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A d d r e s s :
A l a n
Janet
Bemo
Lane
157 Number 21
Hsin
Sheng S. Bd., Bee*
1
T a i p e i , Taiwan
January
30
196 :;^
DesLT C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,
Rebecca Leigh Bemo was/^rn at 5'20 M
on
the
morning of January 6th. are
goxng
to call her 9 ^ *
Becky. Bhe weighea 9 pounds, 10 ounces, which was < wtri r i ^
almost
exactly
a pound
heavier
than
Beth s
birth
}m
weight. Ahen,
Sandi, our
forwarding
agent,
heard fr
a *
how heavy
Becky
was sne
wondered
if we were
try- ^ 0
i n g
to have
such a b i g baby so she could g e t up
and f i x
h e r
own
b o t t l e .
Not Q u i t e M She , l i k e
Betn,
Qoesn't j.ack for appetite
ana wakes up / **
** i
ft
*
every four hours on the dot to be fed.
Now
I *2. . / ?
have t n r e e
women i n my l i f e - I g u e s s I w i l l
have
'
to t r a i n one to cook ae sw eets and a no ther to bring my s l i p p e r s
-
(the
f i r s t
woman
of my l i f e
teiKes c a r e
o f
the sweet
n o t h i n g s . 6
a r e thsinkful
t h a t
mother and baby
a r e
healthy-and w e l l i n
e v e r y way.
- -- - ~ .
it seems
l i k e
a
long
t ime s i n c e we have w r i t t e n
t o you
- it has been
two
months. I should have
writ ten
t h i s
three
weeks
ago
but
i f
you
saw
my appointment
book you would
understand
why 1
d i d n t .
I am s i t t i n g
here
wondering
where to s t a r t .
I
coula
st^t--jiridm''-;yX-XKri^t^ S~activ-it;e:s
but
I
would l ike
to
Just t e l l about the most important
event of- Ctj istmas lay.
Two
persons
were
baptized-into Christ that day
at
the evening
service.
The Lord il^2T^Ta>--4UL,_s_member of the congregation for some time, and
Mrs.
Dittemore to lead Mr
Wu and t h e i r olB^ st son to Christ . . It was wonderful to see t h i s family united in C hrist .
Since Janet was expecting Becky a t anytime
when
the
new
semester a t language school s t a r t e d
on
January
3ra,
sh e did not enrol l . I got
in
a class
with
two
o th ers fo r
three
hours
a day. I have
taken f ive hours some
days
and
t h a t
i s
rough.
J a n e t i s s t a r t i n g back to school
t h i s
afternoon
anu
w i l l
only
be
taking one or
two
hours
a
day
while I
babysit .
Next week the
Skiles
wil l
s t a r t
to school
and
Janet will babysit for t n e i r children in the mornings. I t i s n t easy to get us a l l
i n
school but
we know
it s
very
important .
.. .
iihile
J a n e t
tae h o s p i t a l
witn
her
luncn after
attending
school
in
the morning.
In
the 9
afternoon 1 worked on painting the baby bed and
try-
ing to get tne house reaay for Becky s homecoming.
Beth and I ate
supper
and
slept a t
mother s
a t night.
lie were a i i glau wiicn
danet
was uoine
again
and
xife
could somewhat r e t u r n to normal .
But
t h e day
J a n e t
was to
come
home tne baby bed wasn't dry so she had t
to stay another day. Then on homecoming day as 1 A ^
was cleaning paint off tne floor Beth drank some ^jT
paint
thinner.
I rusneu Betn to the doctor s office
L-g
and they had to
pump
her poor
l i t t l e
stomach. Tiiis ' '
delayed
me
picxing
up
Janet another four hours
and
^
nad
a l l
of us
on
edge.
I am
happy to
say tha t
there
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Forwarding Agent:
M r s .
S a n d i
G a n t
R. E. 1, Box 237
F o r t Gibson,
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was no serious damage and by everiin 'B 'h was acting as
if
nothing hSi happened at
all
and Becky
was tucked in safe and so^d'^ln her jje*bedi * ^
Then the next
day,
Tue^ay,^>afiuary l4th, the Skiies family arrived in
Taiwan,
They)were to arrive
at 9-00 in
the
mornin^v.^a (^en
got to
the
dock in Keelung to meet
the ship
i^e-^^mnd that the
ship had already
docked ^^^^M.UA nnn
hnd
.hsffini.iprirmi tte4- -te- -eogre -tro ^hoFe
though; as they were
having to go
tnrough
immigrat ion on
the
s h i p -
Ahen Ted saw us we shouted nellos and took
pictures of each otner. By 9*00 we were shak- | ' [ | \^ ] I
ing
hands and
by 10:00
the Skiies
had moved
mQltfCT
i h e i r room
baggage th rough cus toms
and
we were
on
our
way
t o T a i p e i
i n
Doug
S m it h s c ar
and
our car, Ted anu I had to go back to Keelung M\ i
t h a t same morning t h e n
t o g e t
some more room
baggage. Then on Wednesday
and
Thursday, Ted
and. I .went
back
againto-get t h e i r hold
bag-
gage through customs. The Church
had
a wel- ^ By^Bl
cominb
p a r t y
f o r
the
S k i i e s
family on
Wed-
nesday
n i g h t .
Then
F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y was
apent helping them
hunt
for a house and by ^B^H -te>^^RRB^B^.^H
Saturday
they had selected one, Ted preached m B L
Sunday morning which was a blessing
to all
f i B
o f
u s . Th e f ol lo w in g w e ek s
f r e e
t ime
was
spent helping the Skiies
move
into their \ ,^^||B|B
house anu
buy
needed household items
uid
gro- '
c e r i e s .
Ih e car
was
indispensable. During
The Welcome Party a t
Shrl ing
Church
of C hris t
t h e s e l st t w o w e e k s
J a n e t
a n d I h a v e h a d o u r
f i r s t
experience
in
t rnasia t ing
for
someone
else ,
I m not
sure
how anich we
got
t ranslated
and
it
was a humbling e x p e r i e n c e .
1 know t h a t many o f you have bee n
praying
with us t h a t t h e young men who a r e
coming
to
our
c l a s s e s
would accept
C n r i s t I v.as h op ing th ey would at-Christmas
time but
they
d i d n t . I t seems
now
t n a t tney snouid
accept
tne Lord
a t
anytime.
Personal ijvangalism here
i s so d i f f e r e n t than i n the
S t a t e s .
Tne
same s t e p s a r e fol lowed but each
s t e p
t a k e s so much more t ime s i n c e Jehovah, S a l v a t i o n
a s a
g i f t
and the need of repentence are such new concepts
to them. Mother
has been working with
a
young
man for ZYz years and he
j u s t
accepted Carist on
Januray 12 .
This l a s t weekend motner went
to
Gaushung, a c i t y i n
the
southern p a r t
of the i s land where
L i l l i a n Martin
i s working
and
three
converts
are
serving
i n
th e mili taryf to
help them i n
s t a r t i n g
a
church service . She repor ts t h a t
12 people attended the service
which
i s a very
t h r i l l i n g
s t a r t .
Starting with
this
year
we are
listed as being under the Formosa
Christian
Mission
instead
of the
KyushuChristian Mission , Now
that
several
missionaries
are coming.to Taiwan we found
i t
neces
sary to s t a r t a new mission in6te.-.d
of
being under th e Kyushu Christian Mission which i s in
Japan, Of
course
the mission i s only
to f u l f i l l
government requirements and has no
legislative
d u t i e s whatsoever, we
are s t i l l under th e E ld ers of the East Point Chris t ian Church
i n
Muskogee
and support i s sent
directly
to us instead
of
through
a mission board. ^ You will
probably
notice
the
change on
our
r e c e i p t s .
We
have enjoyed hearing from so
many of
you
personally
and
we
hope you will continue
to
do so. This
as are
your
prayers, are
a
constant encouragement to us.
Your
c o - w o r k e r s
h e r e
i n
T a i p e i
M r s . S a n d i G a n t
k . f i . 1, Box 2:57
F t .
G i b s o n O k l a .
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F i e l d
A d d r e s s :
A l a n
J a n e t B e m o
Lane 157 i Number 21
U s i n Sheng SBd, S e c . 1
T a i p e i ,
Taiwan.
