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Bloomington, II. 61701 Phone: 309-662-9376

January 5th, 1980

Dear Christian Brothers;

FORWARDING AGENTS:
MR. & MRS. ELDON WYMORE 400 HILLVIEW DRIVE

LEBANON, OREGON 97355

"""ONE: 503.258-2845

I wish I could personally write to you about a desperate situation here in Asia; By the end of this year, more ordinary citizens (non-military per sonnel) will probably have met tortuous deaths in Indochina in six years than all of those who died in Hitler's concentration camps! Did you get that? About half a million people are fleeing imminent death right now. How many will make it depends partly on you and me.

62,000 refugees are being held in Hong Kong right now, and a new influx has started. I've visited two refugee camps here and talked to personnel from both the H.K. and Thai camps. Conditions in H.K. are by no means rosy, but Thailand's 15 large refugee camps of Laotians and Cambodians are a holocaust. The dead, starving, maimed and dying are everywhere, and the number grows hourly. On November 15th, another quarter of a million people were accidentally dis covered on the Thai border "huddled on top of each other: human relics, under
fed, skeletal and at the limit of survival."

Relief organizations are doing their best to keep alive those who make it to refugee ceimps, but basic survival supplies and medicine are now in short supply. Any money you could contribute to them would keep people alive. But an even greater problem is the extreme lack of workers to distribute supplies. Almost any able-bodied person would find daily opportunities to save lives, but what is most needed are medical staff. If they can donate a month or two im mediately, great! If they can give up to two years, all the better. If there, is anything your congregation can do, please do it.
But people can't be sustained in refugee camps for long. Physical condi

tions generally continue to deteriorate because they consume millions of dol lars of society's resources every day..
Camp life also tragically wastes human resources. Thousands of children

who ought to be in school exercising their bodies and minds and developing their characters are left idle nearly all day every day during the most forma tive years of their lives. Moreover, able men and women, and even some with

brilliant minds and highly-developed skills, are thwarted from doing practically
anything worthwhile.

Worst of all, the refugees have all recently experienced intense hatred

and inhumanity, the loss of all family auid homeland ties, and nearly all earthly belongings. They are a fertile seedbed for Satan to sow seeds of bitterness, hatred and all kinds of evil. But they are just as ready to respond to real Christian love. It would be the greatest tragedy of all if we let evil fester and blossom rather than overcoming it with good. Now like never before they are responsive to God's love. In fact, thouseuids have already shown a favora
ble responsed to Christ.

Settling these people in new countries is the only lasting solution. U.S. resettlement focuses on local sponsors helping the refugees find initial hous
ing, employment and orientation to American life.

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Christians have done practically nothing to evangelize these countries. Now God is bringing the mission field right to our door. Moreover, the front

line of evangelistic thrust back into those countries 5 to 10 years from now win rise from the refugees Christians sponsor now. They will also teach many
of us how to help them evangelize their people.
Brethren, how can we neglect so great a ministry? I believe that Christ

ians in your congregation may have the ability to help some of these people. Would you ask them to take a big step of faith and love? Would they consider sponsoring some Indochinese refugees immigrating to the U.S.? Would you at
least write a letter to International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES),
1880 North King Road,

Marion, Indiana 46952

phone; 317-664-1987

They can tell you what responsibilities are involved in being a sponsor, and "hbw^o assist in relief work now. I would also appreciate it if you would

write and let me know that you did that so that I can be praying specifically during this time of decison. If there is anyone else that you think I ought
to write to about being a sponsor, please send me their names and addresses.

F<. - ric
In Christ's love,

Gary D. Anderson

#2 Castle Peak Court 1/f, 18^ miles Castle Peak Road,

New Territories, HONG KONG

Eastview ChRisriAN ChuRcli

1705 Towanda Ave. Bloomington, III. 61701

Boyce Mouton Minister

First Christian Church
Box 847

Carl Junction, 50

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JAN 211980

FORWARDING ADDRESS;

FIELD ADDRESS:

M/M El don Wymore 400 Hi11view Dr. Lebanon, OR. 97355 Tele: 503/258-2865

#2 Castle Peak Court 1/f, 18.5 m. Castle Peak Road, New Territories, HONG KONG Telephone: 12-804774
January, 1980

c/4 CARj
We intended to spend $1,000 on purchasing a used car,

licensing, insurance and so forth in 1979.

So I asked a-

round, "Did anyone know of a good used car for $1,000?"

Time and again the reply was, "You just can't buy a used car in Hong Kong for $1,000." "The only cars for sale for $1,000 are those about ready to die," and "I think you'd be better off looking at something for at least $2,000."
Well, what should I do? There seemed to be no way

that I could spend more than I had intended. At our week ly prayer meeting, Helen Jew asked me if I was still looking for a car. I said, ."No, not unless one really hits me." At home that night, Joyce said, "By the way,
another mission has a car for sale for $100."

"100?" I thought, "What could a car look like that is selling for $100? Well, it wouldn't hurt to look." It was a 1967 compact station wagon with 1200 cubic centime ter engine. It had never been in an accident or been used roughly, and it only had 38,000 miles on it. It was no "cream puff", but it met all our needs. With repairs, licensing and insurance, it still cost less than $500. It
isn't the best car I've ridden in, any bus! Praise the Lord! but it's better than

FAITH-PROMISE, 1979
Mong Kok Church of Faith-Promise Rally in God had done much more during the past year. Christ had their second annual December. They testified of how through them than they expected Then they committed themselves to

to give 48% more this year than they gave last year and by God's grace to lead 150% more people to Jesus Christ this year than last year.
It was also a time of commitment for us as we in

faith considered our own goals for 1980. Below is our disbursement of funds during 19 79 and our budget for
1980.

