roland william jean 1989 india

8/11/2019 Roland William Jean 1989 India

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Dear Co -w o rk c?r s ,

B i l a s p u r , INDIAJ a n u a r y 1969

We hav e be en back a t work w i t h c l a s s e s g o i n g f u l l t i m e s i n c e J a n u a r y4 t h . But , we must go back an d t e l l yo u abou t some o f our Chris tmas/New Yearv a c a t i o n a c t i v i t i e s

T h e v i s i t t o t h e s t a t e o f O r i s s a w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s f r o m t h e r e w a s

t i r i n g , bu t very en joyab le . e l e f t B i l a s p u r December 22nd an d t r a v e l e d mosto f t h e d a y. On t h e main r o a d , n e a r t h e f i r s t v i l l a g e , some r e l a t i v e s o f t h es t u d e n t s wh o l i v e t h e r e m et u s . A s e c o n d f a m il y g o t o f f t h e r e , t o o , a s somer e l a t i v e s h a d come t o m eet the m . T h e r e s t o f u s w e n t o n i n t o B a r g a r h , t h e m a i nc i t y o f t h e a r e a , w h e r e we w e r e t o s t a y i n a h o t e l . Th e t h i r d s t u d e n t f a m i l yand b a c h e l o r s w e r e n o t a b l e t o g e t a bu s t o t h e i r v i l l ag e , so we t o o k them i nt h e Van. t was o n l y a b o u t 12 m i l e s , b u t t o o k a n h o u r e a c h way. By t h e t i m ewe r e t u rn ed t o B a r g a r h we w e r e g l a d f o r t h e f i s h c u r r y d i n n e r a t t h ee v a n g e l i s t s h o u s e , an d t h e h o te l f o r t h e n i g h t . The h o t e l wa s a second o rt h i r d c la ss p l a c e , t y p i c a l l y n o i s y, b u t we were g la d f o r a p l a c e t o s l e e p .

Th e n e x t day we w e r e s c h e d u l e d t o v i s i t M e g h a n a d s B a s a n t i sv i l l a g e s . t was o n l y a b o u t 2 0 m i l e s , b u t t h e r o a d was t e r r i b l e , so t o o kn e a r l y tw o hou rs each way. We had a good meet ing , wi t h Wil l i am p r e a c h i n g , anda good v i s i t i n h o mes . We w e r e s e r v e d s n a c k s e v e r y p l a c e we v i s i t e d , p l u s ab i g n o o n m e a l , s o we w e r e u s u a l l y s t u f f e d . I n t h i s v i l l a g e we v i s i t e d w i t ht h r e e y o u n g me n wh o w a n t t o e n r o l l i n t h e T r a i n i n g I n s t i t u t e .

On t h e 2 4 t h we went t o B i s w a s Saudamani K u s h a l s v i l l a g e . I t wasj u s t a m i l e o r so f ro m t h e main r o a d , so e a s i e r t o g e t t o . Wi l l i a m s p o k e f o r as er v i c e t h e r e , t o o . And t h e r e were t h e u s u a l s n a c k s and noon me a l . We a l s o hadt i m e t o o b s e r v e some o f t h e w e a v i n g o f c l o t h w h i c h i s o n e o f t h e a r e a s mainc o t t a g e i n d u s t r i e s . We were a b l e t o p u r c h a s e one v e r y p r e t t y s a r e e t h a t wew a t c h e d b e i n g mad e .

On t h e 2 5 t h we wen t t o t h e t h i r d v i l l a g e where Anand S a r o j a n i Sa h u ,

S h r i k a n t h , an d M i l a n l i v e . We s p e n t t i m e v i s i t i n g an d e a t i n g s n a c k s i n a i lt h r e e o f t h e h o mes . The w o r s h i p s e r v i c e , w i t h Wi l l i a m p r e a c h i n g , w as i nM i l a n s home. We had t h e noon meal i n h i s home, t o o ; th e n a n a f t e r n o o n meal i nA n a n d s home. We w e r e g i v e n t h r e e p i e c e s o f v e r y n i c e c l o t h t h a t had b e e n madei n t h e i r homes. A f t e r l e av in g t h e r e we s t o p p e d a t a f o r m e r s t u d e n t s v i l l a g e .They were in t h e m id s t o f t h e i r Sunday s e r v i c e , b u t welcomed us an d i n v i t e dWil l i am t o s peak . From t h e r e we went on t o a t h i r d v i l l a g e where t h e l o c a le v a n g e l i s t had made a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r u s t o v i s i t . W ill ia m sp o k e t h e r e , t o o ,h i s t h ir d se rmo n f o r t h e d a y.

