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Mission to Hong Kong and to the World '0' David and Light Mohn, Missionaries
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c/o Danny and Gail Jordan 107 Coquina Drive Cocoa, FL 32922-6913
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June 1997 Issue 1
Volume i;
Aletheia is going to school half a day, five days a week. She seems to enjoy it. Already her
Cantonese is more fluent than
related articles has greatly reduced the amount of remaining space oji our computer's old hard disk drive. But having an e-mail address and ability has also enabled us to help several brothers & sisters get some
information and iong distance communications taken care of quickly and cheaply. The Service Provider we
and a half year mark without any major problems. His teeth are slower coming in than Aletheia's but are
a sweetener in most processed foods, including baby food! One great blessing is that the eczema on his face
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has cleared up, only recurring occassionally. Christopher is nowwalking vety well, though he would rather be carried, of course. He gets very upset that he is not allowed out as often as his big sister, who gets to
go to school every morning. When I get back from escorting her, I can't get in the door until I take him out walking! He loves to go down and watch the buses at
the depot.
One new feature has been added to our lives since
volume set is available for free downloading at Christian Ethereal Library, a site maintained by Wheaton College. A recent addition is WinHelp formatting by an Egyptian Coptic X'n. ^ On other fronts, many of you may not have
heard of the recent announcement of the formation of
August '96. While brother Ben Rees was on furlough he was kind enough to loan me his password to access his Internet account to keep the already-paid-for hours trom going to waste. Locating Web sites with photos of stars & galaxies, butterflies & moths, and Bible
the A.C.E., a group of prominent men, including the illustriuous Dr. Everett Koop. Their mission is to call for a retum among Evangelicals to their theological roots. Christianity Today's editor. Dr. Timothy George,
without explaining how or why that influence occurred, I filled in the blank spaces for him. I had nine students,
crucial question, we all must keep a very clear mind." Essentially, what this means is that the Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders must look to Beijing, and not the Dalai Lama, for governmental decision making. The article observed that Tibet's 1,787 temples outnumber the towns and cities and its
46,000 monks and nuns outnumber the middle-school
Ethical Issues, having just finished lecturing on Systematic Theology and Wisdom Literature. Light is also teachinga Discipleship Trainingclass. So, are we doing any good? According to one
student who has studied classical Chinese literature an(!
students. It also said too much money and labor was being used to build and maintain temples, instead of
The
article also protested foreign criticisms of China's Tibetan policies, but did not mention the
In a related vein. Hong Kong's Governor was criticized by Beijing for introducing a bill that would, if passed, legally define for Hong Kong what is meant by sedition, treason, etc. One supposes that Beijing felt Patton's move attempts to preempt China's right to
define these terms after June 30, 1997. Since most of Hong Kong's religious believers are not politically active, it is unlikely Beijing will feel the need to
studying with us, Tai Chi Hung has been confronting a number of leaders on the issue of what the Bible says about baptism. He recently raised the issue with a
impose similar restrictions on the churches and temples here. But, the issue of freedom of speech/expression is still a possible "back door" for Beijing to use to try to restrict what is proclaimed by believers, and where it can be proclaimed, and to whom.
In case any of you don't have televisions or radios
still have some leaks, but now, no more floor damage. It's great, too, for when the baptistry of the church that
meets there springs a leak or overflows! :-)
and don't read the newspaper, or else you've had your head stuck in the sand (for whatever reason), the handover of Hong Kong back to Beijing will have
The copier we purchased about three years ago gave up its little lemon heart. We were planning on buying a replacement, but the Lord provided one for us. Another of Light's FEBC coworkers had a very good one they were not using in their small office, so they
gave it to us for free! It only cost us $130 for a new
drum.
SVGA computer.
one!
upgraded their office machine and gave us their old The college now has a new secretary, the wife of
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Colin Brown.
Far East Broadcasting, where she used to work. Light's task was mostly to wxite scripts, and to proof others' scripts for any glaring errors, editing them accordingly.
She also used her knowledge of Mandarin to record scripts for broadcast. One script that crossed her desk
declared bluntly that baptism was only a symbol and had nothing to do with our salvation. She tried to reason with the writer from scripture and was called a heretic for suggesting that remission of sins and reception of the Holy Spirit are dependent on faith, repentence and baptism into Jesus (Acts 2:38). She supplied a number of people in her office with my extensive set of notes on baptism, including the top-most Director in the company (who had paid Light a visit on the second day of the discussion). By that time the whole office was abuzz. During a chapel on the third day, the Director concluded that remission of sins could be obtained by baptism, but that baptism was
not necessary for salvation!!!
church can testify. The preachers also never perceived their own overemphasis on faith only.
