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SPONSORED BY:Eas tv i ew Chr i s t i a n Church1705 Towanda Avenue

... , _ Bloomington, I I . 61701Make Checks Payable To Phone: 309-662-9376ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESE

January 5th, 1980 FORWARDING AGENTS:MR. & MRS. ELDON WYMORE40 0 HILLVIEW DRIVELEBANON, OREGON 97355Dear Chr i s t i an Brothers ; """ONE: 503.258-2845

I wish I could p e rs on a ll y w r it e to you about a despe ra t e s i t ua t i on herein Asia ; By th e end o f t h i s year , more ordinary c i t i z ens (non-mi l i ta ry pe rsonne l ) wi l l probably have met to r tuous dea ths in Indochina in s ix yea rs thana l l o f those who died in Hi t l e r ' s concen t ra t i on camps! Did you ge t tha t ?About ha l f a mil l ion people are f lee ing imminent death r i gh t now. How manywi l l make it depends pa r t l y on you and me .

62,000 re fugees are be ing he ld in Hong Kong r i gh t now, and a new i n f luxhas s t a r t ed . I 've v i s i t ed two refugee camps here and t a lked t o personnel fromboth the H.K. and Thai camps. Condit ions in H.K. are by no means rosy , butThai land ' s 15 l a rge refugee camps o f Laot ians and Cambodians are a holocaus t .The dead, s ta rv ing , maimed and dying are everywhere, and the number grows hourly.On November 1 5t h, a no th er quar te r o f a mil l ion people were acc identa l ly d iscovered on the Thai border "huddled on top of each other : human r e l i c s , underf e d , s k e l e t a l and at th e l i m i t o f s u rv iv a l. "

Rel ief organizat ions are doing t h e i r bes t to keep a l ive those who make itto refugee ceimps, bu t basic surv ival suppl ies an d medicine a re now in sho r tsupply. Any money you could contr ibute to t hem would keep people a l ive . Butan even grea te r problem i s the extreme lack o f workers to dis t r ibu te suppl ies .Almost any able-bodied person would f ind dai ly oppor tun it ie s t o save l i ve s , butwhat i s mos t needed are medical s t a f f . I f they can donate a month or two immediately, grea t! I f they can give up to two years , a l l the be t te r . I f there,i s anything your congrega t ion can do, p lease do it.

But people c an ' t be sus ta ined in refugee camps fo r long. Phys ical condit i ons genera l ly continue t o d et er io ra te because they consume m illio ns o f doll a rs of soc ie ty ' s resources every day. .

Camp l i f e also t r ag i ca l l y wastes human resources . Thousands o f ch i ld renwho ought to be in school exercising the i r bodies and minds and developingthe i r characters are l e f t idle nearly a l l day every day during the most format ive years of the i r l ives. Moreover, able men and women, and even some withbri l l ian t minds and highly-developed ski l l s , are thwarted from doing pract ical lyany th ing wor thwhi l e .

Worst o f a l l , the re fugees have a l l recent ly experienced i nte n se h at re dand inhumanity, the loss of a l l family auid homeland t i es , and nearly a l l earthlybelongings. They are a fe r t i l e seedbed for Satan to sow seeds of bi t te rness ,hatred and a l l kinds of evi l . But they are jus t as ready to respond to realChristian love. I t would be the greates t tragedy of a l l i f we l e t evi l festerand blossom rather than overcoming it with good. Now l ike never bef ore th eyare responsive to God's love. In fact , thouseuids have already shown a favorab le responsed to C hr is t .

Set t l ing these people in new countr ies i s the only l a s t ing solut ion. U.S.rese t t lement focuses on l oca l sponsors helping the refugees f ind i n i t i a l housing , employment and o ri en ta ti on t o American l i f e .


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page 2Christians have done pract ical ly nothing to evange lize these countries.Now God i s b ri ng ing th e mission f ield r ight to our doo r. Moreover, the frontline of evangelistic thrust back into those countries 5 to 10 years from noww in rise from the refugees Christians sponsor now. They will also teach manyof us how to help them evangelize thei r people.Brethren, how can we neglect so great a ministry? I believe tha t Christians in your congregation may have the abili ty to help some of these people.Would you ask them to take a big step of faith and love? Would they considersponsoring some Indochinese refugees immigrating to the U.S.? Would you a tleas t write a le t ter to I nt erna ti onal D is as te r Emergency Service (IDES),

1880 Nor th K ing R oad,Marion, Indiana 46952 phone; 317-664-1987

They can t e l l you what respons ib i l i t ies are involved in being a sponsor,and "hbw^o ass i s t in re l ief work now. I would a lso apprec ia te it i f you wouldwrite and le t me know that you did that so that I can be praying specificallyduring this time of decison. If there is anyone else that you think I oughtto write to about being a sponsor , please send me t he i r names and addresses .

In C h r i s t ' s l o v e ,

Gary D. Ander son#2 Cast le Peak Court 1 / f ,18^ miles Cast le Peak Road,New T e r r i t o r i e s , HONG KONG

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, JAN 211980from Gary and JoyceMake Checks Payable To

ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESEFORWARDING ADDRESS; FIELD ADDRESS:M/M El don Wymore #2 Castle Peak Court 1/f ,400 Hi11view Dr. 18.5 m. Castle Peak Road,Lebanon, OR. 97355 New Terr i tor ies , HONG KONGTele: 503/258-2865 Telephone: 12-804774

January, 1980c/4 CARj

We intended to spend $1,000 on purchasing a used car,licensing, insurance and so forth in 1979. So I asked a-round, "Did anyone know of a good used car for $1,000?"Time and again the reply was, "You jus t can't buy a usedcar in Hong Kong for $1,000." "The only cars for sale for$1,000 are those about ready to die," and "I think you'dbe better off looking at something for at least $2,000."Well, what should I do? There seemed to be no waythat I could spend more than I had intended. At our weekly prayer meeting, Helen Jew asked me i f I was s t i l llooking for a car. I sa id , ."No, not unless one reallyhits me." At home that night, Joyce sa id , "By the way,another mission has a car for sale for $100."

"100?" I thought, "What could a car look like that isselling for $100? Well, i t wouldn't hurt to look." I twas a 1967 compact station wagon with 1200 cubic centimeter engine. I t had never been in an accident or beenused roughly, and i t only had 38,000 miles on i t . I t wasno "cream puff", but i t met all our needs. With repairs,licensing and insurance, i t sti l l cost less than $500. Iti sn ' t the best car I 've ridden in , bu t it's bet ter thanany bus! Praise the Lord!FAITH-PROMISE, 1979

Mong Kok Church of Christ had t h e i r second annualFaith-Promise Rally in December. They t e s t i f i e d of howGod had done much more through them than they expectedduring the past year. Then they committed themselves to


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to give 48% more this year than they gave l as t year andby God's grace to lead 150% more people to Jesus Christth is year than l a s t year.

