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TR BES
tTRBILS^
THAILAND
. . . for Thou wast slain and didst purchase unto God with Thy blood
men of every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Rev.
5:9b
APRIL 1954
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TRI ES
a n d TR ILS
in Thailand
APRIL 1954
Vol. 3
No.
1
Published
twice
yearly,
in spring
and
autumn, for :
S I A M
MISSION
O F
AMERICAN CHURCHES
OF
CHRIST
Pr in ted by
H EN RY P RIN TIN G CO.
175 15th
Ave. E.,
Eug en e. O re go n
MISSIONARIES
and their forwarding agents
At
Talat Chiengkam.
Changwat Chiengrai ,
Tha i l a nd :
C. W . and LOIS CALLAWAY
Mrs. C.
W .
Cal laway . Sr . ,
Box
757,
Canad ian , Texas
MISS IMOGENE WILLIAMS
Mrs. Lora
Harrison,
1218 N . Cas te r,
Wichi ta
12 , Kansas
MISS
DOROTHY
UHLIG
Fi r s t Chris t ian Church
Klama th
Falls ,
Oregon
MELVERT and JUNE BYERS
Mrs . A lle n R. Nichols, 2111 SUver Springs Rd.
Port land 22 , Oregon
DONALD
and ROBERTA BYERS
Mrs.
C. C. Pierce. P.O.
Box
482
Mcdford,
Oregon
At
Paa , Nan
Province,
Thailand:
GARLAND and DOROTHY BARE
Mrs .
No rma
Barney ,
Box 178, Linco ln , I l lino is
(Note: Letters and
parcels should be
sent
to
miss ionar ie s
a t
Siam a dd re ss . A il f unds
mus t
be
sent to forwarding agents ,
who
wili then
t ransmit
them by bank
dra f t to respective
missionary
in
Siam.)
C O V E R P I C TU R E
A
Buddhist
shr ine near C hiengkam. O ne of
Buddha s hairs is
supposed
to be preserved in this
place
and
it
is
the object of
a year ly p il gr image by
th e peoples of
the
Chiengkam
plain.
Most of the
Thai , Lao, Shan,
and
Lu people are Buddhist ,
and
Buddhism is said to be th e religion o f 95 of the
people o f
Thai land .
Wal lace E . Altice, new recrui t to
Thai land ,
re
por ts tha t
his home church. West Main Street
Church of Christ , Salem, Virgin ia , has t aken his
ful l l iv ing -l ink
s uppor t. He
is enrolled
sp ri ng t erm
a t the
Plat te
Valley
Bib le Col lege
for
specialized
medical t raining. He
will be
t ravel ing am ong the
churches this
summer. He may be
contacted
for
siieaking
engagements a t :
1711 3rd
Ave.,
Apt. 8
Scottsbluff ,
Nebra ska .
BYERS
FAKHLY LEAVES
Don and Roberta
Byers
left San Francisco by
plane
on March 3 rd
with
their
two small sons
and
arrived safely a t Bangkok
on
March 5th. Their
visa
did not arrive
in
t im e to leave b y s hi p, so had
to cancel tha t
reservation.
While
wai t ing
fo r
the
visa
they
were guests of the
San
Jose
Bible Col
lege.
Don
spoke
a t
chapel
services
there on Febru
ary
9th
and
24th. They were met
a t
Bangkok by
Mel
and
June Byers.
They report the
weather
is
very hot and they
expected
to
leave
soon to go
up
c ountr y t o the mission work a t
Chiengkam.
MISS WILLIAMS
IN
U. S .
Imogene Wil liams has safely
arrived
in
th e
U. S
and
has been
reunited with he r family a t Route 4
Hodgenvil le, Ken tucky . She expects to enrol l a t th e
Summer I ns titu te o f Linguistics, University
of
Oklahoma in o rd er to prepare for Bible t ranslation
w ork am ong the t r ibes .
D A UG HT ER B OR N
TO
M EL A ND
J U N E
BYERS
Word has
been received
f rom Ban gk ok tha t Mel
and
June Byers are
the p arents o f a 7
lb.,
12 oz .
baby
girl
born
February 9
Mother
and daught er ,
Rinda Marie,
doing
fine.
NICHOLS '
VISIT WORK
We were happy
that
during
their stay in
Thai
land,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Edgar Nichols
and adopted
sons
wer e a ble to s pe nd two months with
us
in
Chieng
kam and v is i t
th e
work .
A t th e
t ime
o f
th i s
wr i t
ing visas a re
still
being
awaited for
the boys to
proceed
with
t hei r pa ren ts
to the U.
S.
TR IBAL
LAND
How weary
are
the l it tl e w inding trails
That wande r u pwar d t hr ou gh
ravines
and rills
Till cour age weaken s and endurance fails.
Or
downward
into
darkened
jungle
vales
'M id Tha i l and ' s
h i l l s .
B ut b rave th e l i t t le folk who
dai ly
toi l
On
dizzy,
tilted
slopes
o r
rocky
peak.
Who wres t a pit tance from
unyielding soil
Withou t compla in t,
nor
from t he ta sk
recoil
Nor respite
seek.
No
luxur ie s a wa it th e n ig ht re turn
As weary, bu rdened
toilers
homeward c l imb:
No
bed, no
tas ty meal, for
l ife is s te rn ;
No lig ht, e xc ept
the smokey
fires t ha t b urn
A t
even t ime .
Dark
are
th e t in y huts, filthy and
low.
And
darker
still the blackness
tha t depraves;
But
in
Thy s tr en g th
to
e ve n t he se
we
go
Fo r
Thou w a st s la in t ha t Yao and Miao m '
know
T ha t J es us sav es
And Thou d id st walk
such
trails—on mountainside.
On
weary,
sun-scorched
plain,
or by
the
sea :
Hated by foes,
and
by Thy f rie nd s denied.
Despised—rejected—smitten—crucified
W e fol low
The e .
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Onike
The house
looks
increasingly empty as
the foot lockers stack higher. Looking at
the
multitude
of
small
things sca ttered
about and recalling the many little tasks
yet
to be done we wonder
Can
we pos
sibly be ready to go in three more
days?
Then the hired girl comes to say that
there
is
so much
sickness
in her
home
that she
can't
possibly
.stay
with
us these
last
few days. Presently the hired man
decides that
he
can't stay
either.
Ah,
well Never mind. I f
we
aren' t ready to
go on Tuesday we can leave Wednesday.
Such is the slow moving way of the Eas t.
As
the
day
of
departure draws nearer
we think
with some regret
of
leaving this
plea.^ant little
town
and
the work
of
which we have become a part.
But
it is
th e futu re we look to. The
trip
we antic i
pate with
a
mixture of
excitement and
dread. Bumps
and
dust
mark the first
stage
of
the journey
to
Phayao. But
we ll
not mind i t
too
much for
the
road
has
become familiar to
us.
We
have
learned
to
honestly appreciate the hot
curry
and
rice
and the
ho t
ovaltine
served in t h e
little
bamboo restaurants
along
the way.
I f
ou r tr uc k doesn' t break
down
we
should
m a k e
t h e 45
miles to
P h a y a o in
a b o u t
seven
hours . T h e r e
we
m u s t leave o u r be
longings in
care
of
the
truck
driver
while
we make a quick
trip
to Chiengrai to
take
our leave
of
the governor and
obtain
f r o m
him a l e t t e r o f in tro du ctio n to t h e
governor
of
Nan Province. I f all goes
well, we should be in Lampang the second
night of our journ ey .
From Lampang we
shall
proceed by
train
to
Den Chai.
