KOREAN

BROADCASTING

PUSAN,

MISSION

KOREA

Furlough Address:
335 Lockburn
Indianapolis, Indiana
Phone - CHapel 4-5994

Forwarding Agent:
Miss Loraine Lindsay
Gabool State Bank
Gabool, Missouri
April, 1963

Dear Friends:

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'. How time fliesi
V/e have been in the States on furlough now for 9 months and we have been so busy that it
hardly seems possible that it has been that long. Many of you we have visited during
that time and what a joy and blessing your warm reception has been to us. We have not yet
been able to visit with some of you but intend to do so before our return to Korea.
The work in Korea is progressing well even though some adjustments have had
to be made that we did not anticipate. You will remember that we had expected the
Seggelke family to arrive in Pusan last August 1 to supervise the work while we were in
the States. Due to various personal problems their return was delayed and finally they
announced on January 1 that they would not be returning to Korea. This posed a problem
but it has been successfully solved by the fact that our wonderful Korean staff has shown
unusual devotion and ability and Harold Taylor and Gordon Patten of Korean Christian
Mission in Seoul have been taking time from their own busy schedule to go down to Pusan
every other weekend to help with the work and to advise and encourage the Korean staff.
How thankful we are to have such fine Christian friends and co-workers for the Lord in

Korea'. In recent weeks there have been several baptisms in Pusan and Lee Ki Nam, our
fine interpreter who was a high school teacher before coming to work with us, has preached
several Sunday evenings, something he had never done before in his life. It is evident
that the Lord is leading'. How thankful we are that we have a Lord who will show us the
way even vdien there seems to be no pathway openl
The work of KBM began almost 5 years ago and we are so thankful for the way
the Lord has blessed our efforts for Him in these past 5 years. A number of avenues of
service were opened during that time:
1. A daily gospel broadcast over HLKU, the commercial radio station in Pusan. It
is difficult to know how many people have heard the gospel of Jesus Christ by
means of that broadcast but the best available figures give an estimate of
over one million people listening to HLKU in the evening hours when we broad
cast. The program is temporarily off the air but will be resumed on our return
to Korea. Through a fortunate business arrangement we have with this station and
its sister station in Seoul we have piled up credit enough to broadcast a daily
program for several years without any further payment.
2. Student Bible clubs, 5 clubs of high school and college students meeting each
week in our chapel with some 125 students enrolled. This work is continuing
under the supervision of Miss Suh Jung Doh.
3. Bible school, meeting Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening in

our chapel. More than 350 children from the age of 4 years through the 6th grade
are enrolled. This v/ork continues under the direction of Mr. Kim Duk Sung and
Miss Suh and with the assistance of teachers drawn from our small congregation.

4.

Correspondence Bible study, with many students enrolled from all over Korea.
There are 3 courses now available in the Korean language and others in prepara
tion. When we left Korea there were approximately ICQ enrolled in various
courses.

This number is constantly increasing.

5. Our small congregation, the Tong Kwang church. During our first term we baptized
50 and there have been a number vAiile we have been on furlough.

This group meets

each Sunday morning and evening in the mission chapel.

For a new mission, especially in an Oriental country, these beginnings are unusual. The
Lord has blessed this work in a wonderful way and we look forward to the even greater
things that we know He will do in Korea as we continue to follow Him.

KBM REPORT LETTER - April, 1963 - Page 2

As many of you know, Bert has not been in good health for the past year. Al
though he has tried his best to keep going, far beyond what he should have done, he has
finally had to ease up. The middle of February he went through a medical clinic in Chi
cago and on the basis of their first preliminary findings he was ordered to cease all act
ivities iuanediately. Since that time he has been engaged in a round of medical tests, ex
aminations and x-rays for almost 6 weeks. He has been fortunate to have the services of
some of the best medical specialists in this part of the country. They have found a num
ber of things: he has a severe case of anemia, so severe that the doctors wonder how he has
kept going as he has and are considering blood transfusions; he has a large hiatus hernia,
some 30^ of his stomach extending into his chest cavity; a tumor, which the doctors believe
is probably malignant, has been located in the lower abdomen. Medical treatment has al
ready begun for the anemia. The doctors are of the opinion that a large weight loss may
relieve the hernia.

He is slated for an operation as soon as possible for the tumor.

He

has been placed on the hospital emergency list in Indianapolis and we expect to receive a
call any day that he may enter. The doctors are very optimistic and, as we say, we have
the finest doctors available.

Naturally, all these things together cause us some anxiety and in addition
there are financial problems to be met. The decision of the vSeggelkes not to return to
Korea has increased our financial burden. As you know, they shared in the financing of the
work in Pusan during our first term. Now that they have dropped this support it is necess
ary for us to raise an additional $150 to $200 a month just to keep the work going. Even
though we are not in Pusan the work continues to be financially dependent upon us. In add
ition, the expenses are increased due to the travel and expense of the missionaries from
Seoul going dovm to Pusan every other weekend. Our living here in the States also costs
more and although we have tried to practice every economy we cannot live as cheaply as we
did in Korea. In addition we will have these medical esq^enses and you know how they mount
up. In order to keep the work going in Korea we have put all our personal funds into it,
seldom drawing more than half of our salary while we were out there, so we do not have any
personal financial back-log.
You folks who have supported us have been wonderful in every way. Now we come
to you with this special appeal. If you could make an extra offering during this trying
time it would relieve our minds of that particular worry. Nov/ that Bert is unable to visit
the churches for some time, we can only appeal by mail. Additional monthly pledges are
needed desperately, or perhaps your church could increase their pledge if you are already
giving. VJon't you help share this burden with us? In most cases this letter is going to
only one person in each congregation so will you make a particular effort to do something
about this nowl

Above all, please pray with us that the Lord's vrill might be done. Pray for
the work in Korea and for those who work there so faithfully. Pray for the doctors who are
attending Bert in this illness. Pray that finances and workers may be available to carry

on this work. Finally, pray for each of us personally in this trying tame. "Since we
know that He invariably gives His attention to our prayers, whatever they are about, we can

be quite sure that our prayers will be answered." - I John 5j15 (Phillips).
Faithfully yours.

