Mark, Dwain, Becky & Sara Anderson

News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address:Mr. and Mrs. Dwain P. AndersonP.O. Box 74

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Forwarding Agents:Bill and Margaret EttlingRt. 2, Box 360Jackson, MO 63755Phone: (314)243-8625

Sending Congregation:First Church of Christ

State Street at Marshall

Eldorado, IL 62930

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January, February, March 1986

These past few months sure have flown by! Since the NewYearwe have been busy in our language study but havealso been able to make trips to Pua as well. February and March, especially, seem to have been "red tape" monthssince our passports, visas, work permits, driver's license, truck license and insurance all came up for renewal rightaround the same time. During the past couple of weeks we have spent a lot of time in preparation for being in Pua nearlythe whole month ofApril and then for moving to Pua when Sara and Markare out of school this coming June. We'd liketo share these things withyou so you can know what we have been doing and, also, so you will knowbetter howto prayfor the people In Thailand.

Language StudyAtthe beginning of the year we decided to devote January through Marchespecially to studying Thai. Weknewthat

April would be a very busy month since all of the Thai schools would be out and this makes it possible to have a lotofspecial programs inApril. InJune we plan to move to Pua and knewthat afterthat wewouldbe busyinthe workthere.This meant that the firstthree months of the year would be our last opportunity for more or less uninterrupted study ofThai. We have been able to study almost every day and have benefited from it Beckycontinued to study at the ChiangMai Language Center and has completed all the basic work there plus extra work in reading Thai and in health andmedical terminology. Ihave studied with a newtutor and have nowread through several books of the NewTestamentas wellas the Creation account. This time of studyhas been good for both of us. We know,however, that the learning ofa language never reallyends. When wemove to Pua we will begin to learn Northern Thai and allthe differentwords usedthere. Please keep our language

discovei-ed ihai our" TTiai 'hasprogressed enough so that we are Dwain teaching flannelgraph lesson on Zaccheaus.

the services. This time, however, ^ k „• n , j,.. . , ..... Mark nelpinq Daddu bu putting up the flannelgrapn.Mr. Lot who usually leads the h y y y h ^ y y yworship service when the missionaries aren't present went ahead and led the service. A real problem with establishing churches which are independentand can stand on their own is that often the local people are not willingor do not feel qualified to lead. The fact that Mr.Lot did lead out and that the others accepted his leadership was certainly a step in the right direction. Please keep thechurches in the Pua area in your prayers that they may become strong and stand as a firm witness for Christ Jesus.

Red TapeIn order to live in Thailand we must have all kinds of documents. Passports, visas, and work permits are the more

unusual ones but we also need auto and driver s license and insurances just like folks at home in America. Paperworkand obtaining these necessary documents can sometimes be rather frustrating. We often have to fill out forms whichare several pages long just to get one littlething accomplished. When we needed to renew our U.S. passports all thatwas necessary was to fill out a one page form and take the appropriate fee to the U.S.consulate here inChiang Mai. Butin order to get one letter from a department in the Thai government which we needed to apply for a visa extension, wehad to fill out a 20 page form and wait four months. Almost allof our paperwork comes due in the months of Febmaryand March but we have to start working on some of it several months in advance. All of this takes a lot of time and

patience. Please pray for us that we

Foot powered rice pounder used to husk rice in Northern Thailand. Rice for each dayrequires over one hour of pounding.

People OutOf Rice

When most people think of beingout of rice it's no big deal. In theUnited States we would just run outto the nearest store and buyanother package. Besides, rice isjust a small part of our diet. For thepeople we work with here, however,being out of rice is a life and deathmatter. People in Northem

Thailand eatrice three meals aday, "K-v-.niiiyseven days a week and when they 'njn out they are real trouble.

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area.Thelasttimeweweretherewe ^^H|||^H|H|^HBb^^discovered that almost of the

Tin' people are now completely IBiPHi^^^out. The crop this last year was not B?"?-/good and many people just do not } ' ,^v ^ J|jSH|Hfehave the energy to plant a largeenough field of rice to make up for |^g|fthe possibility of having a bad crop. 'Right now the people are eating ffS T' "wild roots and just about anything ' /•»^- '\ (J^else they can find to eat. The real ^problem is that it will betwo months RE::before they can plant the nextcrop ''and yet another four months before >'?5:^^^ "x •t-.." -that crop can be harvested! When ^ „. , . „ . ,^ , Close-up uieiu or nee pounder.we were in Pua the Filbecks and

ourselves bought some rice for theChristians there (so far no non-Christians have indicated a willingness to accept help)and wewill continue to help asmuch as we can until the nextcrop comes in. Please prayabout this problem. Praythat God will provide relief for thepeople and that nextyear's crop will be good. Pray,too, that wewill be able to help the people to develop better farmingmethods and eating habits, that through ail of these things they may have enough good food to eat.

