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fiela Address:

Forwarding Agent:

Alan & Janet Bemo

Mrs.

Lane 157 Number 21


Hsin Sheng S. Bd., Bee* 1
Taipei, Taiwan

R. E. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson,

Sandi Gant

Oklahoma

January 30 196':;^
DesLT Christian Friends,

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Rebecca Leigh Bemo was/^rn at 5'20 A.M. on the


morning of January 6th. We are goxng to call her
Becky.

Bhe weighea 9 pounds, 10 ounces, which was

almost exactly a pound heavier than Beth's birth


weight. Ahen, Sandi, our forwarding agent, heard

how heavy Becky was sne wondered if we were try-

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and fix her own bottle.
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Betn, Qoesn't j.ack for appetite ana wakes up


every four hours on the dot to be fed. Now I

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have tnree women in my life - I guess I will have '

to train one to cook ae sweets and another to bring my slippers - (the first woman of my life
teiKes care of the sweet nothings).
every way.

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"6 are thsinkful that mother and baby are healthy-and well in
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it seems like a long time since we have written to you - it has been two months.

I should have

written this three weeks ago but if you saw my appointment book you would understand why 1 didn't.
I am sitting here wondering where to start.

I coula st^t--jiridm''-;yX-XKri^t^"S~activ-it;e:s but I would like to Just tell about the most important

event of- Ctj^istmas lay.

Two persons were baptized-into Christ that day at the evening service.

The Lord il^2T^Ta>--4UL,_s_member of the congregation for some time, and Mrs. Dittemore to lead Mr.
Wu and their olB^'st'"son to Christ..

It was wonderful to see this family united in Christ.

Since Janet was expecting Becky at anytime when the new semester at language school started on
January 3ra, she did not enroll. I got in a class with two others for three hours a day. I have
taken five hours some days and that is rough. Janet is starting back
anu will only be taking one or two hours a day while I babysit. Next
to school and Janet will babysit for tneir children in the mornings.
in school but we know it's very important.
..
iihile Janet

tae hospital

to school this afternoon


week the Skiles will start
It isn't easy to get us all
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witn her

luncn after attending school in the morning.

In the

afternoon 1 worked on painting the baby bed and try-


ing to get tne house reaay for Becky's homecoming.
Beth and I ate supper and slept at mother's at night.
lie were aii glau wiicn danet was uoine again and xife
could somewhat return to normal.

But the day Janet

was to come home tne baby bed wasn't dry so she had
to stay another day. Then on homecoming day as 1

was cleaning paint off tne floor Beth drank some

paint thinner. I rusneu Betn to the doctor's office


and they had to pump her poor little stomach. Tiiis

delayed me picxing up Janet another four hours and


nad all of us on edge.

I am happy to say that there

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was no serious damage and by everiin^'B^'h was acting as if nothing hSi'happened at all and Becky
was tucked in safe and so^d'^ln her jje*bedi'"*'"''^

Then the next day, Tue^ay,^>afiuary l4th, the Skiies family arrived in Taiwan, They)were to arrive

at 9-00 in the mornin^v.^a (^en we got to the dock in Keelung to meet the ship i^e-^^mnd that the

ship had already docked'^^^^^M.UA nnn hnd .hsffini.iprirmi tte4-'-te-'-eogre"''-tro"'^hoFe" though; as they were

having to go tnrough immigration on the ship,

Ahen Ted saw us we shouted nellos and took

pictures of each otner. By 9*00 we were shak-

ing hands and by 10:00 the Skiies had moved

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iheir room baggage through customs and we were


on our way to Taipei in Doug Smith's car and

our car,

Ted anu I had to go back to Keelung

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that same morning then to get some more room

baggage.

Then on Wednesday and Thursday, Ted

and. I .went back againto-get their hold bag-

gage through customs. The Church had a wel-

cominb party for the Skiies' family on Wednesday night.


Then Friday and Saturday was

apent helping them hunt for a house and by

Saturday they had selected one, Ted preached


Sunday morning which was a blessing to all
of us.

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The following week's free time was

spent helping the Skiies move into their

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ceries.

The Welcome Party at Shrling Church of Christ

Ihe car was indispensable.

these last two weeks Janet and I

During

have had our

first experience in trnasiating for someone else,

I'm not sure how anich we got translated and it

was a humbling experience.

1 know that many of you have been praying with us that the young men who are coming to our classes
would accept Cnrist, I v.as hoping they would at-Christmas time but they didn't. It seems now
tnat tney snouid accept tne Lord at anytime. Personal ijvangalism here is so different than in the
States. Tne same steps are followed but each step takes so much more time since Jehovah, Salvation
as a gift and the need of repentence are such new concepts to them. Mother has been working with

a young man for ZYz years and he just accepted Carist on Januray 12. This last weekend motner went
to Gaushung, a city in the southern part of the island where Lillian Martin is working and three
converts are serving in the militaryf to help them in starting a church service. She reports that
12 people attended the service which is a very thrilling start.

Starting with this year we are listed as being under the "Formosa Christian Mission" instead of the
"Kyushu Christian Mission",

Now that several missionaries are coming.to Taiwan we found it neces

sary to start a new "mission" in6te.-.d of being under the Kyushu Christian Mission which is in
Japan, Of course the "mission" is only to fulfill government requirements and has no legislative
duties whatsoever,

we are still under the Elders of the East Point Christian Church in Muskogee

and support is sent directly to us instead of through a mission board. ^ You will probably notice
the change on our receipts.

"We have enjoyed hearing from so many of you personally and we hope you will continue to do so.

This

as are your prayers, are a constant encouragement to us.


Your co-workers here in Taipei,
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Mrs.

Sandi Gant

k.fi. 1, Box 2:57


Ft. Gibson, Okla.
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Field Address:
Alan & Janet Bemo

Lane 157i Number 21


Usin Sheng SBd, Sec.1
Taipei, Taiwan.

March 18,

Forwarding Agent:

CAST
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Mrs* Sandi Gant

R. R. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson,

Oklahoma 7^43^

Dear Christian Friends,

After four weeks of trying to help the Skiles' family get settled a little bit and trying to get
into a new schedule set upon us by the arrival of Becky, we had a two day holiday from school.
It was for the occasion of Chinese Lunar New Year, which, because the Chinese go by a lunar calen
dar, happened to be on February the 17th. New Year's Day and the four days which proceed are very
important to the Chinese.
This is a time when shops close down Uid people are off work from two
to five days.
New Year's eve is a night when all the members of a family are to be together and
eat together. Wives are supposed to live in their husband's family home all year but are per
mitted to go to their own family homes for the second day of New Years. Therefore during the New
year period all the students go home for a few weeks.
Jonathan Chen and Mr. Wang (who was a
student who was led to the Lord through us two years ago), invited us to go to Puli, their home,
at this time to hold some meetings.
We had not seen them in two years since they are serving in
the military now in the southern part of the island.
So Ted and 1 planned on going to hold an
evangelistic service there.
When our students found out we were going they wanted us to go to
their homes too. At first we didn't thizik we had the time, with only two days off, but we finally
planned to stop by each house if only for a few minutes.
We thought we would go by train or bus
at first since I didn't trust the old Rambler and there are no mechanics on the road anywhere.
After we found out how crowded the trains were, though, we decided to work on the car and take it
anyway. In the evenings after school, Ted and I made the needed repairs.
We were sure glad too

when we saw people climbing in trains through windows and saw trains so crowded that people were
standing on the train engine and hanging out of windows and doors. Three students decided to ride
with us instead of going by public transportation.

On Saturday (Feb.15), after final repairs had been made that morning, we started off.

