thais

a n d is s h o r t e n e d to

Witt ). He is

one of

t h e

tw o

CBI s t u d e n t s

from Ban

San

L a o

a n d is in his th ird

year of study at CBL His being at CBI results from work by Vir-

gilio De Los

Santos

severa l years ago. Witt is 24

years old

and

plans to be a traveling evangelist among the villages near his

h o m e

Praise the Lord

for

th^doze^ew Thai students beginning

work at Chiangmai Bible(lnstittrte as we begin CBI's fourth year

of teaching on May 1. Most of these new

students

are Thai-Lisu

and

resul t f rom

work

being done by

Peter Sutjaibun

in villages

north of

Chiangmai

For the first

time

are being

challenged ^

to provide classes

fo r

a new group of

students

in

addition

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older students.

The

new students require teaching

in Thai;

they will be taught by Samyong in Thai and by Paul with trans

lation

by

Poyon. Older

students will be taught by Jerry, Walt,

and Paul ; t ranslat ion

will be

done b y Poyon.

You

can probably

see

th e

big

transla

tion load being car

ried by

Poyon;please

pray with

us that

God will

supply addi-

tional

teachers capa-

J , t li _ t ble in Thai. I will be

teaching the course

P e r s o n o f C h r i s t t o

t h e o l d e r s t u d e n t s

Will you pray with us? Our dear heavenly

Father.

. .

Thank you fo r your creat ion which shows us your power.

Thank

you

for the

Lord Jesus

Christ and His sacrifice for us,

which shows us your love.

Thank you

fo r

allowing us

to

be

part of

your

family.

Thank you

for

opportunit ies to serve you.

Thank you fo r

th e

new

Thai

students in CBI.

Thank you for th e older s tudents and their continued

zeal

to

preach

your

wordT

I f i t be Y o ur W i ll . .

The

registration of

th e CBI students might be

completed soon.

Scholarship funds cont inue so

that liNing

expenses of t he s tu

dents may

be provided.

Leadership be

provided

for the small village churches.

Additional

translation capability

be

provided to

CBI.

That th e new C hris tia ns in Ban San Lao

a n d

Ban Haen be

strengthened in their faith so they may withstand the

tempta

t i o n s

w h i c h

will

f o l l o w

That we might be ver>'

efficient

in

the

use

of t ime, so

that we

will accomplish th e most for You .

That we

recognize opportunities

in ou r day-to-day lives

for

showing Christ to others .

God

bless you

all.

With

l ov e i n

Christ,


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Bamblihgs

From

Walt

The Matter of One s Feet

(V.

1

jj B

An

important point

to

remember

when

visi t ingor living in

another

coun

try is

to remember

just

that

-

we

are in a

count ry not

our own. We

must act in a manner which will not

reflect

adverseiy onourselves our

own country, or upon the

Lord Jesus

Christ,

whose ambassadors

we are.

What

one does

with his feet

fs im

portant

in Thailand Enroute

by

bus from Bangkok to Chaing Mai,

seated

on

the

front row one visi

tor to

CBI

found that he was re

ceiving very i

rr

i

tated

glances from

the

driver.

Fortunately a

SEAEM

missionary

with the

visitor real

ized what itwas that was upsetting

to the

driver-

the

vis i tor s foot

I n Thailand it i s considered a

taboo,

a no-no an

insult

to

direct

the sole of one s foot

toward an

other person. The man was

sitting

as most

of

us Americans do

with

his

left

ankle on his

right knee

so that the sole

of

his

left foot

was

pointed di rec tly a t

the driver

The Thai

people are very gracious

people and normally don t

indicate

displeasure

as did

the d r i v e r

This makes it even more important

for

us to

know

about the customs

of the people we are

among

so

that

we may avoid offending them.


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Glean ing s

JUW 6

Walt Prevost,

ox 59,

Ghiangmai

Thailand

reported

a dozen

new

Thai

students beginning study

at Ghiangmai

Bible

Ins t i tu te

on Way 1, 1978. Also,

a

week

of

teaching and preaching

in the village of

Ban San Lao resulted

in

eight

being

immersed

in the

Pua

River.

Walt s forv;arding

agent is

West Sea t t l e hris t ian Church,

Dorothy Weber 2 5814 K S W

Myrtle

St. , Seattle,

WA 98126

Gleanings M

JUN.


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SEATTLE,

WASH, 98116.

c /o

DOROTHY

WEBER,

FWDG. A

Volume

I

September 1978

Number

12

RecordingAn

Important

Part

of

Missions

Strategy

Chiangmai Bibls Institute is the main work for which some

o f

us

came

to

work

in Thailand

an d

is vital in

th e

ongoing o f t he

Gospel in Southeast Asia.

However,

it is

only

part of a

coordi

nated effor t

in reaching

people

for Christ

and

in training leader

ship

f or t he

churches.

Recording isan important part of missions strategy in reach

ing

th e people of Southeast Asia. Many unreached people

and

Christian peopl e who need and desire training

live in

countries

where missionaries are

no t

allowed to

go.

Radio broadcasts and

cassette

ministries are

methods available to us

today which

help

in taking th e Gospel and teaching material to these people even

when

travel

to them is impossible.