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Answer To PrayerWe praise the Lord that one of our prayers has been answered. For several months we had been praying and asking

others to pray about finding a house to rent in Pua. On our last trip over we were able to find a good house, one that islarge enough and which has room for a classroom for Sara and Mark, too. Itis on the edge of Pua only about a half milefrom the Post Officeand a mile from the outdoor market. The house is allThai stylewhich means that it is builton pillarsabout ten feet off the ground. It's a wooden house with shutters for windows, no glass. We will have running water andelectricity, PTL! We hope to include a photo of the house in our next newsletter.

April In PuaApril will be a busy but exciting month for us. We are looking forward to it. Even Sara and Mark can hardly wait

until we go over for the month. Allof the Thai schools are closed for the hot season during April and, because of this,we plan to have some special teaching sessions and meetings. April is also the month of the Thai New Year or'Songkran* and we plan to have a special program at the church in Baakiangat that time. 1(Dwain) will go overa fewdays ahead of the family to get our house ready to live in. Since it is a Thai style house itdoesn't have any kitchen atall right now and has no furniture. We have already purchased some things that we will need there. I'll take thosethings over, get a few more things we need and get the kitchen installed before Becl^ and the children come overat the end of the first week in April. Sara and Mark have the middle two weeks of the month off from their school sowe will spend all of that time in Pua. We hope to make trips into the mountains to several villagesduring that time.We may plan to go to several villages in one trip and if so will stay in the mountains for a few days at a time, it is ourprayer that God will use this time to bring many people to Himself and that those who are already Christians willhave opportunities for growing in their knowledge of the Word. Our family is planning to move over to Pua inJune after Sara and Mark are out of school here in Chiang Mai. Please keep our move and work in Pua in yourprayers.

Thank You

As we live in Thailand we are

reminded so often of how much

God has blessed us. So manythings must work together for us toremain in Thailand and yet they dowork out. God has blessed us with

healthy bodies. Our children arehealthy. The relationship betweenThailand and the United States is

good and for the most part peaceprevails in Thailand. God has alsocaused us to be happy and satisfiedin Thailand and He has provided uswith the money we need to livehere. We want to praise God forwhat He has done! We want to saythank you to you, too, because weknow that God blesses us throughand because of your prayers.

In His Service,

Dwain & Becky Anderson

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News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address:Mr. and tArs. Dwain F. AndersonP.O. Box 74

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Forwarding ^ents:Bill and Margaret EttlingRL 2, Box 360Jackson, MO 63755Phone: (314) 243-8825

Sending Congregation:First Church of ChristState Street at AAarshall

Eldorado, IL 62930

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April, May, June 1986

Dear Friends,So much has happened since our last newsletter that we hardly knowhowto begin to tell itall. God has really blessed inthe work

amongthe "Tin" people these pastthreemonths. During April, May, andJune a total offourteen people from four different villageswere baptizedinto Christ This has not onlyadded numbers to the church here but has strengthened and encouraged itas well.For thiswepraiseGod. In addition to these fourteen people, ourdaughter, Sara,made her decision forChrist andwasbaptized justthis past Sunday. We are very thankful for her decision, too, and praise the Lord for her faith.

APRIL IN PUA

As we said in our last newsletter, we planned to spend most of the month ofApril in Pua. This we didand had a busyand goodmonth. I(Dwain) wentovera few daysahead ofBecky andthe kids to havesome timeto get thehouse ready to live in. Weboughtasink in Chiang Mai and I installed it along witha stove and refrigerator. These things prettywell made up the kitchen for the timebeing. More things would be added as we completed the move to Pua. We slept on foldingbeds or on the floor and lived out ofsuitcases. We had a card table and folding chairs for a kitchen table. At the time we didn't have any living room furnitureat allbutthen we weren't home enough to miss it. Becky, Sara and Mark came over when Sara and Mari< were out of school for their hotseason vacation and I think all of us enjoyed the time there.