Providing
a bus is
available
we
should
get
to
Phrae
by
the
third
night.
Phrae is
rapidly
growing
to
the proport ions of
a city bv
reason
of
the
tung oi l
and
teak
industries. A
mission
doc to r and hospi ta l
are located here.
Per
haps in Phrae we
shall stop
a day to
shop
for needed
art 'cles.
Or, we mav nroceed
to N a n
a n d
m a k e
o u r
n u r c h a s e s there .
From Den Chai
to
Nan there
is
good,
hard-surfaced highway and we anticipate
Packing for the the move to
Pua.
pleasant
journeying there. We shall also
leave Nan
on a
good, hard road. But
we
are
not
to
be
fooled
for
we
know
that
after only
a
few
kilometers the
going
will
be
characterized
by such
bumps,
dust,
rotten
bridges,
and
steep hills
as we
have
never encountered
before.
In fact,
the
road is
such
as to
make r iding
in
the back
of the
truck unsafe.
Therefore,
we
shall
be careful
to secure
seats
in the
cab.
Unpleasant though
it is
this
last stage
of
our journey lasts only about s ix hours.
Then
we sha ll see Pua
(pronounced
boo-
a)
situated on a
little
hill
with
rice fields
spread like
skirts
about
it s
feet. This vil
lage of
some
1500 to 2000 souls is to be
our next home.
Our
headquarters will be
the tiny wooden house
Garland secured
on h s last
visit . From
there we hope
to
win f rie nd s fo r Christ and i nf luence peo
ple to
accept the
Way of
salvation.
Not far distant
is a
village
of profess
ing
Christians
who are anxious
for
fur
ther instruction. Another
village
on
the
plain has expressed
their
dissatisfaction
with Bud dhism an d their
desire
to know
more
of
Chris tian ity. The
entire
area
is
white unto the
harvest.- Bey^^nd. in
the
mountains,
are T'in, White
Miao.
Black
Miao, Yao
and
Khamoo tribespeople. One
Black Miao vil lage showed
particular in
terest in the gospel even offering to build
a
house for
a
teacher
who
would come
and
live among them.
The
opportunities
in
this
new
place
of
service are great. Although we shall con
tinue language study off and on for
the
mo.st part our days of
formal
language
sti idv
a r e ended.
A h e a d
lie.s t h e
e v a n
geli stic
and teaching
propram
for
which
we have been yea rn ing these two years
and
more. Since
a
journev
of three to five
days
will
separate
us
from our
fellow
missionaries we shall
be
more dependent
upon
our Lord
and
vour pravers than
ever before. In
His
will,
by
His wisdom,
and in His
strength
the go.«pel
goes for
w a r d .
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How Beautiful Upon the Mountains.
Just before Christmas
Melvert
Byers
and I
returned
from 26 days of travel
to
and through the t ribal country of Nan.
Often on the journey we were made
aware of
the
protecting presence of our
Lord with al l who carry out His
commis
sion. The trip
was marked
by challenging
opportunities in many places though
there
were
some
discouragements.
One
of
the
least
encouraging
places
was Paloo the Yao vil lage at which we
arrived
on D ecernber
17.
The
carr iers
were exhausted,
since
most of the day s
travel had been
uphill.
The night
before
our
spirits had been lifted high as the 30
North
Thai famil ies
of Huay
Muang had
declared
thei r
in te res t in renouncing
Buddha and
following
Christ.
Now
as we
entered this Yao vil lage an entirely
dif
f er en t a tti tude was noticed. Instead of
cordiality
there
was suspicion; instead of
interest,
indifference.
W e were
escorted
to th e home
of a
young
couple who
had
overtaken and
ac
companied us on
the last steep
climb up
to tne village. We entered a filthy dwell
ing, the dirt
floor
of which was
littered
with refuse. Pigs and chickens wandered
in
and out.
A
few vil lagers gathered and
stared vacantly at us. A blind man came
and begged for money. The vil lage idiot
came and danced a jig and a lso begged
for
money.
In
the
blank-faced group
who
gathered
around
might there
not be
someone who would be
interested
in our
purpose in coming—someone
who
would
listen
to the message of l igh t
and
hope?
No
interest.
No
responding
warmth. Oh,
that our
tongues
might
be loosed—that
we
might
awaken these pe rish ing souls
to t he ir danger and need with the mes
sage that overflows our hea rt s
Next
morning as we
prepared
to leave
we
endeavored
to
secure
a
guide, for
we
knew that
there were many
side
trails
to
the
variou s r idges
on
the Doi
Wao
range.
None was willing unless paid an
exorbitant sum.
As
we
walked, heavy-
hea rt ed , out of the
village
there was
no
farewell
and no invi ta t ion to re turn W e
fe l t
t ha t we had
a
smal l
t a s te
of w hat o ur
Lor d
m u s t have endured from a ha r d
hear ted, mercenary
generation.
Within an
hour
we were lost,
having
taken a trail which ended in
an
opium
field. Back w e w e n t to th e
mai n t r a i l
which c limbed
steeply through mountain
forest forcing the c arriers to stop fre
quently
for
breath. Above th e f or es t we
followed
a burnt-over ridge covered with
sharp , s lashing lalang grass . The air was
cool and crisp. The fog cleared from sur
rounding peaks and
th e ranges
stood
out
clearly in
the morning sun.
The
valley
be
low was still
immersed
in white fog. A
flock
of
hornbills flew over with noisy
wing-beats.
Parrots, monkeys, and silver
pheasants called from
the
forested
ra
vines. O ur
hear t s
l i f ted as we r ev elle d
in
the
beaut ies of God s handiwork .
By
noon
we had crossed
the summit
and
were well down the
o the r
side.
Tra i l s
branched out
frequently
and
it
was with
considerable rel ief t h a t
w e reached
th e
next
village
and found we were still on
the r ight trail. Pomelo trees in
the
vi l
lage
were heavily laden
with
fruit,
while
peach trees
were just
bursting into bloom.
In exchange
for
medical
tre atmen t o f an
opium vic tim we
were
griven
enough
rice
and
vegetables
for
our first good meal
of
the day. On inquiring directions
to
the
next village a tall
kindly
Yao man in
formed
us
t h a t
he
l ived
th ere an d
would
be
glad
to guide us.
Our guide informed
us
t h a t his
name
w as Old Five
and
t ha t he w as th e
f a the r
of eleven children. He enlivened our jour
ney by
declaiming
on the hardships of
nlural
m arriage fa
common practice
in
his
tribe),
providing u s w ith interesting
information
about
the
a re a, and re la ting
to
us
the ancient history of the Yao.
When
we
reached the
bot tom c f th e
gorge we became espec ia lly thankful for
the
presence
of
Old
Five. The
trail
d s-
apueared
and the onlv path was the
s tream. Without a guide we would have
been completely
lost.
After
following
the
stream
some
distance we
began
the
s teeo
climb to
Padang,
Old
Five s
village. At
dusk we entered
the village, extremely
t i red.
Here we
met
an ent ir el y different atti
tude. The villag ers were
alert,
clean
(by
comparison),
and
friendly.