A t a l l t h e v i l l a g e s we w e r e welcomed r o y a l l y by t h e C h r i s t i a nf a m i l i e s . They b e a t drums , p l a y s m a l l c y m b a l s , s i n g , and p o u r w a t e r a t o r o nones f e e t . At one p l a c e t h e y ha d u s s t a n d on a lo w s t o o l f o r t h e w a t e rp o u r i n g . B es i des t h e v i s i t s i n t h e main v i l l a g e s we a l s o had a m e e t i n g i nB a r g a r h a n d v i s i t e d and a t e i n s e v e r a l homes t h e r e . A l o t o f e n j o y a b l ea c t i v i t y was packed i n t o th e t h r e e a l l - t o o - s h o r t days .

On t h e wa y home f rom O r i s s a we s t opped t o v i s i t wi th Mennoni tem i s s i o n a r y f r i e n d s . They a r e p r e p a r i n g t o r e t i r e from I n d i a , so t h ey gave a nds o l d u s a few. i t e m s . The main i t em i s a s e t o f d r a p e s . Now we h a v e matching

ones in our d i n i n g and l i v i n g rooms fo r t h e f i r s t time. Th e r e s t o f th ev a c a t i o n w as s p e n t q u i e t l y i n B i l a s p u r . We w e r e g l a d f o r t h e t i m e t o r e s t .

A ll t h e s t u d e n t s r e t u r n e d on t h e 3 r d o f J a n u a r y , and c l a s s e s resumedon t h e 4 t h . B u t , t h e new s e s s i o n g o t s t a r t e d on a s a d n o t e . O ur o n e f u l l - t i m et e a c h e r , A j e e t , g ot m ar r i e d d u r i n g t h e v a c at i o n . H is w i f e h a s a governmen t j o bi n S a r g u j a D i s t . A ft e r t h e w e d d i n g A j e e t f o u n d o u t t h a t s h e d i d n t i n t e n d t ol e a v e h er j o b and l i v e w i t h him h e r e . We ,have a p o l i c y o f n o t employing a

p e r so n who d o e s n o t . h a v e h i s f a m i ly wi t h him. So we h a v e l o s t a t e a c h e r . Wea r e v e r y b r o k e n up o v e r it A j e e t - a s s u c h a good w o r k e r ; arid h i s l e a v i n gm a k e s d o u b l e w o r k fo r u s .

B ut a happy n o t e i s t h a t o u r s t u d e n t sbody h a s i n c r e a s e d by two , p l u sa c h i l d i n t h e n u rs er y . You may remember o u r w r i t i n g a b o u t Fu lkuwar Min a .F i v e y e a r s ago h e b ecame i l l and t h e y ha d t o l e a v e b e f o r e f i n i s h i n g t h et h r e e - y e a r cour se . ow they have been ab le to r e t u r n fcp f i n i s h i t . So we have16 s t u d e n t s a n d n i n e c h i l d r e n .

The e n d - o f - p a g e w a r n i n g has come u p , so we must c l o se f o r t h i s t i m e .Thankyou fo r th e b i r t h d a y and Chr is tmas c a r d s , l e t t e r s , no tes and g i f t s . Theyhe l ped make t h e s eas on more e n j o y a b l e . Pr a y f o r u s . We remember you Inp r a y e r and t h a n k God f o r you d a l l y .

I n C h r i s t i a n Love ,W i l l i a m J e a n R o l a n d


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D e a r C o-worke rs , .

B i l a s o u r : INDIAF e b r u a r y . 1 9 8 9

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Telling about our Orissa t r ip in our las t l e t t e r took so much space thatwe didn ' t get to te l l you about the special visitors we had in January. The

Lee Turners have been special friends of ours fo r many years, tfe have visitedthem many times in the U S. and Pakistan; and have t r ied to get them to v i s i tus in India during one of t h e i r t r ip s to Pakistan, where they v i s i t Christ iansand churches of their previous labors. Finally, last July, we got word fromLee that he was planning a t r ip out this way during December He finally gothere January 7th. along with Jim Willoughby of Cincinnati. They arec o - o f f i c e r s in IDES and were t rave l ing in tha t connection, too. Their v i s i twa s a r e a l boos t to our morale i n more ways than one. The l o ca l KududandChurch enjoyed Lee 's preaching in Urdu; C.T.I, students enjoyed his discuss ionson various Bible subjects . Two days before they a r r ived ou r water pump went onthe blink. We thought. Oh what a time for i t to g iv e t ro ub le But surely th eLord had th e timing a ll worked out. William was dreading th e big job ofpul l ing the two pipes out of the well and r epa i r ing the foo t valve. With four