A.

1. 2.

1979 EXPENDITURES $ 237.81 Travel Abroad 4,193.97

1980 BUDGET

Publicity

260.00

Subtotal:$ 4,431.78
B.

1,250.00 $ 1,510.00

Living Expenses 1. Sal ary

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

$ 5,383.55
249.33 587.70

6,000.00
300.00

Insurance Medical

Taxes & Soc.Security 1,516.25 New Baby

1,000.00

1,600.00
400.00

55.22 Children's schooling Housing 3,968.66

250.00

4,190.00
600.00

Retirement

600.00

Car purchased 172.53 Subtotal:$13,533.24

$13,340.00

C.

Mission Expenses
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Research Business travel

364.45
291.34 219.38 603.42 399.55

Office supplies
Benevolence

Phone, post.&teleg. Church planting a. Lung Gu Taan

b. Others' works

250.00 500.00 275.00 600.00 400.00

1,756.36
378.12

3,150.00
600.00

7. 8.

Evangelising China Building fund

1,960.62 Subtotal; $ 5,973.24

8,375.00

$14,150.00
$29,000.00

T0TAL:$23,938.26

SPONSOR A REFUGEE
^About half a million Indochinese are now fleeing ter rible death. By sponsoring Indochinese refugees being re
settled in the U.S., you almost certainly give them a
new start in life and a real opportunity to know our Lord as their savior. Would you at least write and find out what is involved in being a sponsor? Write to: International Disaster Emergency Service 1880 North King Road Marion, IN. 46952 Telephone: 317/664-1987

BE A

PAL - A PEN PAL

Would you personally like to lead a mainland Chinese to Christ? You might be able to by being their pen pal. Nearly everyone who accepts Jesus in response to a gospel message already had a favorable attitude toward Christ be cause of the faith that they saw manifest in the lives of Christian friends. In a country with so few Christians as China, a pen pal may be the only Christian friend they have. And no matter what your background, occipation and age are, you have a wealth of experiences that a Chinese who is interested in learning English and about the out side world would be delighted to hear. Through letters you have many natural opportunities to share about yourself and your faith. Why not try some? Just write to me in Hong Kong telling me your name and address, your age, sex,

interests, a bout your faith in Jesus, and whether you would

you would like to hav&.jrjBear'iji jnfh'a' that it might take

two months or more befdra ^ouVfexeive a pen pal.

prefer writing to malfi^^m^le.s.,-,afid how many pen pals

CHRISTMAS IN LUNG GU TAAN

On Christmas eve, 15 Christians and I led a Christmas

pragram in our chapel. 83 villagers were inside the chapel with another 20 or so outside. This year several children shared in the program, and the villagers learned more about the meaning of Christmas, even though the crowd was
noisy and there were some hecklers.

Scotty Smyth was ringbearer, and Sandi was fl ower gi rl i n the wedding of a couple from Mong Kok Church of Christ recently.

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FORWARDING ADDRESS:

#2 Castle Peak Court 1/f, 18.5 m. Castle Peak Road,

New Territories, HONG KONG
February, 1980

FIELD ADDRESS:

Lebanon, OR. 97355

503/258-2865

Telephone: 12-804774

WHERE TO

START?

The Sunday School teacher in our chapel in the

village of Lung Gu Taan asked the children to name some

thing good that they could do. Two or three boys re plied, "Steal somethingi" After the initial shock, I realized why they felt that way. Most of the nice hous es in the village were bought with dishonest profits.
Our lessons on goodness, God's love and salvation

weren't getting through because they didn't believe

they were sinning. From now on we'll teach about God's standards. His knowledge of our conduct and the cer tainty of coming judgment.

ries that you won't find in your children's quarter

lies, like the destruction of Sodom and God's curse on

So, our Sunday School course

includes Bible sto

Ham for disrespecting his father Noah when he got drunk. (These children often see close relatives drunk.)

RADIO BROADCASTING
with a plan to produce daily gospel radio broadcasts to

All of the missionaries here have pulled together

Mainland China, but we are having

time on the air.
prayer.

difficulty getting

Please take this before the Lord in

CHRISTMAS
Last week a shipment of furniture and household supplies that we had sent from the States finally arrived. All of our Christmas presents were in it, so we celebrated that part of Christmas exactly
one month late.

FAIRVIEW PARK
Three missionary couples who arrived last fall

are all living in Fairview Park housing complex near us. They started a worship service in Wing Wong's home, so I've been leading a children's worship ser
vice simultaneously in Ken Smyth's home next door to Wing's each week.

REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP
Three congregations so far have let me know

that they are inquiring into refugee sponsorship, but thousands more Indochinese refugees need to be
sponsored so they can resettle in the U.S. There fore, with the full assistance and support of Eastview Christian Church, I have written a
Directory of the Ministry.

letter to

all Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in the

Would you consider sponsoring a refugee?

At

least write and find out what is involved. You could

almost certainly give a refugee a new start in life and a real opportunity to know our Lord as their Savior. Write to: International Disaster Emergency Service, 1880 North King Road, Marion, Indiana 46952.
Telephone: 317/664-1987.

