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STEVE EVANSShort- term Assistant to Indonesia

July 1992Dear Friends,Whew ... WE MADE IT I say wemade i t because I could n o t havemade it without you being rightt h e r e with me. Your commi tmentto me and my work has been atremendous blessing. I have beenencouraged so much because ofyour caring support. So thanks toyou, your many prayers, and yourfinancial commitment, I ampleased to say that WE made itthrough school year 1.Just what is it like teaching at th eC e n t r a l J a v a I n t e r M i s s i o nSchool? Well, after 10 months ofserving in a foreign culture andclimate setting I am getting quiteused to the unusual. But perhapsthe following descriptions mighthelp acquaint you with some of myroutine challenges andexperiences.... Waking up to a refreshing coldmandi bath . To ba the I steuidnext to a bak (a large concrete box)filled with cold water. Using adipper, I splash and pour th ewater over my body. On coolmornings, I have to ge t psyched upfor that first dipper full. At leas t Inever steam up the bathroomm i r r o r .... Carrying two and a-halfquartsof water to school every day. Allta p water must be purified, thuswe have no drinking fountains atCJIMS. I will drink two quarts ofwater on the days that I teach twoP.E. classes. And if I stay aftrschool to work, I will drink the jugdry.... Walking slowly to school.Walking quickly results in adripping sweat. But why hurry

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class of 14 eighth graders; withless than half of them beingAmer i can .... Having a chicken wander intothe auditorium during ou rmorning opening. All classroomdoors are kept open during theday, and chickens always roam theschool yard. Loud clucking hensand crowing roosters aresometimes a classroom distraction.... Explaining the rules forAmerican football to Asian a n dAustra l ian students . I now knowhow complicated this game reallyis. We had to replay a down oncew h e n a n A u s tr a li a n s t u d e n t t h r e wa rugby pass while running downfield with th e ball .... Placing my soaking wet runningshoes behind the refrigerator tospeed up their drying. It oftnrains during th e afternoon while Iam teaching high school P.E., andduring the rainy season the heatfrom the refrigerator coils canoften b e more effective t h a nrelying on sunlight.

photocopy machine. But at 30rupiahs (one and one-half cents) acopy, why bother buying andmaintaining your own?... Moderating a discussion on theevolution vs. creation controversyin a class containing mostlymissionary kids (MKs)I have just mentioned that lastitem to bring emphasis to animportant point about CJIMS.Although the majority of ourstudents are MKs, we have abouto ne -t hi rd o f o u r 1 10 s t u d e n t s whoa r e f ro m f a m il ie s o f b u s i n e s s m e n .Consequently, not al l ofours t u d e n t s h a v e b e en r ai se d in aC h r i s t i a n h o m e .The day we began that classroomdiscussion, I challenged thes t u d e n t s to r e a d b o ok s i n t h elibrary that could help themparticipate more effectively. Thenext day the librarian reported tom e t h a t s h e h a d o v e r h e a r d o n e o fmy evolutionist students debating1the topicwith

several ofmy MK^ : students Part wayi nto the discussion,|||tjl one of the s verygently delivered as t a t e m e n t o f f a i t h

c o n v e rs a t io n n e v e rheated up, and both^ sides walked away^ with friendly faces.

Twice a week the elementary and secondary students gather CJIMS Staff sertogether in theCJIMSauditoriumformorningopening Our the educationalSo no t only is theCJIMS staff serving

day begins with singing choruses and listening to God'sWord.

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strikes against her. First of all her First she was able to participatefamily lived an hour away in Solo. with the Drama club in theirSince she commuted to school January production of Ourevery day with several other Town, as well as in skitsCJIMS students, that consumed performed on th e last daytwo hours of her day just coming of school. Also, several of ,and going. In addit ion to that, her works of poetry wereMaree found several of her classes published in our schoolto be quite difficult. Thus, she yearbook.spent the majority ofher eveningsstruggling with homework. And to Maree certainly found atop that off, she began her school suitable niche among us atyear here without knowing any CJIMS. And when it cameone and having a very time for Maree to leave us,non-Christian outlook on life. she d idn 't want to leave.