Send all contributions to:

Loraine Lindsey

Bert, Marge and John Ellis

Cabool State Bank

Cabool, Missouri

P.S.

More workers are desperately needed in Pusan. We will be glad to correspond or talk
with any who might be interested in going.

P.P.S.

Bert entered the hospital April 3 and was operated on April 4. We are so thankful
to be able to report there is no cancer.

May 14, 1963

ELLIS FAMILY REPORTS ON KOREA

The work of Korean Broadcasting Mission continues from Pusan, Korea during
i

the Absence of the Bert Ellis family^in the ^tates on furlough>-and the Joe

Seggelke family who are now serving at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary,
OK
I
Lincoln, 111. Korean leadership is carrying on with thes/^aid^of
missionaries Haroai

Taylor and Gordon Patten from Korean Christian Mission in Seoul. Financial help
should be channeled through the Korean Broadcasting Mission, Cabool State Ban^,
Cabool, Mo.

Bro. Ellis reported: "The work of KBM began almost five years ago and we are
so thankful for the way the Lord has blessed our efforts for Him. A number of
avenues of service were opened (ffuring that time:

"1. A daily Gospel broadcast over HLKU, the commercial radio station in Pusan. ..

with an estimated million listeners in the evening hours when we broadcast. The program
is temporarily off the air but will be resumed when we return to Koreajj
0\JL J

"2. Our five clubs of high school and college students meeting each w|SK^ijj
our chapel with some 125 student^enrolled is now under the supervision of Miss Suh
Jung Dop

"3. Bible school, meeting Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening
u)0
'

in our chapel. More than 350 children from the age of four years through the 6th
%

grade are enrolled. This work continues under the direction of Kim Duk Sung and Miss

Suh with assistance of teachers from the^congregati9n>

"4. Correspondence Bible study, with many students enrolfed from all over Korea,

There are three orourses now available in the Korean language and others in preparation.
When we left Korea there were approximately 100 enrolled in various courses. This

number is constantly increasingjp

"5. During our first term we baptized 50 and there have been a number while we

have been on furloughoThis group, the Tong Kwang churcl^meets each Sunday moming'and
evening in the mission chapel."

3 Ellis

Indianapolis

Bro. Ellis was hospitalized/April 3rd fear'operation to remove a ttamor in

the lower abdomen. The operation was April 4th and Mrs. Marge Bllis wrote afterward:
"We a re so thankful to be able to report there is no cancer,"

Bro. Ellis also said that since some of the support money for the broadcasting

work came through the Seggelkesj^^ce their change of fields, it would be necessary
to raise $150 to $200 mnnthly in additional funds to adequately carry on the program.

KOREAN

BROADCASTING

PUSAN,

MISSION

KOREA

New Fiorlough Address:

Forwarding Agent:

335 Lockburn

Miss Loraine Lindsay

Indianapolis, Indiana
Phone; CHapel 4-5994

Cabool, Missouri

Gabool State Bank

June, 1963
Dear Friends:

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christl

to us again in the last few months.

Surely the Lord has been good

Bert underwent major surgery on April 4. His condition had been so bad in the weeks prev
ious that they were expecting to give him blood transfusions before and during the operat
ion but to the surprise of all concerned, when he entered the hospital on the evening of
April 3y it was found that his blood was up to normal. When the surgeons operated they did
not find the malignant tumor they had esq^ected, in fact, they did not even find a tumorl
They examined him thoroughly and found that the only problem he has now is the hiatus hern
ia we had mentioned before and it is their opinion that this can be taken care of by diet
and weight loss. Bert has already lost 30 pounds and is feeling better than he has in many
years. He was released from the hospital on April 10 and after 2 months of convalescence
he seems to be completely recovered and is hard at work again. We all certainly do apprec
iate the many prayers, cards, letters and financial contributions of so many of you good
folks. I'^hat a blessing Christian friends arel After the operation the surgeon told us,
"Someone must have been prayingl" We are sorry that we have not been able to thank each
of you individually but we hope you will accept this letter as our thanks.
John finished his junior year at Ben Davis High School this year and was on the honor roll.
His mother and father were thrilled when he announced a few weeks ago that he had decided
to return to Korea as a missionary after finishing his education. He is acting as a miss

ionary in several of our young peoples' camps this summer. (If some of you still need a
missionary let him know right away as he still has a few dates open. V/e have prepared a
study guide for the campers and have a fine set of slides which will be enlightening to
them.)

Because of the time lost in his illness Bert is not planning to serve at camps this sunmier,
with one exception which he promised last year. July 15-20 the whole family will be at
Hanging Rock Camp at VJest Lebanon, Indiana. Bert had to cancel many dates and is trying
now to re-schedule these. There are still some of our supporting churches which we have
not visited and we want to visit these as soon as possible. If you would like for us to
visit your church please let us know as soon as possible.
The work continues to go well in Korea as you can see from the following excerpts from Mr.