During one week of April, DebrisFilbeck supervised a Bible school forthe kids at Baaldan^g cl^ur^h We

important holidays in it. This year the . , ,^ The boys Bible school class

Christians celebrated the new year byhaving special meals and services atthe churches at Baaklang and YawtDoi. We were able to attend both ofthese. David and Deloris Filbeck

brought their video player along andshowed movies at Baaklang. Eachevening the church yard was filled withpeople who were willing to sit on matsor stand for two hours to see and hear

the story of Jesus, and this after theyhad worked in the fields all day. TheseChristian movies were a big hitwiththepeople and provided a goodopportunity to share the message ofChrist with people who might nototherwise be willing to listen.All inall,Aprilwas a verygood month inPua.

MAY

The church at Yawt Doi

Our children were back inschool inChiang Mai during Maybut we still made twotrips to Pua. One of these wasa typicalweekendtrip leaving Chiang tAa\ on Friday and returning on Monday. On the other trip David Filbeck and 1wentover to Pua without ourfamiliesfor a week of teaching and evangelism. This tumed out to be a good trip since we were able to go and spend three days inan un-evangelized areaabout fifty miles up into the mountains from Pua. This area, called the "Baw," isa long valley with riverswhich njn the length ofitsfloor. It isa fertile valley and so has a large population made upofNorthern Thai andTin people. It isanarea full of opportunities for the Gospel since there are no Christians and no Christian workers in the area.

While in the Bawwe stayed in the village of Ban Wen,a village whichDavid had been to before but was completelynewto me.Two young men from the Bible Institute in Chiang Mai went with us on the tripand helped incontacting people and inteaching.Each evening wewould go out into homes ofpeopleto teachand preachthere. Wewere praying forat leastone personto bewillingto be the first toaccept Christ inthisvillage. Many saidthattheywereinterested butthattheywere afraid to be thefirst toaccept Him.1thinkthat theywereas much afraid ofwhattheothervillagers would sayas whatthedemons theyworship would do. Intheendonefellow said that he waswilling to be baptizedone afternoon and then that eveningwewent to his house and taught him more fromthe scriptures. We had to leave the next morning so all we could do is to commit him into God's care and promise himthatsomeone would come back up next week to teach him and fellowship with him.

The next weekend one of the Christians from Baaklang went up to see the new Christian. When he got to the village the man saidthat he wanted to go backto the demons. He said that he had been undera lotof pressure from his fellow villagers to makeasacrifice to the demons. Tlie Christian exhorted him not to do this but, in the end, he did anyway. We were all saddened when weheard this news. 1share the story to point out just how hard it is for the Christianshere to stay faithful. Many times they remain inChrist onlyby beingwilling to be cast out or shunned bytheirfamilies and friends. Thisisa hardpriceto payforanyone. Thisstorypoints outthe need, too, for Christians inthe Statesto pray for theirbrothers andsisters inChrist whom theyhave never seen. Godwill answer those prayers! Please keep the Christians, the church, and the work here in Thailand inyour daily prayers. Wearehoping to be able to make other trips into the Baw valley and, in so doing, eventually establish a church there.

A JUNE MOVING DATE

Sara end Mark's school term in Chiang Mai ended on June 17th. We lefton the moming of the 18th to move to Pua. Wetookapickup loadof things with us and had only one moretruckload left in Chiang Mai. Most ofour large piecesoffurniture suchascabinets, desks, and beds had been sent overbya governmentownedtruckingcompany the weekbefore. Finally, the movewehadbeen looking forward to for so long had arrived! The first several days in the house were spent getting everything in order. 1constructedsome shelving to keep suppliesand occasionally used itemson. Becky spentherfirst few daysingetting the kitchen inshape so that she couldwork more comfortably and easily preparing mealsfor the family. Ourfurniture arrived in good shape(something weweren't sureofwhen wesent itbythe trucking company) and wegot that all inplace. Thehousebeganquickly tolook and seem like home.

That timeoverwestayedin Puaabout a week. WethenwentbacktoChiang Mai fora few daystoget the lastloadofboxesand to

turn the house there back over to the landlord. We also bought a table and chair set and a wicker living room set in Chiang Maito besent to Pua for the house. Earlier we looked for these things in Nan, the provincial capital, but couldn't find the table and chairs (theNorthern Thai people eaton a mat on the floor) and the living room set was wayover-priced(maybe because wewereWesterners?).These things we sent over by truck and then on June 30th we brought the last load of things to our new home.

