roland william jean 1993 india

7/27/2019 Roland William Jean 1993 India

1/6

//7 3

Bison, KS; May 1993

Dear Co workers

in

Christ

We have exciting news from India. From

the Madras

College

of

Evangelism

Peter

Ignatius writes

that the church meeting in the College building is

doing

extraordinarily well. Several

new

families have

been

added. They were expecting

to

start

a new

congregation

in

March. Another group some distance

away

is requesting that a church bestarted among them. The College has

students

who are growing in

their desire

to

serve. Some

of

them

are

leading services

for

two

different language groups attended

by 10

to

20

people

each.

Peter

said

it is all very exciting.

But

we

do

need more

workers. So please

hurry back .

One matter of concernis an accidentPeter and one of the College teachers were in. While they were

stopped

at a red

light

a

tanker truck

ramed

into

them, pushing the

rear door

of the Van in

2-3 feet.

We

praise

God thatneither of them was hurt, buttheVan

required

extensive repairs.

When

we lastwrote wewere

preparing

for the

National Missionary

Convention. It was held in

Wichita andwasa highlight gathering. Wesawmany friends of former days and

made

new friends and

hada wonderful time. During November wehad some speaking engagements and visited some churches

in theBison area.

Two

days before Thanksgiving wehad

about

two feet of snow. Wewere deli^ted to

see the beautiful winter wonderland that we had not experienced since 1974. When weather reports

warned

of icy roads

and many

accidents we nearly warned

David and

family

not

to come as planned.

Instead

we

justlet

them

know what the

conditions

were

and

warned

them

to

drive

carefully. Fortunately

they made

the trip

from Lincoln,

IL and

back

safely.

We

had a joyous Thanksgiving celebration

with

David,

his wife

Glenda,

their son

Dan,

and two other grandsons, JohnMark and Jonathan Paul. It was

wonderful to be together, but the twodaysandnights were much tooshort.

Therewas moresnow duringDecember so we (William & Jean) had our first white Christmas

since the one in

Turkey

enroute to India in our truck-camper in

1974.

Wespentmostof the day home

alone ,

unusual for us. In India there are always worship services on Christmas morning. Then there is

visiting andgreeting and

sharing

homemade

goodies

among theChristian community. Wedidspend some

time with good

neighbors

inthe evening as

they called

us

over

fora

snack. They are

the ones

who

hadlet

us stayin their camper until ourhouse was

vacated. They have

beenso generous in

many ways.

It helped

to ease the disappointment that none of our familywas with us.

Jon Paul

came

bybus

from

Illinois

on

December 28th. David

and Ben

drove

out on the

31st.

They

were

here

to join in

seeing

theNew Year in,

and spend

a

couple

of

days

withus

again.

They all

drovebackto Illinois andwewerealone again. Therewasmoresnow off and on addingto previous snow

that had not all melted. Besides continuingto workon the house wevisitedmorearea churches. During

this time some of the La Crosse Church folk went to Russia to giveBibles, sing and teach.

During February we visited churches, Bible Colleges, retirement homes, classmates and friends

in Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Arkansas. Time does not

permit to mention namesof all friends and places we visited.We are so grateful to all who madethat trip

enjoyable and profitable. But we must mention visiting J. Lois Rees. We had good visits with her on two

different days, and werehappy to see the good retirement homeshe is in and see how comfortable and

w el l c ar ed f or she

is . She s t il l

chafes to be

back in India.

March found us back in Bison for a week to take care of a month's mail that had piled up. Urgent

business, bills and thank you notes kept us busy. Then we loaded up the Van and headed out again to

speaking dates in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio, then back to Bison. Friends in Canton, OH had

video-taped a T.V. program aboutNoah s

Ark.

They gave us a copy of it and we have shared it with

several

othersduringour

travels.

On that trip we again renewed former friendships andmadenew friends

and told about the work in India in many churches.Thanks to all who made that trip so enjoyable. Mail

was not catching up with us, and there was business to take care of, so we returned to Bison for the last

twoweeks of April. We expect to be in this area throughMay for morevisitingand speaking. We have

already spoken in Dodge City and Bison, and visited Joplin, MO.

All of our familyhave not been together since July, 1970 when David and Glenda weremarried.