The gospel
m essage w as received w it h in te re st s
we
left the
next morning, the
headman
invited us to return
and
snend
many days
teaching his peonle of the God
who
made
sun,
ear th
a nd s ta rs
So
God s servants
must
go forward,
meeting interest and indifference,
cor
diality
and contempt, rejoicing in
the
glory of His
presence and the oeautv
of
our message and hope. What a
privilege
it is to be His messengers
to this
land
of
t r ib es a nd tra il s
— G a r l a n d
B a r e
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^ c y „ •
THAI C A R R I E R
O N T R A IL
When
Jesus held the dusty
calloused
feet of each disciple and then bathed
them in
water perhaps
His
thoughts went
beyond the example He was trying to
present. As He held and bathed each
dusty
foot He knew
that they
had many
more trails to walk—feet that would
carry each owner to his death. Those
feet
were yet
to
walk
over
many mountains
into each village, in the
heat
and cold
carrying the
weight
of a man whose
heart wa.s heavy
and warm
with a
New
Song
and a
New
Hope. When Jesus
said, Go ye into all the world . . . He
was
talking
to men who had to walk. The
message
had
been placed in man s heart
and
was to be
carried
to the
ends of
the
world by
man s
feet.
Even
today with
modern transporta
tion and speed the method in the end is
finally reduced to walking. A preacher
may ride in his
car
for several miles, still
he m u s t walk to th e door o f t h e house
and
stand
b efo re h is
fellow
man on his
o w n
t w o
f e e t
Throughout the
world
today the serv
ants
of
the
Lord still
experience
the same
feelings of Christians in every era. Hav
ing travelled by
boat,
plane, car and horse
the
last
few remaining miles
must
be
covered by walking.
In
th e few t imes t h a t I have walked
the road and
climbed
the mountain
t r a i l s
in a n e f f o r t
to r e a c h th o s e w h o s e e m
t o
d w e l l o n t h e
o u t s k i r t s
o f
t h e h um a n r a c e
I have often though t o f
the
Master and
His disciples. The
manv
times they must
have felt weariness
a t the
close of a
day s
jo urn ey . Even
so today
dusty,
tired and
hot the servant of the Lord pauses to
rest an d bath his feet
in a
cooling
s tream.
The s a m e
kind
of
f e e t
t h a t Je.=:us
had.
T h e
s a m e a c h e a n d
w e a r i n e s s
t h a t t h e
disciples
felt.
Yet
the
same coo ling com-
, . The Feet That
ring Good Tidings
fort
that
comes
f rom rest ing.
The
same
calm a .s su rance which
drives
one
on.
When Jesus ministered
from
v il lage to
village he employed no convenience.
When Jesus went to
the cross
— He
walked. Today the tendency is to employ
every convenience and modern invention
possible by which to spread the gospel.
The native is deeply impressed
and
in
fluenced by Chrisianity, a faith which
goes no deeper than a radioset or a brand
new jeep. These toots are necessary when
there
is no
witness
nor power in
your
h e a r t
When
an illiterate
jungle
nat ive sees
a
servant of God coming down the trail—
walking—there is no big splash, bewilder
ment or impression for even the native
walks and
travels
in
this
manner.
When
he
sees
the
missionary
tired and dirty
from
a hard mountain
trail, the native
sees a man, even as he is a man who also
becomes
tired
from
a
day s
labor
or
jour
ney. He is
sympathetic
with one's feel
ings and wants,—a place to re.st for the
night, a fire
for
warmth, food to eat. In
this
there is common understanding.
What impression you make must first be
in you and
then
expressed
through
you.
Although the native knows that you are
capable of many more
things yet
you
have come with only a New Song and a
New Hope. Since you have come in
the
likeness
of
the native now the native re
alizes the possibility of possessing the
likeness of
your heart .
The
next day
the
missionary
walks to the next village
leaving
an
impression
that lasts.
Walking is only symbolic of the method
and
manner of evangelism.
It
speaks of
simplicity,
moderation,
something
warm
and alive which goes beyond the mechan
ics of
invention. It does
not blast heath
enism with the
bomb
of invention and
high powered organization
neither
does it
leave rubble
and
decay
in
the
day of
test
ing. In a
measure heathenism
can be de
stroyed
by
human
ways
but
it does
not
leave a way of life by which to enjoy
eternal life. The
method
of walking
is
t rans fo rming for both t he t rave lle r and
the host—eating away the old
and
at the
same time replacing
the
old with
new
n e s s
o f
l if e
Dusty, calloused feet, but how beauti
fu l
are the feet that bring
glad
tidings,
that publi.sh peace.
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Garland
Bare on
r ight taking
pic
ture of C. W. Lois Mark Leian
and Joyce Callaway. The Bare
Mel
Byers and Callaway
families
have
all
at
one
time
or another
lived
in
this
house inChiengkam.
Back
ta
VkailaM l
Thailand has in
recent
months been
a
point of much speculation. Will the Com-
muni. ^ts stop at
the
French-Indo-China
border or will they brave ly walk across
neutral
Thailand
scooping the rice from
the bowl as they go? Many have asked
us, Is it
safe
to return to Thailand at
this
t ime? Some ask Is
it
wise?
We feel t h a t God
has sealed
our orders
to re tu rn now in providing so wondrous ly
fo r o ur re tu rn
a t
this t ime.
And
with
the
o rde r
we know tha t we can
claim H is
promise
to
go with us and to
uphold
us.
Further^ we feel that if He. in His in
finite
wisdom sees fi t
to
send us out He
will
hold
back the hand
of Sa tan in
the
Commun ist advance long enough to give
us
time
to do the work
He
is sending us
to do.
It
is
for
us
to
work
and pray and
for
you to uphold us in prayer that the
Lord
will
give
strength
sufficient
for the
task of quickly learn ing th e
language
establishing
converts
in the
Lord and
gett ing
on
with the Bible
translation.
We
are not to ask
i f i t
is safe . W ho
shall
separa te us
from
the love of
Christ?
Shall
tribulations
or anguish or persecu
tion or famine
or
nakedness
or
peril
or sword
? Nay in
al l these
things we are
more than conquerors through
Him
that
loved
us Rom.
8:35-37 .
We
a re
no t
to
a sk i f i t is wise . F o r th e
wisdom
o f t h i s
wor ld
is foo lishness w ith God
I
Cor .
3:19. It is
for
us to obey Him. We are
unde r
th e sam e command
a.s
Pau l when
he
said Do
all things
without
murmur-
ings
and
questionings
holding
forth
the Word of
Life
that I may have where
of to glory in
the
day of Christ that I
did
not run in vain neither labor in vain
and if
I am offered
upon the sacrifice and
service of
vour
faith. I joy and rejoice
with you all
and
in
the same
manner do
ye also
joy
and re joice with
me.
Phil.
2:14
16-18.
Brethren
rejoice with
us.
Our
total
travel
needs
were met through your
gen
erous g iv ing
in la te Feb ruary and earlv
March and
we
were able
to
sail
March
17
f rom San
Francisco.
We
a re due
to ar r ive
in Bangkok about April 10. He is .«end-
ing
us back to His harvest fieMs^—into
the
battle
with
the
evil one. Uphold our
hands
with
praye r and pray
for the
lost
that
they may
take
this opportunity of
sa lva t ion
—C. W.
and
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Learninff to read at the short-term school.
These children are the future hope of
Thailand
evangelism.
An early morning visitor at the leper
village of Ban Sop Waan might be
sur
prised to see some boys and girls and
adults sit ting on logs in the sunshine and
reading out loud. Each is completely en
grossed in what he is reading and pays
little attent ion to
what others may
be do
ing. An outsider stares in bewilderment
at the group wondering at their enthusi
asm to
read.
In
a few moments a mis si onary and a
Tha i te ache r a rr ive and
soon the
bamboo
stick is pounded to announce that it is 9
o clock and
time to begin.
Boys
and girls
troop
to the headman s house while many
adults go to the bamboo church building.
