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New ForwardingAgents

For some months now, the Fullershave been praying e&out the need fora forwarding agent. The load on theFloreys, acting as treasurers forthe entire mission has been tremendous during the last few months.But on top of that responsibilitythey have also handled funds for theFullers. So Paul and Ruth Pattersonwill serve in a vitally needed capacity. Paul and Futh come very welleouipped for the work of forwardingagents, since they have served in Paul & Ruth Patterson

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many related ways in the SancoastChristian Chirch in Bradenton, Florida* They have been treasurers ofthe church and of groups in thechurch* Paul also has served aschairman of the Church board and asa deacon* He are thrilled thattiisyare now on the team* PLEASE SENDALL FONDS NOH TOi

PAUL AND RUOH PATTERSON

717 21ST STREET WESTBRADENTON, FLORIDA33505

DepartureDelayed 'til Feh.9

•*Due to circumstances b^ondour control ***** So begins manya paragraph in these uncertain

-—And—so—it—is—with—the-de-—^rture of the Fullers to Thailandt^ begin their missionary outreach,th^e* Two major circumstances havepredated them from leaving in November or Deceuber as plann^*

First, on November 17 PaulSmother entered the Manatee ManorialHospital in Bradenton, Florida withsevere pains in one leg* The con-ditim was diagnosed as advancedboie-cancer. However, we are thrilled to report that,after two monthsof emergency cobalt and chemo-ther-apy treatments, euid after a crisiswhen her life was very much in ffosibt;Mabel Fuller appears to be recovering* He can thank God for the miracle of chemo-therapy and His healing power; Please do pray for Mrs*Fuller*

A second obstacle was that ,until recently, our living-linkwas not high enough to permit usto live in Chiengmai* He havereached the point where it is high

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enough, though we do need furthersupport to remain afloat* Again,we can rejoice for God's blessings*

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Departure Delayed (cont.)

Some of our goods are alreadyshipped, and ve are certain that.Lord willing, we will be following them February 9, maybe aboutthe time you receive this letter.

Personal NeedsIt looks at this point like

we're aoing to be borrowing ourtransportation money. We need onetime funds to repay this loan.More than the $3000 you see on thechart was actually needed, due toincreases in costs and provisionsof Thai law (customs, etc.). Sothe chart shows our current need.Also needed is some more service-link, although, as you can see, weare nearinq our goalt

"Phia" player near Lampoon. Can this"courting" instrument ^orify Christ?

Radio License

ObtainedOn December 17, Paul tried the

general class amateur radio license exam for the second ti&e.This time he passed] It climaxedabout five months of spare timestudy on the Morse code and radiotheory. Obtaining this licensewas necessary in order to conductradio operations in Thailand. Andalthough we are not permitted topatch into telephone lines, or passon messages, we can talk to otheramateur operators here in thestates about our personal livesand affairs] If there areHAhSreading this who are not membersof the ChristianAmateur RadioFeilowship,pIeasedo think aboutbecoming a mem-ber and receiv-ing their news-letter. Nets

are operativewhere we can

commundcate witheach other. We

would like totalk to you .Andnothing preventsyou from telling i(iiurch members

the news—in-stantlyl Pleasealso pray thatwe are able to

construct sue-

cessfull^y ourstation in Thai-

4Prayer List1* A safe ^ip*2. Many decisions are being made

regarding building of the collegebuildings. All of the team man-bers need visdom here.

3. SEAEM needs more support froma vider number of churdies, sothat the total effort in Chieng-mal might not be held bade.

4. Please pray for Puth Sutjaibonand Beverly Kalnin, the carryingand delivery of their babies.

5. Pray for Peter and Daniel, theleaders of our team, their healthand their visdom.

6. Paul's mother.7. The customs and duty as ve enter

the country. Thai officials arelike officials in many other countries, including our ovn. Theyvary. May our assessments be lovt

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Paul and Puth Patterson717 2l8t Street WestBradenton, Florida 33505

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Thd Suncoast Christian Church,Bradenton, Florida, deserves specialblessings feu: their varm upholdingof Paulte mother and her family during her illness. Words cannot express our gratitude. They have alsoput up with the Fuller family whilethe last minute preparations werebeing made. One entire Sunday-school room was confiscated forbelongingsI

We would also like to rememberthe first official living-link supporters t The First Christian Churchof Frederick, Maryland. Over oneyear ago they began helping. Theirfinancial support this past yearhas been sohhelpful.