Light has been teaching Chinese language and literature, and Economic & Public Affairs at a private
High School since the end of March. In the past year I have been given the opportunity of preaching at the Sham Shui
QDOO
Po branch of the Chinese Evangelical Gospel Church. (We have been attending
In a second incident, a local Chinese preacher, who is considered an expert about the Holy Spirit, was invited to write some scripts for the Bible Study program Light helped produce. This program has a
very large listening audience in China. In the first
script she found several statements that were clearly unsupported by scripture, such as the need to worship the Spirit because he is also God and, that a person receives the Spirit at the moment they believe, based on Eph 1;13 (compare Acts 2;38; ]9;l-6). When she submitted the corrected script to the preacher, he was naturally upset with her changes. However, Light had already discussed the changes with the Vice Program Director, supplying him with all the relevant scriptures. Her changes remained with only a bit of rewording.
In a final incident eariier this year. Light was
Did you know that there is a parasitic wasp so small, that it lays its eggs in the egg of butterflies? One butterfly egg can produce about 50 new wasps! Did you know that there are about 90 pyramids near Xi'an, China? The largest is TWICE as big as the Great Pyramid in Egypt, being over 980 feet tall. However, they are piled-earth in-form, like the Central
and South American pyramids. The Chinese term for
them, LING, indicates they are burial mounds. The famous grave in the area that produced all the ceramic
lifesize horses and soldiers was, however, not a mound.
quote from the Bible was heavily supported with scriptural references. There was no problem until time to record the script. Then, a co-worker disagreed with her statement that there are only three verses that tell plainly how we enter Christ/the Church. (Rom 6:3; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:27) Although she did not say S^ase ^note that their mailing address has changed, anywhere in the script that baptism is necessary for ^ough their phone number is the same. Anyone inj salvation, the co-worker made the correct logical ps^Qrida who has a spare car they can loan us for travel deduction and brought his objections to the Director. in-state, please contact our agents. It needs to be on the To make a longer story short, after a couple meetings in ^arge size, such as a wagon or van(ette), considering which Light was essentially commanded to change her ur family of four. doctrinal views, she was fired for being unwilling to admit she was wrong and the Director was right. In a Causes for Praise and Praver subsequent office chapel meeting the Director Give thanks for Light's opportunity to witness the
publically branded her a heretic and told the workers to
reports and visit old friends (and new ones). 'We expect ^o be in Canada and Illinois during September and in Florida from October through December Any churches or individuals wishing us to discuss our work and the present situation in Hong Kong and China may contact us directly, or through our agents, Danny & Gail Jordan. Their address is at the top of this letter.
workers have already altered their thinking. If the higher management can be influenced to do
likewise, this can have far reaching consequences in China, due to FEBC's broadcast range. Pray that the Spirit of Christ will open their understanding to believe what the Bible really
says.
present low rent by 250%, to about US$770-900. That would still be less than the going rate for a
public flat of the same size (about 460 sq. ft.), but
not by much.
father dies.
Please keep us and the Christians of Hong Kong in your daily prayers as July 1, 1997 passes by.
Not nearly enough attention has been raised about the religious restrictions of China and how they might impact the Church in Hong Kong. Thanks to Jesus! I am no longer sensitive to onions, garlic, chives, or related species! As mentioned in the last letter, keep praying that
mortage payments would be slight-IF we can obtain a flat now through the government subsidized ownership scheme. In either case, the monthly outlay for housing will be stiff
Finances - 1997
$ 8,942 4.738
4,000
$13,680
and sisters, as well as my dad and sister. Please pray for Light's mother to want to give up smoking and horse racing. (Aletheia has already mimicked her smoking.) With her heart and arterial condition, smoking, and eating salty and oily foods as she does, is not good.
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Chai. I am hoping they will eventually permit me to teach a Sunday School class of some sort. Please pray for the churches in Indonesia. It was reported that last year, thousands of people
stormed 11 churches, smashed the buildings and facilities, beat the preachers and roughed up
some women. More than US$60,000 was stolen
from offerings. It was not reported whether the attackers were Muslims, but this is likely, since Indonesia is a Muslim controlled country and has
a ver>' militant group of Muslims.