Crash Landing! (continued from front Cover1

As we flew, oil streaks appeared on the windshield. Unusual indeed, but Mark reported he had just checked the engine oil at Immanuel and it was the normal 10 quarts. Then it happened. As we chatted back and forth, the oil pressure gauge dropped to zero, the engine began to cough, and the propeller vibrated badly. Mark immediately realized that the engine was frozen and that nothing could he done to start it again.

Because 3:OO p.m. is the hour for mission-to-mission radio contact, al- most every mission station in West Kalimantan heard Mark report OUT

situation to Ron Maines, MAF pilot in Pontianak. Prayer arose in urgent request for God’s protection for the two men and plane gliding powerless nearly three-fourths of a mile over- head.

I cannot adequately describe my feelings during those moments as we glided toward the jungle below, knowing that we were going to crash. and not knowing whether we would be injured or killed. I thought of my wife Carol and my daughters, who doubtless had heard the radio call. Butduringthosemoments, the Lord caveus both peace and kept us from I

panic. At about 1,000 feet, as we parsed

over the Kapuas River, Mark shut down all electrical supply to de- crease the danger of fire on impact.

Rice paddies are scarce in Kali- mantan jungle areas, and those that exist are spiked with 3- to 4-fOot high tree stumps. As the ground

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came rapidly up toward our wind- shield, we found ourselves headed into one of those rice fields. The plane struck, plowed a furrow two feet deep in the earth, flipped over and came to rest on its back. Mark and I scrambled out in a flash-mi- raculously unhurt.

How we praised the Lord for His obvious control over this crash land- ing! We hadglidednearly eight miles ngnmrf the winds. and had landed just two miles from home. If we had been flying at the normal 1,500 feet, we would certainly have crashed in- to tall jungle trees in some remote area far from the airstrip. In addi- tion. we landed in one of the few rice paddies, one which had been cleared of the jagged tree stumps.

Now here we were, standing be- side the plane which had suffered only minor damage, unhurt.

Mark stayed with the plane while 1 took off running through the rice paddies toward our home. When I reached the end of the Kelansam air- strip I was met by joyous Bible school students and missionary John Van Patter. our neighbor, who told me that my wife Carol, Mark’s wife Judy, and fellow pilot Ron Maines knew all was well, far Mark had managed to get the radio working in the crashed plane.

When I met Carol and the kids at the airstrip, what a reunion we had!

La- Fish. wife Carol. and three dough- trrr ore TEAM mirrionories and weir on ioan to the Allioncc ,fw one term. They returned to the Stores in January f o i , h p lough. The episode related here occurred August 4, 1975.

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This young mother with post-paitum complications would have died had she not made It to the horoital at Serukam.

A Plane Can Save A Life It is obvious that the Mission Avi-

ation Fellowship (MAF) program is inseparable from the work of evan- gelizing remote places and of estab- lishing Theological Extension Educa- tion (TEE) centers in outlying areas. Sometimes less ohnous are other ways in which MAF helps missions.

As, teachers fly out to TEE cen- ters, they often contact sick people in the area. Kelansam (Kalimantan) teachers. for instance, try to find out all the symptoms, and upon ar- rival back at home, relay them to Dr. Beth Ferrell at Serukam. where

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is then sent out on the next trip to the area. This is true also of many sick people who come to missionar- ies’ homer for help and of Bible school students who frequently suf- fer from something other than the usual malaria and dysentery.

Some of the more serious cases which have been helped in this way include the 4-year-old daughter of a pastor who, as a result of swallowing kerosene, haddeveloped pneumonia. In that instance the pilot dropped the carefully wrapped medicine and directions as he returned to Ponti-

the Conservative Baptist Foreign anak. In two days the child was well. Mission Societymaintainsa hospital. Other cases have included a baby

Treatment is prescribed, hopeful- yellow with hepatitus, many tuber- ly the missionary has the recom- cular cases, and c a m relating to mended medication on hand, and i t pregnancy problems. Some patients

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have to be flown to the hospital as an emergency; others,, such as an an older man with a large cancer on his back, stand by for an empty seat on an existing flight.

Masion, TEE student at Sirang, who several years ago was instm- mental in opening the village of Se- long Betong to the Gospel, was flown to Serukam. his case diag- nosed as tuberculosis. Eventually he returned home and seemed to be recovering-so much so that he went hack to work in the fields. The out- come was an emergency flight back

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to the hospital. where he suffered severe hemorrhaging and received several blood transfusions. Now he is home again, once more on the road to recovery.

Even missionaries benefit from MAF services. Several more recent cases include apilot with a fractured rib, a missionary wife and mother with a persistent low-grade fever which fortunately proved not to be tuberculosis and missionary child- ren with a fractured let or arm.

Pilot George Boggs reports six emergency flights since his return to Kelansam from furlough in early October. One of these, a 19-year- old man with advanced hepatitus, died. Eighteen other patients were taken to Serukam following radio consultation with “Dr. Beth.”Thank God for both MAF and the CBFMS hospital and personnel.

MAF is now building a mechanic’s workshop and two more residences a t Kelansam, for which they have purchased property adjacent t o the Bible School. The plan is that two full-time mechanics (one is to be an Indonesian, as MAF nationalizes their program) will serve all of West Kalimantan. t

Whenever a Bible school student came to see me in the duplex I shared with first-term missionary Yvonne Murphy, I would hear the question put to the girls working in the kitchen, “Ada Nom tun?” A compliment in eastern culture, i t means, loosely translated, “Is the old lady here?” -Leln Pierce

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In West Kalimantan alone MAF planes fly 180 hours a month, mak- ing hundreds of takeoffs and land- ings on a network of more than fifty airstrips. In East Kalimantan the aviation service has brought new life and hope to thousands of Christians isolated in the rugged interior. All on their own the village of Sentosa in the Kelinjau area of North Maha- kam District began work on an air- strip. Grandparents worked along- side grandchildren, with all ages in between.

Numerous strips are being built in areas considered to be major tar- gets for evangelism. A program of evangelistic outreach,just afew years ago only a dream, is now a reality.

Says missionary Harold Klassen, “The valuable hours and days for- merly spent in travelling can now be used for teaching.”

“MAF has changed missionary life for us,” says Wilma Riggenbach (Long Bia, East Kalimantan). Two plancs are now stationed in East

Kalimantan with a third scheduled to be stationed in the Mahakam in July of this year.

“MAF flies our Bible school stu- dents to school and home (after graduation),flies them to team min. istries, flies national workers to im- portant meetings and on national church business, and flies mission- aries here and there upon request.

“MAF personnel do our shopping in Tarakan; fly in OUT groceries, or. ders, and mail; fly out our mail; and do all lrinds of nice things for us that used to take hours and days under the old system.”

Another benefit is that now that radio contact can be made,between various stations, one can hear a col- league’s voice-though the conver- sation must be limited to MAF buri- ness. ‘yust to hear their voices and know that theyare 0.k. was unthink- able 5 or 10 years ago,” says Wilma. “We think that the pilots and their wives we tops and truly they Live up to what they are--a service organiza- tion for the mission.” t

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Field

Rodger and Lelia Lewis with DTC staff and students.