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An Excel Ient

The Fullers **^arri\red Chiengmal"on Sunday, February 16, at 7i00 inthe evening, local time. A finereception was provided by the wholeteam? Peter Sutjaibun, Daniel Kal-nin, Beverly, Doug Umbanhowar,Gerry, and the Exlines. Warren andAgnes Exline had met us at the Bangkok: airport Friday—we stayed twodays there, before the nine hourbus trip up to Chiengmai. What athrill to see everybodyI

Our trip had taken us half wayaround the world, with stops inLuxembourg, France, Switzerland,and Saudi Arabia. We learned onething especially welli travelingtoday, no matter where, is expensive { Prices in Europe were as-

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The transportation picture in Thailand is usually unclear. Ai^ some

times harrowing!

A relatively small number of menin Ku Daeng had spent any time inthe priesthood* Whether a personbecame a novice or a priest seemedto depend much on circumstances atthe timei if it was convenient^ hewould become a novice) aid converse*ly, if it was inconvenient, he wouldnot) this seems to be widespreadthroughout Thai culture* Many boysor young men will enter the templeonly at the time a death occurs inthe immediate family* Otherwise it

is often too inconvenient to takeoff from studies or necessciry workto enter the priesthood, even fora relatively short period of time*Older men in Ku Daeng stated thatthey entered the priesthood whenthey were young because at that timethis was the only way for them toget a better education than wasavailable otherwise* This incentivehas today practically disappeared*

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Umbanhowa r sForced Out

It vas with cather sad faces anduncertain prospects that Doug andGerry boarded the train for Malaysia Sunday evening February 23. Oneof the necessary discomforts of A-merican missionaries in Thailand isthe aU^^s uncertain visa situation.In Doug's case, he was unable to geta work permit in time to obtain athird visa extension. Therefore,he must begin the whole processagain from outside Thailand. It maybe up to a month before he is ableto reenter the country, and the total cost of the whole thing could be$700.

Please be in prayer for them botii,and for each of us, as we facevery uncertain times and ci rcum-stances. We believe we have founda way to avoid having to stay outof the country so long. We arehoping that if it happens to us,as it probably will, we will be ableto simply step across the border,and reenter. This was the plan before we all came to Thailand. Butthe best laid plans of mice. • .

In the next newsletter we hopeto share with you the outcome ofthe Umbanhowar's forced exit.

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Doug, Gerry and family two minutesbefore departure. Ruth Sutjalbun

looks on.

Scenes From A Thai Village* (cont.)

The reading of sermons at meritnaking occasions is another exampleof the utility theme. From threeto seventeen sermons were presentedby as many priests simultaneously.According to one well-versed priestit would have been more proper torecite the sermons successively,but the villagers did not wish tospend that much timei therefore,for ^pediency's sake, the priestsmust read their individual sermonsat the same time.

♦Adapted from Kingshill, Konrad"The Seven Themes of Ku Daeng," Proceedings of the First Symposium ofThe Tribal Research Centre, Chiang-mai, Thailand, 1967.

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An Excellent Trip (cont.)

tounding to us—even higher in mostplaces than in the States. But wedid splurge one night and have fondue in Zurich. That was delicious!We will be glad when we are finallysettled in one place.

Prayer List'1* Please pray for all five fazoi-

lies, as each are under continualstrain* We need to be alwaysoptimisticf we need to be drawntogether as a team always t weneed to be always looking forthe best way to spend our time*

2* Our language study is proceeding now in Bangkok. It is extremely uncomfortable E^sical-ly at this, the hottest time ofthe year. Pray for our effective use of this time*

3* We do have financial needs notyet met, especially until we aresettled in Chiengmai* Over the

. next few months, $5000 needs to/y-be raised for our work here.Z' Most of this is bo cover our trip

over* How can these needs possibly be met when things are sotight in the States? We don't

know* But God knows!