It was a l so a t ime o f commi tmen t f o r us as we infaith considered our own goals for 1980. Below is ourdisbursement of funds during 19 79 and our budget for1980.

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1979 EXPENDITURES 1980 BUDGET1 . Publici ty $ 237 .81 $ 260.002 . Travel Abroad 4,193.97 1,250.00Subtotal:$ 4,431.78 $ 1,510.00Living Expenses1 . Sal ary $ 5,383.55 6,000.002 . Insurance 249 .33 300 .003 . Taxes & Soc.Security 1,516.25 1,600.004 . Medical 587 .70 400.005 . New Baby 1,000.00 6 . Children's schooling 55 .22 250 .007 . Housing 3,968.66 4,190.008 . Ret i rement 600 .00 600 .009 . Car purchased 172 .53 Subtotal:$13,533.24 $13,340.00

C. Mission Expenses1. ResearchBus iness t r ave lOffice supplies

BenevolencePhone, post.&teleg.Church plantinga. Lung Gu Taanb. Othe r s ' worksEvangelising ChinaBuilding fund

Sub to t a l ;

$ 364.45291 .34219 .38603 .42399 .55

1,756.36378 .12

1,960.62$ 5,973.24T0TAL:$23,938.26

250 .00500 .00275 .00600 .00400 .00

3,150.00600 .008,375.00$14,150.00

$29,000.00

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SPONSOR A REFUGEE^About half a million Indochinese are now fleeing terrible death. By sponsoring Indochinese refugees being resettled in the U.S., you almost certainly give them anew s tar t in l ife and a real opportunity to know our Lordas their savior. Would you a t l e a s t write and find outwhat is involved in being a sponsor? Write to:International Disaster Emergency Service1880 North King RoadMarion, IN. 46952 Telephone: 317/664-1987

BE A PAL - A PEN PALWould you personally l ike to l ead a mainland Chineseto Christ? You might be able to by being t h e i r pen pal.Nearly everyone who accepts Jesus in response to a gospel

message already had a favorable att i tude toward Christ because of the faith tha t they saw manifest in the l ives o fChristian fr iends. In a country with so few Christians asChina, a pen pal may be the only Chr i s t i an f r i end theyhave. And no matter what your background, occipation andage are, you have a wealth of experiences t h a t a Chinesewho is interes ted in learning English and about the outside world would be deligh ted to hear. Through le t ters youhave many natural opportunities to share about you r s e l fand your fai th. Why not t ry some? J u s t w rite to me inHong Kong te l l ing me your name and address, your age, sex,interests, a bout your faith in Jesus, and whether you wouldprefer writing to malfi^^m^le.s.,-,afid how many pen palsyou would like to hav&.jrjBear'iji jnfh'a' that it might taketwo months or more befdra ^ouVfexeive a pen pal.CHRISTMAS IN LUNG GU TAAN

On Christmas eve, 15 Christians and I led a Christmaspragram in our chapel. 83 villagers were inside the chapelwith another 20 or so outside. This year several childrenshared in the program, and the vi l lagers learned moreabout the meaning of Christmas, even though the crowd wasnoisy and there were some hecklers.


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Scotty Smyth was ring-bearer , and Sandi wasf l ower gi r l i n thewedding o f a couplefrom Mong Kok Churchof Chris t recently.

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ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESEFORWARDING ADDRESS: FIELD ADDRESS:M/M El don Wymore #2 Castle Peak Court 1/f,400 Hillview Dr. 18.5 m. Castle Peak Road,Lebanon, OR. 97355 New Territories, HONG KONGTele: 503/258-2865 Telephone: 12-804774

February, 1980

WHERE TO START?The Sunday School teacher in our chapel in thevillage of Lung Gu Taan asked the children to name something good that they could do. Two or three boys replied, "Steal somethingi" After the initial shock, I

realized why they felt that way. Most of the nice houses in the village were bought with dishonest profits.Our lessons on goodness, God's love and salvationweren't getting through because they didn ' t believethey were sinning. From now on we'll teach about God'sstandards. His knowledge of our conduct and the certainty of coming judgment.So, our Sunday School course inc ludes Bible stories that you won't find in your children's quarterl ies , like the destruction of Sodom and God's curse on

Ham for disrespecting his father Noah when he got drunk.(These children often see close relatives drunk.)RADIO BROADCASTING

All of the missionaries here have pulled togetherwith a plan to produce daily gospel radio broadcasts toMainland China, but we are having difficulty gettingtime on the air . Please take this before the Lord inp r aye r .


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CHRISTMASLast week a shipment of furniture and householdsupplies that we had sent from the States finally

arrived. All of our Christmas presents were ini t , so we celebrated that part of Christmas exactlyone month l a t e .

FAIRVIEW PARKThree missionary couples who arrived las t fallare all living in Fairview Park housing complex near

us. They started a worship service in Wing Wong'shome, so I 've been leading a children's worship service simultaneously in Ken Smyth's home next door toWing's each week.

REFUGEE SPONSORSHIPThree congregations so far have l e t me knowthat they are inquiring into refugee sponsorship,but thousands more Indochinese refugees need to besponsored so they can reset t le in the U.S. Therefore, with the full assistance and support of East-

view Christ ian Church, I have writ ten a letter toa l l Chr is t ian Churches and Churches o f Chr i s t in th eDirectory o f the Ministry .

Would you consider sponsoring a refugee? Atl eas t wri te and f ind out what is involved. You couldalmost certainly give a refugee a new s ta r t in l i feand a real opportunity to know our Lord as t h e i rSavior. Write to: Interna tional Disas ter EmergencyService, 1880 North King Road, Marion, Indiana 46952.Telephone: 317/664-1987.

PENPALSBe a pen pal to a mainland Chinese, and youmight lead him to Christ. No matter what your background, occupation and age are, there are Chinesewho want to correspond with you. As you tell aboutyourself, you will have many natural opportunitiesto te l l about your fai th.


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Just send your name, address, age, sex, interests and personal testimony of faith to me in HongKong, and within two months you should receive thename and address o f a Chinese.