PENPALS
Be a pen pal to a mainland Chinese, and you might lead him to Christ. No matter what your back ground, occupation and age are, there are Chinese who want to correspond with you. As you tell about

yourself, you will have many natural opportunities

to tell about your faith.

ests and personal testimony of faith to me in Hong Kong, and within two months you should receive the
name and address of a Chinese.

Just send your name, address, age, sex, inter

PERKS FOR CHARITY

Does your company give you "perks"? "Perk" is

a clipped form of "perquisite" which is a privilege or benefit additional to regular profit or pay, re
sulting from one's position or employment. For example, your company may provide free use of a private gym, country club, resorts or vacation spots, may lease a car for you or pick up the tab

at swank restaurants and hotels. Naturally, they hope the "perks" will make you happy and keep you from joining another company. But frankly, if your company just gave you the money it cost for your "perks", would you spend it
that way on yourself? Probably not. As Christians, we try to be more conscientious about the way we
manage the money God gives us.

Well, your company surely won't give you the

money, but they might consider a different kind of

"perk"; namely, contributing to your favorite charity. Why not suggest that to your superior?
Something like:"I would much rather you give X dol lars to my favorite charity than reserve a room for me in that swank hotel." Imagine the amount of good that could be done with the money they burn to "keep you happy." .

In fact, many companies are already trying something like this. They offer worthy employees
paid sabbaticals to further their education or

work free for some benevolent cause. If you qualify

for such a benefit in your company, it could be an excellent opportunity to deepenyour Bible know ledge at some Bible college or live and work on some mission field with your family for a few
months.

A STRANGER IN SCHOOL
Most Chinese children who go to kindergarten start_when they are three years old. They are grad ually introduced to structured classrooms, graded classes (3's, 4's and 5's), textbooks and homework during 16 hours a week. They start learning Chinese characters, numbers and the alphabet.

As their knowledge increases, the assignments become more difficult so that by the time they are six years old they can qualify to enter the academ
ically better elementary schools. The better schools use more and more English until the last

couple of years of high school are taught almost

entirely in English.
We weren't sure if our children would fit into

this kind of a situation. Almost every day for a month after Sandi started, she didn't want to go. Now she looks forward to it,completes her daily as signments and learns to say new Chinese phrases
every week.

But because she started when she was 4 years old instead of 3, she was put back in the 3's class

this week and enjoys it even more, as she says, "Everyone in this class is doing the same home
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FORWARDING ADDRESS:

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#2 Castle Peak Court 1/f.

18.5 m. Castle Peak Road, New Territories, HONG KONG Telephone: 12-804774 March, 1980

Tele: 503/258-2865

^adio, Here We Come!

All of the Christian church missionaries

here are excited right now because Macao Com mercial Radio Station, forty miles from here, just gave us the go-ahead to broadcast Chris tian programs to mainland China. This sta tion is the oldest AM station in this region and quite powerful at 10,000 watts. The sta tion manager estimates that 16 million Chinese live within the range of the station.
I sense the Lord's leading in this, as

one

thing after another fit together.

The

timing could hardly be better. Because of the size of this opportunity, we want to produce the best programs possible; so to start, we are only on the air twice a week, 15 minutes each time. Also, all eight missionaries are working together on it: Wing Wong is the main speaker; Hank Kwan is the an nouncer and back-up speaker; Wing Wong, Ken Smyth and Dave Poling develop the programs. William Rees and Ben Rees design and print related materials. Wayfull Jew is the engineer and technician. Daryll Jew is the deliveryman. And I am the business manager.
Each wife assists her husband in his area.

This week, we compared various studio and record ing equipment. Christian Education Association of the

Orient (CEAO) Is considering paying the cost

of the

studio. Gospel Broadcasting Mission has offered to pay up to half of the air-time cost.

The title of the program will be "Compass of Truth" like the correspondence course used in Chile and translated into Chinese by Chuck Johnston. We still need about two months before we are ready to go on the air, and I'm sure that the time will go faster
than we think.

This is the biggest project that any of us here have ever taken on. I estimate that this year the to

tal cost of the radio ministry alone (not counting each missionary's own ministry) will be at least $15,000. So we covet your prayers on this behalf.

T'artners In Missions
CEAO owns the school building in Wong Tai Sin started by Shu Chen Li. Hank Kwan now operates a kin dergarten there and ministers to that congregation. Three trustees of CEAO and their wives visited Hong

Kong over Chinese New Year (Feb. 13-22)

to see how

else they could further the work here. We fully ap preciated their concern and fellowship, and from now on I will be sitting on the supervisory board of
their facilities.

Christians Respond
We just learned that many churches have written asking how to sponsor Indochinese refugees in re sponse to my letter of appeal sent out by Eastview Christian Church. In fact, I received a call from New Hampshire this morning about the letter. If you have not yet written to learn how you can eternally help Indochinese refugees in desperate need, please write
to:

International Disaster Emergency Service 1880 North King Road

Marion, Indiana 46952

Telephone:

317/664-1987

They will send you a thorough booklet on sponsorship that I adapted and typed up for them from one pub lished by the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Ser

vice.

Last week I.D.E.S. presented me with a $1,000

check to assist with the needs of the 60,000 Vietna

mese refugees in Hong Kong.

In The Beginning
"Of old in the beginning, there was the great chaos, without form and dark. The five elements had

not begun to revolve, nor the sun and moon to shine.

