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from Gary and JoyceMake Checks Payable To

ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESEJa i l , -Feb. , 1977

SPONSORED BY:RINCONADA HILLS CHRIST IAN CHURC1975 POLURD ROADLOS GAT05, CALIFORNIA 95030

FORWARDING AGENTS:MR. & MRS. ELt>ON WYMORE400 HILLVIEW DRIVELEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865

Dear FanuJiy of God;vj"ell, ou r t ime i n th e S t a t e s is ove r

ha l f gone. We reserved sea t s on a f l i gh tf ron Oakland to Hong Kong leaving July 1.The Lord wil l ing, tha t ' s when we ' l l headback to t h e Ch in es e w e 'v e corae to l o v e .But while we're here , we've s ta r ted loving l o t s of other people, too.

;Jhen we moved to Pasadena, we decided to a t tend one congregation so t ha twe could serve their, during th i s year . Wepicked Golden Viest Chris t ian Church, offSunset Boulevard in L.A,, because it's inthe hear t of a big c i ty and because ithas peopl e froii i 13 ethnic backgrounds, vzhoare l ea rn ing to love each o ther . Theya r e a r e n i n d e r t o u s that God c a r e s fo;.;a l l people.

"Nobody cares fo r iiiy people ." Tearsf i l l ed her eyes and poured for th in opensobbing, "Nobody cares fo r the souls ofny people ." These words burned cy earsas i sat with others listening to thetestimony of th i s Persian medical student, Ihe accusation tore a t each of ourhear t s , because we d idn ' t have an answer, VJe knew t ha t it was too often t r ue .

Students come to the U.S. from nearly every country , even from places iniss ionar iescan ' t go. Ihey are thei r countr ies ' most in te l l igen t young people. They studyhard, sometimes gett ing the highest grades in our schools. Xet, they are oftente r r ibly lonely, searching: for answers to questions God ra ises in their hear ts .And where a re we American Chr i s t i ans? The s tuden t ment ioned above vras here t h r eeyears before she met a Christ ian. Even then, most of them only passed j udgmen t onh e r .

The Bible, however, s ta te s c le ar ly what we must do ;"The st ranger who resides with you sha l l be to you as the nat ive among you,and you sha l l love him as yourse l f ; fo r you were al iens in the land of Egypt: I amthe Lord your God." (Lev. 19: 3UJ AH of us have ancestors who were once al iens inAmer i ca ."Cursed i s he who distor ts the just ice due an al ien," (Deut. 27:19)"Do not fo rg et to enter t a in s t rangers , fo r by so doing some people have entertained angels without kno^ving i t . " (Heb, 13:2)Both I Timothy ; :2 and T itu s 1:8 l i s t "love of strangers" in the Greek as aq u a li fi ca ti on f or e l de r s .


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ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINSSi:;;1976 Financial ReportASSETS

197^ Ending BalanceV/ith Forwarding Agent $1669.152, With Andersons 61+6.393. In CoD.F. savings 5U59.73Total ending balance; $77^3727 $ 111$'^11976 Income1. Churches (22) $ 0763U22. Individuals (32) 3628,803. Direct Gifts to Andersons U33.00Interest on C.D.F. savings 319*625. Repaid mission projects 1^0.06Total income: $153UU*9'^ +^$3hh90TOTAL ASSETS; $23120,17 $23120.17

EXJPENDITURSSA* Forwarding Agent 's Expenses

1 Postage and telephone $ 2U9202. Office supplies/prdjiting 227o503. Pablicity/misco 166.14;Sub-total: f 98

ENDING BALANCE: $ 7702.19BALANCE STARTING 19771, With Forwarding Agent $ 1U37.552, With Andersons 201;.383, In C.D.F. savings ' d. -7-7^0 10Total Ending Balance; $ 7702.19 $.7702.19


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1977 PROJECTED BUDGET( in round f igures)

ASSETS1. On hand s ta r t ing 1977 $1,000.002. In C.D .F . Sav in gs 6,000.003. Direct Support in 1977 12,000.00

