SOUTH EAST ASU EVANGELIZING MISSION

Sontii East Am OmstiaBi Savices

Missionaries:
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Paul and Chris Fuller^
'Max and Rosabel Haven
Jerry and Pam Headen
Daniel and Beverley Kalnin
LaVeme and Lois Morse
Paul and Elaine Parrish
Peter and Ruth Stujaibun
Geo^e and Jeannie Than Win
Douglas and Geri Umbanhowar
Tim Viner
Louis Hall (and Patsy), TravellingEvangelist
Russell Hall (and Glenda), Field Representative
2700 Glenway Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45204
April 27, 1977
Mission Treasura'ss
James and Doris Florey
Box 581
Mokena, Illinois 60448
Board of Directors:
Box 581
Mokena, Illinois 60448
Dear Christian Friends and Fellow-supporters of the Fullers in Thailand:
I want to share with you some thrilling news atout Paul and Cris Fuller and
their family in Thailand. During these past years in Thailand, they have become
fluent in the Thai language, so that they are certified by the Government of Thai
land to teach! They, together with the others of the Team of the South East Asia
Mission, have launched the Chiangmai Bible Institute. Key Asian Christian leaders
have already arrived even from other countries for training in Chiangmai Bible
Institute in Thailand. Recently Paul reported that the teachers and students in
C.B.I, speak TWENTY-FIVE LANGUAGES! What a tremendous opportunity for us to teach
these Asian students WHAT TO TEACHthe Word of Godso that they can spread that
in 25 languages!
Paul and Cris and their family are needing to return to the U.S.A. for their
furlough. They are to leave Thailand this summer. After furlough, in 1978, they
plan to return to Thailand. However, they urgently need TRAVEL FUNDSat least
$4,000. Can you help out in this? Can you send $500, $200, $100 or $50 for their
travel? Their forwarding agent is Ruth Davenport, 717 21st Street West, Bradenton,
Florida 33505. Checks should be made out to "South East Asia MissionPaul Fuller
Fund." They urgently need travel funds before the end of May, so that they can
buy their tickets in time.
In addition, Paul and Cris and their family will need to have additional
living-link support as they prepare to return to Thailand. Paul is serving as the
Academic Dean of Chiangmai Bible Institute, and is very vital for the Lord's work.
He is to take further studies in America on furlough. Also, Paul and Cris will be
available to speak at churches, rallies, conventions, and Bible colleges for the
furthering of the Gospel in Aisa. They will want to recruit new missionaries, too.
Can you invite them to speak? Would you please join us in daily prayer-support for
them? Would you participate with us In their financial support for their vital
work of soul-winning and training Asian Christian leaders in Asia?
l^urs together for the Gospel in Asia,
R. LaVerne Morse
AH contribution are tax-deductible for Internal Revenue Service purposes.
!?ear Christian Crethren,
Creetin^G from Chiengnai. Thailand. .Ve want to bring you a
SDeclal greeting from Chiengmai- Bible Institute by way of tb.is
j.e bter to let you 'enow that we hope to be br ingins?: vpu treetin'^s
in Tierson very, very soon. " "
again, Gris and I tlsank you from the. very bottom of our hearts
for Gituocrt you have given us over the past tv/o years. Je tha'-'b
.you ^cr holding up our hands. There were many tines we would not
enov; h^v to moat a dire need, but v/hen the mail arrived, t^iere would
ce a cuech. never let us down. 'Je appreciate this and
h',r<n: for this more than we can express in words.
_ ..0W| we iva/e ^ special need, above and beyond our living and
ice liixh each month. This need is our travel fund of apnrox-
/e are )P,000 in debt for travel over here and need
i.o ret<ir.i|^. '/e plan to leave Chien.grnai the last of Mav. Cris,
^nn.r!, Cfisty and iv.elis&a will go to the'States. I will spend a
ser V
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^ V 1 i, , . ' 'V*- iinc mine lor a i^ontri or two. Je ho'oe
^^^olumbxa Jniversity in September this year, inuring the year
ve i._ e in t:i^ otatss, it is our sincere desire to visit in your
you and talk with you. Truly this is your work,
"'^'-^y^tle Institi^e, whic:", ?/ou ve helped to build v/i.th vour pra'-'ers
anrt finances. Je want to tell you more about it, and our plans to
.eturn to vniengrnai. in the fall of ippB. Je all work together for God
^oacerninfc tnis special need for travel funds, over a.nd above
trie, regular suppojrt, let .me hasten to say, that manv of vou have
^-iven and are uving sacrificially. Thank you so laucli. 'ihis letter
ma;v, rpwever, reach some who have not been able or have not been in-
vo../en up T.0 inis^Jime. Jov/, .cnowinv our special need, you may desire
to nelo. io do iUs work, we must have much help. Therefore, we ai^e
J.aymy chis need for tra/el funds upon your hearts. If it is im-
pobsiLle for you <o share financially, please share oraverfully.
