roland william jean 1972 india

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RO LAND

February ,

1972

R I P P L E S

News of W i l li am

J e a n

Ro l a n d - M i s s io n a r i e s

to India

In a s much

VOL.

2 NO. 1

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Recent RIPPLES have to ld

of plans to

serve in

Andhra Pradesh, India

-

working

in leprosy

rehabi l i ta t ion and a

children 's

home;

while

bearing a Christ ian

witness

to

t h o s e w i t h

whom

we

wo r k .

now

need your suppor t

fo r

t hi s s er vic e: prayer and moral

suppor t ;

and

f inanc ia l support .

This

summer

or

f a l l

i s

the time we

have se t fo r departure to

India .

Time

is

growing shorti The following is a l i s t of

needs

which we ask you to prayerfully

consider

Salary

(Living Link) , per month

. 400 1 5 . Typewri te r

.

170

2 . T r a v e l to New York

120 1 6 .

Add ing Machine

. 75

3 .

Shipping Truck/Camper to Europe

. 400

1 7 .

Elec t r i c genera t ing p l an t .

800

4 . Trave l

fa res

to

Europe

500

1 8 .

Electric

we l d e r

.

. 1 0 0

5 . Fre igh t shipment to Ind i a

. . .

. 1000

1 9 . Ke r o s e n e lantern

.

20

6 .

Trave l

fr om Eur op e to

Ind ia . .

. 900 2 0 . Transformers:

4

s izes 10,20,25,50

7 .

Tape

r e co rde r

.

120

2 1 .

Nylon

Tarpau l i n s :

3

s i z e s

30,45,55

8 .

Radio: shor twave , po r t ab le

. . .

200

2 2 . Nylon

t e n t

. 100

9 . Movie p ro j e c t o r , 16mm . 560

2 3 . Carv ing t oo l

s e t s : s ev e r a l

a t 7

1 0 . Pro j e c t o r

s t and

. 35 2 4 . Tap

and

Die

th read ing

s e t

.

. 35

1 1 .

Overhead

pro jec to r package . . .

180

2 5 .

Pipe

threader

s e t s :

2 s izes 45,50

1 2 .

Movie s cr ee n c a rr yin g case . . .

5

2 6 .

Auto

ba t t e ry

charge r , . .

. 120

1 3 . Po rt ab le P u bl ic Address sys tem .

175 2 7 .

Gas weld ing

o u t f i t

. . . .

.

150

1 4 . Mimeograph machine

250 2 8 . Pipe

wrench

v i s e

s e t

. .

. 40

We hope you

can

help with one o r more

of

these i t ems . There

i s

about

800

on

hand a t present ,

and

we

are

receiving about 25 per

month in small g i f t s .

Pledges,

espec i a l l y fo r

Living

Link, and add i t i ona l g i f t s a re u rg en tly

needed. Suf f i c i en t

suppor t

on hand ,

o r

promised , wi l l enab l e

us

to r e tu rn to

Ind i a

t h i s summer

o r

fall

Bro t h e r Bu r d e t t Wakeman ' s comment i n a r e c en t i s s u e o f CHRISTIAN STANDARD is

very

timely:

Every

dol lar

spent

on

leading souls to

Christ by

the

church in Asia was,

and i s , a good investment. Let 's hope it hasn ' t been too l i t t l e to o l a t e .

So many of India 's beggars are lepers . They constantly reach out fo r he lp.

want

to help them

become use fu l

members

o f soc i e t y ; bu t most o f a l l we want to

t ake them

the Chr i s t whom

they rea l ly need.

Wil l you

help

us

re tu rn

to Ind ia now

whi le the door

i s still open?

Please let

us know

very

soon .


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Benevolent Social

Services

of India Leprosy Centrei

David- H &J. Lois

Rees

^

66/7 Association

Road

. , '\ S S '\

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Madhavaram

Madras -60 J t} JJJ

S o u t h I n d i a

ARD

BEREVOLERT

SOCIAL

SERVICES

OF

IRDIA LEPROSY CERTRE

APRIL

1 9 7 2

REWS LETTER FROM J L O I S

REES

Dear Co-Helpers and Fellow-Workers

in

th e b lood s tre am o f eternal life^

I

arrived

home February 4^ 1972 i n

almost

a

s t a t e o f shockcultural

shock.

Rowmy

furlough time is over There have been some outstanding once in a

l if et ime f ea

tures.

One o f these features i s YOUwe'll come to

tha t loder.

My

f i r s t grandchild^

Sandra Rees_ daughter

of

Warren and Marie, whom I visited.^_ometi^^M _

March was one year

old.

A truly charming and loveci)le character I

assure

you. Rext the

graduation o f

Warren from Atlanta Christ ian

College

was one I

shal l not f orge t. Rext,

on a

hot

May night I sa t and watched Lois Kathleen, my only daughter, graduate from Logan, Iowa,

High School where, she had gone for 3 years. She also received a small award. Following

this

was

her

wedding

to

a

fellow

high school

senior

on December

23,

1971.

His

name

i s

Kenneth Grosvenor of this area.