The first

night we stayed at a student's (Mr. Jyou) home. We ate there at 7sOOFM., then we went to Mr. Jang's
house for a ten minute visit and came back just in time for a meeting at 9jOO

with

about eleven

college students who were Mr. Jyou's home town friends. I showed slides and Ted taught.
After
class I had to make a repair on the car (the muffler had fallen off) while a hundred Chinese looked
on. Finally at 11:00 it was time for my bath which was Japanese style. You actually bathe first
and thin get into a small wooden tub to soak. The only reason I could find for the soaking was to
be cooked, since the water became hotter the longer I stayed in

(it is heated by a charcoal fire underneath while you soak) It


was very relaxing though, and after sleeping on a hard tatami
straw mat all that night X felt like

I needed to do it again

the next morning.

The next day we went to six other homes to visit and we ate in
every one of them. We were obligated to at least sample what-

ever "refreshment" was put before us. Since this was the New ijH

Year season the food was e:}^ceptionally delicious as well as


abundant. There are always some new dishes too, like fried
octopus. That evening at 6:30 we stopped at a Christian girl's
home in Taichung where we had a Bible study and the Lord's
Supper. Since we had dropped two of the students off at their

homes, that only left one which meant that our service had four
people. As we had our communion service and prayer, the girl's
Buddhist mother was in the next room chanting a long Buddhist
prsiyer. Since the inside walls of their house are only made
of paper it made it difficult to concentrate. After the Lord's
Supper we sang a chorus and left. We had one more place to go
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to before we reached Puli our final destination that night.


We arrived at about 10: CX).

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fixing flat on trip to Puli

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Eating Japanese style in. one student's home
Service at Miss Tsai's house
The next evening, Monday the 17th, we had the most successful meeting of our trip (as far as our
human judgement goes) at Mr. Chen's house. There were at least 20 students there. They were very
attentive and afterward they individually asked lots of questions.

We had to come home Tuesday morning because school started ag^ on Wednesday. It was sure good
to be back with Janet and the girls and good old American cooking-

Right before we made the trip I had asked all of my students if they believed in God. One didn't
answer and one said "I don't know," but the rest said that they did.

This was wonderful because

when they first came none of them had believed and, in fact, were antagonistic. They now said that
their biggest problem to becoming a Christian would be the opposition by their parents. Their
parents are Buddhists and worship ancestors and idols. I hope that by this visit to their homes
that it might make it easier for the parents to accept their sons as Christians and see the light
of Christianity themseives. On -the trip I noticed that -ihree of the ten. houses we visited.had
idols in them.

Janet and I are studying together again and we are really enjoying language study. We have just
learned enough Chinese to be able to teach very simple lessons and tell Bible stories in very
simple Chinese. It is a thrill to come to this point.

Beth is going to be two on April l8th and Becky is almost eleven weeks old. According to the
Chinese way of counting age Beth is three and Becky is already two. They are a year old at birth
and add a year at every Lunar New Year after that. Everyone's birthday is at New Year's. Don't
ask me to explain that again but that's really the way it is.

We have classes on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in our home.

One class is with new students.

What a long road we have to stumble and struggle on together. We only pray that this road will
eventually lead to the straight and narrow for them. Then what a happy and glorious road we will
have before us!

We are depending upon your prayers.

In Christ

May God Bless you.


NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION

U.S., POSTAGE

Mrs. Sandi Gant

R.R. 1, Box 237

Ft. Gibson, Okla. 7^^3'*


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Field Address:

Forwarding Agent:

Alan & Janet Bemo

Mrs. Sandi Gant

Lane 157) Number 21

R, R. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson,

Hsin Sheng 3. Rd., Sec. 1


Taipei, Taiwan

Oklahoma 7^^3^

May 17, 1969

Dear Christian Friends,

Greetings in the name of Christ.

This morning Beth woke us up at six-thirty saying "Let's eat" and wanting to play.

This may not

seem unusual except for the fact that Beth just came home ifrom the hospital yesterday after major

surgery. Just a week ago we discovered that Beth had a hernia and four days later she was admitted
into the Mackay Memorial Hospital here in Taipei. The next morning, M^ 15th, she was operated on.
That day she cried a lot and wouldn't eat anything as she was coming out of the anesthesia. But

yesterday we were amazed at how she. had already recovered after 20 hours and the doctor discharged

her at 8:00 A.M. and said to let her eat and do anything she wanted to.

himgry and mischievous as ever.

a-fire.

Children are amazing.

She was just as cheerful,

She's been running around here like a house

How we thank the Lord for caring for her."

i^e have wanted to get a jiewsletter off to you for the past two weeks but it has been one thing after
another which has delayed my writing one. We are really busy these days and sometimes it seems that
we are busy doing nothing. In my last letter to Mark Maxey, a missionary to Japan, I told him it
seemed as if we could spend every minute of our time just doing things that keep us over here -

government regulations, taxes in both countries, newsletters, financial reports (by-the-way they are
available to those who want them'^, stacks of personal letters and the things everyone has to do to

live - and not have any time left for evangalism, our purpose for being here. Of course it isn't
quite that bad but sometimes it seems that way. He wrote back and pointed "out to me that even Jesus
spent most of His time just walking places. He must have had a terrible time making himself walk
when he could have made a jeep or helicopter and gotten places a lot quicker to spend more time
teaching in his three short years. Of couse even in these mundane jobs we still have the opportun
ity to witness to those we deal with of our Lord, by our very patience and meekness and love and
concern for them. We daily pray ot more of these fruits of the Spirit to be manifested in our

Lives.

Please pray with us.

Some of you may remember that two years ago I held a class
in a coffee shop near the Taipei College of Science and

^rts.

There three athiests faithfully attended the class

three days a week and as a result were led to accept Christ

Eis their Saviour.

By chance (?) a young lady from the same

college attended one of the weekly classes in our home re


cently. I told her of those former meetings and she was
Interested in having something of the same sort with some
cf her friends.
We arranged a class at the same coffee shop
as before and on a Wednesday afternoon. I met six girls
there to give them an introduction to why I believe the
3ible. They were all courteous and interested but it was
sasy to interpret the smiles and smirks on their faces as
[ talked about God's Word. All of them told me they did
lot believe in any religion or God. we have started week
ly meetings there at the same place, same time. However

class in coffee shop

cn the afternoon of May 7th Taipei was under an air-raid drill and no one was permitted out on the

streets.

This interrupted our second meeting but we resumed last Wednesds^.

Phe weekly classes in our home have died down in number and interest.

There still are four medical

students who are coming who have become believers but have not yet become obeyers of the Word. I
lope to start meetings at colleges instead of in our home in the future. Janet, however, is start

ing an all women's class in the home on Thursday nights.

We find occasion to have students in

our home for games and meals once in a while, too.

On April 20th we started Sunday evening services in our


home, ^his 16 a joint project of the Skiles family and ourselves for the sake of the students we both have and several
Ohristians who live in our part of the city.

Elizabeth had her second birthday on April l8th. We invited

seven of her best Chinese friends and three American friends,


ihe three American children (Mark, Greg and Vicki Skiles)
came but only a few of the invited Chinese we able to come
so we went out on the street and invited other kids in. We

ended up with more guests than we had planned for but there
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was plenty of cake for all. The kids all played games and
there were little gifts for everyone. For the closing I Students playing games at our house,

made my first attempt at teaching in Chinese by teaching a flannelgraph story to the children.

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coming to Taiwan on dune 7th to

Although we have spoken of them before 6uid msiny of


you probably already know them personally, we want

to introduce Sam and Virginia Hazlewood. Sam gra

duated from Ozark Bible College in I968 with me.

He has been serving as youth minister at Boulevard

Christian Church in Muskogee, Oklahoma and now they


are preparing to come to Taiwan, Lord willing, in

September of this year. If you are interested in


helping them you can write to them at 603 N. Mash-

ington, Muskogee, Qkla.