travel funds need is over and above our regular needs,
ynile .in ColuiTilia to improve our ability to serve, we will need all
'-rtc- re ul^ support as it has seen. Ctherv/ise we cannot complete
our trammy. ' '
Je thank you, v/e love you, v/e pray for you. Je are verv anx
ious to see you th.is year.
Our love and prayers continually,
T::e Fullers-
Paul, Cris, l-avld, Cristy, c Xelissa
n...I c'ecks should be made payable to:
Couth Cast asia Christian hiission and mailed to our forv7arc3.inv
i.ei i I.'
Rut r) Oa / en p0r t
717 .?.l Ctreet Jest
Bradenton, PL 33505
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1, too also thank you from the bottom of my heart for f-e
Bupoor l. v/hxck you ha/e si-/en to Paul anri Cris. I'm sure most'of vou
.:d..e ae/er ^nov/n how jnuoh i'aul receives each month. Thev receive"
per .TOnth livin- lint. As you can see, this won''t To
gh Ptaxes. i pray that eac'.i of you will conti.Tue
.yoUi. jaLC;iful supPort wnen *Gne.y return.
In his service,
Ruth DaVenpor t
F' orwai"ding" Agen t
NEWS FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA
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We have received much news recently from
LaVeme Morse about some of the workers over
in Chiangmai, Much has been happening to
them, so we thought this was a good time to
let you know about it.
Many things have been happening tg
and Cris Fuller. Paul and Cris have adopted
Cwo-^TtiCf""babies - twin girls. The girls
were bom on October 15, 1976. Though Paul
and Cris had talked for many months about
adopting a Thai child, the situation arose
rather abruptly in November. They were told
that there were twin girls who were avail
able for adopting. Paul and Cris quickly
made a decision not to seperate the girls
and to adopt them both if possible. Trips
to the village and to various government
offices followed, and on December 7, Pranee
and Pranom became officially Cristine Marie
and Melissa Ann Fuller.
Also, during these past years in Thailand,
they have become fluent in the Thai language
so that they are certified by the Government
of Thailand to teach! They, together with
the others of the team of the South East
Asia Mission, have launched the Chiangmai
Bible Institute. Paul is serving as the
Academic Dean of the Bible Institute, and is
very vital for the Lord's work. Cris and
the children are in the states now, and Paul
is studying in Germany until August.
Another famil^oare^^'- "in Thailand now is
Paul and Elaine' Parrish. They left the
States on /"February 2nd, and arrived in
Bangkok on February 8th. When they arrived
in Chiangmai they were greeted by all the
mission team. On March 3 Paul and Elaine
began language study at the Union Language
School in Bangkok. The first class session
was truly a frustrating experience. Hearing
the different sounds of the Central Thai
language was not unusual because we had
heard them sopken before. But, how im
possible it seemed for us to produce the
same sounds!
NEEDS
Prayer Is the key element in mission
work. Please pray for the needs below.
Many churches (about 20) are involved
In monthly support of the Fullers' work,
the largest for about $100 per month.
Approximately $600 per- month total
living and service link was received In
1976. This regular support is vital, and
needs to be increased up to the amounts
below.
In addition, there are many small and
large Items which are needed on the field
In Thailand.
WILL YOU TAKE THESE NEEDS SERI
OUSLY, AS YOU MAY BB ABLE AND
LED TO DO SO?
LIVING-LINK SUPPORT.
$700/month, used for ail personal expenses,
including insurance; rent, food, clothes, med
ical, etc.
SERVICE-LINK SUPPORT
$500/month, used for the Asian Christians:
books, scholarships, evangelistic trips, etc.
$35 per month supports one student total
ly at CBI. We are hoping to include ten of
these from the $500.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
$200 for a gong-circle; $75 for a xylophone;
$15 for hand cymbals.
TAPE RECORDERS.