I t

was a beautiful candlelight

service,

with th e brides

maids

carrying

l i t t l e lamps and the whole party fac ed th e

audience.

At

the

wedding

and

Christmas our

entire

family was together

but

Emrys who was near

the

war

zone in India, but

not in

any immediate danger. David was able

to come

home

for the

wedding

because he took the money his fa the r left him and

was

able to get a half-price ticket. This

will

nearly finish^^^^^^^^pirmghxyief^of

197 on which

he

had

short changed himself.

This has

really

b^^>.{U ery wonderful your help extended, in getting

more

increased

regular income ana '^m^ for^'vhe hospital. Row don't forget us when we are gone

- - - - Thank you

THARKS TO YOU FROM ME

Thank you

is

such a common word

I t s message i s often scarcely heard.

I

want

you

to

know

what it

means to

me

I^lL^t^y to mcdte it~AAkad;-it~oi 'ht to~he

Here goes

I wake, I think, I

pray,

I blink and then

Father you know how much I

want to

be

yours

alone and what I do for you, I 'm

unworthy I know

that .

I'm on unworthy

steward doing only

what's

asked, o f me

But give

me

th e

p e t i t i o n s I

ask, to

make

your

work grow

and

be

glory

to

Christ

and

to uphold

Hi s

name.

Bless

those

dear

souls

who help us on

the

wmj. Oh, God, thank you for moving your

children to

be

so kind, to

give us

shelter,

comfort,

to help

them

drop

t h e i r own work

and. waxfs and take me

where

I want to qo . .

Bless them Lo rd and help them know it i s

your wil l

tha t

they

should know the yoy o f

sharing burdens as I do, and

for

those

who

added

to their familyChrist's

body Oh,

help me be worthy of and use wisely, every

penny

given. May it

be

to your

glorynot

MIREa

Often.before I go to bed I lay and wonder:

How

did we ever get

through

this busy day,

I w o n d e r

Many

hands

make

my

work

nice

Your expense saved me th e

price.

Your gas and

t i res

given

sweetly

Made my

expense

so

more

neatly.

Your beds so warm

and happil y g iven

Makes my day

worth

l iv 'en.

Your money in

the

offering plate

Made i t possible for us to gonot wait.

Mispah and Love,

J L o i s Rees

Lois arrived safely in India

on

January

23, 1972. Below

are

excerpts

from

her r ec en t

letters

First

of

allwedding

preparations

for

Bana. Emyrs was

also

here with me

to

help,

and

along with a virus

infection

I receivedall the help needed. Tonight I

am

in

our hospital

sitting

on a very hard pebbly

floor

writing on a rope

strand

bed. Very

prickly,

hut I am

not

suffering

from that but from

heatand bed

bugs

The people here

are

so afraid I l l starve. They keep bringing me food and drink just after

I have eaten. I

decided to

eat

or

drink some of the curd sent over to me by a

villager.

Uell, I wondered why

it

was so brown and I started to

s ti r i t

I found a

piece

o f r a t

manure. The

spoonful

and a half I had eaten gave

me

painall psychological

of course

I hope I'm not ruining your

appetite

or soaring you. I

am

sure I will

live

all right.

I v e survived twenty- five years and plus

o f

such.

I'm

on the grounds

to

see the

door

frames put into the hospital

building, but

no masons

came

because i t is

election

day.

Re

will be

having inspection of the

work and

of the

workers

next

week. Also, I

learned yesterday

that

a Leprosy

official

will

come.

;

Everyone was

afraid

for me

to sleep

here, but I just pointed towards heaven and back to

myself and I

finally

convinced them

to

go. Unfortunately,

there

is a language barrier here.

The kinds of

visitors

I

occasionally

haveas

there

are no doors or floors,

and t he bage ls

are

openare l izards, r a t s and cobras. . . . and

possibly

a

bear.


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David H. and

J.

Lois ReeSj 66/7

Benevolent

Social Services

of

India, Association Road,

MadJiaveram, Madras 60, South India or Rhilip

Ho, Mawlai,

Syllarkric^, Shillong 8, Assam,

I n d i a .

FOR MISSIONARY GROUPS, YOUTH

PROJECTS,

OR

CHURCH

PROJECTS,

AW CHILDRENS

WORK

suggestions

fo r Leprosy and other work which

the

Reeses are now involved in .

Please send a l l packages direct to the

Mission

f ield a t one of th e above addresses. Postage

is wasted i f sent to the

Forwarding Agent

PROJECTS

WE REQMST

YOU

TO TAKE:

NOW

FOR

YOUTH

AND V.B.S.

