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SPONSORED BY;EASTVIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH1705 Towanda AvenueBloom!ngton, Il l inois 617OI

January, I98I

Dea r F r i e n d s :On the s ide a re a couple o fpies to show you f i r s t what hap

pened to the money you ent rustedto us in 1980, and second whatwe anticipate during 1981 , theLord wil l ing. Below is a br ieff inanc ia l summary.

But f igures don ' t t e l l a l l .Infla t ion caught us, bu t pra isethe Lord some things s t i l l gotdone. Thanks to a la rge g i f t , wecal led a Ch ri st ia n co ll eg e s tud e n t t o w ork all summer i n theVietnamese refugee camps. He ass i s ted in evange l i sm and prepared them for t h e i r new homes.

We pulled back from most ofour work in the v i l lage of LungGu Taan, but star ted church services in our home, and w ith thec hu rc h- pla nt in g f und c a l l e d apar t - t ime Bib l e c o ll eg e s tu de ntt o work f u l 1 1 ime .

Thanks to your gifts, Ihave been a b le to assist t h e Bible col lege a little duri ng i tsf i r s t term b oth f in an cia lly andand w ith t im e .

We are l ook ing forward toseasoned miss ionar ies , Mr. & Mrs.Archie Fairbrothers j oI n I ng thef ie ld th is spr ing . In J u n e ,Donna Bur r i s comes f o r a summerin ternship . In August , San JoseBible College students wil l comeon an evangel is t ic t r i p . Also wea r e exc i t ed a b o u t Dwa i n andBecky Anderson planning to j o i nthe f i e l d in Augus t , becauseBecky Is Gary's cous in .

BALANCE STARTING 1980 $ 36.77DIRECT GIFTS 1,382.29DRAWN ON U.S. ACCOUNT 26,4lA.47INTEREST ON SAVINGS 6l A2TOTAL INCOME:1980 EXPENDITURESBALANCE STARTING '8 l

$27,894.9527,10^.^9$ 790.46

The b i g g e s t pro jec t we areinvolved In now i s th e Compassof Truth r a d i o program and correspondence course .

MISSION^$8.

MISSION$13,000

FORWARDING AGENTS;MR. 4 MRS. ELDON WYMORE40 0 HILLVIEW DRIVELEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503.258-2865

1980 FIHANCIAL REPORT $27,104.49LIVING COSTS

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1981 PROJECTED BUDGET $30,600.00LIVING COSTS$17,600.00


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More peop le l i ve with inrange o f ou r program than thetotal population of anyone o f127 d i f f e r e n t count r i e s . Mos tcan on ly hear Bib le messagesand get Bible helps throughprograms such a s t h i s .

As a resu l t of 36 successfu l programs so f a r , we havereceived ov e r 130 l e t t e r s fromover 80 di f fe ren t people, atleast ^0 of whom live in China,15 in Hong Kong and 25 in Macau.Jus t a yea r ago , we d id nothave one single c on ta ct in sid eo f China ,

We plan to b r o a d c a s t 104programs dur ing 1981 , and weant icipate r e ce iv ing a t l eas t500 letters f r oma t l eas t 300new people, 75 of which l ive inChina, th e Lord will ing.

Moreover, ove r 300 peoplehave begun the Bible Correspondence Course o f w hich a t l e a s t130 a re still a c t i ve .

Unfortunately, unless thisministry receives more support ,i t wi 1 1 have to go off the a irby the middle o f F ebru ary. I tcosts over $240.00 per week, Iknow t h a t t he m i ss io n ar ie s he reare giving as much as they can,and several local Chr i s t i a n sare pu sh i ng hard to cover asmuch of the expense as possibleby th e lo c a l b e l i e v e r s . tp ra i se God fo r such f a i t h .

Final ly , I had the pr ivilege t h i s yea r o f spend ing$1,000 on Vietnamese refugees 'needs , t h ank s t o I nte rn at io na lDisaster Emergency Service. I tbought 200 Bib le co r respondence courses , 100 Bibles , 1,000notebooks and pencils and paidtwo-weeks sa lary for a fu l l t imechurch worker in the camp.