. * . ;I was pleased to see how quickly What is the bottom line to .our Christian students began this story? Well, Mareedeveloping friendships with c me nd leftwithout IMaree. Where she might have Christ in her life. But AJavaexperienced criticism in the past, before she left, many seeds she was shown patience and had been planted and wereencouragement. Her teachers carried with her back tooft^nhad to gothe extra mile with NewZealand.Where willher to keep her moving along in she see Jesus at work next? I doclass. This was sometimes difficult no t know, but my prayer is thatfor us since she was unable to stay sometime down the road theseafter school for extra tutoring. My seeds planted at CJIMS willalgebra class was especially blossomand produce fruit.difficult for her, and I struggledwith finding enough time to help What's Up With This Summer?her without neglecting my otherstudents. While you are enjoying yours umm er in th e

^ seasonheresummer knowing

that our Australian_and I hope to1 ccomplish sever lA newsoul is added to theKingdomas Pak oelyono things during thisbaptizesMasHeri during a baptismal service at the Salatiga three-month break.

Church. Mas Heri has been attending the church for several I have begun topu r s u e m yAfter working with Maree for a language studies at a muchyear, we all saw a much different greater depth. There is more timeperson leaving us on the last day. for that now since myHer selfesteem had been boosted school-related responsibilities arenot onlyby a genuine acceptance very limited. I also want toby the teachers and students, bu t develop some biologylesson plans,also by being able to make several as well as make improvements onnoted contributions to the school. my ninth grade science course. I

do not know fo r certain what else Iwill be assigned to teach thiscoming year. That will be decidedwhen al l ofthe teachers get

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A Javanese woman washes of fa water buffalo aftera hard day's work in the rice fields. These buffaloserve as the farmer's tractors.

After working with Maree for ayear, we all saw a much differentperson leaving us on th e last day.Her selfesteem had been boostednot only by a genuine acceptanceby the teachers and students, butalso by being able to make severalnoted cont ributions to the school.

together again in August. I a lsoplan to visit some of the villagechurches tha t have been s tar tedby the CMF missionary team overth e years.What we need to pray for: Maree a nd t he o th er CJIMSstudents who do not yet know theLord. The harvest of souls among th eIndonesian people. Addit ional t eachers fo r CJIMS. A new academic adminis t ra torfo r CJ IMS My language learning. And praise God for providing mewith a roommate . His name isMaryono. He is 22-year-old son ofour I ndones ian mini s t er a t theSalatiga Church. I will te ll youmore a bo ut h im n ex t time.Having completed a verysuccessful year of serving atCJIMS, I must again say ThankYou. ITianks for sticking in therewith me. Because ofyour strongshow of commitment to th e Lord'swork here in Indonesia, I amlooking forward with excitement tyear 2. And because of HIM, wewill make itIn Christ 's Love,

Steve Evan s

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STEVE EVANSShort- term Assis tant to Indones ia

Cen t ra l J ava Inter-Mission SchoolP.O. Box 42Salatiga, JatengIndones ia

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP Prm er Newsletter

December 1992

Dear Friends,Greetings from Indonesia It shard to beUeve t ha t the schoolyear here a t the Central JavaInter-Mission School (CJIMS)is about one-third of th e wayfinished. We opened our doorsto begin the 1992-93 schoolyear on August 26. Once thefirst bell rang, t ime began toaccelerate and I grabbed on.Now th e pace has slowed downenough that I can actuallyspend some time composing aquaUty newsletter. So here itcomes, and thanks for waitingA NEW YEAR AT CJIMSThe CJIMS population hasgrown to a record enrollment of125 students . The majority ofthem are missionary kids, butwe do serve quite a large groupof business families, too. Ourstudents represent 12 differentnations from Europe, Asia,Austraha, and North America.To meet the needs o f o u rgrowing population, severalconstruction projects werecompleted during the summerbre^. Anew dormitorywasbuilt to house 16 junior highand high school girls; it iscompletely full. Our threed orms n ow house a combinedt ota l o f 4 2 s tudents .

