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Gary and Joyce A nderson2 Castle Peak Court 1/F., I8V2 miles Castle Peak Road,New Ter ri to ri es , Hong Kong. Tel: 0-804774

JANUARY, 1982

SPONSORED BY:E AS TV IEW CHR IS TIA N CHURCH1705 Towanda AvenueBloomington, Illinois 61701

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DAN R EES IN JU REDOn December 30th, Dan Rees, our fellow-missionary here in Hong Kong, wasseverely injured in an accident. At the time, he was riding the train to the Compassof Truth recording studio to record that week's rad io programs as usual. However,when he went to get off the train, it had already started moving. He fell under thetrain and was dragged several yards. He lost his right leg above the knee. His pelviswas crushed, several ribs were broken, his left ankle was severely strained, and therewere numerous o th er c uts and bruises. Emergency surgery lasted some five hours, andhe has taken some 27 units of blood. He has to look forward to about three months in

t r a c t i o n .Yet, one week la ter , he is off I .V.s and some sti tches have been taken out. Ijust visited with him a couple of hours ago, and he is handling the situation admirably.We are all glad that the Lord has pulled him through th is much already. But he still

has a long road ahead, wh're he will need much help from the Lord and encouragementfrom the Lord's people. You might want to write him at 146 Argle Street, 3-B HonGarden, Kowloon, Hong Kong.This is a painful reminder that although the goals and ministries of missionariesmay be "other-worldly," we do indeed dwell in this weak and imperfect world, Goddoes not somehow exempt missionaries from the suffer ings that generally befall people

else how would we be able to sympath ize with fel low-humans and minister to them? Justlike our Lord, his ministers must be tried and tested in all the same ways as otherpeople .

KINDERGARTEN BIDIn applying to operate the kindergarten we mentioned in the last letter, we had tosubmit a secret bid. We estimated that we would have to submit a bid of around$53,000 cash in order to be competitive. Since we didn't have that much, we sought abank loan. However, quite a bit of legal tangles had to be unrave led first. We heardlawyers and bank managers say. "I've never encountered a situation like this before,"and "It will take at least a month to work it out." Well, after much prayer, ten phonecalls to the States, and lots of leg-work, it was all worked out in a week only to beturned down by the banks fo r a loan: religious work is just not considered a soundinvestment. So, several of us missionaries scrapped together $18,700 and submitted

t h a t bid...Although we have reason to believe we were among the final people considered, wejust received notice this week that we did not get the bid.Frankly, I did not know what the Lord's will would be in this. I believe he


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. . .On December 31st, we took a dozen children who would like to bu t can't attendSunday School on an outing....Dwain and Becky Anderson, Archie and Marguerite Fairbrother start languageschool January 11th....Kindergarten seats for Sara Anderson now and for our David in the fall haveb ee n fo un d....Dwain and Becky also found a babysitter for their two-year-old Mark.. . .Ng Fui, my coworker, is now in China for a week visiting relatives, so I'mgrading correspondence courses,

FURLOUGH PLAN SThe past three years have sure been busy. Days off and vacation time hasn'tcome as often as hoped. Having mine and Ng Fui's office in our home, as well as thecongregation, adds to the strain. Besides these, we have hosted nearlyfifteen-hundred other mouths at meal-time this year, and had people staying overnightover one-fourth of the year. The trouble is, after a while at that pace, oureffectiveness begins to decrease it's not so much a matter of being tired. We're nott i red. We just lose ou r f re shne ss and inventiveness. . .Also, we feel the need to renew our friendship with you. Finally, my grandmotherand Joyce's are both holding family r eunions in the Midwest this summer. And a joint

reunion of both our immediate families is planned for Chr is tmas in Oregon. We'd love tosee them all. So we are planning to go on furlough. We could feasibly take a furloughfrom July through December, but I 'd rather not, because:

First, I don't feel at all good about leaving the work here for such a long time.Although the radio and correspondence course ministries usually don't need oura tt en ti on , th e congregation and many of the members' faith are still in their infancy.Second, competition in the school system here is ex trem e. I'm afraid that i f ourchildren a t tend an Ame ric an sc hool for the fall te rm, i t would se t them back too muchto be able to retain their p re se nt s ea ts .Thi rd, the bulk of the people we want to see if the States are so centralized, thatI can't justify the cost of such a long furlough. It would be almost as cheap to take athree-month furlough in the summer, return to Hong Kong in the fall, and then flyback to Oregon for a three-week vacation at Christmas time. In fact, we're going tolay aside a little money from our salary each month and see i f we can do just that .So, we are tentatively planning a furlough from about June 6th to abou t Sep tember8, 1982. Below is a suggested itinerary:J u n e 6 -10J u n e 11 - 18J u n e 19 - 25June 25-JulyJuly 6-13July 14-18July 19-25July 26-30July 31-Sept .