By the way we are

waiting word from them now about the birth of their


first baby.

Our financial report for January, February and March


is available if you would like to see it.

fte have

already sent one to all who sent support during this


time but will be glad to send it to anyone else who
.requests It.

In Christian Love,

NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION

Mrs. Sandi Gant

U.S. POSTAGB

R.H. 1, Box 237


rt. Gibson, Okla.
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Mrs, Isabel M. Dittemore

Mrs. Lillian Martin

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Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bemo ^

Mr. and MrsPfed'Sl^ll

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Miss Sue Rhodes

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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haziewood
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Johnston
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From Left to Right: Alan & Janet Bemo; Ted, Bev,


Greg, & Mark Skiles; Peter Suen; Stephen Chen; Sue

Rh^es; Mrs. Isabel Dittemore.

Peter Suen taking the confession of a Chinese


lady, aided by Mrs. Suen who is standing on
the lady's right.
A ffvup of students at a Bible
study.

Peter Suen, an Elder, preaching at the


Shilin Church of Christ.

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The building on the cover is called the
"East Gate." Taipei, as most old Chinese
cities, was once a walled city. It had four
main gates; North, South, East, and West.
The wall has been taken down now but

the East Gate of the old city has been left


and preserved.
both teach classes in their home and Alan

THE
MlSSfONBRlES
Mrs. Martin was the first to come to

Taiwan in September of 1963. She has


worked in Puli and Taipei and is now

working in Kaohsiung establishing a con


gregation and working with polio and
spastic children.
Mrs. Dittemore came in October of

1964. She has concentrated her work in

Taipei and Shiling, a suburb of Taipei.


Mrs. Dittemore is mainly interested in
radio work, and because of her labors,
there is also a congregationin Shiling.
Alan & Janet Bemo first came to

Taiwan on a year's internship from June


of 1966 to June of 1967. After Alan

graduated from Ozark Bible College in


June of 1968, they returned that month
to begin their first term of service. They

also preaches. Tlieir main goal right now


is to learn the Chinese language, and to
that end, they have been enrolled in lang
uage school since July of 1968.
Ted and Bev Skiles came to Taiwan in

January of this year, 1969. They were


Alan and Janet Bemo's forwarding agents
wliile the Bemo's served their internship
in Taiwan, and in this way became
acquainted with the need in Taiwan.
Upon Ted's graduation from Ozark Bible
College in 1968, they served in BlackweU,
Oklahoma until coming to Taiwan. They

Sam and Virginia Hazlewood are plan


ning to come to Taiwan in October of
1969. Virginia graduated from Ozark
Bible College in June of 1966 and Sam in

June of 1968. Since Sam's graduation,


they have been serving in Muskogee,
Oklalioma. They too are planning to
teach in the home and to go to language
school.

Chuck and Molly Johnston are plan


ning to arrive in January of 1970. Chuck

will graduate from Ozark Bible College in


December of 1969, but they will be
coming to Taiwan before the graduation

also have Bible classes in their home and

ceremonies in June of 1970. As with the

are enrolled in language school.


Miss Sue Rhodes is a 1969 graduate of
Platte Valley Bible College. She came to
Taiwan on a summer internship from
June to August of 1969. She has concen

other new missionaries, they will teach in


their home and tackle the Chinese lang

trated

her efforts

Schools and camp.

on vacation

Bible

uage.

For the new missionaries, the Chinese

language must be their main goal. Natur


ally, it would be extremely difficult to be
effective without it.

T/^IWAN TALK
It has been just four weeks since I from Taichong. So it seems like a good
wrote, telling you in word and by picture time to go on the air there too, for during
of the wonderful evangelistic meeting these intensely hot months the Chinese
just completed with Brother Don De Welt people sit up most of the night because
as evangelist. And during this month it is they cannot sleep. And, as I write this, I
good to report that three others have am en route to Taichong to talk to a
come to the Lord also.

radio station in the center of the Taiwan

Our services at the Shih Ling Church


of Christ have been growing in atten

island about going on the air there in


August.
From Taichong I will go up to Pull and

dance, and last week there were 48 there

(see picture) and Mrs. Ching made the conduct classes and services this week end
good confession of her faith following a in the home of one of our Christian
good sermon by Peter Suenour first young men. I will be aided by two med
convert here. Her^ wiU be the 90th bap ical school students who will be working
tism in our little Shih Ling church in a Christian hospital there this summer.
which began in my home in October, I try to get to Puli once a month, but I
1964. Our members are scattered all over don't always make it. And, unless I have
the island, some have fallen by the way someone to interpret, I feel as if I haven't
side and nine are now in the U. S., so we done much good.
It is wonderful to have Janet (my
still stay a relatively small, local group,
but a warm-hearted one where folks feel daughter) and Alan Bemo with their
children Beth and Becky here to help in
at home.
My own time, these weeks, has been the work along with Beverly and Ted
doubly taken up with radio work, be Sidles and their children Mark, Greg, and
cause we want to follow our new plan in Vicki. A more consecrated, capable and
Taipeiof programs every day but lovable team would be hard to find any
Sundayin Japan also. And since even 10 where, and we depend upon them more
minutes per day (which is all the time we than we probably should while they are
could possibly afford) costs $500.00 per all in language school. This year, I turned
month here, we plan to put our entire over camp plans and teaching entirely to
series of programs on in Hiroshima, Japan them and Sue Rhodes, our missionary
during the three fall months, hoping to intern for the summer, and did nothing
interest a new group of correspondents but help with the food situation. How
there. The present church of Christ in ever, I did arrange for the hotel rooms,
Hiroshima, except for Prof, and Lydia chapel and mundane details to free the
Kishi who carry it on, are all originally young folks of that part until next year
our radio correspondents there and a pro when the Bemos will finish language
gram over this station has a potential school.
audience of 16,000,000 people, with only
I have charge of the Sunday evening
one other radio station to compete with church at Shih Ling and at my home on
it. So we are working all summer at cut Thursday evening, and do enjoy them
ting our programs down from fifteen- very much. Other evenings are busy too,
minute to ten-minute lengths while we often with calling in the homes or teach
have the help of Mrs. Grace Hu, who is a ing in them. I conduct Bible study on
radio engineer in Taiwan (from Japan), Wednesday evenings at the church now,
here for the summer. This is taking about since the Bemos and Skiles have classes in
half of my daytime hours each week. But

just yesterday, I finally completed doing


the last of the Chinese series, so the pres
sure will not be as great as it was.

their homes on that evening. On Wednes


day of each week, however, all the
missionaries come here in the early even

members and students whose homes are

ing for Bible study, prayer and supper


together, for we all need a time and place
to talk together of our mutual efforts to
win souls and "bring them in."
My social life is interesting to me, also,
and it helps to keep the church family
unified and happy. We have a church
supper once each month, and we try to

there or in Puli which is a two hour drive

make it at a time that someone is coming

We have had our first radio convert in

Taipei, recently, and others are attending


our services and classes. Some have asked

if they will be able to hear our programs


in Taichong when they go home for the
summer, and we do have quite a few

Isabel M. Dittemore

through on a visit so that they can


become acquainted with the Christians.
This month's activities included a farewell

supper and party for our young men who


have recently graduated from collegeand
must leave immediately for a year of
compulsory military service, and a trip to
Koashiong to take Sue down to meet
Lillian Martin and Jonathan Chen, who is

just completing his year of military ser


vice this month, to make plans for a
DVBS there. They and Esther Suen, Sue's
interpreter this summer, are en route
today to Koashiong to conduct a DVBS
next week. While in Koashiong, Sue and I
attended a Chinese feast with the hospital
staff where Lillian works and has the use

of a well-equipped ward for spastic and


polio children with whom she is working.
Last week end we had four members

of the Rees family here, en route home


for furlough, and we all had supper here
Saturday evening. Sunday afternoon
there was a church sing followed by
snacks, not only to greet the Reeses, but
to say good-bye to the Douglas Smith
family who have been here in military
service for two years and are greatly loved
by this congregation. They left last night,
and will be greatly missed. We wish them
Godspeed and joy in returning home.
My own private happiness is greatly
augumented by being able to baby-sit
with my grandchildren several times a
week, either here at home or over at the
Bemo's. I guess I'm a doting grand
mother, if there ever was one.
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But, in between all of this I do manage


to write about ten letters a week, keep up
my ledgers, and study. In fact, the timeconsuming job these last two weeks has
been the preparation, typing, and stencil
cutting for two quarterly financial reports
which I must now get into the mail.
Then, I check translations with David,
Luke, Peter and Jonathan each of
whom is translating a good, but long and
scholarly, doctrinal book into Chinese.
We are making preparations for training a
ministry here, and these books are badly

