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r ee t ings i n th e Mas te r s Name I Sunday, August 21, was one of theappiest an d most triumohant days since we have come to Thailand, I tas da y which saw nine adu l t s i n the Khamoo villaf^e of Nam ong bur iedi t h t h e i r Lord i n bapt i sm. Our praye r s fo r t he se peop le were answered1 such a way as t o g re a tl y s t rengthen our f a i t h i n the power of theo ly S p i r i t , Because of th e t r i p to Bangkok which most o f you knowDout, I had b e e n u n a b l e t o v i s i t t h i s v i l l a g e f o r th e tw o months p r e -l o u s . When we r e t u r n e d f rom Bangkok we r e c e i v e d t h e e n c o u r a g i n g newsb a t a number i n t h i s v i l l a g e were r e a d y to f o l l o w t h e L o r d ,

i a th e s h o r t - c u t o v e r th e h i l l s Nam Mong i s on ly a d a y s j ou rney byo o t from Pua so I had planned to le av e S atu rd ay , August 2 0 , The t r i pad a l r eady been pos tponed tw i ce , I wa s de te rmined t h a t , i f a t a l lo s s i b l e , i t would n o t be . pos tponed a g a i n . Two me n from th e v i l l a g er r i ved a t o u r house Fr iday even ing and off e r ed to guide me back by a

I r e c t r o u t e v/h ich would a v o i d c r o s s i n g t h e f l o od ed and d a n g e r o u s YaoI v e r . Du e t o th e s lowness o f my two c a r r i e r s we g o t o f f t o a l a t et a r t , and the deep, ra iny-season mud made our prog re s s s low. TheLve o f u s h i r ed a dugout to-.-.takQ usacro^s . ;* the .PUa-Biver f o r a t o t a l•5st o f a n i c k e l . However, when we g o t to th e Nan R i v e r we cou ldLnd no boatm en und th e Na n i s i m p o s s i b l e t o weim a c r o s s a t t h i s t ime y e a r. However, we did f i n d a t i n y abandoned dugout . One o f th e3n c u t an o a r f rom a g i a n t bamboo s t e m , and we managed t o make i t a c r o s s1 t h r e e t r i p s . Because o f t h e s e d e l a y s , i t was dusk , S a t u r d a y, when3 f i n a l l y reached the v i l l a g e . In s p i t e of t h i s , we immediately s t a r t -i preach ing to th e assembled crowd. Our sermons i n these t r i b a ll l l a g e s a re , o f n e c e s s i t y, i n f o r m a l and th e l i s t e n e r s f e e l f r e e a tly t ime to i n t e r r u p t v/ i th qu es t i on and comment. Most o f those p r e -

3 n t had h e a r d th e g o s p e l many t imes and so I wa s e x p l a i n i n g i n some3 t a i l th e p lan o f s a l v a t i o n . While I was d i scus s ing th e importancer con fe s s i n g C h r i s t b e fo re men. Tan, a dark , f u l l - b l o o d e d youngr*ibesman, i n t e r ruped to say, l want to c o n f e s s my f a i t h i n JesusLght now, Such a con f e s s ion o f f a i t h t h r i l l s me f a r more than th eB l u c t a n t r e s p o n s e s t o a f o r m a l i n v i t a t i o n one s e e s i n so many c h u r c h e sBwadays Here is the true sp i r i t of primitive Chris t iani ty, ^TheBspel i s p rea ch e d , th e Holy S p i r i t moves, an d th e convic ted s i n n e r: ies o u t i n r e a l i z a t i o n o f h i s n e e d . Such was i t on t h e day o fBntecost when the mult i tudes c r i e d ou t , Brethren,- what should we do?

t Tan s r eques t we v is it e d h is home ea r ly the nex t morning exp la in ing^ain to hi m and h i s wife , Lek, the plan of s a l v a t i o n , the elements ofC h r i s t i a n l i f e a n d , above a l l , th e heavy r e s p o n s i b i l i t y one must

Bcept In becoming a Chr i s t i an . Tan s response was Teacher, we underhand a l l t he se t h i n g s an d we want to be bap t i z ed r i g h t now. So weroceeded t h rough the r a i n , dovm th e s l i p p e r y bank to a s p o t where t h e se jxing people could be immersed i n the f looded yellovr t o r r e n t o f th eio Rive r, Among th os e p re se nt, f o r the bapt ism was a youth namedrnig th e son of Thai p a r e n t s . Since h i s f a t h e r was a pro fe s s ing con-^rt of the Pr-^sbyter ian miss iona r i e s a t Nan, Lang had been spr inkledi l le very young with no i inde rs tand ing of th e t rue nature and signlfl^,.^n e e o f s c r i p t u r a l b a p t i s m . As I c l imbed up th e r i v e r bank th e r e s t^ the crowd ha d gone b u t Lang l i nge red , Af ter see ing t h i s , he sa id ,t h a v e n o f u l l n e s s o f h e a r t . I w a n t t o b e b a p t i s e d t h e w ay J e s u s