e x t r a s trong an d wil l ing hands th e r epa i r was done e a s i l y an d in record t ime.I t seems l ike February ha s been a month of bad happenings. Last month wementioned tha t two new s tuden ts had come. When Fulkuwar was h er e b ef or e we hadsent him for a checkup; bu t somehow the report got misplaced a t thehospital . Then they l e f t so no thing more was done. He i s s t i l l very much a suspect, so we sent him again for an X-ray. Sure enough he has very badly.He is now on a series of injections and oral medicines which we hope willc l e a r h im up .

One day Ishwari, the TI pr inc ipa l , sent word that he wouldn't be able toteach h is c la ss es . He had fallen on some loose bricks at their new house andinjured his foot. We suggested he should have an X-ray bu t he thought i t wasjust a bruise. After hobbling around for more than a week without i t gettingbetter he go t an X~ray which revealed a fracture; so now 'h e i s In a cast .

Fortunately he is able to get around and take care of most of his work--evenr i d e s r i d e s , h i s b i c y c l eThen one evening about 10:00 three young men of the church came with a

note from Ishwari. I t was a request fo r William to take the ambulance/van toBai.thalpur, 15 miles south, to get his son Jayant, who had been in an accident.Jayant and another young man had been visi t ing a Christian Fair. They werer id ing a motor cyc le when a drunken d r i v e r of a Jeep h i t them. I t Cook a loCof time to get them released from th e local hospi tal , where they had beent r e a t e d i n i t i a l l y . Then we ha d to make a po l ice repor t of t he a cc id en t. I t wasabout 2 a.m. when we f ina l ly got back to Bilaspur and admitted Jayant in th elocal government hospital. His companion stayed a t his home in Baithalpur.Jayant had a leg wound tha t required s t i t c h e s , and an ank le f r a c t u r e . Now he s i n a c a s t , t o o .

A couple of days a f t e r Jayant was admitted in the local hospi ta l we wentto v i s i t him. We noticed an unusual crowd of people, and a l o t of pol ice . I ttu rn ed ou t Chat a murder vic t im and an i n j u red person had been taken to th ehospi ta l . Then we learned t ha t the murder had taken place j u s t outside ou rcompound wall in Kududand Village. I t was a l l th e r e su l t of a long s tandingfeud between a couple o f groups .

A fe w days l a t e r we were v i s i t i n g Jo se s Kangaloo in th e MissionH o s pi ta K f or m e rl y D i s ci p le s >. an d learned t h a t another in jured in the Xududandfighting had been taken there. His enemies tr ied to get in there to k i l l himso both hospitals were being guarded by th e police. Joses was in th e hospitalfo r a tonsi1lectomy. He i s home now an d mending slowly, but i s having to missa l o t o f h i s t each ing an d t r a i n i n g c l a s s e s . He te ac he s in th e S chaefe rMemorial Primary School, and i s taking the government teacher- t ra in ing course.

Before Aje e t l e f t he and Wil l i am got moet -o f - the n o t e s --for J ohn ' s - an dJ u d e ' s L e tt er s t ra n s la te d and typed . Willfam has been ab l e to f i n i s h t h a t an drun o ff 157 cop ies . The ones fo r th e stu d e n ts have been s tap led and handedou t . We a r e a n x io u s to g e t th e o t h e r s done and given o u t , too .

On t h e 28 t h we go t t h e r e n e w a l f o r our R e s i d e n t i a l P erm i t . We hadf o rg o t t e n to a p p ly f o r i t around th e middle o f January a s u su a l , so were a f r a i dt h a t being l a t e migh t c a u se t r o u b l e ; b u t i t d i d n ' t . F ac t i s , th e renewal wasgranted in r ec or d t im e j us t e i g h t days So we have permission to s tay inI n d i a a n o th er y e a r .

Commit t o t h e Lord w h a t e v e r you d o , and y o u r p l a n s w i l l s u c c e e d . TheLord works o u t e v e r y t h i n g f o r h i s own e n d s . . . , P r o v e r b s 1 6 : 3 , 4 .

