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DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSONChristian Ambassadors to the ChineseField Address:

Mr.'and Mrs. Dwain P. Anderson#15 Wong Yi Au Village 2/FTai Po, New TerritoriesHong KongPhone: 0-6581881

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January-February-March, 1983

Family Activities

Forwarding Agents:Bill and Margaret EttlingRt. 2. Box 360Jackson. MO 63755Phone (314) 243-2825

Sending Congregation:First Church of ChristState Street at MarshallEldorado, IL 62930

Jean Montgomery teaching the English SundaySchool class. The 'Anderson Five' - Sara and Mark withtheir cousins David, Sandi and Steven.

that a lot. All the cards and letters usby friends and family at homenot only gave Jean Montgomery teaching the English Sundayus a spiritual lift, but helped to decorate our class. The 'Anderson Five' •Sara and Mark withhome as well. Tlianks for remembering us! cousins David, Sandi and Steven.

Becky and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on January 4thof this year. It sure doesn'tseem like that long atall. This year, because ofsome gifts ofmoney sent atChristmas by our family, wewere able to have a really special anniversary celebration.

OnJanuary 29th, Yip Mown Wai, who is thepreacher at theHong Kong Church ofChrist, andLukWai Wan, the secretary for the Compass of Truth ministry, were maried. Thiswas the first Chinesewedding andwedding feast we had attended, so we were excited about itto say theleast. Before thewedding we helped transport their 4-tier wedding cake, which was baked and decorated by JoyceAnderson, to the reception hall. Believe me, driving over Hong Kong's rough roads, that was nervewracking! But we made it in one (or should Isay four) pieces. In the evening after the wedding, weattended the wedding feast -a 12-course meal ofsome ofthebest Chinese dishes. Itwas sogood! Themost unusual dish to the Westerner, but one that every Chinese wedding feast must have, isshark'sfin soup - and it's good!

February brought with it several things. It brought my 30th birthday on February 12th. for onething. Idreaded it for a long time -you know, being "over thehill" andall -but I'm still alive, soIguess I'll

burvtve. On February 5-8. we were able to attend a seminar on II Corinthians by Fred Miller,misbtonary to England, at the Mong Kok Church. The Compass of Truth ministry sponsored theseminar, and it was in English (translated into Chinese). This was the first time since coming to FlongKong that we were able to hear any amount of sermons or teaching in English, so we really benefitedfrom II. This February was also the wettest February on record for FiongKong. It has rained almostevery day for the last month - and this is the dry season!

Chinese New Year

This year Chinese New Year was on February 13-15, and we found out what a traditional Chinesevillage we live in. The people around us observed many rites and traditions that we had been toldalmost no one kept anymore. We observed so much fear and superstition in the people of our villagethat it made us thankful even more that we have no need to fear as long as we are in Christ Jesus.

In the village the rites began at noon on New Years Eve {February 12)with offerings of fruit, meatand incen_se .to ancestors. This took place before small altars outside the home, and was accompaniedby the shooting of firecrackers. Then at midnight, the village sounded like a war zone as every familyset off string after string of firecrackers to welcome the new year, but also to frighten off bad luck andevil spirits. For the whole period of Chinese New Year, every home in the villageleft some lights on allnight. Some homes left every light in the house on all night the whole time. This again, is to keep the

bad luck away. Every morning, sometimes before sun up, thei , villagers would again offer fruit and incense and tea at their home

iiS'l altars as well as at the village ancestral hall and the two largevillage altars. And again, there would be plenty of firecrackers

- (which by the way, are illegal in Fiong Kong).Apart from the worship and fear, Chinese New Year is a

happy family time. People buy new clothes, decorate their homesI F with flowers, peach blossom trees, mandarin orange trees and

paper banners wishing all a prosperous new year. Childrenare given gifts of "lucky money" packets containing money andthere is a lot of visiting and family get-to-gethers. But behind all of

• Lr superstition and false worship. What aJL i r difference knowing Jesus would make in their lives. Please pray

that we will have opportunities to share Him with the people ofMark Lvilh our neighbor lady. our village.