In the midst thereof there existed neither forms nor

sound. You, 0 spiritual Sovereign, came forth in your presidency, and first divided the grosser parts from the purer. You made heaven; you made earth; you made man. All things with their re-producing power, got their being." one? Does that sound like a prayer based on Genesis It is part of an ancient prayer delivered by

Chinese emperors at the annual sacrifices for their

nation. They never read Genesis one, but more and more evidence is coming to light that indicates that ancient Chinese worshipped God in much the same way that the patriarchs did before the time of Moses. In fact, a whole book has just been published document ing this one subject, The Discovery of Genesis by C.H. Kang & Ethel R. Nelson, published by Concordia Publishing House, 3558 S. Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63118. Available now for $3.95 at your local Christian bookstore.

We desire your prayer for the following needs:

1. For China's leaders. They seem to be re stricting freedom of thought and expression
again.

2. For China's citizens. May they have a fair chance to respond to the gospel. 3. For Dave and Lynn Poling and Ken and Linda Smyth who are in language school daily for
the next two years.

4. For suitable radio programs to air to China.

5. For wisdom and courage to evangelize the*

"11,000 people moving in to the high-rise
across the street from us. 6. For more American Christians to volunteer to

sponsor Indochinese refugees. 7. For relief from the property crunch for all of the mission work in Hong Kong.

8. For converts in the village of Lung Gu Taan.

9. For M/M Archie Fairbrothers, pioneer mission aries, who will be returning to Hong Kong this summer to work, over 30 years after
they were forced to leave China.

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January & February, 1980

SPENT 1. Publicity 2. Travel Fund Subtotal: Living Costs 1. Salary 2. Insurance 3. Tax & Social Security 4. Medical 5. Children's School 6. Housing 7. Retirement Subtotal: BUDGETTED

$ $

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208.33 251.66

7.76

$1,471.10
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$1,000.00
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$2,754.15

$2,248.34

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18.25 161.33 44.68 158.76 125.17 408.19 150.58 354.60

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1,395.83

$1,421.56

$2,358.33 $4,858.33

TOTAL:

$4,183.47 $ -8.88

BALANCE:

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FORWARDING ADDRESS:

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M/M E1don Wymore 400 Hillview Drive Lebanon, OR, 97355

#2 Castle Peak Court 1/f, 18.5 m. Castle Peak Road, New Territories, HONG KONG

Tele: 503/258-2865
April, 1980

Telephone:

12-804774

800 New People A Day"

Bill and Melba Rees were the first missionaries

of our group to begin work in Hong Kong. They arrived about 16 1/2 years ago. Now there are eight families on American support and three or four locally-paid church workers. Moreover, at least 200 people a week
attend the church services connected to this work.

Yet more and more people need salvation. The Hong Kong government estimates that in recent months, over 800 new people a day were added to Hong Kong's population. It would take scores of Christian workers just to reach these new people, to say nothing of the millions of unsaved people already in Hong Kong, and a couple hundred times more in China. But don't let this discourage you. With God's help you can still do a great deal of good.

1st, A Training School

for Chinese Christian workers needs your prayer and
support.

Yesterday, a man told me that one of the dis appointing things about Christianity in Hong Kong to day is that it lacks heroes. There is no one really following Christ to look up to, to imitate.

Skilled

and

dedicated Chinese Christian workers

are a must for the Chinese church. The Wing Wong, Ken Smyth and Dave Poling families came to Hong Kong spec
ifically to train Chinese Christian workers. They intend to start a training school with night
and weekend classes this fall. The school will have a

one-year introduction to Christian living course, and a five-year training course. Work in the five-year course will be at least as much as that required for a B.A. degree in a Bible college in the states. There is a great deal of interest here now in starting such a school. Several of us volunteered to teach classes or work with the school, and 42 people
want to attend classes this fall.

needs your prayer and support. The Lord willing, the radio program will first be broadcast on May 30th, and twice a week from then on. Getting ready for these programs, we've learned a lot that they didn't teach us in Bible college. I've learned about ohms, frequency response, dolby, ferrechrome, preamps, omniderectional mic's and more.

2nd. The Compass Of Truth" Radio Ministry

However, our Bible colleges did help prepare us to formulate the following governing principles for the radio programs: I. God is our director. When problems come up and up and the programs fall short of our expectations, we want to take them to the Lord rather than blaming and criticizing one another.
II. The listener is only three feet away from his radio. We don't want to browbeat him, dazzle or "wow" him, but just talk as friend to friend about the greatest friend in the world. III. What is important to the listener is impor
tant to us We should take God's love out to where the

listener thinks and feels, not expect them to come to where we think and feel to get God's love. Over 16 million Chinese live within range of the radio sta tion, but that doesn't mean that- our programs will
reach anyone unless it meets his need. Hank Kwan is now in Canton, China for six days to
find out more about the habits and interests of those

who might listen to our program. He and his wife planned to attend services at the large undenomina tional church in Canton on Palm Sunday.
IV. Each program aims for a specific response

from the listener. If our programs aren't headed anywhere, or we don't know where we are headed when we prepare them, then the listener Isn't going to know either. May it be said of us as it was of the apostles' preaching: "Now when they heard this, they..
V. The goal of the radio ministry is to start Bible-based cell groups. Believers in hostile en vironments need fellowship even more than the rest
of us.

Air time will cost $155 a week. $2,450 have already been received for the radio ministry, and

$2065 spent on basic recording equipment so far.