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Make Checks Payable To B1 ooniington, Illinois 61701March 1981 forwarding agentS:' MR. & MRS. ELDON WYMORE

40 0 HILLVIEW DRIVElEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865Weddings

We were glad to see two fine Chinese couples, whom we've known for a long time, getmarried recently. Joyce made their wedding cakes, handled one of the receptions and made abridesmaid 's dress and Sandi's flower gir l dress. Sandi is suppose to be the flower girlin another wedding this month.Last week, Sandi spent one night a t her school teacher 's home in a l ow-cos t government housing complex. Unlike adults, children do not seem to distinguish between wealthand poverty. The only th ing that seems to matte r is whether or not they are with peoplewho care about them; a lesson we a ll need to take to heart .

NeighborsHaving services in ou r home has opened up many oppor tun i t i es to draw close to ourneighbors. My coworker Ng Fui has been a r ea l help in th is area to show me how tohelp Chinese to feel at ease. We are planning a neighborhood social later in this month tohelp all of us neighbors better appreciate each other and to test ify to our faith.Building Plans

We believe, however, that the church cannot remain in our home for very long. Thechurch must have i ts own place within a year or two. Downpayment and ini t ial costs willprobably be about $20,000. In i t i a l l y , the money wil l have to come from outsidesources, bu t I believe that the church wants to pay back the money into a fund that wouldhelp other churches purchase their buildings, too.Yet, after the way services in our home have increased our fellowship with our neighbors , I think I would want to continue home Bible s tudies and chi ldren ' s clubs in our home

even af ter the church had i t s own place.Teaching

This school term, I'm privileged to be teaching about six hours on leadership and administration in the Chinese Christian Seminary, which is the evening Bible college startedby our coworkers.Opening A Church In China?We have received as many letters from China in response to the Compass of Truth RadioProgram during the past six weeks as we did during th e f i rs t s ix months. Each day I read

let ters of heartfel t appreciation from l is teners . I ' l l admit, I love this work. Thanks toyou and some generous publishing companies, I'm able to give away dai ly Bibles andChristian books to people who really want them. What could be more fun? And answering theoften profcund questions about faith and l ife that they send in is exciting and stimulating.Two le t ters stand out right now: A well-educated 70 year old man writes:"I am a ZhA^tiavL ujko bttlzveJi in tke. Lo^d, tibzâXion, eipec-to.^^^ duAXngthe. the gang ôuA, aie. Azceivzd a g^zat do-oX pc/uzcutcon. ThU 6-lt~uation ought to aVizady 6e clza/i to you, 60 I won't vjcUitz tone eoAfiying on about -it.My lAjhote {âniity a/iz bzLieven^. Jn the^z my {^tnat yzoA^, I 'vz aga^n had thz pKi.vi.tzgzol tU tznln g to thz teachings o^ thz Lo^d and Kzading i>acfizd book^. I have toi tzd o^thz gâcz o^ thz Lo/id.Vu/iing thz cuttufiaZ Kzvolution ouK chuAch 0*04 dz6t/ioyzd. Wow t hz^z a^z A.zpoAt6

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from Gary and Joyce SPONSORED BY:EASTVIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH1705 Towanda AvenueMake Checks Payable To B1 OOITlington, Illinois 61701

ANDERSON MISSION TO THE CHINESE April 1981 FORWARDING AGENTS:' MR. & MRS. ELDON WYMORE

40 0 HILLVIEW DRIVELEBANON, OREGON 97355PHONE: 503-258-2865

On March 9th, 1965, Martin Luther King led t ha t h is to ri c inarch through Montgomery,Alabama, in protest of racism. Sixteen years later, on that same day, we weren't in Montgomery and the issue wasn't segregation, but Sandi became probably the first white childto s i t for an entrance exam at any local elementary school in Tuen Mun, th is c ity of over140,000 people.Praise God that her attendance in a Chinese schoo l system has not caused any host i l i ty, but rathW caused an outpouring of Chinese kindnessand generosityT For example^as I walked Sandi to school that day, she was understandably nervous, but a father andhis two pre-teen daughters out jogging were obviously delighted to see her and said, "Hi,Sandi." I asked her, "Sandi, who were they?" "I don't know," she said. Later I commented