CJIMS also bui l t aregulation-size basketball courtnext to the elementary school.Not only is it used fo r ourphysical education classes andafler-school play, but ou r HighSchool Basketbal l Clubpractices there. They plan tohost some of the loc^Indonesian high school teamsin some tournament games thisyear. The new court can also beused for tennis and volleyball.

actually have operating waterfaucets and ga s fixtures. Labt imes a re so much e a si er toperform now. Also, it s good tosee the students using thosesinks for something other thanan out-of-the-way place to putthe i r books.I am also quite excited aboutmy teaching schedule this year.Last year I was kind of a Jack-of-al l - t rades in t h a t Itaught math, ~ I science, socialstudies, andphysical

educa t ion . Thisyear I am just ak science t eacher A who happens toI 4R teach the highL school boys< physi l

educat ion classon th e s ide . I amalso pleased thatI actually havem y ow n

Antioch classroom. Lasters were year I woiald runPree (all three out the door withmy studentswhen th e bel lrang so that I

could make it to my nex t classon t imeTeaching four science classeshas been very enjoyable this

I d e l i v e r e d a c ommun i o n med i t a t i on An t i o c hChr i s t i an Chu r c h . The c ommun i o n s e rv e r s w e r e 1to r) Bethany Free, John Liles, Brian Free (all threeCJIMS s tuden ts , and Dewi .

I am r a ther excited about th eimprovements that took placein the sc ience room over th esummer. A year ago we hadnew lab tables built. Now they

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year. I teach general science togrades seven, eight, and nine;and my tenth graders studybiology.In early October I took my 11biology students to thesou the rn coa st o f t h e i s land fora marine biology field trip. Thestudents spent part ofthe daycombing the beaches for shellst o i nc l ude in the i r seashe l lcollections. We also examined alot of interesting marine lifewhile watching fishermen froma small village unload theirnets. Not only did we get to se evarious t T es of fish, crabs, andlobsters, but their catches alsocontained an octopus, a big seaturtle, and two four-foot-longsharks

Though I have spoken in amost positive manner aboutthis new school year, I mustadmi t t ha t i t h as n ot beenentirely rosy. For th e first fiveweeks of school I was teachinga math class in addition to mycur rent load. At first i t did no tseem like having that additional class was going to be much ofa problem. In a couple of days Ifound out quite differently: Ibegan spending over 12 hours aday at the school trying to keepup with all ofmy teachingresponsibilities.When I finally realized that myr id icu lous work s rhpHnlp wasnot going to slow down, I caUedupon th e Lord as well as theCJIMS headmaster. They wereable to find a very qualified andwilling teacher to relieve me ofmy math class. I am now backto my usual energetic teachingand having fun at it .Even though you were notmade aware of this particularsituation, I am confident thatyour many prayers coupledwit h t he watchful care of ourloving God susta ined methroughout tha t difficult andfrustrating time. Thank you forcontinuing to remember me asI serve here in Indones ia .

A costume day at CJIMS broughtou t a l l so r t s o f hand somecha r a c t e r s . ' I s t h a t Unc l e S t ev e ?

A NEW CHURCH INSALATIGAThe Antioch Chr i s ti an Chu r chACC) started gathering forworship on Sunday, September27, 1992. This newcongregation meets at theTheological School (STJKI) inSalatiga.I am excited to be a part of thisnew ou tr each to the Indonesiancommunity. ACC is imique inthat we are reaching out tobilingual Indonesians whodesire to fellowship with nativeEnglish speakers. Many of theyounger Indonesian adults se efluency in English as a key tolaunching a successful career.To improve their pronunciationthey will seek out nativeEnglish speakers to practicethe i r conversa t ion .

A large number ofour visitorshave been s tudents from th eunivers ity here in Salatiga. Theminister ofthe SalatigaCh r is ti a n Chu rc h h a s a sonand a daughter, Martono andDewiy who s tudy English there.They help with the church, aswell as the i r bro there Marsono and Maryono. Thefounding group also consists of

