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February
I976
De a r Friends:
You
le d me to the L o r d . n o w
what can I do fo r you?
These
words were spoken to Lew Cass and
Bob as they t a lked with a
welder
abou t
coimnit t ing h is life
to Chr i s t .
Today t h a t man was immersed i n t o
th e Body
o f Ch r i s t
eage r
t h r i l l e d
at
th e
id e a o f
s t a r t i n g
a
new
life.
In Janua.ry we
began our
new yea r
with
f o r e s eeab l e
oppo r t un i t i e s and
goa l s
fo r te ac hin g here in th e
Sa l
a t i g a
area. . Nineteen were bap t i zed
7 from
the
v i l l a g e o f
Pendinga.n
12 from Sa l a t i ga .
One
was Pak Ahl i
a gentleman about s e ven ty ye ar s
o ld .
The o the r
fe l low was
Kar t jono
the
Heal th
Off i c e r from
the
a r e a which i nc l ude s Pendingan
and o th e r
v i l l a g e s .
ne
young
fellow
from the village had attended
services
in
the past but
quit coming these
past two years- However, since our
return here
he
once
again
occasionally
attended.
Then on one
of
our
vis i t s
to
Pendingan
before
Christmas Diane and
Vida Cass stopped in to see
the
family
and especial ly
the
new baby.
Karmin had
jus t brought in some r ice grass from
the
f ield as
cattle
feed. Coincidentally Debbie had been_looking for grass straw to use
in a manger scene of a
play
which she was
doing
with the
other
young people
fo r Chr i s tmas .
We asked Karmin
if he
knew where we
cou ld g e t some g ra s s .
Karmin very generou sl y gave
h is to
Debbie e offered him 200 Rp. which
i s
equ iva len t
to
about 5O0.
From t h a t v i s i t
Karmin
re tu rned to the
se rv ice s
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qui te fa i th fu l ly . The f i r s t Sunday of th i s new
year,
Karmin
surrendered
h is l i f e
to the
Lord.
We were
ab l e ,
through Chr i s t ,
to
poin t
a hea r t
toward
a
new life J u s t
a little
b i t
o f
love and
a
smal l amount
o f
g ras s
s t raw.
We do pray t h a t each
o f
you wi l l have
many
oppo r tun i t i e s
to
w itn ess the
Love
o f
Chr i s t , as we s t a r t a new year
working
to ge th er fo r the
One Cause
that mak e s all
w o r t h
v ; h i l e
Sigh t s *n Sounds around
our
house
SCHOOL i s
t ak ing
up most o f
Diane*s
t ime.
Since
the kids were two months
behind
Debbie
had
l J
years to
accomplish
in
about
7
months,
you
can see
who monopol izes the t ypewr i t e r .
Going from
3 rd grade tim es
t a b l e s in
New
Math,
to
l e a rn ing a l l about folkways, mores and taboos
in
Sociology,
d ic t a t i on o f advanced Shorthand
fo r
a s en io r , and
then to
atomic f i s s ion
and t r a ce elements in
Sc ience ,
and why was Rome an
impor t an t
c i ty in its
ear ly days in
World History
as
pa r t o f n in th grade s t ud i e s , then
back to
o ld
King
Bozo
o f
Srai thland
in
the 3 rd grade r eade r all
in
one day. t does
exhaus t
a
mother ly
mind, when she has people to s ee , shopping to do, v i s i t
in g g ue sts , meals to
p l an and
p repa re , correspondence
no twi t h s t and ing .
Thus
a
shor tage o f newsle t te rs
these .pas t month^-,
however-,-a-New--year-*-s
resolut io n more
l e t t e r s
Our
present
need i s SI700 for house r en t a l ,
including repa i r s
the
Ron
Ri tchey
family
wi l l be re tu rn ing
in
Apr i l ,
t hus
we
wi l l be
needing a
home
of our own. I t t akes
months
looking
for
a
su i tab le house,
then the
proce s s
o f bc r t e r i ng fo r
it
Af t e r t h a t ,
th e
ta sk o f s e t t i n g
it i n
orde r
fo r moving in . Perhaps
your
g i f t s
a t Eas te r t ime might be
sen t
to he lp
with t h i s
need .
Vie
would
love
to
have you
more
o f a
pa r t
o f Indones ia .
This
p a s t yea r has been qu i t e a busy one a lth ou gh v ery re w ard in g. We wish
to
thank each o f you
fo r pa s t sha r ing and giv ing
toward
Chr i s t s work he r e .
Serv ing Chr i s t
i n I ndone s i a ,
Bob,-
Diane,
D ebbie and
Laur ie
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May, 1976
Sa l am
d i d a l am Kristus
I n th e
cou r s e
o f ou r
da i l y
comings and
go ings , we
mee t i n t e r e s t i n g sit
ua t i o n s
and peop l e . Take f o r in sta nce , Joko , 15 , a handsome young l a d .