TOTAL ASSETS: $19,000.00 = $19,000.00EXPENDITURES

A . Forwarding Agent cos t s $ 350 . 00B . Salary ($500 per month) 6 ,000.00C . M i s s io n

1 . Housing ($275 monthly) 3 ,300.002 . Ret i rement plan 600 . 003 . Tu i t i o n & r e s e a r c h 1 ,000.004 . USA to HK f l i g h t 1 , 000 .005 . Shipping & Moving 500 . 006 . Fu rn is h a pa rtm en t 1 ,000.007 . Bu s i n e s s travel 4 0 0 . 0 08 . Office Suppl ies 100 . 009 . Fore ign v i s i t o r s 1 . 0 . 0 0

10 . Church p la nt in g c os ts 2 . 000 . 00$16 ,350.00ENDING BALANCE: $ 2,650.00

1978 PROJECTED BUDGET

ASSETS1 . Sta r t ing 1978 $2,,700 .002 . Direct Support in 1978 12 ,, 000 .00$14,

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EXPENDITURESA . Forwarding Agent co s t s $ 4 0 0 . 0 0B. Salary 6,,000.00C. Mission

1 . R e t i r em e nt P la n 600 . 002 . Housing ($300 monthly) 3 ,600.003 . Tu it io n , r es ea rc h , books 5 0 0 . 0 04 . Moving 1 0 0 . 0 05 . Furnish apa r tment 2 0 0 . 0 06 . Mi s s i o n s travel 4 0 0 . 0 07 . Of f i c e Supp l ies 1 0 0 . 0 08 . Fore ign v i s i t o r s 1 0 0 . 0 09 . Church p lan t ing cos t s 3 , 000 .00

$15 ,000.00

$14,700.00

-15 ,000 .00DEFICITE BALANCE; -$300.00


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SPONSORED BY:RINCONAOA HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH1975 POLLARD ROADLOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA 95030

Make Checks Payable ToANDERSON M ISSION TO THE CHINESEMay-June, 1977 FORWARDING AGENTS:

MR. & MRS . ELDON WYMORE40 0 HILLVIEW DRIVEDea r F r i e n d s : Lebanon, oregon 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865

We're lookin^^ ahead to retiLniing to Hong Kong now with hi^h hopes of startinganother Chinese ch\irch, but we can 't help looking back also to the f ive-yearprocess t ha t preceeded th i s momentaIn the suiraner of 1972j we coin.Td.tted ourselves to Chinese evangelisiii. In November,we decided publicly to go to Hong Kong. So we began studying and rais ing support.pien, on September ^thj 1>'73j we reached Hong Kong and started right in learningCantonese and Hong Kong's culture V/e finished language school in April, 1975(though we st i l l had lots to leam) and began working fuU-tirae with i'tong KokChurch o f Ch r i s t ,On May I6tha we returned to the States to study .riore about Chinese cultureand cnu rch g row th . Thanks to the School of World I-tLssion a t Ful ler TheologicalSeidjiary, ;ny studies were far more helpful than I expected, >/e had hoped tos ta r t a Chinese church in Los Angeles and to recrui t others to reach tiie Chinese,but that hasn' t happened. Instead, we enjoyed working with Golden \;est ChristianChurch ,Mow, I 'm almost done iidth s choo l her e (though, I hope I can set asi de abou t onemonth a year fo r more s tudy. ; . So, wo g lo r i fy God because He h as g uid ed us t h i sfa r by f a i th . He sure i s Jai t i i ful to a l l who ca l l on His na.ie. He has thusgiven us hope and courage to look to the fu tu re .I made so..ie faith-proi.iises to God about two of our Hong Kong churches af t e rcarefu l ly studying Kong Kok Church of Chris t l a s t November. VJe s e t goals ofgrowth for those churches unt i l I98O, trusting God to give the increase. I waspleased tha t iry co-;;o rk ers .Iso seemed to accep t t hose goals. One of thosegoals was to s t a r t five new churches with an average active ineuibership ofaltogether by I98O.Since then, V/ing and Conita Wong decided to s t a r t a Chinese chu rch in Chicago.They need your prayers and support more than anything else r ight now. I f youcan, pray for them, that they can s ta r t a regular Chinese Bib le study and thena church. Also, please write and encourage them: V/ing and Conita VJong, 329ThoB?)Son Drive , L incoln , I l l inois 62656So, we are trusting God to help us s tar t the other four churches by I98O withan average active lumbership of UY altogether, Bu^ how do '.le ?et fror: here tothere? I 've heard it said that people l ike to see the baby, not hear about thel ^ o r pains. Jus t the sai'.e, I want to share with you a few of our plans ,A new i ndus t r i a l town cal led Tuen i-iun i s developing j u s t over the h i l l s fromKowloon, I t only has a few thousand people now, but it i s eventually expectedto have mill ion. The govemi.ient j i ist f inished a low-cost housing there cal ledTai liing Estate . Right now, it i s f i l l ing up with about 29,000 people. TheLord wil l ing , we plan to s t a r t a church there .Mark and Kathy Chu wi l l reach Hong Kong about three weeks before we do to l a ymuch of the groundwork, Ihey vi i l l begin r ecru i t ing workers and col lect ingmateria ls fo r evangelism and worship. At the saiiie t ime, we ' l l be making ourl a s t v i s i t s here and feverishly brushing up on our Can tonese . V/e T,vill make onel as t t r ip through Oregon and V/ashington (Joyce's l i t t l e sister i s getting mar-