Bali Advance 0 The secondseven-month Disciple- ship Training Center (DTC) course in Gianyar, Bali, hasheen completed. Several studentshave returned t o the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa t o minister. Five graduates rervein five chilrches throughout Bali.

Meanwhile, all nine students of the first DTC class arc still in the work or are in further training. Grad- uates living in Bali enroll in Theolo. gical Extension Education courscs held in the Dcnpasar church. A third DTC session is planned for May to December, 1976. 0 Afirst for the DenpasarKINGMIT church was the Literacy Evangelism Seminar held in January. Seventeen enrolled in the practical 3-day s e s ~ sion directed by Rev. Jung W. Suh. Presbyterian missionary from Korea. Teachers were DTC graduates. The course was especially timely for the Gianyar church, whcre five illiter- ates are learning to read.

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H ig hlig ht s ?he following items relate just P

f e w of the ways C o d worked in In- doneria this past year. Some itemr were gleaned fTom the field chair- mnn’sannualmport, and others were submitted by missionaries fo. this special PIONEEX feature.

Toward Reaching the Masses 0 Early March found Bill Kisrell and Soernitro (Kalam Hidup Puh- lishers) in West Kalimantan launch- ing the pilot project of “Operalion Link”-a unique and enthusiastically received approach to literacy wan- gelisrn.

Each of nearly 200 learning cen- ters is to be given a cassette playcr and materials to go along with it: student hoaksin the3-volume series, “Learning to Read” (also recorded on cassettes), with accompanying teachcr’s manual and explanatory tape; story books on the Life of Christ especially written for new readers; and the popular “Heart of Man” teaching chart, explanatory cassette, and simplified “Heart of Man” tracts. Each lesson cnds with a short testimony about the Chris- tian life. Those who complete the course will receive a copy of the newly puhlirhed Living New Testa- ment in Indonesian.

“Opcration Link” is a Kalam Hi- dup project made possible by the

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financial backing of Bible Literature In terna tional .

Pelongi (meaning Rainbow)-out- reach magazine planned for Indo- nesia-is inits final preparatory stages and awaits a government permit to begin monthly publication. At the end of June, 1975, much rejoicing resulted from the decision of Bible Literature International t o undcr- write capital needs in the amount of $33,000.

AYCers Contribute During the summer of 1975 four

AYCers ministered in the VBS dur- ing annual fieldconference and later, on innumerable occasions, gave their testimonies through interpreters.

Bev Halterman and Lyn Polson ministered mainly in Timor. The Lord protected Bevwhen she almost drowned on Kuta Beach, Bali. An Australianbusinessman and his nurse wife saved her life by giving her arti- ficial respiration.

Jim Costello and Bob Findley put in hard hours in East Kalimantan helping to build a teacher’s house at Long Bia Bible School.

Business as Usual? Nowinits 12thyearofoperation.

the Inter Mission Business Office in Jakarta assists 550 missionaries of 15 missions, making arrangements for visas, passports, tax exemptions, and other necessary matters. A re- cord number of new visas (1 17) were obtained in 1975.

The Church Can’t Keep Pace A t lmmanuel Theological School

(Kelansam) 24 students completed three years of study and are finding

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their way to assigned places of minis- try for a year of practical work.

For several years teams from the school have been at the forefront of evangelistic thrusts throughout West Kalimantan. Unfortunately, the church organization has not been able to keep pace with these efforts and some of the hand-picked, per- ishable fruit remains unattended.

A t the end of 1975,203 students were studying in thirteen Theologi- cal Extension Education centers un- der nine teachers. Seven different courses were offered; two courses and two teachers’ guides were pro- duced during the year.

The Jengkang people (more than one thousandof whom have recently committed themselves to the Lord through the witnessof BelitangChris- tians) are reported to be progressing in the things of Cod. A missionary

Gordon Swenron travelled to Central Java in August. 1975. with Pastor Urbanur Selan (right1 Of the Bandung Cimanuk KlNGMl Church and the Rev. Jung Suh. rpecialirt in training illiterates. Purpose: to teach a class of seven illiterat- (three of whom are now reaching unbelievers with theramemethodrl and to encourage the four KlNGMl workers ministering through Bible Rudies in seven areas there.

visiting this area in late 1975 indi- cated that never before had he seen such depth of spiritual hunger and understanding evidenced in the lives of new believers. As many as 400 attended services in one village. Teams are being formed and sent t o neighboring villager. One chief, a Christian, reports that most of the people in nine other villages are ready t o believe. In December three Belitang workers were assigned t o help harvest the Jcngkang field.

An Unusual Church District Without question the Kerayan

area in northern East Kalimantan ranks as one of the most unusual church districts anywhere in the Al- liance. Hugging the border of Maiay- siaand surrounded by rugged moun- tains, the entire population of over 8,000 people has turned to Christ. For a number of years the evangelis- tic fervor of the Christian communi- ty waned,mainly because there were no other villages to be evangelized.

Then the aviation program began, and a dramatic change resulted. Kr- rayan Christians began t o catch the vision for unreached areas beyond thc mountain peaks that surroundcd thcm. In the past few years more than40 workers have been sent into arcas t o the south, where over a score of churches have sprung up. One is now supporting its pastor and has sent ou t an evangelist of its own. Other new churches are sup- porting the Kerayan workcrr who serve them.

With an enrollment of 189 stu- dents in 1975, the Kerayan Bible School ranks as the largest training centerin the KlNCMl constituency.

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I t has a spacious campus, school of- fice, eight teachers’ residences, stu- dent housing, and an airstrip that sweeps right through the entire cdm- plex. One of the remarkable things about this Bible school is that n o missionary has ever lived in the Ke- rayan District and n o mission funds have ever been donated to the school program. It continues to produce far more workers than the district can absorb and therefore has become the primary training center for the Kcrayan area’s growing missionary Force.

Ingredients of a “Station” Ministry What doesa “station missionary”

d o ? A better question would be, “What dusrn’l he do?”

The station missionary is in many ways the backbone of the mission- ary effort. First and foremost. he seeks t o be active in evangelism, but his role as counsellor and pastor to thc pastors cannot be over-cmpha- sized.

This past year a veteran mission- ary hikcd 42 kilometcrr (cach direc- tion) to prcach, baptize, and lay out an airstrip. Anothcr hikcd for 13 hours to check out an airstrip site, only to be turned back four hours short of his goal because of insuffi- cient travel permits. In the Mahakam area, a missionary spcnt 1 I9 days in itinerant ministry, personally coun- selling with 425 inquirers.

Youth retreats. ladies’ meetings, airstrip construction, pastors’ con- ferencer,children’s meetings.preach- ing, medical assistance-thesc are normal ingredients of a station mis- sionary’s life.

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PAUL NICHOLAS POTU, preri- dent of KINGMI (C&MA national church in Indonesia), was born in Central Sulawesi on January 2, 1920. Although his parents were Christian workers with a Dutch mission, Mr. Potu didn't find the Lord as his Sav- ior until his first year a t Jaffray Bi- ble School in Ujung Pandang in 1938.

Hisuncle had sent him to Jaffray after reading about the school in Kalam Hidup. the Bible magazine of KINGMI. This was Mr. Potu's first contactwith KINGMI, which he has faithfully served for the past 36 years.