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Our first meeting with the ThaiChristian Church, February 23, 1975,After services, three Asian leadersconfer while Warren Exline (backturned) looks on. Paul preached at

the evening service.

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APRIL, MAY, JUNE, 1975 VOLUME I, Number 4, 5* 6

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Not As BadAs It SeemsDearest Christian friends,

"I will praise thee, o Lord,withmy whole heartfl will show forth allthy marvelous works. I will be gladand rejoice in theei I will singpraise to thy name, 0 thou mostHigh." Psalms 9il,2

We are completing our fourth monthin Southeast Asia. The first monthwe were here we saw all the missionaries in Cambodia leave that country at a time of great spiritualrevival. The following month we sawall the missionaries leave south

May, 1975Daniel Kalnin, Paul Fuller, DougUmbanhowar, Warren Bxline, andPeter Sutjaibun meet in Chienginai.

Southeost Asio evanqclizinqmission

Vietnam, again during a time ofnational revival. Nov, we are seeing all the missionaries leave Laos,as that country also comes under total Communist control.

How long will we be able to work inThailand? We don't know. The estimates vary—some are worried aboutthe coming dry season (around November) and some think we have as muchas five years. Mary who have calledThailand their home for the last 20years feel an atmosphere of changein the air. . .the field ripeningfor the harvest.

Thank-you for your prayers and support. By the time you receive thiswe will have finished a four-monthcourse of intensive language study,and will have moved frc«n Bangkok toChiengmai. This is not the completecourse, but sufficient to enable usto get around. At a later date wehope to complete the remaining fivemonths. In the meantime, we will bestarting our'workTn Chrengmai, andalso proceeding with some part-timestudy.

Four weeks ago we rejoiced as theUmbanhowars were allowed back intoThailand. They were forced to spendtwo months in Malaysia before getting a re-entry visa to Thailand.We, also, are still in the processof renewing visas every three weeks*

While we've been in Bangtok for Icin-guage study, our co-workers in theNorthern city of Chiengmai hare carried on there. Peter Sutjaibun,Daniel Kalnin, Doug Umbanhowar, andWarren Exline are teaching daily atthe Bible Institute. The Sutjaibunsand the Kalnins are host to canytribal people who come to Chiengmai,using their homes as HospitalityCenters. The Exlines continue tohelp those of the Christian villagewho have had need of medical help.The hospital staff knows Agnes really wellI The Umbanhowars have beenstudying the Thai language in Chiengmai at a slower pace.

The week of the 7 of July is moving week for us. We should be settled in a few days. Living with uswill be a Lisu Christian girl,Sara,who will be going to school inChiengmai. Sara is 13, but compared to American children ^e lookslike 7. She has never been toschool before so she'll be starting in the first grade. She iseager to learn. There are severalothers at the Lisu Christian village who have indicated a desire togo to school. We will be workingon the possibility of establishinga hostel where they can stay whileattending school.

Last week two young people werebaptized in Chiengmai after themorning service. We do not knowthem personally, but we would urgeyou to pray for them as they starttheir Christian life.

There are many things happeningaround us. As you read your dailynewspaper and read about what's

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happening in this part of the world,use it as a guide to specific prayerneeds for this area. More specifically, pray for the students at

the Bible Institutei pray for PeterSutjaibun and Daniel Kalnin, ourThai fellow missionaries as theyare faced with many decisions dailyjpray for the two new Christians inthe Chiengmai churchipray for AgnesExline and the Exline's four children as they return to the Statesfor school; pray for Warren who isstaying here; and pray for the mil

Every household in Thailand contributes food to the wat. These contributions are made either by givingsmall amounts to the monks or no

vices when they come begging, or bysending occasional voluntary giftsto the wat in turn. It is impossible to estimate exactly what amountof food is given to the wat.but conservatively, each contributing family probably gives enough to feedone person each day. All of thiswill not necessarily be placed inthe monk*s begging bowl; the estimate includes food sent to the watat noon, on special holy days, andon important ceremonies at homesthroughout the village. The dailyfood offerings are only one of aseries of ways in which the farmhousehold contributes to the support of the wat and its inhabitants. Zimmerman estimated thatroughly 27 per cent of the farmhousehold's cash went for merit-making activities. Andrews* follow-up survey in 1934 indicatedthat Zimmermann had underestimatedcash expenditures for the upkeep ofthe wat, . • the cash expenditurefor the wat per family was considerably higher than that spent forhome and food supplies.

lions here who daily bring offerings to hundreds of spirits forfear these spirits will otherwiseharm them, that these people willsee and know the Light.