I n C h r i s t i a n L o v e ,W i l l i a m J e a n R o l a n d


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D e a r c o - w o r k e r s ,

B i l a s p u r ; INDIAM a r c h 1989

March was a t y p i ca l l y blus te ry montha l o t of wind, and even a fe wshowers o f r a i n . The r a i n was very welcome; because of t h e s h o r t Monsooni t i s ge t t ing ve ry d ry . Our well i s about three fee t below normal.There i s s t i l l s i x t o e i g h t f e e t o f w ate r , b u t we a r e reminded t h a t weroust n o t wa s te w a t e r . The r a i n c o o l e d t h e w e a t h e r w o nd er fu ll y , t oo . Wehad been having 100 degree hea t , so the cool was very welcome. The windw a s n ' t so welcome, though . I t s t i r r e d up a l o t of d u s t , and blew o f fmany of th e mangoes t h a t were abou t marble s i z e . F a c t i s , t h e r e i s no tone mango l e f t on our l i t t l e t r e e t h a t bore f o r th e f i r s t t ime l a s t y e a r.

e c o n t i n u e t o t u r n up more c a s e s of TB among ou r s t u d e n t s . A f t e rF u l k u w a r ' s i n f e c t i o n was d e t e c t e d we i n s i s t e d h e h a v e h i s w i f e a n ddaughte r, who i s with them, t e s t e d , a l so . The daughte r, Es the r, has i t ;50 they a r e both on medica t ion . L a te r a n o t h e r s t u d e n t , Joseph , beganhaving a hacking cough, so wanted to be X-rayed . He a l so h as i t , bu t inth e e a r l y s t a g e s , so on ly ha s to t ake ora l medica t ion . e sa id he shoulda l s o h a v e h i s w i f e a nd tw o s o n s c h e c k e d , b u t h e w a s n ' t i n t e r e s t e d ; so weh ad t o i n s i s t t h a t t hey be X - rayed , t o o . S ure e n o u g h , th e tw o boys havei t . e t r y to impress on them the need to d e tec t an d t r e a t i t ea r ly, butsome c a n ' t , or w on 't , understand. Fulkuwar has a son an d daughter in theMiss ion School in S i t a p u r , wi t h G e t t e r s . A co u p l e o f days ago he spoket o roe a b o u t h a v i n g them come i n t o be X- r a y e d . So we s e e some p r o g r e s sI n t he ir t ti tu de

On t h e 2 4 t h I s h w a r i h a d h i s c a s t r emoved . He i s g l a d t o b e a b l e t omove around f ree ly again. Joses Kan ga lo o seems to have recovered fromh is operation and is back a t h is teaching and t ra in ing dut ies . JayantLai i s s t i l l in h is cas t , bu t has hopes of get t ing i t removed soon. Themotor cycle t h a t he was dr iv ing was damaged very badly, but a f t e r about 200 worth of r e p a i r s and new p a r t s i t i s back in use .

Will iam h as been a b l e to d i s t r i b u t e more s t u d y n o t e s : HebrewEpis t le , and John and Jude Let ters . He needs to ru n off more of theHebrew no tes , but the copier has not b ee n w or ki ng prope r ly, so t h a t jobh a s b e e n d e l a y e d .

T h i s s e ss i o n o f t h e I n s t i t u t e i s a b o u t f i n i s h e d . G r a d u a t i o nhas been s e t for Apri l 23. So, by th e t ime yo u rece ive t h i sl e t t e r t h e s ch oo l- ye ar w i l l be o v e r, and we w i l l p ro b ab l y be i nM u s s o o r i e f o r t h e summer. We would b e happy t o h e a r from y o u .O ur a dd re ss d ur in g May an d J u n e w i l l b e :

Th e F i r s , LandourM u s s o o r i e , U . P. 495 00 1I N D I A .

We have prepa red t h e y ea rl y f i n a n c i a l s ta tement f o r 1988. Mrs.Oelker s has a copy. I f yo u would l i k e a copy p l e a s e reques t he r t osend you one. e thank th e Lord and yo u fo r th e wonderful way ourneeds h av e b ee n met: i n c l u d i n g p u rch ase o f th e Matador Di ese l Van,i n s t i t u t e expenses , and our sa l a ry. Truly God ea rea fo r His own.

I n t h e b o n d o f C h r i s t ,

W i l l i a m J e a n R o l a n d

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M u s s o o r i e , I n d i aDear Co - w o r k e r s ,

From the heading you can see that we have made i t to THE FIRS in Landour, Mussoorie.More about our t r i p l a te r but f i r s t the C.T. I . Graduat ion .

April was the big day for the Institute studentsthe day they had been workingthree years to attain. The graduation program was a part of the regular worship serviceof Che Kududand Church of Christ. Following the usual Sunday School classes, Williamled the worship service .in which all of the men students took part. Some read scripturesand le d in prayer. One le d the observance of Che Lord s Supper and th e collect ion oft i t h e s and o ff e r in g s . O thers serv ed as deacons.

