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T R B E S
TRAILS
THAILAND
I
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TRIBES AND
TRAILS
IN THAILAND
MAY,
1962
Vol. 11. No. 1
Unity . . .
Published
twice
yearly, in spring
and au tumn by undenominational
Christian missionaries laboring to es
tablish in Thailand (Siam) self-support
ing churches after the New
Testament
pa t t e rn This bulletin is distributed
with
the hope o^aining needed prayer
support for the
Thailand work
ofurg
ing every Christian to heed the Master's
call
to service, and of encouraging all
to greater effort in the spread of simple
undenominationalChristianity through-
o u t t h e world.
Severa l missionaries
committed
to this purpose
ate
presently
laboring in Bangkok, Thailand s cap
ital,
at,
or near Chiengkam and Pua
in
ext reme
Northern
Thai land.
Pietune
Yes, an Indian in Thailand They are
not
too uncommon
in
Thailand,
nor
are
theyunknown in manyother
countries says
Harry Schaefer on Page 7 of this issue.
This Indian came to Thailand four
years ago to sell peanuts--and does very
wel l
The lack of unity among those
who
profess faith in the Son of God has been
a curse on mankind. It has probably done
more
damage
indirectly, than any other
single thing.
We
shall, of course, never be
able
to measure the evil that would
have
been averted and the righteousness that
would
have spread like healing ointment
over men and nations
if
unity among God's
people had been a reality. But the results
of oneness that Jesus promises in his
prayer of intercession, i.e.,
that
the
world
might believe ,
awaken
our imagina
tion to the unlimited blessings that
could flow.
This sad state of division brings great
sorrow to the heart of anyone who draws
near to Calvary. He also realizes
there
are deeply ingrained problems involved.
(Continued on next page)
The C. W. Callaway family will be
returning to Bangkok, Thailand by air by
the middle of May. Lelan, their oldest
son,
will rem ain in
th e States where he
will enter
college
this
fall.
Dorothy UhUe had a small tumor near
her ear
removed
in early March, She is
now receiving x-ray therapy as an out
patient at the University of Oregon Medi
cal
School
Hospital in Portland,
Oregon.
Further
surgery
will be necessary in May.
Dorothy's mother in Klamath Falls
con
tinues to be critically ill.
Mr.and
Mrs.H.Alan
Roushwere
sched
uled to leave for Thailand on April 16.
We
will
probably
be
engaging
in lang-
uage studies for a while in
Bangkok Lord
willing, he writes.
Address
of the
Roush
family will be:
GPO Box 1395, Bangkok, Thailand.
Late in May the Harry Schaefer family
will be making another trip to India, and
wil l
leave the tw o older chi ldren in school
there. They hope
that
this process will aid
their efforts to enter India permanently.
NAI KHACK,
one
of
the
Christians
at NamMong, driving an elephant. The
elephant is pulling a log
from
the river.
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Our Duty n Privi lege
He
realizes
that when one s religious to us, reminding
ourselves
always that
faith or denomination
is
involved,
feelings
liberty can only be in Christ as revealed
run high, tempers are quick, sensitive in His Word.
nerves are
easily
laid bare. For in
this
We expect to be misunderstood by
area of religion, more than in any other, some. We expect slander. But we look for
mjin
tends
to
equate his
own feelings and
neither.
We
do
not
feel
that
being
perse-
sentiments with the Divine. To touch me cuted is a sure sign of favor with God.
is to touch God. One would
have
to be perverted to
glory
How to melt the barriers? How to bring in the sins of others. In all of
this
mis-
people to the
common
centerChrist? It is understanding and slander, and at times
our conviction
that
we dare not enter thisi t has
been
severe
as
lies
and half-truths
arena
with stomping
feet
and
blaring
along
witb all the financial
backing and
voice. The intimations in this problem are prestige of a National Church has been
too involved, the consequences
too
far brought to bear against us, we have tried
reaching the
issues
too
interwoven
with to abstain from
fighting
back with
like
human nature that only a
spirit
broken weapons. The words of God to Isreal,
the
first at the foot of Calvary and that knows battle is not yours but mine have been a
a
little
of the agony of Gethsemane
has
comfort and caused us, time and again to
any right to explore this great theme of lay these things before theLord and leave
being one, even as thou Father art in me them there. The wisdom of this procedure
and I in Thee . becomes more evident as time goes by.