WashingtonOregonNo. Cal i fo rn iaSo . Ca l i fo rn ia & Ar i zonaI d a h oN e b r a s k aWiscons in & Minn e s o t aN.A.C.C. in Kan sas C ityEastview Chri st ia n Chur ch (with two exceptions on weekdays:3 days and 2 nights in Missouri and 3 days and 2 nights inCinc inna t i )

This s chedule g iv es us 6 weekends at Eastview, our sponso ri ng church and main sourceof support , and 7 weeks elsewhere.Because of the amount of time needed to plan a furlough, if you would like us to sharewith your congregation, write us as soon as you can or call.


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Gary and Joyce Anderson2 Castle Peak Cour t 1 /F ., 18% miles Castle Peak Road,New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel: 0-804774

March 1982KongS PONSORED BY :EASTVIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH1705 Towanda AvenueBloomington, Illinois 61701

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STEVIE HOSP ITAL IZEDYesterday, while we were making final preparations for today's church services inour home, our three children were outside playing. Stevie apparently fell from a smal]tree. He broke his right leg above the knee and suffered a minor concussion. I t was aclean break. The doctors set his leg, but they did not put i t in a cast because such acast would be far too heavy for him and being in i t so long would cause his joints to become s t i f f . Instead, a steel pin was pu t through the heel bone and mounted in plaster;a pulley and weights were attached to this. This will hopefully keep his bone in place,{Stevie took i t all bravely with l i t t le fuss.) He will be in the hospital inthis traction for about six weeks i f his bone hea ls properly; longer i f there are any problems.The doctors will watch him carefully to make sure i t is healing properly and tha t oneleg is not becoming longer than the other.Stevie can s it up, but this will be a very difficult time for him since he is avery active 3 1/2-year-old boy (which is why he was climbing a tree). Heisin a 16-bedchildren's ward, bu t there are only 5 Chinese children in there now. The gi r l next tohim is from Sandi's school, and had her leg set just like his about two hours before he

d id . And he i s nea r th e co l o r TV.We wanted either Joyce or I to stay with him most of the time at f i r s t , but the'i tal wouldn't allow i t . So one of us will try to be with him every day during visiting hours (4:00 to 6:00 p.m.), but David and Sandi won't be able to see him these 6

weeks .The hospital is a 1/2 hour drive or a 1 hour bus ride from our house. I was in theprocess of selling our van when this happened because i t urgently needs repairs whichcost more than i ts worth. Now, we'l l have to' reconsider either getting i t repaired ortrading i t for a new one that costs around $6,000. I believe Steven's medical expenseswill be virtually free. I twill only cost us about $1.00 per day for him to stay in thehospital .FURLOUGH CHANGES

In order to better f i t in with Eastview Christian Church's schedule , we've revised

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our furlough to the belowJune 6 - July 13July 13 - Ju ly 20 -July 18 a.m.July 20 - July 25 -

t e n t a t i v e schedule :Eastview Chris t ian Church,NebraskaBartley, NebraskaMinnesota and Wisconsin

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July 26 July 30 - NACC, Kansas CityJuly 31 -- Aug. 8 - OregonAug. 9 - Aug. 15 - No. Cal i f o rn i aAug.15 - Rinconada H i ll s C h ri st ia n ChurchAug. 16 - Aug. 22 - So. Cal i f o rn i aAug. 23 - Sept. 2 - Ar izona and IdahoAug. 2 Aug. 7 - WashingtonDAN REES

Dan now goes down to the hospital's gym every afternoon fo r an hour of exercise between the parallel bars to build up his muscles and coordination. Things are progreS'sing steadily but i t may take longer in the hospi tal than he expected.Below i s our 1981 Financial repor t .