Mr. Potu's first post after two years of Bible school was in the Apo Kayan, the extreme interior region of East Kalimantan. There he met a Dayak girl, Aran Nagau, whom he married in December, 1946. They

have one daughter of their own and adopted two other children, one of whom has died.

For eight years Mr. Potu served the Lord in the Apo Kayan. He war there during World War I1 and was badly beaten for trying t o help the missionaries.

Since then, Mr. Potu served sev- eral years a t the Long Bia Bible School and was president of the East Kalimantan KINGMI for 18 years.

In January, 1975, the Potu fami- ly moved to Jakarta. Indonesia's capital city, where Mr. Potu now serves his church as president. The move t o this busy. throneine city

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Theformer miaimguest houseinJakarta

national church headquarters complex.

from their quiet home beside the

lcontinued on oage 31) W ~ S turned over to KINGMI for u* a River in East Kalimantan has

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So What's Different About Cooking in Kalimantan?

ov Lela Pierce

SITTING AT M Y DIISK onc day, correcting homework from my class on Oanzel. 1 hear the cracklinz of thc Mission Aviation Fellowship radio on my extension spcakcr.

EZ-24 has traffic for EZ-21: "Our ETA (estimated time of arrival) a i Kelmsam will be around 4:OO this afternoon."

1 jump up and buzz the intercom. (Though I can hear radio traffic. I cannot transmit.) Nearby, m i s i o n ~ ary Dorothy Van Patter answer^ and 1 ask her to invite the lvlactenzics (World Evangelizalion Criisadc mis- sionaries at EZ-24) to m y house for supper.

Thc reply w m c s quickly: "That wil l be vcry nice; WC'II play to s l a y overnight in Kelansam and I C ~ Y C ear- ly in thc morning."

Donid wil l have to wait. Kalz- manfan Kitchcn KaePrr, wiih xc i - pcr "testcd and approved in Kali- mantan missionaries' kiichens," w m c s off t h c shelf to provided rc- cipe for desacrt.

I f you haven ' t failcd to request ncccssary itcms on your last ordcr (flown in from Ponrianak), if the co- coa hasn't become moldy, if the noodles havon'r turncd buplgy, if n o one has carelcssly fa i lcd lo pu t the lid rightly on thc sugar cannister so

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it isn’t full of ants, ad infiniturn. you can probably produce a quick and satisfactory meal, provided that the p a t y rcsponsible hasn’t forgotten to fill the kerosene tank o n the stove.

Would you like to try this des- sert? It’s delicious, SO bc sure to make a lot!

CANDIED COCONUT Break open a coconut. Peel off the brown skin. Cut in half, thcn slice with a potdto peeler. Boil 1 cup su- gar and I cup water until i t spins a thread. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and coloring if desired. Add coconut. As soon as thc water seems t o cvap- orate, turn the firc vcry low. ‘Turn constantly until dry. Cool.

So what’s differcnt about cook- ing in Kalimantan?

Buggy flour docs not necd t o be thrown out. We use locally madc sifters which are very fine. Just rift out the hugs, run and use-the flour, that is, not thc bugs! Our milk is powdered whole milk, available a t any Pontianak grocery stoic, to be mixed with water.

The best of moisture-proof salt shakers has to be kept by the kero- sene refrigerator flue to keep the salt shaking-evrn Mortons-and e - vcn thrn it has to be dried out on top of the oven frequently.

A loosc brown sugar is available -at a price. For most recipes wc use locally made brawn sugar which comes in round blocks. It is rich and maker delicious pancake syrup. White sugar is coaise and takes a long time to dissolve. I t can be ground finer in the blender-hut on- ly at night when the electric genera^ tor is running! icantlnuea n e x t oa4e1

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Gems from Kitchen Kapers The idea for a recipe book for

Kalimantan was suggested by v a r i ~ ous missionary ladies and put into action by a member of Go Ye Fel- lowship wi th the cooperation of all the missionary homemakers. Kali- manton Kitchen Kaprrs. published in 1973, includes such gems as:

e Did you know that dried corn availableat the market can he ground tomake cornmeal? Pick out rhe nic- <r kernels-the coarses ones make good chicken feed. . Did you know that a little ma^

ple flnvoring added to your white sugar will produce a good substitute for brown sugar? Be sure t o mix W C I I . . Did you know thar you can use your blender t o get powdered cin- namon?

Did you know that you can re- move odors from Tupperware? Soak the item in a solution of 1 cup am- monia, 112 cup vinegar, 114 cup baking powder, and 1 gallon water.

Did you know that year-old cake mixes can be revitalized by ad- ding 1 or 2 teaspoons fresh baking powder?

Did you know rhat you can makc furniture polish by mixing e- qual parts of cooking oil and vinegar in a bottle? Shake well. Use a knit- ted cloth (an old T shirt is good) and use only a small amount a t a time. Rub into furniture and it will clean fingerprints off like magic.

Did you know that green pa- paya or ripe cucumbcrs can be sub- stituted in a recipe for watermelon rind picklcs?

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For cold drinks we use a lemon base calling for 2 cups sugar, 1 cup water, 1/3 teaspoon salt. Boil 5 min- utes. Cool. Add I cup lemon juice. Boiling the sngar not only dissolves i t , bu t also causes the dirt to rise t o the top where it can b e skimmed off before adding the lemon juice.

Baking powder quickly loses its strength, so we just heap the measur- ing spoon, the amount of heaping depending on how long the can has been open.

Kalimantan Kitchen Kapers quotes Eugenia Price, who said: "Living in the Kingdom of God is living in the presence of the King, and we feel it i s the least wc can d o to keep things as nice for Him as possible." That summarizes how we Kalimantan missionaries feel about our homes and our auests. t

Miss Lelv f'iierce. Shawn hcrr entering a ion^ huurr"in West Krrlimonlon. is now half-way lhrough her fifth term m u mis- sionary in Indonesia. She leochcr at Im- menucl Bible School. Kelonrom.

THE MAFTLANE with five stu dents and teachers from the Long Bia Bible School in East Kalimantan headedfor Long La'ai, weekend des- tination in a visitation ministry that has become a big part of the school year.

In just 15 minutes wc rcached Long La'ai, a journey t h i t before the days of ,MAE would have taken three days of paddling and poling up the Pengian River, hauling the boat over the water-shcd and rhoot- in% the rapids o n the Sega' River.

The Long La'ai airstrip is located in the lush valley of the Sega' River, where about 2,000 people live. Long La'ai i s a government center and thus boasts a police force and even a clinic. Electricity is available in part of the village for a couple hours each night, and the church is one of the few places that enjoys such a a convenience-it has a PO-watt flor- escent tube above the pulpit.

Upon our arrival, the villagcrs streamed out to sec who was visit- ing. Many of the inhabitants of Long La'ai are still animists, but wc praise the Lord that in the few short ycars that the Gospel has been preachcd in this arca, a growing church has been established.

Though the animists in the vil- lage still obscrve their taboos, thcy d o not force the Christians to do so.

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When we arrived, the animists were observing the ten-day ritual com- memorating the beginning of the rice harvest. During that time they are not allowed to take baths or to leave their homes for any reason.