A
few other
a du lts a nd child re n go to
an
other
house and
school
is under
way once
more. t doesn t
look
much lik e
an
Amer
ican
school
for there are no chairs and
desks,
but
instead everyone sits
on
the
floor,
the
men or boys on one s ide and
the
women or
girls
on
the
other side. Soon
the sound of the class reading loud in
unison
is wafted on the a ir as Kru Sing
Gao,
the
Thai
teacher,
drills them
in their
r eading . L it tl e if any
sound comes
from
the headm an s house as he teaches
his
class to
write,
but from the other house
comes
the
sound
of a group repeating a
Bible verse in uni.son until they
know i t
bv
hear t
a f t e r
which
they l isten to a
Bible
lesson
presented
by
the
missionary.
A t 10 o clock the
bamboo
is
again
pounded
and the punils switch classes.
For most of these it is
their
f ir st exper i
ence
of . ichool and they
find
it
hard to
concent ra te and
s it
still for three
hours ,
but the
walk
to the
other
class meeting
place
does help some.
At
noon
no bell is
rung, but
instead th e tea cher
starts
the
That
They May
Know Thy Word
children who are at the church
singing
a
hymn and the other classes are quickly
dismissed so that all may join in a short
time of
singing and learning
of new
hymns. This is the most eagerly awaited
time
of
the
whole
day,
for all love to
sing. All too quickly the time is up, and
as the missionary and the teacher leave,
the
children
a nd adu lt s
con tinue to
prac
tice the song they have been learning.
Perhaps
you
are
wondering
what
this
is all about and what your missionaries
are
doing conducting a school. This is a
short
term school,
lasting about
three
months, for the purpose of teaching those
at
the
leper
village to
read
so
that they
can
read
th e Word of
God
for themselves.
There are three separate classes—illiter
ate
children, i ll i terate adults,
and literate
adults
and children.
The re a re 34
enrolled
in the
school
which
mean s a bout
half
the
villagers
are
attending. Classes
are
held
three
days
a
week from
9-12.
In three
months tim e i t
will
not be nossible to
teach these to read fluently, but a
good
beginning will
have been made. One
of
the problems is that these people speak
a local dia lect and
thus
do
not
understand
many of the
words
in
Proper Thai. Their
understanding will improve only
with
continued
teaching, but we believe that
after
three months they will
be
able to
go
ahead some on
their
own. Next year it
may
be
possible to hold ano th er s ho rt
term
school
for them. t is
imnossible
to
reach
the
village
regularly
during
the
rainy
season so it cannot be
continued
year
around.)
Pray that
as
we
teach them
the
Word
and
as
th ey learn
to read
the
Word for themselves that thev may grow
in
t he g race
and knowledge
of
the l ord.
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Let s Go
Plant Hunting
TH I S
BOY IS
P ROUD
O F H IS
PRETTY
FOLIAGE PLANT (AND OF
HIS NEW
SUN -GLASSE S TOO )
All >;irls love flowers,
and
I know you
fellows
do too even if you won t admit It
But
it isn t
s is sy to be interested
in flow
e rs and trees . Some of the most
adven
t u rous
men
in
th e world h av e r is ke d
t he i r
lives ffoing
to the fa r
corners of
the
earth
collecting rare plants.
Here
in Thailand
we have
many strange
and interes ting plan ts
and
flowers. The
sensitive plant that grows in our back
yard
doesn t
like to
be touched.
If
you
touch the
little
leaves they fold
up and
shrink
away from you, or if you tap the
stem on one
of the
pretty
violet flowers
the
whole
plant droops to the g round and
looks like it s dying. I t is only pretending,
however,
for if you will
wai t quiet ly
the
leaves will unfold th em selv es and the
plant will
stand
up
as
pretty
as
ever.
The
l a v ende r f lowers
on
ou r bamboo
fence
look like morning glories but it
i sn t th e f lowers t h a t i n t e r e s t L eian and
M ark and th e
Tha i
chi ldren .
The roo t s
o f
these p lants a re known as mukka doom
and all
the
Thai boys and
girls love
to eat
them
because
they are
so crisp
and
juicy.
If you like apples you re sure to like
m ukk a
doom.
I t s
fun
to go
plant h untin g
in
the
mountains.
Every time we go we find
some
new
kind of plant
or
flower.
LeIan
and
Mark
found some
great
long
vines
near
their
house, on which they could
swing way out
over
the mountainside like
monkeys. Some
mountain plants
have
beautiful leaves with bright patterns and
gay
colors.
Others have strange delicious
smells when you crush the leaves.
God
put
many
wonderful plants and f lowers in
Thai land, and
I m sorry
I
don t
have time
to
tell you about
all of
them.
Isn t i t
too
bad Thailand s boys and gir ls don t
know
abou t the
God who
made these
wonder fu l
plants
?
Siam Massioat o f
Aiweractaaa
Chiirclaes o f Clhrast
Dorothy Uhlig,
R.N.,
Missionary
Mailed By
First Christian
Church
Klamath Falls
Oregon
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Rice planting in the Chiengkam plain. Just as each rice plant must
be painstakingly set by hand so the work of planting the gospel seed.
In Thailand there is no mass movement but
the
slow planting of the
seed in each heart individually.
. . for Thou wast slain^ and didst purchase unto God with Thy blood
men of every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Rev. 5:9b.
OCTO ER 1954
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TRIBES
and TR ILS
in Thailand
OCTOBER
1954
Vol. 3. No.
Published twice
yearly,
in spring and
autumn,
by
undenominational
Christian
missionaries laboring
to
establish in
Thailand (Siam) self supporting
churches a f t e r th e New
Tes t amen t
pattern. Dis tr ibuted with the hope of
gaining needed
prayer
support for the
Thailand work, of
gaining
more con
secra ted
workers fo r th is and o the r
fields,
and
of encouraging
all
to
greater
effort
in
the spread of s imple undenom
inational
Chr is ti an ity throughou t
the
world . Missionar ies engaged
in
this ef
fort
are
presently located
a t
two centers
in
ex t r eme
Nor the rn Tha i l and :
Ta la t
Chiengkam, Changwat Chiengrai, Thai
land; and Pua,
Nan Province, Thailand.
R i ce C h r is ti an s
Three years
ago
we
were
told
that
there were many
families
a t
Tung Kaam
Village who
wanted
to become Chris
tians.
After teaching
there
on l y
one
family responded—Nai Wan and his
wife
were
baptized.
Nai
Wan
came
often
for
medicine
for
which
he never
paid
and then
asked for a large
loan.
This
was
not
granted.
Now we
hear
from
one
of the men who professed conside rable
interest before, tha t Nai
Wan
was a
test case. They had heard that
we would
give money to any who would become
Christians,
but they wanted to tes t
us
to find
out.
If
Nai Wan
had
gotten
the
loan,
large enough to
se t himself up
in
business, many other
families
would
have
become
Chr i s t ians
too .
R ice
Ch r is ti an s we c a ll
them
irf
the
Or ien t .
Loave s
and
f ishes fo l lowers w ho need
to le am t h a t
Chr i s t
is th e
Br e a d o f L ife
and
to know the mean ing o f
His
words,
.
.work fo r th e food which
ab ide th
unto Eternal Life.
Pray f or th em—and
for us
tha t
we
might have wisdom in
showing them
the Bread of Life.
Be Village
The
Lord's Supper
and
a teaching
service are
being held each
Lord's day
a t Be Village. Five have b een b ap tiz ed
there
recently and one other
has
said he
will
b e baptized
soon.
These new
con
ver ts
a re
th e fru it
of
witness home by
Nai
Ban,
our f ir st
conver t the re. Chris-
tains a t Be Village
now
number
two
men,
two
women,
and
three children.