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^ young Khamoo g i r l who g i veso encouragement i n h i s C h r i s t i a n l i f e

Morning services were a time of great rejoicing and the sicall groupenthusiastically t r ied to learn the nelddy as well as the words ofsome familiar hymns. After services, I went up to the headman s home.He i s also a former p ro fe ss ing P r shyterian, having received threeyears o f e du catio n in the mission schools. He renounced h is f a i thin order to maintain his position, and his. grown son, who was one of mytravelling companions, is one of the most ardent antagonists of thegospel in the vi l lage . I spoke to the headman a few m in ut es abouttaking a stand fo r Chris t again.emphasizing th at e te rn al values fa r^tweigi any rank or position available in this l ife. As I taught inihai , the headman s son argued and bel i t t led my teaching in Khamoo.Neverthe less , in the course of this message, Gaao, another fine youngman, took a public stand fo r Chris t in the face of r id icule from h isfriends. I then accompanied Gaao to his home where he assembled his

s i s t e r s and we again went through an ins t ruct ion period.At the close, Gaao and his wife and his older brother, Ngern, requestedto be bapt ised, so we s tar ted fo r the r iver bank. Three others who hadpreviously professed fa i th in Christ were baptised at the same time.

One of the highlights of the afternoon was the demolishing of the sp i r i tshelves. Every Khamoo home has a shelf where offerings to th e demons aplaced in the hope of appe^ing them and preventing misfortune. Int ea ch in g th es e t ri be sp eo pl e^ we have t r i ed to emphasize t ha t a cleanbreak must be made and a l l elements of demon-worship must be abandonedbefore an individual can come in to Chris t . Thus, the destruction ofthe demon-shelves becomes an important means of testifying before th ev illage th at the darkness of Satan has been abandoned for the l ight ofJesus Christ . e gathered the dried flowers, leaves, bi ts of paper andcloth which had const i tu ted the offer ings to the demons and one of theyoung men threw them into the r iver. Then we had a season of prayerin the homes of the new bel ievers whe>-e they a l l committed t h e i r l ivesto the almighty hand of Chr i s t . In the afternoon we had another service

for believers in which they partook for the f i r s t time of the Lord ssupper. I t is hard for those of us who have had Christian teachinga ll our l ives to fathom the complete ignorance of these tribespeopleconcerning a l l things Christian, Such things as reverence and quietness during services must be taught pat ient ly, step by step. To th enew missionary, especially, i t is a tr ibulation to conduct a baptismalseryice when the crowd on th e bank hoots and laughS with each baptism.I t is a strain on the spir i t to conduct a communion service amid giggl ing an d whispering o f o nl oo ke rs . I t i s d if f i c ul t to teach a Biblelesson to a group of h i l l t r ibes - fo lk who have never before had to s i tquie:t3y and s t i l l for as long as twenty minutes. Yet we do praise Godfo r the sustaining grace tha t He gives a t such t imes. Persecution inNam Mong i s very seve re and the young people who were baptised thatday spent a sleepless night as t he ir r el at iv es descended upon them,bera t ing them and at tempting to force them to renounce the Chr i s twhom they had Just accepted. Gaao came to me the next morning, Theydid not l e t me sleep at a l l l a s t night, he said, But I am going tostand firm for Christ , Otfeers in the village seem on the verge ofaccept ing . Ban i s a cr iminal who has taken refuge i n t h i s v i l l a g e . Aconvicted murderer, t h i e f and opium addic t , he says, I f God can s t i l lforgive me and deliver me from the opium habit I am ready to give myl i f e to Him, All my l i f e I have t rus ted myself and now I have nopeace. A teenage g i r l asked to be b ap tis ed b ut showed i n s u f f i c i e n tknowledge when questioned. She i s a younger s i s t e r of Ngem and Gaaoso I ins t ructed them to teach her more fu l ly of the way of salvat ionso that she might be baptised as ?oon she has adequate understanding.Dawn, mother young man, sa id , Teacher, I think tha t maybe I would

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