The future is as bright as the promises


of God, and we anticipate the coming of
my brother Mark Maxey, here in Septem
ber to teach a be^nning Survey of the
Bible course for our potential preachers.
Other professors from the U. S. are al
ready making plans to come spend a
summer here for training these men too.
One of them is Professor Don De Welt,

needed toward that end.

who saw the need of it while he was here.

My own years of continued service


here cannot be expected to last indefinit
ely, and I feel I must use my time and
experience in ways which will help

These dreams, too, God will bring to frui


tion, I know.
However, if we do not have visions of

"establish in the faith" the work and

future, we will have no goals for which to


strive. So, pray with us that God will not
only give us the faith to dream, but the
will to do all we can to bring them to
pass, in order that His kingdom may
come sooner and that we will see many

workers here as long as He gives me the


time and strength to do so.
The work here is growing, and will
continue to do so, but our need for a new
meeting place is very urgent. We have
about $1,300.00 in our building fund,
but we will need more than eleven times

that amount if we buy an apartment, as


we are hoping to do, and convert it into a
church. I am not a money-raiser, but it

will be able to borrow the balance from

the bank. So, this is the dream which I

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brothers and sisters from China around

the great white throne.

Your sister in the Lord's h^py service.

seems a shame that we cannot at least

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sue RHODes
SeRUeS SUMMER
wreRNSHTP
Sue Rhodes.

in the shade. I really enjoy my iced tea


when I have it.

Greetings to each and every one of


you in the name of our precious Lord and
Savior, Jesus Clirist, from the island of
Taiwan.
It has been said that this summer is the

hottest one in five years on this island.


Since I have only been here one and a
half months, I couldn't say. However, I
do know that it has been terribly hot
since I arrived.
I am in Taiwan for a three month

This week, as I write this article to


you, I am in Koahsiung the southern part
of the island. Esther (Show Li Sun) and I
are here for a week of Daily Vacation
Bible School. Today was only the second
day, and so far we are averaging about
twenty cliildren every day. These children
are very eager to learn, so this is a great
opportunity for the Gospel of Christ. But
many times, even after the children learn
of Christ, their parents wUl not let them
continue coming to Sunday School be
cause of their (parents) beliefs. Family

internship, and probably one of the high


lights of my summer will be the week of
July 6-11. This was the week for our worship is in control of the lives of these
Christian Service Camp which was held people and it is very hard to win them to
on Grass Mountain, north of Taipei. Christ. We hope to be able to make conDuring this week we lived at the Inter
national

Hotel

which is

tacts this week through these children we


are teaching. I am very Umited because I
do not know the Chinese language. Also
helping us this week is Jonathan Chen, a
young Chinese Christian, who is a cadet at

the military academy just outside of


Kaohsiung.
The rest of my summer wiU be spent
in directing V.B.S. in Taipei, then I will

be returning to the States the end of


August. From this time on I do not know
where the Lord may lead me. Truly, there
is a need here.
Please remember those on the field
here and those who are to come in the

coming year.
In Christian Love,

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owned and

operated by Japanese people. As far as


the number of campers, the group was
small with all the young people in atten
dance already baptized into the Christian
faith. Yet, I think I can speak for the
campers as well as the other missionaries,
in saying that the blessings and the
inspirations that were received were
numberless.

I was a little mixed up during that


week trying to keep the different customs
straight within my own mind. Welived at
a Japanese Hotel, sleeping on Tamani
beds (straw mats on the floor), eating
Chinese food, teaching tlirough an inter

preter, putting my English thoughts into


Chinese, and eating peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches in between everytliing
else that was done.

One thing that 1 have noticed about


the Chinese people, is that regardless of
where you may be, at Christian Service
Camp or traveling on tlie train, they will
serve you hot tea even if it is 100 degrees

Outdoor Bible Study

Sue Rhodes

Lillian Martin

working with
youngster in
Koahsiung
Christian

Hospital.

9JC.909XS ON
WORK fN
KOAHStWNO
spread that there was a physical therapist
September 3, 1968 I moved from Tai in the area who was unemployed at the
time. Pastor Savage, the administrater of
pei to the southern port city of Koah
siung seeking a wider and more fruitful the Koahsiung Christian Hospital asked
ministry. My first thoughts were to open me to come and serve at his hospital. At
a typing school in this new industrial area that time there were four spastic children
to help the many young country girls that in the hospital. I accepted the challenge,
are flocking into this industrial processing and this has opened many doors for me.
zone seeking employment. With the many Dr. Shen, an orthopedic surgeon, who is
foreign factories and industries opening affiliated with the Christian Hospital and
export businesses, there is a great demand a professor at the Koahsiung Medical
for people who are able to type, speak College, asked me to teach Ethics and
English, and have other secretarial skills. English conversation at his school. I
Many of these youthful girls are from the jumped at this chance too, because 1
hamlets and villages, and while some of could naturally begin with Christian
them can read a little English, they can't Ethics which is the source of all ethics,
speak it very well because most of them and greatly needed here in Taiwan in all
have had little opportunity to use it. The professions. This new work took up two
young people need instruction in conver afternoons weekly, Tuesday and Thurs
sation, and there is a great demand for day.
English speaking teachers. How to start? I
rented a down-stair apartment, purchased

The Baptist Church in my area has a


polio home for eighty crippled children,
and they asked me to help there on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after
noons. I couldn't refuse them either. This

work load was terriffic, but this is what I

came for. I kept at this schedule until


February, 1969. January 27, 1969, we
added to this schedule the Koahsiung
Christian Church. I had never thought of

doing anything like this, but I was prod


ded

by my

co-worker, Mrs. Isabel

Dittemore. The Church is growing slowly


now, and we have baptized three people
in the two months that have passed since
we opened the church. Mr. Ling is the
principal of a Junior High School, and he
could be a door that can be used to

evangelize the whole school. I can say


that he is a radiant Christian and has been

full of the Holy Spirit from the day of his

chairs, ordered desks to be made, and

wrote asking for help in securing second


hand standard typewriters. However, the
typewriters didn't materialize, and the

school didn't come into being althougli a


church did in its place!
As a stranger in Koahsiung, one of the
first things 1 did in order to secure a
following, was to put an advertisement in
the local papers soliciting students who
were interested in improving their English
conversation.

-.sill"

Within one week I had

twenty-five prospective students. These


students, being on different levels, re
quired that I spht the classes. I had
originally intended to teach English three
nights a week, Monday, Wednesday, and

Friday. Naturally, it ended up that I was


teaching English conversation two hours,
six nights a week! God has a marvelous

way of leading us into paths that He


wishes us to travel. The idea of the school

opened other doors into a richer, larger


field.