1981 ANNUAL F INANCIAL REPORTAVA I LABLE FUND S

Balance s tar t ing 1981Gifts given to usdirect lyDesignated gi f t s forbuilding fundDrawn on gif ts sentdirect ly to ourforward ing agentIn te res t on savingsJoyce's wages fortutoring

TOTAL FUNDS

$ 790.461,653.17

1,710.00

27,003.47709.27

788.21$32,654.58

BALANCE STARTING-r982"-$ - 52.50

EastvIew ChRisTiAN ChuRch

EX P END I TURE SLIVING EXPENSES: $14,825.77Salary $9,040.34Taxes & Social Security $1,938.55

Rent & Uti l i t i e s $3,846.88MISSION EXPENSES: $ 3,208.20Publicity & Furlough $1 ,273.17Business Travel $1,047.65

Books, Off ice ,Postage &Telephone $ 887.38OUTREACH EXPENSES: $14,568.11Building Fund $6,255.83

Benevo lence &Hospitality $1,380.03Church Planting $4,928.08Evangelizing China $2,004.17TOTAL EXPENDITURE $32,602.08

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Gary and Joyce A nderson2 Castle Peak Cou rt 1 /F ., I8V2 miles Cast le Peak Road,New Territories, Hong Kong. Xel: 0-804774

May 1982

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STEVIE 'S HOMEOh how glad we all were when Stevie finally came home yesterday after 58 days in

the hospital. The daily visits took one of us 3 to 4 hours each day and chalked up ove1,600 miles t r ave l .Since medicine in Hong Kong is socialized, the treatment cost us nothing and thehospi tal stay only cost 50


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Three weeks later, I picked up five little girls for Sunday School, all from the samfamily, and they told me the middle one was to take medicine at 10:30. Fine. It wapouring down rain. She took her medicine while everyone was visit ing before churchThen somebody asked her what the medicine was for. "Oh, I've got the mumps." #!?@!Mumps innoculations are seldom given in Hong Kong, and here was a little girl withmumps in a room full of people who hadn't had them, and I knew a family with littlbabies was on their way to church.I said, "You can't stay here, girls. You've got to go home. Ng Fui, go ahead anstart the service. I'll be back by sermon time." On the way to the car, we met thfamily with little babies. "You walk around that side of the car," I said. "We're goina r o u n d th is s id e . "On the way to the girls' home I began feeling sorry fo r them. I knew their folkworked long hours and they were often left just to roam around.

"Is your mother home?""No . ""Do you have a key to t he apa rtmen t. ""No . ""Alright," I said, "You go play by the door of your apartment, and I'll go to youmother at work and get the key. Is there anyth ing at home to eat?""Crackers and a cup of soybean milk."After I left them off, I went to th e re sta ura nt where their mother was a dish

washe r . "W h ere 's M rs . J i u? ""She was fired for being late to work."Back at the girls 1 asked, "Where is the new place your mother works?""We don ' t know . ""Wha t a re h e r work hou r s ?""She leaves at 8:00 in the morning. She comes back at 2:00, and leaves at 5:00 andcomes back a t m idnigh t. Dad will be home at 6:30.""Look, here is some money, go buy yourselves something to eat, and then play inthe hallway of the building. Don't go outside and get wet. I'll check on you later." 'I wish neglected children was an isolated problem in Hong Kong, but it isn't. Pleaspray for the countless neglected children of Hong Kong.

FURLOUGH F IXThe Lord willing, the below dates are definitely on the furlough schedule:June 2 - Leaving Hong Kong Aug. 2-7 - Winema Week of Missions, ORJune 13-18 - VBS at Eastview, Bloomington, IL Aug. 8 a.m. - Lebanon, ORJuly 14 p.m. - Cape Girardeau, MO p.m. - Scappoose, ORJuly 18 a.m. - Bartley, NE Aug. 15 all day - Los Gates, CAJuly 27-30 - NACC, Kansas City, MO Sept. 5 all day - Puyallup, WA

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

July-August1982

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AT EASTVIEWWe left Hong Kong June 3 and arrived in Bloomington, Illinois, some 32 hours laterWe expccted to sleep on somebody's floor or in their spare bedroom, but the folks aEastview Christian Church outdid themselves. They furnished a nice home for our stayand p rovided cars. GARY and JANET YORK graciously loaned us their Chevy Vega foover 3,000 miles of travel. We joked about the Vega, but it was a life-saver, and a dail

symbol of their generosi ty and t rus t .For five weeks, we got to know many Eastview folk by having dinner with differenfamilies each night. They also got to know us through sermons, business meetingsSunday school presentations, and Vacation Bible School, (The children gave 30,00pennies during VBS!) I was even interviewed by WJBC radio.FAMILY REUNIONS