March
18,
Dear
C h r i s t i a n
F r i e n d s ,
C A S T
c K u s A a e r c
Forwa rdi ng
Agent:
Mrs * S a n d i
G a n t
R. R.
1 ,
Bo x 237
F o r t
Gi bson,
Oklahoma
7^43^
After
four
weeks of trying to
help the
Skiles family
get
settled a l i t t l e b it and trying to
get
into
a new schedule s e t upon us by the a r r i v a l of Becky, we ha d a two da y
holiday
from
school.
I t
was
for
the
occasion
of Chinese Lunar New Y ea r, w hi ch, b ec au se the Chinese go by a l un ar c ale n
d a r , happened to
be
on F ebruary the
1 7 t h .
New Y e a r s
Day
an d th e four days which proceed a re very
important t o th e Chinese. This i s a time when shops clo s e down
Uid
people a re o f f work from two
to f i v e d a y s . New Y e a r s eve i s a n i g h t when a l l th e members o f a family a re to be to g eth er an d
e a t t o g e t h e r . Wives a r e
supposed
to
l i v e
i n
t h e i r h u s b a n d s
family home a l l
y e a r bu t a re per
m i t t e d to go t o t h e i r
own family homes
f o r th e s eco nd d ay o f
New Years.
T here fo re d urin g th e
New
y ea r p er io d
a l l
th e s tude nts go home
fo r
a few weeks.
Jonathan
Chen an d Mr.
Wang
(who was a
s tude nt who wa s le d to the
Lord
through u s two
y ea rs a go ),
invite d us to go
to P u l i , t h e i r
home,
a t t h i s t i m e t o h o l d
some
m e e t i n g s . We had n o t s e e n them i n tw o y e a r s s i n c e
t he y
a re s e r v i n g i n
th e
m i l i t a r y
now
i n
th e so u the rn
p a r t
o f
th e
i s l a n d .
So
Te d
an d
1
p lan n ed
on
g o in g
t o
h o l d
an
e v a n g e l i s t i c
s e r v i c e
t h e r e . When o u r
s t u d e n t s
found o u t we were goi ng
t he y
wanted u s t o go t o
t h e i r homes
t o o .
A t
f i r s t
we d i d n t thizik we
had
th e t im e , w i th o n ly tw o
d a y s
o f f , b u t we f i n a l l y
planned to
s t o p by each
house
if
only
f o r
a
fe w minutes. We
t h o u g h t we
would go by t r a i n o r bu s
a t f i r s t s i n c e I d id n t t r u s t t h e o l d R am bl er a nd t h e r e
a r e
no
m echanics
on th e r o a d anyw her e.
A f t e r
we found o u t how
crowded
t h e t r a i n s w e r e ,
t h o u g h ,
we d ecid ed to work on th e
c a r
an d t a k e it
anyway. I n
th e
evenings a f t e r
s c h o o l ,
Te d an d I made
th e
needed r e p a i r s . We were sure g la d to o
when we saw p eo pl e c li mb in g i n
t r a i n s through
windows
an d
saw
t r a i n s so crowded t h a t people were
s tan d in g
on
th e
t r a i n engine
an d
hanging out
o f
windows
an d d o o r s . Three
s tu d en ts decided to r id e
w ith u s i n st e a d
o f
going by p u b lic t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .
On Saturday
Feb.15),
after f in al r ep ai rs had been
made
that morning, we
started off.
The f i r s t
night we
stayed a t
a
st udent s
(Mr.
Jyou)
home.
e ate
there
a t
7sOOFM.
then
we went to Mr.
Jang s
house
f o r a
ten
minute
v i s i t an d
came
back
j u s t i n
time
fo r a
meeting
a t
9jOO
w ith about
eleven
c o ll eg e s tu d en ts
who
were Mr.
Jyou s
home town
friends.
I showed
sl i des
and Ted
taught.
A f t e r
class I had
to
make a
repair
on
th e car
the muffler had
fallen
off) while
a hundred Chinese looked
on . Finally
a t 11:00 i t was time
fo r my
bath which was
Japanese style. You actually bathe
fi rs t
and thin get into a
small
wooden tu b to soak. The only reason I could
find
for
th e
soaking was to
be cooked, since the
water
became h o t t e r the
longer
I stayed in
i t i s heated by a charcoal fire
underneath
while you soak) I t
was
very relaxing though,
and
a f t e r sleeping
on a
hard
tatami
straw ma t a l l
t h a t
n i g h t
X f e l t l i k e I needed to do
it
again
t h e n e x t
m o r n i n g .
The next da y we went to s i x
othe r
homes to v i s i t an d we ate i n
every
one
of
them. e were obligated to a t l e a s t sample what-
ever
refreshment
was
put
before
us.
Since
this
was
the
w
ij
Year
season the
food
was
e:}^ceptionally
del i ci ous as
well
a s
abundant.
There a re always
some new
d i sh e s to o ,
l i k e f r ie d
octopus.
That
evening a t 6:30 we stopped
a t
a
Christian
g i r l s
home in Taichung where we ha d a Bible study
an d
th e Lo r d s
Supper. Since we
h ad d ro pp ed
two
of the
students o ff a t
t hei r
^
homes,
t hat
only l e f t one which meant th at ou r service had
four
people.
As
we
had
ou r communion service
and
prayer, the girl s
Buddhist mother was in the next room chanting a l on g B ud dh is t T*,
prsiyer.
Since
th e
inside
walls
of
their house
ar e
only made
of paper i t made i t difficult t o co nce ntr at e. A fte r
th e
Lord s
Supper we sang a
chorus
and
l e f t .
e ha d one more place to go *
. . , ^ 4 U 4
v + -
.
t o
before we reached P u l i ou r f i n a l d e s t i n a t i o n
t h a t n i g h t .
We
a r r i v e d
at
a b o u t
1 0 :
CX).
f ixing
f l a t
on
t r i p
to
P u l i
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n hrist
M r s S a n d i G a n t
R.R.
1,
Box
237
Ft.
Gibson,
Okla.
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Eating Japanese style in. one student s home Service at Miss Tsai s house
The next evening, Monday the 17th, we
had
the most successful
meeting
of our trip as far as our
human
judgement
goes)
at Mr Chen s
house.
There
were at least 20 students there. They were very
attentive and afterward they individually asked lots of
questions.
had
to
come
home
Tuesday morning
because
school
started
ag^
on
Wednesday
It
was
sure
good
to be back with Janet and the
girls
and
good
old American cooking-
Right before we made the
trip I had
asked
all of
my
students
if they believed
in
od
One
didn t
answer and
one said
I
don't know, but the
rest
said that they
did.
This
was
wonderful because
when they first
came
none
of
them had
believed
and,
in fact,
were
antagonistic.
They now
said that
their biggest problem to becoming a Christian would be
the opposition
by their parents. Their
parents are
Buddhists
and worship ancestors and idols. I
hope
that
by
this vi sit to their homes
that i t might
make
i t easier for the parents to
accept
their
sons
as Christians
and
see the light
of Christianity
themseives. On
-the
trip I noticed that -ihree of the ten.
houses we
visited.had
i d o l s
i n t h e m
Janet
and I are studying together again and
we
ar e
really
enjoying language study.
We
have
just
learned enough Chinese to be able to teach very simple lessons
and
tell Bible
stories in
very
simple Chinese. I t is a thri l l to come to
this
point.
Beth
is
going to be
two
on April l8th
and
Becky
is
almost eleven
weeks
old. According to
the
Chinese way of counting age Beth is three
and
Becky is already two. They are a year old at birth
and add a year at every
Lunar
New Year after that. Everyone s birthday is at New Year s. Don t
ask
me
to exp lain
that
again bu t
that 's
really
the
way i t is
We have
classes
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in our home. One class is with new students.
What a long road
we
have to stumble and s tr ug gl e on t og et he r.
We
only pray
that this
road
will
eventually lead to the
straight
and narrow for them. Then
what
a
happy
and glorious road
we
will
have before
us We
are depending upon your prayers. May God
Bless
you.
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Taipei , Taiwan
ay 17,
1969
ea r Chris t ian
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his
morning
Beth woke us up a t
s i x - t h i r t y
saying
Let s eat
and wanting to
play.
