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Whenwe walk with

th e

Lord

in

th e Light o f

h ie

Word

what

a blessing He sheds

o n

ur

way

. .

As we look back

on

th e ye a r jus t

p a s t

t seems

tha t most o f

th e

time

was

t a k e n

up

w ith s ch oo l. With fa ther

an d tw o

chi ldren

a s

s t u d e n t s

an d

mother

t eaching t h i s

was

o f c o u r s e i nev i t ab le Going h as a t t i m e s been

di f f i cu l t b u t

a l l in a l l o ur s tu

d e n t s

have a c q u itte d themselves

admirably.

Recent

t e s t s

given

by th e

s c hool show

b o t h

o f

our ol der

chi l dr en

to

have

good minds

fo r

which

we p r a i s e God an d

ask

His wisdom

in

guiding them

to

use

t h e s e

gi f t s in

His

s e r v i c e .

G ar la nd h as had some s i c kne s s an d h a s a t t i m e s been d i s c o u r a g e d by

the

c o n t i n u a l

p r e s s

o f

s tudies b u t th e Lord h as uph eld and impelled hi m

to

continue t o gi ve h is

b e s t in

this p r o c e s s

o f

becoming a

d o c to r .

Now he

has

reached

th e month o f

f i na l

ex

a m i n a t i o n s

on

the

second

y e a r n s

w ork.

No

small

f o r c e in urging Garland

onward

has been a man named om

Rope

A t eacher

from t h e Ag ri cu lt ur al Sch o o l n e a r Chiengmai he wa s an

e lder

in th e

l a rge

loca l con

g r eg a ti o n a s so c ia t ed

w i t h

th e n a t i o n a l church o r g a n iz a tio n . Becoming dissa t i s f ied

with

the

lack o f

sp i r i t u a l l i f e in

h is own

c o n g r e g a t i o n he began to v i s i t

s m a l l e r

groups

an d

i n d i v i d u a l church

l eader s

in

search o f f e l l o w s h i p to

sa t i s fy h is

spi r i tua l

hunger.

When we

a r r iv e d

in

Chiengmai

an d began our s e a r c h f o r Chr i s t i an f e llo w s h ip in

th i s

ci ty

o f l i t t l e f a i t h th e Lord saw to t tha t our

p ath s c ro ss ed

tha t o f

omRope.

B ef or e l on g he was s ee kin g o ut Garland fo r

d is c u s s io n

o f v a r i o u s

Scr ip tura l

passages.

Soon t h e y were having p r e - b r e a k f a s t p r a y e r meetings an d

e ve ntu al ly t he s ub je ct

o f

ba p

t ism a r o s e .

Like many

of

us w i t h

denominational backgrounds he

res i s ted

baptism by

immersion

even

af ter he knew

t

to be r ight

Being

a t r u e s e e k e r

o f th e

Lord^s wil l

he

y ie ld e d

an d on

J ul y

10

was

b a p tiz e d

om Rope has le d Garland to s e v e r a l small groups o f C h ri st ia n s

v/ithin

dr i vi ng

d is ta nc e o f

Chiengmai

who

desi re

to

be C h r i s t i a n s

o n l y b u t

have had

a hard

time

re ma in

in g s o . On

almost

every weekend between May

an d

December Garland vis i ted

on e

o f t h e s e

groups

to

preach and to encourage them. He has also

v i s i t e d

the Christian Meo v i l l a g e

seve ra l

t imes

~

The group to whom th e most time an d a t t e n t i o n

were

given was a

keen

di s appoi nt

ment

to u s A vi l l age o f le pe r s

from

v a r i e d

re l igious

b ac kg ro un ds a sk ed G ar la nd to

be the i r

p rea ch e r. A fte r he had

explained h is

views on baptism th e

L o r d s

Supper

an d o r ga n iz a ti on t he y agreed t ha t t h e y s t i l l wanted him to come and preach th e Gospel

S o

on

a l t e r n a t e w e e k e n d s f o r

seven

m o n t h s Gar land t ook

a medica l t e a m fro m

th e schoo l

to g i v e

medical

t r e a t m e n t to th e vi l lagers to whom he preached. Then in

December

the gr oup a nnounc e d t ha t a m i s s i o n a r y from t h e

na t iona l ch u rch

organiza t ion

had b e e n

t h e r e to appoint

e l d e r s .

This le d to a show-down meeting an d t he m ajo rity voted to

give thei r allegiance to the or gani zat i on. We have therefore given up working with

th is

g r o u p .