We could not visit the animistic homes at this time because of their ceremonies, but the Christians re- ceived us enthusiastically. We were taken to the home of the head of the church board and given a re- freshing drink. Then we were shown to our quarters in the church. Since the only furniture in the church is a pulpit, we had lots of room to spread out on the mat-covered bamboo floor.

Thatnightagoodcrowd gathered to hear the Word. We were sur- prised to see so many men show up, until we realized that this is a ma- triarchal system where the wornen "rule the roost." After the senice the team had opportunity to deal individually with those who stayed behind for counsel.

That night we witnessed to one of the girls who had come to help with the cooking. Though an ani- mist, under cover of darkness she had come to hear why we were there. The next day she returned and declared her decision to believe. To demonstrate her intentions, she went and took a bath!

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On Saturday, since we couldn't visit the homes of the animists and since the Christians were all out in theirricefields,we had time to coun- sel with the two evangelists in that area. That night an even larger crowd showed up to hear the message of salvation.

During the Sunday hours we were busy with Sunday school for the children, a morning worship service, and a meeting for the women. We trust that as the local evangelists re- view the story of salvation in weeks ahead, there will be more who put their trust in the Savior.

At about 2 p.m. Sunday the red- and-white M A F Cessna came swoop- ingdown to take us home. The next week another team would be going in another direction. Long La'ai would be visited again the following month.

Leaders at the Bible school have chosen four airstrips within half an hour flying time from Long Bia for weekly visits by student teams. Thus the churches can be encouraged on a regular basis. As the Lord sends in the funds, we hope to step out to airstrips that are farther away. t

Wilma Riggenboch. with husband Ken. teacher at the Long Bin Bible School in East Kolimontan. The Riggenbochr have remedin lndonerio rime 1956.

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Dr. Anderson confers with an Indonesian teacher a t IMLAC.

language Center Opened “Your t again, please . . .” The Inter Mission Language Cen-

ter for Cross-Cultural Communica- tion (IMLAC) was in full session, and twenty-two newly-arrived mir- sionaries were carefully rounding out the new sounds of the Indonesi- an language.

Opened in Bandung on Novem- ber 10, 1975, IMLAC provides nine months of intense language training in three terms. For the trainee each day includes 4% hours of class pre- paration and drill followed by up to 1% hours of using in the community what has been practiced in class. Language training includes as much exposure as possible to the people and language of Indonesia via per- sonal contacts, radio, Indonesian

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Into His Harvest F R O N T ( 1 to I ] : Erlc and Rlta Mlchael. Irene and Gall Fleming. Dee S n a i f e r and Mlllle Ade. Elriabeth and David H e a l " : M ID-CENTER: Anne and George HODDI . Dawn Dee15 and Lol l BelreY lanoolnted to lridn J d Y a ) : BACK: Elsie and Merle Dou9 i i i . Shdron and Jim Kenddll. Valerie and David Beack. Connie ana G a r y FairChl ld.

SINCE ITS BEGINNING the Indonesia Mission has experienced the con- stant frustration of not having sufficient personnel toanswer the Macedon- iancalls. The 1974 PIONEER reported a request f r o m the national church for 30 new missionary couples. For 10 years the Mission had seen no change in the total number of missionaries on the field. But this past con- ference year, we have welcomed nineteen new missionaries " into His har- vest" in Indonesia,

We invite you t o pray regularly for each of our new missionaries as you get acquainted wi th them on the following pages.

Introducing Our New Missionaries.. , Personal Choice Confirmed

\%en Millie Ade returned to Wcstmont, Illinois, on furlough in 1972, she had completed twenty- one years of service in Viet Nam. She had worked with the Raday in leprosy work and district ministries. She had taught in Central Bible School. Both leprosy and Bible School work served the tribes of adjacent provinces as well, but com- munication was in the Radav lan- guage.

Millie remained in the States. tak- ing a leave of absence, to care for her mother, who passed away in June, 1975. Millie was then free t o return to missionary service, but Vict Nam’s Saigan government had just fallen two months previously- closed to further missionary work.

When Millie asked the Foreign Department to consider her for re- appointment, they replied by reas- signing her to Indonesia.

“In doing so,” says Millie, “they confirmed what would have been my own choice had 1 expressed it to them. 1 have the assurance of being herc in the Lord’s will and in His arranging.”

Millie received a Dioloma in The- ology from St. Paul i ib le School in 1941, her Diploma in Nursing from Michael Reene Hospital School of Nursing (Chicago) in 1947, and an An. degree (Greek major) from Wheaton College in 1949.

As Millie prepared to begin her service in Indonesia, she reported daily awareness of the Lord’s pro-

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virion in physical strength and out- fit, in the encouragement of friends, and in the rcnewal of spirit she found in prayer and fellowship with them.

The 29-Day Whirlwind David Beack and Valcrie Paulhus

met in 1974 in Viet Nam, where David had been a missionary since September of 1967.

Valerie had been teaching ele- mentary grades a t Dalat School in Penang, Malaysia, when she was asked by the Viet Nam field chair- man to come and help with the mu- sic in the Saigon International Church during a seven-week school vacation.

Scheming missionary colleagues showed Valerie a picture of David and asked her if she would like t o meet him. Other missionaries showed Valerie’s picture to David and asked the same question.

Though Valerie arrived in Saigon just before Christmas, she didn’t ac- tually meet David until January 1. (Valerie says he was.scared and went up country the day before she ar- rived!)

But t o hear David tell about that momentous meeting on New Year’s Day: “Valerie came to my mission station with some other missionar- ies. The day she came my house was a mess! My barrels had just arrived and were piled in the living room; 1 was unshaven and not expecting company until the following week.”

Four days later they met again in

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INTO HIS H A R V E S T I N T O Ha5 H A R V E S T INTO H I S HARVEST INTO H1S H A R V E S T I

Dalat, Viet Nam, and David was “quite impressed.” January 29 they were engaged, the mission calling their courtship “the 29-day whirl- wind.” Two days later Valerie re- turned to Malaysia with a diamond.

After finishing the school year, Valerie returned to Viet Nam in June,and two months later the cou- ple was married in the International Protestant Church, Saigon. The Rev. Norm Johnson performed the cere- mony, and the Lord wonderfully provided for a 10-dav honevmoon in Thailand.

David. from Delrav Beach. Flori-

a new language in the new field of their choice.

With Vietnamese Church in Chicago

Dawn Deets, home on furlough from Viet Nam, was about to speak in a Sunday morning service when the Lord spoke to her heart. The congregation was singing, “If Jesus goes with me, 1’11 go.” To Dawn it was evident that Viet Nam was fall- ing, and she would have to settle with the Lord whether or not she was willina to g o to another countrv

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da. graduated from Toccaa Falls Bi- and learn a new language. How could ble Colleae in 1964 with a B.S. in she challenge younc people to be Missians.He had a desire then to go to Indonesia as a missionary, but at that time the Indonesian govern- ment was not issuing new visas, so David was asked to go to Viet Nam and gladly consented. While there, he worked with Stieng tribespeople until the field closed last year, but not before over 6,500 Stieng had come to know Christ as Savior.

Valerie, from Owego, New York, graduated from Nyack College in 1968 with a B.S. in Christian Educa-

I . _ . . willing to surrender and go if she weren’t?