Tutors

There is a Chinese saying used as a compliment, which says "totalk with you one night surpasses ten years of study". I believe thatthis statement really applies to time spent with my tutor, Joe Lui. Joeis a Christian from the Mong Kok Church of Christ. He is a schoolteacher and has a very good knowledge of the Bible and Christianideas. These things, plus his willingness to teach me, makes him avery good tutor. He is helping me learn to read Chinese and alsohelps me with translation work as well. Ioften feel like the three hoursper week spent with him is more beneficial than ail the rest of mystudy time combined. I'm studying at the Chinese Language center12 hours per week also, and feel like this is one of my best semestersever there, too.

Becky has a tutor also. Her name is Martina Chan. She is also aChristian and a school teacher. She and Becky have a unique

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arrangement. Martina comes to our house on Tuesdays to tutor Becky inCantonese. She is helpingBecky to learn Christian vocabulary through reading Bible stories. Then on Fridays Martina comesback to our house again to be tutored inEnglish. Itmaysound strange, but that's the wayitworks -andit does work.

Preaching

After one year of language study Ihavestarted to preach inChinese. So far, Ihavepreachedthreetimes usingCantonese. These were at Tuen Munchurch, the HongKong Church ofChrist (located inWong Tai Sin district) and at the new churchwork which meets in David and Lynne Polings' homein Sha Tin. Although my vocabulary is increasing, I am still a long way off from being able to writesermons directlyintoChinese, so mybeingable to preach isdue mostlyto the translation helpfrom mytutor and to longhours of preparation. I used the same sermon in all of the churches I'vespoken insofar, and to give you an idea of the work involved in preparing one sermon, here's what we have to do.First, write the sermon in English in manuscript form. Then sit down with Joe and translate it sentenceby sentence. He speaks and Iwritedown what he says inromanized Chinese. On a 15-minute sermon,this took about 4 to 5 hours ofwork. Afterit isall translated, there are manywordsand phrases which Idon't know, so that means looking them all up in Chinese dictionaries. This took 4 hours on the lastsermon. Then comes the actual practice in delivering the sermon. Again, this takes about 4 hours.Right now, preparing sermons in Chinese is time-consuming, but I hope that it becomes faster as timegoes by and as I learn more vocabulary.

Tuen Mun Church UpdateIt was hoped that the Tuen Mun church would already be into its new building by now, but legal

delays complicated by the long breaks of government offices at Chinese New Year, has slowed thingsdown. We certainly believe that all things work together for the good of those who love God, tho',because in the time since our last newsletter, Gary and Joyce Anderson have received offerings ofseveral thousand dollars which will be used toward the purchase of the building. This not only makes itpossible toget all the needed decoration work done before the church moves in, but also means that alarger downpayment can be made. It may now be possible to have the building paid for in about fouryears. This would be a great blessing to the church. We hope to be able to be moved into the newbuilding now on April 10th. We ask that you pray for the Tuen Mun Christian Church that it will growand ^ a great witness for Christ in Hong Kong. If you would like to help with the purchase of thisbuilding by making a special offering, you may do so by making your check out to ChristianAmbassadors to the Chinese and designating your offering "Tuen Mun Christian Church".

News and Prayer Requests• Please continue to pray for the future of Hong Kong. There has been no dependablenews on the issue lately.• A new church work was started in Sham Shui Po by David and Lynne Poling andHank and Sophia Kwan in February. We ask that you keep this work in your prayers.• Becky's parents, Clayton and EleanorKinsey, will bevisiting Hong Kong at theendof March. We are all very happy about this news!®Several of the Hong Kong missionaries are either on furlough now, or will be goingsoon. Ken and Linda Smyth are in the States now. Ben and Karen Rees will begintheir furlough inApril, and the David Polings will begoing on furlough inlateJune. Praythat the work here will continue effectively in their absences.