In A p r il

an d

May o f l a s t y e a r when

a l l

o f us were having

school

v a c a tio n a t

th e

same time we ha d our f i r s t opportunity

to

v is i t Pu a since we l e f t there

in

May 19^3

omRope an d an e l d e r l y Thai p r e a c h e r

from

Chiengmai

a ls o

went to Pua a t tha t time

and with

Garland

v i s i t e d

the churches

a t

Nam Mong Ban Haan and Bong Lome Ne

were

g r a t e f u l to these men with

the i r

s uper i or Bible knowledge year s of preaching experi

ence and desire

to

s e r v e

God fo r making t h i s l ong t r ip in o r d e r to encourage t h e

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brethren

over there They are

planning

to go

again th is year

when

the

weather i s

warmer and hope

to

preach

in

places where

there are not yet

any Christians.

All

of

us those who have been l iv ing and working in the Pua area and those

of

us

who

have gone

to

v i s i t

have been

concerned about

the

lack

of

sp i r i tual

develop

ment

in

the Huey Yang congregat ion near

Pua.

During our ten

years

of

residence

there,

we

were able

to

see very, very slow, yet

steady

sp i r i tual growth in most of those

people,

though t did require constant spiri tual nursing.

Since our departure

the

Huey Yang Christ ians

have

adopted a

bi t t e r

sp i te fu l

at t i tude

toward the missionaries

and consequently have taken a downward

spir i tua l turn. Refusing

to do

anything to

help

themselves

or

others , they have allowed thei r v illag e to

become so slovenly

in

appearance that the

public

officials have

fel t i t

necessary to rebuke them. One of

t he le ad in g young men took an unbelieving wife, and tv?o of the women who have received

careful Bible teaching-trhrough~i:rhe~ye aT3~have mai rled

Buddhist~Trieiil The viTXage has

suffered

much

sickness and death,

and

a number

of people have been af f l ic ted with

severe mental disorders which resemble demon

possess ion .

During

a

recent

v i s i t

to

Chiengmai

Imogene V,lilliams

was

able

to

point out

a

few

glimmers in

the deepening spir i tua l shadows at Huey Yang. One man

whom

everyone con

sidered sp i r i tual ly weak asked

Imogene

to

help

his daughter who had become

almost

completely paralyzed dur ing an i l lness Imogene did what she could with ant ibiot ics

and

demonstrating

exercises

to give

the

gi r l

She

also

prayed for her as

did

the

father

and other

Chris t ians The

g i r l

made a remarkably

rapid recovery

and the fa ther

gave

a l l

glory

and praise

to God. Also, a number of people who have become indebted

to

Imogene

during

thei r sicknesses are

now

making an effor t to work off t he i r

debts.

There

are

now seven Meo chi ldren in

the

hos te l three of whom

a re b ap tiz ed be

l i eve r s

They are s t i l l in

makeshif t quar ters

two of them sleeping in

a

cur ta ined-

off corner of the storeroom.

I t

does seem

tha t

the

hos te l i s

to continue,

a

proper

bui ld ing

wi l l

have to be erected

For the f i r s t time

in December 1965?

the

two

adult

Meo Christians in

the

vi l lage

of Kang Haw

invi ted representat ives

of

Chris t ian

Meo in

communities

fa r ther

south

to

join with them in two days of meetings, December i s an extremely busy time for the

Meo t r ibe

so

only

a

few

were able to

respond to the

inv i ta t ion

However, these

few

were

a lb

strongChri

s t i

ans

wha^gave-Qut a-good-jwi-tness

to the Kang Haw. cotnmuni

t.y

and ^-

to the

Meo

chi ldren during thei r stopover

in Pua.

How our hear ts

do re jo ice to

see

na t iona l Chris t ians going

forward

on the i r own to evangel ize the i r own people.

During our

v i s i t

to

the

Pua

area, Garland

also

made a

t r ip to the

T*in

vil lage

of

Dtin

Dtok

whe re David

and

Deloris

Filbeck

and Dorothy

Ster l ing have been l iv ing

and

working. Three

people

there were asking

for baptism

and, since

David was in

the

States

on

furlough,

Dorothy asked Garl and

to

come

up and

baptize

them.

Since

his

re

tu rn ,

David reports

that the y a re remaining t rue to the i r decision to follow Jesus.

Immediately

upon

our return

from Pua, we

packed into our l i t t l e

Volkswagen and

drove to the beach a t Prachuap, fa r down

the

peninsula near the Burmese border .

The

C. W. Callaway family

and Dorothy

Uhlig

were

al ready there

and

our

cottage was next

to the i r s We

had

a

week

of fun

and

fel lowship together

before

Callaways

and Dorothy

Uhlig had

to

return home. The

next

week we worked away

a t

accumulated correspondence

and t r ans la t ion

work, swimming and beachcombing in the

cool

o f the day.

Other h ig hl ig ht s o f tha t vacat ion werei

1 , Garland and Mark

Callaway

vis i ted some wonde rful c aves some dis tance down

t h e b e a c h

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2 . A v i s i t to th e Thai a i r b a s e a t Prachuap.

3.

Vi si t s

with an

English-German

missionary couple in Prachuap who

have

become

New Testament C hri st i ans through

thei r

own

study.