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rled.) before we fly from Los Angeles July 1st. Please pray that visa , movingand shipping problems wil l be as few as posible.After we get to ' Hong Kong^ we wil l continue recruit ing workers and making ar-rangements to s ta r t the church by the f i r s t of September, You might pray withus about these things . We need to f ind a sui table home in the area. We needto find a place to hold services. We need two or three Christian couples tol ive a t Ta i Hing and work in the neighboring factories . We need someone tocal l with me fulltimeo We need two fulltirrie people to manage a regular community newspaper. Finally , we need to 2$ volunteers a t various tii;sthrough the summer.Among Chinese, it seems best to convert whole fairdJlieSj star t ing with the old-e s t members f i r s t , so we hope to meet the needs o f sen io r c i t i zens with God*slove in Christ, In addition, we believe that the community as a whole i s sounfamiliar vdth Christ that they are not ready to decide about him. Therefore,we hope to use a community newspaper or something sim ilar to gently open theireyes to God, V/e don't plan to badger anybody about salvation l e s t we pish themaway from Christ . Rather, we want to work patiently with eve ry family who isopen*Our fi nanc ia l repor t fo r 1976 is included with this le t ter (six months late) .Also included i s a tentat ive budget of expected expenses for these two years.Our next l e t t e r should come from Hong Kong^ I hope. For the time being, ifyou write us, put i t in care of WayfuU "and Helen Jew, 12B Broadway, 3rd Floor,Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Kowloon, Hong Kong,See you in Hong Kong!

In Chris t ,

GaryP.So from SandyjI sure has been fun having Grandpa and Grandma Anderson with us these laiStthree weeks. Grandpa is an aisazing fel low. One day he i s a missionary, a tt endingclasses with Daddy or t e l l ing churches about India, Ihe next day he i s amechanic, trying to fix Daddy's car. Then, he is a caiTJenter, making ^e bigboxes wi wil l move to Hong Kong in . Now, I l ike to ca l l nyself, "Granddaughter.'*


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ANDERSON M ISSION TO THE CHINESE

SPONSORED BY:RINCONADA HiUS CHRISTIAN CHURCH1975 POLLARD ROADLOS GATOS. CAL1P0NU 9i030

FORWARDING AGENTS:July i 3 th , 1977 ^^5 eldon wymoreoEP 2 lQ7-f HlLLYieW DRIVE

TICKETS CHANGED UNEXPECTEDLY

LE&ANON. OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-2J8-28d5

May, in l e t t e r to Wayfull Jew; I'm so disappointed to hear that you' l l leave HKJuly 1st for furlough, the same day we leave the States for HK. We won't be ableto see you, and I wanted your adv ic e very much before we star ted working. I prayt ha t some change in p lans can be made ...June 24f long-distance phone ca l l : "Hello, i s th is AARC t r ave l club? . . . We aresuppose to fly to HK July 1st, but we haven't received our t ickets yet."