$100 per reel-to-reel. $15 per cassette. Music
and language study.
CLOTHING.
Used jackets, coats, scarves, gloves, etc. (Only
slender sizes for Asians, please. Ha!)
TYPEWRITER.
$700 for one IBM dual Thai-English. This will
be used for literature.
TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEM.
$700 for SONY M-IOIB, BM25A, MA40,
BP31B, AC31B. This will be used for writing
letters and literature.
CAN YOU FILL ONE NEED ABOVE?
Checks should be made payable to
"South East Asia Evangelizing Mission -
Paul Fuller" and sent to:
RUTH DAVENPORT, Forwarding Agent
717 21st Street West
Bradenton, Florida 33505
(Ail contributions are considered tax-deductibleby IRS)
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"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as
you teach and counsel one another with all wis
dom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual
songs with gratitude In your hearts to God."
-Col. 3:16 NIV
A WORD ABOUT MUSIC
What kind of hymn? American? Thai? Is the
American music Christian and, the Thai music
pagan? What church music is best in South East
Asia? The plain fact is that these questions are
too.seldom asked. Usually, Christians assume
that their music is best, and they convey this
thought clearly to new converts. The converts,
wishing only to please God, can tell from a shrug,
a frown, or a wince what pleases the missionary.
They take his music.
The Fullers' own answering of these questions,
from the discipline of ethnomuslcology, is quite
different. They believe that just as God can use a
"pagan" word for His deepest truths, or "pagan"
dress, or food, or customs, so He can use "pagan"
music. IF THESE THINGS ARE NEUTRAL,
or IF THEIR MEANING CAN CHANGE,
then they can be used in church. In 99 out of
100 cases this can be done. So after investigating
a music culture, Paul usually urges that It be used
in the church. Thus he looks forward to
churches, TV's, and radios In Asia filled with
Asian Christian music, and he works toward this
end, together with many Asians.
AThai musicensemble pJ6yi>^ Christian music.
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IntrpduGinf
9^1 Fullerj& Family
MlSSimAR1ES--T<)' THAILAND
DAVID
CRISTY MISSY
Paul Fuller and family have returned
on furlough In the summer of 1977
from 2 1/3 years of missionary work in
South East Asia, and they plan to re
turn to Thailand In the summer of
1978. Paul is a preacher and an ethno-
musicologist, while Cris teaches music
and languages, and has experience as a
guidance counselor. While serving
churches In Ohio, Kentucky, and New
York, Paul completed the B.A. in Bible
(CBS, 1967), M.M. in piano (University
of Cincinnati, 1971), and residence
work for the M.Ph. and Ph.D. (Colum
bia University, N.Y.).
While in Thailand the Fullers served
In many ways, including teaching,
counseling, planning, administration,
amateur radio operation, music re
search, refugee work, house parentage,
etc. The main work was Bible teaching.
Paul and Cris believe the SEAEM work
in Southeast Asia is Biblically sound,
strategically wise, evangellstically pro
ductive, and very exciting. They are
eager to return to this work.
SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1975-1977
1. A large part in the launching of
Chiangmal Bible Institute, 1975.
Academic Dean of the Institute,
.1975-77.
.2> Refugee relief and planning.
3. Training of Asian Christian leaders in
CBI. Students taught by the Fullers
speak a total of 25 Asian languages.
4. Research and teaching in Thai musics.
5. Housing of students and leaders.
6. Teaching in other Asian cities.
GOALS NEXT TERM
(Beginning Summer of 1978}
1. Continued teaching InChiangmal, and
2. A witness In the capital city of Bang
kok, Including primary evangelism
and other teaching.
3: Furiher development of printing and
radio ministries.
Paul Fullerteaching at Chiangmal Bible Institute
THAHiLMD
PHIUtPPfNES
NOONESIA
Notethe strategic location of Chiangmal.
-Sr:.--:
Students and teachers at Cfii. Paul and Cris helped todesign and
build this building,together with the whole SEAEM team.
SOUTH EAST ASIA - A STRATEGIC FIELD
The "hump" area of South East Asia - where
northern Thailand and Burma, northeastern India,
and southwestern China join the Himalayan
Mountains - is crucial to the spreading of the
Gospel to millions of people who are presently re
ceptive to the claims of Christ. The tribal people
travel relatively freely across these frontiers.