Abhimanyu Bhoi, a 1985 graduate, preached the graduation sermon. Abhimanyu hasbeen leading the work of three churches in Che Raipur area s ince his graduation. Hebrought a ch a l l en g i n g message based on Romans 12:1.

Ishwari Lai, our principal, introduced the students by te l l ing a l i t t l e about theirbackgrounds. The Getters were able Co attend the service so Bernel delivered the chargeto the students. Jean handed out Che certificates and commendation le t te rs , and gave aspec ia l g i f t of books to each s tuden t . The women received a two volume s e t on HomeScience, and a se t of booklets from Ralph Harter. The men got a new Bible, a TopicalBible Concordance and a Bible Dictionary. These last three were purchased with a gif tof money from Brother Jim Willoughby, which he lef t with Rolands during his visi t inBi laspur l a s t Jan u a ry.

The students have often expressed their gratitude for th e t raining. Through usthey say thank you to each of you fo r making i t possible . Please pray fo r them nowa s t h e y go i n t o v ar io us a re as t o s e r v e t h e L o r d .

About 5 p.m. Sunday evening we headed for Raipur and Bhi la i . There were tworeasons fo r making that t r ip . One, we took Luka and Balwant fo r a doctor s checkup:two, th e Matador needed to be serviced before making th e t r ip to Mussoorie. To avoidthe middle-of-the-day heat we have had temperatures up to 117 degrees already) we

decided to stay over night in Bhilai where the servicing is done.We

had expected theVan to be ready by 4:30 p.m. Monday as at other times. They were so busy that i twasn t f in ished unti l about 9 p.m. Jean didn t get to check with the doctor aboutLuka s and Balwant s treatment as she had wanted to do. Therefore, we didn t get backto B ila sp ur un t i l about midnight.

Then came two days of packing and gett ing ready fo r the bi g t r i p l Again, toavoid the heat , we decided to travel at night and sleep and rest in hotels during themiddle of the days. We lef t Bilaspur Thursday evening at 9 p.m. The first night wasdriving mostly through th e forest area west of Bilaspur. We were t reated to the excitement of seeing some wild l i fe : a sloth bear dead), several deer, peafowl, rabbitsand lots of birds af ter day l igh t . We came within a foot of hit t ing a full antlered ,spotted deer. Three doe were standing by th e side of th e road, blinded by th e Van

l ights. We stopped to watch them. Soon they very hesitatingly moved across in frontof us and ra n into th e forest . Just as we s tar ted up we saw another movement a t th eroadside and a male darted across in f ront of us. I f William h a d n t braked hard wew o u l d h a v e t h i m

F r iday we were no t ab le to f in d a h o t e l u n t i l around noon so we had some ho tdriving to do. The hotel was just a third or fourth class lodge with only a ceilingfani The next two days, though, we were able to ge t hotels in Gwalior and Delhi, soslept and r es te d w el l. We stopped for diescl one place Sunday morning early and noticedtha t a front t i r e was going f l a t Fortunately a repa i r place was close by so th erepair jo b wasn t much trouble at a l l Between Delhi and Mussoorie we go t caughtin a very bad dust storn. I t was blowing so strong and thick in one place we cou ldn t


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see th e ro ad , so ha d to stop fo r a wh ile . I t reminded us of a Kansas Trip back inthe AO s . Tr a v e l in In d i a i s not easy o r yery p l e a s a n t whether by t r a i n bus o rc a r Driving f o r four n i g h t s an d p a r t s o f days wa s t i r i n g b u t a a r e t h an kf ul f o ra sa fe an d good t r i p sa w many acc i r i -u t s , so thank God fo r His p r o t e c t i o n

Th e wind blew up some r a i n a f t e r th e d u s t so i t i s cold up here in M u s s o o r i e .Bu t i s a welcome r e s p i t e f rom B i l a s p u r h e a t l ook fo rward t o tw o months o f

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work in th e sep l e a s a n t

s u r r o u n d i n g s .

Therefore , I urge you, b ro th e r s , in view of G od s m er cy, to o f f e r yourbod ies as l i v i n g s a c r i f i c e s holy an d p lea sin g to GodThis i s your s p i r i t u a la c t o f w o r s h i p Romans 12:1

I n t h e S e r v i c e o f C h r i s t

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D e a r c o - w o r k e r s .