"Are you Mr. Anderson?""Yes, how d id you know?""I 'm glad you cal led. We don ' t have a f l igh t going to HK July 1st . . . Canyou go on the 6th? . . . You'l l arr ive in HK a t 11:40 a.m., Ju ly 8 th ."July 2, phone cal l to San Jose: "Hello, Wayfull , th is is Gary . . . ""Rea l ly?! Where are you? ...""Near here. Our f l ight has been delayed. Can we talk with you Monday?"(We had an exce l len t and most va luable discuss ion with Wayfull and Helen Jew

and a pret ty good f l ight to HK via Seoul, Korea. Praise the Lord'.)WHERE DOUBTS APJ I I SE

Mid-June: Joyce and I were d iscus s ing the imprac t i ca l i t y of our plan to move toTuenmun, HK. I t seemed t ha t everything was agains t i t . We bel ieved we ought toconcentrate on mature adul t s , but everyone said Chinese old people couldn ' t bereached. We didn ' t know any Ch ri st ia ns t he re and thought none would want to movethere.Short ly the reaf te r , mail from Hong Kong mentioned t ha t a grandmother unexpectedly confessed fai th in Jesus? tha t one of the Chinese Christ ians had moved toTuenmun; and tha t one of the pas tors was considering s ta r t ing a kindergar ten there .God h a d resolved o u r doubts.

SWEET, SWEST MUSIC

June: We wanted an easy- to-play, inexpensive instrument to accompany worship serv ices in homes. Pianos and accordions were ou t o f th e q ue st io n, so we dec ided ona melodica. It looks l ike a harmonica with piano keys. You blow in the end o f it.

I foud one I wanted in a music s to re in Por t l and , b u t it co s t ?47, and I on lyhad $40. Besides, I got l o s t t he re , and had to spend 10 on gas to ge t back toLe b a n o n .

On the way back, I decided to t ry a s tore in Salem. I wasn ' t fee l ing well .By the time I got to Salem, I was pret ty depressed. I prayed, "Lord, I don ' t knowwhat you want me to do. I f you want me to get it, you ' l l have to lead me to oneI can af fo rd , o th erwi se I 'm going to fo rge t t h i s whole th ing . "

At the s t o r e , I sa id , "Here i s the melodica I saw in P ortla nd . How much i sit?"

The c le rk s a id , " 28 . 5 0 . ""Wow, bu t I only have $3o, wil l t ha t cover the sa les tax, too?""The re ' s no s a l e s t ax . Th i s i s Oregon no t Ca l i f o r n i a . ""Praise t h e Lo r d . "


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"CHRIST RULES ABOVE ALL AUTHORITIES ..EPH. 1:21February, Pasadena; I was researching HK social struct\ire, and I noted the important influence that the Hong Kong Chinese Secretariat and the Distr ict Consaissionershad in a l l major under takings .July 8th, HK; Mark and Kathy Chu took us out to dinner. The room we wanted wasclosed, so we ate in a noisy corner next to a wedding feast. To our parprise, thegroom was a young man who had shown interest in Christ three years before becauseof a singing group Kathy was in. He visited with us f or se ve ral minutes. Butmore important, one of our past language teachers recognized us."What a surprise, Alexis. How are you? Are you s t i l l working for a bank?""No, I"m now working for the District Commissioner's office in Tuenmun.""Really?! That's where Joyce and I are moving. What do you do there?"