The family

visited

a cave

at

Petchburi

vie

were too

la te in th e

day

to

se e

th e

famous diamond

c a v e s .

5.

A

v i s i t

to

th e eye d o c t o r

in Bangkok.

6. A tour of the mission hospital at Manoram

in

the

Central Plains

of Thai

l a n d

7 .

An

e a r l y m or ni ng v ie w o f

th e

Bhumipol Dam n ear Tak.

The f i rs t

task

to be attended to upon ou r return to Chiengmai was the move to a

different

house A new four-land highway has been planned to cu t through the place

where

we

were

living

on Farharm Road.

An

anthropology professor and

his family

were

raturning

ta

tlie_dtates_in

MayL .so_w^ajxanged rent

the

house where they had been

living. This house

situated

near the children s school and near transportation to^

the

business

section of town is much older bu t more conveniently arranged than our

former house.

I t

i s also

cheaper, r en ti ng f or only

60 per month.

e were barely moved when school began again fo r

all

of us. e dropped

some

of

our household help because D or ot hy w an te d

to

do more o f th e work herself Sh e t h e r e

fore

accepted

only an

hour

and a h a l f

o f teaching

a

day.

J u s t

before the

new school

year s t a r t e d i n September the f i r s t - g r a d e teacher ha d to return to

the

States because

o f i l l health. This

created

a r e a l emergency and when

Dorothy

was

asked

to f i l l the

position

she

agreed to

do so

for

one

term.

Being

inexperienced

and

lacking sufficient

teaching materials, she spent

full

time and overtime on this

job.

The family saw

very

l i t t le of Mother d ur in g t ho se three months. ow she is

taking

a complete vacation

from teaching in

order to

catch up on

th e accumulated

work

a t

home.

When school was out i n December

Dorothy

an d

t he c hi ld re n

went

fo r

a one-week

v i s i t to Chiengkam. This i s x^jhere we lived from December 1951 March 195^. I t was

i n t e r e s t i n g

an d

i ns pi ri ng to

see

th e

growth

of

th e

work

since

t h a t

time.

The

various

Christian communities in

that area

are now being

ministered to

\yy the Mel Byers and

C. Callaway families and by Dorothy Uhlig, R.N.

After Christmas Dorothy entered th e hospital for

surgical

repair of a double

hernia. All went

well

and she was soon

home

again and is now

fully

recovered. The

ew

Year tias found- us busy both at school-and at

home

Geoffrey

in fifth

grade at

times finds th e homework almost overpowering. He is also studying violin and piano

an d so has no time

to

even t hi nk o f g ett in g i nt o m i schi ef.

Corinne

in fourth

grade does not ye t have a homework problem but spends

much

of her time playing with Eileen, which is a real help

to

her

parents. She is

studying

s ec on d- gr ad e p ia n o

an d

i s act i ve

in th e

G i r l

S c o u t s.

Eileen, j u s t three

years

old, has entered

n ur se ry s ch o ol ,

which she loves. Since

l as t April

sh e

ha s learned to

walk, run, jump and

climb.

She

loves to

sing and

talk

an d i s

v er y

prof ic ien t a t b o t h .

Garland i s having di f f icu l ty f in din g th e

time

he needs

to study

for

h is f inals

th is month.

The Lord wi l l i ng, ho we ve r, he w i l l

pass in a l l

s u b j e c t s

an d wil l

be a

junior medical s t u d e n t by th e time th i s l e t t e r i s

dis t r ibuted

Imogene

Williams,

who took over the care of

the

Meo host el so

that

we could go

on f u r lo u g h and who

h as

s tay ed

on an ext ra year and a ha l f

un t i l

someone e l se

could

be found,

must

now def in i te ly t a k e a f u r lo u g h . S t i l l no on e has been found who

wants

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t o

t a k e

over

th e

h o s t e l .

Rather than c los e Dorothy an d th e tw o g i r l s w i l l move

t o

Pu a

i n A p r i l

l e a v i n g

Garland an d

Geoffrey

i n Chiengmai. This de c is ion

has

been made

only

a f t e r

much p r a y e r

an d r e a l l y

appears t o

be th e L ord s w i l l .

Ou r

mailing

address

w i l l s t i l l b e G ar la nd

Bare Box 192

Chiengmai

Thailand

T he m a i l w i l l b e

f o r w a r d e d

t o

P u a .

We a re

so

g r a t e f u l

t o

th e

Lord f o r yo u who have been so f a i t h f u l w ith your

p r a y e r s your l e t t e r s an d your

giving.

You a re t r u l y

th e L or d s

people an d

Hi s

vjork

o u t h e r e

c o u l d n t

go

on

w ith ou t y ou r

p a r t i c i p a t i o n .

May you know th e b le ss in g o f His p r es en ce f or e ve r an d e v e r .

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