Lee's letters: "The I.A.H. (I Am His, student Bible clubs) clubs have their regular weekly
meetings, and on every other Saturday afternoon they hold joint meetings to be taught on

Hebrev/s by Mr, Patten. By the first week of this month (April) some members of each club
were replaced by new ones, and as the Unhasoo club grew a bit oversize with quite a few

students flovdng in for the first time from Kyongnam Commercial High School, we are think
ing of dividing it in two, organizing a new club. . . . The childrens' Sunday school is go
ing on all right. VJe got the teaching materials such as picture rolls and cards from the
Standard Co, just in time. . . . Besides the Easter Sunday service in church, the clubs had
their own Easter service on the preceding Saturday afternoon, and I4r, Lee Soo Pil was invit
ed to preach. After the service they had 'graduation ceremony' of the old members who were
now in the 3rd year grade in high school and presented them with a little gift, an inexpens
ive ball-pen, for memory. . . .
spring here, we recall the day we went to Chinhae with
you seeing cherry-blossoms and we all miss you very much. When are you coming back?"

KBM REPORT LETTER - June, 1%3 - Page 2

"Things are going on here smoothly, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Patten came without fail every
other Sunday to preach in the morning and evening services. Three weeks before, two young
members were baptized by Mr. Patten in a bath house downtown^ and on the coming Sunday

three others are going to be baptized. While in Pusan they (Patten and Taylor) stay in an
ordinary Korean hotel and go back to Seoul by the night train, "I think the trip makes them
very tired, and we appreciate very much their kind help managed out of their busy schedule
up in Seoul. Following the advice from Mr. Taylor, we also have Sunday evening services
when neither of them were here, and I am preparing and delivering the sermons, though I
feared it was beyond my capacity and qualification. , . . The Sunday School is well taken
care of by Mr. Kim, Miss Suh and six class leaders. The leaders come and teach children in
divided classes every Sunday morning, and give us much help also in evening meetings. We
have a chart put on the wall, and every Sunday morning, after the lessons are given, red,
yellow, green or purple stars are put on the column of each class according to the marks
they got on the basis of good manners, lesson study, bringing new members, gift and so on,
and from time to time the good classes get a little prize. The children are very much in
terested in this, and compete with each other very earnestly. . . . VJe had a very cold win
ter this year, the coldest in forty years. . . , Now, belatedly, I tell you the sad news
qbout one of the staff, Pak, His father, who seemed very healthy, suddenly died of cerebral
hemorrhage, leaving behind a helpless family - Pak's mother, two sisters, Pak, and three ,

little brothers, I gave Pak 1,000 won (about ^7.70) out of the mission fund besides the
other 1,000 won collected from among the three of us, according to the custom here on such

occasion.

We attended the funeral and wept with the bereaved.

Now a heavy burden is on

Pak's shoulders, and he will have to give up his long cherished hope of going to college
next year, VFhenever we see his sad and discouraged look, we are very sorry for him and re
flect if there cannot be a way to help him, , . . Mr, Taylor asked me to handle some relief
goods unloaded in Pusah through the custom house and another supply unloaded in Chinhae and
sent me some money for the expense. I made a two day trip to Chinhae last week to pick up
and send the goods to Seoul by rail. He gave us a bale of used clothes and we distributed
them among the church members and Sunday school children. . . , VJe are in very bad financial
condition, as you may imagine. However hard we may try not to spend, some money must be
spent to keep work going on, so from time to time I had to borrow some money through my

wife from her relatives and use it for our work, (This has now been repaid but they are
still short of money.) . . . Gould you tell me by now about when you will be able to come
back to us?"

The death of Pak's father was quite a shock to us. We considered him to be one of our good
friends and this is quite a loss to us as well as to his family. We have mentioned before
what a fine boy Pak Sung II is. He is an excellent worker, working every day from 7-30 AM
until 5:00 FM for the mission and then going to school at night. He is an honor student and
will be graduating the first of next year and had intended to go on to college, taking
classes at night. Now he must support his family so unless we can increase his salary so he
can support them he will not be able to go on to college. We had anticipated that this
young man would be a real help to the mission in the future. We do not have sufficient mon
ey to take care of Pak. If some class or church would like to make this a project, ^45 amonth would be sufficient to take care of his family and school expenses. This would be one
of the finest contributions that could be made to the future of the Lord's work in Korea.

If you are interested, let us know and we will visit vilth you or send details.
As you can see from Mr, Lee's letter, finances are still a problem. We must send about
a month to Korea and we are just about one month behind at the present. Additional monthly
pledges are sorely needed. (See the next page for a detailed list.)
We have just prepared a 17 page syllabus telling about Korea and its people, history, cus
toms and culture and the work of Korean Broadcasting Mission. These are available to you on
request and we would like for you to have one. Write to us. Please continue to remember us

and the work in your prayers.

Faithfully yours,

Bert, Marge and John Ellis

KBM REPORT LETTER - June, I963 - Page 3

The following list includes what we need before we return to Korea:
1, Supplies, Equipnent etc.

Korean Language Typewriter (To be purchased in Korea)

250

Standard Office Tjrpev/riter (to be purchased in Korea)

.
Motor Scooter (Possibly can be purchased in Japan enroute to Korea) . .. . .
Gestetner Duplicator (Now being purchased on monthly payments from
General Fund')
.i

225
250

350

Scope and Color Change and Equipnent for Duplicator

100

... . .'

Portable Typewiter (Now being purchased on monthly payments from

'

General Fund)

110

DeJur Stenorette Dictating Machine (Now being purchased on monthly

payments from General Fund)
,.
Offset Printing Press, with Copier etc, (Used, if in good condition). . . ..
Film Strip Library (Approximately 200 Strips at about $3.50 each) . . . . ,
Film Strip Projectors (Two at about |35 each)
.. ....
Refrigerator

285
700
70

...

Gas Stove

250

. . . , . . . . . . . . .. . . ;'. . ,

Visual Aid Supplies and Teaching Materials.

, .. .

. .. . ..

100

.. . .

400

Jeep (Can possibly be purchased in Korea)

For Housing Deposit
For Passage to Korea
. For Shipping Charges to Korea
Miscellaneous Supplies and Equipment

1,200
,.

... ,

1,000
.