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®Praise theLord for ourfamily's good health. For thefirst month in a long time, none ofus had to see a doctor during the whole month of February, and so far in March.0 Our 1982 Financial Reports have been sent to ourcontributors. Anyone who wouldlike to receive a copy, may request one from our forwarding agents or ourselves.

We thank God that we are beginning to beofmore service here. Ourdependence onHim makesus realize more and more what Jesus meant when he spoke the words, "Iam the vine, you are thebranches. He who abides in me, and Iin him, heitis that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can donothing."

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News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSONChristian Ambassadors to the ChineseField Address:

Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson#15 Won9 Vi Au Village 2/FTai Po, New TerritoriesHong KongPhone: 0-6581881

•Make checks payable to: Christian Ambassadors to the

Forwarding Agents:Bill and Margaret EttlingRt. 2, Box 360Jackson, MO 63755Phone (314) 243-8825

Sending Congregation:First Church of ChristState Street at MarshallEldorado. IL 62930

April-May-June, 1983

Dedication Service in Tuen Mun

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Sunda\^ morning worship attenders April 10,1983.

The Tuen Mun Christian Church is now in its new building and is reaching out into the surroundingcommunitywiththe gospelmessage. We reported inour last newsletterthat wehoped workwould be finished so that the move could be made by April 10. In fact, we were able to begin holdingservices in the buildingthe last week of March and then were able to hold the dedication service for thebuilding on April 10. The dedication service was attended by well over 100 people from variouschurches in Hong Kong. The crowd was definitely standing room onlysince the seating capacity ofthechurch is about 65. The seats were full, the aisles were full, and people stood outside the doors.

Gary Anderson asked several of the missionaries in Hong Kongto participate in the dedicationservice. I was asked to bring a message of challenge to the congregation dealing particularly with thefuture possibilities for the work. I really believe that the Tuen Mun church has almost unlimitedpossibilities for the future given much prayer and much work, and most of all, much blessingfromtheLord. The opportunities for evangelism are great, the buildingitself is very nice and well located. Weneed only to sow the seed of the gospel, pray, and then trust the Lord to provide the increase.

Already we have been encouraged by new people coming to the services and others showing adesire to learn more about Christ. Many people have dropped by the building to visit with Gary or justto see what the "Tuen Mun Christian Church" is all about. Several contacts have been made throughpamphlets describing the church, which were distributed in the immediate area of the building. Plans

Singing time at Saturda}^ afternoonyouth group, Jed by Gary Anderson.

for future work include thedistribution of more pamphlets and tracts in an ever widening circle aroundthe church building, and advertisements in local newspapers. Always, the aim of tracts oradvertisements is to acquaint people with the church, arouse their interest in the gospel, and offerteaching or Bible study to anyone who wants it.

We ask that you please pray for this work. Pray that God would open the hearts of the people inTuen Mun. Pray that we-will be able to-contact many people and have an opportunity to share the"gospel with them. Pray most of all, that these people will accept God's love and forgiveness.

Sara and Mark with Grandma and GrandpaKinsey.

Grandma and GrandpaCame To See Us!

March 28th was a day we had looked forward to for a long time. It was the day whenBecky's folks, Clayton and Eleanor Kinsey,from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, would arrive inHong Kong. They arrived in Hong Kong atabout midnight, but no matter, the wholefamily was there at the airport to meet them.They were able to stay until April 15th and wereally felt blessed by their visit. We think theyreceived a blessing, too, just from being able tosee Hong Kong and some of the work donehere.

During their visit we, of course, caught upon all the family happenings, and Sara andMark caught up on a lot of"loving" that theyhad missed out on since we left the States. TheKinsey's were able to attend the Tuen Munchurch dedication service and meet many ofour fellow workers and many of the ChineseChristians from Hong Kong. We also did agood deal of sight seeing. We went to a lot ofvvc. wciiL lu a iui ui

places that our family had never been to, even though w^.have lived here for one and ahalf years now.