PERKS FOR CHARITYDoes your company give you "perks"? "Perk" isa clipped form of "perquisite" which is a privilegeor benefit additional to regular profit or pay, resulting from one's position or employment.For example, your company may provide free useof a private gym, country club, resorts or vacationspots, may lease a car for you or pick up the tabat swank restaurants and hotels. Natural ly , theyhope the "perks" will make you happy and keep youfrom joining another company.But frankly, i f your company just gave you the

money i t cost for your "perks", would you spend i tthat way on yourself? Probably not. As Christians,we try to be more conscientious about the way wemanage the money God gives us.Well, your company surely won't give you themoney, but they might consider a different kind of"perk"; namely, contributing to your favorite

charity. Why not suggest that to your superior?Something like:"I would much rather you give X dollars to my favo rite charity than reserve a room forme in that swank hotel." Imagine the amount of goodthat could be done with the money they burn to"keep you happy." .In fact, many companies are already tryingsomething like this. They offer worthy employees

paid sabbaticals to further t h e i r educat ion orwork free for some benevolent cause. If you qualifyfor such a benefit in your company, i t could be anexcellent opportunity to deepenyour Bible knowledge at some Bible college or l ive and work onsome mission field with your fam ily fo r a fewmonths .


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from Gary and JoyceMake Checks Payable To

ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESE

FORWARDING ADDRESS: FIELD ADDRESS:M/M Eldon Wymore #2 Castle Peak Court 1 / f .400 Hillview Dr. 18.5 m. C a s t l e Peak Road,Lebanon, OR. 97355 New T e r r i t o r i e s , HONG KONGTele: 503/258-2865 Telephone: 12-804774

March, 1980

^ a d i o , Here We Come!All o f t h e C h r i s t i a n c h u r c h m i s s i o n a r i e s

here are excited r ight now because Macao Commercial Radio Stat ion, forty miles from here,j u s t gave us the go-ahead to broadcast Christ ian programs to mainland China. This s t at ion i s t h e o l d e s t AM s t a t i o n in t h i s regionand qui te powerful a t 10,000 watts . The stat ion manager e s t i m a t e s t h a t 16 m i l l i o nChinese l ive within the range of the s t a t i o n .

I sense t h e L o r d ' s leading in t h i s , asone t h i n g a f t e r another f i t together. Thetiming could hardly be b e t t e r .

Because o f the size of t h i s opportunity,we want to produce the best programs possible;so to start, we are only on the a i r twice aweek, 15 minutes each time. Also, a l l e igh tmissionaries are working together on i t : WingWong i s the main speaker; Hank Kwan i s the announcer and back-up speaker; Wing Wong, KenSmyth and Dave Poling develop the programs.William Rees and Ben Rees design and p r i n trelated m a t e r i a l s . Wayful l Jew i s theengineer and t e c h n i c i a n . Daryll Jew is thedeliveryman. And I am the business manager.Each w i f e a s s i s t s h e r husband i n h i s a r e a .


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This week, we compared various studio and recording equipment. Christian Education Association of theOrient (CEAO) Is considering paying the cos t of thestudio. Gospel Broadcasting Mission has o f f e r ed topay up to half of the air-t ime cost.

The title of th e program w ill be "Compass ofTruth" l i k e th e correspondence course used in Chileand t r an s l a t ed i n to Chinese by Chuck Johnston. Wes t i l l need about two months before we are ready to goon the a i r , and I'm sure tha t the time will go fasterthan we t h ink .

This is the biggest projec t t h a t any of us herehave ever taken on. I est imate th a t th is year the total cost of the radio ministry alone (not countingeach miss ionary ' s own ministry) wil l be at least$15,000. So we covet your prayers on this behalf.T 'a rtn e rs In Miss ions

CEAO owns th e schoo l building in Wong Tai Sins tar ted by Shu Chen Li. Hank Kwan now operates a kindergarten there and ministers to t h a t congregation.Three t rustees o f CEAO and the i r wives visi ted HongKong over Chinese New Year (Feb. 13-22) to see howelse they could further the work here. We fully appreciated the i r concern and fe l lowship, and from nowon I wi l l be s i t t i ng on the supervisory board oft h e i r f a c i l i t i e s .

Christians RespondWe j u s t learned t h a t many churches have writ tenasking how to sponso r Indochinese refugees in response to my l e t t e r o f appea l s e n t out by EastviewChris t ian Church. In f ac t , I received a cal l from New

Hampshire th is morning about the l e t t e r . I f you havenot yet writ ten to l e a rn how you can eternal ly helpIndochinese refugees in desperate need , please writet o : In te rn atio na l D isa ste r Emergency Service1880 North King Road

Marion, Indiana 46952Telephone: 317/664-1987


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They will send you a thorough booklet on sponsorshiptha t I adapted and t yped up for them from one publ ished by the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Last week I.D.E .S . presented me with a $1,000check to as s i s t with the needs of the 60,000 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong.

In The Beginning"Of old in the beginning, the re was the greatchaos, w ithou t form and dark. The f ive elements hadnot begun to revolve, nor the sun and moon to shine.

In the mids t t h e r eo f the re e xis te d n e i th e r forms norsound. You, 0 spir i tua l Sovereign, came forth inyour presidency, and f i r s t divided the grosser partsfrom the purer. You made heaven; you made ear th; youmade man. All things with the i r re-producing power,got the i r being."

Does tha t sound l i ke a prayer based on Genesisone? I t is pa r t of an ancient praye r delivered byChinese emperors at the annual sacrifices fo r theirnation. They never read Genesis one, bu t more andmore evidence is coming to l ight tha t indicates tha tancient Chinese worshipped God in much the same waytha t the patriarchs did before the time of Moses. Infac t , a whole book has j u s t been published documenting th i s one sub j ec t , The Discovery of Genesis byC.H. Kang & Ethel R. Nelson, published by ConcordiaPublishing House, 3558 S. J e f f e r son Avenue, St.Louis, Missouri 63118. Available now for $3.95 a tyour lo cal Chris tian bookstore.

We desire your prayer for the fo llowing needs:1. For China's leaders. They seem to be re

str ict ing freedom of thought and expressionagain.2. For China's ci t izens. May they have a fa i rchance to respond to the gospel.3. For Dave and Lynn Poling and Ken and LindaSmyth who are in language school daily fo rthe next two years .


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4. For suitable radio programs to a ir to China.5. For wisdom and courage to evangelize the*"11,000 people moving in to the h igh - r i s e

ac ro s s th e street f rom us .6 . For more American C h r i s t i a n s t o vo l un t e e r tosponsor Indochinese refugees.7. For r e l i e f from the property crunch for a l lof the mission work in Hong Kong.8. For converts in the vil lage of Lung Gu Taan.9. For M/M Archie Fairbrothers, pioneer mission

aries , who wil l be returning to Hong Kongthis summer to work, over 30 years af terthey were forced to leave China.