This may
not
eem unusual
except for
the
fact
that Beth
just
came home ifrom
the
hospital yesterday after major
urgery.
J u s t
a week ago we discovered t h a t Beth had a hernia and four days l a t e r sh e was admitted
nto
the
Mackay Memorial Hosp it al here in
Taipei.
The next morning, M^ 15th, sh e was operated on.
hat day she cried
a l o t and
wouldn t eat anything as sh e was
coming out
of the anesthesia. But
esterday
we
were
amazed
a t
how
she . h ad already
recovered
a f t e r 20 hours
and
the doctor discharged
er a t 8:00 A M
and said to
l e t
her
eat
and do
anything
she wanted to. She was
just as
cheerful,
imgry
and
mischievous
as
ever.
Children
are
amazing.
She s
been
running
around
here
l i k e
a
house
-fire. How we thank the Lord for caring for her.
^e have
wanted
to get a j iewslet ter
o f f
to you f o r the p a s t two weeks but t
has
been one th ing
a f t e r
another
which
has delayed my w r i t i n g one. We a r e r e a l l y busy these days and
sometimes
t seems
t h a t
e are
busy
doing nothing. In my
l a s t
l e t t e r
to
Mark Maxey, a missionary
to
Japan, I told him
t
eemed as
we could
spend
every minute of our time j u s t doing
things
t h a t keep
us over here
-
overnment regulations, taxes in
both countries,
newsletters, financial
reports (by-the-way they
are
va ilab le to those who want them , stacks of
personal
let ters and the thing s everyone
has
to do to
i v e
- and not
have
any time l e f t for evangal ism, our
purpose
for being
here .
Of course t i s n t
uite t h a t bad but sometimes t seems t h a t way. He wro te back and pointed
out
to me t h a t even Jesus
pent most of His
time
j u s t
walking
places.
He must
have
had a
t e r r i b l e
time
making himself walk
hen
he could have
made a
jeep or helicopter
and gotten
places
a l o t quicker
to spend
more
time
eaching
i n
h i s
three sh ort y ea rs .
Of
couse
even
in
these
mundane
jobs
we
s t i l l
have
the
opportun
t y to w itn ess to those
we
deal
with of our Lord, by our
very pat ience and
meekness and love
and
oncern for
them. We
d a i l y
pray ot more o f these f r u i t s o f
the
S p i r i t
t o
be manifested i n our
ives .
P l e a s e
pray
with
u s .
ome o f
you
may
remember
t h a t
two y e a r s
ago I h e l d a c l a s s
n a
coffee shop near the Taipei
College of Science
and
^rts .
There three athiests fai thfully
attended
the
class
h r e e days a
week
and a s a
r e s u l t
were
l e d
t o a c c e p t C h r i s t
is t h e i r
Saviour. By chance (?) a young
lady
from th e same
o l l e g e
a t t e n d e d
one o f
th e
weekly c la ss es i n o u r home
r e
e n t l y . I t o l d h e r
o f
those
former
meetings
and she was
n t e r e s t e d i n
h a v i n g something
o f t h e same
s o r t
w i t h some
f
h e r f r i e n d s . We a r r a n g e d
a
c l a s s a t t h e
same
c o f f e e shop
as
before and on a
Wednesday
afternoon. I me t
s i x
g i r l s
h e r e
to give them
an i n t r o d u c t i o n
to
why
I b e l i e v e
the
i b l e . They were
a l l
cour teous
and
i n t e r e s t e d b u t t
was
asy t o i n t e r p r e t t h e s m i l e s and
s m i r k s
on t h e i r f a c e s
a s
t a l k e d a bo ut God s Word. All of them t o l d me they did
o t
b e l i e v e i n any r e l i g i o n o r God. we have s t a r t e d
week
y meetings t h e r e a t th e
same
p l a c e
same
t ime.
However
n the
afternoon
of May
7 th T aip ei
was
under an
a i r - r a i d
d r i l l and
no one was p ermi tt ed out on
the
t r e e t s . T h i s
i n t e r r u p t e d our second meeting b u t
we
resumed l a s t
Wednesds^.
c la s s i n c o f f e e
shop
he weekly c l a s s e s i n our home have died down i n
number
and i n t e r e s t . There s t i l l are
four
medical
tudents
who
are
coming who
have
become
believers
but
have
not
yet
become
obeyers
of
th e
Word. I
ope
to s t a r t
meetings
a t co ll eges ins tead
of
in
our home
in the future. Janet,
however,
i s s t a r t
ng an
a l l women s c l a s s i n
the
home on Thursday nights .
e
f in d o cc as io n
to have s tudents
in
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our home for
games
and
meals
once in a while too.
On April 20th
we
started Sunday
evening
services in our
home,
^his
16 a joint project of the Skiles family and
our-
selves for the
sake
of the students we both
have and
several
Ohristians who live in our part of the city.
Elizabeth had her second birthday
on
April l8th.
We
invited
seven of her best Chinese fr iends and three American friends
ihe three American children (Mark, Greg and Vicki Skiles
came
but only a
few
of the
invited
Chinese
we
able to
come
so we went out on the
street
and invited other
kids
in. We
ended up with
more
guests than we had planned for but there _
was plenty of cake for all. The kids all
played
games and
there were little gifts for everyone. For the closing I Students playing games at our house,
made my
first
attempt
at
teaching
in
Chinese by
teaching a
flannelgraph story
to the children.
reS^iatL^r ^that s
as^^ofkve^s? ^
with
hoId rHe^;^^^^^^^^
coming
to
aiwan
on
dune
th to
Although
we
have
spoken of them before
uid
msiny of
you probably already
know
them personally we want
to introduce
Sam and
Virginia Hazlewood. Sam gra
duated from Ozark Bible College in I968
with
me.
He has been serving as youth minister at Boulevard
Christian Church in
Muskogee,
Oklahoma
and
now they
are preparing to
come
to Taiwan Lord
willing
in
September of this year.
f
you are interes ted in
helping
them
you can
write to them
at 603 N.
Mash-
ington Muskogee,
Qkla. By
the
wa y we
are
waiting
word from
them
now
about the birth of their
f i r s t baby.
Our
financial report for January February
and March
i s
available
i f you would l ike
to
see
i t
fte have
already sent one to all wh o sent support during this
time but will be glad to send i t to anyone else
who
r eq u es t s t .
In
Christian
Love
Mrs.
Sandi
Gant
.H. 1
Box
237
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Gibson Okla.
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Mrs Lillian Martin
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From
Left to R ig ht : A la n
Janet Bemo;
Ted, Bev,
Greg, Mark Skiles;
Peter
Suen; Stephen Chen; Su e
Rh^es;
Mrs IsabelDittemore.
Peter Suen tak ing the confession of a Chinese
lady, aided by Mrs. Suen who is standing on
th e l ad y s right.
Peter Suen, an Elder,
preaching at
th e
S hil i n Church of Christ.
T H E
M l S S f O N B R l E S
Mrs.
Martin
wa s
th e
first
to come to
Taiwan in September
of
1963. She has
worked in Puli and Taipei and is now
working in Kaohsiung establishinga con
gregation and working with polio and
spastic children.
Mrs. Dittemore
cam e in
October of
1964. She has
c on ce nt ra te d h er w or k
in
Taipei and Shiling, a suburb of Taipei.
Mrs Dittemore is mainly interested in
radio work, and because of her labors,
there is alsoa congregationin Shiling
Alan Janet
Bemo
first came to
Taiwan on a year's internship from June
of
1966
to
June o f 1967. After Alan
graduated from Ozark
ible College
in
June of 1968, they returned that month
to begin their first term
of
service. They
A
ffvup
of
students
a t
a
Bible
study.
k
b o t h teach
classes
in t h e i r
h om e a nd
Alan
also preaches. Tlieir main goal right now
is to learn the Chinese language, and
to
that end, they have been enrolled in lang
uage school since July of 1968.
T ed a n d B e v S k il es came to
T a iw a n i n
January of this year, 1969. They were
Alan and Janet Bemo's forwarding agents
wliile the Bemo's served their internship
in Taiwan, and in this way became
acquainted with the need in Taiwan.
Upon Ted's graduation from Ozark Bible
College in 1968, they served in BlackweU,
Oklahoma until coming to Taiwan. They
a ls o h av e
B i bl e c l as s es
in
t h e i r h om e a nd
are enrolled in language school.