Summer Schedule

This summer has brought with it more opportunities for learning and for service. I (Dwain) amofficially outof language school for thesummer, but Iam taking atwo-hour-per-week private course atthe language center, concentrating on prayer and the leading ofgroup worship in Cantonese. These

self. It surely surprised me that Dwain preaching at the Tuen Mun Christian Church.I could do it, and think it surprised someother people too.Itstill tooka lotoftime, and I'm notclaiming itwasthe bestsermon everwritten either, but it was preached with prayer that God would use it to His glory.

Prayer and Praise

• Praise the Lord for the new people who have attendedservices at the Tuen Mun church. This has been such anencouragement to all of us.

• Our forwarding agents, Bill and Margaret Ettling, areexpecting twins sometime in August. Please keep Margaret inyour prayers that allwill go welland the babies will be strong andhealthy.

• During the past two months Dwain has had a lot of troublewith back problems, but is greatly improved now. A goodchiropractor was located and regular visits to him seem to havehelped a lot.

• Because ofcontinued uncertainty as to the future of Hong Kong, theHong Kong dollarhas weakened considerably. This causes prices for almost everything to go up, since almosteverything Hong Kong uses has to be imported. Those people on fixed salaries and whoreceive their income inHongKong dollars are hurt the worst. Pleasepraythat a fair solutionto Hong Kong's future can be reached soon.• We learned recently thatSara's school fees will jump from thepresent HK$9,600 peryear

toHK$13,000 per year in September. This is a considerable increase. It brings her schoolingcosts up to about US$160 per month, an increase of US$40 per month.• It is our desire to finish our language studies and begin our own work as soon as is

reasonably possible. We are trying nowto decide howto arrangeour own schedule for thenext two to three yearsas far as language studies, furlough and beginning a work in Tai Poisconcerned. Please pray that we would be wise in the decisions we make.

We want to say thank you to all ofyou who support us through your prayers and through yourgiving. We want to be faithful and effective servants ofthe Lordhere inHongKong. It isobvious that

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Special Projects

Ifyou would like send a small gift to theAnderson family, here are some suggestions from Margaret Ettling:

Items which cannot be purchasedin Hong Kong:

• Kool-Aid— the unsweetened kind.This is small enough it can be tucked insidethe envelope when sending a letter to theAndersons'.

• Popcorn

Available in Hong Kong sometimes, but difficult to find:

• Corn meal. Dwain loves cornbread.Margaret finds it easiest to send over thesmall one-recipe packages of cornbreadmix.

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News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSONChristian Ambassadors to the ChineseField Address:

Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson#15 Wong Yi Au Village 2/FTai Po, New TerritoriesHong KongPhone: 0-6581881

Forwarding Agents:Bill and Margaret EttlingRt. 2, Box 360Jackson, MO 63755Phone (314) 243-8825

Sending Congregation:First Church of ChristState Street at Marshal)Eldorado, IL 62930

:Make checks payable to: Christian Ambassadors to the

July-August-September, 1983

Back to School

Well, summer is over at last! Next week it's *back to school for Sara, Mark and myself #§5 -(Dwain). Sarawill beentering theprimary nclass I, » Sin a brand new school building. She will also have

will be attending a bi-lingual kindergarten on the ^ J' I ^H|||||campus of Chinese University of Hong Kong. ^f|̂ ,iVThis is the campus where my own classes are. He Iattended this school last year, so he is looking for- /(

I will be starting back to full-time language • ^study after a summerAong break To tell the truth,I m a little nervous about going back because 1mafraid I'll find out just how much I've forgotten. Ireallyhope Ifind out how much Iremember instead. Ihave not received a final class schedule yet, but Ihope to study Chinese reading beginning with the Parables of Jesus and then continue next semesterwith the Gospel of John. I will also begin the third and final course of spoken Cantonese. This coursewill take two semesters to complete, too. I hope then, to be finished with full-time language studysometime next May.