850
6OO
500

Tape Recorder (Can possibly be purchased in Japan enroute to Korea) ... ..

250

.....

. . .. ; .

, 2. Additional Pledges To Support the VJork

Mr. Lee Ki Nam, (Interpreter, preacher, teacher

and business manager)
Mr. Kim Duk Sung (Interpreter, teacher, in charge of
childrens' work)
Miss Suh Jueng Doh (Directs student Bible clubs,

i ,,

Salary $55 per month

Salary

45 "

"

Salary

50 " "

correspondence work, and assists in radio

production and childrens' work)

Mr, Pak Sung II (Printer, general office help, purchasing
agent and general assistant)

45 "

"

Rent for Office and Chapel

Salary

60 "

"

Postage and Supplies

85 "

"

Equipment (purchased as needed but averaged out monthly)

50 "

"

I 390 "

"

TOTAL

There are no funds designated to pay these workers and their salaries at present must come
from the General Fund which is always short. Your class or church co\ild take one of these
workers for your missionary in Korea or one of the items of equipment as a project to work
on.

Vfrite to us for details.

KOREAN

BROADCASTING

PUSAW,

MISSION

KOREA

Furlough Address:

Forwarding Agent:

335 Lockburn
Indianapolis, Indiana 462^1
Phone: CHapel 4-5994

Miss Loraine Lindsey

Cabool State Bank
Cabool, Missouri
September, 1963

Dear Friends:

Again we greet you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

This has

been a busy summer for all of us and as fall swiftly approaches we are thinking daily of our
return to Korea. It had been our intention to return about the first of September but the
time lost due to Bert's illness will delay us a few months. We are happy to report that
Bert is feeling wonderful and working hard again.
The work in Korea continues to progress and we want to share with you the latest report
with these excerpts taken from Mr. Lee Ki Nam's letters -

From a letter late in June - "Mr. Patten (from Korean Christian Mission in Seoul) has
been here regularly every other week to help us. He taught the club students on Scriptures
on Saturday afternoons, a couple of times showing slides with the projector he brought with
him. He put all his young energy into those sermons he gave on Sunday mornings and evenings
and I sometimes found myself breathless interpreting for him. ... On those Sundays when Mr.
Patten was not here, Mr. Lee Hak Kyong gave the morning sermons and Mr. Kim and I took turns
in preaching in the evening. Though both of us try hard and give much time to preparing the
sermons, we are not, and have never properly trained to be, good preachers, I believe. When
ever we stand before the congregation we cannot help longing for your returning soon and
taking this awkward part of our service from off our shoulders. We will do our best, howev
er, until you come back.
On Sunday, May 12, which was Mothers' Day, we provided the members with red and white
carnations to be pinned on their coat, and also ornamented the church with some flowers and
signs. ...

On Sunday, June 2, all the church and the key members of the clubs had an outdoor serv
ice and picnic at Ta Dae Po, eight miles away from the city. After the service on the beach
we enjoyed, with Mir. Patten taking a most active part, playing many games. We could have
stayed longer, but for the rain which started in late afternoon and we got wet hurrying to
ward the bus. We regretted he had not been able to bring his wife from Seoul, and thought
how nice it would be if you, PIrs. Ellis, and John were also with us. ... i^Irs. Patten accomp
anied him to Pusan last Saturday, leaving their daughters with the Taylors. It was the
first time she came to Pusan after she had settled down in Seoul.

We took them to dinner on

Sunday afternoon, and were glad to see them enjoy 'bulkoki' (thin sliced beef, marinated in
a special Korean sauce and then charcoal broiled - delicious!) and crab, which I had heard
was her favorite dish. ... We sure appreciate his good help, and hope to get more people to
church by the time he comes next.

The childrens' Sunday school is getting along fine. ... The children now have a new
chart, that is, a picture of a grape vine with clusters of blank grapes, on which good class
es on each Sunday put red, yellow or purple grapes, thus competing with each other. ... On
Childrens' Sunday, May 5>
gave a little prize to the good classes and children.

We are very thankful for the money ($400 and $300) you sent us despite very difficult
financial conditions over there. We could pay some urgent back bills and also get our sal
aries, which I was much relieved to receive after living in debt for quite a while. For the
last several months the prices have been on a steady rise and particularly the price of rice

jumped up to V/yOO a 'mal' (about $5.25): it was about /OVO this time last year. We don't
expect the situation x-rill scon get better, and only desire it will not get worse. ...
Well, that is all I can think of to tell you now. Remember here are your people who

keep praying for your rapid recovery of health, your quick return to Korea, and better days
for our mission."

From a July letter: "On June 20 the southern part of Korea was visited by a typhoon,
especially the Pusan area, followed by a heavy rainfall lasting nearly two weeks, with land

slides and flood, causing more than ICQ deaths, 13,000 people horaewrecked and crop damage
estimated at $16,000,000. This turned the food shortage worse, and last week the price of
rice soared up to an unprecedented //I,300 a 'mal' (an average adult needs I7 'mal' a month),

KBM REPORT LETTER-- September, I963 Page 2

with the price of other foodstuffs and goods also going up. Today the rice is sold for

^910 a *mal', as my

wife says, and it seems the price will not drop below y/800, which is

still more than twice as much as that of this time last year, till the harvest in the fall.

The government started rationing rice and barley or flour, but it is neither regular nor
enough to supply the need. It is really a trying time for the people here. The government
is all in haste to import rice and barley from the States and South Asian countries, and we
hope the situation will improve, but also fear not soon. Many religious and other relief
agencies are extending their help to the poor and unfortunate, and a nationwide campaign
for giving alms has been launched.
The Bible club students keep asking about summer camp, and we tell them we will soon
hear from you and make final decision. ... If we have it, I fear the expenses will be much
more than that of the one we had summer before last, owing to the much higher prices.