to Joyce that that seemed to happen a lot. After school on the way home, a neighbor couple asked her to go to lunch with them. Even as I write this, three or four fifth-gradersare out in the living room arguing over who is going to get to bring her home from school.Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) is the major Christ ian broadcaster to China.During 1980 i t received 9,320 letters from China. An impressive number until we realizedthat that rate is only 20 times greater than what the Compass of Truth (COT) radio program is receiving, eventhough FEBC's monthly expenditure is over 68 times greater thanCOT's and FEBC is on the air over 300 times longer each week than COT.Frankly, we praise the Lord that the response to COT has been so phenomenal. At thebeginning of this year, I thought we might receive about 500 l is teners ' letters during1981, but we have already received over 250. I t now looks like the response will be well

over 1,000.So much could not have been done with so l i t t le means had i t not been for the Lord'sblessing, especially through many generous people. Several people donate many hours everyweek to do this work. The space for the studio is donated, even most of the Bibles-andChristian books we send out are donated by var ious publishing companies.COT hopes to enhance what they are broadcasting this year, and to prepare moreBible study helps to send out, and to initiate several t r ips into China to encourageChristians. But these plans are not without formidable oppositions. China officially reiterated again this week that "Foreign missionaries no longer operate in China Nor areBibles and Christian literature printed overseas permitted to enter." Almost as i f to emphasize this point, we received four letters this week from listeners who said that whatwe sent them didn't get through. We hope you will pray to the Lord on their behalf.

^aptistr ied?Living across the street from a beach as we do, i t seems only natural to havebaptisms thereuntil a few weeks ago when the government declared their waters too polluted to enter. So--we're in the process of having a portable, f iberglass baptistry builtTo build one would cost $1500. To build ten would cost $540 a piece. So we're also looking for other churches among Hong Kong's 700 churches that have the same need as us.

Const i tu ted_ ]fle have decided to begin the process of incorporating Tuen Mun Christian._ CJiurch,now meeting in our home, under Hong Kong's "Societies and Associations Ordinance." So aconst itut ion is now being worked out with the congregation. Thus the church has a framework for progressing toward its Christian objectives in an orderly manner, eliminatingundue confusion and misunderstanding. Of a ll in st it ut ions on earth, the church ought tohave a clear idea of where i t 's going and how i t 's going to get there , rather thanwallowing around in the whims of the moment.

Here we are serving the Lord on the field where we believe he wants us. We wouldn'tbe anywhere else, but we hear of great suffering and need somewhere else, what should wedo? When I read about the famine in Northeast Africa, I was troubled. I looked at ourmoney. We had set aside an amount for benevolence. Now that Vietnamese refugees werewell taken care of in Hong Kong, surely I could send some of this to No. Africa. But towho? I wanted i t to go where I knew that not only the lives of people would be saved but


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also their souls, I did know of one dedicated couple in the area, Dick and Jane Hamilton.And yes, they were feeding starving people. But what I could give seemed like so l i t t l e ."Lord, what should I do," "Tell your brethren in Christ ." So I t o ld Tuen Mun ChristianChurch and to my amazement they agreed to give everything in t he i r offer ing beyond whatthey needed each month for their own expenses. One of them shared i t with Tuen Mun BaptistChurch and they wanted to give a large sum. Then Mong Kok Church of Christ asked to givesome more, too. So far i t has come to $840, mostly from Chinese Christians. Jane Hamiltonwrote, "We were overwhelmed, as were our Africa National Christians to see money coming,not only from the Western work where i t is expected, but from churches in other partso f th e w orld ."

Living ExpensesFINANCIAL REPORT. JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 28. 1981

Mission ExpensesSalaryI n s u r a n c eTax & Social SecurityMedica lCh i ld , SchoolHousing

$1,479.971,187.91

115 .0158 .73

1,047.80$3,889.42

1 . Publici ty $ 10.522 . T ra ve l a bro ad fund 276 .933 . Research & Books 33 .764 . Bus ines s t r a ve l 199.995 . Office supplies 29 .956 . Benevo lence 194 .117 . Phone, Post . & Teleg. 69 .288 . Church planting 597.069 . China Evangelism (COT) 307 .7010 . Building Fund 923 .07$2,642.37

TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $6,531.79

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Ha -H a -H aWe've all been expecting water r at ioning to s tar t soon, but we weren ' t ready las tThursday night when the water stopped one hour before eight Chinese couples and t h e i rchildren descended on our house for the i r f i r s t Mexican meal, hot sauce and a l l . I hurriedto the supermarket and looked for the cheapes t d rinks they had. They turned out to be cartons of apple juice. So I started loading fif ty of them into my shopping basket. One ladywatched me for a minute and then asked, "Are they really that good?""I don ' t know," I said, "but the water was j u s t shut off a t our house, and we're supposed to have a party tonight,"" I under st and, " she said. "Last week we i nv it ed f ri ends over to watch movies, and the

electr ici ty went off."I got back home just as the f i r s t guests arrived - and j u s t as the water came

back on l?