Mark, almost 4, and Sara, 6^/^ years old.

Preaching

Ihave now prepared and preached several sermons in Cantonese. The first few were easy enoughbecause I chose rather simple messages. The last couple of sermons, however, have been a littlefrustrating. This is because there are so manytruths that really need to be taught here. The problemisthat the subject matter on most of them is far beyong mylanguage ability. Icontinue to have to "settle"for an easier and perhaps less challenging sermon topic. This is hard for me to accept. The Chinesehavean expression that theyuse a lot— "maanmaanhok", which meansliterally "slowly study". Theidea is that it takes time to learn to do anything well. This certainly applies to learning Chinese! Please

keep our language study in your prayers. Pray especially for me as I prepare sermons in Chinese thatthey may be instructive and challenging.

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Trip to Japan

One of the highlights of this summer for our family was a trip toJapan. We had been feeling for a long time that we needed to get awayfor awhile, and also that we needed some spiritual encouragement. Inearly July we learned that the missionaries in Japan have an annualconvention in English for missionaries. The convention consists ofthree days of teaching, preaching, Bible study, devotion, singing andfellowship, all in English. They also have special sessions for thechildren. After contacting Mark Maxey in Japan about attending, wedecided that it was just what we needed.

We arrived in Japan in time for the convention and then were ableto stay a few more days to do some sightseeing. We were also able tovisit with several of the missionaries in their homes and see the work

they are doing.The benefits of attending the convention were great for us. Not only

did we get to hear some great sermons and receive the uplift theyprovided, but we made a lot of new friends as well.

Bo Do Wui

85 d5 wui are the Chinese words for "proclaim the word meeting". That's what we in Englishusually call a revival or an evangelistic meeting. TheTuen Mun Christian Church held her first suchmeeting this year on August 26 and 27. We feel like the meeting was a success, though there were notso many decisions as we had hoped for. The meeting was true to the Chinese name for sure. Theattendance Friday night was 37, and on Saturday was 40. These were the highest attendances for anymeeting we'd had since the dedication service. Many of these people were first timers, so that was anencouragement.

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During the meeting, four people indicated that they were interested in becoming Christians. In allof these cases it was felt that more teaching— and in the case of young people— consultations withparents, were needed. I do not want to minimize these decisions. However, I do not want tomisrepresent the facts either. Please pray with us for these people. We need to make sure that no onewho desires to follow Jesus is ever turned away.

Also, during the meeting there were some people who said that they would like to attend a Biblestudy. This summer we'd been having prayer meetings on Wednesday, but this turned out to be not agood time for some of the new people. Because of this new interest, Gary Anderson decided that itwould be good to begin having Bible study/prayer meetings on Wednesday evenings. These meetingswill begin this week and we hope they will be well attended.

One of the real encouragements to us about the way the work in Tuen Mun is going is the numberof adults who attend. It is easy to fill a building with children - and we do have our share of them - andmake your attendance figures look good. During the past two months, however, most of our newattenders have been adults. There are now several young adult ladies as well as three or four newcouples attending. This makes possible greater fellowship and service as well as the development ofmale leaders and financial independence.

We know that the work is not yet mature, but God has blessed. With his continued blessing, theTuen Mun church can grow into a strong congregation and a great witness for Christ.

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News Bits

• It's twin boys! Bill and Margaret Ettling, our forwarding agents, became parents forthe fourth and fifth times on August 11 as William Andrew Ettling, Jr. and JosephHadsall Ettling were born. "Billy" was born at 12:42 p.m. and weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. "Joey"was born at 12:44 p.m. and weighed 6 lbs. 15]^ oz. Momma and babies are all doing fine.Praise the Lord! . .

• We had a new addition - of sorts - to our family too. It's a Singer sewing machine! Wedecided this summer that it would be good to have a machine so that Becky could sew forherself and the children.