What eternal good
has
accompanied
Unity in its practical aspect must our labors in Thailand is not ours to say.
begin with
the individual.
We
in ThailandOur
main
job is still to
examine
our
own
have tried to remind
ourselves
of
this
fact hearts and
endeavor
to keep the unity of
over
and over. Unity
is my responsibility.the spirit in the
bonds
of peace .
We
shall
Much study many prayers and not a few
continue
the same
course
leaving the
tears
have
been laid before God in
seeking results
to the Lord.
His way for our lives.
We
would be naive This issue of Tribes and Trails con-
to say we have not
made
mistakes
but we
tains
two
articles one
by Garland Bare of
have tried to keep motives pure. We have Nan Province and the other by Mel Byers
tried to
suppress
the our
complex which
of Chiengrai
Province giving
a little in-
when
given free reign knows no
limits.
We sight
into
this
ever present
problem of
have studiously steered
away
from any sectarianism. ur
hearts
bleed that the
semblance
of a
mission
organization
even
divisions
of
America
and Europe have
to
though
so loose for there are enough stamped on a youngchurch in a heathen
problems without deliberately
creating
land- But to be
fair
we
must
report that it
them We
have
tried to convey to all our
is How
long.
0 Lord
will those who
oneness with
them
in areas where we are profess your name continue to fight and
agreed and
to
discuss openly with willing
die for
human
creeds
names and
systems?
hearts
those areas where
we
differ. We
father in
Heaven
hasten the day when
have
sought
to
give
liberty
to
others to all shall be content with only Thy
Chnst
.
the degree we expect them to grant liberty --By Don Byers
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Another Man^s Foundation
* It is my ambitioa to bring the gospel
to places where the name of Christ
has
not been heard, for I do
not
want
to build
on another man's foundation Rom. 15:20
The New E^nglish Bible). This statement
by the apostle Paul
echoed
in
our
hearts
more than ten
years
ago as we came to
meet the challenge of
Thailand's
frontier
tribes.
Most of them had not
heard
the
name of Christ
from
the
lips
of any man.
h t
an opportunity to teach them the
pure Christianity of the New
Testament
untainted by denominationalism
In actual experience though, we have
never been free of the problem of contend
ing with sectarianism. Although the tribes
themselves are largely untouched by deno
minational teaching,
it has
been
necessary
for
the
missionaries
to
establish
them
se lves in
market
and
administrat ive
cen te r s
where
there
are Thai
denomina
tion al groups nearby. As free
Christians
pleading
for unity in Christ on the terms
of
the scriptures what
should
our attitude
be towards these groups?
When
we
moved
to Pua
in
1954
the
only
resident
missionary in the province
was a
Presbyterian
lady
living
in the
capital city of Nan. She graciously wel
comed us and showed us many kindnesses.
e felt it wise to explain frankly and
fully our stand in Christ and why, though
we
long
for unity with all who wear His
name, it is
impossible to compromise our
loyalty to Him by entering human organi
zations or co mity
agreements.
Soon
after
our arrival we were ap
proached by a young couple who
wished
to sprinkle their infant. We refused kindly,
explaining
that
baptism
is
valid only when
accompanied
by faith and
repentance,
and
that sprinkling
is
not true baptism.
This
resulted in curiosity and inquiry on the
subject of bapti sm.
e
are happy to
point
all inquirers to the Scriptures. Within a
year
a number who had
been
previously
sprinkled, requested scriptural baptism.
e endeavored to explain to all who
took this stand that they were not joining
us , but
rather
should consider that their
allegiance had been
transferred
from
human organization and opinion to Christ
Himself.
Nevertheless we soon became
accustomed to such epithets as
sheep-
stealer
and
church-splitter .
There
is
an organization which in
cludes nearly all the modernistic groups
in Thailand,
known
as the C.C.T.
(Church
of Christ in Thailand). It s political ambi
tion is readily apparent in the fact that it
styles i tself Thailand's National Church
even though representing only part of the
professing Christians in sixteen provinces,
and none of the believers in forty-five
provinces.