Dawn, from Dixon, Illinois, grad- uated from St. Paul Bible College in 1955 with a degree in Missions. Three years later she received her R.N. from Swedish American School of Nursing.

In her Viet Narn service since 1959 she has been Dalat School Nurseand has served in Banmethuot Leprosarium and Pleiku Leprosy Center as well as district ministries,

tion and three years later from lyca York State Universitv a t Cortland

“After my recent appointment to Thailand,” says Dawn. “I had no

with an M.A. in Elementary Educa- tion. For four years she taught ele- mentary education in New York. After her marriage to David, she studied the Vietnamese language for six months.

Now the Beacks-along with An- drew David who joined the family on October 10, 1975-are beginning

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peace in my heart. Also, the Lord had given me a ministry with Viet- namese refugees in Chicago which couldn’t be wound up by Septem- ber. So, it was with peace 1 receivcd my reappointment to Indonesia.”

Dawn’s ministry in Chicago end- ed in December with the eatablish- ment of a Vietnamese church of

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about 100 Christians and the loca- tion of a pastor there. She just had time to pack her outfit for shipment before she left for Indonesia,

Courtship by Correspondence Merle Douglas and Elsie Sloat

were both new missionaries when they met at the Viet Nam field con- ference in May, 1960.

Merle, a 1957 graduate of Cana- dian Bible School from Billings, Montana, was in language study. He hadjust completed nearly two years in a Montana pastorate (Whitetail).

Elsie, a 1959 graduate of Nyack Missionary College, was a dorm par- ent at Dalat School (then in Viet

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Irene Fleming and Dee Shaffer ponder a language difficulty during a tea break at IMLAC.

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Nam)-the perfect job for a young lady who had known an unsettled life as a child.

“We did most of our courtship by mail and a few visits in between,” says Elsie. “We got engaged in May, 1962, but it wasn’t official until July, when New York gave their

The couple was “married twice” on October 16 , 1962-the civil cere- mony in the morning with the Viet- namese Mayor of Dalat officiating and again that evening in the Dalat School Auditorium.

In Viet Nam the Douglases worked primarily with the Mnong tribespeople in the highlands. Before leaving for furlough in July, 1974, they both spent three years in pub- lications work in Saigon. Assisted by his wife as secretary, Merle set up a financial system for the Vietnamese Publications Department.

I t was while the Douglases were on furlough that Viet Nam fell to communism.

“There were offers of different ministries,’’ says Merle, “but God did not give His peace until we were asked by our Foreign Department regarding Indonesia. God’s peace then came.”

“We knew this would mean learn- ing another language,” continues Elsie, “but we knew the Lord could help us. I guess once you’ve been on the mission field and seen the Lost and how much they need Christ, youarenever content to stay home.”

As the Douglases prepared to come to Indonesia, they debated a-

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bout where they were going to get the money to buy a complete new outfit,ar they had lost everything in Viet Nam.

One morning when the burden seemed so heavy, Elsie prayed, "Lord, if You want us to go to In- donesia, You know all we need. Please show me something today to prove You can meet this need." That same morning a friend came over to bring Elsie the extra tithe money that her father wanted to giw them-$150.00. How excited Elsie was to realize that God had an- swered prayer in just a couple of hours!

Their outfit was miraculously supplied in every way, even to a generator that God provided through the Alliance Men of the Rocky Mountain District without a hint of a request for it.

The Douglas children seem happy to return to Asia. Carrol Lynn, (age 1 2 ) enjoys reading and doing handcrafts. Robert (age 9) likes fishing, wrestling, and sports. And Ruthie (age 6) always has time to listen t o one more story.

Two Strikes with One Hit Gary Fairchild took careful aim

with his bowling ball. After a hard week he was taking time out from his studiesat Houghton College. The ball rolled quicWy down the alley. A strike!

A girl who had been waiting her turn in the next lane was so im- pressed that she dropped her ball,

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almost hitting her toe. It was in- evitable then that Gary should meet Connie Mangham.

Connie was working her way through college as a waitress at near- by Houghton Inn. Gary ate his sup- pers there, and one cold, snowy night in January, Connie asked him for transportation to a nearby bas- ketball game. She didn't know that Gary had just driven 300 miles back to school a day early in order to ask her to that game! One and a half years later they were married-after Gary's graduation in 1969.

The couple pastored a beginning work in Gainesville, Georgia, for two years, then one and a half years in Newburgh, New York. Off and on, Connie worked as a bank teller, and also finished her schooling a t Nyack College.

For three years. the Fairchilds had planned for missionary service in Cambodia. In December of 1974, die Board of Managers appointed them to serve with the small band of missionaries who were reaping a great harveslin the city of Phnom- Penh. But three months later the city fell to the Khmer Rouge. The Fairchilds' second choice of loca- tion, Viet Nam-where Connie had grown up in a missionary family- was also closed. But when they were reappointed to Indonesia, they felt assured that this was where God wanted them.

For months before Gary and Connie-along with three-year-old Julie-came to Indonesia, they had looked for a suitable stove. Though

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they had wanted to have this pro- blem solved before they left the States, Cod’s plan was to have the solution waiting for them in Inda- nesia. The week they arrived, a gas stove came on the market at a price they could afford.

“Of course we chore to buy it immediately,” says Connie. “Praise the Lord!”

English ”Bobby” Becomes Missionary

“David Heath . . . He’s a lovely tall policeman gone to live with Wendy’s grandmother. You’ll have to meet him.”

And so David knelt and committed himself to Jesus. “He became a com- pletelydifferent person,” says Eliza- beth.

“In November of the following year,” relates David, “Elizabeth be- came my wife and we went t o live in a police house in Coalville. Later we moved to Desford where I be- came the village ‘bobby’.”

Elizabeth, who had grown up in Coalville, had taught Sunday school since she was 15 and had ministered in children’s camps each summer for many years. For four years she worked as a medical laboratory technician.

The voune couole’s desire to be , ” . Elizabeth Kendrick did meet Da-

vid, when she and two friends visited better equipped to tell others of their need of a Savior led them to

his landlady, who was celebrating her seventieth birthday. It was March 31, 1966.

David was in the police force in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, living what he thought was a full life; sports and social activities filled his time, When the three visiting voune D C O D I ~ talked about beine

take a three-year course at the Bir- mingham Bible Institute. Already David had been serving the Lord through local preaching with the Methodist Church, and for eighteen months had worked in part-time evangelism among Indian and Paki- stani immigrants. Both David and Elizabeth received their Dioloma

I I . . - Christians, David claimed to be one with Distinction in 1972. also:so he felt oblieated to acceot Bv this time thev were both sure thei; invitation to attend church!

Two months later David, disillu- sioned with his drinking problem and with his futile attempts to live the Christian life, confided to 19- year-old Elizabeth that he was fed up with religion and wouldn’t be coming to church again. But Eliza- beth told David how he could re- ceive true peace of heart by confes- sing his sin and turning to Christ.

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that ;heir sphere of service was to be in war-torn Viet Nam. The Heaths left for Viet Narn under the Dutch Alliance in the spring of 1973. Their two years there were spent for the most part in learning the Vietnamese language and a tribal dia- lect. But with the closing of doors in Viet Nam imminent, they had to consider a future ministry elsewhere. Both had been praying for Indone-

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rived in Bandung to begin language study.