We love you all, and thank-you foryour daily concern for us.

In His service,Paul and Cris Fuller

^Adapted from deYoung, John E.Village Life in Modern Thailand.Berkeley; Univ. of Calif. Press,1955.

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UNION LANGUAGE SCHOOLLearning a language1perience this can being the instruction in Chiengmai to letter we hope to be settled morebe not as intensive as we would permanently in Chiengmai, and notliKe, both cris and Paul enrolled just taking nine-hour bus trips upin the above school in Bangkok, and every so often. But it will beit has turned out to be an excel- very good if we can return forlent decision. The instruction is three months at a later date, infine. But it is also demandingl order to finish the course. 'Every morning before eight o'clock last month is especially time-L.w..the words and patterns are being suming—we are learning to read andworked into our minds by the Thai write those strange letters abovejteachers, and so for four hours we But while we have been in Rannknic;,

the Lord has led us to serve inpeat I Sometimes we return in the many unexpected ways, includingafternoon—usually we return home teaching, counselling, preaching,and study the bewildering new assortment of words and patterns.Every day fifty new words. But it ^ ,does work. The teachers have spoken turbulent months in Southeast Asinothing but Thai to us for two history, have been alsomonths. We have decided this fourth

and so for four hours welisten and repeat, listen and re-

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Ruth Patterson, Fwdg, Agent717 21®^ Street WestBradenton, Florida 33505

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What an ex- month will be the last at present.After find- and so as you receive this news-

But it will be

order to finish the course Thiscon-

But while we have been in Bangkok

making music, and running many errands for the mission. These fourmonths in Bangkok, some of the most

..sian,. ^ - an excep

tional time for the Lord's work!

Correspondence To»Paul, Cris, David PullerPC Box 59

Chiengmai, Thailand

JULY, 1975—JUNE, 1976 yoL^ II, Nauber 1

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187S-AYeap Of Wet Feet.And Real Progpess

. • • a flash flood in our home,learning to live with house li-zards, preaching to Lisu, Lahu, andThai, teaching Bible and music toBavang, Thai, Chin, and Lisu, hearing our radio antenna fall 40 feetinto a twisted mess, living off vegetables and losing thirty pounds,no hot water, no shaving cream, notooth paste, no catsup, no beef,etc., etc., hiking five hours up amountain, walking in an opium field,more than 20 all-night trips to andfrom Bangkok, more than 60 trips togovernment offices for visa matters, a wonderful week*s fellowshipwith Christians in Hangoon, fivemonths living out of a suitcase

Thailand had record floods invember•

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while we studied Thai, not knowingwhere money for the next meal wascoming from, then receiving thatmoney in the morning's mail, andthrough it all, steady progress toward cor two goals of teaching

Asian leaders Bible, and encouraging the use of Asian music in thechurches. These are some of thetriumphs and blunders of a verybusy year—our first as missionaries on Asian soil.

It was a year of great political turmoil in Southeast Asia. And1976 began with the dissolutionof the Thai government (1975 hrosightSEAM the opportunity to help in asmall way some of the thousands ofMeo refugees who came into Thailand from Laos). Due to the prayers and firancial support of manyof you, we were able to have abeautiful, challenging first yearon the field. Please read moreabout it.