A t Home In ChurchEaster Sunday we had about 100 people in our home for th e kick-of f to our SundaySchool, and the response has continued pretty good. Last Sunday 32 were in Sunday Schooland 22 in worship.After the past few harried weeks of th is , Joyce and I asked ourse lves how the NewTestament Christians coped with house-churches. I t didn' t take long to re aliz e th at theirhomes were designed differently -- bigger , furnishings were l ess cluttered, and they hadservants to help with housework.Homes in Hong Kong ju st a re n't lik e th at. In my opinion, a church cannot survive longthere . This is not to bel i t t le the t r ad i t ion of s t a r t i n g churches in homes. Sometimes

that ' s the only place we've got. But there 's also a long and reasonable tradition of separating one's place of work from one's place for family l i fe , inc lud ing a long traditionof churches having their own quarters -- to the glory of God.However, land prices continue to s oar h ere. While, paradoxica l ly , airl ine ticketscontinue to drop; so much so that i t is now possible fo r me to make a round- t r ip to

America for less than i t would cost to buy three square feet of f l oo r space in any oneof a number of apartment buildings going up around us ($400).Baptism

Last week, Anita, a 16-year-old believer who has been a ttend ing services in our homefor several weeks was also the f i r s t baptism in our home. We des igned and ordered twofiberglass baptistries espec ia lly for the space problems in Hong Kong. The baptistries ar^27" wide, 74" long and 36" high. A 5-foot-tall man can baptize a 6'4"-tan man in i t without any difficulty, using only 55 gallons of water. We had hoped to make others and sellthem to other churches but this became f inancially unfeasible, and it was t ak ing toomuch time away from the ministry.


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China: Open And ShutA few weeks ago one of our coworkers was going into a part of China where we knew ofmany believers and one preaching elder in pa rt icu la r t ha t we wanted to meet , so we gaveour coworker thei r name and addresses. At th e border, so l d i e r s had him empty everythingout of his pockets and even empty his wallet. When they saw the l i s t of names and addresses , they confiscated them, much to our dismay.So l as t week, we were a b it apprehensive when one of the Bible college students from

the Chinese Christian Seminary, l e t ' s call him "Mike", went into another distr ic t of Chinaintending to find the bel ievers we knew of.In ou r March newsletter, we quoted a le t te r from a 70-year-old believer in China, a-bout the church that was soon to open in his area. Mike went to vis i t him. Mike reportedhow he rode the bus to the county seat of that area, and met a man riding a bi cycle t o thevillage where the elderly Christian lived. He rode with the man to the village, each onetaking turns peddling while the other rode. I t was a two-hour ride.In the village he was able to find the Christians, s ince i t was a small village ofonly 300 people. They to ld him how decades ago a German missionary had come and several-had accepted Christ. Now there were about 10 remaining believers, all in their seventies.They met regularly in the home of one woman who led them in Bible s tudy and worship. She

had their only Bible, a very worn one, and their only hymnal, that was so old that Mikehad difficulty reading the archaic Chinese. They were very glad to get the books we sentalong with him. (So far, books that we have mailed to them have not gotten through.)The church building that the government had intended to reopen, has indeed been reopened, bu t i t is in the county seat , an arduous journey for these e lder ly be lievers , butthey s t i l l keep contact with i t .They constrained Mike to have supper with them. Fina l ly i t was getting late and hehad to get back. But the journey that had taken two hours in the daylight, now took five

hour s i n th e da rk .Without any other incident, Mike was able to return home. We praise the Lord for hiswillingness and determination.

Visas Fo r NewcomersI t is not as easy as i t used to be to get a visa to be a missionary in Hong Kong. Wenow have to prove to this nonChristian government that the missionary is coming to f i l l ajob that needs to be f il led, and that i t is not a job that a Chinese could f i l l . We wouldappreciate your prayers for this. St i l l , i t is good for us to ask ourselves these quest ions, to be th e best stewards possible fo what God has given us.