" I 'm a liaison officer.""Wow, t h a t ' s a c ru c ia l p o si ti on .""Yes, as a Christian I feel a big responsibil i ty. There is a great need forch u r c h e s t o be started t h e r e . "

"That ' s why Joyce and I are moving there!""Really?! Whatever you need I will do i t . Ask me for any help I can giveyou. Here i s my phone numbers . . . "

HOME, SWEET HOME

July 9: Mark and I went house-hunting. We looked a t everything. Nothing wasreasonable. Mark sa id , " I t looks l ike God has shut the door to f inding a placeto live in Tuenmun . "I laughed, "Paul wrote the Corinthians that he wanted to stay in Ephesus because there was a wide and ef fec tua l door ... and many enemies. We've only seenth e enemies and no t the door ye t . "Hong Kong properly costs are among the highest in the world, but just 20 minutesla ter , we were looking at a beautiful place ren tin g f or 22


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ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESEAugust 7th , 1977 'rr 197;

SPONSORED BY:RINCONADA HILLS CHKtSTtAN CHUKCH19 75 POLU ft D ROADLOS GA70S, CALIFORNIA 95030

FORWARDING AGENTS:MR. & MRS . ELDON WYMOf tE40 0 HILLVIEW DR tVELEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865

RADIC EVANGELISM; Bi l l McClure from Gospel Broadcast ing Miss ion came todiscuss the poss ib i l i ty of r ad io out reach in Hong Kong and the ir willingness tohelp. The potential seems good although i t may be as far as a year of preparat ion away. Please pray with us about th i s new avenue.

Dr> Cyr i l Sinikins , p ro fe s so r of Church G rowth and Missions a t LincolnChr is t ian Seminary v i s i t ed us fo r two weeks. He not only got to observe theChr is t ian churches here , bu t a lso share with the Ch ris ti an s r ic h ins ights fromhis Bible knowledge and experience.I deeply appreciated h is B ib lic al so lu t ions to some of the bar r i e r s toconvers ion caused by Chinese r e l i g ions , pa r t i cu la r ly a n ce st or v e ne ra ti on .Apart from s ightsee ing, we vis i t ed two of the major temples and saw f i r s t handvarious idolatrous rituals.

I t took us three weeks to move in to our new apartment eventhough we got i tin ju s t a fev? days . But now, everything is hi tched up or ins ta l led enough to bel ivable , and we are certainly appreciating a place of our own again,Mark and Kathy Chu held an evan?>elistic concert a t Mong Kok Church of Chris t

l a s t week. The church usual ly runs about 30, but God blessed the ef for t s ofthe Chr i s t i an s the re and abou t 60 a tte nd ed th e conce r t . Hark and Kathy havebeen ass is t ing us in s tar t ing a church in Tueranun th i s summer. They return tothe Sta tes in mid-August to go to Midwest Chr is t ian College in Oklahoma City .They need your prayers r i gh t now because f inances are pre t ty t i g h t ,

COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER; YES OR MC?

Two weeks ago. Dr. Simkins, Mark and 1 ta lked with Dr. Timothy Yu, awo r l d - r e n own ed Christian who is head o f t h e mas s -med i a and commun i c a t i o n s department ( inc lud ing post -g radua te work)at Hong Kong Chinese Universi ty. Ket a lked about Chr i s t i an use of th e mass m ed ia in Tuenmun. (Everyone I ' ve ta lkedto believes that Tuenmun has more signs of recep t iv i ty to the Gospel than anyother place in Hong Kong r igh t now.)

Dr. Yu, who was a newspaper ed i to r for many years , p oin te d o ut t ha t pract ic al ly a ll mass media in Hong Kong was way beyond the budgets of Chr is t ianorganiza t ions . However, he en thus ia s t i c a l ly agreed t ha t a Ch r is ti an o rg a n is at io nsuch as ourselves could publ i sh a weekly community newspaper with a Chr is t ianslant f o r Tuenmun .

Tuenmun wil l have about 500,000 people in 8 years with a h ig h read in gab i l i ty . A successful newspaper could have as much inf luence as some big c i tynewspaper in th e U .S ., l i ke th e Sunday ed i t i on o f the San Jose Mercury .

I bel ieve God has given us the ta lents to publish such a paper tha t wouldbe both evangelis t ic and well-read. In both high school and college, I took most


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page 2classes availab le in a ll kinds of photography and printing# I'm familiar withnearly all kinds of machines used in up-to-date printing firms# I edited theSan Jose Bible College paper and all student publicity for three years. Finally,communication and management are my hobbies -- I enjoy them.