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FINANCIAL REPORT

January & February, 1980SPENT BUDGETTED

1 . Publ ic i ty $ 7.76 $ 43.332 . Trave l Fund -- 208 .33

Sub to t a l : $ 7.76 251 .66Liv ing Cos t s1 . Salary $1,471.10 $1,000.002 . I n su r ance 75 .003. Tax & Social Security 299 .77 266 .674 . Medical 149 .09 66 .675 . Ch i l d r en ' s School 22 .09 41 .676 . Housing 712.10 698 .337. Re t i r emen t 100 .00 100 .00

Sub t o t a l : $2,754.15 $2,248.34Mission Expenses1 . Resea r ch 18 .25 41 .672 . Bus i n e s s Trave l 161 .33 83 .333. Office supplies 44 .68 45 .834 . Benevolence 158 .76 100 .005 . Phone, post. & teleg. 125 .17 66 .676 . Church planting 408 .19 525 .007 . Evang. China 150 .58 100 .008 . Building Fund 354 .60 1,395.83

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ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESEFORWARDING ADDRESS: FIELD ADDRESS:M/M E1don Wymore #2 Castle Peak Court 1 / f ,400 Hillview Drive 18.5 m. Castle Peak Road,Lebanon, OR, 97355 New T e r r i t o r i e s , HONG KONGTele: 503/258-2865 Telephone: 12-804774

Apri l , 1980

800 New People A Day"B i l l and Melba Rees w e r e t h e first m i s s i o n a r i e sof our group to begin work in Hong Kong. They arrived

about 16 1/2 years ago. Now there are eight familieson American support and three or f o u r l o c a l l y -p a i dchurch workers. Moreover, at leas t 200 people a weeka t t e n d t h e c h u r c h s e r v i c e s c o n n e c t e d t o t h i s work .

Yet more and more people need s a l v a t i o n . TheHong Kong government estimates that in recent months,over 800 new people a day were added to Hong Kong'spopulation. I t would take scores of Christian workersj u s t to reach these new p e o p l e , to say n o t h i n g ofth e m illions of unsaved people already in Hong Kong,and a couple hundred times more in China.

But don't l e t this d i s c o u r a g e you. With God'shelp you can s t i l l do a great deal of good.

1st, A Training Schoolfor Chinese Christ ian workers needs your p r a y e r ands u p p o r t .

Yesterday, a man told me t h a t one o f the disappointing things about C h r i s t i a n i t y in Hong Kong t oday i s t h a t i t lacks heroes. There i s no one r e a l l yfollowing Christ to look up t o , to imitate .


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Sk i l l ed and ded i ca t ed Chinese Chr i s t i an worke rsare a must for the Chinese church. The Wing Wong, KenSmyth and Dave Poling families came to Hong Kong speci f i ca l ly to t ra in Chinese Christ ian workers.

They intend to s t a r t a t raining school with nightand weekend c l a s s e s t h i s fall. The school wi l l have aone-year introduction to Christian l iving course, anda f ive-year t raining course. Work in the f ive-yearcourse will be at leas t as much as that required for aB.A. degree in a Bible college in the s ta tes .

There is a grea t deal o f i n t e r e s t he re now instar t ing such a school. Several of us volunteered toteach classes or work with th e school, and 42 peoplewant to a t t end c l a s s e s t h i s f a l l .2nd. The Compass Of

Truth" Radio Ministryneeds your prayer and support.The Lord wil l ing, the radio program will f i r s t bebroadcast on May 30th, and twice a week from then on.

Getting ready for these programs, we've learned alo t that they didn ' t teach us in Bible college. I 'velearned about ohms, frequency response, dolby, ferre-chrome, preamps, omniderect ional mic 's and more.

However, our Bible colleges did he lp prepare usto formulate the following governing principles for theradio programs:I . God is our director . When problems come up and

up and the programs fa l l short of our expectat ions, wewant to take them to the Lord ra ther than blaming andcr i t ic iz ing one another.

I I . The l i s t ene r i s only three fee t away from hisradio. We don ' t want to browbeat him , dazzle or "wow"him, but j u s t ta lk as f r i end to f r i end abou t th egrea tes t fr iend in the world.

I I I . What i s impo r t an t to the l is ten er is import a n t to us We shou ld t ake God ' s l ove ou t t o where th el i s tener thinks and fee ls , not expect them to come towhere we think and feel to get God's l ove . Over 16million Chinese l ive wi th in range of the radio s tat ion , but that doesn ' t mean th a t- ou r programs willreach anyone unless it meets h is need.Hank Kwan i s now in Canton, China fo r s ix days tof i nd ou t more abou t th e h ab i ts and i n t e r e s t s o f t ho s e


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who might l i s ten to our program. He and h is wifeplanned to attend services a t the large undenominat ional church in Canton on Palm Sunday.

IV. Each program aims fo r a spec i f ic responsefrom the l i s tener . If our programs a r en ' t headedanywhere, or we don ' t know where we are headed whenwe prepare them, then the l i s t ener I sn ' t go ing toknow e i the r . May it be said of us as it was of theapost les ' preaching: "Now when they heard t h i s ,they. .V. The goal o f the radio minis t ry i s to s t a r tBible-based cel l groups. Believers in ho s t i l e environments need fellowship even more than the res to f u s .Air time will cost $155 a week. $2,450 havealready been received fo r th e radio minis t ry , and$2065 spent on basic recording equipment so far.Four weeks of programs have been outlined andare now being deve loped. We are taking inventory o fa ll the recorded Chris t ian music and Chinese ly r icsnow among the missionaries.We are broadcasting from Macao, a very smallPortuguese colony on the coa s t o f China , thir tymiles from Hong Kong. Macao does not subscribe toany internat ional copywrite convention, so anythingproduced or broadcast in Macao i s exempt from copy-write res t r ic t ions or royalty payments.The "Compass of Truth" Bible cor respondencecourse has been available in Hong Kong fo r over ayear , but only 27 people s igned up for i t until 3weeks ago, when Peter Wong, a Christ ian high schoolt e a c h e r recommended it to h is s t u d e n t .

Lesson One has now been s en t to an add i t i ona l57 people.

3rd, Sponsor A RefugeeWrite to Int erna tiona l Di saste r Emergency Serv i ce ,1880 North King Road, Marion, Indiana, 469 52 andsee i f you can be a sponsor.


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4th. Be A Pen Palto a Chinese non-Christian. You might be able to leajdhim t o Chr i s t . Wri te to me.