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Hong Kong's tropical climate is ideal for plants , but i t s asphalt jungle makes a l i tt le greenery a prized possess ion. In fact, an apartment is hardly a home without plenty ofpotted plants .

I was standing on a back s t reet in the city waiting for a bus recently, when I lookedup a t the old bui ld ing across the street . There on the third floor was an ordinary windowbox, but out of i t was growing a lush, green tree! The t ree had three or four main limbsthat shot up at least 12 feet and extended out over at least one lane of t r a f f i c . Theapartment seemed abandoned. I wondered whether th e tree had taken over, and the owner hadto f lee God's love is l ik e th at : it falls i n t o th e mos t c emen t - h a rd h e a r t s andcultures to take root and grow and grow until the former masters must flee

And Hong Kong has many masters, particularly in education. From th is Septemberuntil August, 1982, while Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rees are on furlough, I wil l be the act ingSuperintendent of the Hong Kong Church of Christ kindergarten. Yet, naive foreigner that Iam, I only recently realized what goes on in Hong Kong's schools.Most schools may not be run primarily to educate. Each school has i ts own ulteriormotives. Education i s not s t r i c t l y an end, but a means to attaining another end,

not always sel f-evident .For example, the Cathol ics operate schools in hopes of making more Cathol ics , theProtestants s imilarly, and the Buddhis ts , Taoists, Confucianists, Communists, Taiwanese,etc . , and quite a few schools operate as investment opportunities to clear a profit!Anita, who was recently baptized in our home, attends a Catholic high school. Shesaid that at her school, i f a student does something wrong, the punishment may be to kneelfor a half hour or more before a statue of Mary asking for forgiveness or r epea ti ng HailMary's. Shortly after Anita was baptized, a teacher tried for two hours to convince her ofthe fallacies of Christianity. Anita told me, "Before I became a Christian, i t was onlynatural that I should become a Catho lic s ince I was attending a Catholi c school, but I noticed that many who became Catholic la ter slipped away, often becoming Chr i s t i ans , but

seldom did a Christ ian la te r become a Catholic . I wondered why. Now I know."

CatholicMaoist -Chris t ianWhen Sandi applied for kindergarten, the forms were to be sent to the offices of theQueen of Heaven cult . So I called and asked, "Just who is running this school?"They said, " I t ' s privately run.""Isn ' t i t run by the Queen of Heaven Society?" I asked."Oh, no," they sa id.She star ted school and the textbooks gave no indicat ion ofstory was pretty good. Then I not iced Cruc i f ixes hanging

her teacher told us it was a Catholic school. But t hey wereharmless. One day, I was walking with a Chinese friend to pickthe school bell rang, the friend said, "Well, now they will ei thertheir prayers." The next week, I l earned how Sand i ' s classand then c ro s s t h emse lve s .

Most recently, Sandi applied to enter elementary school. On her form i t indicated that she was white, from a Christian home, and the preferences of schools from one lof ive . She took he r en t r ance exam to th e first schoo l and fa i l ed , so the government assigned he r to a Taois t school. The Taoists are the main practicers of fortune-tell ing, soothsaying and necromancy in Hong Kong. In that school she would have to da i lymemorize passages from the Taoist sacred writ ings.

So we asked th e principal of a Salvation Army school i f there was any way Sandi couldgo there, but he would not help for fear of angering other principals. Fina l ly , ano therChristian school principal welcomed her, and she is to a tte nd t he re this f a l l .Until these things happened, we had no real empathy for what other parents and children in Hong Kong go through.

a b i a s . Even th e Chr i s tmasin each room. Late r on,low-key that i t seemed

Sandi from s choo l . Whens ing a song o r saydai ly stands for prayer

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Busy-Busy-BusyDonna Burn's, a senior at Puget Sound College of the Bible, just arrived to spend thesummer with us, and a busy summer i t will be, too.Peter Fong, a senior at San Jose Bible College arrives in three days for a two-monthin ternship.The Wayfull Jew family go on furlough in five days.Four more interns and professor A1 Hammond from San Jose Bible College will arrive onJuly 28th for a couple of weeks of learning.