Miss Sue Rhodes is a 1969 graduate
of
Platte Valley Bible College. She came to
Taiwan on a summer internship from
June to August of
1969.
She has concen
t ra t e d h er
efforts o n vacation
Bible
Schools and camp.
rw e
C O V E R
The building on
th e
cover is called the
East Gate. Taipei, as most old Chinese
cities, was once a walled city. It had four
main gates;
North South
East and
West.
Th e
wall
ha s been
taken
down
no w
bu t
the East Gate of the old city has been left
and preserved.
Sam and Virginia Hazlewood are plan
ning to
come
to Taiwan in
October o f
1969. Virginia graduated from Ozark
Bible College in June of 1966 and Sam in
June of 1968. Since Sam's graduat ion,
they have been serving in Muskogee,
Oklalioma. They too are planning to
teach in the home and to go to language
school .
Chuck and Molly Johnston are plan
ning to arrive in January of 1970. Chuck
will graduate from Ozark BibleCollege in
December of 1969, bu t they will be
coming to Taiwan before the graduation
c e re m o n ie s i n
J u n e of
1 9 7 0 .
As
w i t h th e
other new missionaries, they will teach in
their home and tackle the
Chinese
lang
u a g e .
For the new missionaries, the Chinese
language
must be their main goal. Natur
ally, it would be extremely difficult to be
effective
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T/^IWAN TALK
It has been just four weeks since I
wrote, telling
you
in word
and
by picture
of the wonderful evangelistic meeting
just completed with Brother Don DeWelt
as evangelist. And during this month
it
is
good to report that three others have
come t o
th e Lord
also.
Our services at
the
Shih Ling Church
of
Christ have been growing in
atten
dance,
and las t
week there were 48 there
(see picture) and Mrs. Ching made the
good confession
of
her faith following a
good sermon by Peter Suenour first
convert here. Her^
wiU
be the
90th
bap
tism in our little Shih Ling church
which began in my home in October,
1 9 64 . O ur m emb er s
are
scat tered
al l
over
the
island, some have fallen by the way
side and nine are now in the U. S., so we
still s tay a relat ively small, local group,
ut a warm-hearted
one
where folks
feel
t home .
My own time, these weeks, has been
doubly taken up with radio work, be
cause we want to follow
our
new plan in
Taipeiof
programs every day but
Sundayin Japan also. And since even 10
minutes per day (which is all the time we
could possibly afford) costs 500.00 per
month
here, we plan to
pu t our
entire
series of programs on in Hiroshima, Japan
during the three fall months, hoping to
interest a new group
of
correspondents
there . The present church of Christ in
Hiroshima, except for Prof, and Lydia
Kishi who carry it
on,
are all originally
our radio correspondents there and a pro
gram over this station has a potential
audience of 16,000,000 people, with only
one other radio station to compete with
it. So we are working all summer at
cu t
ting our programs down from fifteen-
minute to ten-minute lengths while we
have the help of Mrs. Grace Hu, who is a
radio engineer in Taiwan (from Japan),
here for the summer. This is taking about
half of
my
daytime hours each week. But
just yesterday, I finally completed doing
the last of the Chinese series, so the pres
sure will not be as great as it was.
We have had our first r adi o conve r t
in
Taipei,
recently, and others
are
attending
our services
and
classes. Some have asked
if
they
will be able
to
hear
our
programs
in Taichong when
they
go home for
the
summer, and we do have quite a few
members
and
students
who se homes
are
th er e o r
in Puli w hic h is
a tw o
hour
drive
from Taichong. So it seems like a good
time to go on the air there too, for during
these intensely
ho t
months the Chinese
people sit up most of the night because
they cannot sleep. And, as I write this, I
am en
route
to Taichong to talk to a
radio sta t ion in
th e
center o f
th e
Taiwan
island about going on the air there in
August.
From
Taichong I will go up to Pull
and
conduct classes and services this week end
in
th e home
of
one o f our Christian
young men. I will be aided by two med
ical school students who will be working
in a Christian hospital there this summer.
I try to get to Puli once a month, but I
don't always make it. And, unless I have
someone
to
interpret, I feel as if I haven't
done much good.
It is wonderful to have Janet (my
daughter) and Alan Bemo with their
children Beth and Becky here to help in
the work along with Beverly and Ted
Sidles and their children Mark, Greg, and
Vicki. A more consecrated, capable and
lovable team would be hard to find any
where, and we depend upon
them
more
than we probably should while they are
all in language school. This year, I turned
over camp plans and teaching entirely to
them
and
Sue Rhodes, our missionary
intern for the summer, and did nothing
but help with the food situation. How
ever, I did arrange for the hotel rooms,
chapel and mundane details to free the
young folks of
that
part until next year
when the Bemos will finish language
school.
I have charge
of the
Sunday evening
church at Shih Ling and at my home on
Thursday evening, and do enjoy them
very much. Other evenings are busy too,
often with calling in the homes or teach
ing in
them.
I conduct Bible study on
Wednesday evenings at the church now,
since th e Bemos and Skiles have
classes
in
their homes
on
that
evening. On Wednes
day of each week, however, all the
missionaries come here in the early even
ing for Bible study, prayer and supper
together, for we all need a time and place
to talk together of our mutual efforts to
win souls and bring them
in.
My social life is interesting to me, also,
and it helps to keep the church family
unified and happy. We have a church
supper once each month, and we try to
make it
at
a time
that someone
is
coming
Isabel M. Dit temore
through on a visit so that they can
become acquainted with the Christians.
This
month s
activities included a
farewell
supper and party for our young men who
have recently graduated from collegeand
must leave immediately for a year
of
compulsory military service,and a trip to
Koashiong to take Sue down to meet
Lillian Martin
and
Jonathan
Chen, who
is
just completing his year of military ser
vice this month, to make plans for a
DVBS there. They and Esther Suen, Sue's
interpreter this summer, are en route
today to Koashiong to conduct a DVBS
next week.
While
in Koashiong, Sue and I
attended a Chinese feast with the hospital
staff
where Lillian works
an d
ha s
th e use
of a
well equipped
ward for
spastic
and
polio children with whom she is working.
Last week en d we had four members
of the Rees family here, en route home
for furlough, and we all had supper here
Saturday
evening Sunday afternoon
there was a church sing followed by
snacks, not only to greet the Reeses, but
to say good-bye to the Douglas Smith
family who have been here in military
service for two years and are greatly loved
by this congregation. They left last night,
and will be greatly missed. Wewish them
Godspeed and joy in returning home.
My own private happiness is greatly
augumented by being able to baby-sit
with my grandchildren several times a
week, either here at home or over at the
Bemo's. I guess I'm a doting grand
mother, if there ever was
one.
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continuedfrom page 3
But, in between all of this I do manage
to write
about
ten letters a week, keep up
my ledgers, and study. In fact, th e time-
consuming job these last two weeks has
been the preparation, typing, and stencil
cutting for two quarterly financial reports
which I must now get into the mail.
Then, I check translations with David,
Luke, Peter and Jonathan each
of
whom is translating a good, but long and
scholarly, doctrinal book in to Chinese.
Weare making preparations for training a
ministry here, and these books are badly
needed toward
that
end.
My own years
of
continued service
here cannot be expected to last indefinit
ely,
and
I feel I must use my time and
experience in ways which will help
es ta bl is h i n
t he f ai th t he
work and
worker s here as long as He gives me the
time and
strength
to do so.
The
work here
is growing,
and
will
continue to do so , but our need fo r a new
meeting place is very urgent. We have
about 1,300.00 in our building fund,
b u t
we will
n ee d mor e
than eleven
t imes
that amount if we buy an apartment, as
we are hoping to do, and convert it
into
a
church. I am
not
a money-raiser,
but
it
seems
a shame that
we
canno t a t le as t
have a 10,000 building
fund
so
that
we
Shih Ling Church
of
Christ, July 13,1969.
will
be
able
to
borrow
the ba lance f r om
th e ba nk. So,
this is
th e
dream which I
hope God will grant me the
joy
of seeing
resized soon before theendof 1969.