Trips By HallAndMorse A Real Blessing

In November and December theteam and students and preachers ofthe Southeast Asia Mission weregreatly blessed by visits from ourteam evangelist Louis Hall and ourfounder and coordinator LaVerneMorse. Many missions have foundthat these firsthand contacts with

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Help Fop The Meo RefugeeThe spring of 1975 saw thousands

of refugees streaming into Thailandfrom Laos and Cambodia. Most ofthese refugees were Meo. it wasabout this time that LaVerne Morseand Peter Sutjaibun of the missionteam began thinking about the possibility of help and evangelismamong these refugees. Peter's wifeis Meo. Though Ruth is the onlymember of the mission team whospeaks Meo, some of the refugeesalso speak Thai. So evangelism ispossible. As a result of thisforesight, and appeals to Christians in America, somewhere in theneighborhood of $2000 has been given in the way of blankets, food,and other needed items to the refugees. This does not count thefunds most recently sent by IDES,nor the value of the several tonsof seeds which will be distributed.We have been privileged to makeone trip to the reft^ee camp so far,to see firsthand and confer withthe Meo preachers and non-Christians also. We will try to keep youup to date on developments in thisphase of the work.

Using Your TalentsOne wonderful thing about the

mission field is that few talentsare wasted. It may be true,as someone said to me in the states,ti)at "Ijust can't find a place for thistalent in the church." But on themission field, there is so much todo, and so few to do it, that thereis endless opportunity for usingthese talents. In our own case wehave, of course, been doing a lotof typing for the mission. Nowthis may seem like a strange thingfor us to be doing, but what athrill to be able to use a simple

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spirits? What will be their answers? Will their answers be thewisdom of God found in the Bible,orwill they be the wisdom of manfound in his mind. We wonder, tooabout the churches our leaders willlead. Will they be NT churches,bearing love and fruit? Or will

WhatLeader^lhiiiiing Can Mean To ;The AsianChurch

T am sitting on a bus from Bangkok to Chiengmai. I am looking, atthis moment (speaking into my cassette), at two Buddhist monks sitting in front of me. They are theleaders of the Thai religion. Tothe deepest questions of life whichthey are asked day by day, thesemen reply with the mysterious,void,foolish answers of Theravada Buddhism. I cannot help but thinkabout our Asian church leaders.

September. Seinram Kinpang, a leading student, on a preaching trip to

a Lisu village

What kind of answers will they give,when someone asks them the proof ofthe Bible? What is the differencebetween Buddha's claims and Christ'sclaims? What is the difference between your chiirch and xay church?What does the Bible teach about

•niree Rawang students watch Peterand Paul.

they be man's churches, bearingdivision and idleness. If theleadership of our churches istrained in the Bible, passing theirknowledge on to the churches, webelieve the Lord can use them toproduce the former. If they aretrained inadequately or not at all,we do not know what will be produced. But we have some ideas.

The Communists are roasters ofman's wisdom. We are told thatone of the first things they try todo to the church is simply to waterdown its teachings. At first, theywill not massacre the Christians,perhaps. They will likely do asthey did in China, as they are doing in South Vietnam. They will"creep in unawares, deceiving eventhe elect." At a time like that,a trained leadership can mean thedifference between a live churchand a dead church!

How do you like pork fat? I Imean an unadulterated glob of porkfat. Paul got his initiation intoa standard Lisu dish during theChristinas convention high on a Thaimountain. About half way throughthe second chunk. I began to dostrange things, I began to dreamabout beef, potatoes, and carrots,I am glad we were prepared for thisdisease. Brother Laverne had warnedus, "A-haa," I said to ir^self,"Culture shock, l*m experiencingculture shock," Somehow the realization did not add too much tothe tasteI

Our first few months in Chieng-mai. a diet so heavy in vegetablesand rice seemed to suit me ratherwell. Now, however. I do tend tocrave more meat. As soon as themonthly support becomes available,we will add more meat to our diet,and that of the two students whoare living with us.Our dear friendsand coworkers, the Umbanhowars,used to puzzle me, when they'd aitaround at one of our gettogethers

PeBruary, 1976, The tradltioealLisu New Year's dance. We were fivedays up on this mountain for preaching and research. Two 3-stringed

lutes are being used.

and order American delicacies, asif they were sitting in a statesiderestaurant. Now, however, I'vebecome the worst offenders What ajoy, to sit around and talk aboutAmerican, • , Oops, "Flee youthfullusts,"

Then there was the day Doug Um-banhowar's mother did a sillything. She sent airmail a box ofrare Umbanhowar delicacies. Therewas caramel popcorn, some kind ofbutter cookie, etc, I may statewithout fear of contradiction thatI ate zny share of that box, Mrs,Umbanhowar, Wowt The first dearsister who sends us a chili-3-waythrough the mail will receive ourheartfelt gratitude. But then, it'dspoil, wouldn't it (is there such athing as refrigerated airmail?)

