ocT .

,
n ro

'

1979
2165 Tenth Avenue

Charles 0. Luttrell Family

MISSION

Honolulu, Hawaii
96816

OCTOBER, 1979
Dear Fellow Workers:

All praise to the Lord of the harvesti We continue to sow, water, and He gives the increase in His time. You, who are farmers, may be in the harvest season now, but in the Church we must wait on Him. We pray that as His word is planted around the
world that i t will bear fruit for Him.

The children really see-.ied to enjoy our Film Fun Day in August and there were several new children present. Lora and Penny used puppets to tell tiiem about VBS. Some of the new ones wanted to come to VBS but did not make it. Some lived too far away. We had as high as 41 present one morning at VBS - including our 17 regular pre-schoolers, I taught the biggest class (excluding the pre-schoolers) - the Intermediates, made up of the Luttrell and Nelson children and their friends. Shirley began attending our services with Lora about two vears ago,4COTies regularly on Sunday mornings and atten ded VBS every day. She says she is not ready to make-decision about becoming a
Christian.

A young woman of Chinese descent phoned me one Saturday night about a month ago. We talked about two hours. Her mother is a devout Buddhist so she knew nothing about the Bible or Christianity. Her boy friend is a Seventh-Day Adventist. She was having

problems and wanted to know about the Bible and how Cod could help her. She has been in the morning service almost every Sunday since then, catching the city bus from across town. I have spent hours talking to her, but she wants to be sure she is mi-king a genuine commitment of her life before she is baptized. We rarely have dropin visitors or make unintroduced friends, so we are surprised at her response. She
found that our church ad included my name so she phoned us - she did not want to just call a number.

We have two young women who have attended our services for years but their parents
refuse to allow them to be immersed. They are -Jennifer and Joyce. Kwok is the hus

band of our newest Christian. She is ha ving "growing pains" and if her husband was renewed in his commitment to the Lord, it \vould be such a help to her. Will you pray for these by name: Shirley, Shelley, Jennifer, .Joyce, and Kwok'that those things will be removed that are keeping them from obeying Jesus?

One of our problems is the lack of workers to do all the things that need to be done (isn**t this true everywhere?). For years I have driven the van to pick up children
for the services. At our last business meeting three of the young men in the church volunteered to do the driving. Tliey also suggested that all the men and boys get together Saturday_ to level the are_a and set the forms to pour the driveway from J;he upper to the lower parking lot. Dave Nelson had scooped out the bulk of it with his loader several weeks ago and It must be finished before the winter rains' begin. Dave is teaching a series of lessons on "Heart (spiritual) Diseases" on Sunday nights and Paul Hill has been leading the mid-week Bible study. We're grateful for their co operation. You may know that we have had a leaky roof in the classroom area for years and naturally it is getting worse. Replacing the metal would not solve the problem be cause the rafters are too termite damaged. We bought some old but unused trusses at a good price ($200 for 27) that have some dry-rotted boards which will have to be replaced. I've been repairing them and creosoting them. Then we'll set some work days when the men and boys can get together to take off the old roof and put on the
new one.

We have had a real turn-over of pupils in the pre-school since school started. Three went to Kindergarten, one moved away, one was unhappy so his mother sends him to a sitter each morning until his father can care for him (his mother and

brother came to church for a couple of weeks just after VBS so we were sorry to

lose him). Several new pupils enrolled so we have 17 again. The mother of two girls who were active members for years volunteered to help each morning in our

pre-school to help her understand English better.

She has lived in the U.S. for

years,but at home she listens to Japanese radio and TV and speaks Japanese to her
family. She wants to improve her English to get a job. Her daughter thinks she will leam about Jesus from the simple Bible stories. Pray that it works. We don't know how long she will help us since she is looking for work. One of our

teacher s is pregnant and can only supervise the children two hours a day while
the children are asleep. I supervise them from 6:30-8 every morning, but Sue
With more students^the bookkeeping Nelson and Henrietta share the rest of the day.
relieved of so many teaching hours.

and record keeping involves Henrietta for more hours, so she really needs to be

We are eagerly looking forward to having Dennis Oertel and DeAnn Morton join us as soon as possible. They plan to be married October 20. They are now contacting churches and trying to raise support to join us in the work here, Dennis has had construction experience so he will be a big help in both the physical and spiritual work. If he were only here now, we might be able to get the driveway and roof
finished before winter, DeAnn is needed in the pre-school, too, and on the Sunday School staff. Our Intermediate and high school girls now teach the pre-school children on Sunday when they really want and need to be in their own classes, Paul

and Kathy Hill sponsor the youth,and they are well-liked, but they are new
Christians themselves and need to be relieved sometimes &o they can study and leam.
In our last newsletter we asked those who want to continue receiving our newsletter

to return their name and address otftheir newsletter.