Our 50th anniversary is July 12. Henki andMaryEsthers 25th is also in July. Soweare tryingto arrange

a family reunion around that time, or perhaps in August. Paul and Helen are havingfinancial problems

with college and school expenses so don't think they can come. Henki and Mary Esther are planning a

short furlough in July and August, so we hope the rest of the family will be able to gatlier then. Plans are

not final, but St. Louis is fairly central. Henki and Mary Esther were married there in the Ferguson

Church, and ladiesof that grouparewillingto help with a reception. Thehomestead that William andhis

Dad built, and where we were married, has been destroyed, so is

not

available.

More travel is being planned for June and July to visit other friends and relativesespecially son

Charles and familyand very especially our youngest grandson whomwe haven't seen. He l:^ recently

been

diagnosed

as

hearing impaired.

Please pray for

him

and his parents. Wealso

expect

to take part in

V.B.S. activities and attend the North American Christian Convention during this trip.


2/6

1173

Bison, KS,

Sept

1993

earFriends & Co-workers,

OnMay29thwe

again

left

Bison

andwentto

Omaha,

NE,tobewithWeeses, the FAfor

Reeses,

We

discussed

the

work

and

plans

for the

fiiture with committee members including

Weeses. Wehad

good

fellowship with thecongregation ontheLord s day. Our next stop

was

Joliet,

where

wewere guests ofBill

McGilveiy s daughter, Rachel Richey and inily. Then on to

Kenosha,

WI.

Soon

after the

church

was

started there, Jean s father.

Sterling

Rotheimel, had beentheirfirst

resident

minister fi:om Dec. 1924 toMay

1926.

This church supported the work in India for many years.

In Buchanan, MIwe visited MotherZoenaRothermel's cousins, the Ashton

family,

andwere able

toget

copies

of

femily

pictures andprinted material on

family history.

Oneofour

projects

isgathering such

information to compQe a history of the Rotheimellives and work. In Erie, PA, thanks to Jean's cousin

Virginia Hill, we alsowere

able

to collect pictures andothervitalstatistical

information

on the Rotheimel

side

of

the

family,

including pictures

of

Staling's Mother,RebeccaGreenRotheimel.

InTonawanda, NYwewereguestsof the KeimethWoods & Carol Losch,and visitedwith Mary

Knothe,a fiiendofMother's (ZoenaSuttonRothermel)whowas ableto tellus quitea bit about the family.

Wewere soirynot toget intotheLonghomestead. Longs wereZoena s jreat-great-grandparents, and the

firstSundaySchoolin Tonawanda had beenheldin this,theirhome. Zoenawas sad the last timeshe saw

thishomestead,becauseitwasthenbeingusedas a tavern. Howmuchbetterthatit isnow amuseum

Itwasa

thrill

to visitformercolleagues in India,Donand EleanorDavisin Henrietta, NY. We had

lost track

of

themfor someyearsand itwas sogood to findthem again. Itwas alsoa blessingtoparticipate

in the Faith PromiseRally at the BeaverRd. Church in Rochester,and see them surpass their goal.

We were eagerto reach

Baltimore

areawhere son, Charles, and family live. It was a

thrill

to see

youngest grandson, Daniel,for the first time. And wewereso pleased that he made fiiends with us at once.

Heis only four years old and though he had been fittedfor a hearing aid,he would not keep it in. But he

didmuch better understandingus thanwehad expected. Itwas a realjoy to bewiththese loved ones and

our fewdays passedmuchtoo fast. We (any ofus) never know how long it will be before we will again be

reunited with loved ones, but with us itis almost certain to be several years. But we mustgo on.

Throu^

the years since we went to Madras in 1974, the Laurel Avenue Church in Chesapeake,

VA faithfully supported the work and we were again privilegedto be with them on the morning of June

Btii. The Aubry Piiddy family hosted us. From there we rushed on to Chesterfield, VA where we

had

the

evening program at the Tri-City Church in Hopewell. We were surprised by a reception following the

servicewith a 50th anniversary cake and refreslments in our honor. Billand Ethel Gulick, our hosts and

also former co-workers in India,

had

arranged this.

The next stop was at Roanoke Bible College and the George BonDurants. George's parents had

been longtime fiiends and supporters of the Rothermel work and had saved 'India Christian News' and

personal letters from Zoena over the years. These had later been placed in the College library. Much very

valuableinformationabout the workwas preserved in this collection. Wewere allowedto bring them with

us to make photocopies for future use. We were deli^ted with this privilege.