Please pray for our recovery,fl B • 8 8 0 BTTyTrrrgTTTTrra'inras e 5 6 8 8 8 8 a'y

iDavid A Saysl

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Ham Radio-A Help <As you may have read in Hori

zons, contact vas made severaltimes with Ed Delap at CincinnatiChristian seminary. We were ableto coordinate several things, especially with regard to the refugeework, instantly on the radio. Theusefulness of the radio in some ofthese matters can be understoodvery easily. An exchange of letters takes more than two weeks. AirMail. However, because of the distances involved, there are somedays when contact is not possible.During the winter, we were sendingour signals over the South Pol^which is the longer route, due tothe seasonal propagation changes.We are hoping that in the comingmonths we can be sharing manythings concerning the mission byway of Morse Code, to the LouisHall household in North Carolina.16-year-old Doug has just receivedhis Advanced license.

The mission's 55* radio tower inour front yard.

Home for Fullers, two Ihai,four tribal students under

coconuts*

Lisn chief Chal<^ (arrow) andfamily, high on Mount Camhot,

lAalse Ho nops ListFipst Quaptep

The first official quarter ofthe new Chiengroai Bible Instituteended December ist with two of thenine credit-seeking students attaining an average of 90.0 or above.Samuel Manni averaged 90.025.shemyan Pung averaged 90.00. Thesesame two students, together withSeinram Kinpang, achieved an A- inray Bible Survey class. All threeof these students have shown exceptional ability and we expectthem to emerge as outstanding churchleaders in the future.

From page 2workers back home are tremendouslyimportant, and SEAM is one of thosemissions. Brother Hall*s one weekand Brother Morses* two weeks wereextremely busy times for everyone.Each of the two men were able totalk individually to each of thestudents and missionaries here,sharing ideas, listening to suggestions, and planning for the future, Brother Louis Hall, thoughhe was sick the entire week inChiengmai, was able to go to Northernmost Thailand to the Lisa Christian village, Hueykopmu, His preaching and counseling throughout theweek were very beneficial.

The visit of Brother Morse, tous a leader and a father in thefaith, was significant in severalways. First of all, he was able tovisit several places where the teamis trying to work for the Lord, including the Meo refugee camp in Nanprovince, secondly, many intensivesessior^ of counseling and teachingin mission methods took place.Thirdly, some problems were greatlyhelped. Especially we thank Godthat there was a release of tensionwith regard to Eugene and RobertMorse. As many of you know, therehas been some question in recentyears as to the stand of thesebrothers in the Lord with regard toNeopentecostalism and its doctrines.Some of these questions remain.However, because of their willingness to repent of certain actionsin the past, (see Feb. 14 issue of"Horizons" ), and their evident desireto work toward a solution, we rejoice that a large step toward reconciliation was made during BrotherLaverne's visit. We rejoice greatly for this step simply because itreleases the tension in our relationships. We all live blocks from oneanother. We all are members of theundenominational church. Many ofour students are well known to them,and many of the Lisu with whom theywork are well known to us. Soa tense relationship is not pro

ductive, and has not been in thepast. Though we certainly are notyet at one with Brothers Robert eindEugene in all these doctrinal matters, and we do urge them wheneverit arises away frcrni a tendency, itseems, to believe in present dayexpress miracles, still we love andrespect them as brothers in theLord with stars in their crowns.And yet the more we live and workin the church of Jesus Christ, themore we appreciate the strong doctrinal stand which Brother LaVernehas taken. It is so much easier toignore these things. But we caution all who are reading thisagainst the doctrines and fruitsof the "charismatic movement," evenagainst a belief that there are"gifts" today equal to those of,for example, Ephesians 4. We arenot ashamed of our stand on this,as brother LaVerne has not been

ashamed. We too have joy, peace,and triumph indescribable in JesusChrist I We too have the Holy Spiritliving within us and helping us.Yet we believe the "faith only"teaching is not Biblical, and the"charismatic" teaching, as many re-,cent studies have shown, is notBiblical,

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Peter Sutjaibun, Paul Fuller, andLouis Hall at Hueykopmu Christian

village on the Northern border.