The future is as bright as the promises
of
God, and we anticipate the coming
of
my brother Mark Maxey, here in Septem
ber to teach a be^nning Survey of the
Bible course for our potential preachers.
Other professors from the U. S. are al
ready making plans to come spend a
summer here for training these men too.
One
of
them is Professor Don De Welt,
who
saw the
need
o f i t
while
he was here.
These dreams, too, God will bring to frui
tion,
I
know.
However,
if
we do
not
have visions
of
what ca n
be
done
in the near and fa r
future, we will have no goals for which
to
strive. So, pray with us
that
God will not
only give us the faith to dream, bu t the
will to do all we can to bring them to
pass, in order that His kingdom may
come sooner and that we will see many
b ro th er s a nd sisters from Chin a around
the
great white throne.
Your sisterin the Lord s h^py service.
(Mrs.) IsabelM.Dittemore
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ue
Rhodes
Greetings to each and every one of
you in the name of our precious Lord and
Savior, Jesus Clirist, from the island of
Taiwan
I t
has
been said that t h is summer is th e
hottest one in five years on this island.
Since I have only been here one and a
half m on ths , I c ou ld n t say. However, I
do know that it has been terribly
ho t
since I arrived
I am in T aiw an for a
three
month
internship, and probably one
of
the high
lights of my summer will be the week of
July 6-11. This was the week for our
Christian
ervice
Camp which was held
on Grass Mountain, north of Taipei.
During this week we lived at the Inter
national Hotel which is owned an d
operated by Japanese people. As far as
the number
of
campers, the group was
small wi th all the young peopl e in atten
dance already baptized into the Christian
faith. Yet, I think I can speak for the
campers as well as the other missionaries,
in saying that the blessings and the
inspirations that were received were
numberless
I was a little mixed up during that
week trying to keep the different customs
straight within my own mind. Welived at
a Japanese Hotel, sleeping on Tamani
beds straw mats on
the
floor), eating
Chinese food t each in g t li ro ug h an inter
preter, putting my English thoughts into
Chinese, and eating peanut b ut te r and
jelly sandwiches in between everytliing
else t h t was done
One t hi ng that 1 have noticed about
the Chinese p eo pl e, is that regardless of
where you may
be
at Christian Service
Camp or traveling on tlie train, they will
serve you ho t tea even if it is 100 degrees
s u e
RHODes
SeRUeS SUMMER
wreRNSHTP
in the shade. I really e nj oy my iced tea
when I have it
This week, as I write this article to
you, I am in Koahsiung the southern part
of
the island. Esther Show Li Sun) and I
are here for a week
of
Daily Vacation
Bible School. Today was only the second
day, and so far we are averaging about
twenty
cliildren every day. These children
are very eager to learn, so this is a great
opportunity for the Gospelof Christ. But
many times, even after the children learn
of
Christ, their parents w l not let them
continue coming to Sun day Scho ol be
cause
of
their parents) beliefs. Family
worship is in control of the lives of these
people and it is very hard to win them to
Christ. We h ope to be able to make con-
Outdoor Bible
Study
tacts this week through these children we
are t eaching. I am very Umited because I
do no t know the Chinese language. Also
helping us this week is Jonathan Chen, a
young Chinese Christian, who is a cadet at
the military academy just outside of
Kaohsiung.
The rest
of my
summer wi be s pe nt
in directing V.B.S. in Taipei, then I will
be returning to the States the end of
August.
From
this time on I do
not know
where the L ord may lead me. T ruly, there
is a
need her e
Please r emember t ho se on
th e
field
here and those who ar e
to
come in the
coming year.
In
Christian Love
>
Sue Rhode s
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September 3, 1968 I moved from Tai
pei to th e southern port city of Koah
siung seeking a wider and more fruitful
ministry. My first thoughts were
to open
a typing school in this new industrial area
to
help
th e
many young country girls
that
are flocking into this industrial processing
zone seeking employment. With the many
foreign factories and industries opening
export businesses, there is a great demand
for people who are able to
type
speak
English, and have other secretarial skills.
Many of these youthful girls are from the
hamlets and villages, and while some of
them can read a lit tle English, they can t
speak it very well because most
of
them
have had lit tle opportunity to use it. The
young people need instruction in conver
sation, an d there is a great demand for
English speaking teachers. How
to
start? I
rented a down-stair apartment, purchased
chairs
ordered
desks to be
made and
wrote asking for help in securing second
hand standard typewriters. However, the
typewriters didn t materialize,
and th e
school didn t come into being althougli a
church did in its place
As a stranger in Koahsiung, one of the
first things 1 did in order to secure a
following, was to put an advertisement in
the local papers soliciting students who
were interested in improving their English
c o nv e rs a ti o n. W it hi n on e week I ha d
twenty-five prospective students. These
students
being on
different
levels, re
quired that I spht the classes. I had
originally intended to teach English three
nights a week, Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday. Naturally, it ended up that I was
teaching English conversation tw o hours,
six nights a week
God
ha s a marvelous
way of leading us into paths that He
wishes us
to
travel.
T he i de a o f th e school
opened other doors into a richer, larger
field.
Very soon, through Dr. Bjorkaas, word
Lillian
Ma r t i n
working with
youngster in
Koahsiung
Christian
Hospital.
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W O R K
fN
KOAHStWNO
spread
that
there was a physical therapist
in the area who was unemployed at the
time.
Pastor Savage, th e
administrater o f
the Koahsiung Christian Hospital asked
me to come and serve at his hospital. At
that time there were four spastic children
in the hospital. I accepted the challenge,
an d this has opened many doors for me.
Dr. Shen, an orthopedic surgeon, who is
affiliated with the Christian Hospital and
a professor at the Koahsiung Medical
College, asked me
to
teach Ethics
an d
English conversation at his school. I
jumped at this chance too because 1
could
naturally begin wi th Christian
Ethics which is th e source o f all ethics,
and greatly needed here in Taiwan in all
professions. This new work took up two
afternoons weekly, Tuesday and Thurs
day.
. s i l l
The Baptist Church in my area has a
polio home for eighty crippled children,
and they asked me to help there on
Monday, Wednesday, an d Friday after
noons. I
c oul dn t refuse them
e i th e r. T h is
work load was terriff ic, bu t this is what I
came for. I kept at this schedule until
February, 1969. January
27
1969, we
added to this schedule the Koahsiung
Christian Church. I had never thought of
oing anything like this, but I
w s
prod
ded by my co-worker, Mrs. Isabel
Dittemore. The Church is growing slowly
now, and we have baptized three people
in the two months that have passed since
we opened the church. Mr. Ling is the
principal of a Junior High School, and he
could
be a door that can be used to
ev ngelize the whole school. I can say
that he is a radiant Christian
an d
ha s been
full of the HolySpiritfrom the day of his
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Mr. Ling, school principal
an d
new convert with KoahsiungChuch o fChrist Sunday School class.
baptism. He came up from the pool
witnessing Miss Lee is a teacher who I
believe was won by
tw o
of
her classmates,
Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang. They are tw o
young men from the Shih Lin Church
of
Christ in Taipei (the Church Mrs. Ditte-
more planted) who are officers teaching
at the military academy here. They have
helped me plant this little church in
Koahsiung. Mr. Chen teaches Sunday
School and acts as my interpreter at the
Sunday morning Services.Mr. Wangplays
the organ and does other officialwork for
th e
Church. I
tr y
to encourage
them
to
preach, bu t I seldom succeed.
Lillian and staffmember work with
a spastic
youngster.
f
% '
We have an average of 18 in our
Sunday School,
bu t
sometimes we have as
many as 25. I usually note this without
counting, because we only have 25 chairs.
Miss Rhodes, who is a recent graduate
of
Plate Bible College, is here interning at
th e invitation o f
M rs . I sa be l
Dittemore.
She was down here last week conducting
o u r V ac at io n Bible
S c h o o l .
Sh e a n d h er
interpreter.
Miss
Seun, an early convert
of
the Shih Lin Christian Church, did a very
capable job in handling the sixty children
with very little assistance. Although the
week s ta rt ed w it h a ro un d
sixty
children,
n ot
all o
them
finished
th e w eek. T ha t
Saturday we took thirty-six children to
White F lo we r L ak e a beautiful scenic
Park. The children enjoyed the lovely
pavihons and temples, and later they ate
lunch and enjoyed sodas and water-
m e l l o n .