We a r e s t i l l i n M u s s o o r i e i n t h e r a i n y , c o l d H im al ay a M ts .o f n or t h e r n I n d i a . An d i t i s n o t e v e n t i m e f o r t h e Monsoon r a i n s ,which t e c h n i c a l l y s t a r t J une I 5 t h . On e r e p o r t i s t h a t t h e s e u n u s u a lr a i n s a r e c a u s e d by a typhoon i n t h e Ba y o f B e n g a l , n e a r Bungladesha n d t h e c o a s t o f O r i s s a . B u t t h i s w e a t h e r s e e ms t o b e t o o e x t e n s i v ef o r t h a t . We have had o n l y a d o z e n o r so sunny d a y s d u r i n g t h e monthwe have been h e r e . On e t h i n g s u r e we have g o t t e n c o o l e d o f f f romt h e h e a t o f B i l a s p u r

F o r many y e a r s we h a v e wan ted t o v i s i t t h e a r e a e a s t o f h e r e :Tehr i , Paur i , Naini Tal e t c . Many of the Woodstock School se rvan tsan d d a i l y l a b o r e r s come from t h a t a r e a . Some o f J e a n ' s s c h o o l matescame from t h e r e , too . T h i s y e a r, s i n c e we have t h e Matador Van, wemade p l a n s to go on a Wednesday f o r a weeks t r i p . Tuesday i t wa spour ing r a i n so we a lmost c an ce ll ed t he t r i p . But Wednesday morningc l o u d s w e r e b r o k e n so we d e c i d e d t o g o . We a r e g l a d no w t h a t we w e n tt h e n . We had some l i g h t r a in d u r i n g t h e t r i p , b u t s i n c e r e t u r n i n g i th as r a i n e d a l m os t c o n t i n u a l l y , a n d some d a y s h e a v i l y .

The r o a d m o a t o f t h e way was m o u n t a i n o u s w i t h many t u r n s < 8 0 m eh a i r p i n ) , and much c l imb ing and descend ing o f mounta ins . Th e c i t y o fTehr i i s in a b e a u t i f u l v a l l e y a t about 1200 f e e t . People have o f t e nt o l d u s t h a t Tehr i i s warm e v e n i n w in te r; no w we kn ow w hy. T heweather on t h i s t r i p wa s p l e a s a n t , so we were a b l e t o camp n e a r th eroad e ac h e ve ni ng i n b e a u t i f u l f i r and p ine f o r e s t s .

From Te h r i we c l i m b e d back up t o P au r i , which i s nea r t h e t o po f a 7 0 0 0 f o o t mo u n t a i n . T h e M e t h o d i s t Ch u rch h a s o p e r a t e d a m i s s i o nt h e r e f o r many y e a r s . T he H anse n boys a t t e n d e d Woodstock from t h e r e .Wo o d s t o c k s s p o r t s f i e l d i s named f o r one who d ied i n World War I I .

From P a u r i t h e r o a d w i n d s s o u t h w ar d t o w ar d t h e n o r t h e r nplains* were headed f o r Landsowne and K otdwara, where Patsy La i ,on e o f J e a n ' s c l a s s ma t e s l i v e d . S he i s no l o n g e r l i v i n g , b u t we werea b l e t o v i s i t h e r s i s t e r and h u sban d . They h a v e s e v er a l a cr e s o fgarden and f r u i t o rch a rd s . This i s th e season f o r th e f r u i t c a l l e d^leeches , an d they gave us a basket f u l l .

T he r o a d f rom Kotdwara t o N a i n i T a l i s m o st ly t hr ou gh t h epla ins , so we were dr iv ing in the hea t fo r a hal f day. Naini Ta l i sup in th e mountains a t 6000 f ee t , where i t was p leasan t ly cool again .In t h a t a r e a o f th e Himalayas th er e a r e many Ta l s , i . e . l ak es . Wewere a b l e t o v i s i t tw o o t h e r s b e s i d e s Nain i Ta i . On e was S a t T a l ,which means Seven La k e s . The M e t h o d i s t Church has a C h r i s t i a nAshram ( h i l l r e s o r t and convent ion c e n te r ) th ere , s t a r t e d by E,Stan ley Jo n es . I t would be a n ic e p la ce to spend a summer vaca t ion .