Some years ago I was invited to teach
in a village where three men had had pre
vious connection with the organization. In
response
to Bible
teaching
several fami
lies
in the village turned from demon wor
ship to Christ. Simply because of the
background of the three men, the C.C.T.
has endeavored since then to impose its
authority over the entire Christian group.
This
has
been very confusing to the
new
bel ievers
Unhappy experiences with
those
whose faith has been built on a wrong
foundation tend to make us shrink from
contacts from denominat ional i s t s and con
centrate all our time on
those who
have
n eve r named Chnst. To transfer loyalty
from
human leadership and o rg an izatio n
to Chr ist alone; to abandon human by-laws
and accept the Bible as
sole
rule of faith
and practice; to turn from salarie s and
o the r material
inducements
to re l iance
on
Cod; all
these require
a real working of
the Holy
Spirit
through
the
Word.
Yet
wherever
souls hunger
and
thirst
for God,
our
hands reach out
and
our
hearts
yearn
for fellowshipnot on our
terms
but on His.
Garland
are
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From Fact ions
through One Redeemer, One Christ, One
God. The Thai are polite and graciously
nod
their heads in consent
-
smile and
then point to our division. One body? One
Way One Christ? What you say is
good -
but
not true
Fragments
It
is no
longer
a
question
of how many
div is ions the Church can be d iv ided i nt o
-
but how many fragments Crossing
the
ocean
does not bring relief from this
devastating
malignancy of division within
the body of Christ. The blight and curse
of home grown denominationalism is
reaching the ends of the earth.
Some
said,
o f a
truth
this
is
the
prophet. Others
said, this
is
the Christ.
But some said
shall C hris t come out
of
Galilee? So there was division among the
people because of Him. (John 7:40-43)
Because of this tendency Paul admon
ished,
1
beseech
you brethren, by the
name of
our Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that ye all
speak the
same
thing and that there be no
divisions
among you; but that ye be per
fectly joined together in the same mind
and the same judgement. Corth. 1:10)
Chiengkam Thailand is no exception.
For years the Thai have known nothing of
Christ except through the vague compli
cated systems of Presbyterianism. Now at
the
other
extreme comes
a
wild-fire
pente-
costalism
bent on conquering and dividing
the
spoil
through
strategy
borrowed from
America.
On
the fringes are Mission
organizations who through comity and
agreements have found what they
consider
to be
legal avenues
by which to promote
and reproduce
their organizat ions
among
th e
Tha i
In
this environment
we
are called
upon
to preach and point the way to salvation.
Recently we held a weeks conference
in Chiengkam. All were
given
personal
invitations. The
group gathered repre
sented
various
backgrounds,
Presbyterian,
Pentecostal, Buddhist, Spirit worshippers
and even ch ild ren
from
a Cathol ic back
ground.
During each session opportunity
was given to discuss, ask questions, and
disagree.
Some took part - some
didn't.
Some chose to
call
secret meetings of
thei r own and s ta r t
the
work
of
subvers ion
What these people teach is not true,
they
said,
don't listen to them - this is
no t the t rue church - come down
to
the
Capital City and watch
miracles
-
speaking
in tongues -
see
some people who really
have the Holy
Spirit.
After so speEiking
one
of the men
lighted up a cigarette and walked away.
The
seed had been
planted.
From
the
other s ide come
more
com
ments.
Sprinkling is
as good as baptism -
don't
listen
to
these
teachers.
They
are
just a small group - they don't have any
organization
to
help them
So it goes. Divisions are established
and then reduced to fragments and finally
ground into
pieces.
One wonders if there
is no
end.
Yet in this atmosphere we
are
called upon to witness, to seek unity and
live at peace with all men. In the face of
the New Testament there is only one
solution - it is
not
solved by evading the
problem but rather by bringing about unity.
I t i s to this cause we have ded icat ed
our
l ives whether at home
or
abroad.
Lord help us to be acceptable media
by which these many fragments can be
melted and congealed into
oneness.