5th, Pray For ChinaChina's leaders are publicly expressing i rr i tat ion a texpressions of Christianity in t h e i r country. MayChina's citizens have a fai r chance to respond to thegospel.

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On The ' ^ h r15 minutes twice a week as of May 30th, the"Compass of Truth" radio program can be heard by

16 mi l l i on Chine se .No one with whom we work has ever producedradio programs, so every th ing t ha t could gowrong seemed to . Yet God was with us and everyone helped. Without these, the programs wouldn't

be ready.Having the recording room in the Poling'shome often in terrupts the i r privacy. Wing Wong,Dan Rees and others spend long hours making pro

grams. The Kwans, Jews and Smyths al so provide key help, while the Reeses and others gavegenerously.Their gi f t s should cover a i r t ime un t i lSeptember 7th a t $160 per week. Bill McClure who

committed Gospel Broadcas t ing Miss ion topay hal f the a i r t ime should write soon , too.The Chr i s t i a n Ed u c a t i o n Association of t h eOrient (CEAO) purchased the equipment and studiofor over $3,000. Finally, Dwight Good flew ustheir background tapes for our singers.


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Radio i sn ' t nearly as popular as i t used tobe, but i t ' s the only opening we have, so we hopeand pray tha t i t will lead some to Chris t .

In conjunction with the radio program, I 'venow graded 168 l e s sons o f 113 students of the"Compass of Truth" Bible Correspondence Course.Preparing fu tu re rad io programs and ade

quate followup materials still needs much prayerand work .

blessings GaloreSeven years ago we were finishing collegeand preparing for Hong Kong. We were blessed tohousesit John and Margaret Herbert 's lovely homefor three months. I t was a daily oasis of calm inan o the rw i se hec t i c s chedu l e .

Our f i r s t three years in Hong Kong we livedin a massive twenty-storey complex . I remembercraning my neck out our window to see a treeanyt ree . Only a mi l l i o n a i r e i t seemed could own at ree in Hong Kong. Yet the Herbe r t ' s home wass t i l l a refreshing memory.

Since then we've been b l e s s e d wi t h an a -partment tha t fronts a l o t wooded wi th bamboo,papiya and other t rees . Full o f bi rds , cr icke t s ,frogs and other music makers, th e l o t is a nons top concer t .

Across the road i s a p r i v a t e pa rk withs ta te ly tre es , a manicured lawn, hundreds of potsof flowers, a grotto and a secluded beach. A walkwi th ou r ch i l d r en a r o u n d this t o u c h of God ' shandiwork af te r a hectic day soothes and calms.

Our home is a double bl es s i ng fo r me because I lack both the green thumb and the wealthto own such beauty. Yet as someone once sa id ,


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"Beauty is not his who owns i t , but his who enjoysi t . " Though God might choose to remove i t a l l , i t smemory would s t i l l be p r e c i ou s , as someone else.said, "Oh, bet ter than the m in ting of a go ld -crowned king, is the sa fekep t memory of a lovelything."

I recently star ted teaching English for f reeto the two oldes t ch i l d r en o f a nearby wood andtool shop owner. But to my surprise, when I boughtlimber to build the recording room, he only charged$20 for what should have cost $90.

We also hired a reputable printing company toprint 10,000 t racts . I t should have cos t $700 butchurch members saved $160 by fo ld ing the t racts ,and the company misfigured th e pr i ce but acceptedresponsibility fo r t h e i r loss o f $190. So thet racts only cost $350.I t seemed tha t I should pray fo r th re e newprospects from passing out the t rac ts . We were onlyable to pass out pa r t o f the t r ac t s , but s t i l l Godprovided three new prospects,

Proceeding With CautionChina s t i l l advocates thought-reform for thosewho disagree with them, l abor camps fo r those who

r e s i s t , and execution fo r t h o s e who oppose them.China supports Pol Pot and th e Kymer Rouge o fCambodia and condoned t h e i r s l a ugh t e r o f t h r eemillion Cambodians. In di a , Japan , Korea, Russia,Bhutan and, Vietnam a ll say t h a t China is encrouch-ing on the i r terr i tory. China is off ic ia l ly againstBibles coming in from the ou t s i d e , because theyplan to print 100,000 copies themselves, bu t th eactual printing has been qu i e t l y s topped andshe l ved .

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July , 1980Radio Responses

We praise th e Lord t h a t a f t e r the f i r s t f iveweeks o f b ro ad castin g th e " Compass of Truth" we havereceived two requests fo r th e materials we offered.May God cont inue to b l e s s us with adequate mater ialf o r th e weeks t o come.

Over the past few months , Joe Lul of Mong KokChurch of Chr i s t pe r s ona ) ly mailed over for ty Biblesto people in China. The s e were followed up with apersonal l e t t e r asking I f they received the Bible andwith a "Compass o f Truth" orde r fo rm fo r o the r Bib lemate r i a l s . Another l e t t e r was received In response tot he se from a be l i e v e r In he r l a t e 50s .

She s a i d that sh e d id n o t h a v e a r a d i o t o listento the "Compass of Truth", but a fr iend occas si ona) )yrecords i t on casse t t e ; so sh e listens to the casse t t e s a t night with her fam ily .

She wanted as much mate r ia l as we could give her.Final ly she said tha t she had f l e d to Hong Kong In1938. After the war she returned to China, but had toleave her s ix-year -old son behind. Now her heal th wasfa i l ing . She asked, "Would we help her find her son?"May God help us do it.

Working In Refugee CampOver 1,000 new Vietnamese home le ss ente red HongKong during June. Thanks to th e gene ro s i t y o f


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American Chr i s t i ans , we were a b l e to h i re Joe Lui towork in one of the camps, Argyle I I I . He teaches Engl i sh and Bible dai ly ; and g i v e s us ready repor t s onothe r ways we can help . He s ay s t h a t the most di f -i cu l t problem i s th e denominat ional rep ress iveness o fthose managing the camp. "They seem more anxious topreach t he i r own sec t than Chr is t . " May God s u s t a i nJoe and give an e f fec t ive witness through his serv ice .

Church A t H o m eDuring the l a s t t h r e e weeks a couple f rom Mong

Kok Church of Chr i s t a nd a coup l e f rom Fung WongChurch of C hris t moved to Tuen Mun. Both couples a revery act ive Chr is t ians . So we stepped back from someof our other ac t iv i t i e s for a couple of weeks to sp i ri tua l ly and phys ica l ly prepare o u r s e l v e s to s t a r t achurch in our home. The Lord w i 11 i ng , th e f i r s t se r -vice w ill be Sunday, July 10th.