It has become increasingly clear that
my new work is going to be the ministry
of the crippled children on Taiwan. Pas
to r Savage, Director
of
the Koahsiung
Christian Hospital, was also interested in
helping spastic children, and with a little
encouragement from Dr. Shen and myself
he agreed to help star t a rehabilitation
center. We decided to use part
of
the
church, and measured
off
a portion about
sixteen by thirty-two feet. Our next pro
ject was to solicit money from the
American community to par ti tion this
area off. Th e American wives o f
th e
Koahsiung area were
of
great help to us.
Th e women baked
cakes
cookies an d
doughnuts.
Somehow they obtained
permission to go on one of our Navy
ships to sell these goodies. Our men res
ponded very generously, and the total
receipts
of
138.00 was given to us. I was
over joyed, because this was enough
money for
th e
wall. The Koahsiung Char
ity League Ladies came through with a
donation o f S90.00 a nd this a mount
wa s
used to lay a concrete floor. Some
of
the
m en from
th e
U.S.S.
H ec to r f or me d
a
working crew, and did a great deal
of
work for us. They laid a concrete ramp
fo r th e children to walk t o a n d from th e
ward, installed plumbing,
and
numerous
other jobs.
On June 1, 1969, we completed the
ward for spastic children and held our
formal opening on June 15. Our efforts
were weU received, wi th the Mayor
of
Koahsiung attending, givinga speech, and
promising support. He stated that we
were the first to present this p rob lem to
the public, and that we were the first
ones to open a center for the rehabilita
tion
of
spastic children on this island.
There are 150,000 crippled children
on Taiwan, a nd t he re is very Uttle being
done to help them. Many people ignore a
crippled member of the family because it
is a
source
o f
embarrassment
t o
t he m a n d
they
don t
really understand that some
thing can be done for many
of
these
children through surgery, physical ther
apy, braces, or all three methods of
t r e a t m e n t
c o m b i n e d .
I've been hard at work for the past
three
months establishing this rehabilita
tion center an d due to th e increasing
demands on my time, I've been forced to
give up most of my teaching activities. I
now have a Tuesday evening Bible class
an d a Friday night English class. I hope to
r es um e s om e
o this
w or k w he n P astor
Savage returns a year from now from his
furlough. I am, at present, the director of
th rehabi l i t at i on c e n t e r .
Pastor Savage, Dr. Shen, and I had a
dream that has become a hope for the
future. We bel i eve t ha t t he f u tu r e h o l ds a
m o de rn reh ab il ita tio n c en te r fo r th e
spastic children on Taiwan. We have a
twelve bed ward with over f if ty children
from all over th e island on th e waiting
list. O ur
facilities ar e
an electric ha nd
massage machine an d a Infra Red
L ltra
Violet Ray heat lamp donated by The
Cookson Hills Boys Home. We have a
portable Whirlpool machine (for use
out
side the
bath
tube) donated by the
Koahsiung International Women's Club.
We have a good start,
bu t
we need
your
prayers. Most
of
all, the children need
your prayers, for they need faith and
patience. Somehow we must awaken their
parents to their desperate need.
Your sister in His service
L illian
M a r t i n
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Mr. g Mrs. Ted Skiles
Missionary)
Box 2:2384
Taipe i, Taiwan
of
Formosa
Chris t ian
Mission
Mr.
g
Mrs.
Dan Schulte
Forwarding Agents)
1 2 4 K rauss Drive
Eldon, Missouri
65 26
Dear Precious Friends in Christ,
The days have been so full and busy,
that
it hardly seems like it should be time
fo r
another le tte r.
We h av e so
much
to
share, we just hope we can get it all in.
We ve had some wonderful experiences
since
our
last letter, and some have come
to strengthen
our faith and love, and
make us more understanding
of
other s
needs.
During the first part of June Bro. Don
DeWelt, Bro. Wilbur Fields,
and
Bro.
Meredith Williams, Professors
at
Ozark
Bible College, came to hold a week s re
vival before going on to Australia for
their summer s work.
e
had a spirit
filled weekwhi h not only provedto be a
spiritual feast for us missionaries, bu t also
saw souls added to the Lord s Kingdom.
Nine persons accepted Clirist as a result
of that meeting and werebaptized during
that time. Brother Meredithstayed in our
home during the week, and he was cer
tainly a joy and a blessingto have around.
On Tuesday evening of the revival,several
of my students sang a special songwhich
they had been practicing for some time.
They did a very fine job, and had the
opportunity
to hear
one
of
Brother De-
Welt s excellent messages.
Sue Rhodes, a 1969graduate of Platte
Valley Bible College, arrived for her
summer s internship the same day that
the men arrived to begin the revivd. She
is a tireless
worker
and ha s
been
a real
blessing to have around. She takes one
day a week for Alan and one day for me
to help uswith our many secretarial jobs.
This has really been helpful, especially
since the Bemo s,Bev,and I are still plug
ging away at language school.
e
all have
grown to love and appreciate Sue very
much and will miss he r when she returns
to America in August.
On June 24, weexperienced our great
est joy since coming to Taiwan. Mr. Chen,
one of our medical
students
for whom we
requested prayer in our last newsletter,
was immersed into
Christ.
On that
Tues
day evening, he came to our home for
supper. e asked him if he had anything
. llfMw
.y to
The five Skiles smile.
h e wou ld like to tell
us .
We
knew
that he
had just returned from down-island and
that
he had gone home for the express
purpose of seekingliis parent s permission
to become a Christian. He said , Yes, I
do. My father said
that
the decision was
up to me, and my mother (a Buddhist)
neither opposed nor consented. Con
sequently, the arrangements were made.
At 9:00 p.m. that evening, Mr.
Suen,our
elder from the church in Shrling, baptized
flT
I
m :
I
1
I
Mr. Chen. Brother Chen is very happy
with his new life, and a lthough he is on a
very strict schedule at the hospital where
he s serving his internship, he is finding
time to read his Bible and pray. Please
continue to pray for this fine young man.
Around the last of June, our family
began getting sick, and something has
been wrong ever since. Vicki, Greg, Bev
and Mark, in that order, took sick with an
unidentified disease which has been going
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Our
Au n t Sue
around in Taipei. They all four had
the
same symptoms: high fever, vomiting,
diarrhea, loss
of
feeling in their limbs
and
loss
of
appetite. They were sick for about
a week, and I was very thankful that I
was well and able to care fo r them.
The
next week, during camp, I became sick on
Thursday with the same symptoms and
we
had to
return home. My fever was so
high that I was delirious and Bev had to
call our neighbor over
to
help her. My
fever broke that night, and the next day I
was much improved though still very
weak. Wewere just recovering from those
illnesses
when Mark became sick
with
an
infected tooth. He
has been
to
th e
dentist
three
times
and mus t return
again
tomor
row. The dentist is trying to save his
tooth, for
it s
removal would cause crook
ed permanent teeth. Greghas been having
s ome k in d o f s tomach t roubl e
ever
since
he was sick, and
they
are running some
lab tests today to try and find
ou t
what
his problem is. Today we just got back
f rom
t he d oc to r s
office
with
Vicki.
Sh e
will go
in to th e
hospital on Monday for
an operat ion on Tuesday morning. She
has had a cyst on the back
of her head
just below the lef t ear almost since birth.
Several
doc tors
have
checked he r
and said
that there was
nothing
to be
concerned
about
unless the cyst began to grow or
become hard. This past Wednesday it
began to do
both.
It has grown to
quite
a
large
knot
and is very hard. She will have
to stay in the hospital for two days while
they run tes ts on the cystic matter to see
if it is diseased. Wecertainly request your
prayers on her behalf as well as Mark and
Greg.
Now for a note or
two
on the lighter
side. Two weeks ago, Bev and I came
home from school, only to findto our
amazement
that th e
children were
missing a
lo t
of their hair. Mark had taken
the
scissors to Greg s hair, Greg had retur
ned the favor for Mark, and they
both
had
turned
on their
poor
sister and chop
ped
off
all her pretty locks. Bev tried to
trim up Vicki s hair and all I could do was
just shave the boy s heads and let them
start aU over on a fresh head of hair.
The boys are becoming real individuals
and surprise us with what they come up
Please
pray fo r
my recovery.
i K
Mr.