Pray
for
growth
for these
and for
con
t inuing faithful
witness.
N ew
F i e l d
at P u a
The
new
field
opened
a t Pua this year
shows
promise.
Several
villages
have
been
receptive
to
teaching.
Behold
the Sower Went Forth
To
Sow
The
se rvan t
of God th e wor ld ove r
beholds aga in and again the truth of the
parable of
the
sower.
Think w ith
us
as
you read these pages o f
the
various
soils
upon
which the word
falls
in
Thailand.
Hard ground—because of lack of
un
derstanding our
Lord
says.
He r e in
Thailand
we see farmers
waiting for
the
rain
to
soften
the hard
ground—
longing
for i t in this
drouth year—so
they
may go
forth
to
plow
the softened
ground. We, too, long for
the
spiritual
r a in
f rom
he av en to
s o ft en h e ar ts—c o n
viction and belief which on ly
th e Spirit
can
effect.
Without it, however eloquent,
the
plow
of
words will
never
turn
the
ha r dened
soil .
The
rocky places. How rocky
are
the
f ields
which Sa t an ha s
cu l t i va t ed
lo
these
many
years.
Souls hungering
for
the gospel, receive
Christ.
Then every
one turns against them—blaming
them
for
every evil tha t
befalls the
whole
communi ty because they have displeased
the
evil
spi ri ts . And so, because
the
soil
is
in an anamistic society with no
Chris
tian fellowship
to
strengthen and help
put
down roots,
they
wilt
and
die.
The
thorny
ground.
How many th orn s
are there
in
the
heathen soil, cultivated
by
Satan himself.
In
heathendom
sin is
never recognized as sin. Satan, whose
hosts
the
people
bow down before with
sacrifices and oblations, whispers There
is no
sin.
Do
as
you please—^just
don't
disgrace
yours el f by getting
caught.
Lie
your w ay out.
Oh,
the heartache when
our little children
in the
gospel
are
choked
out by the thorns—falling
back
in to th e vi les t
o f s in .
Then, praise God the good ground.
Hea r t s
t h a t
unde r s t and th e
love
t h a t
drew
salvation's
p lan. Unde rs tand ing,
they believe and
accept
and bear fruit.
How
precious th e fruit that they bear
How
sweet
the
simple
witness th ey b ea r
to ridiculing
friends. How thrilling
the
baptism of
those w hom
these
babes
in
Chr i s t
le ad to o u r Lord . Wh a t ov e r
whelm ing joy
just to
see
their
radiant
faces
as they drink in
the
teaching from
God s word .
Pray
for
them
all.
The hard
ground
that the Spirit will pour convict ion on
their hardened hear ts .
The
rocky
ground
that
they
might
find
a
crack in the rock
of heathenism to send down deep roots
into H is saving
love. The thorny
ground
tha t the thorns might be crushed out
and
the Christian g r ow
strong and
straight . But
p ra y ju st
as much
for
the
good ground.
—Lois
Callaway
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N a i
N aw
Nai Sena
Beho ld ,
th e
sower
w ent fo rth
to sow;
a n d a s h e s ow e d
some se ed s
fell
by
TH E W AY
S IDE
MR.
NAW
is
typical of
this type
of
soil.
Having a seemingly
incurable
skin
disease,
he lives in the
little
bamboo pa
t ient house and Lu re la tiv es daily bring
h is food. H e h as had
much
Bib le l each
ing
and
has received
many
tracts
and
Bible
portions. On occasion
he has
shown interest in becoming a Christian
but
excuses himself
until
I get well
or
for other
reason and
the
flickering
light of interest has again died out. Of
these th e Mas te r
said,
then cometh the
devil, and
taketh
away the
word
from
the i r heart , tha t they may
not
believe
a n d be sav ed
and others
fell
upon
T H E R O C K Y P LACE S
MRS
JE N
was of th e
Yao
t r ibe bu t
wore Thai blouse and wrap-a round .skirt.
She and
h er Ch ine se Chr i s t i an
husband
operated a small store twelve miles
north of
Chiengkam.
He
had
taught
her
and his
nephew
so t ha t when we went
there three
years
ago to
t rea t
his
se
rious illness
she and
the nephew
were
both
baptized. Only two weeks
la ter
we
took Mr,
Jen s body to a jungle
ceme
tery
near Chiengkam. We
helped
her
ge t
a
smal l s tore space
In
Chiengkam
and
t aught
he r dai ly
from the
Word.
With husband gone h er in tere st dwin
dled. Ere long
she
moved
to
Bangkok
to
marry a non-Christian. No
word
has
c ome f r om h e r a n d
we
f e a r
sh e
h a s
r e
t u r n e d t o
th e
wor l d
and others fell upon
T H E THORN S
BIG SISTER CHEN is a Chinese
girl
won to
Chris t
whi le helping
in
our
home
in
C hin a N o re la tiv es c a r e d f o r h e r
save tha t they might collect her
wed
ding
price.
She
came
with us to Thai
land and we
hoped
tha t she
might
help
in
leading Chinese an d tr ib al people to
Chr is t Anxious
to make
f r iends
wi th
the Thai and learn their language
she
fell
into
evil associations.
Against our
adv ice sh e a t t ended
s en su ou s d an ce s
a t
CHIENGKAM
SOILS
Buddhist
festivals. Seeing that Satan
was bidding for
her
soul, we s ough t th e
more earnestly
to
fill her mind w ith
the
teachings of the Word. Our poo r knowl
edge of
the
Chinese
language made
it
difficult
to present scriptural
t ruths
adequately
and
winsomely.
Rumors
be
gan to
reach
us
of her immorality,
but
we
dared not
believe too hastily wha t
might
be
mere idle
talk of jealous
un
believers. While our family
was
on fu r
lough
it laecame
evident
that the reports
were true. She was brought to
face
the
evidence
of
he r
imm oral a ctio ns and
urged
to repent. Fa il ing repentance she
was
sen t fo r th to
th e w orld
fo r
th e
de
s t ruc t ion o f th e
f lesh wi th
f e r ven t
prayers
in
each heart that she might
yet turn back tha t
the
spirit m ay be
saved in
the day
of
the
Lord Jesus.
Such have
hea rd
th e
word
bu t th e
cares
of the
world, and
the
deceitfulness
of
riches,
and
the lusts of other things
entering
in choke
the
word,
and it be-
c ome t h
un f r u i t f u l
and others fell upon
T GOOD
G RO U N D
MR.
SENA is headman of the
leper
village where most of
those
thus far
converted live. We
think
of many there
whose
hearts
have proved
to
be
good
ground.
Many
of the leprous patients ,
including Mr. Sena,
were
formerly
sprinkled
and
were
seeking
to follow the
little
l ight
they had.
Eagerly
they have
accepted
all
the
Bible
teaching we mis
sionar ies
have been able
to
give
and a
real change has come into many
lives
f r om th e t im e o f t h e i r b ir t h o f
wa t e r
and
the Spirit .
Mr.
Sena
a lmos t a lways
has a pleasant smile. He takes a
real
interest in helping all in
the village and
seems im partia l and unselfish in
his
dealings. When his father died e arl y t hi s
year he grieved not as those
without
hope,
but
his spirit of confidence and
t rus t
was a real
inspiration
to
others .
We praise God for all the
good
ground
thus far tilled
and
pray
for
many
more
who in an
honest and good
heart, having heard the word, hold i t
fast, and bring forth
fruit
wi th pa ti ence.