Please Pray...Donna's father, Dan, entered the hospital shortly before she l e f t th e state s, to

check ou t h is hea r t .. . .Al Hammond's wife, Eleanor, jus t had cancer surgery....Dwain and Becky Anderson need to join the mission team here the first of August,but they are sti l l several hundred dollars short in monthly support.. . .That Tuen Mun Christ ian Church will continue to thrive and grow.. . .That funds will be raised to purchase better facilities than our home for Tuen MunChristian Church. Eastview Christian Church has given us permission and encouragement toseek to borrow $100,000 from you, our supporters, for the purpose of purchasing faci l i t iesYou may have already received a let ter from me about this, or may soon receive one....As of August first , the rent on Mong Kok Church of Christ fac i l i t ies will jumpfrom about $415 per month to nearly $1,000 per month.Below is a photo of all the missionaries we now work with in Hong Kong. At the end ofMay we held our f irs t j oint r et re at . I t was a good beginning step in coordinating our ef

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2 Castle Peak Court 1/F., I8V2 miles Castle Peak Road,New Territories, Hong Kong. je(: 0-804774

SEPTEMBER, 1981

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. . . INTERN. . .WOWl Where did the summer go!?l The highlight of thesummer was hosting six Bible college interns and a chap-erone from the Sta te s .

First, Donna Burris from Puget Sound College of theBible stayed 11 weeks with us. Donna came in o rde r togain an understanding of Hong Kong cul ture and missionwork, to take a swing at Christian se rv i ce in this cu lture, to help us in our work and to fulf i l l her collegerequirements.

This is a popular form o f student internship. I t canbe a priceless maturing experience for the right studentwithout being an undue burden on the missionary i f workschedule and financial r e spons ib i l i t i e s are clearlyspelled out and diligently adhered to j u s t as i f theywere in any other job. Then th ere w ill be a r ea l senseof achievement and s t i l l plenty of time for fun.

. . Sho r t - t e rm . ..Peter Fong of San Jose Bible Col lege spen t sevenweeks here on a similar internship. Being a Chinese-

Anerican however there was the added i n t e r e s t of re turning to the city of his early boyhood. He also came partly to fu l f i l l a specific job need at Green Meadows Worker ' s Lounge. He was hardly any t rouble at a l l , since hisrelat ives took excellent care of him, and Dave and LynnPoling supervised much of his work.

Coming to the f ield for a se t time to do a specif icshort -t erm job is an exce l l en t oppor tun i ty for manyskil led people, preachers and Bible-college professors.Besides accomplishing a worthwhile job, the i r understanding is broadened to sympathize with another people diff e r en t than themselves .

TOUR. . .A1 Hammond, mission professor a t San Jose Bible College, was to chaperone the last group of i n t e rns here,but now tha t his wife Eleanor is taking chemotherapy, weall agreed i t was best he stay with her. So Don Byers,minister and former missionary to Thailand, f i l led in onshort notice as an excellent chaperone, who kept theirt r ip on a high spir i tual plane.They were only here 19 days, so i t is hardly an in

ternship bu t only a to ur, yet i t s t i l l had exce l lentvalue. They had time to put on 8 programs, personallysee a ll the churches and a brief overview of the historyof Chinese missions and spend four days inside CcmmunistChina .

FORWARDING AGENTS:MR. & MRS . EL DO N W YM OR E4 0 0 H I LLV I EW DR IVELEBANON, OREGON 9735SPHONE : 5 0 3 - 2 5 8 - 2 8 6 5

IN CHINAOur t r i p to China wasquite an experience.We were a b l e t o visitwith a couple o f Chinesepastors t h e re and be t t e r

unders t and t h e i r s i t u a t i on .At l e a s t f i v e churcheshave been publicly reopenedwithin range o f our radio

program besides countlesspreaching poi .n t s . Sincet h e s e churches a re a l l running a t capaci ty, i t is expected t h a t the governmentwill pay fo r therennova-t ion and reopening o f a tl e a s t 4 more w it h i n t h ey e a r .

Part of our t r ip was bybus through farmland, so wesaw every phase o f r i cefanning: fa l low f i e l d s ,f ie ld s b ei ng plowed by wat e r buffa lo, seed beds being sown by hand , youngshoots coming up, seedlingsbeing t aken from the bedsand replanted by hand, harvesting the r ipened grainwith hands ick les , th reshingi t r igh t in the f ie lds withtreddle-run t h re sh ing -machines abou t th e size o f3 apple c r a t e , bund l ingthe straw, dry ing it fo rfuel fo r cooking, whinnow-ing and drying the grain onthe whinnowing f l o o r , andcovering it with p l a s t i csheets to keep i t dry.