Lung Gu TaanOur Sunday af ternoon Sunday Schoo l in Lung GuTaan wil l continue. In fac t , the Lord wil l ing , we hopeto hold a three-day evangel i s t i c mee t i ng w i t h WingWong speaking there the f i r s t of August.

This is a v i l l age t ha t pa r t i cu la r ly needs Chr i s t .I t is no to rious for sea jackings , hi j ack ings , bank robbe r i e s , black mail and murder . A s c o r e o f t h e ab l e -bodied men spend the majority of t he i r t ime d r i nk i ngand gambling. Last Tuesday a two-year-old boy drownedin the f ie ld watering hole while h is fa th e r sa t dr inking and gambling o n l y a co u p l e hund r ed yards away.When the f a t he r found ou t , he w e n t o u t to the f i e l dand cr ied l ike a baby, b u t no one comforted him. Inf a c t , t he re IS no comfor t fo r him ou t s i de o f Chr i s t .

Car sThe old car we bought fo r $100 was a real bless ing , but i t did have its drawbacks--l ike the rusted

o u t ho l e s in th e f l o o r and d o o r f r a m e . We d i d n ' t not i c e I t much in t h e w i n t e r and s p r i n g , b u t when i tra ined everyone In the ca r would ge t wet. The s t rawt ha t broke the camel ' s back however was th e Sunday we


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drove on the dry d i r t roads to Lung Gu Taan; more dustwas billowing from the Inside of the car out than theother way around. So we now have an 8-seat , 1977, Toyota Van. Unfo r t una t e l y , it took $2,600 out of ourbui lding fund to get i t . This is disappoint ing becauseconst ruct ion is now beginning in th e he a r t o f TuenMun, where we had hoped to purchase f loor space fo r achurch. There will soon be 500,000 people l iving within a 1 .5 mi le r ad ius o f t h e r e .

Ordina t ionI bel ieve his tory was probably made t oday , July6th, at Fung Wong Church of Chr i s t , because Yip Mung

Wai became t h e first C h i n e s e f r om our c h u r c h e s to b eordained in Hong Kong for the minis t ry . His testimonytoday reminded me of the tough road he has had to t ravel to get to th i s point . His fa ther died when he was12, so he qui t school to suppo r t h i s s ix younger brothers and s i s t e r s . His family l ived on the "wrong s ideof the t racks"in re fugee housing. He knew nothing a-bout Chr i s t i an i ty . But the preaching of Chris t throughMr. & Mr s . Shu Chen Li won h i s heart.

He determined to a t t end any mee t i ng th e churchhad. Then one day he committed himself to serve Chris tfu l l t ime. The obs tac les were myriad. There was of tennot enough food. He sometimes only a te once a day. Hehad a family to support . He was int imidated by a protect ion r ing. At the same t ime, he had to f in ish e lementary school and high school (mostly through nightschool) and Bible college. Yet, he persevered, and aft e r about seven years he graduated f rom Hong Kong Bible In st i tu te la s t week. As the chairman of Fung WongChurch o f Chris t said , "We 've wa i t e d a long time toca l l you as a fu l l t ime min i s t e r . " May God b l e s sY ipMung Wal in h is minist ry as he works wi th Hank Kwan.

Roo t sThe Lord wi l l i ng , Wayfull and Helen Jew and t h e i rch l id re n will be able to visit Wayful l 's ancest ra 1

home in China fo r the f i r s t t im e th i sm o nth . May Godgive them an ef fec t ive witness to the i r family.


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Correspondence Course130 Hong Kong people have s tar ted the Compass of

Truth Bible Correspondence course. I have completedi t . 9 o f t h e s e wan t to be Chr i s t i ans , o f whicha t l eas t 3 are now regular ly a t t e n d i n g one o f ou rchurches. May God continue to bless th is minis t ry .

Just UsSandl, our 4-year-old, jus t finished f inal examsfor th is year of Chinese kindergarten. She ' l l be go

ing to a much c loser kindergarten next term, the Lordwil l ing. Stevie, our 2-year-old "monkey" fel l on thecoffee table l a s t Saturday night and had to have twos t i t ches on h is sca lp . David, ou r 1-year-o ld , seemsto want to bypass baby food and ea t what we ea t . Although he only s l i t he r s on h is tummy, he seems to always be r ight behind us. Joyce has been hos t i ngguests for meals in our home, 18 in the pas t week,and making cur ta ins for our new neighbors.

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ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESEFORWARDING AGENTS: FIELD ADDRESS:M/M Eldon Wymore #2 Castle Peak Court 1/f ,400 Hi 11 view Drive 18.5 m. Cast le Peak Road,Lebanon, Oregon 97355 New Territories, HONG KONGTel: 503/258-2865 Tel: 12-804774

August, 1980Poten t i a l i t i e s

More nonbelievers are within the range of the Compass of Truth radio program than in any one of 127 other countries such as Australia , Malaysia, Chile, Sweden and Cuba, or the Dominican Republ ic , Puerto Ricoand Hai t i combined.

Eventhough we knew when we s t a r t ed broadcastingthat the radio frequency the Compass o f Truth is onis often jammed in the evenings , we s t i l l decided totry one evening and one morning broadcas t a week.Since then, we've learned t h a t some places only haveelectr ici ty in the evenings, so can only hear the programs then.

Clarion Trax of Colorado produces over 600 of thebest Christian background music for singers, but copyr ight restr ic t ions prohibit using them on the Compassof Truth radio program. However, the p r e s i d en t . o fClarion Trax graciously waived the r e s t r i c t i on s forour limited use, and we are t ruly grateful for his generosi ty .

After untying seve ra l l ega l snags , Wayfull andHelen Jew and the i r th ree ch ildren and f ou r young a-dults are now in China fo r 5 days visit ing Wayfull'shomeplace and Canton. They were anticipating that thet r ip would be to the glory of God.


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Ivisteners Say.. ."...You made me see anew how great the truth of love

is and how a person ought to put his love in action.^'"Sir, would you introduce me to th is realm of love,too? Let me see too how grea t the breadth of love is ,and please send me this book (the Bible) that I am longing for .

