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Forwarding Agent:
Mrs.
R. E. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson,
Sandi Gant
Oklahoma
January 30 196':;^
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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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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
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..
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.
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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
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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",
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
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Sandi Gant
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Field Address:
Alan & Janet Bemo
March 18,
Forwarding Agent:
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R. R. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson,
Oklahoma 7^43^
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
I needed to do it again
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
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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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.
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.
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!
In Christ
U.S., POSTAGE
Ft,Gibson,OklJ
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Field Address:
Forwarding Agent:
R, R. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson,
Oklahoma 7^^3^
This morning Beth woke us up at six-thirty saying "Let's eat" and wanting to play.
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.
a-fire.
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.
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.
cn the afternoon of May 7th Taipei was under an air-raid drill and no one was permitted out on the
streets.
Phe weekly classes in our home have died down in number and interest.
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
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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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
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Mrs. Martin was the first to come to
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her efforts
on vacation
Bible
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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.
(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
Isabel M. Dittemore
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SeRUeS SUMMER
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Sue Rhodes.
Hotel
which is
coming year.
In Christian Love,
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owned and
Sue Rhodes
Lillian Martin
working with
youngster in
Koahsiung
Christian
Hospital.
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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
by my
-.sill"
Mr. Ling, school principal and new convert with Koahsiung Chuch of Christ Sunday School class.
treatment combined.
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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.
Torcf)
Mr. g Mrs. Ted Skiles
of Formosa
Christian
Mission
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Box
2:2384
1204
Taipei, Taiwan
(Forwarding Agents)
(Missionary)
Krauss
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Eldon, Missouri
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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,
full
of
those
delicious food
-Leonard Ravenhill
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cttasAaerc
During the first week of July, Miss
Jang came as usual to our house with
three other students for class. We had a
rwe HA2eLwooo5
In October of 1968, the Lord laid it
summer
Christian
MISSIONARY
FORWARDING AGENT
Box 79
Taipei, Taiwan
Alan Bemo
R. R. 1, Box 237
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 74434
Ted Skiles
Dan Schulte
Sue Rhodes
Hills
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
Lillian Martin
P. O. Box 506
at
P. 0. Box 22384
Taipei, Taiwan
BEMO
Sam Hazelwood
524 Sooner Dr.
Route 3
fAK CAST
Fielcl Address:
Alaa & Janet Beino
Lane
Number 1
Forwarding Agent:
Mrs* Sandi Gauit
cttasAaeitl
R. R. 1, Box 257
Fort Gibson,
Oklahoma
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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,
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.
The last time we wrote was in t..e combined newsletter "Formosa Featuring" in wuicu
each miss
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.
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
or car but found that the mountain roads were closed by landslides and the sea coast highway was
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.
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that night.
naraxy a noase es
our
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It was exactly one week later tnat typhoon llossie hit. her
winds weren't Liaite so stroni;; but sne brought a lot of rain,
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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.
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.
Typhoon Becky
The lessons
So now, it is
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After
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