Mel Byers
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who had tas ted
of Cod s
sa lva t ion them
selves They had come voluntarily and
with no pay from the foreigner--they came
AHQ MAKC because
they love to
tell the
old,
old
story
Disciples
Grandfather Kaew went back to Pong
Lom
severa l t imes
but
w as
re luctant
to
baptize this man and
the
other man who
believed. He thought that the **teacher
should do
i t .
Before New Tes tamen t
Christianity came to
this
part of Thailand,
denominationalism taught that
one must be
The two men at Pong Lom are ready an ordained minister before he could ad-
for you to baptize them, teacher. minister the sacrament of baptism.
I don t
have
to go. You can baptize
them
as well as
1can, 1
answered. Grand
Having
spent
most of
his life in deno-
father
Kaew had
just
walked
in
from
a n,jnatioai
background. Grandfather Kaew
village where he and other Thai
Christians
couldn t bring himself around to baptize.
had been teaching
the people for
several
came
back
to take
the
missionary to
weeks, lie
was overjoyed
that
two men
had baptize. When Garland Bare
refused to go
decided to become
Christians
without
aj^^ came to me. This was a good time to
white missionary going to teach them. j j.
17^
..far
Christ
did not send
me (us) to baptize but to preach the gos-
I j j r . .
pel .
Missionaries
are sent
to preach
We had a good reason for
not
going to .
. . , r . o th er s m us t do t he bap ti zi ng
this
village where no foreign missionary ^
had ever set foot. We have taught and
preached the Christians that they must
While
this still remains
largely
ideal-
shoulder the responsibility of preaching istic it is nevertheless highly practical,
also. But our preaching seemed to have This practice does not give the appearance
fallen on deaf ears. They were content to that
we
are baptizing people into our-
be like so many of their brethren in Ameri- selves . This will also
encourage
the
ca: * let the missionary do
it
native Christians to take on
more
personal
responsibility to spread the gospel Here
was an opportune time to drive home
this
Finally,
last
Christmas Nai Wan
and teaching, and it paid
off.
Nai Saang from a distant village, invited
Grandfather Kaew to
go
to Pong Lom. Lord s Day a young man, not yet
These
three
men walked
three hours
through
twenty, and
another
man
went to
preach at
the back woods.to this little
village
ofp^ag
Lom.
This
young
man,
who
has love
five houses. They
stopped
at
the house
of ^^^l for
the
Lord, baptized
them
into
an
elderly,
man. For years this man
had
chrfst . How we rejoiced
that
this
was
looked
for
(to
use
his
own
words)
* (or-
Jone
without
our
participation,
only
our
givcness
of
sin and assurances
of
heaven , gentle
urging.
He had
tr aveled a ll over
Northern
Thailand
and into
Burma
searching for these two This may not
seem
anything
outstand-
things. He had often thought. If I could jjjg feport,
but
it is still a victorya
only
find the Way the Truth,
and
the
victoiy
that
we
pray will result in the
Life gospel being carried forward by Thai
Christians We in Thailand ask you to
Now, after many
years
of frustration, make this a matter of prayer,
he listened gladly to these three Thai men -r-David Filbeck
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ver seas
nd ian s
Four hundred fifty Million Indians live having several flights a week stopping
on the sub continent of
India.
In addition here the educated Indian is
also
much in
Indians can be
found
living all over the demand as he or she speaks English well
world.
A
U.S. Congressman from
the
Im- and
the Tourists need guides
and
shops
perial Valley in California is an American need English speaking clerks. Thailand
bom Indian
from
India. Mahatma Gandhi has always been free and never under a
the Father of the Indian
Nation,
lived in
foreign
power so did not leam English
South Africa and
practised
Law there
from
the British or French from the French
before coming to India to start his Freedom Colonial powers.
campaigns. There are hundreds of
Indians Estimates
vary as to the number of
in the various South African countries and Indians in Bangkok and Thailand. But
they can be found in the port cities of the there are probably 50 000 in Bangkok
Caribbean and South America as well as though many of
these
are counted as Thai
all Oriental port
cities.
citizens as they were bora here. But all
In
this
day of International closeness retain their Indian culture and dress and
and relatedness all realize the dispersion most their Indian language. The followers
of the Indian race. The air waves
from
of the Sikh religion make up the largest
Radio Moscow Radio Peking Radio
single
group and as many of
these
came
Colombo Radio Indonesia Radio Austra from
what
is now Moslem
India
or Pakistan
lia all carry Indian language news and they are here for good as they have no
other
Indian language broadcasts.
