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^ horrors of the communist regime ththey have denied was taking place.^ ^ country and people which has openin

^ re jected the Lord i s reaping the c. quence o f t h e i r s i n . Now i t i s ou

re spons iDi l i t y to help in whatever way we can to show theseunfortunate people the love of God which He has offered throHis Son. Jesus, and Jesus alone i s the only hope for thesepeople of Cambodia. Thailand. S.E. Asia and the whole world

On November 22nd, I l e f t with twelve Chiangmai Bible Itute students fo r the Thai-Cambodian border to help in whaway we could. We were inv i ted to go by Bobby Worse, anotherm i s s i o n a r y o f t h e Ch u r c h e sof Christ/Christian Churches . )t c T h a i l ^ ^ . Bobby has beenworking with World Vis ion

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who Bobby b rough t a l o n gf rom a t r i b a l v il l a g e i nN o r t h e r n T h a i l a n d , wet r a v e l e d t o g e t h e r t o t" S " troubled area for a tw

p l a c e s a r e be i n g usedhou s e t h e many d o c t o r sn u r s e s who h a v e come fa r ound t h e wor ld t o g i v

themselves i n t r e a t i n g th e s ick and dy ing . We s tayed approximl y f o u r m i l e s from t h e Cambodian b o r d e r . The n e a r n e s s o f t h ewas made more app a r en t when t h e sound o f heavy a r t i l l e r y wou

b r eak th e q u i e t of n i g h t .Although t h e male s t u d e n t s were kep t busy with c a rp en t r yp lumb ing r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , t h e f o u r f emale s t u d e n t s a l s o hadl i t t l e t i m e t o r e s t . To f e e d a work c r ew o f t h i r t y p e o p l e tl o t s o f food and much p r ep a r a t i o n . Each day t h r e e of th e g ishopped a t the loca l open-air market iie-" ii i i iwa n d c o ok ed f o r t h e h u n g r y g r o u p . Theg i r l s t o o k t u r n s d o i n g t h i s , a s e a c h

t h e n e a r b y r e f u g e e camp i n t h e c l i n i c s .In t h i s way each g i r l had the oppor tu- ^n i t y t o h e l p i n t r e a t i n g t h e s i c k .Karen Johnson, who i s a regis tered ,4^nurse, worked full-time in this very - jfijlndemand ing work and d i d a t e r r i f i c jo b

camp t o a s s i s t i n t h e me d i c a l work .B u t i t s o o n became a p p a r e n t t o h e r t h a ta l o n g w i t h t h e med i c a l work t h e r ene ed ed t o be a s t r o n g empha s i s on

evangelism. While she was there she Mworked t h r o u g h a Cambod i an C h r i s t i a nwho acted as her i n t e rp re t e r and to -g e t h e r t h e y t a u g h t t h e Word o f God t omany. She was s u r p r i s e d t o f i n d howmany p e o p l e were h u n g e r i n g and t h r i s t -ing a f t e r the Good news. Through her ONE OF THE C.B.I . Sc o n t a c t s wh i l e she was t h e r e , a wide WORKING IN A CLIN

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IDES i n t h e s t a t e s and t h r o u g h t h e L o r d 's b le s s in g , t h o u s a n d snow have t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o h e a r and r e s p o n d t o God ' s l o v e .f a c u l t y o f th e Bib l e I n s t i t u t e i s s e r i o u s l y con s i d e r i n g c l o s

s c h o o l f o r one month a nd a l l go back t o t h e b o r d e r i n a ma j oevange l i sm e f f o r t . P l e a s e p r a y wi t h u s t h a t we may work e f ft i v e l y i n t h i s g re a t t a s k .

The second week of work was taken up with putt ing t o i l ein each of the ten clinic hospitals in a second camp fif tyfrom th e bo rd e r. This camp i s th e ho lding center for approximately th ir ty-f ive Ithousand Khmer Rouge soldiers and the i r Buf a m i l i e s , whereas t h e f i r s t week wass p e n t c l o s e t o a camp b ein g m ain ta in edfor the anti-communist group. ^ Bobby

needed b e t t e r s a n i t a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s , iso he c o n t a c t e d p r o p e r a u t h o r i t i e s t o ' .see what could be done. Pr io r to t h i s Hthe sick had to use open trenches to h V ' relieve themselves and the stench was T . - \terrible. In fact, often they did not \ ^e v e n r e a c h t h e t r e n c h e s , a n d o n e h a d t owa t ch where one s t e p p e d f o r f e a r o fwa lk i ng i n human ex c r emen t . , I have