The house is in good shape now. Just this last weekend, July 4th through 7th, we helped to host a group ofnine college internswhilethey were in Pua visiting the work there. The five young men in the group and the Sandy Sandell family stayed inour home.The youngladies inthe group stayedwith theFllbecks. Thetime with the interns wasgood and wewere especially happythattheywere here to share our daughter ^ra's baptism with us. We are enjoying living in Pua. We pray that the Lord will bless our time hereand that we can be a part of the growth of the church in this area.

Diuain with the truck loaded and ready to go to Pua Our new home

PRAYER AND PRAISE

. . . We are thankful that all ofthepaperworkfor our visas andwork permits for this year have been completed. Ialso movedmy work permit to Nan Province from Chiang Mai with noproblems. This is all an answer to prayer. Nowit'sabouttimetostart on next year's paperwork.

. . . The first week ofJune found us spending a few days at thebeach near Bangkok for a vacation. We timed our vacation sothat we could see Carmen and Cathy Rlbeck in Bangkok rightafter they arrived from the States for the summer. Itwas nice tobe able to relax and rest for a few days and we are thankful thatwe were able to take the time off.

. . . Sara and Mark will study at home this year vdth Mom asteacher. They will use the A BekaCorrespondence Course fromPensacola, Florida. Please keep the children's schooling in yourdally prayers.

. . . The rice situation in the Pua area is worse than ever rightnow. Almost all of the people in every village we work in are outof rice. We are continuing to help some of the Christian familieswith this need. The new crop has now been planted. Please praythat God will provide an abundant harvest this year so the peoplewill have enough to eat.

. . . During the past several months we have made many tripsbetween Chiang Mai and Pua. We are thankful for the safety intravel that the Lord has provided. Thailand has a very high A large bag of rice being shared with those in need

accident rate which makes us doublythankful to God for His safety.

. . . Just recently a new churchbuilding has been built in the village ofPa Wiang. Another new building is inthe works for Yawt Do!. The folks in

both villages are excited about theirnew buildings (which are built ofbamboo with a thatch roof). Pleasepray that having a building will helpthese churches grow in the Lord.

. . . The dormitory in Baaklang is fullto overflowing. A decision \wll need tobe made in the next few months to

either limit the number of students or

build a larger dormitory. We ask foryour prayers concerning this.

. . . We have begun to hold a Biblestudy each Sunday evening at thedormitory for Mong young people herein FYia in Imogene William's absence.We are thankful for this oportunily toserve. Since we are in Pua full time

now, I hope to be able to help withdevotions at the dorm at Baaklang aswell. Please keep the young peoplefrom the dorms in your prayers.

. . . We praise the Lord that He isalways faithful in providing for ourneeds and the needs of the work here.

We are thankful, too, to all of you foryour prayers and support. We praiseGod because of you!

In His Service,

Dwain & Becky Anderson

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News From

DWAIN & BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address:Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson

P.O. Box 74

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

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

Sending Congregation:Rrst Church of ChristState Street at Marshall

Qdorado, IL 62930

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Juty, August, September 1986

Dear Friends,

We have been living in Pua, now, for three months. These three months have been busy and, for the most part, good. We havelearned a whole lot about the rural Northern Thai people and have made adjustments to the cultural differences. OurThai languagehas been able to improve because of all the opportunities for teaching that we have had. There have been times of rejoicingandalso times of sadness during our time in Pua. We would liketo share some of our experiences withyou sothatyou can knowwhatwe have been doing and, also, so that you will be able to pray for us and the work here better.

TRIP TO PA WIANG

On July 20th severalof the Christians from the Baaklang Church and 1made a trip up into the mountains to the village of PaWlang the hard way,on foot. The Christians at Pa Wiang had just completed a new church building and we all wanted to go up tosee the building and encourage the folks there. Inorder to get to Pa Wiang itwas necessary to drive up to the top of a mountainabout 45 minutes outside of Pua, park the truck, and then continue on foot. Thewalking part of the trip takesabout two hours. Forthe first hour we walked straight down the side of the mountain on which the truck was parked. Then we crossed the river at thebottom of the gorge and continued walWng for another hour straight up the other side untilwe reached the village. That Sunday itwas doubtful Ifwe would be able to get to the villagefrom the start and then itwas doubtful ifwe would get back home allbecause ofheavy rains. Ithad been raining allnight when we leftand itcontinued to rain almost allday. FYaise the Lord,though, that both timeswhen we needed to cross the river it was low enough for us to cross safely.