June 29, wo lunched with ROGER and JOAN HOLTZ in Indianapolis. Then MASONand SANDI SEEVERS hosted us that night in Miamitown, Ohio so that I could report tothe board of Christian Education Association of the Orient (CEAO) on their work in HongKong. Although HANK KWAN r es igned as p rinc ipa l, the kindergarten will continue undedirect supervision of the school board and Miss Fung, the longest-serving, most-capablemployon of the school. CEAO will try to open more kindergartens in Hong Kong andcontinue sending $450 a month to the Compass of Truth Radio Ministry and even providcorporate responsibility for it if that will help i ts non-profit status. We also shareddeeply with DANNY anri JANET TH13RSTON, who plan to return to mission work in HonKong after an eight year absence. They need your prayerful support to raise the$30,000 a year needed for their family of five to live in Hong Kong.Then, Joyce's Undo LEONARD and Aunt THELMA hosted us fo r two days inCincinnati. So we got to know them and their children better. 1 also enjoyed "talkingshop" and go t to better appreciate their, ministries.July 13-15, my Uncle CLAYTON and Aunt ELEANOR KINSEY hosted us in CapGirardeau, Mo. so that we could report to DWAIN and BECKY ANDERSON'S folks andhome church on how they were doing. I was so glad to see my Grandmother ANDERSONthere in good health. July 15, BRUCE and JAN BURDICK, strangers to us but deabrethren in Christ , put us up.July 16-20, Joyce's Grandmother TETER put us up in Bartley, Neb. Here, we sawJoyce's folks for the first time. The Teter Picnic was fun. "Thanks, JIM TETER foletting me ride with you on the combine as you harvested wheat." We also reported tot he Chr is tia ns there on our ministry. July 20 , we lunched with MARK and KATHY CHUin Grand Island, Neb. Mark is studying to be a doctor, so that he can support them inHong Kong while ministering there .


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July 21,22, my Grandmother GETTER put us up in Viroqua, Wis. We saw my folksfor the first time there. Grandpa GETTER, 89 years old, had a stroke earlier this year,so we visited him in the nursing home. It was a time of both joy and unashamed tears.I reported to the congregation there, too.July 22-26, DALE and KATHY LINDQUIST took care of us in Minneapolis , so that wecould attend the Anderson family reunion. 102 of us were at the family picnic, and quitea few at the home church in Forest Lake on Sunday. What a joy it was for faithfuSunday school teachers to see t h at t h ei r labors had not been in vain .Monday, July 26, we drove to Omaha, where Joyce and the kids joined her folks intheir motor home for the trip back to Oregon while I drove on to Kansas City to man ourbooth at the NACC. Thousands of Christian workers were there. Many priceless

contacts were made fo r the good of Chinese evangel ism.After I reported on the Compass of Truth radio ministry at the board meeting oGospel Broadcasting Mission, GBM committed themselves to suppo rt t his work with $200 amonth from now on . They also revealed a way this ministry might be able to expandtremendously and literally plant churches by radio! My workshop on missions strategiesamong the Chinese was well received. J. Russell Morse' presence kept the workshop inr ea li st ic , h is to ri c perspect ive , since he f irst went to China in the 1920s. Besides these:

~1 . Arrangements" Were made to p a s s "on o u r contacts with Vietnamese to a newcenter for their evangelism.2. I discussed with North Thailand missionaries how to cooperate in literaturew o r k .3: I a tt ended t ea rf ul , e ye -w itn es s ac co un ts of the Cambodia holocosts , and met anamazing Cambodian. He was one of the few out of 50,000 in one extermination campto survive. He was instrumental in leading some 23,000 Cambodians to Christ in therefugee camps of Thailand.4. I heard LAVERN MORSE and the HMONG people of Laos and Southwest Chinatell about the sp re ad of the f aith among their people.Finally, God forbid that I should fail to mention th e closing sess ion of the NACC. Ihave hea rd s ince re , dedicated men p reach before, and I have s tudied great speeches, butI n ev er heard a man speak who was so in touch with God that I wondered whether theApostle Paul would have done any differently than what KNOFEL STATON did that nightif he himself had been there. How good it was to receive those words of truthweepingfreely as they puri fied my soul. I would that the spirit that night might spread like a

brush fire through al l who claim Christ as Lord.