For many years we have been interestedin the Winston-SalemBibleCollege,so wereglad for the

opportunity to be guests

of

Pres. & Mrs. Kelly and meet some

of

the leaders of that work and see their

fadlities. Also, ever since the 1930swhen Jean'smother visited Mountain Mission School, Jean has desired

to go there. It was good to meet the Swineys,staffand students and to see how much improvement has

been made in the intervening years.

Lexington,KYwas the next stop with William's brother, Clyde, and

family.

He also has a new

grandchild we

had

not seen before. We worshipped with the brethren, and also visited the retirement home.

Before we left the area we were able to visitbriefly with Seth & Betty Adamson, longtime fiiends who have

recently moved to the Berea Church. Then on to Cincinnati as guests

of

the Noel Kirks during the VBS with

LocklandChristian Church, also a longtirne supporter. Next we went to Villa Grove, IL as guests of the

HowardAlbms and for services on June 27th. Doris Large treated us to lunch. Then to Griggsville for the

evening Fathers' Day program, and to spend the night witii Gordon Smith,whose home is always open for

us. Then again to Bison to catch up on business before the NACC.

John & Debbie Leonard were our hosts in Florissant, MO during the Convention. We were

blessed by the presence

of

Peter Ignatius, also a guest m this home, so we rode back & forth to the

Convention together. Also our daughter, Mary Esther, had arrived from Belgium with son James and a

fiiend and they stayed just down the street, thus we could be with them some at the Convention. We

thoroughly enjoyed the Convention. Sermons, congregational

singing,

specials, workshops, and seeingso

many fiiends and makingnew ones are all part of the blessed memory. Afterwards Mary Esther, James &

the fiiend camebackwithus to Bison. MaryEsther sorted and packedor disposedof thingsshe had stored

here for 20years ormore. She had engagements so they were on their way after a couple

of

days.

Our next trip took us to Lake James near Angola, IN for the School

of

Missions. Enroute we were

dinner guests of the Kenneth Cragos, FA for Leonard Thompsons, colleaguesin Madias. At Lake James

we had a spiritually refreshing time, not only to show and tell about our worl but also learning from

others, and enjoying the fellowship.We werehouseguests

of

the Conrad Schaeffers. When we were ready

to leave the areawe planned to stop emoute to visit fiiends who had been Meimonite missionaries near us

in India We were sad to leam that Ed had died a few days before. But his funeral was to be on Aug. 1.


3/6

better

acquainted

willr

manyof tlie Jefferson St. Church

family.

Much of our

free

time was spent in the

LCClibrarysearchingold periodicals formorematerialon the Rothermelwork.

How delighted we were tiiat Paul was able to come from Argentina for our reunion. We

appreciate tlie sacrifice it took for liim to come, not only financially, but also for Helento encourage him,

thouglishe hated tohaveliimgone. Wemethim and Jonatlran at the St. Louis airport. Also,Charles, who

flew

in from Baltimore. Mary Esther, Henki, JohnMark andDavid cameby car. Wemet and stayedat the

Guest House

o f

the Christian

Women s

Benevolent Association in St. Louis. We were mistaken

when

we

reported thatwe hadnot beentogether since David & Glenda's wedding in 1970. Notall

were

there

then.

Thelasttimehad beenat

Henki

&Mary

Estlier's wedding

25yearsagoin July. So itwas wonderful to all

be there to

visit,

lookat slides andpictures, remembermanyhappy,

fiinny,

andevensad

times.

Ladies ofthe

Ferguson

Church prepared a lovely reception forus.

Pres.

&

Mrs. Tom McGee

ofSt.

Louis Christian College and

otlier

fiiends honored us

with

their

presence.

Danny Clymer

from

Lincoln

had

a challenging message,

andWilliam and Jean

renewed

their

vows.

Charles' return flight wasn't until the

22nd,

sowe tookhimandPaulto

Lincoln

to visitfiiends there,and to visitHelen's father in Pittsfield before

seeing Charles off on his

plane.

ThenPaulcamehome to Bisonwithus for a few days. He'll be

visiting

churches for a couple of months before returningto Argentina.

William and Paul had a busy time learning from and teaching each other what they knew about

variouscomputerprogramsand uses. Then againwe loadedup and took Paulbackto Pittsfield. Wegot to

be withMaryEstheragainfor awhile as she came to get Paul to drivewith her to Cincinnati. Paul left her

there with fiiends who would take her on her way toward the East coast to meet her new FA, and from

there fly back to Belgium. Paul will continue to use the car she had been using until he returns to

Argentina. Meantime,

William

and Jean went on to

Indiana

to deliver some of Mary

Esther's things

to

Louella Roller, former FA

o f

Boonaerts.