A team of club students, mainly of the college Bible club, is planning to go on a trip
to some island villages near Pusan to give people there enlightenment, both religious and
educational, during their summer vacation which is from July 26 to the end of August, They
are now also collecting used clothes to distribute to the poor people.
We also plan to have a summer Bible school for the Sunday school children from July 30

to August 3, The expense is estimated at about y/3000 (about $23.10) for materials and re
wards to honor students at the closing ceremonies, and other odd expenses.

Mr. Kim, with

other Sunday school leaders, is now busy preparing programs and teaching materials.
Yesterday, Mr. Oh, the owner of the church building, wanted to see me, and I talked

with him for an hour. He said he would like to have the rent on the church raised to ^,000
a month from July (about $53*90 or a raise of about $15.^0). I tried to talk him into wait
ing until you return, but he said in all other places in the neighborhood the rent was rais
ed in view of the price rise. ...
We pray for your quick recovery of good health and return to us. ..."
From a letter of August 20: "I am afraid to have kept you waiting to hear from us, but
I wanted to get our summer programs and pictures finished before writing you. Your latest
letter surely brought us good news and relief. Especially we are delighted to hear that you
are getting better every day and have already got strong enough to start traveling and go to
a camp. It is also very pleasing to know that John has been doing a good work, speaking in
churches and camps. We hope some day he will be returning to Korea as a good and faithful
worker for the Lord.

The plan of college students' touring the villages was cancelled at the last minute af
ter all because quite a few of them were to undergo ROTC military training and some others
were to join relief service teams of their respective colleges during the vacation. Instead
other club members made two visits.

On July 26, members of the KNG club and a few of the other club members went over by
boat to Achisom, a small island outside Pusan harbor. The village there, though not too far
away from the city, is quite isolated from the municipal benefits of the present day, and
the people are making scanty livelihood with fishing and farming. They had suffered much
damage from the last typhoon. There the club students gathered over 100 children in a pri
mary school classroom, told them stories from the Bible, showed them how to keep their bod
ies clean and healthy, giving some of them long-overdue haircuts and finger-nail trimming,
and distributed among them the used clothes which they had collected among the members since
the storm, some cans of DDT, handkerchiefs, and copies of the Bible course, 'God's Plan For
Your Salvation,' to take home and have their parents read, who were mostly out working for
the day. The team was met with heavy showers several times during that day, and had to give
up house-to-house visits. They were all drenched to the skin when they came back to our
church in the evening. The villagers were much impressed and thankful for the students'
services, and when the boat left late in the afternoon, the children and some adults x^rho

had returned home from work because of the shower, standing on the shore waved their hands
toward the boat until their figures faded away in the rain and mist.

On July 29, the Unhasoo club students made a visit to Shing-Mang-Ae (Faith-Hope-Charity)
House, a poor house for the aged, far out on the outskirts of the city.

There live 125 old

homeless men and women, aged between 60 and 90. After the joint worship service, the stud
ents gave them some entertainment, for which they had been rehearsing for a couple of weeks.
After each item of the program ended, the old people returned a thunderous applause with
their withered hands. We presented each of them with a wash-cloth at the end of the enter-

REPORT LETTER - September, I963 - Page 3

tairanent, and it was a very moving sight when they sang 'God Be With You Till We Meet Again'
Mr. Han Hyong Se, manager of the House,
said that it was very rare for them to have any visitors from outside except for the Christ
mas and New Year season, and ours was so much more appreciated. They came out to the gate
to see us off, singing hymns and waving hands when our bus left there. A few days later
the manager sent to our mission a letter of thanks. ...
Since we did not have camp this summer, we took the Bible club students to the beach
on the 8th of this month, and they enjoyed games and swimming there a whole day. They
really do hope to be able to have a camp next year with you here.
The Summer Bible School for the Sunday School children started on July 30 and ended on
while waving the wash-cloths over their heads.

August 3, Mr. Kim and seven leaders giving the children, average attendance 87, the real
little ones excluded, three and a half hour lesson each day: worship, Bible study in divid
ed classes, Bible stories told by the leaders in turn, lesson on manners in church and home,

picture drawing and coloring, handwork, learning new children's hymns, recreation. To have
more room in the Bible study hour, the leader took a class to the second floor, joining the
others on the third floor after the hour was over (the second floor is our office space.)
It happened to be the hottest days when we had the Bible school, but the leaders and child
ren were all very interested and working hard. We wished we had a church ground on which
to take the children out and have a more active and lively recreational hour. On the last
day the children were given a written test on what they had learned and many of them got
good marks. ... Taking the marks, attendance, manners in church into consideration, we pick

ed out three honor pupils to receive the prizes: the first prize from you (New Testament,
hymnal, and a T-shirt); the second from me (New Testament, hymnal, and a ball pen); the
third from Mr. Kim (New Testament and hymnal.) To the other children we gave tv/o pencils
each, and the leaders pinned a small artificial flower they had made on every child's bosom
when they walked out of church after the commencement ceremony. To the leaders and the or
ganist we gave a towel each in appreciation of their good services and in memory of the
event. Mr. Kim and the leaders had been preparing for the school for three weeks, on a few
occasions working all morning and afternoon. On such days and every afternoon after school
hours we took them to lunch to a moderate place nearby. For the last two Sundays after the
summer school, I watched the children in worstiip hour, and I found their manners have much

improved. I think the school bore a good result.