The
Far
homes to return to. The watchmen and
Eastern Broadcasting Company a Chris Gwalas are
from
N. India and some have
tian owned and operated
station
in Manilla their families and
others
are here alone
broadcasts
one and a
half
hours a day in while their families tend the fields in India
ten different Indian languages. that they have purchased
from
earnings in
At the
recent Dis trict
Convention of Bangkok. There are
also
some Moslems
Rotary Interna tional held in Bangkok 1 from the former Afghanistan India border
noted that many of the
delegates
from
the A few
colonies
of
Tamils
and
Telegus
are
seven nations
concerned were Indians working in the tin
mining areas
of south
For
Indians
by the thousands work the Thailand but most fled when the Japanese
plantations
and tin mines of Malaya and occupied Thailand during the
last
war. All
the
textiles
industry
is
in the hands of
except
those
from
South India
speak
Hindi
Indians in many
countries.
so there is no problem of communication
Because
of the high standards of living for us and the educated all
speak
English
resulting
in high wages Thailand has at well.
tracted
Indians
for many
years. This is
The first
phase
of our work among the
somewhat
halted
now as the Immigration Indians
has
been of
getting
acquainted and
Quota limits all
nations
to only two bun personal witnessing.
We
are busy also at
dred a year entrance as permanent resi studying Thai as some Indian children
dents. One factor resulting in hundreds of
i hai
better than Hindi and one needs to
village
Indians from
Gorakpur II.P. India know Thai
just
to
live
in Thailand
coming here is a Thai superstition that Planned isanlndian Information center
only an Indian watchman
is
good luck. So in which Indian
newspapers
and periodi
the
stores and factories all employ Indian cals will be intermixed with Indian Chris
watchmen
and doormen and many have
tian literature and
Indian
music
with
been here for forty or fifty
years.
Indian Christian
messages.
Pray
that this
may be a reality as much can be accom
With Bangkok
fast
becoming an impor plished thereby
tant Tourist stop
with all the major
lines
Harry Schaefer
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T H E P A S T A N D T H E F U T U R E
Ten years ago the first issue of Tribes seemed to always been near to sober the
and
Trails
was
sent
forth. Throughout the
joys.
Some fields of labor have seemingly
decade it has
been
the constant hope that
had more than
their
share of reverses,
this publication would lend to enlightening
Much
labor of love has been unselfishly
and challenging friends and interested visited on the
two
largest hill tribes with
persons of the needs in
Northern
Thailand, \jery little visible results. In contrast, fruit
An article by Dorothy Bare in the first has sprung forth from unsuspecting places,
issue was
entitled What
Does
the Future
sometimes
with
little cultivation,
as among
Hold? . The
opening
sentence began, the lepers, Khamu and lowland northern
Mis sionar ies. .. .can see
no
further into Tha i.
The
missionaries have tried
to be
the future than the light of God s Word flexible and enter the doors that are open,
s hows
them.
T h a t
i t i s
the
wil l
o f
God
for
Thailand s 18
million inhabitants
to
hear
How many
have
been won to Christ?
the gospel of Christ we are certain. That The Lord alone has the records. could
they will hear only by the Holy Spirit give a rough estimate of around 400, as
working
through consecrated Christians those who have made a profession and
we are equally sure . been baptized. No one keeps a church
At the time 6 newly arrived missiona-tficord nor is anyone about to do such,
ries were living in Chiengkam studyingThere are some 14 different villages that
language and looking
hopefully
to the i ve a Christian witness in theiju The
unevangelized tribes that surrounded them Christians in these villages may number
on every
side.
There were
the
Miao,
Yao, from 1 to
130.