Four weeks of programs have been outlined and are now being developed. We are taking inventory of all the recorded Christian music and Chinese lyrics now among the missionaries.

We are broadcasting from Macao, a very small Portuguese colony on the coast of China, thirty miles from Hong Kong. Macao does not subscribe to any international copywrite convention, so anything produced or broadcast in Macao is exempt from copywrite restrictions or royalty payments. The "Compass of Truth" Bible correspondence course has been available in Hong Kong for over a year, but only 27 people signed up for it until 3 weeks ago, when Peter Wong, a Christian high school
teacher recommended it to his student. Lesson One has now been sent to an additional

57 people.

3rd, Sponsor A Refugee

Write to International Disaster Emergency Service, 1880 North King Road, Marion, Indiana, 469 52 and see if you can be a sponsor.

4th. Be A Pen Pal

to a Chinese non-Christian.
him to Christ. Write to me.

You might be able to leajd

5th, Pray For China

China's leaders are publicly expressing irritation at expressions of Christianity in their country. May China's citizens have a fair chance to respond to the
gospel.

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LEBANON. OREGON 97355

PHONE: 503-258-2865

JUNE, 1980

On The '^hr
15 minutes twice a week as of May 30th, the

"Compass of Truth" radio program can be heard by

16 million Chinese.

No one with whom we

work has ever produced

radio programs, so everything that could go wrong seemed to. Yet God was with us and every one helped. Without these, the programs wouldn't
be ready.

Having the recording room in the Poling's home often interrupts their privacy. Wing Wong, Dan Rees and others spend long hours making pro grams. The Kwans, Jews and Smyths al so pro vide key help, while the Reeses and others gave generously.
Their gifts should cover air time until September 7th at $160 per week. Bill McClure who committed Gospel Broadcasting Mission to pay half the air time should write soon, too.
The Christian Education Association of the

Orient (CEAO) purchased the equipment and studio for over $3,000. Finally, Dwight Good flew us their background tapes for our singers.

Radio isn't nearly as popular as it used to be, but it's the only opening we have, so we hope
and pray that it will lead some to Christ.

In conjunction with the radio program, I've

now graded 168 lessons of 113 students of the "Compass of Truth" Bible Correspondence Course.

Preparing future radio programs and ade quate followup materials still needs much prayer
and work.

blessings Galore
Seven years ago we were finishing college
and preparing for Hong Kong. We were blessed to housesit John and Margaret Herbert's lovely home for three months. It was a daily oasis of calm in
an otherwise hectic schedule.

Our first three years in Hong Kong we lived in a massive twenty-storey complex. I remember craning my neck out our window to see a treeany tree. Only a millionaire it seemed could own a tree in Hong Kong. Yet the Herbert's home was still a refreshing memory.
Since then we've been blessed with an a-

partment that fronts a lot wooded with bamboo, papiya and other trees. Full of birds, crickets, frogs and other music makers, the lot is a non
stop concert.

Across the road is a private park with stately trees, a manicured lawn, hundreds of pots of flowers, a grotto and a secluded beach. A walk
with our children around this touch of God's

handiwork after a hectic day soothes and calms. Our home is a double bl es si ng for me be cause I lack both the green thumb and the wealth to own such beauty. Yet as someone once said,

"Beauty is not his who owns it, but his who enjoys it." Though God might choose to remove it all, its
memory would still be precious, as someone else .said, "Oh, better than the minting of a goldcrowned king, is the safekept memory of a lovely thing."

I recently started teaching English for

free

to the two oldest children of a nearby wood and

tool shop owner. But to my surprise, when I bought limber to build the recording room, he only charged
$20 for what should have cost $90.

We also hired a reputable printing company to

print 10,000 tracts. It should have cost $700 but church members saved $160 by folding the tracts,
and the company misfigured the price but accepted

responsibility for their loss of $190. tracts only cost $350.

So the

It seemed that I should pray for three new prospects from passing out the tracts. We were only able to pass out part of the tracts, but still God provided three new prospects,

Proceeding With Caution

China still advocates thought-reform for those who disagree with them, labor camps for those who
resist, and execution for those who oppose them. China supports Pol Pot and the Kymer Rouge of Cambodia and condoned their slaughter of three million Cambodians. In di a , Japan, Korea, Russia, Bhutan and, Vietnam all say that China is encrouching on their territory. China is officially against Bibles coming in from the outside, because they plan to print 100,000 copies themselves, but the actual printing has been quietly stopped and
shel ved.

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Radio Responses
We praise the Lord that after the first five weeks of broadcasting the " Compass of Truth" we have received two requests for the materials we offered. May God continue to bless us with adequate material
for the weeks to come.

Over the past few months,

Joe Lul of Mong Kok

Church of Christ persona) ly mailed over forty Bibles to people in China. These were followed up with a

personal letter asking If they received the Bible and

with a "Compass of Truth" order form for other Bible materials. Another letter was received In response to these from a believer In her late 50s.
She said that she did not have a radio to listen

to the "Compass of Truth", but a friend occassiona))y records it on cassette; so she listens to the cas settes at night with her family. She wanted as much material as we could give her. Finally she said that she had fled to Hong Kong In 1938. After the war she returned to China, but had to leave her six-year-old son behind. Now her health was failing. She asked, "Would we help her find her son?" May God help us do it.

Working In Refugee Camp

Over 1,000 new Vietnamese homeless entered Hong Kong during June. Thanks to the generosity of

American Christians, we were able to hire Joe Lui

to

work in one of the camps, Argyle III.