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Khun Nai and Dorothy Bare
Young: PoHceman
My
life is
like
the story of the
seed
tha t fell among tho rn s, said
the
young
policeman who
sa t b es id e u s as we were
visiting some Chine se frie nd s
in
the i r
shop. I
was
educated in miss ion schools
and was
a lw ay s a ct iv e in
chu rch w ork
a s a
chi ld .
Then th e w a r c ame and i t
became difficult to
stand
up
as
a Chris
tian.
stopped
going to
church.
Then
married a
Buddhis t girl. Since
the war
my education
has
enabled
me
to
get
a
position on the police force. With my
wife,
position,
and present
manner
of
life standing in the way, do
not be
lieve it
would
be
possible
for me to re
t u r n to C h r is t .
Do
Not
Forge t Us
The
sturdy,
erec t
young man dressed
in th e c o s t ume o f t h e W h i te Miao
t r i b e
walked
rapidly
up to
the bamboo
shelter
where
we
were resting from several
hours on the trail .
On
s ight of us
his
face
l ighted with
a
fr iendly,
curious
smile. Are
you
the foreigner who
teaches
of
the grea t
God
who h as pow er
over
evil spir i ts? Oh.
then
you
mus t
come
up to
our village
on Doi
Phu
Kha
and teach us of the be t te r way. Do not
stop in the village next to
ours
for they
do
not
like
foreigners.
But
our
village
will
be
happy
to receive you.
As
he
proceeded up the trail he turned around
once
more:
You will not forget
to
c ome, w ill
you?
Next
Door Nei gh bo r
They ' re
fresh,
hot,
and clear ,
s ho ute d o ur
nex t-doo r n eighbo r—fo r s he
alw ays shouts.
As she se t
a
heaping
plate of sweet yellow rice cakes on our
table, she asked, Now may borrow
some
baking
powder
to
m a k e
some
more? permanen t mouthful of
betel-
nut
makes her speech di ff icult to under
Pi l
stand, and the
more puzzled
we look the
l o ud e r s h e s hou t s .
is
d i f f i cu l t t o be
lieve that t h i s
bustling, noisy, kind-
hearted
woman
is
actually
a
member of
the ancient
royal fam ily
of
Nan.
Her
long,
t ight,
old-fashioned skirts do
not
prevent her
f rom
being a te r ror on the
b ad m in to n c ou rt . In f ive mon t h s o f
liv
ing next
door
to
her
we
have had few
opportunit ies to tell her of Christ for
she does all t h e talking
during our
v i s i t s
Khamoo
Tribespeople
The
f li cker ing candl el ight r evea led
a
circ le
o f d a r k i n t ens e faces . S eme o f
these
Khamoo
tribespeople had just
heard
for
the first tim e of God's
plan
ol
s alva ti on . Now
their big ssd eyes were
thoughtful
and
there
was
a
low
murmur
or
conversation
as they pondered the
message
they had heard.
half-drunk
m an who
had a rr iv ed l a t e
s a t wi th
a
mocking
smile.
Finally he burst into
a
laughing speech.
Ha Don' t
believe
what the
f or eigne r te lls
you.
One
re
ligion
is as good as ano ther
.You
can
go
to H eaven anyway you
like. As the
crowd broke up most of the
people
were
laughing
and
joking—but
some returned
to thei r homes s i lent
and
thoughtful .
Cu l t u r e d
K h u n
N a i
T h e
K h u n N a i is a r e f i n ed edu c a t e d
Siamese lady f rom Pitsanulake- the
city
of
V ish nu 's Wo rld .
Her soft
cul
tured
speech
is
full
of
the
elegant
nice
t i e s
cha rac t e r i s t i c o f th e conve r sa t i on
of the ar is tocracy . Being the wife of the
County
Magistrate gives
her
the
respon
sibility of b eing h oste ss to the Governor
and all other visiting
dignitaries.
In ad
d i t ion
to th is she h a s
he r own
du t i e s
as postm istress an d telephone and tele
graph
operator
for
the
entire county.
Pos se ss ed o f
a
shy charm ,
she
is
also
a
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j
Miss ion h ome at Pua before
improvements
lady
of su rp r is ing v ir tue
for one
in
he]'
pos it 'o n, f or
she neither smokes, dance s
nor drinks.
Despite
her m any duties her
first
love is
the home. Five
healthy,
lively children testify to the i r mothcr'^;
cooking abi li ty .
SJ;e sp ent many
happy
hours in our kitchen with Dcrolhy
Jean as the tw o exchanged A merican
and
Siamese
recipes. We were saddened
l a s t
mon t h
when
th e Khun N a; and h e r
husband were promoted to
a
distant
post , / s a p^irting present
we
gave them
a
Bible.
V.'hcn you pray for the de
graded ignorant t r
bespeople of
Thai
land, pray also
for
the cultured and
edu
c a t e d
Khu n
Na i
How M»ich
Pay?
The
three
men who
came
up onto our
porch were dressed in the ccar rc blue
clothing
which
marks
the
typical Thai
l ice
f a rmer
We have come to learn
how to become
Christians.
anrcimced
the spokesman—a h£ d-faced
••ndivldual
with
arms
covered
with
symbolic
tattoo
ing.
We
were
delighted
for
the oppor
tunity and immedia te ly launched
Into
an
explanation
of the plan o
salvation.
Yet,
as we
told
of
the vic to ry , f reedom,
and joy
which
is
available
to
all
through
the blood of
Chris t, w e
noticed tha t they
listened
only
with
dull civility. At the
conclusion
of u
r ema rk s
we
asked
them if they had any
questions.
Yes,
said the spokesman, H ow much will
the
foreigners pay us to
become
Chris
t i a n s ?
Smal l
Thai Boy
Nit is a shy, ner \ous little
boy
with
large black eyes. Though ten
years
old
he is about the
size
of an av erage Amer
ican seven year
old. Nit
likes
to
come to
our house to look
a t
picture
books or
play w i t h the squeaky rubber doll.
When
we
speak to him he
answops in
such a shy, soft
voice
t ha t
we
can sel
dom
understand him. The re a re no
play-
mac e s
a t h om e
fo r
a l l h is
b ro t h e r s
a n d
s 'siers are much older, and
his
aged
paren ts seem to
have
l i t t le
t ime
for
th eir sm all boy. The happiest
time for
Nit
is
Sunday afternoon
wlten
fifteen to
thir ty
playmates gather
a t
our home
for
the children's service.
Ho
sits in bright-
e y ed f as ci na ti on
a t
th e beaut i fu l s tor ies
from the
Book,
and when the
children
sing
I
am
so
glad tha t Jesus
loves
me. .
.
Nit 's
voice
is always
the loud
e st—though o ft en the fa rth est off key.
H ea d m an K en
Ban Maun is one of the largest and
most prosperous villages on
the Pua
plain.
The
size of
the stately
palms
which
shade the village
indicates t ha t
th i s cen t e r o f th e L u L in t r ibe is
also
one of the oldest
vil lages in
the
area .
The
visitor to Ban M aun is surprised to
find the village administered
by
such a
young man as
I eadman Ken.
On
our
fii'st
visit
to
his hcme
v/e
were privi
leged to spend the entire day
telling
Headman Ken 's family and neighbors o f
Jesus and
tlie Way.
Many
of the vil-
lage]'s showed rea l
interest
and
especi
ally Headman Ken. Upon h's Invitation
a
Bible
study
class
is
held
in
the
village
nearly
every wee :,
recent ly the head
man
mad e
th i s s t a t smsn t :
I
am ce r
tain
t ha t
th e Bible
mus t be
t r ied
I have
a desire
to
follow Christ, and yet when
I
th ink of wha t i t
mean s
to
become a
Christian. I
cannot
bring mys elf to take
the step.