In doing these works, we tried to spend as little as possible, but I am sorry to report

to you that, added up, the expenses turned out to be much over what we had originally esti
mated. These days the prices here are just not dependable, those of this week being no
longer the same as those of last week, ... The house, a room of which my wife and I have
been renting since our marriage was auctioned last week, and we are notified by the court

to move out within two weeks without getting any of the key money back we had put in, (keymoney is a large deposit paid down when one rents, in Mr. Lee's case probably several hun
dred dollars.) So I am also in a very difficult personal situation. By the way, the rent
on the house generally made a big jump lately, and I would like to let you know that when

you return, you x-rill have to estimate twice as much for your key money on the house you will
be living in as you did before.

The lease on the house you used to live was, even at that

time, an exceptionally good bargain. (Our key money was $1,000 before.) ...
We are glad to know that you have bought quite a few items of equipment for our future
work. I wish we had that portable tape recorder this summer. I would suggest to bring al
so enough stock of spendable goods such as stencils, mimeograph paper, typing paper etc.
They are hard to get these days, and if you are lucky enough to find any, the price is just
preposterous. ...

We are all praying that the day may come soon when we will welcome you to this old
place and have a brighter future together. All the church members, club students, and Sun
day school children send their best wishes to you, Mrs. Ellis, and John."
Of course the report of the storms and the crop damage and resulting high prices is
disturbing. The Koreans' economic condition is such a precarious, day to day existence at
best that doubling the price of rice is a catastrophe. As this is the bulk of their diet
it is just about the same as if your grocery bill was suddenly doubled. In fact, it is
much worse for them for in our case here in the States we would all just cut out a few of
the luxuries of life where in their case there are no luxuries to cut out. It means they

KBM REPORT LETTER - September. I963 - Page ^1will just be hungrier than they usually are, and in some cases this will at least approach
starvation*

Mr. Lee's plight concerning his key-money for a dwelling place is very serious. We did
not help him with his key-money originally but now that he has lost this deposit due to a
court decision we feel we must help him. It will cost at the very least $300 to find him a
new place and it should be more. We pay him a minimum salary for his position and his abil
ities so he needs help. If you would like to designate a special offering for this please
let us know. He certainly deserves the help and consideration of Christian people here in
the States.

We are so proud of these Korean workers and thankful for the way that the work continues
even in our absence. This is the real test of what value our work has been for the past
five years.
We are so pleased to report that since our last letter the South Christian Church at

Mooreland, Indiana has taken the support of our worker, Pak Sung II, at $^5 a month. This
will enable him to support his widowed mother and family and still go on to college. He
TTill be continuing to work in the daytime and go to school at night. What a great help it
is for this fine church to take this responsibility. Their good minister is Carl White and
our correspondent there is Miss Bernetha Odell, a former missionary. Thanks so much to you
folks at Mooreland!

We have been informed unofficially that a youth group of another of our churches is tak
ing the support of Mr. Kim Duk Sung. We will have more to say about this in our next lett
er. We certainly do appreciate this help with our responsibilities in Korea. We still need
regular support for Mr. Lee Ki Nam and Miss Suh Jueng Doh. With the rise in prices this

should be $65 a month for i^. Lee and $60 for Miss Suh, at a minimum. Let us know if you
are interested in supporting one of these fine workers and we will send you more informat
ion.

Bert, Marge and John have all been busy this summer in camps and churches and trying to
take care of all the mjrriad details of life on furlough. We wish we could tell you all the
places we have been.

Bert and John have some open dates on their schedules for this fall

and will be glad to vsit you if the date can be arranged.

Just write to us. Also remember

that we have a 17 page syllabus prepared concerning Korea and which will be sent to you for
the asking. We want you to have one if you are interested in the work.
Please continue your financial help. Yovi can see from Mr, Lee's letters that expenses

are on the rise in Korea, We send between $300 and $^00 a month to Korea just to keep
things going and each month ifc is a struggle to get this sent, along with all the other ex
penses.

We are thinking every day now about our return to Korea.

return shortly after the first of

the year.

If all goes well we hope to

This will be about five months later than we

had planned, which is just about the time lost by Bert's illness. Our return depends on
you. We must have additional pledged funds to carry on this work and we need extra funds
for equipment and transportation. We are enclosing a list of our needs. Please give it
your prayerful consideration. Perhaps your class, Sunday school or church can take part of
this as a project.
Also, continue to remember us and the work in your prayers. Without your prayers the
work cannot possibly continue. We do appreciate all your remembrances. We also appreciate
beyond words the help that Gordon Patten and Harold Taylor and their families have given in
the work in Korea. These good folks of Korean Christian Mission in Seoul have taken valu
able time from their busy schedule to see that the work in Pusan has assistance and over

sight
and to give encouragement to the Korean workers. We can never repay them for this.
We do ask that you especially remember them in your prayers,
Our very best wishes to all of you good folks who are partners with us in the work of
the Lord in Korea,

Faithfully yours,
Bert, Marge and John Ellis

P,S. As we write this we have just heard there is a cholera epidemic in Korea, several hun
dred cases and some deaths already.

KB-i REPOilT LETTER - Septe.nber, 19^3 - Page 5

The following list is what we need before we return to Korea:
1. Supplies, Equipment Etc.

Korean Language Typewriter (To be purchased in Korea)

Standard Office Typewriter (To be purchased in Korea)
Motor Scooter (Possibly can be purchased in Japan enroute to Korea)
Gestetner Duplicator (Now being purchased on monthly payments from

General Fund)

300
275
250
350

Scope and Color Change and Equipment for Duplicator

Portable Typewriter (Now being purchased on monthly pajrments from
General Fund)
DeJur Stenorette Dictating Machine (Now being purchased on monthly
payments from General Fund)
Offset Printing Press, with Copier etc. (Used, if in good condition)

100
110

285

700
70
250

Film Strip Library (Approximately 200 strips at about $3.50 each)

Film Strip Projectors (Two at about $35 each)
Refrigerator
Gas Stove

100

Visual Aid Supplies and Teaching i^terials

Jeep (Can possibly be purchased in Korea)

^00
1,200

For Housing Deposit

2,000

For Passage to Korea

850

For Shipping Charges to Korea

600

.-dscellaneous Supplies and Equipment

500

Tape Recorder (Can possibly be purchased in Japan enroute to Korea). . . . . .