Lu, Shan, Khamu, Northern Thai and Perhaps results are indeed small
when
many
others.
compared
to the
field,
but a start has
been
Now ten years later, with personnel niade
and
the seeding and cultivation
doubled, what do we find? For one thing process is gaining momentum. At the be-
the 18 million inhabitants of this plephaht ginning of this second decade we would
kingdom
has swelled to 24 million. For desire to dedicate ourselves
anew
to the
another
the
gospel
seed has been plantedsen timent voiced by Dorothy in that first
and ground
cultivated
widely
in the two
volumn.
still see
* no further
into the
Provinces of Chiengrai and Nan. At times
future
than the light of God
Word .
But
the response has been heartening. Joys at we are confident that God is calling out a
witnessing Christ being formed in hearts people in this land and that their coming
have been many. At times it seemed that to a saving knowledge of Christ is depend-
we were going to bepriviledged to witness ent upon the Holy Spirit using human
hundreds coming to the Lord only to see messengers. To this end we continue to
the flame smothered in one way or another, desire to be used.
The dry
vallies
and barren seasons have Don Byers
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TRIBES
AND TRAILS
IN THAILAND
OCTOBER 1962
Vol.
II, No. 2
Published twice yearly, In spring
and autumn, by undenominational
Christian
missionaries
laboring to es-
tabUsh in
Thailand
Siam) self-support
ing churches after the
New
Testament
pattern.
This bulletin is distributed
with the hope of gaining needed prayer
support
for
the Tnailand work of urg
ing every
Christian to
heed
the Master s
call to
service,
and of encouraging
all
greater effort in the
spread
ofsimple
undenominationalChristianity through-
ou t
th e
world. Several missionaries
committed to this purpose are presently
laboring in Bangkok Thailand s cap
ital,
at,
or near Chiengkam and Pua
in
ext reme Northern Thai land.
This chedi
at
M outh-of-Waan-
Creek
Temple
in Chiengkam is a re
vered spot by many of the Buddhist
population and binds hearts to their old
religion at the same time that theyare
adopting modern devices.
A Chiengkam s t ree t scene. Note
the row of newly-erected light poles
behind the Jeep.
CHIENGKAM
Isabel Dittemore and daughterjanet,
enrouteto furloughfrom Japan, stopped
over in
Thailand for
two weeks in Ju ne
and July. Most of their stay was spent
in Chiengkam visiting the missionaries
and observing the witnessing there and
in outlying areas. From Thailand they
continued via
Burma,
India,
and Europe
to America. It is a privilege to have
such fellowship with our fellow Christ
ians
who labor
in other lands,
but
rare
ly does time allow for our
guests
in
Thailand to make the rather difficult
trip to our bases of
work
in the north.
Imogene Williams accompanied
Isabel and Janet to Bangkok on July 9.
A few days later she greeted, at Bang
kok s International A irp
ort
another
friend and
former
Seminary classmate,
Mrs.
Verna
Mae Shafer, who formerly
served as Imcgene s forwarding agent.
Mrs. Shafer was able to stay but three
days in Thailand, then continued via
HongKong and Japan back to her
work
at Standard Publishing Co. For some
months Imogene had suffered pain in
her
back and one leg, and while in
Bangkok
had been consulting a physi
cian. Upon his advice she went into a
hospital on July 22 and has been there
much
of the time
since. The
diagnosis
seems to be a partially slipped disk or
sciatic neuralgia. The doctor has in
dicated that she may be able to return
to Chiengkamtoward the close ofSept
ember if progress is satisfactory.
C. W. and Lois Callaway and four
of their children arrived in Bangkok on
May 18 from furlough. Son Lelan is
now in the Navy in San Diego, Calif
ornia. Lois took
the
other children on
to India in June where they
are
now re-
enrolled in
Woodstock School . Lois re
turned to
Thailand
and Chiengkam in
August. She is now much better from
the illness which persisted during their
furlough. Callaways are beginning con-
simction of a house in Chiengkam as a
base for their
continued
witness to the
Tao t r ibe
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M el
Byers is now driving a Land
Rove r
Br i t i sh
vehicle
similar to
a
jeep . This greatly facilitates trips in
volving several persons or a family and
w h e r e
t h ere a r e su i t a b l e roads.
P U A
Roberta
Byers
had an attack of hep
atitis in June and Don Byers had dengue
fe ve r
in Augustor so the illnesses
seemed to be. They continue in their
witness to th e K h a m u
a t t he i r
h o m e in
Nam Mong Village,
o n e - h a l f day
journey from Pua. Donny, their oldest
child, is now away from home for his
schooling, being in the 5th grade at
Chiengmai Children s Center.