We vis i ted th e boyhoodhome a nd memo r i a l o f Dr.Sun Yat Sen , r e v e r e d a tl e a s t as much as we r eve reGeorge Washington by Chine s e th e wor ld o v e r as t h eFounder of mod e r n China .


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As Don Byers wrote: "I believe what this internshipprogram was intended to accomplish was accomplished inthe l ives of these four young people. . . . They exper ienced the frustra t ion of seeing masses seemingly contentof people sat isf ied with their paganism, of missionaryfami lies s truggling with l iving in one of the most expensive living places in the world, of receptive peopleturning away from the Lord because of family pressures,the physical discomforts of heat, high humidi ty , andquestionable food. But they also caught the confidenceand fa i th of missionaries. . .and l aughed , played , andworshipped with Christian young people. Friendships wereestablished that will las t a long t ime..."And they ful lypaid their own way at a cost of less than $900 each.

This is an excellent type of tour for:a. The missions leader of a congregation cons ide ring supporting th is f ie ld in a major way.b. The major supporters of our mis si on s.c. Anyone considering promoting some major project

in t h i s a r e a .d . Someone commit ted to f u l l - t ime Ch ri st ia n s er vic ebut having diff icul ty deciding where.

A PPRENT ICESH IPWhen Dwain and Becky Anderson jo in us on the f ield

a t the end of October, the Lord wi l l i n g , we wi l l behelping with another type of i n t e r n sh i p , "apprenticeship", because they are already committed to the fieldand only want help getting their f e e t on the ground before they str ike out on their own. We hope we can helpthem get well -ad jus ted as quickly as poss ib l e so t ha tthey will not get discouraged and give up .

ONLY $92,339 TO GOWith Donna's help we've been able to send ou t morethan 400 le t ters to many of you on our mailing l i s t forpersonal loans. The bui ld ing fund now s t ands a t$7,661 so there's st i l l quite a ways to go.

EastvIew ChRisTiAN ChuRch

What is sometimes f o rgo t t enis tha t the grea tach ieve-ments o f his life an d thel i v e s o f h i s w i f e and he rs i s t e r , Madame Chiang KaiShek, sprang from thei r firmbelief in God and the dignity of man as t augh t in theBib l e .

We also went up thePearl Rive r to Guangzhou(Canton) by hoovercraf t . Ihave never seen so manyshipsand oil tankers bef o r e .

We saw thousands of people, but only a half-dozencats , a couple o f dogs and'not one single wild bird-notso much as one spa r r ow .These had to be e l imina tedbecause they a te food essent i a l fo r human survival.Starvation is now in check,bu t t h e r e a r e few ex t r a s ata Chinese meal, and preciousfew scraps a re thrown away.In China, very l i t t l e needsto be spent t ak ing care ofc on s ume r wa s t e .

Guangzhou i t s e l f mani-fe s t s the qu i e t desperationof a ghost town. The mains t r e e t s a r e lined w i t hstately buildings t h a t havenot been painted in decades.Thousands of people and bicycles, but very l i t t l e conv e r s a t i o n .


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Gary and Joyce Anderson2 Castle Peak Court 1/F. , I8V2 miles Castle Peak Road,New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel: 0-804774

NOVEMBER, 1981

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(Nov. 13, 1981): The Hong Kong Housing Authority has just started receivingapplications to take over the running of a kindergarten in one of Hong Kong's majorhousing complexes, Choi Hung Estate.Gary is acting superintendent of the Hong Kong Christian School Kindergarten ownedby Christian Education Association of the Orient. So on their behalf, he is nowinvestigating this opportunity and preparing to submit application before the November2 7 t h de a d l i n e .After that, the Housing Authority will weigh the merits of each application and selectthe organization it feels will do the best job of operating the kindergarten. Th&organization they choose will have to take over February 1st, 1982.Operating such a kindergarten is a rare and valuable opportunity because thepremises can be used for church activities whenever kindergarten is not in session. Weare particularly interested in this place for the following reasons:

1. It has an area of over 4,700 sq. ft.; 70% larger than the largest fac ili ty of anyof any of our 5 congregations!2. In regards to both transportation and population, it is ideally located.3. Since in this case an existing kindergar ten is being taken over rather thanopening a new one, much of the headache of acquiring proper furnishings is eliminated.4. The only two of our five congregations which is fully self-governing both havemembers in that area that might form a nucleus.5. The Compass of Truth Correspondence Course has several hundred students andf o rme r s t u d e n t s in t h at a re a.Since operating such a kindergarten is a rare opportunity, churches and communitygroups throughout Hong Kong will be submitting applications. Competition is stiff. SOwe urgently pray, and hope you will too, that the best group in God's opinion will getthe school.' We also pray that if God should deign to grant us this responsibility, thenHo will mightily strengthen us to rise to the occasion.HEROES IN FA ITH

We dare not underestimate the need to rely on God by means of prayer. WhenAmalek attacked the Hebrews in the wilderness (Ex. 17:8-13), Joshua grabbed h is swordand with select men went out to meet Amalek in battle. Moses grabbed the staff of Godand with Aaron and Hur went to a h il ltop to meet God.Joshua, the Bible says, overwhelmed Amalek with the sword, but only as Moses heldhis hand up, indicating their dependence on God, did Israel prevail .Joshua was strong and young - about thirty. He and his warriors belonged in thethick of the battle, not on a hilltop. Moses, Aaron and probably Hur were in theireighties. They did not belong in the battle. They belonged on a hilltop - where Godused them to de fea t Amalek .Chinese missions need many more able workers who are willing to put ^ theirlivelihood, their lives and even their faith within a sword's-stroke of destruction in thestruggle against evil. But even more it needs warriors of faith who are vigilant inprayer. If you or a friend would like to know how you can help, please write me!


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GOD 'S CULTURAL REVOLUTIONSee how God has already worked among those who have depended on Him in prayer;Four years ago, the Hong Kong Christians with whom we work, had little clearunderstanding of brethren in China. But now, over 43 visits have helped bridge thatgap. And this week, our Compass of Truth Radio Program (16 months old) just receivedits 1,000th letter from Chinese listeners. Moreover, the 552nd person started the

Compass of Truth Bible Correspondence Course and the 348th child started thePlayground of Truth Correspondence Course through our office.The past three weeks have seen record attendances at Tuen Mun Christian Churchin our home, eventhrough one of our main families has been sick, and another main familygave birth to a healthy baby girl Sunday morning. Although the highest attendance atany one service was only 21 last Sunday, a total of 55 different people attended at leastone service, and the Building Fund just broke $10,000.In China, there was hardly a single open church four years ago. Now there areover 50 publicly open. Connected to some of these churches are dozens of house-.churches, not to mention hundreds of house churches that are not connected to anything.They call themselves just "Christians", and since they come from a variety of doctrinalstances, generally allow freedom of practice according to how one honestly understandsthe Bible. For example, they may either be immersed or sprinkled. Yet, according toreports we've seen, most are immersed, seemingly to feel that this is the more Christianwa y . Also, thanks to the Chinese government and several publishing companies over thepast few years, about one million more Chinese Bibles and New Testaments are now in usein China. Still, probably only one in ten active believers has his own Bible.A rapidly growing need is for top-notch Bible helps. There is no substitute forreading the Bible, but it's all the better with added helps, just as food is better whenproperly cooked. Many parts of the Bible will not be easily understood without help.Even a well-educated man like the national t reasurer of Ethiopia said, "How can Iunderstand it unless someone guides me?" (Acts 8:30) Please p ray that this need will bemet. Ben Rees is now writing a correspondence course on "How to Study the Bible" thatwe hope will be published by Februarv.

THEY MADE ITDwain and Becky Anderson and their two children, Sara and Mark, made it safely tothe field on October 25th. We enjoyed their stay with us until November 13th, whentheir apartment was furnished enough for them to move in. Their address i s:

4/f Bong Hing Bldg, Apt. E,6-20 Sui On St ree t ,Tai Po Market , New Terr i tor ies ,Hong KongTelephone No: 0-6581881

Most of their first two years will be spent learning the language and culture. Atpresent, they're having difficulty finding a kindergarten vacancy for Sara and day carefor Mark. Please pray that everything will work out so that they can effectively serveth e Lord.

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