250

2. Additional Pledges to Support the i/ork

:ir. Lee Ki Nam, (Interpreter, preacher, teacher

and business manager)
-ir. Kim Duk Sung (Interpreter, teacher, in charge
of childrens' work)
idss Suh Jueng Doh (Directs student Bible clubs, corres

Salary

$ 65 per month

Salary

55 "

"

. . . . Salary

60 "

"

.It. Pak Sung II (Printer, general office help, purchas

ing agent and general assistant) . . . . Salary

^5 "

pondence work, and assists in radio

production and childrens' work)

Rent for Office and Chapel

60 "
Postage and Supplies
.
85 "
Equipment (Purchased as needed but averafSO out monthly . .
50 "
TOTAL
$ 390 "
"
Since our last letter support for Pak has been pledged and we have heard unofficially that
Kim's support is pledged. There are no funds designated to pay the other workers or ex
penses and this must come from the General Fund which is always short. In fact, for the
greater part of their time in Korea the Ellis family has lived on half salary in order to
pay the other expenses.

Your class or church could take one of these workers for your
missionary in Korea, or one of the items of equipment as a project to work on. Write to

us for details.

(A few of the items have been revised upwards from previous statements due to the rise
in prices in Korea.)

October 26, 19^3

335 Lockburn

Indianapolis, Indiana ^624-1

Dear Christian Friend:

Would you like to make

this year's Thanksgiving a real thanksgiving
for yourself, for hundreds of children and
young people in Korea and for all of us who
are a part of Korean Broadcasting Mission?
You can do it, and here's how: take a

special offering in your class, your young

peoples' group, your woinens' society, your
Bible School, your church, or make a special
gift yourself to help provide some of the
tools we need to help explain to the Korean
people the love and concern that Christ has
for them.

We are asking you to designate one Sun

day during the Thanksgiving season, prefer
ably November 24, as a day for challenging
Christian people in your congregation with
the needs of the work of the Lord in Pusan,
Korea. May we suggest that you:

1. Make an announcement early in November that you are going to express your thanks
to God this year for all the blessings He has poured out upon you by taking a spec
ial offering on Thanksgiving Sunday to provide needed tools so that others, in Korea,
who have not had your privileges in the Gospel, may come to know of Christ's saving
grace and power.

2. Tell them of specific needs and Just how even a small gift will do so much, taking
examples from the enclosed sheet.

3- Remind them each Sunday through November and in

month about this special Thanksgiving offering.

church publications

during the

4. Consider the possibility of having each class or organization have a specific goal
such as a fixed amount of money or a specific item of equipment.
5. Intensify the reminders in the week directly before Thanksgiving Sunday.

6. Work out a dramatic way of presenting the gifts before the whole group so that
they may be gratified and encouraged in the Lord's work by what they have done.
7. Mail your gift in the enclosed stamped addressed envelope to Korean Broadcasting
Mission.

We know that if you do this you will be blessed abundantly by the Lord, you will gladden
our hearts as we prepare to return to Korea, and you will help to bring the blessings of
peace and salvation to hundreds of Koreans who now have no reason for Thanksgiving.
Refer to the enclosed sheet and make your plans NOW. Further copies of this letter and
list available on request.
Let's make this a real Thanksgiving!
Let's sacrifice a little
as an expression of gratitude for the bounty and abundance that is ours.

Faithfully yours,

Bert, Marge and John Ellis

Korean Broadcasting Mission

KORM

- iVS^KRY"

BROADCASTING
MISSION

Bert, Marge and John Ellis

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Furlough Address 335 Lockburn

fA

Indianapolis, Indiana 46241

Phone - CHapel 4-599^

Happy

Forwarding Agent -

Miss Loraine Lindsey

Cabool State Bank

Cabool, Missouri

i
Dear Friends:

As the angel said to those Judean shepherds long ago, "Listen, I bring you
glorious news of great joy which is for all the people. This very day, in David's town,
a Saviour has been born for you. He is Christ the Lord." /uid the angel hosts then join
ed in praising God, saying, "Glory to God in the highest Heavenl Peace upon earth among
men of goodwill."
This is the greatest message of good news that you have ever received or will ever
receive.
Because of your financial contributions to the work of Korean Broadcasting
Mission there will be many people in Korea who will be able to share in this message of
good news at this Christmas season, men and women, boys and girls, who would never have
heard this glorious message without your help.
For them, we thank you at this season
when we especially remember God's great Gift to the world.
Our plans are going forward for our return to Korea. We are now making application
for our visas and have written to the travel agency for a shipping date. We should be
able to make a definite announcement soon about the date.
Actually the exact date de
pends mostly upon our financial""situation".^ Our"actual"travel to Korea will cost approx
imately $1,000. Our shipping costs will be somewhere in the vicinity of $700, (This is
difficult to even estimate until the supplies are actually crated.) We must have $2,500
for a deposit on a place to live when we arrive there for Mr. Lee tells us that housing
costs have risen tremendously in the last few months. It will take a minimum of another

$2,500 to purchase the necessary supplies and equipment for this work. These amounts we
must have before we return to Korea. To go back and live as we did on our previous term
in Korea, without adequate finances,without the necessary equipment, with our efficiency
cut considerably by a constant struggle to raise funds to pay pressing bills is not the
way to do the Lord's work, in our opinion.
Each month has been a constant struggle to
keep current bills paid and makes it impossible to take advantage of the additional opp
ortunities given to us every week for the preaching of the Gospel or to esqjand the var
ious activities

already underway

which could lead

to a much more

fruitful harvest of

souls.