• There is still no reliable news as to Hong Kong's future, but the Hong Kong dollarcontinues to slide. Business leaders are calling for a decision soon to the 1997 issue, sayingthat if it is delayed much longer, the Hong Kong economy is sure to fall.

• We are still in the process of making a decision about our own schedule for the nextyear or so. We are considering taking our first furlough in May 1984, which would mean wewould be available for camps and VBS at that time. We hope a final decision on furlough canbe reached in the next three weeks.

Thank you for your continued concern, prayers and support of our work. May God bless you andbe glorified because of it.

In His service,

Dwain and Becky Anderson

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DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSONChristian Ambassadors to the ChineseField Address:

Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson#15 Wong Yi Au Village 2/FTai Po, New TerritoriesHong KongPhone: 0-6581881

Forwarding Agents:Bill and Margaret EttlingRt. 2, Box 360Jackson, MO 63755Phone: (314) 243-8825

Sending Congregation:First Church of ChristState Street at MarshallEldorado, IL 62930

Make checks payable to: Christian Ambassadors to the Chinese

Oct.-Nov.-Dec., 1983

Dwain Had Surgery

On November 14, 1983, Dwain was admitted to the Hong KongAdventist Hospital. Most of September and all of October were pain-filled ^ iAIIm]months for him. He had had a short respite from his back pain during the gsummer, and was even able to go awhole month during the summer ' U ' j'jjwithout pain and without seeing the chiropractor. In early October thechiropractor said he was unable to help him any further. The strongestpain medicine from our general physician here in Tai Po was unable to cut 1the pain and only succeeded in making Dwain feel drugged and sleepy. c •

We began to seek out some other help and were referred to an American surgeon who had hisoffices in Kowloon. He gave Dwain a thorough exam and said he definitely had a spinal disk problemand so referred him to a neuro-surgeon with offices on Hong Kong island. The Lord was blessing andleading thru all of this in that the American surgeon was a Christian who also shared our concern forthe amount of the medical expenses. The neuro-surgeon, Dr. Loy, that he referred us to is also aChristian.

Dr. Loy first tried some treatments, including traction, but the spinal x-ray (myelogram) showedconclusively that surgery would be required. The diagnosis was a "protruding disk". Dwain hadsuccessful surgery on November 22nd. My (Becky's) cousin Gary Anderson, as well as Helen Jewand Danny Thurston helped me wait through the long three hours of surgery. Dwain was releasedfrom the hospital for further recuperation at home on December 7th.

The children and Iare so happy to have him back home. Jean Montgomery was such a big help tous through it all. She gave many hours of her time to help take care ofSara and Mark so that Icould goto the hospital to visit Dwain. The trip from Tai Po to the hospital usually took 1]^hours, one-way. Avery few times I was able to make the trip in just over one hour. The other missionaries here andseveral of the Chinese Christians visited Dwain and helped him pass the long hours spent in thehospital bed.

We are so very thankful for all the prayers and concern of our Christian brothers and sisters. Iknow our forwarding agents, Bill and Margaret Ettling and my parents, Clayton and EleanorKinsey were able to notify many of you about the surgery. Your prayers were a real source of strengthand comfort to us.

Dr. Loy has charged us only halfof his normal fees and the Adventist Hospitalalso gave us a further 10% discount on all of their charges because we aremissionaries. These bills have been paid in full. We praise the Lord and thankHim for his blessings and care for us. Thank you for the special gifts and offeringsthat were given to help meet these medical expenses.

Dwain's recovery has been slower than we would have liked, but Dr. Loy sayshe is progressing normally. He was able to return to worship services in TuenMun on January 8th for the first time since sometime in October. He was alsoable to attend last Sunday, January 15th. He still has pain relating to the surgeryand healing process and must spend several hours every day laying down to rest.He is not yet able to drive the car. Because of his slow recovery, Dwain was notable to return to language school this semester. He is anxious to be fullywell andactive again. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

Furlough: May '84 - Early January '85

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Before it was apparent to us how serious Dwain's back condition was, and afterhad written our last newsletter, we decided that we should take our first

furlough from early May 1984 through early January 1985. Wemade this decision after much prayer and consideration. We arelooking forward to being back in the States and want to have a fullschedule of speaking dates to share about the work in Hong Kong.