Reaching these people tor Christ will ultimately
result in the Gospel's spread to China as well as
Thailand, Burma, and India. Good stewardship
will result from applying much manpower as well
as material support while the field is receptive.
The task of Chiangmal Bible Institute, one "arm"
of SEAEM, Is to train preachers and leaders ef
fectively to evangelize and to develop mature
Christians among these tribal people, as well as
among the Thai people.
Chiangmal Bible Institute also supplies teachers
for seminars in other locations, such as Rangoon,
Burma, and Shillong, India, when requested by
the churches in these places.
Presently, over 20 languages are represented
among the students of CBI. An exciting phase of
the work at CBI will be to Include translation of
the Bible and class notes in these languages as
class assignments so that the Bible and Christian
literature will become available in these other
languages. In addition, an important part of the
students' learning at CBI is to put into practice
what has been studied by teaching the material to
people in the villages, reinforcing their own
knowledge as well as conveying It to others.
"Learning by doing" is an important ground-rule
for study at Chiangmal Bible Institute.
Today the students are -mvolved in making
radio programsfor 5EAEM's broadcasts.' In the
future, the Fullers hope to expand this pro
gramming with more use of Asian music and
drama and greater outreach to the Thai Buddhists.
tHAN.AMD
INDONESIA
ETNAM
PHILIPPfNES
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SOUTH EAST ASIA EVANGELIZING MISSION
South East Asia Christian Services
Missionaries:
Kathken Anderson
Paul and Chris Fuller
Max and Rosabel Haven
Jerry and Pam Headen
Daniel and Beverley Kalnin
LaVeme and Lois Morse
Paul and Elaine Pairish
Peter and Ruth Stuja3>un
George and Jeannie Than Win
Douglas and Geri Umbanhowar
Tim Viner
Louis Hall (and Patsy), Travelling EvangehA
Russell Hall (and Gleoda), Field Representative
2700 Glenway Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45204
September 1, 1977
Mission Treasurerss
James and Doris Florey
Box 581
Mokena, Illinois 60448
^^ardof Directors:
/Box 581
/ Mokena, Illinois 60448
Dear fellow Christians concerned for soul-winning in Asia:
Paul Fuller and his wife Cris, together with their children, are nowon furlough
here in the U.S.A. after a very thrilling term of service in Thailand. During the past
two years, Chiangmai Bible Institute--the only college-level training program of the
Christian Churches (Churches of Christ) in all of mainland South East Asia--has been
established. This is a tremendously vital step in the strategy of multiplying Asian
Christian leaders to spread the Gospel throughout Asia. We want to tram Asian leaders
who will be able to do everything which American missionaries have had to do for them.
The fields are too vast for American missionaries to be able to do everything.
Also, political barriers in Asia--such as the "Bamboo Curtain" and the Jungle Curtain
are so complex that American missionaries need to be in TEAMWORK with a mighty army of
Asian Christian missionaries in order to get the Gospel through to places like Communist
China, Laos, Vietnam, and also Burma and Northeast India. We want to ask YOU to
participate with us daily through your prayer-support and through your financial support.
Paul Fuller is available to speak to churches, missionary rallies. Faith Promise
rallies, and other meetings during the coming months. 'The Fuller family plan to return
to Thailand about__J.uly JL_1978. Also available to speak are the Doug Umbanhowar family,
who are based in Lansing, Michigan for their furlough. The Umbanhowars have likewise
had a vital part in the launching of Chiangmai Bible Institute in Thailand, and plan to
return to Thailand about June 20_,__1_97.8.
Chiangmai Bible Institute has been launched; the building 13 being completed.
Praise the Lordl NOW we need to work harder than ever before to train hundreds of
Asian Christian leaders. Monthly support for Chiangmai Bible
DOUBLED Key Christian leaders are wanting to come from Burma and Thailand to study.
But funds for operation of C.B.I, need to be doubled if these leaders are come.
Teaching materials, furnishings, scholarships for students, travel expenses for teams
going- on evangelistic trips into the villages. Bibles in the Asian languagesall
these need further support. $4.^X100.00_.per month of additional support is needed,
Would you work with us to provide this for the cause of Christ in Asia. In your
giving for this coming year, would you plan--with God's help--to work with us to
provide these additional needs that the Gospel might be further spread in Asia?
Yours forXhrist in Asia, Yours forXhrist in Asia,
R. LaVerne Morse
All contribution are tax-deductible for Internal Revenue Service purposes.