He teaches Eng

lish and Bible daily; and gives us ready reports on other ways we can help. He says that the most dificult problem is the denominational repressiveness of those managing the camp. "They seem more anxious to preach their own sect than Christ." May God sustain Joe and give an effective witness through his service.

Church

At Home

During the last three weeks a couple from Mong Kok Church of Christand a couple from Fung Wong Church of Christ moved to Tuen Mun. Both couples are very active Christians. So we stepped back from some of our other activities for a couple of weeks to spir itually and physically prepare ourselves to start a church in our home. The Lord w i 11 i ng , the first service will be Sunday, July 10th.

Lung Gu Taan
Our Sunday afternoon Sunday School in Lung Gu Taan will continue. In fact, the Lord willing, we hope to hold a three-day evangel istic meet i ng with Wing Wong speaking there the first of August. This is a village that particularly needs Christ. It is notorious for seajackings, hijackings, bank rob
beries, black mail and murder. A score of the able-

bodied men spend the majority of their time drinking and gambling. Last Tuesday a two-year-old boy drowned in the field watering hole while his father sat drink ing and gambling only a couple hundred yards away.
When the father found out, he went out to the field and cried like a baby, but no one comforted him. In fact, there IS no comfort for him outside of Christ.

Cars
The old car we bought for $100 was a real bles sing, but it did have its drawbacks--like the rusted
out holes in the floor and doorframe. We didn't no

tice It much in thewinter and spring, but when it rained everyone In the car would get wet. The straw that broke the camel's back however was the Sunday we

drove on the dry dirt roads to Lung Gu Taan; more dust

was billowing from the Inside of the car out than the
other way around. So we now have an 8-seat, 1977, Toy ota Van. Unfortunately, it took $2,600 out of our
building fund to get it. This is disappointing because construction is now beginning in the heart of Tuen Mun, where we had hoped to purchase floor space for a church. There will soon be 500,000 people living with
in a 1.5 mile radius of there.

Ordination
I believe history was probably made
Wai became the first Chinese from

today, July
to be

6th, at Fung Wong Church of Christ, because Yip Mung

our churches

ordained in Hong Kong for the ministry. His testimony today reminded me of the tough road he has had to tra vel to get to this point. His father died when he was 12, so he quit school to supporthis six younger bro thers and sisters. His family lived on the "wrong side of the tracks"in refugee housing. He knew nothing about Christianity. But the preaching of Christ through
Mr. & Mrs. Shu Chen Li won his heart.

He determined to attend any meeting the church had. Then one day he committed himself to serve Christ fulltime. The obstacles were myriad. There was often not enough food. He sometimes only ate once a day. He had a family to support. He was intimidated by a pro tection ring. At the same time, he had to finish ele

mentary school and high school (mostly through night school) and Bible college. Yet, he persevered, and af
ter about seven years he graduated from Hong Kong Bi ble Institute last week. As the chairman of Fung Wong Church of Christ said, "We've waiteda long time to call you as a fulltime minister." May God blessYip Mung Wal in his ministry as he works with Hank Kwan.

Roots
The Lord willing, Wayfull and Helen Jew and their ch lid re n will be able to visit Wayfull 's ancest ra 1
home in China for the first time thismonth. May God

give them an effective witness to their family.

Correspondence Course
130 Hong Kong people have started the Compass of Truth Bible Correspondence course. I have completed it. 9 of these want to be Christians, of which at least 3 are now regularly attending one of our churches. May God continue to bless this ministry.

Just Us
Sandl, our 4-year-old, just finished final exams for this year of Chinese kindergarten. She'll be go ing to a much closer kindergarten next term, the Lord willing. Stevie, our 2-year-old "monkey" fell on the coffee table last Saturday night and had to have two stitches on his scalp. David, our 1-year-old, seems to want to bypass baby food and eat what we eat. Al though he only slithers on his tummy, he seems to al ways be right behind us. Joyce has been hosting

guests for meals in our home, 18 in the past week,

and making curtains for our new neighbors.

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Potentialities
More nonbelievers are within the range of the Com pass of Truth radio program than in any one of 127 ot her countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Swe den and Cuba, or the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
and Haiti combined.

Eventhough we knew when we started broadcasting that the radio frequency the Compass of Truth is on is often jammed in the evenings, we still decided to try one evening and one morning broadcast a week. Since then, we've learned that some places only have electricity in the evenings, so can only hear the pro
grams then.

Clarion Trax of Colorado produces over 600 of the best Christian background music for singers, but copy right restrictions prohibit using them on the Compass of Truth radio program. However, the president.of Clarion Trax graciously waived the restrictions for our limited use, and we are truly grateful for his gen erosity.

After untying several legal snags, Wayfull and

Helen Jew and their three children and four young a-

dults are now in China for 5 days visiting Wayfull's homeplace and Canton. They were anticipating that the trip would be to the glory of God.

Ivisteners Say...
"...You made me see anew how great the truth of love is and how a person ought to put his love in action.^'

too?

"Sir, would you introduce me to this realm of love, Let me see too how great the breadth of love is,
For your best,"

and please send me this book (the Bible) that I am long

ing for.

from a seaside village in Guangdong Province

"...May you have health and a happy life. May your work go smoothly, full of good fortune all your life. May you live happily in a love comnunity." "Madam and Sir, what you talked about on your pro gram touched our hearts. We enjoyed listening to it. In
fact, we wanted to listen for several hours. Your work

is a service to people, relieving every pain, so please

continue.
friends.".