Very soon, through Dr. Bjorkaas, word

Lillian and her staff.

money for the wall. The Koahsiung Char


ity League Ladies came through with a
donation of S90.00 and this amount was

used to lay a concrete floor. Some of the


men from the U.S.S. Hector formed a

working crew, and did a great deal of


work for us. They laid a concrete ramp
for the children to walk to and from the

Mr. Ling, school principal and new convert with Koahsiung Chuch of Christ Sunday School class.

baptism. He came up from the pool


witnessing! Miss Lee is a teacher who I
believe was won by two of her classmates,
Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang. They are two
young men from the Shih Lin Church of
Christ in Taipei (the Church Mrs. Dittemore planted) who are officers teaching
at the military academy here. They have
helped me plant this little church in
Koahsiung. Mr. Chen teaches Sunday
School and acts as my interpreter at the
Sunday morning Services. Mr. Wang plays
the organ and does other official work for
the Church. I try to encourage them to
preach, but I seldom succeed.
Lillian and staff member work with
a spastic youngster.

We have an average of 18 in our


Sunday School, but sometimes we have as
many as 25. I usually note this without
counting, because we only have 25 chairs.
Miss Rhodes, who is a recent graduate
of Plate Bible College, is here interning at

ward, installed plumbing, and numerous


other jobs.
On June 1, 1969, we completed the
ward for spastic children and held our
formal opening on June 15. Our efforts
were weU received, with the Mayor of
Koahsiung attending, giving a speech, and
promising support. He stated that we
were the first to present this problem to
the public, and that we were the first
ones to open a center for the rehabilita
tion of spastic children on this island.
There are 150,000 crippled children
on Taiwan, and there is very Uttle being

done to help them. Many people ignore a


crippled member of the family because it
is a source of embarrassment to them and

She was down here last week conducting

they don't really understand that some


thing can be done for many of these
children through surgery, physical ther

our Vacation Bible School. She and her

apy, braces, or all three methods of

interpreter. Miss Seun, an early convert of


the Shih Lin Christian Church, did a very
capable job in handling the sixty children
with very little assistance. Although the

treatment combined.

the invitation of Mrs. Isabel Dittemore.

I've been hard at work for the past


three months establishing this rehabilita
tion center and due to the increasing

Saturday we took thirty-six children to

demands on my time, I've been forced to


give up most of my teaching activities. I
now have a Tuesday evening Bible class

White Flower Lake, a beautiful scenic

and a Friday night English class. I hope to

Park. The children enjoyed the lovely

resume some of this work when Pastor

pavihons and temples, and later they ate


lunch and enjoyed sodas and water-

Savage returns a year from now from his


furlough. I am, at present, the director of

mellon.

the rehabilitation center.

It has become increasingly clear that


my new work is going to be the ministry
of the crippled children on Taiwan. Pas
tor Savage, Director of the Koahsiung
Christian Hospital, was also interested in

Pastor Savage, Dr. Shen, and I had a


dream that has become a hope for the

week started with around sixty children,


not all of them finished the week. That

helping spastic children, and with a little


encouragement from Dr. Shen and myself
he agreed to help start a rehabilitation
center. We decided to use part of the
church, and measured off a portion about
sixteen by thirty-two feet. Our next pro

ject was to solicit money from the


American community to partition this
area off. The American wives of the

Koahsiung area were of great help to us.

The women baked cakes, cookies, and

% '

doughnuts. Somehow they obtained


permission to go on one of our Navy
ships to sell these goodies. Our men res

future. We believe that the future holds a


modern rehabilitation center for the

spastic children on Taiwan. We have a


twelve bed ward with over fifty children
from all over the island on the waiting
list. Our facilities are an electric hand

massage machine and a Infra Red LJltraViolet Ray heat lamp donated by The
Cookson Hills Boys Home. We have a
portable Whirlpool machine (for use out
side the bath tube) donated by the
Koahsiung International Women's Club.
We have a good start, but we need your
prayers. Most of all, the children need
your prayers, for they need faith and
patience. Somehow we must awaken their
parents to their desperate need.

ponded very generously, and the total


receipts of $138.00 was given to us. I was
over joyed, because this was enough

Your sister in His service,


Lillian Martin

Torcf)
Mr. g Mrs. Ted Skiles

of Formosa

Christian

Mission

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Box

2:2384

1204

Taipei, Taiwan

Mrs. Dan Schulte

(Forwarding Agents)

(Missionary)

Krauss

Drive

Eldon, Missouri

Dear Precious Friends in Christ,

flT"
Im.:

The days have been so full and busy,


that it hardly seems like it should be time

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for another letter. We have so much to

share, we just hope we can get it all in.


We've had some wonderful experiences
since our last letter, and some have come

to strengthen our faith and love, and


make us more understanding of other's
needs.

During the first part of June Bro. Don


DeWelt, Bro. Wilbur Fields, and Bro.
Meredith Williams, Professors at Ozark
Bible College, came to hold a week's re
vival before going on to Australia for

their summer's work. We had a spirit


filled weekwhich not only provedto be a

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spiritual feast for us missionaries, but also


saw souls added to the Lord's Kingdom.
Nine persons accepted Clirist as a result
of that meeting and were baptized during
that time. Brother Meredith stayed in our
home during the week, and he was cer
tainly a joy and a blessing to have around.
On Tuesday evening of the revival, several The five Skiles smile.
of my students sang a special song which
they had been practicing for some time. he would like to tell us. We knew that he
They did a very fine job, and had the had just returned from down-island and
opportunity to hear one of Brother De- that he had gone home for the express
purpose of seekingliis parent's permission
Welt's excellent messages.
Sue Rhodes, a 1969 graduate of Platte to become a Christian. He said, "Yes, I
Valley Bible College, arrived for her do. My father said that the decision was
summer's internship the same day that up to me, and my mother (a Buddhist)
the men arrived to begin the revivd. She neither opposed nor consented." Con
is a tireless worker and has been a real sequently, the arrangements were made.
blessing to have around. She takes one At 9:00 p.m. that evening, Mr. Suen,our
day a week for Alan and one day for me elder from the church in Shrling, baptized

Mr. Chen. Brother Chen is very happy


with his new life, and although he is on a
very strict schedule at the hospital where
he's serving his internship, he is finding
time to read his Bible and pray. Please
continue to pray for this fine young man.
Around the last of June, our family
began getting sick, and something has
been wrong ever since. Vicki, Greg, Bev
and Mark, in that order, took sick with an
unidentified disease which has been going

to help us with our many secretarial jobs.


This has really been helpful, especially
since the Bemo's, Bev,and I are still plug
ging away at language school. We all have
grown to love and appreciate Sue very

Singing Students.

much and will miss her when she returns

to America in August.

On June 24, we experienced our great


est joy since coming to Taiwan. Mr. Chen,
one of our medical students for whom we

requested prayer in our last newsletter,


was immersed into Christ. On that Tues

day evening, he came to our home for


supper. We asked him if he had anything

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Mr. Oien: "A new creature in Christ.'