Using your talents (cent.)

ability like that for the sake ofthe kingdom. Then there is me —chanical work. We have always loved getting our hands dirty withrepair work, electrical work, mechanical work, and do so at everyopportunity, just because we loveit. Here in chiengmai, there isalways scmiething that needs fixing,including, quite often, the HAMradio. We always try to let othersdo the things that they can do,like repairing motorcycles. Butwhen the Mission is always nearor in the red, it is helpful to beable to fix a sink without calling a plumber. As to preaching,teaching, and music research, we aregetting our fill of that too. crishas found that God uses her talentsin a wonderful way also. She waslargely responsible for organizing the curriculum for the presentsemester of language study, havinghad some experience in teachingforeigners. Her ability to learnthings so quickly has been a realhelp in learning the Thai language.When Paul doesn't know a word, hedoesn't need to ask his Thai tea-chert Cris remembers I And betweenthe two of us, we've taught everything from driving an auto to sewing with a sewing nachine. As theSEAM team grows, we hope to be ableto concentrate more and more inthe areas closest to our heartiBible and music. Still there aremany related activities, such asworking on the curriculum of theBible Institute, of which timespent we begrudge nothing. It isalso fulfilling, and we rejoice init.

Did you know that one of thefirst things the communists did inChina was to put their slogans intothe music of the people?

Financially,SEAM is grateful forthe increases in support given bythe churches in 1975. Yet the needsfor 1976 are great. In addition tosupporting students and Lisu preachers, the chiengmai Bible Institute(^nnot be built without increasedsupport.

Personally, rather than go intogreat detail, (we will be glad toreply to any inquiries personally),we can say that our living linksupport has never reached the pointthat we had hoped it would beforewe came. Somehow, our forwardingagent has managed to send enoughfunds for us to live. (I am dubiousas to how she managed to do this,or irtiether it has cost her personally •) But we are without anysurplus for returning in an emergency, and we have not been ableto pay even for our trip over here.In addition to this, it looks asthough one church who had hoped tocontribute 1/5 of our living linkwill not be able. We do pray thatif there is anyone who is able, hewill prayerfully consider theseneeds. And we are so grateful forthe many churches and individualsirtio have been so solid in theirsupport, and allowed us to workhere so far.

[since the above was written,churches have already responded,and our living link is nearly atthe goals Travel funds are needed. In addition, funds are especially needed by the mission forth« Bible Institute building*}

October* The church in Rangoon.We were there one week consulting

and preaching.

8Prayer List

!• Gerl Umbanhovar, vho's mothervas taken by cancer, and n? ownmother, vho fights a continuing battle vith it.2. The future of the Meo refugees.3. The tuberculosis and malarialproblems of some of our students*4. The Lisu preachers. They expect to change their village location soon. Their preaching in newLisu villages continues.5. All the undenominational mis

FUNDS TO*

Huth Davenport, Fwdg. Agent717 2ist street WestBradenton, Florida 33505

SPONSORING ELDERS*

sionaries in this part of theworld* that ve may be of one spiritand (me faith*6. The perseverance of each member of the team, especially throughthe summer .while we are building tiienew multi-purpose building to housestudents and classrooms.7. The new recaruits to SEAM, theircontinual upliftment and encouragement*

CORRESPONDENCE T0»

Paul, cris, David FullerPO Box 59

Chiengmai, Thailand

The elders and directors ofS0U17IEAST ASIA EVANGELIZING

MISSION

MISSION SERVICESBOX 177KEMPTON, INDIANA

Oleta MonigerBox 177Kempton, IN ^049

Address Correction Requested

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