Some
t ime
ago ,
some
Ch r i s t i a n , somewhere ,
p l an t ed
a
s eed ,
and
th e seed
la y i n th e g ro un d, u nw a te re d, unca r ed f o r . When
one
o f ou r mis s iona r i e s
s t a r t e d a new Bib le s tudy in th e Kampong ne ighborhood) nea r
Joko s
hou s e , ,
that
s eed began t o
stir
a
little
and
h e
began t o visit.
So in
t e n s e
was h i s
interest that
r i g h t
away
he
wan ted o u r f r i e n d s
t o
talk
t o
h i s
f r i e nd ,
Iman.
Tha t
week, Iman
began
coming
t o
th e
s t u dy .
The
que s t i o n ;
What
t o do t o become a Ch r i s t i a n ? Joko ,
h i s
f r i e nd , and h i s
s i s t e r ,
Hes t i , now all have accep t ed Chr i s t and
a re
fo l lowing Him.
On
v i s i t i n g J o k o s f ami l y , you w i l l
f i nd
an o ld grandma t a k i ng ca r e
o f
them
all.
More t h an f ou r yea r s
ago ,
twe l ve
c h i l d r e n
had been left by
t h e i r p a re n t s , th e younges t be in g o nly t h r e e months
o ld
at th e t ime .
Grandma,
to o
o ld
t o
work ,
gave
them
a
p l a ce
t o s t a y by s h a r i n g h e r sma l l ,
h um b l e
h om e .
Two
of the
older chi ldren
have since married.
T h e others at
h ome are
still
to o young t o f i nd j ob s . Joko is
de te rminded
t o keep h i s fami ly
t o g e t h e r . He knows wha t h e wan t s fo r h i s
f ami ly
and he
knows
what t h ey
need and
we
know
he
i n t e n d s
t o
g i v e
t hem
J e s u s
Ch r i s t .
It b r i n g s
t e a r s
o f sadness and humbleness on
ou r p a r t t o se e
a
p l i g h t
such
a s
t h i s ,
bu t
it a l s o b r i ng s t e a r s
o f
jo y t o se e
th e
l i g h t e d
smi l e o f
knowing J e s u s
s h i n i ng t h r ough on
J o k o s
f a c e d a i l y . What a LIGHTII
Just finished
overhaul
o f
VW
eng in e
F r om South
Side
Ch u r c h
o f Ch r i s t Danv i l l e , IL
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A r o u n d the Home
As
many o f you
know, Debbie
h ad p la nn ed
on
f in is hin g h er High School
he re and t hen r e tu rn
to
t h e S ta te s
t h i s
summer,
plann ing
to
en r o l l
in
L in co ln B ib le C ol lege t h i s fall Because
o f
numerous
r e a sons ,
Debbie
has dec ided
to
s t ay oh
he re
ano the r
yea r .
She wi l l
be
a g r e a t a s s e t
i n
t each ing s choo l nex t
y ea r ,
p lu s doing
o f f i q e
work in
which
she is we l l
trained
O ur N ee d s
still
i n
need o f 1700 f o r a house in
ou r
last
n ews l e t t e r
we
men t i o n e d
this
n e ed and
a s
of
this
d a t e , we
h av e
n o t r e c e i v e d sufficient
funds fo r t h i s , t hu s , because o f having t o
move by
th e first o f May, we
had t o borrow money t o
do so .
The
money
h as t o be re tu rn ed a s soon
a s
po s s i b l e .
We c o nt in u al ly P r ais e
th e
Lord
fo r all th e
p raye r s and suppo r t on ou r
b eh a l f , a s we l a b o r to g e th e r fo r th e
cause
o f Jesus
Chr i s t
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. . . Look around you Vast fields
of
human
.iouls
arc ripening
all
around
us
and
arc
ready note for
reaping. The
reapers will be
paid
good wages and
will he gathering eternal souls
into
the
granaries
of heaven What joys
await
the soffcr
and
the reaper
both together
John
4:35^ 36
The Living
New Testament
T SIGAFOOSEJAMIU
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IN ONE S I . . .
is
the world's fifth largest nation of 120 million And Indonesia
is
tu rning to Christ
Most of the population live on the island
of
Java. This
one island
is
made
up of many
small
villages and in these
villages
the
greatest response to
Christ
is found. Many people
have
never heard the gospel message. In one village we visited an old
woman said,
I have
lived
here
all
of
my
life
and I
have
never
heard
about
Jesus Chri st
before.
Why
have
you
waited
so
long
to
come
and
tell
me about Him ?
We
have
been
asked to help in many
differ
ent places because
there
are not enough preachers and teachers to
mee t
th e
demand .
Now we
are
living
in
a
small town
called
Salatiga, located in
Central
Java.