Our Aunt Sue

around in Taipei. They all four had the


same symptoms: high fever, vomiting,
diarrhea, loss of feeling in their limbs and
loss of appetite. They were sick for about
a week, and I was very thankful that I

amazement

that

the

children

were

next week, during camp, I became sick on


Thursday with the same symptoms and

missing a lot of their hair. Mark had taken


the scissors to Greg's hair, Greg had retur
ned the favor for Mark, and they both
had turned on their poor sister and chop
ped off all her pretty locks. Bev tried to
trim up Vicki's hair and all I could do was
just shave the boy's heads and let them

we had to return home. My fever was so

start aU over on a fresh head of hair.

high that I was delirious and Bev had to


call our neighbor over to help her. My
fever broke that night, and the next day I
was much improved though still very
weak. We were just recovering from those

The boys are becoming real individuals


and surprise us with what they come up

was well and able to care for them. The

Please pray for my recovery.

illnesses when Mark became sick with an


infected tooth. He has been to the dentist

three times and must return again tomor


row. The dentist is trying to save his
tooth, for its removal would cause crook

ed permanent teeth. Greg has been having


some kind of stomach trouble ever since

he was sick, and they are running some


lab tests today to try and find out what
his problem is. Today we just got back

How about coming to my barber shop some

from the doctor's office with Vicki. She

time?

will go into the hospital on Monday for


an operation on Tuesday morning. She
has had a cyst on the back of her head
just below the left ear almost since birth.
Several doctors have checked her and said

that there was nothing to be concerned


about unless the cyst began to grow or
become hard. This past Wednesday it
began to do both. It has grown to quite a
large knot and is very hard. She will have
to stay in the hospital for two days while
they run tests on the cystic matter to see
if it is diseased. Wecertainly request your
prayers on her behalf as well as Mark and
Greg.
Now for a note or two on the lighter
side. Two weeks ago, Bev and I came
home from school, only to findto our

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with. One morning we were sitting at the


breakfast table and Greg said, "I'm Gold
ilocks." We said, "You mean 'Goldilocks,'
don't you Greg?" "No," he said, "I'm
cold, and I mean coldilocks." We had to
laugh at his association, especially since
he had no hair, let alone locks. This
morning Mark woke up in one of those
unlovely moods and was particularly
grumpy. He told Bev that she was a
"grouchhopper." We thought that was a
humorous version of the word "grass
hopper", and especially funny since Mark
was the grouchy one.
Mark's school begins in about a month
and he is getting anxious. We think it is
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ning to grow away from the age old

month's joint newdetter of all the mis

custom, it is still common and thought

sionaries and new recruits to Taiwan. We

quite proper for the parents to arrange hope we can make this a yearly project,
the marriage. The young couple usually and then have extra copies printed to
has more say in it now that they did years distribute at the missionary convention
ago, but the parents are still the deciding each year.
factor. About three months ago I had the
We have been amazed at the way
privilege of taking pictures for the bride several congregations have responded to
and groom. Early in the afternoon I was our needs which we mentioned in pre
escorted to the photographer's studio
where there were many brides and
grooms. You see, certain days are con
sidered more auspicious than others, and
therefore, it is not uncommon for many,

harder on the parents than on the child.


Bev can hardly stand the thoughts of her
little boy going off to school already. It is
strange how we want to teach our child
ren to be independent, grow up to be
useful citizens, and yet at the same time

want to keep them dependent. We have


decided that the strong bond of love is

our only hope of teaching them to be


independent of us, and at the same time,

for each and every box which we have


received

full

of

those

delicious food

many couples to choose the same day.


This way, they believe they will receive a
greater blessing from the gods. After
taking many colored pictures while the
photographer took black and white, I was

stuffs. If you have sent a box, and have


not yet received a personal letter of
thanks from us, your gift has not yet
arrived. We have written to every penon,
congregation, or group whose "Christmas
in July" boxes have arrived. We praise
God for each one of you, and thank you

escorted home in a black limousine which

from the bottom of our hearts.

was rented especially for the occasion.


That evening, Bev and I, along with the
Bemo's, were taken to the hall where the
actual wedding and marriage feast were to
be held. Rather than the marriage being a

Another financial report will be


coming out soon. If you do not contri

rather solemn affair, as in America, the


I'm off to school next month.

vious newsletters. How thankful we are

bute to this work, but would like to have

a copy of our report, please feel free to


write to us and we wiU be glad to send
you one. Anyone who has contributed,
will automatically receive our report.
Please pray for us, as we do for you.
Language school is coming along very

ceremony was celebrated with a band,


constant talking among the guests, and
many firecrackers. A master of cere
monies even shouted out, over a micro

well. We just this day took our final

phone, the order of events as they took


place. It almost seemed like an auction

exams over the first book. We will have to


be out of school for a week or more be

rather than a wedding. The fathers of the


bride and groom, and the man who had
been the go-between for the two families
involved, seemed to play more important
roles in the wedding ceremony and the
signing of the marriage certificate, than
did the bride and groom. Following the
ceremony, over 200 guests were served a

cause of Vicki's operation, but following


that, will begin the book of Chinese dia
logues.
How we appreciate your prayers,
letters, and concern. Keep praying and
writing, and we will do the same, with
God's help. If we can go to the moon, we
can go into all the world to share the
Gospel.

respectful of their elders.


Last week, Mrs. Dittemore brought a
young man to our house, Mr. Tsai. Mr. fourteen course, elaborate Chinese meal,
Tsai, who was preparing to go down- from soup to sea slugs. During the course
island for a year or more's stay in the of the meal, the bride and her attendant
hospital, wanted to become a Christian changed clothes four different times.
Each time they would leave and then rebefore he had to leave at 6:00 that even
ing. Mr. Tsai has attended Mrs. enter the hall, they were received with
much applause and shouting. Each outfit
Dittemore's class and has also been
seemed
to get more elaborate and beaut
coming to our worship services at Shrling
the
evening went on, and so we are
iful
as
for a few weeks. On the way to the bap
tistry, we tried to pick up Alan and Mr. told, was supposed to be a sign of the
Suen, but neither were available. Even bride's wealth and the new couple's pros
though I would have preferred to have perity. When the feast was finally
Mr. Suen do the baptizing, I had the finished, we were received at the door by
wonderful privilege of baptizing this the bride and groom and their parents.
young man into Christ. Mr. Tsai has gone Following this, we were again received, in
an informal come-and-go away, at the
to the hospital now, and we would appre
ciate your prayers on his behalfboth newlywed's home. How would you like
that for a honeymoon? Ha! The wedding
physically and spiritually.
Lest I run out of space, I must fulfill was officially over, and so different, that
my promise in the last newsletter, i.e., of we hardly felt we had been to one. It was
telling you about the Chinese wedding exciting though, and rich in age-old cus
and the customs surrounding it. Even toms of many preceding generations.
We hope and pray you enjoy this
though the younger generations are begin

In Hope of His Coming,


Ted, Bev, Mark, Greg & Vicki Skiles

^Xould a mariner sit idle if he heard

the drowning cry?


Could a doctor sit in comfort and

just let his patients die?


Could a fireman sit idle, let men
burn and give no hand?
Can you sit at ease in Zion with

the world around you


DAMNEOr

-Leonard Ravenhill

rAK fiAST
cttasAaerc
During the first week of July, Miss
Jang came as usual to our house with
three other students for class. We had a

one hour class, and after its dismissal,


Alan, Janet, Beth and Becky Bemo.

Dear Christian Friends,

"When I came to you, bretheren, I did


not come proclaiming to you the test
imony of God in lofty words or wisdom.
For I decided to loiow nothing among

book in the world. They would become


Christians just like they would become
Buddhists, Confucionists, Democrats, and
so on. They can be any and aU of these at
once in their own mind, by simply

you except Jesus Christ and Him cruci

following or believing some of^e princi

fied." (I Cor. 2:1,2) I have thought of


these verses often lately as I have seen
people question the intelligence of God's
message and of God's servants. When
people question the qualifications of a
person who has gone to a Bible College
instead of a liberal Arts College I remem

ples of each. But, of course, Christianity


is not like that. It demands all of our

attention. It is to have supremacy and


authority in our lives. We are not to take
what we like of it and leave the rest while

1:20b)?" Sometimes I am tempted to

taking what we like from something else.