One great thing that could be done to relieve a portion of these problems would be
for some church or some class or organization to undertake the support of our two other
Korean workers who are as yet unsponsored.
The South Christian Church at Mooreland,
Indiana has taken the support of Mr. Pak Sung H at $45 a month and the Youth Group at

Perry Christian Church in Canton, Ohio is underwiting the support of Mr. Kim Duk Sung
at $55 a month. For this we are exceeding grateful. Our two senior workers, Mr. Lee Ki
Nam and Miss Suh Jueng Doh yet need support.
At present their salaries come from the
General Fund and it usually means a struggle to find the money to pay their salaries at

the end of each month.

Mr. Lee, 37 years of age, university graduate and a high school
teacher before coming to work with us is a Christian gentleman of the highest character.
His ability is seemingly unlimited. He is called upon for many tasks as preacher, teach-

er, interpreter, business manager etc., and while we have been on furlough has been in

general charge of the work and has done a tremendous job.

It would take $65 a month to

adequately support him.

Miss Suh, 27 years of age, a \iniversity graduate and of sterl
ing Christian character and ability, is the finest young peoples* worker we have ever
known.
She is in charge of the work with the high school and college students, teaches
the younger children in the Bible School, produces many of the radio programs, is in
charge of the correspondence Bible study and does many other tasks. An adequate salary
for her wo\ild be $60 a month. e do not know of a finer work a church could do than to
take the support of one of these workers and thus have their own missionary in Korea.

These amounts certainly are not great, $65 and $60 a month, and there are few, if any,
churcnes that could not

raise this amoimt if they really

set their minds and hearts to

it. We will be waiting to hear from some of you about this.

We also need further support for our own family. Our salary, which is $325 a month
at present, comes from the General Fund. Our practice has been to pay the other workers
and the mission bills as they come due and then we live on whatever is left, and it is

never $3^5 a month. In fact, for the past 6 years our family has averaged living on not
more than $200 a month.
We are not complaining about this, just as long as there are
adequate funds to get the work done, but when we do this and still have a time meeting
the bills it is sometimes a discouraging proposition.
Definite monthly pledges are
needed to adequately support the work.
The most recent supports from Korea indicate that the work is still going well but
the Korean workers are getting quite anxious for our return. They have done a wonderful
job with the work during the past year while we have been on furlough, even though they
had not anticipated having this responsibility for that period.
One of our greatest
satisfactions has been the fact that they have been able to do this.
Another 5 years
with them and we will have no hesitancy about leaving them with such responsibility. In
our opinion this is one of the marks of the success of the program, the fact that the
work has continued so well even without our presence.
Gordon Patten, of Korean Christ
ian Mission in Seoul has also been a wonderful help by going down almost every other

j^eekend to help with the work in Pusan.

We do so appreciate the help and friendship of

the Taylors and Pattens in Seoul.

We feel that with our three families cooperating we
can at last begin to accomplish the task of evangelizing the country of Korea.
We are hopeful of making some announcements,about two important factors in our work
in the near future.
We are tryifff"tb "s"it
a committee to supervise the activities of
Korean Broadcasting Mission with a view to the expansion of the work and the addition of
other missionaries in the future.

Several prominent ministers

have agreed to help set

this supervision up properly.

The other announcement concerns recruits for the work. '
Several families are considering the possibility of coming to Korea and we hope some
announcement can be made in the not too distant future.
All arrangements so far are
tentative and exploratory and there are no definite committments.
We are anxiously looking forward to our return to Korea.
We are really homesick
for our friends out there.
The need is great.
The door is open in Korea NOW for the
preaching of the Gospel but in the light of world events we do not know how long it will
continue this way.
We must be about the Lord's business.
As you have so generously
helped in the past in this work we now pray you will continue. Additional large amounts
are needed to take care of the immediate needs for our return. Definite pledged help is
necessary in order for the work to continue. Please do whatever you can.
May all the joys of the Christmas season be yours.
Faithfully yours.

Bert, Marge and John Ellis

Dec. 19t *63

Bert Bills
333 toekbum

Indianapolis^ Indiana A6241

Dear Bert

Your Chrtatoias Card and Nevs Letter oatse today and I do thank you for
them. I paid particular attention about ^at you had to say regarding your
Furlough. Will you please let me know by return mail idien you plan to return
to Korea? 1 will be preparing copy soon for the January and February

Available Speaker Lfstt so I need to know for this. Thanks.

Another item in your News Letter that comes in the field ^ere I am trying

to serve is this New ^crutt that will go to Korea. Who is this* what is his
address, ^en will he be available to go? Please share all the information that
you can so t can contact him and begin to gather the essential papers. X an
direst*support Christian missionaries as you know and any help that you can

give to me will be a vital boost. This part of this service has outgrotm one

person bong ago. So, help me all thai: you can Bert now and at all times. Thanks.
We wish you well in raising your necessary funds, you have made it very
clear as to the needs, now certainly there will be those who will respond.

May 1 ask another favor? I heard a great compUment about you and the
information that you send out to prepare the way for one of your speaking
dates. Orval M. Morgan of Atlanta Christian College says that it is the very
best that he has s.^en anywhere and told me to write to you for a copy. So,

will you be so kind as to send a copy. I may be able to show it to some of

the other missionaries and thus halp them too.

Thanks very much Bert.

Will you keep the same Forwarding Agent? 1 heard you say once that you
might change.

All here are well and very busy. We have never had a fuller and busier
yaar. Yet, we can see other things that need to be done. We are sorry that
our gifti income has not kept pace with the growth of this service. We ere
working and praying trusting that we can change this.

Our very Best wishes. Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Yours in MISSION SBRVICBS,

W B. Mo Gilvrey, Director.