Saturday, July 31, I flew to be with Joyce's family in Lebanon, Oregon. What a joyit was on the trip to make new friends out of casual acquaintances and even totalstrangers. Sunday, we had charge of Sunday School and the morning sermon at Eimira,"Oregon, a nd v isile d with the folks o v e r lunch. -On Monday, we arrived at Camp Winema on the Oregon coast for the Week ofMissions. I wasn't on the program but spent good time "talking shop" with severaconcered about the kingdom.Sunday, August 8, we had charge of Sunday School and worship at SouthsideChurch of Christ in Lebanon, and then shared that evening with ScappooseCongregational Church. Our furlough is nearing an end! All that's left is California,Arizona,. Id/iho, and Washington. We hope to be back in Hong Kong about September 8.EaSTVIEW ChRisTIAN ChuRch1705 To\^anda Av e . Blooming io n ill 6170t . 3 0 9 6 62 9 37 6

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

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Fur lough FinaleEverywhere we went, the sp irit of America, especially of the Chris t ians thri lled usSinceri ty, longings fo r deeper faith, warm conversations, and the ties of families andfriends were more evident th is trip than I remember them. I met people everywhere whomanifest the belief that with God's help and real effort we can solve many of our problems. Fourth of July hymns brough t tear s to my eyes. Those kinds of songs can't bsung about other countries. I had forgo tt en .I wish I could describe all the amazing people we met. For example, while my UnclJohn was showing us where he works, he said, "Our off ices were built by a couple whowere on the Titanic. In fact, the lady still stops by sometimes. Le t me show you thebo ss' hobby room." We walked down a fine wood, gilded and mirrored staircase undefabulous chandeliers to a room where we were met by a great brown bear. Inside, everyconceivable big-game animal was stuffed or mounted, ove r twen ty in all.Another day, we sat in a farm yard as a friend in his fifties told abo ut the not

so-good 'good ole days' , One winter, their skin looked yellow because aU they had to eawas squash. In the swamps they trapped what meat they ate. They checked the traps onthe way to school. Some days skunks were in the t raps, so they weren't allowed inschool. Other days, they hunted squirrels. It was a disgrace not to get them on th efir st sho t. "We got so good," he said, "that I'd si t here with an empty .22-long betweenmy fingers, and my brother 'd stand over there and shot i t out ." The old field was nowa runway. And instead of tractors, the bams were full of p riv ate airplanesat least 10of all different kinds in running condition, and another 10 in various stages odevelopment. He had taken other men's wrecks and reworked them into an amazinsuccess story. "One time," he said, "I wanted to enter an air show that was only 30days away, but I d idn't have th e right kind of plane. So I decided to put one together.And I d i d . I even h ad t ime fo r a week ' s vaca t i on . "So much more happened . Everywhere, we wished we could have spent a few moredays. But the last couple of weeks, our children were praying at each meal, "DeaLord , p le as e help us get to Hong Kong."

Back In The Sadd l e. . .And He d id , too, bu t none too soon .Sep tember 6 , at Seattle, A irport, we met Archie, Marguer it e and Zana Fairbrothereturning from Hong Kong, and them Mom and Day Wymore and Leon, Leanne, Maria andHeather Berg saw us off. We arrived in Hong Kong, September 7.September 9 , our kids were all back in school, and I dismantled our recording studiobecause we no longer had access to that building. Bill McClure of Gospel BroadcastingMission also arrived that day on his way to India, so we met with Him September 10.


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September 11, Bob Ballenger of Mt. Shasta, California, flew in on his way to Delha n d Ka tmandu .September 19, Bob's son, Craig Ballenger, flew in and stayed a week. Craig isprofessional mountain climber, who had some amazing tales to tell of places he'd been anmountains he'd climbed that had never been climbed before. He was on his way to thHimalyayas. In fact, acquaintances of his were suppose to reach the summit of MtEv e r e s t on O cto be r 1 .That day, my coworker, Ng Fui, resigned to find something better able to supporhimself with. The Lord willing, Miss Luk should take most of his responsibi lit ies beginning October 4.

Red eem in g The TimeThe news here each day reminds us how precious the time we have here is . Chinhas clearly stated tha t she wants Hong Kong back , p erh ap s within the next 15 yearsEngland is equivocal. The Hong Kong people do not want to re turn to China's rulebecause they believe that no matter what China appears to do, her basic intention is stilto_see Hong Kong dev_elop into a communist, materialistic society. Hong Kong's 5.2

million people are 98% Chinese, of which only 4.2% are Chris t ians .And besides Hong Kong, the Philippines hav e about 550,000 ethnic Chinese of whiconly about 2.9% a re bel ie ve rs . Ethnic Chinese in America exceeds 800,000 of which ove55% were born outside of America. And Vancouver , British Columbia alone has abou100,000 Chinese .

