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'Doug and Ger^ UhlianhowarBox 59Chlen^ i , Thailand

. THE . Spreading the Gospel through Bible and Agricultural Education.

March 11 1974,ignrafTThailand

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Dear, I^ieridg .,in -Christ #

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RDIH& AGENTSgene and Uydlo JohtVftonFD V Box l45t .Hill, indiMo ^4??^

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" Greetings once again from the Umbanhowars to you,e pray this letter finds you well and we continualJ^ ..iraise.our Lord for your faithfulness in serving God whereyou are. Also,,we^wish to thank you for your letters ofencour^ement and'for sharing,with us how the Lord has been'^blessing you. It really helps our d^ when, we receiveword from you telling- us of the victories you have experienced.,,, .

Thank;,you for your concern and support for Ger i' smother. She ha's undergone cob^t t reatments but s t i l l isin grave condition. /'For those v/ho perhaps have not yetheard, Geri's mdther was'discovered to have a malignanttumor in the abdomen before Christmas'. Geri and Eric returned home to . the States on Christmas Day to be with her.They had-the opportunity to spend six weeks there beforethey had to-return to feailand on Feb. 3,***

We" appreciate the prayers, cards, flowers arid callsexpressing yourvlpve and concern for her. Knowing thatat the. present-'she is worsening eveiy day, we thank Godthat Geri had the opportunity to be at liome with her. We were fortunate enough tohave the funds needed for their trip home this critical time. We have been wonderfully blessed from.ypur continued monthly, support, and extra sharing. Because of yourunselfish contributions, we are able to. Gontinue working in Thailand. Please continue to remember the people, governments, and countries in this part of the world inyour regular prayers. Ask God to give this troubled are,a peace and order so thatthe Gospel msy be spread to the millions in dai"'aiess.

The present term at our Bible Institute finds the missionaries of S. E. AsiaEvangelizing Mission busy teaching,. Currently we are engaged in concentrated B^lishclasses for our ten students- Each student receives special English lessons which aretailored to fit each need and present level of, English comprehcjision. Even our twiceweekly chapel periods are conducted in English; by the students themselves. StrongChristian leadership is the backbone of the Church of Christ, and the hundreds of>churches in Burma, N, E. India and,Thailand need leaders who have been taught in aBib le -cen te red school. We see th e t remendous t a skof training Christian leaders, teachers and translatorscorrec t doct rine so they in turn can t ea ch o ther s whoare hungry for the Good News. We pray you can alsosee and understand th e need to t each Chr i s t i annationals in an in-depth study of God's Word.Please continue to support our effor ts here inChiengmai.

We were pleased to have LaVeme Morse vis i tou r work fo r tw o w eek s i n December and January .Brother Morse, who was founder and i s co-ordinator

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f S. E, Asia Evangelizing Mission, made the trip to Thailand to teach, advise andthe work of our mission f i rs t hand. Since his return home and his report to theoard of directors in Joliet, HI, i t has been decided an allout effort be placedn raising the remaining $12,000 needed for the construction of a multipurpose building#n thousand dollars has alrea(^ been donated by one church in Oklahoma# We hope weraise the neded amount soon so we can begin construction before the next rair^The building will contain a church sanctuary, library,- classroom, office andto house about "twelve students. The building is urgently needed for our growth asare now pressed for space. All of our students are now living with the missionamilies and at present there is no more room. It is impossible to accept any moreeven though we have several who want to study. Please be praying that the

funds can be found so construction can begin.Our family as fine and growing. Charlie is in his second term at the internationalchool here. He is' in the first grade. Eric, our two-year-old, just doesn't seem tolow down, and he already is able to speak and understand a great de^ of Thai _also, ihehad some news for Geri and me last month also. We are expecting our t^rd c^ldSeptember and, needless to say, we are hoping for a girl this time. Ruth Sutjaibun,fe of Peter Sutjaibunour field director here in Thailand, is also expecting. Pleaseeep hei^ in ,pr^er as~sh^I^^history of pr naricy" prob"lems.We rejoice that more mission workers are coming to join the "Team." Miss Kath^en

Anderson is definitely planning to come to Thailand in J\me of .-this year, and Mr^ TimViner in September. Miss Anderson has a degree in teaching Eiiglish from Bowling Green,Ohio. She also was graduated from Johnson Bible College and is now studyingjm thegraduate school at Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Mr. Viner was graduated from Mid-SouthChristian' College and is also studying in Cincinnati, Both are very capable workersand we. are looking forward to working with them.This-letter must come to a close. Again we wish to thank you for your support,love and concern. We wish we could write to each person individually, but time limitsus. "Please accept this general letter and with it we send our Christian love to you.God'bless and keep you unt i l next time.

Your missionar ies in Thailand:ss/ Doug, Geri, Charlie and Eric Umbanhowar

The ,1975 financial statements are availableto anyone requesting a copy - please writeto our fprwardinjg agents.