I also explained that the reason the Bible
claims miracles along with its teaching
was to give its message authority. If we
can beheve that our God performed the

seek the respect of men with "wisdom"

miracles of the Bible, then we will believe

or "achievement" and then remember

his message and we will trust it. There


fore, it is imperative that we believe that
Jesus was born of a virgin and that He
came back to life after being dead for

ber the worlds, "Has not God made

foolish the wisdom of the world (I Cor.

that ".... the weapons of our warfare


are not worldly but have divine power to
destroy strongliolds (11 Cor. 10:4)." What
a joy it is to preach to people what they
think to be foolishness and to see what

they think is wisdom be destroyed. "For


the foolishness of God is wiser than men,
and the weakness of God is stronger than
men (I Cor. 1:25)."
I would like to tell you about Miss
Jang. Miss Jang was a senior of the Taipei
College of Sciences and Arts. She started
coming to the Bible classes we were
having in a coffee shop across the street
from the campus. She was invited by a
friend to come, and being interested, she
came regularly. She also came to our
home on Sunday evening for services and
came to the Thursday night classes. At
first she questioned and laughed at the
stories of the Bible. One day in class she
said, "If it weren't for the miracles in the

Bible I could accept it." The other stu


dents agreed with her. I asked if it
weren't for the miracles in the Bible

would they become Christians? They all


nodded yes. Then, I told them that if the
Bible didn't have miracles in it they
would accept the Bible just like any other

three days. We have to believe that Jesus

fed five thousand people with five loaves


and two fish if we are going to have faith
in Him and His words. We cannot make

the Bible more acceptable by givingin to


objections that people may have. There
fore, in these college classes we strive to
give them a reason for believing in the
miracles of the Bible.

Miss Jang came to about eleven hours


of Bible classes at the coffee shop and in
our home. During this time we talked
about why we could believe that what the
Bible said was reliable. When Professor

Wilbur Fields, whom we had the pleasure


of having in our home, was here with Don
DeWelt and Meredith Williams in June, he
talked to Miss Jang and other students
quite extensively about archeology and
its proof of tlie Bible. Since he has taught
this subject in Ozark Bible College for
several years and has been to Palestine to
do archaeological work, the slides he

showed and what he had to say made


quite an impression on the college stu
dents.

Janet and I went to make a phone call at


the booth a few blocks away. As we were
coming back about ten minutes later, we
found Miss Jang and Miss Lee stiU stand
ing outside the gate talking. We invited
them back in because we thought they
had some questions about the class that
they might have been embarrassed to ask
whie the other students were there. Janet
fixed some refreshments for all of us, and
almost immediately Miss Jang asked if it
was necessary to be baptized to be a
Christian. After explaining that God's
demands on the lives of believers (what a

thrill to call them that now) are repen


tance and baptism for the remi^on of
sins, she said she wanted to be a Cliristian
as soon as she could learn more about

Jesus. Now, the time-consuming ground


work of giving them the facts for
believing in God and His Miracles and in
the gift of His Son were paying off and
they BELIEVED!! Tlie time for telling
the joyful news of His Son and His plans
for each person was to begin. Miss Lee
also expressed a great interest in be
coming a Christian, but said that her
mother, a staunch Buddhist, had become
very angry with her for even coming to
class that night. I hope that you will pray
for these two girls and us as we witness to
them. Also, Mr. Cheng, one of the med
ical students has become a Christian and
we do so thank all of those who had been

praying for him. Please continue to do so.


The story above is to give you an idea
of how soiUs are added to the Kingdom
here in Taiwan. First, they must be
taught to believe in God and then to trust
His Word and finally they can understand
and accept the glorious plan of redemp
tion. Please pray with each one of us
missionaries here that we may be blessed
with the wisdom which is from God so

that we may be able to destroy these


"strongholds" of worldly wisdom which
the college students here and throughout
the world seem to feel they have.
We have been in Taiwan for a little

over a year now, and it is hard to believe

rwe HA2eLwooo5
In October of 1968, the Lord laid it

summer

upon the heart of Sam and Virgiiiia

used Alan and Janet Bemo to introduce


them to this work. Many prayers were
uttered and much soul-searching was
done before the final decision was made.

The Lord had seemed to open and close


doors up xmtil this time.
Sam was born in RoUa, Missouri, on
March 11, 1940. He is a member of the
First Christian Church, which is his spon

Christian

Christian Church near Seneca, Missouri,


The Hazelwood Family

MISSIONARY

FORWARDING AGENT

Mrs. Isabel Dittemore


Box 22384

Box 79

Taipei, Taiwan

Maspeth, L.L, New York 11378

Alan Bemo

Mrs. Sandi Gant

Lane 157, No. 21,

R. R. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 74434

Miss Margaret McGinn

were called to the Boulevard Christian

Church in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where


they served as youth ministers until Feb
ruary of 1969 when they became recruits
for the mission field.

Sam and Virginia are not certain at


present what permanent type work they
will be doing. The most important thing
for the first two or three years wiU be
learning the language and culture of the
people. During this period of time they
will be working with the other mission
aries there, and they know that the Lord
will open the door to the area that He
would have them work in.

Looking through the eyes of other


missionaries, there are several areas that

Ted Skiles

Dan Schulte

Hsin 1 Road, Section 4,


Lane 201, Alley 7, No. 2
Taipei, Taiwan

1204 Krauss Dr.

Eldon, Missouri 65026

Mrs. Pat Gilbert

^lo Kiamuki Christian Church


117 Koko Head Avenue

Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

Sue Rhodes

Hills

for two years. In March of 1967 they

soring church in this missionary effort. U.S. Army and attending Midwest Chris
Sam graduated from RoUa High Schoolin tian College and Ozark Bible College, he
1958. After spending three years in the graduated with a Bachelor of Sacred

Koahsiung, Taiwan

Cookson

to Ozark Bible College where she grad


uated with a Christian Education Degree.
Before Sam and Virginia were married,
Sam served as youth minister at the
Mim<a Heights Christian Church in Okla
homa City. After transferring to Ozark
Bible CoUege, they were married and
served as youth ministers to the Hornet

was just a year previous that God had

Lillian Martin
P. O. Box 506

at

School as a mission intern, she transfened

Hazlewood to help take the gospel of


Jesus Christ to the people of Taiwan. It

Hsin Sheug S. Rd. Sec. 1,


Taipei, Taiwan

literature Degree in May of 1968.


Vi^nia was bom in Bushton, Illinois,
on August 1,1940. She attended Lincoln
Christian College for three years. After a

Mr. & Mrs. Mel Titchener

P. 0. Box 22384

1901 8th Avenue

Taipei, Taiwan

Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361

they see as possibilities for permanent


work. These areas include tribal work,
college evangelism, youth work, estab
lishing local congregations, radio work,
orphanage work, and helping the under
ground church in Communist China.
Sam and Virginia will be sailing for
Taiwan in September and will arrive on
October 13, 1969. They are looking for
ward to meeting the Taiwanese Christians
and to working with them and the many
who are lost on this island of over 13

BEMO

Sam Hazelwood
524 Sooner Dr.

Mrs. Mary Dorothy Franklin

Norman, Oklahoma 73069

Charleston, Illinois 61920

that a year can pass so quickly. We have


spent most of our time in language study
during this time and plan on one more
year of language study. It is already a joy
to be able to talk with people and to be
able to read a few signs, but we need a lot
of study yet, especially in Bible language
and reading.
Beth is over two now, and is talking a
lot more lately. She is forever asking me,
"What's that, Dad?" It won't be long
until she will be progressing to the "Why,
Daddy?" stage. May the Lord give us

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patience and wisdom. She prays every


night by the bedside and before some
meals. She used to just repeat after us but
is now venturing out on her own and her
simple but profound prayers make us
more aware of what we, too, ought to be
thankful for.