At the

library

of

Butler

U. in

Indianapolis

some information was

gleaned

about

Sterling's time,

whenhe had earneda MastersDegree and alsoattended the Collegeof Missions. Wewere house guests

of

Mrs. Hansing and

Mary.

(Mary had spent time in Madras, India whilewe werethere, and had been our

house guest and traveling companion back in the 1970s.) After Sunday morning at the Cumberland

Christian Churchwe hurried back to Pittsfield to hear son, Paul, preach.

A fewyearsago brotherClydehad communicated witha Rolandrelative inNewLondon, MO,the

area from which the Roland clan comes. Goldena had traced the femilyand had much information typed

up on the family. We spent a couple

of

hours with her and were also able to photocopy some

of

her

material. We found the cemeterywhere several ancestors are buried, and found theirgraves. Our last night

on the road was spent with Mike Curtice and family at Centralia, MO. Mike had been speaker at an All

IndiaConvention the lastyear we were in Madras, and had been our house guest duringthat time. We have

stayedwith them severaltimesto breakjoumey whilepassing through the area. Nowwe are backin Bison

_again to catch up on business.

Plansaretakingshape for our returnto India. We are stayinga few days into Novemberto attend

(on Nov. 3rd and 4th) the 50th anniversary reunion

of

Jean's graduation from the Cincinnati Bible

Seminary. Wehope to fly from Cincinnati on Nov. 6th.and probably

arrive

in Madras Nov. 8th. We still

h a v e s o m e a r e a c h ur c he s t o visit while

here A n d m u c h

work t o do

We want to share an update concerning our projected financial needs. Tlie cost of the air fare is

going to be considerably less than expected. So we now have enough on hand for our one-time expenses.

However, our projectedyearly budget expenses are stillabout 5,000 short (about $425per month). We

request your prayers that this amount willbe forth-coming before we return.

Thank you all again for your prayer support, financial support,

many

kindnesses, encouragements

and helps. We thank God for you and pray His blessing on you. May we all be ever faithful to Him and

active in spreading the GOOD NEWS of salvation through Christ. PRAISE HIS NAME

Yet

ifyou

have warned the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedway, he shall die in his

iniquity;

butyou

have delivered yourself. Ezekiel 3:19.

With

Christian Love,

William

& J e a n

Ro l a n d


4/6

1173

ROLAND S RETURNING TO INDIA

LORD WILLING

OCTOBER

1993

PROJECTED

FINANCIAL NEEDS

ONF. TTME

ITEMS

TRAVEL

TO

INDIA - 3,700

FREIGHT CUSTOMS DUTY- 2,000

MOMTHT.Y

NEEDS

SALARY

-

400

INSURANCE: medicade supplement -

250

HOUSE RENT UTILITIES - 150

STUDENT SUPPORT- 25 each

We will be

leaching at

the

Madras College ofEvangelism. As funds are

available

we

will

provide support

for

students. encourage you

lo

adopt

astudent Please

contact

us

for

details.

ON GOTNG

NEEDS

GENERALEXPENSES - 200monthly

This

need

for such things as

vehicle

operation

maintenance

will vary each month.

COLLEGE BUILDING PROGRAM

The College isstarting athree-phase construction program for apermanent

campus.

For

the

first phase we need 100,000

by the end

of1994. Construction is

to

begin

in June

of this

year using the 35,000 the

College has on

hand. If you

canhelp with

this project please designate your gifts for the

rnllpffc RiiildineFund.

MOST OF

ALL

WE

NEED YOUR

PRAYERS

AS WE PLAN FOR

ANOTHER TERM OF SERVICE IN INDIA

PLEASE

SEND YOUR

GIFTS

TO

OUR FORWARDING AGENT

J EAN OELKERS

P. O.BOX^03

LACROSSE,^ 67520


5/6

in 3

M ad ras Ind ia De c .

4

1993

D ear O nes

Not

only

has time flown but

we

also have flown back to

India.

Though

we

are not

yet

fully

settled

we

have been

able to rent

a

lovely apartment

and ar e

gradually getting necessary furniture

and equipment.

have already begun to

teach in th e Madras College of Evangelism MCE . Unfortunately two students

are si ck one

with

typhoid and one

with

malaria according to r epor t s.