Bala nc ing The ScalesSome folks think that missionaries put an overemphasis on foreign missions. I hopthat's not true. I firmly believe that every American ought to have just as much opportunity to respond to the gospel as anybody else. A learned student of missions share

t h i s wi th me:Fac t one: English is the mother tongue of 9% of the world 's population.Fact two: 94% of t ra ined Chr is ti an workers ( includ ing many missionaries in foreignlands) are working only with those whose mother tongue in Eng lis h.Fact three: 90% of all funds collected by Christ ians around the world (includingmuch of what we send ab ro ad as foreign missions) is devoted toministering to people whose mother tongue is English.

T h e J o k e s O n M eAt the Anderson family reunion this summer, each of the men was given a nice balcap with "The Andersons" across the front of it. I got a green one and immediately pumy name on it. I was so proud of i t, that our first Sunday back in Hong Kong, I go t ifor everyone to see after church. But everyone started laughing, "The preacher'wearing a green hat , ha, ha, ha!" Only then was I reminded that in Chinese "To weargreen hat" means that ones wife is going ou t with other men. Well, would anyone l ikegreen hatcheap?

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DECEMBER, 1982

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AT THIS TIME WHEN THE WORLD REMEMBERS OUR SAVIOR'S BIRTH, WE WISH THATGOD WOULD BLESS YOU JUST AS YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH YOUR PRAYERS, LOVEAND SUPPORT . Love ,

G ary , Joyce, Sand i, Stevie and DavidBuying A Building

Five years ago, we moved to Tuen Mun because Hong Kong intended to develop itInto a large, industrial city. It has grown from less than 50,000 people then to over200,000 now and will keep growing by over 1,000 a week until it reaches its goal of500,000.Right off, I bought blueprints of the city^s planned development, and decided thateventually a meeting place in the block at the very heart of the city would be best. It 'sbounded by the only two roads in or out of Tuen Mun. It's across the highway from thelargest apartment complex and the city's civic auditorium. It's one block from the city'shospital. And since public transportation is so readily available here, we don't have tota ke p ar kin g in to cons iderat ion much.Now, all of t he h igh- ri ses in that block are built. 100,000 people Uve within a halfmile. Property prices are over 25% lower than last year. And the U.S. dollar is worthmore Hong Kong dollars th is y ear than ever before.I've looked over al l the buildings in that block and picked what I believe is the bestbuy for the money. It's a corner space on the second floor of a two-floor shopping mallunder a 28-floor apartment building containing 216 homes. There is a playgroundavailable to us on the mall's roof and our shop faces onto a public garden.Buying the shop means buying our fraction of the 15-year lease on the land underthe building, and 667 square feet of floor space of which 420 square feet are actuallyusable at a meeting hall with a feasible seat ing capacity of 65 . I felt that it was betterto get a small, prime site that would be used more fully than to buy a larger, remote sitethat might only be filled one hour a week.The price we have agreed on is about $60,450 U.S. In order to actually takepossession of i t , we will need about:$12,100 fo r the 20% down payment,750 fo r the first monthly mortgate payment (te n yea rs at 14%),700 to incorpora te the church to hold property,600 for lawyer 's fees on the sale,250 for deposits on utilities, building management, etc.$14,400 Total, Our building fund now stands at $13,425, but we believe that we can getthe additional $975 before someone else, since several spaces are not yet sold and nobusinesses have started moving in yet.


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Once we've got the place, we will need about $4,000 more to remodel and fu rn ishfor our activities. Then, over one year later, we will need an additional $600 fo r thsales tax (1% stamp duty) and $1,200 to finish up the writing of the mortgage. Thimakes the total cost of the place about $102 per square foot.S h e C a n T a l k C h i n e s e !

How surprised we were when Sandl showed us the below clipping from one of HonKong's daily newspapers, so please bear with a little parental bragging. Sandi's schoopicked her and another girl to represent their 160 second-graders at the colony-widspeech contests. Although Sandi was the only foreign chi ld in the regional contest, shplaced second against 85 other second-graders for her recitation of a Chinese poem.The judge pointed out that she failed to place first because she was missing her twfront, teeth and so couldn't say "syuhn" correctly. This week, she placed first in hedivision for an English poem recitation. We are g ra teful to dedicated teachers who havshown sensit ive attention to developing the ta lents God has given each chi ld .

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Coming AlongDwain and Becky Anderson and Jean Montgomery who came to work with us durinthe past year, are all making remarkable progress in the language. Dwain started givingthe weekly communion meditations in Chinese on October 31. Jean gives her personatestimony in Chinese, November 28, and Becky has been playing the piano in Chinese foour services all along, (ha)

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