** Word has been received that Geri 's mother died onMarch 18, seven ds^^s after the Umbanhowars wrote**************************************

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Publ i shed byClarks Hi l l Chris t ian ChurchClarks Hil l , In. 47930John F. Buckley, MinisterDoug and Geri Umbanhowar

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Doug arid Geri Ufcbanhowar59

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gene ond Lydio Johnson1 Box 145Hill, Indiana 47930

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Spreading the Gospel through Bible and Agricultural EducationDear Chris t ian Friends :

Our labors in Thailand for the cause of Christ havetruly been a blessing to us.. We. wish each of you could^er'ience the joy we have had in teaching and working"in the Bible Institute progr^ here. . ,

We have been busy. This last.week we have had .newest member of our teanij Kathleen Anderson, with us ^4-..week. She is now in Bangkok to complete five months ofintensive l^guage study before Joining us here. .Geri sndI met her v;hen she arrived in Bangkok on June 3 and traveling with her for a month's vacation was Bebe Sturm, a longtime friend of all the missionaries of S-. E. Asia Evangel-izing ]yiission. ' " ^

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Part of our busy schedule includes language study. Igave a theology test last week, also, (and have the papersyet to grade) and then to nry surprise I had to go to_ _Bangkok for two days and three nights to clear the six up;of vegetable seeds from the ilhternationsa Disaster Ernerge^Services, In., through customs. We have been extren.3lybusy preparing them for distribution. We have lots of helfrom the students, but we have lots of seeds, too!I am back to teaching Thai lessons today after 3:'e;t'Urg with the seeds yesterday and have an all afternoon-business meeting. In addxtion, Laferiasked us all to write a letter for him to print in the "Seamstress , so I have ta-.eaof tha t too. . *Meanwhile, we are busy making-plans for our dormi-building which is needed for our rapidly growing, student bod^ _Blu^r^nts , ,been completed and city approval for construction has beenbrought in and, Lord willing, we hope-to have it under.-;ay ^classrooms, auditorium, library, offices and dormitory space for over thirty staden....present we have only enough funds to construct the foundation and fr^ethe additional money needed to complete the building will be provided soon. We wiohxpress our sincere thanks for your prayerful and financial support thus fa''- ^might better understand the responsibilities the Lord has given each of us to spread theood News to a l l the world. Our new term at the Bible Institute is progre^ wenow have twenty college .^e students (the most recent came from Bangkok) f^n-tj^e and

are doing full-time teaching and full-time Bible Study. The Mission alsowelve hostel studentschildren between the ages of ten and seventeenwho are studyingin "Thai schools. These young people are from tribal villages in Thailand where education is not available tothem. It is our hope that after these young people receive their primary and secondary education some willwant to become a part of the Bible College student body.At a recent meeting, Peter Sutjaibun, Daniel Kalnin,Paul Puller and I set some goals and directives towardwhich we would like to see the school strive. Cur mainobjective will be to enroll Thai national Christians, whilein addition making the school available to students from

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her countries. At present our student body consis+.s oi four Inngungo gi-oups Ciiin, lasu,-and Thai, With the probability of working with even more in the near future, thecessity of teaching in a common language caii be seen. English the international languageThaithe national languageare natural choices. The study of English also offers^udents the key to a vast storehouse of books and material that are not written in theirlanguage. With a greater knowledge of English they will be better able to translateBible l i tera ture into thei r mother tongues.Today we have no school so we are going to pack seeds all day. We are dividinginto small packets and they will be delivered to refugees from Laos end Cambodia,

tribal people of Thailand, and Christians in Burma. We thank God for the seedsso for the arrival of the used International Harvester tractor that was donated for missionrefugee work. Unfortunately, due to some mishandling in shippiiig, the tractor wasmaged and we have found repairs time-consuming and costly. But with repairs nearly finwe are anxious to put it to use.I wi3JL be going to Bangkok July 15 for month's study of the Bible in Thaiin preparations'for the'fourth grade tept in Novembe}?, When I return it shouldn'ttoo long, before the arrival of our new baby. Geri has been blessed \:th a healthymonths of'pregnancy and we are both wishing the next two months will pass quickly.esse continue to :pray for her health. June 24th marks Charlie's last day in first gradethe Ihterriational'School. Because of the month break in April due to heat, his schoolishes iateir th^ most in, the States. The favorite pastime of Eric, our two-year-old,

watching Thai T. V. v/ith pur landlady, eating rice and catching lizards. Both boysfiiieht-Thai with Eric preferring Thai to English, both in language and in food.Lately we have been looking for a slightly larger house that coald accommodategrowing family and at least four students. We ask that you please be praying with usa new home "Will be found soon so we can move before the arrivaD. of the nevj baby.We are a^ously looking forward to visiting you personally next August (1977),ut until" we do return we must continue to communicate through these letters. Knowingmuch you depend' on us for your information, we sincerely apologize that our newslotterDnot been more regular. Please try to understand the-difficulty we sometimes have inup with our correspondence and we ask you to bear with us as we earnestly try tobetter in the future. You are always in our prs^ers; God blesc each of you, and we pray

l e t te r finds you and your family well.Your miss ionar ies in Thai land

ss/ Doug and Geri Umbanhowar, Charlie and Ericid-June, 1976

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mI^ionariesPoug and Geri Utebanhowar