Recording

has been a

part

of

th e work of

South

East

Asia Evangelizing Mission

since

its be

ginning in 1968. Radio programs have been

produced

in Lisu,

Rawang, and Kachin l anguages for broadcast ove r FEBC in

Manila.

Cassette

lessons

have b een prepared

in t hese same

lan

guages. Until recently, the major part of th e

production

of these

mater ia ls has been

accomplished in a

studio

in th e

home of

LaVerne Morse

in

Cincinnati. This has required sending recorded

music and preaching to Cincinnati for the production work and

then sending th e

completed

casse ttes to Asia for broadcast and

other

use. Now, in th e

nearly-completed

recording

studios

in th e

CBI building,

professional

quality recordings are

being

made. In

th e near future complete production of th e

broadcast

and teach

ing cassettes will be accomplished

here

in Asia.

Some

of

the

material

being recorded

is a part of

work

in CBIthe recording

of s ermons and

lessons

as required p ro je ct s fo r c ou rs es b ei ng

s t ud i ed

Recent activity in the

C I

recording studio included the

recording of 40 songs in th e Lisu language

by

Lois (Mrs. LaVerne)

Morse. Her

ability

to

speak

an d

sing

in Lisu stems

from th e

days

when sh e an d

he r

family w ere

mi s si o na r ie s i n Ch in a a n d B u rma

She

wa s

accompani ed by

Sam-

yong

o n t he R an at ,

a

Thai

instru

ment. Thes e r eco rded

Lisu

songs

will b e add ed

to

th e l ibrary

of

Lisu mus ic whi ch may

be

used

for b ro ad ca st a nd te ac hin g ca s

settes in th e Lisu language.

The recording studio is Tim Viner s baby. (That s Tim

observing Samyong s technique

at

th e

Ranat

in

the

picture.)

He h as b ee n re sp on si bl e fo r

th e

const ruc t ion o f

the

studio In

addition

to raising most of

th e

fun ds fo r th e

cons t ruc t ion

and

equipping of th e

studio,

he has

personally

overseen

it s

details,

including th e design of th e facil

it y

an d being present

during

much

o f

th e work

T h e s tu d io s

have doub le wal ls a nd a co u st ic

t rea tment

to

keep

sound reflec

t io n i ns id e a n d t ra nsm is si on f rom

th e

outside

to a

minimum.

The

facility includes

a large

studio

fo r

recording

musical groups and

a

smaller s tudi o f or s poken

material

by

one

or

two

people p lus a control

room.

All of th e

very

busy work by Tim

is in

addition

to his teaching classes in

CBI.

As

of

this

writing,

Tim has just left

fo r

home

in Mississippi

on h is f ir st

furlough.

Jerry Headen will continue

work in the recording studio.

The re

he

is a t w ork in

th e

con

t rol

r oom . J er ry h op es to

estab

lish

an LTE (L ead ersh ip

Train

ing

by Extension)

program. He

is

active

in recording as well as

in

teaching

in CBI.

The

First

Term

of

the

1978-79

School Year

The visit of Conley Silsby and George Morgan began the

fourth year of teaching at

CBI.

Both

are

members of

West

Seat

t le Chris tian Church, my support ing church. George

is an

elder

of WSCC

an d

Missions Chairman. It was very appropriate fo r

him to

visit

the field and

to evaluate

th e work

of

a member

of

the staff of WSCC. Conley is retired

Speech/Homiletics

Professo

of

Puget

Sound

College

of

th e Bible. I prevailed

upon

him to

teach a

fe w

hours o f Homile t ics to our

CBI

students I t was

good to

hear

him

t ea ch and preach

again. They were

part

of a

party of seven

from

WSCC who part icipated in th e All-Japan

Christian Convention, held

in

Okinawa on

th e

occasion of

th e

30th anniversary of th e

work

of Harlan

and

Emeline

Woodruff

there. Woodruffs

are

also

living link missionaries of WSCC.

Next, a period of regular teaching for six

vyeeks

Pau

Parrish taught Acts and Basic Christian Doctrine; Jerry Headen

taught Exodus;

1

taught

Person

of

Christ;

Poyon was t he hard

working

t ranslator for

all of these classes.

A team of visiting teachers from Cincinnati completed the

term.

We were priviledged to have th e teaching services of Sher

wood

and Mary

Smith,

Lois Morse,

and Ter ry

Silence, all asso

c iated wi th Cinc innat i Bible Seminary.

Sherwood

taught

Petrine

Epistles

and

Jude; Mary

taught

Principles of Christian Educa

t ion;

Terry

taught Elijah; Lis

taught

Lisu

Music ( to ou r

Thai-Lisu students). Prior to

their visit to CBI,

they

taught

the

first week of a

two week

Asian Leadership Seminar in

Rangoon.

They are seen

(Lois,

Mary,

Sherwood,

Terry)

eating

a meal

following

th e

worship

serv ice

in

th e

home

o f

Dakum

Pi

Graham

Asian

Leadership

Seminar

in

Rangoon, Burma

Jerry Headen and I shared in Rangoon during the week fol

lowing th e

team

from Cincinnati. This was during the last week

of

June; we were

the second team for this special ALS.