For your best ,"from a seaside village in Guangdong Province"...May you have health and a happy l i f e . May your

work go smoothly, full of good fortune a l l your l i f e .May you live happily in a love comnunity.""Madam and Sir, what you talked about on your program touched our hearts. We enjoyed listening to i t . Inf ac t , we wanted to l i s t en for several hours. Your workis a service to people, relieving every pain, so pleasecontinue. We want you to mail your lessons to us. Welike to learn, and we want to continue to be yourf r iends ." . Finally, a revolutionary salute ,"from the Toishan region of Guangdong Province

At Home In ChurchI 've enjoyed leading the f i r s t two worship servicessince we started them in our home. However, only five

Chinese at tended the f i r s t week and four the second week.In the past several months, I have been handling respons ibi l i t ies so others could lead in worship; so I am especially glad to have this opportunity to get back actively involved in leading in worship.TMarriage Customs

Some time ago I was talking to a Chinese lady aboutmy name, when she asked me what my wife 's name was.I told her that i t was Joyce Anderson. A look of shockcrossed her face, and she said, "That is forbidden amongChinese!" I was puzzled a t f i r s t , and then I rememberedChinese marriage customs.

I t is common among Chinese for a woman to keep hermaiden name after she marries. For example, i f a Susan


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Lau marned a James Wong, that would of course be Mr.and Mrs. Wong, and she would be formally addressed as"Mrs. Wong. But i f you called her by her name, youwould call her "Susan Lau". That is how she might i-dentify herself, f i l l out forms and even sign checks.Moreover, it is generally considered incest for 2people with the same las t name to marry unless i t canbe proven by means of geneologies that their ancestry

is from entirely different regions of China. So I explained to the Chinese lady that , "No, Joyce's maidenname was no t Anderson . '

For two people of the same las t name to marry isas abhorent to many Chinese as i f a blood brother andsister married in America. For example, some yearsago in the village of Lung 6u Taan, a young man and ayoung lady of the same clan fell in love. Exactlywhat relation one was to the other was not clear, butthe clansmen s t i l l determined to rid t h emse lv e s o fsuch evi l , so they bound the couple in bamboo basketsand ca s t them in to the ocean.

Such harsh judgments remind me o f some of God'sprinciples for society found in the Old Testament :Israel was not to try to reform those offenders whoviolated the most sacred statutes of society, but rather to purge i t se l f of the i r evi l . Since Chr i s t ,however, a window of hope i s open to even the worstoffenders i f they are.,repeQtant.- . . .

11F * ' * ' j ^ijThanit^Wou' LordI never ceased to be amazed a t the mercies o f Godin even the most practical ways. For example, property prices in Hong Kong are skyrocke t ing . Landdowntown just sold for $5300 a square foot. Our landlord is asking $816 per month ren t for apartments inour complex identical to ours. But, praise the Lord,we're s t i l l paying $306 per month, and i n f l a t ion

seems to be slowing down a bi t .In Chr is t ,

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P.S. from David (11 months): "I don't know what everyone is so excited about, j u s t because I hang on , tothings and walk along an inch a t a time. This pace i smiserably slow. I 've got things to do, places to go! Ican ' t stand this for long!

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/-/(9V ^SPONSORED BY:EaSTVIEW ChRisTIAN1 705 Towanda Ave.Bloomington, III. 61 701FORWARDING AGENTS:MR. & MRS. ELDON WYMORE40 0 HILLVfEW DRIVELEBANON. OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258.2865

"We olul be,6t to oua ^pon60A^ng chu/iah, Ch/U6t^n Cku/ickf on thoAAZStk knnlvQAMaxy--Ga/iy arid Joyce,, Sandl, David and Ste.vie,,^aith Among RefugeesI spoke 1n a Vietnamese refugee camp for the first tinie last Tuesday. The camp occupies a remote prison compound in a bay called Chi Ma Wan. It is divided into two exclusive camps. The upper camp houses about 1,000 and the lower camp houses about 3,000.All the residen ts a re ethnic Chinese who speak Cantonese like we do, and over half read

Chinese .They have no Christian background, but seem very open to the Gospel. Bible collegestudents from a nearby Christian and Missionary All iance school have been visiting thecamp all summer. They held a preparation for baptism course, and sprinkled over 90 graduates of the class the day after I spoke.When I spoke in the lower camp, about 400 people attended. I didn' t want to clashwith what the Bible college students were doing, yet I could not advocate sprinklingwith a clear conscience. So at the close of my message, I asked those who had nevermade a decision before but who wanted to know more about accepting Christ to r aise the irhands. Fifteen or twenty did, I told them to come up after the service and give metheir names so that I could give them lesson one of the Compass of Truth Bible Course,which leads to baptism. However instead of twenty people coming forward, 119 did even-

though they had to stand in l ine for as much as one-half hour in order to borrow something to write the i r names down with. Since thet? the number has swelled to over 200.They range in age from 15 to 74. Half of them are over 36 years old. Since then, we'vepurchased 1,000 notebooks and pencils, but we s t i l l need to buy many Bibles.The need to help th is many people grow in the i r faith is tremendous. The Lordwilling, I will visit the camp once a week to teach them basic helps for their Christianlives and to lead them through the Compass of Truth course. I would like to go outdaily bu t round tr ip travel takes nine hours.Please pray that these believers might be knit together and grow in the grace andknowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ .

^ a d i o Pen Pa lsBeginning th e f i rs t of September, the Compass of Truth radio ministry will be producing two programs a week instead of one. This doubles the work for Wing Wong, themain speaker, and Dan Rees, th e technician, but we believe that i t will greatly boost1istener response.During September, we are encouraging l is teners who want English-speaking pen-pals

to w rite in. So i f you know someone who is in high school or older and would l ike tocorrespond with a Chinese, they might be able to lead them to Christ. Have them sendtheir name, age and address, and a testimony of their faith in Christ to: Compass ofTruth, P.O. Box 10340, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and we will try to match youup with a Chinese pen pal.


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Joe Lui, my coworker among therefugees in the camps, is helping me prepare Gospel materialswhile we are on the ferry onour way to the camp. vA'/rW't

To China and BackWayfull and Helen Jew's account of their tr ip to Wayfull's home in China was certainly an eye-opener for us. Although rice, cooking oil and a roof over one's head arevirtually free in China, many people are just barely making i t . For example, a pair ofcheap sandals could cost th e average Chinese a week's salary; a watch, two year 's salary;a T.V., five year 's salary. If you had to pu t out a week and a half 's salary to buy aBible, would you?Many homes don't have electrici ty , to say nothing of a radio. There is l i t t lechoice in fruit and vegetables and even less meat. From recent news, Poland with i tsshortages must look like the Promised Land in comparison to parts of Guangdong Province.Yet on the other hand, the people of China are very poli te, honest and friendly.God Stil l Answers PrayerOver the past thiVteen moriths, Wayfull and Helen Jew have been leasing premises thatare ideal for witnessing about Christ, but they have not been able to use them due togovernment regulations, and there seemed to be virtually no chance that things wouldchange, but the government has just kindly granted permission fo r them to go ahead. Wepraise the Lord for this encouragement to ou r fai th and honor to Wayfull and Helen, two

o f h is f in e s e r v a n t s .