Oien:
A new creature in Chris t.
How
about
coming
to my barber shop some
t ime?
with. One morning we were sitting at
the
breakfast table and Greg said, I m Gold
ilocks. Wesaid, You mean Goldilocks,
don t
you Greg? No, he said,
I m
cold,
and
I mean coldilocks. We
had
to
laugh at his association, especially since
he had no hair, let alone locks. This
morning Mark woke up in one
of
those
unlovely moods and was particularly
grumpy. He told Bev that she was a
grouchhopper. We thought that was a
humorous version
of the
word grass
hopper , and especially funny since Mark
was
th e
grouchy one.
Mark s school begins in about a month
and he is getting anxious. We think it is
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I m of f to school next month.
harder on the parents than on the child.
Bev can hardly stand the thoughts of her
little boy going
off
to school already. It is
strange how we want to teach our child
ren to be independent, grow up to be
useful citizens, and yet at the same time
want to keep them dependent. e have
decided
that
the strong
bond
of
love is
our only hope of teaching them to be
independent of us, and at the same time,
respectful
of
their elders.
Last week, Mrs. Dittemore brought a
young man to our house, Mr. Tsai. Mr.
Tsai, who was preparing to go down-
island for a year or more's stay in the
hospital, wanted to become a Christian
b ef or e h e had to leave a t 6:00
tha t even
ing.
Mr.
Tsai has attended
Mrs.
Dittemore s
class an d has
also been
coming to our worship servicesat Shrling
for a few weeks. On the way to the bap
tis try, we tried to pick up Alan and Mr.
Suen, but neither
were
available.
Even
though I would have preferred to have
Mr. Suen do the baptizing, I had the
wonderful privilege of baptizing this
young man into Christ. Mr. Tsaihas gone
to
the hospital now, and we would appre
ciate your prayers on his behalfboth
physically and spiritually.
Lest I run
out of
space, I must fulfill
my promise in the last newsletter, i.e.,
of
telling
you
about the Chinese wedding
and
the
customs surrounding it. Even
though the younger generations are begin
ning to grow away from the age old
custom, it is still common and thought
quite proper for the parents to arrange
the marriage. The young couple usually
has more say in it now
that
they did years
ago, but the parents are still the deciding
factor. About three months ago I had the
privilege of taking pictures for the bride
and groom. Early in the afternoon I was
escorted to
the
photographer's studio
where there
were many brides and
grooms. You see, certain days are con
sidered more auspicious than others, and
therefore, it is
no t uncommon
for many,
many couples to choose the same day.
This way, they believe they will receive a
greater blessing from the gods. After
taking many colored pictures while the
photographer took black and white, I was
escorted home i n
a black limousine which
was rented especially for the occasion.
That evening, Bev and I, along with the
Bemo's, were taken
to
the hall where the
actual wedding and marriage feast were to
be held. Rather
than
the marriage being a
rather solemn affair , as in America, the
ceremony was celebrated with a band,
constant talking among
the
guests, and
many firecrackers. A master of cere
monies even shouted
out,
over a micro
phone, the order of events as they took
place. It almost seemed like an auction
rather than a wedding. The fathers
of
the
bride
and
groom,
and
the man who had
been
the
go-between for the
two
families
involved, seemed to play more important
roles in the wedding ceremony and the
signing of the marriage certificate, than
did the bride and groom. Following the
ceremony, over 200 guests were served a
fourteen
course,
elaborate
Chinese meal,
from soup to sea slugs. During the course
of
the meal,
the
bride and her attendant
changed clothes four different times.
Each time
they
would leave and
then
re-
enter
the
hall,
they
were received with
much applause and shouting. Each outfit
seemed to get more elaborate and beaut
iful as
the
evening went on, and so we are
told, was supposed to be a sign
of
the
bride's wealth and
the
new couple's pros
perity.
When the feast was finally
finished, we were received at
the
door by
the bride and groom and their parents.
Following this, we were again received, in
an informal come-and-go away, at the
newlywed's home. How would you like
that
for a honeymoon? Ha The wedding
was officially over, and so different, that
we hardly felt we had been to one . It was
exciting though, and rich in age-old cus
toms of many preceding generations.
We hope and pray you enjoy this
month's joint newdetter
of
all the mis
sionaries an d n ew recruits
to
Taiwan. We
hope we can make this a yearly project,
and then have ext ra copies printed to
distr ibute at the missionary convention
each year.
We have been amazed at
the
way
several congregations have responded to
our needs which we mentioned in pre
vious
n ew s le tt er s. How thankful we
ar e
for each and every box which we have
received full of those delicious
food
stuffs. If you have sent a box, and have
not yet received a personal letter of
thanks from us, your gift has
not yet
arrived. Wehave written to every
penon,
congregation, or group whose Christmas
in July boxes have arrived. We praise
God for each one of you, and thank you
f rom the bo t tom
o f our
hearts .
Another financial report will be
coming
out
soon. If you do not contri
bute to
this
work,
bu t
would
like to have
a copy of our report, please feel free to
write to us and we
wi
be glad to send
you one.
Anyone who
has contributed,
will automatically receive
our
report.
Please pray for us, as we do for
you.
Language school is coming along very
well. We just this day
took
our final
exams over th e first book . We wil l have to
be
out
o f
school
fo r
a
week
or
more b e
cause of Vicki's operation, but following
that,
will begin t he book of Chinese dia
logues.
How we appreciate your prayers,
let ters , and concern. Keep praying and
writing, and we will do the same, with
God's help. If we can go to the moon, we
can go into all the world to share the
Gospel.
In Hope
of
HisComing,
Ted, Bev,Mark, Greg& Vicki Skiles
^Xould
a mariner
sit idle
if he heard
the drowning cry?
Could
a
doctor
si t
in
comfort
and
just let his patientsdie?
Could a fireman sit idle, let men
burn
and
give no hand?
Can you sitat ease in Zion with
the world around you
MNEOr
-Leonard Ravenhill
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Alan, Janet, Beth
and
Becky Bemo.
Dear
Christian
Friends,
When I came to you, bretheren, I did
not come proclaiming to
you
the test
imony
of
God in lofty words or wisdom.
For I decided to loiow nothing among
you excep t Jesus Christ and Him cruci
fied. (I Cor. 2:1,2) I have thought of
these verses often lately as I have seen
people question the intelligence
of
God's
message and of God's servants. When
people question
the
qualifications of a
person who has gone
to
a Bible College
instead of a liberal Arts College I remem
ber the worlds,
Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of the world (I Cor.
1:20b)? Sometimes I am tempted to
seek the respect of men with wisdom
or a ch ie veme nt a nd th en r em embe r
that the weapons
of
our warfare
are not worldly
but
have divine power to
destroy strongliolds
Cor. 10:4). What
a joy it is to preach to people what
they
th in k t o be
foolishness
and to
se e
what
they think
is wisdom be destroyed. F or
the foolishness of
God
is wiser
than men,
and the weakness of God is stronger than
men (I Cor. 1:25).
I would like to tell you
about
Miss
Jang. Miss Jang was a senior of the Taipei
College of Sciences and Arts. She started
coming to th e Bible classes we were
having in a coffee shop across the street
from the campus. She was invited by a
friend to come, and being interested, she
came regularly. She also came to our
home on Sunday evening for services and
came to the Thursday night classes. At
first she questioned and laughed at the
stories of the Bible. One day in class she
said, If it
weren t
fo r
th e miracles
in
th e
Bible I could accept it. The other stu
dents agreed with her. I asked if it
weren t fo r th e miracles in th e Bible
would they become Christians? They all
nodded yes. Then, I told
them
that if the
Bible didn't have miracles in it they
would accept the Biblejust like any other
rAK f iAST
c t t a sA a e r c
book
in the world. They would become
Christians just like they would become
Buddhists, Confucionists, Democrats, and
so on. They can be any and aU of these at
once in their own mind, by simply
following or believing
some
of^e
princi
ples of each. But, of course, Christianity
is no t like that. It demands all of ou r
at tenti on. It is to have supremacy and
authority in
our
lives. We are
not
to take
what
we
like o f it a nd
leave
th e
rest
while
taking what we like from something else.
I also explained
tha t the
reason
the
Bible
claims miracles along with its teaching
was
to
give its message authority.