This week, we hope to begin a survey of Tuenmun to assess the evangelisticapproach and the potential for a newspaper. We hope to interview between 1,000and 2,000 residents. By September 1st, we should have made a definite decisionabou t th e newspaper .

Dr. Yu said i t would cost less then $10,000 to s tar t such a paper, andwithin two years it would be fully self-supporting, maybe even making a profit.Here is a rough estimate of the costs involved:A. Needed t o start:

1 . C ap ita l ou t l ay :a. Chinese typewriter $500b. Office furniture and tools 600c . Car 500

2 . I n i t i a l p r i n t i ng sa. Editor ' s f i r s t 2 months salary 450b. Financial manager's salary 350c. Complementary Copies given out 3003. Misce llaneous expenses 500$3200B. Needed in 18 months: Downpayment on office 6000

To ta l $9200However, our finances are entirely tied up with planting the church inTuenmun. There i sn ' t a penny le f t over to s tar t a newspaper. We wrote to acouple of churches about this project, but I finally decided to ask youstraightforward to consider giving a special one-time gift to this project.

I think th is is th e f i r s t time in five years that I have directly asked formoney, but after much soul-searching I feel i t is what God would want me to do.I hope you will search your hearts prayerfully too and see what part God wouldhave you give to this project, whether three dollars or three thousand. Whatever you determine to give, designate i t FOR THE NEWSPAPER and send i t to ourforward ing agen ts .I t may be that we have mistaken God's will in this matter and that theprojected newspaper will not succeed. In that case, we'll return all moneydesignated for i t , that was not yet spent on the project. But, we are movingahead because we believe tha t th i s is what God wants us to do, and in Hisstrength V7e can do i t , so please pray for us.

In Ch r i s t ,

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Ander sonBlock 2 , F i r s t F loo rCastle Pe a k Co u r t18"^ miles Castle Peak Road,New Te r r i t o r i e s , Hong Kong

P.S, from Sandy; "Happy birthday to me. . . . Today, I'm two years old. Wow!"


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Make Checks Payable ToANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESE

September 7th , 1977

Dear Brothers and S i s t e r s ,

SPONSORED BY:RINCONADA HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURC1975 POLLARD ROADLOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA 95030

FORWARDING AGENTS;MR. & MRS. ELDON WYMORE40 0 HILIVIEW DRIVELEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865

I t r ea l ly t h r i l l s me to think of the many dedicated coworkers of Godsuch as yourselves tha t we've had the privelege "o met and love over thepast few years. I'm assured to know that although we're thousands of milesapart, we're s t i l l striving for the same goals, working at the; same spritualharvest.

Let me t e l l you a l i t t l e about the place where we're working. Tuen Muntakes i t s name from a for t i f ica t ion bu i l t to protect a sea channel there athousand years ago. Hi st or ia n s b e li ev e the area was f i r s t se t t l ed betweenthe years 330 A.D. and 590 A.D. Records show a Chinese garrison was sent tocontrol it during the Tang Dynasty (618-906) because of i t s importance,

Tuen Mun s i t s on a good bay and i s overlooked by 1,912 f t . Cast le Peak.The Tsing Shan Buddhist Monastery was established on the lower slope of th emountain in the 5th century A.D. I ts most famous personal i ty , the Cup Ferrymonk, became its l e ade r in about A28 A.D.

Han Yu, a noted Confucian scholar of the Tang Dynasty and one of thegrea t names in Chinese l i t e r a tu r e , inscr ibed a l a rge boulder on the mountain ' s summit w ith th ese words, "the f ines t h igh mountain. "

For centur ies th i s farming and f ish ing community has been harassed bypi ra tes and smugglers , even as recent ly as the 1950*s. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, thefounder of the Chinese republ ic , held meetings with his comrades here and drewup the plan s for the overthrow of the Ching Dynasty in the revolut ion of 1911.