: . Box 59CSiiengmal, ThailandTHE

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I T ' S A BOYThe Loi:d blessed our family with another son, BradlyStephen, on Sept. 15 at 2:06 a=m. He weighed a healt'y Xb/-, l \ oz,\ and was 21 iji. long, pbth Brad and. mci.did fine; (in spite of traveling 'to. the. h6.sj)ital,' ihclv-suitcase, on a motorcycle, at 11 p. mi, ) ^d-returned h:..

a f t e r t h r e e VJe thank t h e Xbrd f o r t h e s a f e ^a r r i v a l o f o u r new a d d i t i o n ,

' STRONGER GOVERNMENT IN THAIUND..o,*. , .On Oct.; 6 a new government took control of the KingHf - of Thailand. I t has t aken ' a strong anti-Gonuminist-e^cwhich wil l help combat a situation that has p lagued th^nation for many years. The Thai people and foreigners

alike are happy to see this switch- We pray the leaderswill govern wisely in this transition period snd tho oouht i y w i l l remain free from aggressyoT>.NEW MISSTOKARIISS ARRIVE, .

GSOUNO'W S.E.

RWARDING AGENTSEugene ond Lydio JohnsonRFD 1 Box 145darks Hill, Indioflo 47930 Tim Vi.*?r, a ^aduate of Mi^-South Christian College,andved in Bangkok on October 5 to begin a two-year missionastay in Chiangmai. In add iti on to teaching Bible, Tim will beleading m the production of sermons and music for radio broadcasts.. S. E. Asia Evangelisiproduces and broadcasts Christian radio programs in the Rawang, Lisu and Kachin languages.Students of the Bible I n s t i t u t e are involved i n the taping of these programs i n t h e i r jDiJnlanguage.

David Burnette traveled with Tim and he wil l be i n Thailand approximately four month-;He will be supervising the construction of our new building and will also be assisting w:';"teaching. Please pray that the Lord will bless both Dave's and Tim's new venture in Thr-'VJe are sui^e gireat and glorious things will be accomplished for the Kingdom through th&x.s e i v i c e .

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES. . . . . .The construction of the urgently needed building for Chiangmai Bible Inst i tute, isgoing ahead steadily. The second story floor has been poured (concrete), and the steelreinfoi-ced -pillars for the second story are being poured. Brickwork on the f i r s t floorwalls i s t o s t a r t soon, With the a r r i v a l of Mr. Burnette we anticipate progress w i l l bemade at a greater speed. . We are thankful that he could take time and come to Thailand tohelp with the construction. The Bible Inst i tute students are also helping with the laboras part of thei r work-study program, and we are saving many dollars in labor which can beapplied elsewhere. Rinds are s t i l l needed t o complete t h i s :building which i s a v i t a l and irr^Dortant t o o l i n t ra iningnational leaders with the bes t pos si bl e Chr is ti an

e d u c a t i o n . P l e a s e t a k e this n e e d t o t h e Lord i nprayer^ . PUnds f o r the bui lding can be sent t o ourforwarding agents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, or to thmission t reasurer , James Florey, Box 581 Mokena,111. 60448. \ m R J l W ] \

PRAY FOR TEACHING TRIPTim Viner, David Burnette, Paul Fuller and t will be

making a t r i p to Rangoon, Burma, to help in giv ing Biblei n s t r u c t i o n t o t h e l o c a l l e a d e r s t h e r e . We w i l l be t h e r e f o r

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for one week (the maximum allowed time by the Burmese government) and then following us wilbe two teams from the U.S.A., each teaching one week. These successive weekly trips areplanned because missionaries are no longer allowed to live there. There are thousandsof local Chris t ies i^ho are ckriying' oiit the work of the Church, but need encouragementand fu rther inst ruc ti on from the outside. Please be praying for the sumess of eacht e am .

BIBLE INSTITUTE NEWS.W.e wish to thank Jesse Yangmi and Marsha and Margaret King for their help inteaching at the Bible Institute. Brother Yangmi is teaching I Corinthians this term toour international students. The King sisters help in teaching English, We appreciate thespirit and cooperation that has been demonstrated by the missionaries here in Chiangmai.The assistance they ha.ye offered has -helped give greater, individual attention to each ofour twenty-four students: i; ' . x 4.The-faculty hks decidcd.to use'two l'an^^es.,f6r classroom instruction at theBible Institute-. Thai will':be used for the^> students;^ Thailand and English will befor the 'ihtematidnal studentS:'or .those from J-hailand who wish to study in English. Thestudy of English rhust continue- ,so Tthe ^tud^ts will be able to have a greater underst^dingof classroom material:' in-ad(iLti .' Clarks Hill, I4;-"sr lTHE PLC^fSHAREPubl i shed byClarks Hill Christian Church _John F, Buckley, Minister ^ ^ B / -Doug Umbanhowar, Missionary^ ^ ' **