“After seven rootless months,” says Irene, “it was good to have a place to call home again.”

“We still haven’t gotten over the loss of Viet Nam and don’t expect we ever will,” says Gail. “But we have begun to feel that we belong here. Indonesia was our choice of open fields in Asia, but we came at this time because we were rent, con- fident that God was in the delihera- tions and circumstances.’’

Chemistry Experiment Succeeds

Jim and Sharon Kendall met while freshmen a t Indiana University of Pennsvlvania. Both were in the

ried couple proceeded to Nyack for studies in Bible and Theology. The following year (1971-72) Jim at- tended Jaffray School of Missions whileSharon worked for five months at Alliance Headquarters as a secre- tary.

Though called to missions, the Kendalls did not feel called to any specific field. They left this decision in the hands of the Lord and the Division of Overseas ,Ministries.

“From the time the decision was made.” says Sharon, “our hearts have been settled on Indonesia and we have been content with this ap- pointment.”

In preparing t o come t o Indones- ia Jim and Sharon spent three years pastoring the Harrison Valley Alli- ance Church in their home state,

same chemistry lab, and toward the Pennsylvania Uim is from Blairs- end of the semester they discovered ville and Sharon from Scottdale). each other.

Jim relates that whcn Sharon wrote her mother about him, her mother teased that if his intentions were not honorable, she would “come up with a shotgun.”

“From then on,” rays Jim, “OUT

relationship blossomed.” It was during their engagement,

While at Nyack, Jim worked part- time for a burglar alarm company. One darknight, while driving a com- pany van, Jim was involved in an a ~ - cidentafterwhich aman tried to sue the company and Jim personally for half a inillion dollars. Nothing more was heard of the case until nearly four vears later when the suit was

while still in sciool, t h a t t h e Lord resumed, threatening t o delay the spoke to Jim about missions during Kendall’s departure for up to three a missionary convention. Marriage years. Rut the Lord intervened with plans had to he laid on the altar un- wise counsel, and though the case is ti1 God’s call was cemented for both not settled yet, the Kendalls were of them. able to leave-with peace in their

1970-Jim with a B.S. degree in In looking forward t o their mir- Math and Sharon with a R.S. in Bi- sionary life, Sharon says, “Jim’s ology Education-the newly mar- ability to laugh is a real asset. His

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After graduating from IUP in hearts.

cheerful outlook on life rubs off on others.”

Chaperone Falls Asleep It was.= winter Sunday in 1967.

George Hobbs, a senior at Nyack College, was to preach on a Christian Senrice assignment. Anne Dunn, a sophomore, was to play the piano for a girls’ trio.

After the service George and Anne were invited to the same home for Sunday dinner. Unexpectedly, the elderly lady who was entertain- ing them fell asleep while talking t o the two students. They cleared the dinner table, talked, and became acquainted.

After a date to church the follow- ing Sunday, Anne was a bit devious. “I asked the secretary in the Chris- tian Service office to let me be the pianist if George was sent out again on a preaching assignment,” Anne relates.

The secretary cooperated. Two years later they were married. Ob- served Anne’s mother, “It always pays to serve the Lord!”

Even before their marriage on August 9 , 1969, George and Anne were interested in missions. That year George had been attending Nyack’s Jaffray School of Missions (now Alliance School of Theology and Missions); Anne graduated in 1969 with her B.S. in Elementary Education (including also a Bible maior and Sociology minor). They

Anne Moore and Elizabeth Jackson, former missionaries to Indonesia. As the Hobbs prayed, their leading in the direction of Indonesia was rein- forced.

In 1971 George graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Semi- nary with an M. Div. degree in The- ology. Anne had been teaching se- cond grade in the Boston area and assisting George in a youth ministry a t Maplewood Baptist Church in Malden.

The Hobbs then pastored in Em- mett, Michigan, for almost four years before their appointment to Indonesia in April, 1975.

Upon their arrival, their daughter, Jennifer (age 4), was shocked to dis- cover that there were no McDonald’s hamburger standsin Indonesia, How happy she was to be invited t o a pic- nic a t the MK hostel, where ham- burgers (with pickles) were a part of the menu! Now both Jennifer and Amanda (age 1) are learning to enjoy Indonesian foods, too, along with riding on becnks and on the familv motorcvcle.

had been highly influenced by the lives of faculty members David and

The well-wommirrion “black jeep’‘ picks up language student Sharon Kendall.

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H15 H A R V E S T INTO H I 5 H A R V E S T INTO H

Step by Step “ I thought I had a11 life had to

offer,”s.+ys Dre (for Dorothy) Shaf- fer. “ I had a good job as a medical secretary at thc Cleveland Clinic, and I enjoyed ‘life’.’’

But, though always a churchgoer, Dec had not yet received Christ as Savior. Five months after visiting the Euclid Alliance Church (Ohio) as a favor to a friend. Dee received Him as Lord at this church.

When Dee said “Yes. Gad, 1’11 go wherever You want m e to go” in 1967. she didn’t dream that the Lord would lead her s tep by step through eight years of preparation until she finally arrived in Indonesia lap t October.

The first step in Dee’s pilgrimage from Grampian, Pennsylvania, to Indonesia was St. Paul Bible College, where she went not knowing how she WAS going to pay for her school- ing. But Cod provided. She was able to work her way through as a medi- cal secretary, graduating in 1972 with a B.S. degree in Missions.

While attending Missionary In- ternship, Dee was assigned to the Glen -Oaks Alliance Church in Troy. Michigan, where she assisted Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Hineman for two years, working with children and youth.

The next step was & year attend- ing the Alliance School of Theology andMissions in Nyack. While there, Dee enjoyed a ministry with child- ren in the Chinese Alliance Church in Chinatown.

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even big items such as a kerosene re- frigerator, God taught her further Itssons in trusting IIim.

“Many times I have tried to run ahead of Gad,” says Dee. “I longed to get t o the place God had for m e O Y C ~ S C P S . To me it scemed like so many delays, but as I look back o n all thc preparation and time spent, I know it wasall in God’s perfect plan for my life. He has taught m e that ‘Hc knoweth the way that I rake,’ and He will lead me s tep by step.’’

A Wife for His Parsonage Little did Eric Michael dream

that his friendship with a minister colleague would lead t o meeting his wife-to-be.

Eric, a 1969 graduate of Nyack College (with History and Bible ma- jors), at tended Jaffray School of Missions for a year, followed by a year a t London Bible College (Eng- land), where he had further Bible and Theolom training.

He then served for seven months as interim director of a rescue mis- sion in his home town of Bingham- ton, New York, before taking the pastorate of the Ansonia C&MA Church in 1972.

While pastoring at Ansonia, Eric became friends with the Rev. and Mrs. Donald Terry, who pastored the Alliance church in nearby Blosr- burg. A t an Alliance district minis^ terial meeting for pastors and their families, Eric met his friend’s daugh- ter, Rita.