Sowing the Seed
The b rief gl mpscs above will help
you
to
understand
ccrne of
the
personailities
and
problems which
are
faced
dally
a t
P r a
Ye t a ll
o f
th e i nd iv idua l s
men
t io ne d a bo ve h ave th is
in common— to
s ome ex t en t each one h a s been
con
tacted
with
the
message of Christ . As
you
read th 's please remember tha t the
majoi ' i ty
of
the people
in
the
Thai bor
d er la nd h ave n ev er hea r d
th e
inv i ta t ion
to
be
reconciled to a
loving God.
Our
lives are dedicated
to
the propo
sition that the simple message of Jesus
Christ
presented
in a loving
nonsec-
t a r i an
mann e r con ta ins
th e
an swe r fo r
th e
needs o f each o f t hes e individ
uals, as well as all
th e u nsa ve d
mill ions
of
Thailand.
Ours is the task of sowing
the
seed.
Will
you pray
tha t
it
might
find
good
soil and tha t an abundant har
vest m ay
be
gathered
in
the land of
T r ib es a nd T ra il s
Garland
and
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xamining
the oil
T h e s e e d o f t h e W o r d m u s t b e s o w n
among
m an y d if fe re nt
types
of
soil
in
Thailand.
Perh ap s
one of
th e h ard es t
types to reach is portrayed
by
the of
ficials
for while
there is religious liberty
in Thailand nevertheless
Christian
officials r
s om e ti m es d is cr im i na te d
against. Thus we have m et several
offi
c ia ls w ho say they
used
to b e C h ri st ia ns
an d will
be
again
af ter
they quit t he i r
government
jobs b u t t h a t
i t
costs
too
m u c h to b e a Christian now.
T h e y
close
their e ars to the
gospel
message saying
someday
perhaps
we will
listen
but
not
now
when
following
Christ
would
h a r m
o u r
c h a n c e s
f or a dv an ce m en t.
D ev ou t B ud dh is ts a re
in
m a n y r e
spects easier to reach t han these for
they a re truly
concerned
about their
soul s
salvation and a re seeking to m ake
s u f f i c i e n t m e r i t t o b l o t
o u t
t h e i r s i n s .
B u t t he y h av e n o p ea ce of h ea rt o r
mind
and can only hope
that perhaps
they
h av e m ad e enough
merit.
I t is only
t h e
Spirit of God that can
open
t he ir h ea rt s
a n d c a u s e
t h e m
t o
s e e
t h a t
C h r i s t
i s
th e only
sacrifice for
their
sins
and t h a t
only
thru
faith in Him alone can
they
find
peace
for t h ei r souls.
Spirit w or sh ip c la im s
a
large
p a r t
in
th e lives
of
th e people.
A t
times
of
sick
ness
o r death
m arri ag e
o r birth
build
ing a new house
going
on a journey o r
ot her i m por t a nt
events the
spirits
m us t
be p ro pit ia te d. B ot h the lowland and
the tribal
people
spend much of
their
t i m e a n d m a t e r i a l
m e a n s
try in g to
p la
cate
the
spirits.
B ut
they
recognize
it
as a
bondage
and some have expressed
a n in te re st in th e gospel
as
a m eans of
r el ea se f ro m
the power of the
Evil
One.
One
Thai
spirit
doctor
has come
several
t imes
fo r
te ac hin g f or he realizes
t h a t
th e
spirits
a r e
powerless
to help b u t as
y e t
h e h a s
n o t decided fo r
Christ.
A n o t h e r
type of soil
is seen
in those
w h o h a v e
c o m e
from t i m e
to t i m e s a y
ing they w a n t to become
Christians.
O u r
he a r t s quicken
with
hope a s
we t al k
to
them
telling
them
of
the
Lo rd Jesus.
O ften w he n
w e a s k
t h e m
w h a t t h e y
know
of H im th ey a dm it t h a t they know
nothing b u t w a n t to
become
Christians
n o n e t h e l e s s .
A s w e
t e a c h t h e s e w e
s t res s
t h e
fact
t h a t becoming a C h r i s
t ian will
m e a n
breaking with th e
old
life o f s in a n d beginning
a n ew
life
in
C h r i s t . A l s o
s t r e s s
is l a i d
o n
t h e f a c t
t h a t
t h e r e will b e no m o n e t a r y
gain
b u t
t h a t
t h ey will find
peace
fo r t h e i r
souls an d receive m uc h s piritu al bless
ing
Sometimes
we
ask them
if they
have h e a r d t h a t t h e y
will
r ec ei ve f in an
cial
gain
o r medical
help if
they become
C hr is ti an s. M os t
of t h em
a d m i t having
h eard
t h a t
they w il l r ec ei ve money
o r
other help.
Then it
is necessary to
ex
plain all
over again t h a t such is not
th e case b u t t h a t if one becomes a
Christian
he does
it
b ec au se o f p ers on al
faith
in J e s u s
Christ.
A f t e r explaining
th e w ay of
s al va ti on w e
give
t h em
some
t ract s a nd suggest t h a t they
r etu r n in
a
few
days fo r
f ur t he r
instruction.
Seldom
do
they com e ag ain
for they
have
been
seeking
only
for the
things
of this world
an d c are
n o u g h t
fo r
th e things of e t e r
nity.
Y e t even am on g th ese w e
hope
and pr a y t h a t so m e he a r t s
m ay
be
opened
to see
H im
who
is
the P ea rl
of
g r e a t price
an d
to
ac ce pt H im
joyfully.
T h e m o st responsive
group
of people
in
Thailand
to t h e gospel are those
w ho
a re
also th e m o st despised those out
casts o f
society
w ho have the d ise as e o f
leprosy.
They
a re
il l
treated
often in
want
and without hope in this
world.
T h ei r h o m e ties have b ee n b ro ke n t h e y
a re
unloved a n d cas t off. A mong th ese
people th e m essage of
hope
in Jesus
C h r i st
a n d
th e
s t o ry of
H is love for
t h e m s t ri k es a responsive
chord.
T h e i r
yearning h eart s
find
One
w ho
cares for
t h em
a n d th ey
t u r n
to
H im
as
t h ei r
re f
uge
t hei r hope t hei r
salvation.
The i r
lives
a r e t r a n s f o r m e d
a n d
n ew hope
s hin es in t h ei r faces.
I t isn t
j u s t a hope
t hat
t hru th e
new medical
d r u g s t h e i r
bodies
m a y
b e
m a d e
well
b u t
r a t h e r a
t r u s t
in
things unseen—a
looking
unto
Jesu s a n d a dependence
on
Him. D e a t h
is
no l on ge r f ea re d and those who
sor
r o w o v e r
t h e l o s s
o f a l o v e d o ne s or r o w
n o t a s thos e w h o
h a v e n o
hope b u t re
joice t h a t th e
loved
one h as gone
to b e
i v i t h t h e
L o r d . W e
s a w
t hi s m a n if es te d
i v h e n
t h e
f a t h e r
o f t h e
h e a d m a n
a t t h e
leper
village died. T he re w as
no
weeping
a n d
wailing b u t r a t h e r a
spirit
o f peace-
fulness
I ^ e
headman expressed
th e
t ho ug ht o f
all w hen
he
said
simply
t h a t
i t d i d n t m a t te r f o r h is f a t h e r w a s w it h
t h e L o r d a n d pain a n d s o r r o w w e r e o v e r
w ith fo r
him.
T h u s th ese
people a r e
a
jo y to o u r
h e a r t s
a n d a challenge to
o u r
f a i t h .