Now, Tuen Mun's population is about 50,000. In eight years she is expectedto have 10 times as many people, or about half a m illio n. P resen tly , two majorethnic groups l ive in central Tuen Mun acco rd ing to repl ies to the town surveywe're f inishing up. Notice the i r differences:Low-cost hous i ng . Pr iva t e ly owned o r ren t ed apar tments .Or ig ina l ly boa t people . Orig ina l ly from the c i t y .

s l i gh t ly d i f f e r en t phys ica l f e a tu r e s .30% o f a du lt s c a n ' t r e ad . Ove r 90% o f adults c a n r e a d .Have some, maybe over 100r e l a t i v e s l iv ing nearby . Have few or no r e la t ives l iv ing nearby.Have l ived nearby most*of l i f e . Have l ived there l e s s than 3 yea r s .Nearly every home has a Buddhis t

a l t e r and r e l i g iou s symbols. L i t t l e o r no r e l i g ion . Some Chr i s t i a n s .

Besides these , around the f r inges of Tuen Mun are thousands of v i l lage fo lks orf a rm e r s .


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page 2Each ethnic grouo's distinct evann;elistic and spiritual needs ought toset special attention. I t looks easier to win the wealthier peonle.^ However, they are more likely to be individuals without strong family tiesand to be nominal believers. I t looks much harder to convert the poorerpeople but they might come as whole families and remain very dedicated

Christians.

However, they all know so l i t t le about the Gospel that we feel i t isvery important to introduce manv basic Bible truths in some inoffensiveway such as a weekly newspaper or cojnr?.;nity -la-^zine. Mass media approachesoften reap l i t t le results, so we've sought several people's opinions including two recognized mass-communication experts before oropocin^ this.And, all signals say, "Go! It can work." An ad has been nlaced tohire an edi tor and olans are being crystal ized. But such a big proiectneeds all of us working together. It v/ill take great effort, great faith,much prayer and much support .Are you ready for th is venture?Here is a rough estimate of the costs involved:

A . Needed t o start:1 . C ap ita l out lay :a. Chinese typev/riter 5500b. Office furni ture and tools 600

c . Car 5002. I n i t i a l p r i n t i ng s

a . Edi to r ' s f i r s t two months salary 450b. Financial manager's salary 350c. Complementary Copies given out 300d. Unforeseen cos ts 500B. Needed soon: Downpayment and fees on office 6000TOTAL: $9200C. Weekly subsidy until self-supporting/18 months: $45 weekly

Is i t important to you that thousands of people never ever heard of God's loveDo you think a magazine published by Christians could help them'know God*s lovWould such a magazine glor i fy God's name?Would you prayerfully consider the part God x^ants you to have in this ministryWould you consider raising a one time gift of, say, three thousands dollarsfor this project from th e resources in your church?Would you personally conside r g iv ing #500 to this proiect?Would you organize a group to provide the v/eekly subsidy for the paper?Would you provide one week's expenses yourself?S ince r e ly ,

Mr. Sc Mrs, Gar y And ers on# 2 . 1 /F , Cas t l e Pk. C t.18-r m i l e s Castle Pk . R d .N.T . , HONG KONG


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from GaryMake Checks Payable To

- ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESENovember 10th , 1977

Dear Fr i ends ,MAGAZINE SET A SID E

SPONSORED BY;RINCONAOA HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH1975 POLLARD ROADLOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA 95030

FORWARDING AGENTS;MR. & MRS . ELDON WYMORE40 0 HILLVIEW DRIVELEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865

The plans for star t ing a community newspaoer or magazine that werementioned in previous let ters were indefinitely set aside after we prayerful ly considered the si tuation and received that advice from t he m is sionconmiittee of our sponsoring church, Rinconada Hil ls Chris t ian Church. I fyou contributed to this project, I t rust that our forwarding agent hasreturned your money or w ill do so soon*

Only God knows i f we made the r ight decision, but we t rus t that Hewill work i t out to His glory as we commit our ways to Him. Personally, Iwas not confident that circumstances indicated that a magazine was God'sbest method for this part icular time.NEWBORN AND GROWING

When 19 people attended our f i rs t Sunday's services, that was twiceas many as expec ted . However, severa l of those were members of o the rchurches just visiting on our f irs t Sunday. They wouldn't be back. AndJoyce wasn't feeling well , so i t didn ' t look l ike she would make i t .