s eve ral CJ IMS teache r s andthe Dennis Free family. (Dennisand Lyn are church ofChristmissionaries who teach a t theTheological School.)I n order to b es t m e et th e needsof these bilingual Indonesianswe are mult i -cu l tural in o urmakeup, just as th e AntiochChurch ment ioned in Acts 11was mult i -cul tural . (Itcons is ted of both t h e J ew i shCh r is ti an s and th e Genti leChristians.) Our praise time isa mixture of English andIndonesian songs and thesermon is in English.Afterwards , we break intothree groups to discuss these rmon in more detai l . Onegroup discusses th e sermon inBahasa Indones ia . Ou r secondgroup allows the participants to^alogue in either language.And the third group, which Ilead, is done in English.We recently held a FriendshipFriday party that consisted ofgames, worship, fellowship,and, of course, l ot s o f food Twovan l oa ds c ame t ha t werepacked with universitystudents. Sixty people attendedand had a great time. We hopeand pray that ACC can beinstrumental in harvestingsouls for the Kingdom ofHeaven by providing ameaningful worship experiencecoupled with fellowship in th eEnghsh language.UPDATESMy roommate, Maryono, had avery busy summer travelingback and f or th t o Jaka r t a inorder to process visa papers fornew CJIMS teachers, whienschool started, he decided toleave his position as an officeworker for CJIMS. He iscurrently taking a few Biblecourses at th e TheologicalSchool. Eventually he wouldlike to continue his Englishstudies at th e university level.Because of al l these changesthat he was facing, Maryono

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de c i de d i t w o u l d bes t su i t h isn e e d s and s i t u a t i o n to m o v eback with hi s family. Eventhough he is no longer livingwith me or working a t theschool office I will c o nt in u e t ose e him a t ACC s Sundayworship services.CJIMS was success fu l inobtaining the additional staffneeded j u st i n t im e t o start thene w school year. Again theLord ha s been f a it h fu l t oprovide. We are alreadyworking to o b ta i n v i sa s fo rs e v e r a l new teache rs for nextschool year. Please be in prayerconcerning the granting of those

My summer break was quiterelaxing. It was really what Ineeded after a very b u sy y ea rofteaching here. The breakalso allowed me to g e t r es te dand prepared fo r this currentschool year. I wa s able to enjoysome more o f t h e b ea u ty o fIndonesia, too. In J u n e , Iclimbed to the to p of MountMerbabu el evat io n 1 0 ,00 0 feet)w ith s ev en C J IMS s t uden t sa n d a n ot he r teacher

In July, I went on a 140-milescenic motor cycle ride withC M F m i s s i o n a r i e s J ohn andMarilyn Mulkey a nd tw o otherCJIMS teachers. In August, Ijoined th e John Mulkey familyo n t he i r vacat ion to Pas i r Pu t ihand the I sl an d o fB a l i . Pas i rPut ih is a beaut i fu l beach o nth e nor th c oa st o fEas t J a v a . Igo t to experience snorkelingamong co ral reefs fo r the firsttime in m y life.Because of m y n ee d to windd o w n and res t o v e r th esiunmer I d id n ot accomplishas m u ch l a ng u ag e learning as Iha d originally planned. Thatdoes no t seem to pose thatgreat of a proble m sinc e most ofm y t im e is spent interactingwith a nd m e et ing the needs ofm y C JI M S students. Since Iseem to be bus ie r t his yearwith my teaching, I have

decided n ot t o le t myself getfrustrated over my limitedlanguage ability. That hashelped m e to keep a healthyperspective toward my mainpurpose for be ing he re . I havedetermined, though, that if Iw o u l d d e c id e t o r e tu rn t oIndonesia, I woulddefinitely go straight tolanguage school first.As yo u co n ti n u e t o prayabout my work here inIndonesia, I invite yo u topray for th e following: The A n t i o c h Christ ianC h u r c h . M o r e n e w t e a c he rs fo rCJIMS and v i sas b ein ggranted. C J I M S s t u d e n t s w h od o not k n o w th e L or d. T h o s e C J I M S s tudent swh o struggle emotionallyw i th h av in g to live in aforeign country or awayfrom parents. The harves t of s o u l samong the Indonesianpeople.And finally thank yo ufo r c ontinuing your showof c o m m it m en t t o th eL o r d s work inIndonesia. I appreciateknowing that yo u arepraying for me as wellas giving generously.I am looking f or wa rd t oth e exciting things thatG o d has in st o r e fo r th er e m a i n d e r o f t hi s schoolyea r

I n Christ s love,

S t e v e Evans

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