The time spent at the village that day was well worth the effort (and the muscle pain 1felt for the next several days). Ourgoing was a real encouragement to theChristians at Pa Wiang. While we were in \ Ithe village we had a special worship -} ' ' ^Iservice including a flannel-graph lesson f Iwhich, to the folks there, was a real treat 1 ' "The boys from the hostel in Baalang also Ip'jr, .sang some new songs. This, too was atreat because the Pa Wiang Christians are

able to sing very well themselves.Finally, we all shared a special feast mealtogether. The non-Christians from PaWiang were having their festival that ,day. The rice festival is the main spiritfestival of the year complete withsacrifices to the spirits and a feast \ tdedicated to them. It was really good,then, for the Christians to have a serviceand a special meal dedicated to ChristJesus. TheChristians atPaWiang arestill ^young in the faith so they need a lot of ' J .-.Jnlvencouragement. Please include themregularly in your prayers. Christians from Pa Wiang and Baaklang eating Northern Thai style on the floor.Christians from Pa Wiang and Baaklang eating Northern Thai style on the floor.

YAWT DOI TROUBLESAs we said, we have had both joys and sorrows during our time in Pua. One of our greatest sorrows has been the tuming away

from Christ of almost allof the Christiansat the villageofYawt Doi. They had seemed to be growinginthe Lordand this spring therewere several baptisms there, as well. Then in lateJuly trouble struck. Itseems that there had been a lot of sickness and hardshipsamong the non-Christians in the village. They consulted the spirits which they worship and were told that they were having theseproblemsbecause there were Christians inthevillage. Thevillagers, especially the"spiritdoctors," then leda campaigntodrive theChristians out of the village. They stole the farm tools of the Christians. They stole their clothes as they were hanging out to dry.They said that a hog belonging to one man had damaged the propertyof anotherand charged him a lotof money. Then for severalnights in a rowthe villagers stayed outside the homes of the Christiansand threw rocks through the grass roofs into the homes. Itwas a clear case of persecution. Inthe end the villagerstold the Christiansthat theywouldeither have to come back and worshipthespirits or move out of the village. Itwas at this point that the Christians came down from the village seeking our help.

David Filbeck, Paul Lang from Chiang Mai, Greg Wilson a mission intern, and myself went up to the village the followingSaturday. When wearrivedinthe village the villagerswere set fora meeting and a confrontation. Davidledthe Christiansinour sideof the discussion. The spiritdoctor, whoalso happened to be the village headman and hisassistant,werethe leaders ofthe otherside. The villagers readilyadmitted that God was more powerfulthan the spirits. They also admitted that ifwe would pray to Godand ask Him to drive the spirits out of the village they would never have to deal with them again. They asked us, however, not to dothat. Their minds were darkened by the devil and by his helpers, the spirits whom the villagers worship.

At the end of the discussion the Christians still had the choice of either leaving Christ or leaving the village. The villagers wouldnotbudgeontheissueeventhough we pointedout to them that whattheyweredoing was illegal according to Thai law. If theChristians chose to stay in the village they would have to tum awayfromChristand, once again,sacrifice to the spirits. If theychoseto remain faithful to Christ they would have to leave the village,their homes and, in some cases, their wivesand children. They weregiven two days in which to decide. Weare very sorryto say that at the end of the twodays theyalldecided to turn away. Theycounted the costs and were not willing to pay the price of staying inChrist.

There are still three young men from Yawt Doiwho are faithful. All three of them are in school awayfrom the villageright now.One is in the Bible training school in ChiangMai. The other twoare in the hostel at Baaklangand are going to the school there.Please prayfor these three young men. Itwill be difficult for them to remain inChristbut with our help and prayersand the helpofthe Holy Spirit they will be able to remain in Him.