n ev e r been so a f f e c t e d i n a l l my l i f e . .I have previously visi ted other refugee I -camps along the L aot ian border fo r the B ^Meo t r i b a l peop l e who have f l e d com-munism, bu t tho se camps were s e v e r a lt imes b e t t e r t h an t h e cond i t i o n s I was^ e e t e d with here. How anyone can l ive DOUG DIGGING HOLin such conditions i s beyond my FOR SEPTIC TANK

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met me. Abou t one h u n d r e d b e d s were c rowded t o g e t h e r , b a r e l yl e a v i n g w alk ing space be tw een them . I n many bed s were mothew i t h t h e i r c h i l d r e n . Othe r b e d s were t a k e n up wi t h two , t h r

o r f o u r c h i l d r e n , a t t a c h e d t o b o t t l e s o f b lo o d f o r t r a n s f u s i o nand i n t r av e no u s f ee d in g s . Most o f t h e c h i l d r e n were t o o weat o move and l a y e d q u i e t l y , c r y i n g on l y when t h e n u r s e s cameg i v e them a n o t h e r s h o t . S e e i n g emac i a t ed c h i l d r e n whose aged i f f i c u l t t o d e t e r m in e b e c a u s e o f t h e c o n d i t i o n o f t h e i r l i t t lb o d i e s was t o o much f o r me t o b e a r . I f e l t a n emo t ion r i s i n go u t o f t h e d e p t h s o f my s o u l t h a t I n e v e r knew was t h e r e an dI s i t he r e t y p i n g t o you I f i n d i t d i f f i c u l t t o ho ld back byf e e l i n g s . Why, Why, Why doe s t h i s have t o be? Has God c l o s eH is eye s t o t h e s e who a r e s u f f e r i n g so? Or a r e H is eye s f i l lwi th t e a r s a s He watches t h e s u f f e r i n g o f t h e s e who He l o v ew a i t i n g f o r t h e day when S a t a n and h i s demons w i l l be c a s tt h a t e v e r l a s t i n g f i r e ? God h e l p u s t h a t we may p r e a ch H is lmes s ag e so t h a t " . . . n o n e s h o u l d p e r i s h , b u t have e t e r n a l l i f e .

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^ ^ ^ ^^5^/ " Chiangmai Bible Inst i tuwith i nc r ea sed p raye r sg i f t s ? I am l ook ing a

with e xc itement to th e open doors and new p o s s i b i l i t i e s t opresent the Gospel in the 1980 's . IVluch depends on you. Cayou h e l p u s t o h e l p f a c i l i t a t e t h e Church i n As ia t o s t a n d

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feet , to become a thriving, pulsating force throughl i t e ra tu re production and sound Bib le teaching? vtfon't youplease remember the students and vi l lage evangelists as theyshare the precious Word with t h e i r own? Las t ly, I would l i kt o a sk you t o g ive th e most you can f o r th e work o f th e LordCan you give your l i f e to fu l l - t ime Chris t ian serv ice , to cot o Tha i land and work t o g e t h e r with a l l th e m i s s i o n a r i e s andnationals? I implore you to ser iously consider being hereus t o he l p with your p h y s i c a l p re sence . Your l i f e w i l l nevebe the same and ne i ther wi l l those who hear the message ofbecause of your wil l ingness to come and share of yourse l f .a missionary to a f i e ld "white unto harvest . " Pray about i tand ask God 's l e a d i n g i n th e ma t t e r . Write us--w e w i l l bewai t i ng t o he a r from you.

May God r i c h l y b l eyou and you r f am i l y i nn e w d e c a d e .

s t r e n g t h t o u p h o l d i nt h e wo rk t h a t n e e d s t od o n e . P l e a s e c o n s i d e rsend ing your g i f t s t on o t o n l y t o s u p p o r t t h et h a t i s underway t o r e at h e Cambod i a n s , b u t i ng r e a t e r f a r - r e a c h i n g mt r y t o a l l e v i a t e s u f f e r ia round t h e wor l d . Canh e l p u s t o c o n t i n u e t ot r a i n l e a d e r s h i p i n t h e


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