We are repeating the

request. After the first of the year, if we have not received your name, we will drop it from our mailing list. Just mail the end of the letter with your name on it
to us at 2165 Tenth Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816.
them.

We have already received many, and

were pleasantly surprised to get notes of encouragement and some checks along with
May the Lord give you fruit for your labor for Him,
Your CO-laborer for Christ,

Charles C. Luttrell:

for the family

CONTRIBUTORS

Henrietta, Mark, Philip, and Lora August and September

INDIVIDUALS/COUPLES
John H Dunn

GROUPS/aiURCHES

Milan, N.M. The Lord's Reapers,OBC,Joplin

Leanna,KS Cross Plains,Carrollton,GA

Chester M. Breedlove

Joseph W. Messick, Jr.

Howard Reeve

Kokomo,IN
Macedon ia-Kokomo,IN New Point, MO Osage Hills, Tulsa,OK Gateway-Aurora, CO Truthseekrs-First-Port Charlotte,FL Converse, IN Moran, KS Berea, MO Westside-Colubia, ^10 Highland,Kennewick, WA riomebuilders-So Akron,OH W. Lansing, MI Berea, MO

Roger J Smelser
James F Roberts

Herbert Kurtz

Thelma C Mory
Max Streeter
Mabel Brewer

M. E, Devore

Leslie Hayes
John E Ruble Glenn R Jackson C C Wilson

Harold Logan Bessie T Lovejoy

Donald W Reed

HAWAII CALLS MISSION

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

1304 Robert Ray Dr. Columbia, MO 65201

U. S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 276

COLUMBIA.MO 65201

MISSION SERVICES
BOX 177

KEMPTON,
46049

INDIANA

^..^ISSION
. ly^
oy

dec

1979

7 (Charles C. Luttrell Family

2165 Tenth Avenue

Honolulu, Hawaii
96816
DECEMBER, 1979

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

All praise to Him who planned our salvation before the world beganl As I write, the sun is shining, the trees are swaying in the light breeze, the arms of our win(toill are beginning to turn, faster and faster - then they stop. It reminds me again that

when we are as responsive to the leading of the Lord as those sails are to the wind, then He can use our lives to bring glory to Him as Jesus did through His incarnation, life, and death. As you worship Him, may He give you peace and joy in this holiday
season and throughout the New Year.

In our last newsletter we asked you to pray for some individuals,

Shirley, Joyce,

and Jennifer are still attending the services regularly. May the Lord keep their hearts tender towards Him. Shelley comes, listens, asks questions but is putting off making a decision. Kwok, the husband of our young Christian - Cynthia, has been in the morning service three Sundays out of four, Cynthia is working now and Kwok brings their daughter to pre-school each morning. He is a quiet, reserved person so we are

happy to have this opportunity to visit with him in an informal way.

praying.

Please keep

We were thrilled to have a young adult man volunteer to be in charge of our Christmas

play this year. When he could not find the script he wanted, he wrote one. The young people met with him last week to assign the parts. We've asked you to pray for this person often, so we feel that prayers are being answered as he assumes this respon
sibility.

The Japanese lady who volunteered to help in our pre-school is no longer helping. Kathy sits with the children while they are napping, but soon will not be able to do
that much. So, I open the school at 6:30 and stay until 8 when Henrietta or Sue relieves me. They each work about five hours per day in the pre-school and try to take
care of their families and do their other work around that schedule. Sue is taking

nine credit hours of work in Early Childhood Education at a community college and Henrietta is taking three. So they are really anxious to have DeAnn Oertel come as

soon as possible to help them. The pre-school takes many hours of service, but it is providing a worthwhile service to the parents, the children, and the church as it
furnishes contacts and funds.

Dennis Oertel and DeAnn Morton were married October 20,

Now they are continuing to

work hard to raise their support to join us in the work here.

We pray that this is

the couple that the Lord is preparing to use in a mighty way here, and that they will be working here for many years, so we hope that you get to meet them. If you can

people will provide the funds so that they can-come quickly. We need their youthful
strength and enthusiasm.

invite them to your church or mission group to hear him speak or show slides, please write to him at 846 2nd Bomar Street, Greenwood, IN 46142. Please pray that the Lord's

We rejoicelWe are making some progress in the physical things that need to be done. On

prepare it for forms.

two weekends, the Luttrell and Nelson boys worked on digging out the driveway slope to

forms ready. One morning our son-in-law had only an early college class.