We want you to mail your lessons to us.

Finally, a revolutionary salute,"

We

like to learn, and we want

to continue to be your

from the Toishan region of Guangdong Province

At Home In Church
I've enjoyed leading the first two worship services since we started them in our home. However, only five
Chinese attended the first week and four the second week.

In the past several months, I have been handling respon sibilities so others could lead in worship; so I am es pecially glad to have this opportunity to get back ac tively involved in leading in worship.

Some time ago I was talking to a Chinese lady about

my name, when she asked me what my wife's name was. I told her that it was Joyce Anderson. A look of shock

TMarriage Customs

crossed her face, and she said, "That is forbidden among

Chinese!" I was puzzled at first, and then I remembered Chinese marriage customs.

It is common among Chinese for a woman to keep her maiden name after she marries. For example, if a Susan

Lau marned a James Wong, that would of course be Mr. and Mrs. Wong, and she would be formally addressed as "Mrs. Wong. But if you called her by her name, you

would call her "Susan Lau". That is how she might identify herself, fill out forms and even sign checks.
Moreover, it is generally considered incest for 2 people with the same last name to marry unless it can be proven by means of geneologies that their ancestry is from entirely different regions of China. So I ex plained to the Chinese lady that, "No, Joyce's maiden
name was not Anderson.'

For two people of the same last name to marry is as abhorent to many Chinese as if a blood brother and

sister married in America. For example, some years ago in the village of Lung 6u Taan, a young man and a young lady of the same clan fell in love. Exactly what relation one was to the other was not clear, but
the clansmen still determined to rid themselves of

such evil, so they bound the couple in bamboo baskets

and cast them into the ocean.

Such harsh judgments remind me of some of God's principles for society found in the Old Testament: Israel was not to try to reform those offenders who violated the most sacred statutes of society, but ra ther to purge itself of their evil. Since Christ, however, a window of hope is open to even the worst offenders if they are.,repeQtant.-...
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Thanit^ Wou' Lord

I never ceased to be amazed at the mercies of God

in even the most practical ways. For example, pro perty prices in Hong Kong are skyrocketing. Land downtown just sold for $5300 a square foot. Our land lord is asking $816 per month rent for apartments in our complex identical to ours. But, praise the Lord, we're still paying $306 per month, and inflation seems to be slowing down a bit.
In Christ,
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I spoke 1n a Vietnamese refugee camp for the first tinie last Tuesday.
cupies a remote prison compound in a bay called Chi Ma Wan.

^aith Among Refugees

The camp oc

It is divided into two ex

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Chinese.

All the residents are ethnic Chinese who speak Cantonese like we do, and over half read

The upper camp houses about 1,000 and the lower camp houses about 3,000.

They have no Christian background, but seem very open to the Gospel. Bible college students from a nearby Christian and Missionary Alliance school have been visiting the
camp all summer. They held a preparation for baptism course, and sprinkled over 90 grad
I didn't want to clash uates of the class the day after I spoke. When I spoke in the lower camp, about 400 people attended.

with what the Bible college students were doing, yet I could not advocate sprinkling with a clear conscience. So at the close of my message, I asked those who had never made a decision before but who wanted to know more about accepting Christ to raise their hands. Fifteen or twenty did, I told them to come up after the service and give me their names so that I could give them lesson one of the Compass of Truth Bible Course, which leads to baptism. However instead of twenty people coming forward, 119 did eventhough they had to stand in line for as much as one-half hour in order to borrow some thing to write their names down with. Since thet? the number has swelled to over 200.

They range in age from 15 to 74. Half of them are over 36 years old. Since then, we've purchased 1,000 notebooks and pencils, but we still need to buy many Bibles.
The need to help this many people grow in their faith is tremendous. The Lord

willing, I will visit the camp once a week to teach them basic helps for their Christian lives and to lead them through the Compass of Truth course. I would like to go out
daily but round trip travel takes nine hours. Please pray that these believers might be knit together and grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

^adio Pen Pals

Beginning the first of September, the Compass of Truth radio ministry will be pro

ducing two programs a week instead of one. This doubles the work for Wing Wong, the main speaker, and Dan Rees, the technician, but we believe that it will greatly boost 1istener response.
During September, we are encouraging listeners who want English-speaking pen-pals to write in. So if you know someone who is in high school or older and would like to correspond with a Chinese, they might be able to lead them to Christ. Have them send

their name, age and address, and a testimony of their faith in Christ to: Compass of
Truth, P.O. Box 10340, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and we will try to match you up with a Chinese pen pal.

Joe Lui, my coworker among the refugees in the camps, is help ing me prepare Gospel materials while we are on the ferry on our way to the camp.

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To China and Back

Wayfull and Helen Jew's account of their trip to Wayfull's home in China was cer tainly an eye-opener for us. Although rice, cooking oil and a roof over one's head are virtually free in China, many people are just barely making it. For example, a pair of cheap sandals could cost the average Chinese a week's salary; a watch, two year's salary; a T.V., five year's salary. If you had to put out a week and a half's salary to buy a
Bible, would you?

Many homes don't have electricity, to say nothing of a radio. There is little choice in fruit and vegetables and even less meat. From recent news, Poland with its shortages must look like the Promised Land in comparison to parts of Guangdong Province.
Yet on the other hand, the people of China are very polite, honest and friendly.