Ou r main reason fo r going to Naini Tal wa s to v i s i t th e graveof J e a n 's f a t h e r . He d i ed in 1928 and wa s b ur ie d in t h e ^ nonc o n f o r m i s t s e c t i o n o f t h e Church o f E ng la nd C em e te ry . T h e r e a r esev era l ce me te r ie s i n t h e a r e a , and we had t ro u b le f in d in g t h e r i g h tone. An Indian family, l iv ing in th e old Church of England Parsonage,f ina l ly directed us to the r i gh t place . To ou r amazement i t was r i gh tnear the road up to Naini Tal . We ha d passed i t on our way the re , buth a d n ' t r e a l i z e d i t . Th e cem et e ry i s l a i d o u t on t er ra ce s; e ig h t o rt en in a l l . We cou ld s e e i t i s n o t wel l ca red f o r : many of th e tombstones, c rosses , angels e t c . are broken an d scafctered about or ca r r i ed ,o f f . We wondered i f we would f ind Mr. Rothermel s grave a t a l l .After much searching we found i t on the e ig h th t e r r a c e down theh i l l s i d e ; an d i t was not damaged l ike o the r s ; p ro ba bl y b ec au se i t hasj u s t a stone slab and sol id headstone. The headstone says In Loving emory of Ster l ing Gould Rothermel, born Jan.13,1886. diedSept.22,1928 . On th e slab is writ ten We mourn not as those who haveno hope . Then in Hindi i s the l a s t par t of Rom.6:23, th e g i f t ofGod i s e t e r n a l l i f e th rough J e s u s C h r i s t our L ord .

We are glad we can continue to serve God in the land where Mr.Rothermel gave h is l i f e , and where Jean s mother, Zoena, served fornearly 50 years. thank you again fo r supporting us in t h i sse rv i e

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T h is h a s b e e n a month o f r e c u p e r a t i o n s e t t l i n g i n t o t h er o u t i n e o f work a g a i n a n d p r e p a r a t i o n .

I t seems we were more t i r e d o u t f rom t h e t r i p b a c k t oB i l a s p u r from M u s s o o r i e t h a n we r e a l i z e d . We h a v e b o t h been i l lw i t h tummy t r o u b l e an d g e n e r a l d i s a b i l i t y . t h a s been d i f f i c u l t

t o k e e p up w i t h day t o d ay n e c e s s i t i e s so some e x t r a s have n o tbeen d o n e . H a p p i l y we a r e b o t h f e e l i n g q u i t e w e l l a g a i n s i n ce t h et h i r d week o f A u g u s t so we a r e g e t t i n g back i n t o t h e swing o ft h i n g s .

The T r a i n i n g I n s t i t u t e work h a s s e t t l e d i n t o a r o u t i n ep a t t e r n now. We s t i l l h a v e j u s t t h e 12 s t u d e n t s f i v e c o u p l e s an dtw o s i n g l e men. T he s t a f f t h i s y e a r c o n s i s t s o f f i v e p e r s o n s a l lo f whom a r e t e a c h i n g p a r t t i m e . I s h w a r i L a i t h e p r i n c i p a l i st e a c h i n g B ib l e Su r v e y an d s u p e r v i s i n g t h e c h a p e l s t u d y and workp e r i o d s . Ni tyanand Pa u l headmas te r o f th e S ch ae fe r Memorial HighS c h o o l i s t e a c h i n g L i f e o f C h r i s t . J o h n s o n K u j u r a g r a d u a t e o ft h e I n s t i t u t e a n d t e a c h e r i n t h e S c h a e f e r P r i ma r y S c h o o l i st e a c h i n g m e m o r i z a t i o n c l a s s . H is w i f e Niman i s t e a c h i n g A d u l tL i t e r a c y t o t h e tw o i l l i t e ra t e women. Wi l l i a m i s t e a c h i n g A c t s o fAp o s t l e s and works wi th a co u p le o f s t u d e n t s d u r i n g work p e r i o d .C l a s s wor k s e e m s t o b e g o i n g much s l o w e r t h i s y e a r b e c a u s e t h e s e

s t u d e n t s a r e much p o o r e r a c a d e m ic a l l y a n d i n t h e i r B i b l eknowledge . I t i s a r e a l c h a l l e n g e b u t f ru s tr a t in g a t t i m e s

J e a n i s n o t t e a c h i n g t h i s y e a r b u t I s k e e p i n g busy w i t hh o u s e w o r k c o r r e s p o n d e n c e e t c . Jo h n so n an d Niman a r e u s i n gm at e r i a l f o r t h e i r c la s s es t h a t J e a n h a s u s e d p r e v i o u s l y . So J e a nspends q u i t e a b i t o f t ime g et t i n g t h at r e a d y fo r them t o use .