So, I thought I 'd boost attendance by advertizing a kid's club(Sunday School) in the village. At first, I planned to pass out 500 leafletsbecause in the city you can expect about one person to come for every 500leaflets passed out. Then I got to thinking that things might not be thesame in the village; so I printed les s than 400. Then, to make sure morechildren than we could handle wouldn't come, I decided only to pass out 75the first week and see what the response was. If few came, we could pass outmore the next week. (But, that "next week" never came.)

I asked four students from the elementary school we use to help mepass out the announcements. One said, "Wow, i f we pass out 75, that means75 c hil dr en w i ll be here . ""Not a chance," I said, brushing aside his childish figuring."But," he added, "once we passed out 30 leaflets, and 40 people came."So, I didn't know what to expect. That Sunday, I got to the schoolan hour early to get things in order, only to find about 20 children waitingon the steps for us to start. I told them i t was st i l l quite a while beforewe started, but they went in and sat down anyway. So instead of iusf leavingthem there, I started leading songs.In no time at all we had 28, and not another adult except my Chinesehelper, Peter, who showed up as I was about to throw in the towel. Theattendance keeps climbing steadily. Last Sunday 40 people attended.Needless to say, we were unprepared for this. Our well-laid plans werediscarded. Goals were expanded. The services were geared to kids Instead ofadults. My beautiful sermons went out the window for the sake of down-to-earth

Bible stories. (I know, somebody will probably say that that might not beSO bad . )


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It's the grea te s t evangel i s t ic minis t ry we've ever had. Week a f t e rweek we s h a r e ou r faith i n a warm c o n t e x t where n o n Ch r i s t i a n s ou tnumbe rC h r i s t i a n s at l e a s t s i x to one .

It's the grea tes t teaching minis t ry we've ever had. In America,children in the average Sunday School already have a basic knowledge of theBible . So what i s taught on any given Sunday inevi tably covers a lo t ofwhat they have a lready learned . But most of the children here have pract i ca l ly no knowledge of the Bible . Thus, the new things they learn in at en -minut e B ibl e s tory are probably more than the average American childlearns in two hours on a Sunday morning.

It's the grea te s t minis t ry of love we've ever had. These kids comefrom pret ty poor family conditions. Four of the five students a t th isschool are virtually orphan^d^ They live at the school and only see thej.rparents occassionaTTy on weekends. Most of the other kids are quite skinnyand under-educated, even by Hong Kong standards. A third of their nosesrun a l l the time - - and are never wiped. They play and sleep in the samec lo thes , usua l ly on boards without matresses . At l eas t two are re tarded.And when one comes with a strong smell of beer on his breath, and l i t t l escars a ll over his arms and legs, i t 'g obvious that love and care aremiss ing.

I t seems l ike we are doing c ou ntl es s th in gs wrong, yet God has blessedus with th is wonderful response. But I also hope that we can make somesuccessful contac ts with adults. We're planning to use a special programduring the Christmas season to attract interested prospect. Please praywith us for th is and for the ongoing of th is newborn church.Oh, how I wish will all ray heart that you were here working with us.The Chinese are lovely, hard-working people. They are more ready to receivethe gospel than ever before. But I feel like crying, because more Chineseare damned to the terrors of hell than any other people on earth, justbecause they don't have fair chances to hear the gospel. But how can theyhear unless there are preachers? And how can there be preachers unless you

send them he r e ?May a ll our^hearts be~unl:ted in God' s great task of spreading the

good news.

In Chr i s t ,

Gary and Joyce Anderson#2 , 1 /F , Cas t l e Peak Court18.5 miles Cas t l e Peak Rd.New Ter r i to r ie s , HONG KONGP.S. FROM SA^^DY;

Mommy has been sick, alright. She says i t has something to dowith having a l i t t le sister or brother (The Lord willing, about Mid-May)I have some clothes that don't f i t me. T hey're for " l i t t le s is ter ," Iguess I'll give some of my toys to " l i t t l e brother ."

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