The

w ea th er h as been s u r p r i s i n g l y very

p l e a s a n t .

There had been such

a

long drought but shor t l y

before

we came

there

was some

r a i n

and

there

has

been

c o n s i d e r a b l e

r a in

s ince we a r r ived .

T h is h a s c o o le d

t h i n g s o f f w o n d e r f u l l y

an d

though

i t ha s

no t been enough

to

f i l l th e

reservoirs

which

supply

all

th e

Madras

water i t

ha s

been enough to relieve the water shortage somewhat. There

is

a well

on this property so when

city water is

no t available well water

is pumped to th e

tank on th e roof so we have water. But we and many people buy b o ttled water for

drinking

as most

other

water

is

impure and

no t

even

safe

after boiling.

l e f t

Bison

early Sunday Oct. 31 and reached

Pit ts f ie ld

IL in time

to

go with Gordon Smith to

Griggsville

for th e evening service. His and ou r grandson

Jonathan helps

with the

youth

on weekends.

He

also preached that evening. Using

th e t r ick o r t r ea t candy l e f tovers he distr ibuted them an d had

each

h e a r e r

unwrap and keep ths

t re a t

closeby. He had a good sermon on resisting temptation

well i l lus t ra ted

by the

temptation

we

were having from th e smell

o f

chocolate

tan talizin g

us.

spent the n i g h t with Gordon then went on to Lincoln on Monday

spent some

time with

David and

family

and th e

other grandsons

attending t her e.

Tuesday

we went to

C incinnati.

The fal l foliage was beaut i f ul

with

the

yellow orange crimson and

in between shades of lea ves. Friends

in La

Crosse

ha d

sai d

t h a t

F a l l

was

the i r

f a v o r i t e

time o f y e ar

an d we

agree i t

is b e a u t i f u l .

But

each

season

ha s

i t s

special

features and we

find i t

impossible to sa y

which

is t h e est

We

t h a nk G o d f o r e a c h o ne .

Wednesday was

our

CBS cl ass 50th reunion. There were only

seven

cl ass

members

present

an d five

spouses.

Some we

ha d not seen

si nce

graduation. I t

was a happy

time

of catching up on news

about

intervening years and act ivi t ies

an d

achievements.

Thursday t here was a b u f f e t luncheon

where

each c l a s s which

was

c e l e b r a t i n g an

a nnive r s a r y

ha d

a

s p e c i a l

table . Ours

was

the

CHIEF

one

an d

our c l a s s was c a l l e d to the

platform

an d

each presented

with a p la qu e h on or in g

an d

commending

us fo r

f a i thfu l

work.

On

Friday the

new

presi dent

of CBS

was

announced.

Dr.

David Grubbs ha d

been speaker a t

the

luncheon an d prominent

throughout

th e re un io n so i t was

no s u r p r i s e

t h a t he

was th e

presi dent

elect . Also on Friday we

went to

Mt .

Healthy and had lunch and v i s i t e d

with

the Van Burens Edwin Haden

Orrin

Root

K a t h a r i n e

E l l i o t t and

Ethe l

U h r i c h a l l o f whom we v i s i t whe ne ve r poss ib le .

And we

also

vis i ted

th e Evan

B o l e j a c k s whom we

had n o t s e e n

s ince CBS

d a y s .

They

have e n t e r e d

th e Home

si n c e

ou r l a s t v i s i t .

Saturday Nov. 6 was our

las t

day in th e USA. We did our

f i nal

repacking

squeezing in as

much

as p os si bl e in to our s u i t c a s e s an d carry-on luggage.

Debby

J o n e s a CBS s t u d e n t f ro m M ad ra s gave

us tw o

ta p e s f o r h e r fa the r . Then we

headed

fo r th e

a i rpor t in

a l igh t s pr in kle o f

ra in .

had

informed

Sigafoos

in

Singapore

th at

we had a

nine

hour

layover

there

and they were to meet

us .

But

there

was a

mixup

on

dates

and they came on Sunday

and

we

didn t get

there

until Monday. So we didn t get to

se e

them or the island

outside th e

airport. Joe

Peter

Cathy

Ignatius

met us in Madras in spite

of

th e

midnight hour

on the 8/9th . They had arranged a place for us to stay until

we found an a p a r t m e n t .


6/6

Our apartment was recent ly bu i l t above one of the MCE hos te l s

so

i s brand

new.