Becky is crawling now and developing


a very independent personality of her
own. She has five teeth and knows how

to use them (especially on her sister). Her


little hands are so quick that we really
have to watch her. Both Beth and Becky

million people. Please pray for Sam and


Virginia and for their baby son, Shane, as
they seek to do the Lord's work in China.

are such a joy to us and an encourage


ment when things get a little discourag
ing.
Speaking of encouragement, when
things get a little discouraging, you who
support us, pray for us and write to us are
truly a red encouragement. We thank
God for you and for the privilege of
serving Him here.
Yours for a Christian World,

Alan, Janet, Beth, and Becky

fAK CAST

Fielcl Address:
Alaa & Janet Beino
Lane
Number 1

Hsln Sheng S. Sd*, Sec* 1


Taipei, Taiwan

Forwarding Agent:
Mrs* Sandi Gauit

cttasAaeitl

R. R. 1, Box 257
Fort Gibson,
Oklahoma

October 2b, I969

1B BSS

i^ear rrecious r'riends:

It has been a long time since we nave written to you.

..e have been so anxious to write this news

letter to Greet you iii tiie naiae of oar Ohrist ^nd to tell you what we have been doing. These nave
been busy but ha^jpy days lor our j-ord.

Janet and I often see people with such a great need of Ohrist, it is api-alling. On August 26th
while we were in school a nan took his life by jumping off the seventh story-of the building wiiere
we study. I went, like tue otners, with curiousity to see the pool of blood wnere he fell. iVhat
a terrible feeling of helplessness crept over me. To think that a man could be so desperate - so
without hope, to taxe his own life. I can't express the feeling I iiad. If I could have been with
him ten minutes before that very moment maybe I could have told him about the satisfying and sav
ing Lord. If only there nad been a Christian wuo had cared enough years before he might have ac
cepted Christ . Now it was too late - he was gone, gone for eternity, iiow many people there are
like that in Taiwan. Taiwan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Hundreds here al
so die less violent deaths every day, but are lost to the same destiny because they do not know

..e have been very touched by the possibility of working with the poor here,

.ve have learned from

otfiers that they are very receptive and we know from our own experience that tliey are very friendly.
,.e will be finishing language study next summer (Lord willing!) and we will be having to make a
final decision as to what town and what group of people v/e will be working with.

Please pray with

us as we wait for and follow the Lord's leading.

The last time we wrote was in t..e combined newsletter "Formosa Featuring" in wuicu

ionary coupj.e working in Taiwan wrote an article.

each miss

I am wondering if you appreciated it and would

you iiae to see it printeu again next yearV

bince tiiat time a lot has happeneu. On September loth, Kark, Pauline and hope haxey arrived from
Japan for a lb day stay, harx came to teacn tne*"Bethel Ceries" to any who could take it. There
were four Americans, one Japanese and seven Chinese taking the class, hark taught in iijnglish, but
each stuuent had his lessons in his own language and all wno attenued could speak Lnglish.
series really encouraged us to study our Bibles and was truly a help to all of us.

The

fiie day before nark left Paula Yanagimoto (Mark's daughter) and her husband and their one year old
daughter, hegumi arrived in Taipei to visit us. inuring their stay we took a week out of school so
that we couj-d take theta sightseeing.

Actually it was a good excuse for us to have a week of rest,

Which we had long needed, and see some of this island for ourselves. After we all had rested for
a few days we took a train to Koahsiung where Lillian hartin is working. After seeing her work
there and staying in her hospitable xiome one nignt we took a plane to riualien to see Taiwan s narble

Gorge. This is where Taiwan's main export, marbxe, comes from.


we had planned on staying there
one night and coming back to Taipei the next afternoon. But that afternoon when we wanted to leave
we found that tnere were no planes at the airport.

They had been flown back to Taipei to weatiier

the approaching typhoon Llsie because nualien had no hangers,

-'e investigated going back by bus

or car but found that the mountain roads were closed by landslides and the sea coast highway was

closed because of giant waves rolling over it froiii tne typhoon,


we were contemplating what to
do X ran into one of my early language school classmates who invited us all to stay at the Mennonite hospital where she worked, .ie did this with gratitude because of our limited funds for tne
unexpected stay over and the fellowship with otners in the Lord.

The Yanagimotos* stayed in one house and we stayed in another. Just nours before the full force
of the storm was to hit we were out boarding up all the doors and winuows.
a few hundred yards from and about fifty feet a^
bove sea level.

Fvery time an enormous wave hit

the shore, the houses would shake. The storm hit


that night with about 75 H.P.h. winds. Only tree

fhe houses were just

M1'

limbs and flimsy bamboo fences were blown down

that night.

The Yanagimotos and Janet had been

in worse storms before, but this was my worst.

.ie hau to wait there for two days before being

able to get bacx to Taipei.

^hen we got here we

were surprised to find tiiat the storm had been


much woi'se nere.

Trees and advertizing sit,?is were

blown down aj.1 over t..e city,

caped soiue sort oi da::iage.

naraxy a noase es

iix t..e trees

our

yard were eitaer oj.own down or haa croK<-.-n limos.


A winaow was broken and tne bacx
...

t-A..'--.

v.ns raxjicru.

I. -.v'V

i VI r-

It was exactly one week later tnat typhoon llossie hit. her
winds weren't Liaite so stroni;; but sne brought a lot of rain,

de-

cause of .lsie the rivers were aireaay fulj. and tne endless rain
left no place for txie water to drain. Our yard was flooued.
i'any streets were impassable and we saw people being evacuated
irm tneir houses by boats, rafts and inner tubes.

Thousands of

people were left homeless and over a hundred people were killed,
bout this time "typhoon Becky" hit with full force,

^he started

taking her first steps and was soon striaing full force through
the house leaving everything in her path in a state of devasta

tion. It is amazing how much more trouble children can get into
when they learn to walk, we are really happy and proud though,
that she acnieved this ability at nine months.

In January I wrote my father and asked him to send me some

patches and boots so I could try to make the tires on the "yel
low submarine" (a name given our Rambler by hark Maxey) last a
little longer.

e were finally able to buy some new tires at

the end of September. This was largely possible due to a

special offering sent for just that purpose by the Christian wo


men's Fellowsnip of Kast Anaheim Christian Church and an extra
gift sent from the First Christian Church in Troy, Kansas.
n/e got the tires just in time because the Hazlewoods arrived

here on October l^th.


went to meet them.

Typhoon Becky

The Skiles, mother and we

They arrived at 2:00 P.M. and we

got away from the harbor by 4:00 P.M.

..e are so hap

py to have them here. They are so enthusiastic and


full of energy and ideas.

Janet and I are studying a book called "New Test


ament Btories" in our Chinese class.

The lessons

start with the prophecies of Christ's coming and


end with the resurrection of Christ. Our lessons
are all in Chinese of course, but I have translated

them into Bnglish to use in ray hnglish Bible class


on Thursday night. Mven though I still have, to
teach in English, I can explain tiie lesson in
"Chinese~ if "h^e"ssary. i have them translate the
lesson from hnglish into Chinese to make sure

that they understand the meaning. Before, since


I didn't know Ciiinese, I couldn't know if tney

were translating right or not.

So now, it is

a thrill and an encouragement from all those long


hours of study to get a pretty good idea of what
they are saying and even correct them. (A-hemJ

Before

After

e are just so happy to be serving Christ here and to


share our experiences with you. ^e are so thankful for

you because of tne privilege to work together for Christ


,ie need your prayers because it is only by Him that our
labors will accomplish anything.
Your co-laborors in Taiwan,

The iiazlewoods are here at last I


Mrs. oandi Gant

i\.H. 1, Box 2^7


Port Gibson, ukla.
744;i4
Return requested

NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTaGB

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