MONTHLY:

INTENSIVE

CARE

FOR

ONE LEPROSY PATIENT

~ ( this

includes food,

medicine, &

treatment)

FOR ASAITHUMBI - $S (deserted hoy)

FOR C0I4ET

STAR

- (Engl ish speaking

student

- our adopted son)

FOR ASSISTING COLLEGE STUDENTS - $15

FOR LESSER HOSPITAL

WORKERS

~

$15

OTHER WORKERS VARY UP TO $100 A MONTH FOR A FAMILY. AT LEAST TWO

MEMBERS

OF

THAT

FAMILY WILL

BE EMPLOYED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS AMOUNT,

FOOD

STUFF:

Jello,

canned meat

(corned

beef

is

too

heavy

and expensive

to

send, except

that

David

loves

i t ,

instant

coffee,

black

licorice,

l ife savers, g^llo puddings,

marsh-

mallows, Kool-Aid (sweet

or

unsweetened), instant

breakfasts.

Carnation Instant

Breakfast

(except

oatmeal or commeal which are not good

for

South

India),

powdered

sweetner (Sweet S Low), dried f rui t s , dried

yeast, cake mixes, ins tant potatoes.

Processed cheese

may

also

he sent, cocoa drink mixes, plenty

of

milk powder.

Price marks

must

he

taken

o f f a l l ar t i c l es . The value in each box

must

not be over

$5.00,

The

weight l imit i s

22 lbs.

(Please

check on

these two

i tems,)

Parcels

cannot

he

more than

6 fee t

which equals length p lu s

gi r th . The FOOD STUFFS

AND

CLOTHING should

be wrapved and sevm

in strong

unbleached,

muslin

or

sturdy

old

sheets,

and addressed with

permanent dark color

Magic

Marker. All par ce ls

must be

l i s ted

on customs declaration cards a>id also a

yellow

declaration s t icker .

(These

a re obt ained

at

the

post

office.)

Please

mail

us

the

date, address,

and

contents

l i s t

and number your ryarcel you can from 1 on up. Very good to do this

on a l l

packages.

CLOTHING

Men's

pants, shirts, ladies blouses, dresses, skir ts , e tc .,

(heavy or light) good

children's clothing.

USED STUDY MATERIAL:

Sorted

and

ready

VBS

materials,

re lig ious p ictures , limited amounts of Straight

and Seek, and ^ildren's

Sunday

School

picture

papers

in

large amounts. Tie

tightly with strong string. No

box

s needed for

wrapving

these vtems.

Wrap

securely

in

brown

paper

and

do

not

seal .

Weight

l imi t

is

IT.

lbs,

and

wil l

go

as

Printed. Matter (very

reasonable

rate). Do

not

seiit in cloth. Mark as Used

P r i n t e d Mat te r .

HOSPITAL

NEEDS:

We will have to supply our hospital with sheets, pilloi>) cases, (and bedspreads to

be bought in

India).

Usable large

sheets (torn

in

half, but

do

not

hem), wash

cloths, and

towels.

Powdered milk (any and

a l l

amounts), hulk rais ins .

ROLLED

BANDAGES - the

bandages

are torn from used sheets a t a

width of

2 to 4

and placed in

plastic

bags. (Garment bags from

the cleaners

are fine.)

ALL

WNEY

GIFTS:

SHOULD

BE

SENT TO THE FORWARDING

AGENT ADDRESS

AND

THIS

IS

SENT

TO

INDIA

EACH

MONTH. The FA ad.dress

i s :

Asscoii

India Mission

^

P .O . BO X

m

Omaha, Nebraska 68111

With the added expense of the Hospital and Clinics, your

extra dollars ,

wrapped

in

your prayers, will help in this work so much.

EXCITING

NEW

PROJECTS

FOR CHILDRENS GROUP ND YOum PEOPLES

PROJECTS:

T.

Leprosy- patients shoes

1.00

a

pair

to

make

individually

B. Three t i les 10 can be purchased

for $1.00

We

suggest

for

each $ which

comes in

for A - one pair

of sandals

will he vlasti-

taoked on the

wall to show progress.

For B - each $ have the folks plastitaok up

three

10 pieces

of

paper

that

way they can

see

how much they accomplish.

PLEASE

PRAY EVERY

DAY

fo r th e Ree se s,

th e Docto rs , a nd

those

involved

in

SHARING CHRIST WITH OTHERS


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FLORENCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

7300 NORTH

RIDGE DRIVE

OM H ^ NEBR SK

68112

DDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

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Box

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William and Jean Roland ar e planning on worT^ng with David and Lois

in

Rehabilitation o f

Leprosy

p atien ts an d c h i l d r e n s work. Unfortunately,

plans

f o r leaving

have been

delayed

because of lack of living link support an d shortage o f trav elin g funds to In dia. . ny help

will he greatly appreciated Please send funds

dtrect

to the Rolands in Bison, Kansas.

William has a

degree i n

E du ca ti on a s well

as i n

Religion.

Jean,

who

i s

t he d au gh te r o f

Dr. Rothermel probably our e l d e s t living

missionary

who served in

In d ia fo r

about 50

years),

is taking a

special

course in th e treatment o f Leprosy. Jean an d William both specJi

the Hini language

quite

flu en tly . Both have served in

I ndi a

previously f o r many years,

lou may he

assured

you

are not

g ettin g any untried novices, but proven mature

servants of

th e Lord

Their complete address is :

W ill ia m a nd J ean R o l a n d

Box

68

Bison, Kansas 67520

roland william jean 1972 india

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