I t is just four buildings

away

from the College office

and

classroom

bui lding,

an d w here

th e

l o c a l chu r ch a l s o mee t s . As one o f ou r f r i e n d s have s a i d

t h e Lo rd

jus t

had

th is

place

ready

and

waiting for us.

I t

is

very

di f f icu l t

to find

a

place

to rent a t

th is

time of

year

because of some

strange

supers t i t ions . So

the Lord

mus t i ndeed

have

had a

hand in it

I

And th e

ho s t e l

k i t chen

i s

a l so

downs t a i r s so

we can

have

h o s t e l

fo od w h en ev er we

need to

t is

n o t a

cafeteria like

CBS

o r

LCC

but a simple s traight meal (a LITTLE

TOO

peppery at times) and we

are

thankful

for

th i s convenience also. And

the s tu de nts a re always wil l ing to

help

i f

we

need to move

an yth in g o r

do any other errand within

the i r

power.

I t

seems

tha t our res ident ia l p erm it ha s been

misplaced.

Whenever we

leave

the

country th is permit is taken

a t

the

port of

embarkation

(or

airport)

and

when we re turn we go

to

the

Foreigne r s Reg is tr at ion Office to

re tr ieve

i t . But

so fa r they

have

not been

able

to locate i t . We

have

photocopies so there should

be

no

problem,

and

they

assure

us

i f they

do

not

f ind i t

they

wil l

i ss ue ano th er .

Fil ing systems here are

so

inadeuqate i t is no wonder they

have

a problem.

There

i s a lack

of

f i le

cabinets

and equipment, so they jus t

stack

f i les

around

on

the

floor

On Thanksgiving we

had

dinner with Weesners and an

American

family who

have

been in India about

a month. The new

family

works

with Chr is ti an s , t ry ing to get

lay members to study

the

Bible

more.

They had come

to

look at

this

apartment

a f te r we

had decided to

take

i t

but

before

we moved in .

They found

a

place

nearby

and when

we.knew about

them we asked

them

to

join us

for

Thanksgiving.

We

planned

the meal

and

decided

what

each

could

bring.

Another

family

had

also

arrived about a

week

before and we had

also asked

them and they had planned on

coming,

btrt

one

of the i r

four

chHxhretr-was sick so none-of them came jWe had-

roas t

chicken

dress ing,

mashed

pota toes ,

g rav y, g reen

beans, beets

ro l l s

but te r

and pumpkin

pie .

The s ick family also had brought a t in of cranberry sauce

from the US (unavail ab le here) which they sha red with

us.

Quite a t radit ional

meal

except

for the chicken

subs t i tu t ion

for turkey.

Now

the season

is

upon us

when

people the world over ce lebra te the bir th

o f Chris t. Many do not believe

in

Him or obey Him but

they

make merry. Churches

here

are giving special programs to help

draw

us closer

to Christ and

to try to

influence others for

Him.

I t is

a

busy

time.

Besides

the

regular

Sunday

services,

through the week there are Bible study/prayer meetings in the homes. Several of the

members

are a c ti ve ly t ry in g to

witness

and

win

o thers to Chr is t . And th ere also

have

been

changed l ives .

We

re jo ice in th e p ro gr es s and success . But

Satan

i s

s t i l l

busy

t rying

to discourage

people

and making

tro ub le for

some.

A

college

age boy

from

a Hindu

family

who

was

bapt ized when we were here in 91

was turned

out

of his

home for awhile, but was

l a t e r allowed

to return home. Recently,

he

was

sick

and the family consulted

th eir p rie st

who

said i t

was because of the other

god

in the

house. So

th e fam ily g ot r id of

the

boy s B ib le .

He

has

moved to a

friends

house

and

declares

no one will ever take

Christ

from his h eart. Pray

tha t

he

may

always

be

strong to

with sta nd th e devi l .

In Matthew

2 we read about

the v i s i t

of

the Magi.

When they

found the

Christ child they

bowed down

and worshipped

him. Then

they

opened

the i r treasures

and presented him with

g i f t s

of

gold

and of incense and of myrrh . As we remember

Him

in sp ec ia l ways a t th is season

may we

worship and fa i th fu l ly present ourselves

as

l iving

sacr i f ices in His serv ice . May a l l

have

a

blessed

and

Chr i s t - f i l l ed

Ch r i s tm a s and New Yea r .

In

Chr i s t i an Love Service

WILLIAM JEAN ROLAND

roland william jean 1993 india

Documents