J o i n
w i t h u s
in
p r a y e r fo r th es e v a r
ious
groups
t h a t as th e
W o r d
is
sown it
m a y find
l od ge me nt i n
t he ir h e ar ts
an d
bring
f o r t h fruit.
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Pret ty pictures but
th e sto ry is
veiled
in
the white mnn 's l anguage. Pone looks
forward
to the day when
he
can
read
in
Tha i th is
s tory of
Jesus.
Oh.
these
are
such
pretty
pictures
wonder what
those funny
looking
ma r k s m ean unde r
them Such
could
easily be the comment of
this
l it tl e Tha i
boy He enjoys looking
at the
beautiful
pictures
in Life
of
Chris t Visualized but
gets
no
meaning from the English
writing.
That 's the
way it
was in Chiengkam
but, Praise the Lord, thanks
to you
readers, Jalun
and
other Thai
children,
also
adu l t s
will
now
be
able
to
look
a t
and read w ith understanding
these
books. The 9,000 Life of Christ Visual
ized books in Thai cam e off the press
in
August
and were shipped to
New
York to await a
ship
sailing to Thailand.
On
arrival
in Bangkok, af te r being
checked
through customs,
they
will have
an eighteen hour train
ride,
a
day
by
truck,
and then for their
las t jo urney
two
to
five
days
by ox-cart into
Chieng
kam.
This
will
not be
the last
travelling
for
some of them. People
coming
to
clinic from
many
miles away will carry
these books in shoulder bags back to
their homes. As people wait for
medi
cine it is not always
possible
to sit down
and
teach each one separately
and
as
they come and go i t is not
a lways e asy
to
te ac h th em
as a group
but now
they can
read
these
b o o k s and ask
questions
when they
do not
unders tand. If a
per
son is i nt er es ted, a s
we
are
sure
he
will
be, he will want to
buy a
copy.
Maybe
he
can
pay
only a
cent or
two
or per
haps
will give some
mangoes
or
duck
eggs fo r h is b oo k. We
would
like
to
jus t
give
these
books
away but, knowing
that
in the
eyes
of these
people
nothing
of value is given away, it is best
to
le t
them pay
in some way.
These
book
missionaries , as
they
have been
called, will
go into many vil
lages
and
homes
where
the p eople m is
sionaries
can
not go.
Perhaps
only the
f a the r o r
a
school
chi ld is able to read .
nTheir
wn
Tongue
but
as
this book finds its
way into
a
small
bamboo
house on stilts, al l
will
benefit from
it .
The
old grandmother
who never thought
of
reading
will look
at
the p ictu res and ask her grandson to
read
and read again the w ritten word
in Thai that she m ig ht under stand about
th is O ne Who
c ame to save
her
The
mo th e r
who
ha s li t t le t im e to re s t f rom
her work
of
we a v i n g
cloth,
sewing
clothes
for her family,
washi ng th em in
a nearby
or fa raway s tre am , working
in the
rice
fields, preparing food or
drawing and carrying
water will
become
interested as she hears the s toiy, and
wil l
com e to l i s ten
and le a rn
of H im
who said Whosoever dr inketh of the
water
that
shall
give
him
shall
never
t h i r s t
Life of Chris t
Visualized
has
been
used
among
the
Leper Chr is tians but
not
in a
very
satisfactory
way.
The
Eng
lish was t ranslated
into Thai,
writ ten
on
pai>er
and
scotch
taped
into the
books however
i t was
such
a slow and
laborious
task
t ha t
only one copy
was
finished for the
village.
Now each Chris
tian or family
can
have a
copy
in Thai
to read, study and to use in teaching
others. Since many of these have just
recently learned to read the v
will find
these
books
with pictures and words of
understanding
a real incentive to be
come
f luent
readers
and
wil l conse
quently soon be able to read
the Bible.
I t has
been
said that one picture
is
worth
a
thousand words.
We
rejoice
tha t we not
only have
pictures but
words of understanding in the language
of the Thai people.
We
rejoice for the
Thai but
wha t
of the t r ibes—the Yao,
th e
Miao
and o the r s who do no t even
yet have a written language? They too
must have the Word in
their
language.
The task
before us is
great ;
i t
will take
time,
p ra ye r, p ati en ce
and
much hard
work
on
our
part
and fervent effectual
prayer
on
yo ur pa rt.
Let us
not fail
in
our responsibility to these people
nor
to Him
W ho came t ha t
all migh t have
l i fe .
Pray tha t your servants here
faint
not
befo re th ey
reap. Pray ye the Lord
o f th e ha rve s t to send fo r th l abo r e r s
in to
H is
harves t And beseech
H im
to
give the increase.
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Williams
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Little Boy Priest
Y O U NG AN D O L D W E A R
T H E Y E L L O W
R O B E
A N D
S E E K
S PfR IT UA L M E RIT
IN
T H E
B U D D
H IS T P R IE S TH O O D
M i s s
D o r o t h y
U h l i g
Missioniiry to Thailand
c o F irs t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h
Klamath
F a l l s O r e g o n
F o r m
3 5 4 7 Re q u e s t e d
H E N R Y
P R I N T I N G C O E U G E N E O H E G .
Festival
time
is
always
a gay tim e in
the life of a Thai boy—but there is
one
festival t im e
tha t will
a l w a y s
o u t s h i n e
all
o t h e r s
for e a c h
l i t t le
boy
as h e
e n
ters th e
priesthood. H e has
heard hi s
fa th er a n d
m o t h e r t a l k
ab ou t th is d ay .
H e
h a s s e e n o ld e r
f r i ends p u t
o n
the
yellow robes
an d
go off
to
live
in
th e
m onastery u nder
the tinkling bells of
th e
p a g o d a .
T he
f es ti va l c o me s w ith m uc h fe astin g
a n d merrynialclng. T h e new p r i e s t is
carried fo o tb all-h ero style t h r o u g h th e
s t r e e t s
a n d then co m es th e
m o m e n t to
s h a v e
o ff
th e
h a i r
a n d
e y e b r o w s
a n d
w r a p
th e y ello w-o ran g e
r obe
a b o u t him.
In
th e
m o n a s t e r y
h e
sp en d s
long
h ou rs c ro ss -le gg ed o n
th e floor lear ning
to rea d and
r e c i t e the r e l i g i o u s
l a n g u a g e
s o
d i f f e r e n t
f r c m
h is
n a t i v e t o n g u e . H e
m e d i t a t e s long hours m u m b l i n g
th e
Buddhist
writings
in a
droning
hum.
H e m a y
r emain
a
pr iest
a ll his life.
H e
m ay
s t a y u n til he is a
y o u n g
m a n .
r. Iaybe
he
will sla y only t h re e months
o r
m a y b e
o n l y
a fe w w e e k s o r e \ c n
ju st
a
few
days. If he
sta ys for life
his
o b ject
is to t h i n k so
h a r d ab o u t n o t
w a n t i n g
anything t h at he gets to the
place where he doesn t
want
anything
bu t fo r
h is
so u l to d ie and
never
b e born
again. If
he
stays
only
a
short
time he
hopes to make
enough
merit to be born
into this v/orld
again
in a
higher
form.
B ut he also learns
t h at
the
Buddhist
scriptures teach that
If he breaks any
one
of 227 laws
there
is no escape from
he l l
Maybe if ho
hears
of Jesus someday
he will be happy to know t h a t
J es us c an
free him from hell by
forgiving
his s ins.
P ray
for
t he th ous an ds of little boy
priests sitting
cross-legged
in their yel
low robes—learning
about
hell but no t
a b o u t
sa lva t ion
— L o i s C a l l a w a y