We still have many dates open. Ifyou would like us to come and speak to your congregation, pleasewrite to us here in Hong Kong at our Field Address listed on this newsletter, airmail, by April 1st.Please list the dates you would like for us to come. We welcome any opportunity to speak - Sundaya.m. or p.m., or weekdays, missions or Faith Promise rallies, VBS, camps, youth retreats, etc. AfterApril 1st, please write to us in care of our Forwarding Agents. Our schedule as of today, January 19th,is as follows:

Early May— arrive in St. Louis, MO (airline ticketsnot yet confirmed)

May 20th, p.m.— First Christian Church, Florissant, MO

June 8th— attend Becky's sister's wedding. Cape Girardeau, MO

June 10 - 15— VBS at First Christian Church, Harrisburg, IL

June 17 - 19— Sunday services, a.m. and p.m., plus VBS, Ramsey ChristianChurch, Ramsey, IL

July 10 - 13— N.A.C.C., Atlanta, Georgia

July 23-27— VBS at Berean Christian Church, Murphysboro, IL

November 11, a.m. and p.m.— First Christian Church, West Frankfort, ILEarly January— return to Hong Kong

We will confirm all speaking dates by return airmail as quickly as possible.

One Baptism at Tuen Mun Christian Church

We are very happy to report that on September 18,1983 Mrs. Ngou made the good confession offaith and was immersed into Christ at the Tuen Mun church. Mrs. Ngou was one of the four people wewrote about in our last newsletter who had indicated an interest in becoming a Christian at theevangelistic meeting in August. After the baptismal service the church had a fellowship dinner whichwas well attended.

Above, Gary Arrdersontakes the good confession offaith from Mrs. Ngou and then(above right) immerses her intoChrist on September 18, 1983.Right, a fellowship dinner followed the baptism. Gary andJoyce Anderson are standingin the background.

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More to Say

• On September 25th, Sara was privileged to be theflower girl at the wedding of Ng Fui and Siu Man Yee. Youmay remember the names. Ng Fui and Siu Man Yee's photoswere included in our March-April, 1982 newsletter. Sara (leftin picture) and Sara Smyth stand in front of the wedding

• Mark hit the big Four-Vears-Old on October 28th.He's proud to remind us that he's a big boy now.

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• We enjoyed a quiet Christmas Eve at home this year. Just the four of us. Gary and JoyceAnderson and family were able to spend a short vacation back in the States over the Christmasholidays. It was the first time in seven years that they had been able to spend Christmas with theirfamilies. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us cards and letters at Christmas time. Theyreally helped make our Christmas brighter. We were happy to have Danny Thurston come backfrom church with us on Christmas Day to help eat up the left-over turkey and trimmings.

• Ken and Linda Smyth had a new a'rrival on January 5th. Priscilla Kay came four weekspremature but is doing well. She is their fourth child.

• We expect to soon have our Financial Report for 1983 ready and mailed to all ourcontributors. Anyone else who is interested in receiving one may write to us directly or to ourforwarding agents.

• October 25th was the second anniversary of our arrival here in Hong Kong. In manyways the time has gone by quickly. We are not as proficient in the Chinese language as we wouldlike to be by now. Patience and endurance in the difficult task of language study seems to be theonly road to improving our Cantonese. When we take the time to think about it we realize there isa lot about living in Hong Kong that we've grown accustomed to. We know for a certainty that wemust depend on the Lord to lead and guide for our efforts here to be fruitful. Please pray with usthat our service here will bring honor to the Father and build up His Kingdom.

Always we are thankful for the part you play in our service here. Thank you for your prayers andsupport!

In His Service,

Dwain & Becky Anderson