And p r e p a r a t i o n s ? Next month i s c on ve nt io n t im e . The A llI n d i a E n g l i s h Language c o n v e n t i o n i s t o b e i n C o c h i n K e r a l a t h i sy e a r . Th e Hindi Language conven t i on i s s e t f o r Kat n i n o r t h o fIhere abo u t 30 0 m i le s . a r e p l a n n i n g t o a t t e n d b o t h t r a v e l i n g int h e M a t a d o r. Co ch in i s a b o u t 1200 m i l e s t o t h e c o u t h s o we w i l l b el e a v i n g B i l a s p u r September 9 t h and expec t to spend a t l e a s t f o u rn igh ts on th e way. a re doing some work on Che van so we cans l eep In i t some i f neces s a ry. While we a r e down sou th we want tov i s i t some o th er p la ce s t oo ; e s p e c i a l l y Madras . I t w i l l be a tw o

t o t h r e e week t r i p s o l o t s o f p r e p a r a t i o n i s n e c e s s a r y .We a t h e r i s o f c o n c e r n t o e v e r y o n e t h i s t i m e o f y e a r . We

a r e i n t h e m i d s t o f t h e Monsoon o r r a i n y . S e a s o n . D u r i n g t h i s f o u rmonths June 15 t o October 15 we shou ld g e t most o f ou r mois turefo r the year. August i s p a s t an d r a i n f a l l has been very sho r t fo rou r a r e a . r e c e n t l y v i s i t e d an i r r i g a t i o n l ake n o r t h o f h e r e .Th e water l e v e l i s very low but they a re hav ing to take water fo ri r r ig a t io n when r a i n f a l l should be s u f f i c i e n t fo r t h i s t ime ofyear. The lake Is n o t f i l l i n g as i t should an d people a re ab le towade o u t t o t h e s m a l l i s l a n d s . We a r e p r a y i n g f o r much more r a i nd u r i n g th e next month an d a h a l f . The r i v er t h a t runs pas t Bi laspurhas been d r y u n t i l t h e p a s t week. Now t h e r e i s some w at er r un ni ngb u t s t i l l s ha l l ow enough to walk a c r o s s ; s o we must be g e t t i n g somer a i n in t h e a r e a b u t n o t n e a r enough y e t .

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g e t t i n g much too much and f loods a re causing much hardship an ddamage. One area of Andhra Pradesh which u su ally g ets l e s s than 20inches d u r i n g a l l o f J u ly got more t h a t 15 inches on th e n igh t o fJuly 22 . Another place go t nearly 18 inches t h a t night . Crop roadan d r a i l damage has been ex tens ive and many l i v e s have been l o s t . a re pray ing Chat i t w i l l not d is ru p t tr av el fo r the upcomingconv en t i ons

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You h a v e p r o b a b l y n o t i c e d t h e v a s t d i f f e r e n c e i n t h ed a t e s o f o u r n e w s l e t t e r s a n d t h e t i m e y o u r e c e i v e t h e m .Most o f t h e d e l a y i s c a u s e d by t h e s l o w n e s s o f m a i l f romI n d i a t o t h e S t a t e s . O ur May l e t t e r t o o k 2 8 d a y s t o r e a c hLa C r o s s e . Th e J u n e / J u l y o n e t o o k 49 d a y s . T he A u g u s t o n e

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T h e c o o l w e a t h e r h e r e t t h i s t i m e o f y e a r i s m o s twelcome. I t i s a balmy 70 t o 90 mo s t o f t h e t i m e . Thec o l d e s t we h av e r e c o r d e d was 64 d u r i n g t h e n i g h t o fNovember 9 / 1 0 . We a r e a b l e t o work much more e f f i c i e n t l y .B e s i d e s t h e B i b l e t r a i n i n g work Wil l i am h a s been wo rk in g onth e Matador g e t t i n g s e r v i c i n g and r e p a i r s done andc l e a n i n g and r e a r r a n g i n g th e garage an d w ork sh op. Jean hasbeen d o i n g h o u s e c l e a n i n g , and g e t t i n g more l e t t e r w r i t i n gd o n e .

We a r e s o r r y to have t o sa y t h a t t h e T r a i n i n gI n s t i t u t e s t u d e n t body i s one s t u d e n t l e s s . One o f t h es i n g l e men from Bihar S t a t e l e f t one day wi t h o u t say ing aword to any o f th e s t a f f . We found o u t l a t e r , from th es t u d e n t s , t h a t he had been t r y i n g t o f i n d a government jo bf o r some t im e , and t h a t h e l e f t f o r an i n t e r v i e w f o r agovernment c l e r k s j o b . He i s a capab le young man We a r es o r r y to lo s e him, b u t p r a y he may u s e what he h a s l e a rned

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