Population in and around
the surrounding
area is approximately
seventy thousand.
Many
churches can
be
found in the city, but out
side in the villages there is virtually no work being done. We are
going into these villages teaching and preaching to
the
people there.
Several
visits have
already
been made
and the
response has been
great.
It will be
our
job to
train
men
who
will be teaching
their own
people.
We
will
work
w ith those who are
already Christians, to
strengthen
them so they
might
know what God would have them do and we will
start
New
Testament
congregations.
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O DI NE .
Bob
was
born
in
Danville, Illinois
where
he
attended grade
and high
school.
Thereafter,
he
served
in the United States
Navy,
1951
-
1954.
Diane
is a native of Fai rmount, Illinois and attended grade and
high
school in
the
Vermilion
County area.
Bob and
Diane were baptized
into Christ a t the South Side Church
of Christ in Danville,
Illinois
where Bob served as deacon and held
other
leadership
positions along
with
printing of the
South
Side
Side-Lites . They attended Illiana School
of
the Bible while
a t
South
Side,
absorbing as
many
courses
as
possible.
Moving
to
the Davenport,
Iowa area in 1967,
they
began working
with
the
Bettendorf
Christian
Church
congregation.
Bob
served there
as deacon
and
cha i rman o f the Youth
Guidance Commit tee .
They
have two
daughters:
Debora, born July 4 1958 in Terre Hau te , Indiana ;
Laura,
born December
21,
1960
in
Danville, Illinois.
Bob has
attended Lincoln
Christian College. While en ro lled there,
he
to ok cou rses
in Miss ions
and
Church G row th from
Max Ward
Kandall, along
with
other
Bible
courses and
printing.
Bob
intends
to
con tinue h is
studies while
on furlough.
Bob and Diane
earnestly
need
your
prayers
and
support. Prayer is
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I could not be
happier than
I am in
the fact that
Bob
and
his
family are going to Indonesia one of
the
greatest areas poten
tially in
the
whole world for discipling vast
multitudes
Max Wa r d Randa l l
Professor
o f Missions
It is mv
Christian
privilege to recommend
Robert
Sigafoose
and
family Their response to this
great
need is an answer
to prayer
Indonesia
is one
of
the
ripest and
most
demand
ing areas
for
workers at
the
present time
J ames D St rauss
A.sst.
Professor of
Philosophy
Chr is t ian Doctr ine
Without
hesitation we recommend
the
Sigafoose family to
Christians everywhere
They
ai-e
totally
committed to
Christ in body mind
and
soul . . .
Minister elders Bettendorf Christian
Church
We the Eldership give
our
full support and prayers to Bob
Sigafoose and his family.
Elders South Side Church
Danville Illinois
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December 1978
SELAMAT
HARI NATAL
What
an EXCITING
t ime
to be
in
America this time of the year
seeing
snow
for
the f irs t
time in years to see the
fantastic abundance
of Christmas items
found in the stores and
how
unbelievable
i t
is
fo r
us to have
all the
choices
in candies tree l ights bulbs
ribbons
and
colorful printed wrapping paper. Can you imagine the big deci
sion
for
us to choose which kind of Christmas candy
we
would en
joy the most?
What
a THRILLING t ime
to be able to spend a l i t t le time with friends and loved ones we
have
missed over the years to be able to share experiences
and
joys to
be
able to travel to
visit
so
many
of our churches
throughout the States enjoying wonderful
hospitality
fellow-
shipping and sharing in love for the common cause of
Christ
What
a THANKFUL t ime
to once more have a
taste of
freedom that comes from our wonder
ful America to express opinions and ideas without the threat of
danger to be able to publicly
PROCLAin
that
w
serve a
RISEN
SAVIOUR
If
the light of the gospel is to
glow
in a dark world then we
as wise men must bow daily a t the feet of
Christ
and
offer cost
ly gifts gave His
al l
for us that
w
might
give our
all
t o Him
John 3 : 6 :
fon.
God 10 lovtd this mnJid tkcut
He
gave His one and only Son
th ^
whosvQJi
bzH2.v2M In Hlrt
shall
not perish
bu t have. eXvonal
H i t
Of
all
the
billions
of
stars
only one le d
to
Bethlehem and
one gave
us an
ETERNAL Gift
only
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Please
Note :
Beginning January 1st, 1979, our new Forwarding Agent will be:
Delmer Rhodebeck
Pos t Off ice Box
67
Col
1insv i l le
I l l ino is
62234
Telephone Number: 618-877-7120
can
still
be contacted through Roy and Pat Prather at Box
569
Cat-
lin,
n 61817 as they will be taking care of our personal needs.
We would
IJke to wish each of you and^j/ours a very
bJLessed
Christmas
and a truly Happy
New
Year
in our
Lord.
Love
in Jesus
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