I spent several odd hours finishing the digging and getting the
All the

Then he came

over and suggested that we order the ready-mixed cement for the afternoon.

other men were busy, but he thought the two of us could handle it. He is a hard worker, With the help of two men on the truck we finished Th yards of concrete, shoveling about one-half of it higher on theslope that their chute would reach. We were exhausted but
relieved to have it in. Since the drainage canal for this part of the mountain empties across that section of our driveway, it was vital that we get it in before the heavy
winter rains.

part of the church land we are selling them) behind their house, so we're hoping the over the pre-school area of the church building, too. I have seven trusses finished
We want to get the roof trusses up and the new roof on

The Nelsons have a bare bank of earth about twelve feet high (that's

rains hold off for a while.

but still need to do some work on the other twenty.

Christmas is family time, so we want to include news of our family and hope you will send us news of yours. The doctor at my last physical said I was in excellent health

except for my allergies, but I'm not able to get as much done as I used to. I guess that it is to be expected when you get past 60 years old. In the past few months I've been walking two miles every day. It makes me breathe hard and helps clear my lungs. I seem to have more energy, but find it mighty easy to nap when I sit down to read or study, I'm keeping busy with the pre-school, property upkeep and development, and ministerial duties. Henrietta is in good health and keeps busy

in the pre-school, in college, in the office, and in the home.

Amy is working toward

her childhood ambition - to become a Doctor, and is in her second year of college, as is her husband, David King. Leta graduated from San Jose Bible College in May and

stayed there to work as a nurses aide in a convalescent hospital. She is planning to marry David Leggitt of San Jose on March 8. He is a fine, Christian young man. They both seem very happy and eagerly await the big day, Mark is a Junior at the UH and works in the circulation department of a weekly newspaper as an area adviser. Philip is in his last, year at the community college in his preparation to be a carpenter apprentice, Lora is a ninth grader at lolani School, a private school established by
missionaries in 1862. She is working hard and her grades are improving. She really likes it. She made TV news since this is the first year that girls have been allowed

in the student body.

There are 43 girls and about 150 boys in the freshman class.

May the Lord give to you and yours happiness and peace in this Christmas season, and
strength and direction for the New Yeari
Your brother in Christ,

For the family: P.M.

Charles, Henrietta, Mark, Philip, and Lora

This is the last notice to send us your name and address [the end of this letter

is fine) if you want to continue receiving our newsletters. We have the equipment to make the address plates in Honolulu, so please send them directly to us. We want to send our letters to you if you will read them, so please let us hear from you. So far fewer than 100 persons have replied, but we were happy to hear from them, and several sent checks. Every dollar is appreciated, especially since prices keep going up.
COf^RIBUTORS IN^'SEPTEMBER AND DCTOBER, 1979
Groups/Churches Kokomo, IN Individuals/Couples
Chester M. Breedlove Herbert Kurts John H Dunn

Bessie Lovejoy
Donald W Reed Charles W Brandt

Homebuilders, So Akron,OH
Leanna, Ks

Helping Hands,Tulsa, OK
Milan, N.M, The Lord's Reapers,Joplin,MO W. Lansing, MI New Point, MO Berea Church, MO

Roger J Smelser
Thelma C Mory
Max Streeter MabelBrewer

J, Robert Miller

Ron Simpson Roger Schoelkoph

Ellen Sneed Val Newcomb

Leslie Hayes
M, E, Devore
John E Ruble

Neeper Church, MO
Columbia, MO Converse, IN Macedonia-Kokomo,IN Port Charlotte, PL Gateway-Aurora, CO Cross Plains-Carrollton, GA

Kenneth IngeIs Bernard l Nigus

Bettie Mane Horton

Glenn R Jackson
C C Wilson

Leonard Smith

Harold Logan
Stuart F Britton Enoch G Hand

Ralph Hoppes
Ellen Sneed Bonnie O'Rourke R Dean Barlow

Julian Whitworth
Melba Hobbs

HAWAII CALLS MISSION

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
U. S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 276

1304 Robert Ray Dr. Columbia, MO 65201

Columbia, MO 65201

MISSION SERVICES
BOX 177

KEMPTON,
46049

INDIANA