ONE MORE RECEIVES CHRISTWe were concerned at what effect the Yawt Doi problems might have on the work here but praise God that He continues to work

in the hearts of the people. On September 14th one more ladystepped out and was baptized intoChristJesus. Mrs. Saay had said awhile before that she believed but that she wanted to wait a while before she was baptized. Baptism, to these folks, is especiallyimportant because it is at baptism that they publicly and privately make a clean break with theirold life. Often theywantto waittomake sure that they are willing to pay the high price of following Jesus before they are baptized. InMrs. Saay's case she came tochurch one Sunday morning saying that she wanted to accept Christ through baptismthat day. She saidthat she had not beenable to haveanypeace at all and knew the reasonwhy. After churchthatdayweall wentdownto thewater holeforherbaptism. Wepraise God because of her decision. Please keep her and all of the folks here inyour prayers. Weare told that severalfamilies inBaaklang are interested In following Christ right now. Please ipray that God will continue to work in their hearts.

RICE FESTIVAL AT BAAKLANG

The annual rice festival for the village of Baaklang was held in late August this year. This was the first ricefestival that we hadactuallybeen able to witness. Itis a veryfestive time for the villagersbut is also a verydark time, as well. The festival isabout twoorthree days of sacrifices and other activitiesdedicated to the demons or spirits. Youcan wellimagine, then, how much the Christianswant to tum the time into a good time for the Lord.

This year,as inthe past couple ofyears,a specialserviceand mealwasheldat the church building. All the Christians got togetherand worked in the preparation ofquite a feast according to their standards. Atotal of 10 chickens and 8 pounds of pork wascookedalong with a mountain of green vegetables. Soda pop and ice brought out from Pua made the meal a veryspecial one. All thevillagers were invited and many of them came. Beforewe ate the children were led in singingsongs about Christand one of thechurch leadersexplained the songs to those who had never had an opportunity to hear aboutJesus. For the mealwehad about100 guests from the village. Theyate on mats on the dirtfloorofthe church building as the Christians servedthem with riceand themeat and vegtable "gengsAfter the mealwehad a service forthe adults inwhich weexplained justwhatChristians believe andtold them what God had done for all men through ChristJesus. The things that we said were listened to and we hope thought about,as well. Sometimes it takes a long time for Gospel seed sown to bring forth fruit but we pray that God will bless the seed sown thatnight.

BUYING RICE

We are thankful that the rice harvest is now right aroundthe corner. For so long the people in this area have been outof rice. The dry land rice will be ready to harvest in just acouple of weeks and then the wet land or "paddy" rice will beready a few weeks after that Pray that the rice harvest thisyear is good because the people need to be able to raise thefood they need for their families themselves. This year weand the Filbecks have bought several hundred dollars worthof rice for people in need. Some of these were widows andthose who are disabled. In the end, however, almost all thepeople in the villages we work wth were out of rice, eventhose who were strong and healthy and had worked hard togrow all that their familieswould need. Wehave encouragedthe F)eople to try their best to plant enough rice for next yearand to save any money that they possibly can toward thepurchase of rice should their families run out of rice. For usto encourage, however, and for them to be able to do it is twodifferent things. Most of these people are very poor and aredoing their best right now. Only the blessing of God will helpthe situation. Please keep this need in your prayers.

Baaklang Christians helping distribute rice.

OTHER PRAYER REQUESTS

"Sara and Mark are having school at home with Mom as teacher. Pray for all of them that school can go well and the coursecompleted.

Becl^ in the classroom. Boys from the Baaklang hostel in new school uniforms.

-We recently purchased a motorcycle to help in the running around 1 have to do. Please pray for safety in using it

"Oneofthe biggestproblems wehavefoundhere isthepressurewelive underduetocultural differences between usandtheThai.So farwehaveneededto get away forthreeorfourdayseach sixweeks or so. Weusually needto go out andbuysupplies aboutthat often, too, but we ask your prayers that God will help us get the rest we need when we are away from F\ia.

-Each week 1have several lessons inThai to prepare for the church at Baaklang, the hostel at Baaklang and the hostel here inPua.Pray that the Lord will guide in the preparation and in the actual teaching.

THANK YOU

We are thankful for manythingsas we live here. One thing weare thankful for is guests! In the pastfew monthsseveral havevisited us. Pauland CathyLang and theirtwochildren, Aannahand EllieAnne,havecome. Also GregWilson, a mission intemwiththe Rlbecks, sp)ent some time in Pua with them. We always look forward to David and Deloris' periodic trips to F\ja for theirfellowship and advice, as well. Weare thankful to Godthat wecan be here. Hemeets allofour needs. Weare thankful to the manychurches and individuals, too, who have a part in our workthrough theirprayersand financial help. Wepraise God because ofyou!

In His Service,

Dwain & BeckyAnderson

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