It

was requested by th e Chin men; however , a good group of

Rawang/Lisu

men

also attended. While Jerry taught Exodus to

one

group,

I taught Life of Paul to the other, each of us teach

ing

about

five hours

pe r

day fo

five days. The p ic tu re shows Ed

ward Kyon (pronounced

Chon )

Bil l who d id

th e t rans la t ion

into

^ the Falam Chin

language

While

translating th e New Testament in

to Chin, he

discovered th e

principles

of New

Testamen

Christianity

a nd l at er resigned hi

pos it io n w it h

a

denominationa

group.

Th e

brethren

who came


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and

devoured th e teaching

Jerry

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I gave them. They

had

many

questions, including

th e

subjects

of speaking

in tongues and the eldership. Jer ry and I did th e

best we could to feed

their

hunger

fo r Bible

information.

A group of Rawang/Ltsu men came from the far north of

Burma, some

traveling

several weeks and over

a

thousand

miles

to

be w ith

us . The

effec

t iveness o f t he se As i an

Leadership

Seminars is

seen

in th e

r em ar ks m ad e

in a

speech by one of the men

a t th e conc lu s ion o f th e

week .

He

sa id th a t th e

teaching

they

ha d received

would soon b e sp re ad al l

over th e

northern part of

Bu rma as each m an wen t

home and

repeated many

times th e teaching

he had

received.

Jerry and

I

returned

to Chiangmai feeling

tremendously

blessed

by sha ri ng with

the

men in

Rangoon.

We look

forward

to

the

next

ALS

in

January

and February.

Around

CBI

I

would

like

to share wit h you j us t

a

little of what

is

going

on at

Chiangmai

Bible Institute.

Bu t

Peter

. . , r ai se d h is

voice and

declared . . (Acts 2:14). The second

term of

our

1978 - 79 schoo l

y ea r b eg an

A ug ust 1 5

with

a one-week short course

on Evangelism,

taught by

Peter Sutjaibun,

the President of CBI. Originally

from

Burma

but no w

a

Thai

citizen, Peter is

very

effective in

worki ng i n th e villages

and

in

relating

to

th e

CBI

students.

His

experience, hi s

easy-going

loving

manner,

an d hi s ability

to

use ov er a

half-dozen

languages

makes

him

an

essential

part of

t he S EAEM

te am o f

miss ionar ies .

Takraw is an international past ime. The chapel of the CBI

building serves

as a

gymnasium

fo r

playing Takraw,

a

game

played all over

Southeast

Asia

at

t his t im e

of

year. Prachuap,

one of

ou r

first-year

students,

is

very

in

tent in

trying to kick th e six-inch

r atta n T al aaw. T he game

is

played

like volleyballby

kicking

th e ball

with

any part of the body

except

th e

hands

Prachuap is

18

an d is

from a

Meo

village near

Pua, to

th e

j >

east

Chiangmai

near

the

border

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l ived in

th e Christian Hostel operated by Imo

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Williams.

A kitchen/dining room has recently been placed in service

It

was built in

about

a month fo r

approximately $1000

in specia

gifts by friends in th e U.S.

Supawat is attempting to teach me the Thai

language

H

is 22, a

Christian,

and work

full tim e at teaching Thai to

several

students,

including

othe

missionaries. We work togethe

in m y s tu dy ;

WSCC

folks may

be

in t e re s t ed to see th e desk

a n d on e o f t h e bookc a s es wh i c h

they gave

me

fo r Christmas

Thank you very much

I continue to praise the Lord and thank Him for the work

He

has

given

me to do

in

th is beaut i fu l country.

He

has placed

me

here with a fine

group of missionaries, whom

I

appreciat

m ore a nd m ore

as I work

with

t hem. I t hank

Him

for th e dedi

cated students at CBI,

who ar e anxious

to ge t th e training they

need

to

b ecome e ff ec ti ve w o rk er s f or H im .

I th ank

Him fo r

th

safe arrival of th e Doug

Umbanhowar

family,

beginning a

second

term

of service.

I

thank God fo r my friends

at WSCC, who s up

ply

my comple te suppo rt , and

fo r

other

churches

and

individual

-who have he lpod- in th e work-iicre,

both

financially

and-with-aU

important

prayer

support.

Will you join me in thanking God for these blessings and in

lifting

up th e following

fo r

His

consideration?

^That our

students who a re in villages may have oppor tuni

ties to be

effect ive witnesses fo r

th e Lord

Jesus

Christ;

That

we all

might

be

more effective witnesses, whereve

w e a r e ;

That

s tudent

scholarship and other

funds

may be

supplied

fo r the operat ion of CBI, f or t he completion of th e CBI building

a nd o t he r work of SEAEM;

That

th e spirit

of

friendship an d

cooperation

between

m is si on ar y a ct iv iti es h ere in

Northern Tha il and m ight

be

strengthened.

Thank you for joining me in this vitally important aspec

of missionary work. May God give yo u His richest

blessings

Wi th l ove

in Christ,

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