Rita, a registered nurse. had p u t (continued on Oage 3 1 )

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Our gardener had never worked for westernen before, and we were still in language study when my hus- band handed him a can of oil and asked him to oil our squeaky front gates. Imagine our surprise when we later discovered our f ront gates com- pletely covered with a smooth coat of oil! - V i c k y Benson

Prior to the arrival of my niece and her husband in June, I wrote them suggesting numerous things they might d o if they became bored while I was teaching.

“When all else fails.” I wrote, “you can sit on the front porch and watch thc Kapuas meandering by.” They immediatcly began huntins in cncyclopediar and asking friends t o find out what “kapuas” were-per- haps some type of jungle animal. Barb’smotherput thrm on the right track whcn rhe said, “Well. I’m not sure;but I think that’s the name of the river she l ives by!” - IA& Pierce

Explaining the Gospel t o a group of Hindus in a Balinese village, I no- ticcd o n ~ . lad paying especially good attention. When he later said, with perfect sincerity, “Pak, may I ask you a question?”, I thought that the Spirit was at work through the Word.

“Certainly! What do you want to know, enek?” He asked, “How

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many centimeters long is your nose?” Then there was the time that Le-

lia was witnessing with visual aids and gestures appropriate t o a living message. She noticed a woman pay- ing close attention, apparently en- thralled with the Gospel story. Sud- denly the woman asked, “ lbu , how much did your ring cost?”

After that Lelia took care n o t t o wear her modest diamond during public ministry. Bot I haven’t yet found a way t o solve my problem!

-Rodger Lewis

Have you ever slept in a space the s i x of a baby basinette (only nar- rower) while sleeping people lean against you from either side, some- one clse sleeps at your feet, music blares, and the boat rocks gently? Well, I haven’t either, b u t I’ve t r ied!

-Harold Klarren

During my first weeks in Ban- dung, I became rertlcss; language school had not ye t begun, and I had no means of transportation. Nearby I found a second-hand bicycle for sale. so with my “new” wheels I set ou t to explore the city.

Within ten minutes the chain guard bccdme lodged in the pedals. so 1 bad t o rip it off and roll up my pant leg in order to continue my journey. “A freak accident,” I told mysclf!

Downtown I noticed a huge bump on the front tire. 1 discovered, t o my dismay, that the whole tire was hu- mng baik (less than satisfactory), and that if I made it home, I surely would be lucky. One half-hour from home one of the pedals broke apart. I t now required considerable dexter- ity to keep the bike going. By this

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June 1975 Field Conference- FRONT (I to r ) : Ken Riggenbach. Gordon Chapman. Ken Van Kurin. Marion

Allen. John Van Patter. P.N. Pot“ (guest). Gunther Kamphauren. Ed MaxeY (SPeakerl.

SECOND ROW: Lela Plerce, Wilma Riggenbacn. Adina Chapman. Carolyn Van Kurin.Olga Allen. Dorothy Van Patter. Mrl. POtU (guest). Carmen Karnpnauren. Judy Teeter. Mrs. TUlloCh (guest). Bernie Lay. Lelia Lewis. Lorna Munroe. Clarabelle Kirrell. Margaret Lee.

THIRD ROW: Judy Anderson. Judy Galkin. Margaret Neigenflnd. Maureen Klarren. Carol Fllh. Vicky Benron. Pat Swenson. Janet Kuhnl. Yvonne Murphy. Marie Peters. Sneryl Dean. Jerry Nanfelt. Ruth Krtkorian. VOnnie MOrlCheCk.

BACK: Alex Valley. Harold Klarren. Larry Fish. Jay Benron. Gordon Swenlon. Bill Kuhnl. Geoff Bennett. Frank Peterr. Nei l Dean. Peter Nanfelt. Clyde Krikorian.

There Indonesian Islands [from page 271

time my confidence in Indonesian Onthetwo-blocktrip back to the bicycles was beginning to wane, shop, the front brake fell apart onto though I was gaining an appreciation the street. With my best scowl and for Indonesian salesmanshio. a thumbs down cesture after Doint-

Ed TUlloCh (guest). lvan LDY. Rodger ~ e w i r , Bill Kirrell.

How thankful I was to see our home after such a trip! However, when the other pedal fell apart just outside the front gate, my joy was replaced by a determination to re- turn the bike t o the shop for “free repairs.” I decided it best not to tell my wife about my investment until I knew the outcome of my re- turn visit.

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ing out the probyems on the bike, I rubbed my fingers together, indica- ting that I wanted my money back. To my surprise,shc consented! I was relieved. The joke was obviously on me, as everyone in the shop laughed an 1 explained my woes. But, on the plus ride, I did rec Bandung that morning, and it didn’t cost me any- thing. -Gary Fairchild

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Special Field Needs The following projects have been approved by the Christian and Missionary Alliance Board of Managers but are not included in the regular budget.

Long Bia Bible School library books . . . . . . . . West Kalimantan Bible School library books . . . . . . West Kalimantan Bible School chapel . . . . . . . . Jakarta Church Center . . . . . . . . . . . . .

East Kalimantan Bible School building program . . . . Flights for student evangelism . . . . . . . . . .

Property is needed for downtown Jakarta church.

Bible m o o 1 studenti flown to remote areas in the past few Years have won many Soul1 fo the Lord.

Airstrip construction (per strip) . . . . . . . . . . MAF flying program . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TO carry on a full program of Theological EaUCatiOn by Extension.

Flights for medical emergencies . . . . . . . . . . Production of Christian Education materials . . . . . .

visual aids. youth programs. chorus books need& for ministry among young people and chnldren.

Vehicle for R.R. Ruder. . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle for C A . Hendrickson . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle for G. Kamphawen . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle for G. Swenson . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cars can no longer be imported 10 must be purchased lOC.lllY at extremely high price$.

40 h.p. outboard motor for W.K. Kuhns. . . . . . . Mahakam launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalam Hidup Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 200 200

5.000 20,000

8.400 2,000

500 4,000

500 750

1 1,500 1 1.500 11,500 11.500

1 .ooo 1.800

17,850 Printing new books (1976-77) . . . . corremonaence courses Patricia Groff Memorial Lid& e i ten i i o i

mini i t rv and rllm l ibrary leandung1 outreach periodical . . . . . . 3manuat lading macniiee. . . . . . 3 standard typeylriters . . . . . . 1 Gertetner dwlmcator . . . . . .

5 000 4:OOO

1.500 5,000

400 750

1,200

Those interested in giving toward these needs or to the General Fund may send gifts to: Dr. 55. King, Treasurer, The Christian and Missionary Al- liance, Box C. Nyack. New York 10960.

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Missionary Directory, 1976

Jakarta, Java East Kalimantan ' R e ~ . a n d Mrl . Peter N. Nanfelt.Chair- Rev. and Mr5. Ken RiggJenDach. 'Mils man;MieS VonnieM. MOrICheCk.bO0k- Judi th Teeter. Rev. and M r l . Frank keeper: Rev. and Mrl . Vernon L. Nel- Peterr. Long Bla Bible School; 'Rev. nenfind. l n t e l Mission Businell Office: and MIS. Kenneth E. Van KYrln. Rev. ,~ RW. and ~ r i . craig A. HendriCklOn. Rev. and Mr l . Gordon A. Swenson. evangelism and Church Dldnting.