Over the past thiVteen moriths, Wayfull and Helen Jew have been leasing premises that
are ideal for witnessing about Christ, but they have not been able to use them due to government regulations, and there seemed to be virtually no chance that things would change, but the government has just kindly granted permission for them to go ahead. We praise the Lord for this encouragement to our faith and honor to Wayfull and Helen, two
of his fine servants.

God Still Answers Prayer

The official mouthpiece of Christianity mThina announced that 85,000 copies of the Bible and 50,000 copies of the New Testament WILL be published in the traditional text (not simplified characters) around the end of October IN MAINLAND CHINA. They will cost

China

$6 per Bible and $3 per New Testament.

In Fukiep Province alone (where Shanghi is) over

20,000 people are said to have signed the waiting list for copies of the Bibles. The officials also reported that 26 church buildings have been reopened for worship

services throughout mainland China, and they expect to have 50 churches open by the end
of this year. A communist paper in Hong Kong said, "All this activity would seem to in dicate that China is in earnest when it propagates to the world that religious freedom is part and parcel of its socialist system."

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l._.unto the least ofthese.. The refugee situation in Southeast Asia was horrendous eight months ago when I sent
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Many responded and much has been done since

"Hundreds of thousands of people exist

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desperate situation even worse."

From World Relief's official reports:

Moreover, the Hmong people (originally 700,000) of Laos

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Hefiigees-^^^ulations-'^estncted
After talking for an hour on the importance of Bible study at Chi Ma Wan refugee camp, several Christian men from Vietnam clustered around me and finally pushed one man forward to ask me a question. The subject I feared they would ask was: "Can you help stop the Hong Kong government from shipping us to Mainland China?" You see, the Hong Kong government put these 4,000 Vietnamese boat people in the isolated Chi Ma Wan prison compound because they do not regard them as refugees from Viet nam but illegal immigrants from China because they passed through China on their way to
Hong Kong. So the government refuses to let any refugee resettling organization into Chi Ma Wan to help these people find foreign homes. Instead, the government insists that they must be sent back to China, from which their chances of leaving are slim, eventhough many of them have immediate family in other countries. For example, even a concert vio linist whose sons are in Canada, a mother with a university degree whose husband and sons are in England, and a family with U.S. documents stating the name and address of their U.S. sponsors looked like they were going to be sent to China, too.
But this is not what the Christian men wanted to discuss with me. Rather, they said,

"We know we are going to China, and that we will be persecuted and have difficulty find ing jobs because we are Christiansplease teach us how to maintain our faith." So we talked about prayer, Bible study and Christian fellowship. Then they asked, "But what about baptism, communion and ordaining pastors?" So then we talked about the simplicity of New Testament church organization. Finally, they asked, " We know we are to give onetenth of our income to God, but how do we give it to God inside of China?" Their faith was humbling. After that, I contacted the United Nations headquarters on Refugees to find out if anything could be done for those who had family abroad. They told me that the people should rightfully join their families, but that the government was not allowing the U.N. officials into the camp, would I get names of these people for them? So I inquired into the possibility and everyone seemed agreeable. Then without warning, my freedom to enter the camp ended. I have not been allowed in since. However, since then I have heard that 380 were allowed to settle abroad, but an other 1,500 were sent to China, and all the Bibles and correspondence courses we gave the
80 or so believers were confiscated.

That same week, villagers froniTung G.u-;Taa.n,- where we hold Sunday School, clashed
with workers at a nearby construction site to; a,riot. Four were injured and 33 arrested. We have ceased renting a premises in the village and just hold Sunday School under a tree. Each week this has provided us with new examples of the provision of God, and the faith
of the dozen or so that attend.

Gu 'Taan

Hong Kong Christian School

One of my less pressing responsibilities is as unofficial manager on the board of the^" Hong Kong Christian School, with Bill Rees as Superintendent, Wayfull Jew as official
manager and Hank Kwan as Principal.

The school was established about 15 years ago by Shu Chen Li (now passed away) and
the Christian Education Association of the Orient (CEAO) whose trustees are the elders of the Miamitown Church of Christ, Miamitown, Ohio. It was primarily CEAO who purchased the

school's property, now valued at over $600,000 U.S. besides $15,000 in savings. The congregation meeting in the building has about 100 members. The school, which at its peak had nearly 700 elementary students. Is now only a kindergarten with some 80 children, since primary education in Hong Kong is now free. Except for Hank Kwah's salary,
CEAO does not support the school anymore.

The weather is beautiful now.

Around the House

You should come and visit us....Joyce enjoyed making

a three-tiered cake for the dedication of Wayfull and Helen Jew's Christian workers' lounge In Kwai Chung this week, besides entertaining guests...! finally cleared a backlog of work out of my office and even started jogging...Sandi, Stevie and David had fun light ing their Chinese lanterns for MidAutumn Festival eve. We walked along the beach looking at the hundreds of other lanterns in the nightthen we all got drenched in an unexpected thunderstorm...But the picnic the next day with seven other couples was lots of fun play
ing in the sand and water.

China Update
Less than one in every 25 citizens of Hong Kong is a non-Catholic belie v e r 1 n Christ. But only one in every 1,400 citizens of China Is a non-Catholic believer according to China's government. Moslems outnumber Catholics and non-Catholic believe r s combined.

In Hong Kong only 3 out of a 100 people are farmers, but in China 80 out of
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