If
we
can beheve that
our
God performed the
miracles of th e
Bible,
then
we will believe
his message and we will t rust it . There
fore, it is imperative that we believe that
Jesus was born
of
a virgin
and
that
He
came back to life after being dead for
three days. We have to believe
that
Jesus
fed five thousand people with five loaves
and two
fish if we are going to have faith
in
Him
an d
Hi s words.
We
c a nn o t make
the Bible more acceptable by givingin to
objections that people may have. There
fore, in these college classes we strive to
give
them
a reason for believing in the
miracles o f
the
Bible.
Miss Jang came to
about
eleven hours
of Bible classes at the coffee shop and in
our home. During this time we
talked
about
why we could believe
that
what
the
Bible
said
was re li ab le . Whe n
Professor
Wilbur Fields, whom we had the pleasure
of having in our home, was here with Don
DeWelt
and
Meredith Williams in
June,
he
talked
to
Miss Jang and other students
quite extensively
about
archeology and
its
proof
of tlie Bible. Since he has taught
this subject in Ozark Bible College for
several years
and
has been to Palestine to
do archaeological work, the slides he
showed and what he had to say made
quite an impression on
the
college stu
dents .
During the first week of July, Miss
Jang came as usual to
our
house with
t hr ee o th e r s tu d en ts
fo r
class. We had a
one
hour
class,
and
after its dismissal,
Janet and I went to make a phone call at
the booth
a few blocks away. As we were
coming back about ten minutes later , we
found MissJang and Miss Lee stiU stand
ing outside
the
gate talking. We invited
them back in because we thought they
had some questions about the class that
they might have been embarrassed to ask
whie the other students were there. Janet
fixed some refreshments for all
of
us,
and
almost immediately Miss Jang asked if it
was necessary to be baptized to be a
Christian. After explaining that God's
demands on the lives of believers (what a
thrill to call them that now) are repen
tance and baptism for
the
remi^on of
sins, she said she wanted to be a Clirist ian
as soon as
sh e
could
l ea rn mor e
about
Jesus. Now, the time-consuming ground
work
of
giving
them the
facts for
believing in God and His Miracles and in
the gift of His Son were paying off and
they
BELIEVED Tlie time for telling
the joyful news
of
His Son and His plans
for each person was to begin.
Miss
Lee
also expressed a great interest in be
coming a Christian, but said that her
mother, a staunch Buddhist, had become
very angry with her for even coming to
class that night. I hope that
you
will pray
for these two girlsand us as we witness to
them. Also, Mr. Cheng, one
of
the med
ical
s tu d en ts h as b ec ome a Christian and
we
d o so th an k al l o f th ose w ho h ad b ee n
praying for
him.
Please continue to do so.
The story above is to give
you
an idea
of
how soiUs are added
to
the Kingdom
here in Taiwan.
First, they must
be
taught to believe in God and then to trust
His Word and finally they can understand
and
accept the glorious plan of redemp
tion. Please pray with each one of us
missionaries here that we may be blessed
with th e
w is dom wh ic h
is
from
God so
that we may be able to destroy these
strongholds of worldly wisdom which
the
college students here
and
throughout
the world seem to feel they have.
We
have been in T aiw an f or a l i t t le
over a year now, and it is hard to believe
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rw e
H A 2 e L w o o o 5
In October of 1968, the Lord laid it
upon
the heart of Sam and Virgiiiia
azlewood to help take the gospel of
Jesus Christ to the people of Taiwan. It
was
just a
year previous
that
od
had
used Alan
a nd J an et
Bemo
to
introduce
them to t hi s w or k. M any prayer s w ere
uttered
an d
much soul-searching was
done
before
th e final decision was
made.
The Lord had seemed to open and close
doors up xmtil this time.
Sam was born in RoUa, Missouri, on
March 11, 1940. He is a member
of
the
First Christian Church, which is his spon
soring church in this missionary effort.
Samgraduated from RoUa
igh
Schoolin
1958. After spending three years in the
M I S S I O N A R Y
M r s. I sa b el Di t t emore
B ox 2 2 3 8 4
Taipei Taiwan
A la n B e m o
Lane
157
No .
2 1
Hsin Sheug S. Rd . Sec. 1,
Taipei Taiwan
T ed S k ile s
Hsin 1 Road Section 4,
L a ne 2 0 1 Alley 7
No . 2
Taipei Taiwan
Lillian
Martin
P . O Box 5 6
Koahsiung
Taiwan
S ue
R h o d e s
P. Bo x 2 2 3 8 4
Taipei Taiwan
S a m H a z e l w o o d
524
S o o n e r
D r.
Norman
Oklahoma
73069
B E M O
that
a year can pass so quickly. We have
spent most of ou r time in language study
during this time and plan on one more
year of language study. It is already a joy
to be able to talk with people and to be
able to read a few signs, bu t we need a lot
of study yet, especially in Bible language
and reading.
Beth is over
two
now, and is talking a
lo t more lately. She is forever asking me,
What's
that
Dad? It
won t
be long
until she will be progressing to the Why,
Daddy? s tage. May the Lord give us
The Hazelwood Family
U.S. Army
an d
attending Midwest Chris
tian College and Ozark Bible College, he
graduated with a Bachelor of Sacred
F O R W A R D I N G
A G E N T
Miss Margaret McGinn
B ox 79
Maspeth
L.L, New York 11378
Mrs.
S a n d i
G a n t
R. R. 1 Bo x
23 7
Fort Gibson Oklahoma
74434
D an Schul t e
12 4
K r a us s D r .
Eldon
Missouri
6 5 0 2 6
Mrs.
P at G i l be r t
^l o Kiamuki Christian Church
1 1 7 K o ko H ea d A v en ue
Honolulu
Hawaii
9 6 8 1 6
Mr . Mrs.
Me l Ti t chener
19 1
8 th A venue
Scottsbluff Nebraska
69361
Mrs. Mary Dor ot hy F r ankl in
Route 3
Charleston Illinois 61920
patience and wisdom. She prays every
night by
th e
bedside
an d
before some
meals. She used to just repeat after us bu t
is no w venturing
out
on h er o wn an d he r
simple but profound prayers make us
more aware
of
what we, too, ought to be
t h a n k f u l for.
Becky is crawling now and developing
a very independent personality
of
her
o w n . Sh e
h a s
five teeth
a n d k n o w s
h o w
to use them (especially on her sister). Her
little hands are so quick
that
we really
have
to
watch her. Both Beth and Becky
literature Degree in May of 1968.
Vi^nia
was bom in Bushton, Illinois,
on August 1 1940. She attended Lincoln
Christian College for three years. After a
s u m m e r a t
C o o k s o n
Hills
Christian
School
as a mission intern she transfened
to Ozark Bible College where she grad
uated with a Christian Education Degree.
Before Sam and Virginia were married,
Sam served as youth minister at the
Mim
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8/9/2019 Bemo Alan Janet 1969 Taiwan
19/20
F i e l c l A d d r e s s :
A l a a
J a n e t Beino
L a n e
Number 1
Hsln Sheng
S .
Sd*, Sec*
1
T a i p e i Taiwan
i ^ e a r r r e c i o u s r r i e n d s :
f A K CAST
c t t a s A a e i t l
F o r w a r d i n g Agent:
Mrs* S a n d i Gaui t
R. R. 1, Box 257
F o r t Gibson,
O k l a h o m a
October
2b , I969
1B BSS
I t has
been a long
time
since we nave
written to you.
..e have been so anxious
to
write
this
news
letter
to Greet
you
iii tiie
naiae
of oar Ohrist
^nd
to
tell
you
what
we have been doing. These nave
been busy
but
ha^jpy days l o r our j-ord.
Janet and I
often
see people with such a
great
need
of
Ohrist,
i t
is
api-alling.
On August 26th
while
we
were
in
school a nan took
his
l i fe by jumping
off
the seventh
story-of the
building wiiere
we study. I went, l ike tue otners, with curiousity to see the pool of blood wnere he f e l l . iVhat
a
terrible
feeling
o f help le ssness cr ep t
over me. To think that a man could be so
desperate
- so
without hope, to
taxe
h i s own l i f e . I
c a n t
express the feeling I iiad. I f I could have been with