ChinaThe official mouthpiece of Christianity mThina announced that 85,000 copies of th eBible and 50,000 copies of the New Testament WILL be published in the traditional text(not simplified characters) around th e end of October IN MAINLAND CHINA. They will cost$6 per Bible and $3 per New Testament. In Fukiep Province alone (where Shanghi is) over20,000 people are said to have signed the waiting l is t for copies of the Bibles.The officials also reported that 26 church buildings have been reopened for worshipservices throughout mainland China, and they expect to have 50 churches open by the endof this year. A communist paper in Hong Kong said, "All this activity would seem to indicate that China is in earnest when i t propagates to the world that religious freedomis part and parcel of i ts social i s t system."

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l._.unto the least o f these. .The refugee situation in Southeast Asia was horrendous eight months ago when I senta letter to over 5,000 Christian churches. Many responded and much has been done sincethen, but the s i tua t ion is no bet te r .From World Relief's official repo rt s: "Hundreds of thousands of peopl e exi stin camps with inadequate food^nd water, and scarce medical help....Vietnamese troops attacked the refugee camps in Thailand. Many were killed or injured, making aufPaiyâTdydesperate situation even worse." Moreover, the Hmong people (originally 700,000) of Laosare being systematically gassed to death.Yet at this time of great need, manyare bored and even calloused with the needs ofrefugees, and a new problem has arisen...strong anti-refugee fee l ing even among Christians, reinforced by concern about recession, rising unemployment and rumors of bad incidents with refugees and that there are not enough refugees to go around so why apply. Maysuch bigotry never be voiced even once in your congregation.More sponsors are needed NOW. If you or your congregation, Bible college, women'sgroup, sports team or coworkers have successfully sponsored a refugee family, this is thetime to do i t again. If not, don't be shamed by falling behind in these real demonstrations of Christian mercy. Write:International Disaster Emergency Servi ce , I nc .1880 North King Road

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Hefiigees-^^ûlations-'êstnctedAfter talking for an hour on the importance of Bible study a t Chi Ma Wan refugeecamp, several Christian men from Vietnam clustered around me and f ina l ly pushed one manforward to ask me a question. The subject I feared they would ask was: "Can you helpstop the Hong Kong government from shipping us to Mainland China?"You see, the Hong Kong government put these 4,000 Vietnamese boat people in theisolated Chi Ma Wan prison compound because they do not reg ard them as re fugee s from Vietnam but i l legal immigrants from China because they passed through China on t h e i r way toHong Kong. So the government refuses to le t any refugee resett l ing organization into ChiMa Wan to help these people find foreign homes. Instead, the government insists that theymust be sent back to China, from which the i r chances of leaving are slim , eventhough manyof them have immediate family in other countries. For example, even a conce r t viol in i s t whose sons are in Canada, a mother with a university degree whose husband and sonsare in England, and a family with U.S. documents stating the name and address of theirU.S. sponsors looked l ike they were going to be sent to China, too.

But th is is not what the Christ ian men wanted to discuss with me. Rather, they said,"We know we are going to China, and that we will be persecuted and have diff icul ty f inding jobs because we are Christiansplease teach us how to maintain our fai th." So wetalked about prayer, Bib le s tudy and Christian fellowship. Then they asked, "But whatabout baptism, communion and ordaining pastors?" So then we talked about the simplicity ofNew Testament church organization. Finally, they asked , " We know we are to give one-tenth of our income to God, but how do we give it to God inside of China?" Their fa i thwas humbling.After that , I contacted the United Nations headquarters on Refugees to f ind out i fanything could be done for those who had family abroad. They to ld me t ha t the peopleshould r ightfully join their families, but that the government was no t allowing the U.N.officials into the camp, would I get names of these people for them? So I inquired intothe possibility and everyone seemed agreeable. Then without warning, my freedom to enterthe camp ended. I have not been allowed in since.However, since then I have heard that 380 were al lowed to se t t le abroad, but another 1,500 were sent to China, and a ll the Bibles and correspondence courses we gave the80 o r so be l i eve r s were con f i s c a t e d . Gu 'TaanThat same week, villagers froniTung G.u-;Taa.n,- where we hold Sunday School, clashedwith workers a t a nearby construction s i te to; a , r io t . Four were injured and 33 arrested.We have ceased renting a premises in the village and jus t hold Sunday School under a tree.Each week this has provided us with new examples of the provision of God, and the fai tho f th e dozen o r so t h a t a t t e nd .


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Hong Kong Christian SchoolOne of my less pressing responsibilities is as unofficial manager on the board of the^"Hong Kong Christian School, with Bill Rees as Superintendent, Wayfull Jew as official

manager and Hank Kwan as Principal.The school was established about 15 years ago by Shu Chen Li (now passed away) andthe Chri st ian Education Association of the Orient (CEAO) whose trustees are the elders ofthe Miamitown Church of Christ, Miamitown, Ohio. I t was primarily CEAO who purchased theschool's property, now valued at over $600,000 U.S. besides $15,000 in savings.The congregation meeting in the building has about 100 members. The school, whichat its peak had nearly 700 elementary students. Is now only a kindergarten with some 80children, since primary education in Hong Kong is now free. Except for Hank Kwah's salary,CEAO does not support the school anymore.

Around the HouseThe weather i s beautiful now. You should come and v i s i t us. . . . Joyce enjoyed makinga three-tiered cake for the dedication of Wayfull and Helen Jew's Christian workers'lounge In Kwai Chung this week, besides entertaining guests. . .! finally cleared a backlogof work out of my office and even started jogging...Sandi, Stevie and David had fun lighting their Chinese l an te rns for MidAutumn Festival eve. We walked along the beach lookingat the hundreds of other lanterns in the nightthen we all got drenched in an unexpectedthunderstorm...But the picnic the next day with seven other couples was lots of fun playing in the sand and water.

China UpdateLess than one in every 25 citizens of Hong Kong is a non-Catholic b e l i eChrist. But only one in every 1,400 citizens of China Is a non-Catholic believering to China's government. Moslems outnumber Catholics and non-Catholic b e l i e v e

b i n e d . In Hong Kong only 3 out of a 100 people are fa rmers , bu t in China 80 out ofred are farmers. Hong Kong'schurches a r e c i t y c h u r c h e s ,b u t rural h o u s e c h u rc h e s a r ethe backbone oi^ mainland

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