Bandung, Java RW. and MCS. R.R. Ruder. R ~ V . and M ~ S . w~i i iam F. K~PI~II. 'M,. and M ~ S . J ~ Y E. senson. D U D I I C ~ ~ I O ~ S ; R ~ V . and MW. ivan E. ~ a y . missionary children's hostel; 'Mr. A.A. Valley. M i l l Mary Bower. Mr. Clyde Krlkorldn. M i l l JU. dith Anderran. teacherr, Bandung Su- pervised Study Group; Mm. C. Krikoy- #an. youth ministries. (For new mil- I I O n d r l e ~ ,n languagestudy ~n an dung. See page 141.

West Kalimantan Rev. and M r l . Dudley Bolret. Balai Sepuak; Rev. and Mr l . John L. Van Patter, Miss Leia Pierce. lmmanuei Bible School. Kelanram.

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and M I S . Harold Klarnen. Samarinda.

East Indonesia Rev. and Mrl. Richard K. smi th. ROY. Geoffrey M. Bennett. Jaf fmy School Of Theology. Ujung Pandan9,Sulawerl; Rev. and MrS. Gordon V. Chapman.

Rodger Lewis. Gianydr. Bali: Rev. and Mri. Marion C. Allen. "Rev. and Mrr. Neil R. Dean. KuDDng. T imor .

. ~ a k d i e . su~awesi; RCV. m a M ~ S . A.

At Home . * 'Rev. and Mrr. Charles E. Dater:

Mi55 Judy A. Garkin: "Rev. and MrS.

ther KdmphaUIeni Rev. and Mrl. W.K. Kuhnr: MIS Margaret Lee; M115 Lorna Munroe; Miss Yvonne Murphy.

F loyd J. G W W ~ U ; RW. and ~ r i . ~ u n -

- * TO fu i lougn in 1976 * * on leave Of absence

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aside her nursing activities to study at Transylvania Bible School, so was not at home much of the time. Pre- viously she had graduated from Wil- Iiamsport Hospital School of Nurs- ing in 1970 and had served as staff nurse on the medical-surgical floor tilere. Later she had nursed at Bloss- burg State Hospital for a year.

A year after Eric and Rita’s first casual meeting, they began to write, getting acquainted with each other mostly through letters. After Rita completed two years at Transylvania in 1974, they were married.

Now the pastor had a wife in his parsonage. Rita conJinued to nurse part-time at Soldiers and Sailors Hos- pital in Wellsboro.

For many years Eric had felt led to serve Christ overseas, especially through Nyack College’s emphasis on missions. But It was not until late 1974 that Eric and Rita as a couple felt clearly led toward Indo- nesia as they heard about the many needs of this island nation from for- mer missionary Charles Dates just weeks before their scheduled meet- ing with representatives of the De- partment of Overseas Ministries. Less than a year later, the Michaels were on their way to Indonesia.

Rita relates that at one point when they were all ready to leave, they received word of another delay in their departure date. Why? Then just a few days before they were to have left, the town where they were staying with her parents was flood- ed. How glad they were to be on hand to help clean up the basement, where water had risen four feet!

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broughl frustrating experiences in getting around the city and in learn- ing to keep things guarded or under lock and key.

Mr. Potu has made several trips abroad to attend C&MA-sponsored conferences. He has been to the United Stater twice-once in 1961 and again for the Alliancc World Fel- lowship a t Nyack in 1975. MI. Potu’s greatest concern for

the comparatively young KINGMI Church in Indonesia is for a strong spiritual church. which will produce a strong organizational church.

-Vonnie Morscheck

Be happy in your faith at all timer. Never stop praying. Be thankful. what- ever the circumstances may be.

- I Then. 5:16.18a (Phillip4

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1976-77 Prayer Calendar

Please pray'. . For mirrionarier'rafety and phylic~1.spirilu~l.emotion. al. and rnenldl health.

For the elfortr of missionaries m a nat8on.d workers in evangelism. amipiing. and church pianting.

That lurlaughing milslondries wlll effectivelyrhare field Wedl and what God il doing In Indoneria.

For the Inter Mi l l ion BulmesI Oflice in Jakarta a5 it server many miirion agencies in Indoneria.

For the Conlinuing vlllon and communicating skills of 5 nallonal teachers serving In YaIiouI Bible Ichoolr.

That the missionaries in language study wil l learn to communicate fiuentiy and adjust well t o the culture.

That the Field EXeCUliVe Committee may be guided by the Holy Spirit in lheir decision-making.

For MAE plane5 and pilots who log many hour i tranr- porting misiionariei and nationals to p l a c e ~ o f service.

That contribulionr to the General Fund will be IU l f i - 9 cient lo meetercalalingcortrand that the special needl O f the field (page 29) will be met.

For the Drincipal. teachers. and hostel parents O f the

For the central Bible IChOOl in Kuoang. Timor. and for exlension mininr ie l to nearby 151111d1.

For student teams Who go ouI from various Bible IChoOll t o teach thouIands the way O f salvation.

Forthe DISCiPleShipTrainlng Center in Ball and tor the Spirit'$ sontinuea worlting in reaching salineie.

For the minion's projected thrUIl into c i ty evangelism and Church Dldnting. wing the newly published Indo. nerian Living New Testament as a tool.

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10 MKr (grader 1-61 in Bandung.

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For the thDUIdnd5 who are learning more of the Word through enrollment 8 " seven correspondence courrei.

the call t o f i l l v i ta l gap5 by serving m new areal.

For William W. Kerr. Director Of Pacific I l landl and HOng Kong. a% he overleer the Indoneria fieid.

For the enabling of new missionaries who will Proceed

For Kalam Hiduo PUblilherl In i t 5 DUblirhing. diltr lbu- tlon. Ihbrary, magazine. carrelte. and correspondence course ministries and lor # t i staif 0 1 over 30.

Thdl through the general-lntererl outreath magazine thousands O f readerr will learn of God's love.

For missionary children and Young people reparatea from thelr parents because O f rchooling.

For the p 1 0 g ~ 1 1 of Christian Eaucalion in Indoneria d l

For lmmsnuei Bible School (Kelanram. West Kalman- tan) and 81% ministry to new believers in Outlying areal .

For the enabling 01 ' MI. Pot" Illage 9) and Other

For lhe fOlioW-UD of the thDUIandl O f Converts i n Welt Kdlimantm.

For the field chairman ~n his rerDOnribilitier and re-

For Long Bia Bible School (Earl Kalimanlan) and lor graduates now lili ing new po i t i .

T h l l the door for ministry in indonelid will remain open and that visas wi l l continue to be granted.

For l l a f l and Students a t Jaffray School 01 Theology lUiun9 Pandang. Sulaweri) and lo1 Outreach teams.

F O r national paltors and lay leader5 Who are studying God3 Wold In The010giCaI EdUCatlOn by Extension ~

and for the teachers involved 8" this mlnirtry.

For Ihe IMLAC staff (page 141 as they lead m8ir10nariei through the intensive language course.

That more Worker5 ~ foreign and national -w i l l heed 16 17 IS 19 20 21

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10 their stat#on% alter language study.

22 new odeas and pwgramsare promotea ~n Churchel.

34 national Church leaders.

26 lationrhio to the national Church.