Garland Bare was hospitalized for a
t i m e
in
M a rc h b ec au se o f a h e a r t a il
ment, and has had to restrict his evan
gelistic travels because of the pain in
th e h e a r t region which recurs after
over-exertion. Many tribespeople and
Thai constantly visit the
Eares
home
in
Pua.
They are to be
in Prae
in
Sept
ember while awaiting the anival of a
n ew Bare .
Chao,
one lone
Miao
Christian
in
N an P ro vin ce is now
a
m e m b e r
o f t h e
Th a i Borde r Police
there,
but still
strongly witnessing for his newly-found
Sav i o r .
S o m e
o f t h e
T h a i Christians
near Pua are earnestly telling the good
n ew s a n d the re have
been
tw o
more
converts recently as a result there.
Perhaps the most heralded arrival in
Thailand--from
our standpointduring
th e
pa st
few
m onths was that of
Kenneth James Filbeck who made his
a p p e a r a n c e
on
July 3. David and
Deloris
and
son Amby
Wd gone own
to Bangkok well beforehand to greet
this new addition to their family. They
stayed in Schaefers
house
in
Bangkok
while Schaefers were gone to India.
T h e
four
F i l b e c k s a r e now b a c k i n P u a .
C H I E N G M A I
A l a n a n d
C a r o l Roush a n d tw o
daughters anived from Hawaii in April
to
b e g i n
the i r
service inThailand.
They are now living in Chiengmai and
are studying the Thai language.
Their
address: Box 17, Chiengmai,
ThaiUnd.
D o r o t h y S t e r l i n g
and children
Mark, Judy, and Sharonalso re
turned from furlough on May 18. They
are temporarily in
Chiengmai
and
ma y
be addressed at P. O. Box 38, Chieng
mai, Thailand. Mark and Judy are pre
sently studying at Chiengmai Child
ren s Center. Mark
is
in th e e ig h th
grade, the highest grade taught mere.
Harry and Lily Schaefer went to In
dia on May 30 on a temporary visitors
visa.
There they enrolled
two
children
in
K o d a i
Kana l
S c h o o l
in
S o u t h
I n d i a
and visited briefly s om e of the work in
India. The y returned July 26 to Thail
and . A new
application
for permanent
visa has been made to the Indian gov
ernment in the hope
that
they may still
be permitted to return to
their
former
work in India. Meanwhile they are lab
oring among
th e
Indian population of
Ban^ok
n are preparing radio pro
grams
beamed
from Manila, Philipp
i n e s to I nd ia n l is te ne rs
in
S o u t h e a s t
Asia .
Miss Dorothy
Schmale,
forwarding
agent for Wm. Gulick family in Soutn
India, and Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan arr
ived in Bangkok on August 9 for a bri ef
3-day
stop-over and
visit
with Imogene
W i l l i a m s , Callaways, and Filbecks
w h o w e r e
t he re
a t th e
t ime .
OREGON, U . S .
A .
D o r o t h y
U h l i g lost her mother
in J u l y a ft er a long illness. Dorothy
h e r s e l f c o n t i n u e s
u n d e r
med ica l
o b s e r
vation
after
having a malignant tumor
removed in May. Prayer is urg entl y re
quested to
the
end that she
maybe
able
to
r et ur n t hi s fa l l
to her
work
in
Ch ien
gkam.Her
f u r l o u g h
address is 1026
Main S tr ee t, K la ma th Falls, Oregon.
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P C C G R E S S
Leaving the last village the foot
sore travelers gazed with relief upon
the quiet rice plain ahead.
The
bor
der mountains
eastward
looked down
in serene splendor upon
the peaceful
scene. Groves of trees here
and
there
ind ica ted
the routes of s t reams and
the location of villages. One
mile
straight ahead lay the town ofChieng
kam--but
you would not have guessed
it Numerous palm
tamarind man
go banana and other tropical trees
towered above
th e
houses and hid the
sleepy town from sight. Only a rare
house l ike a
chicken lost from the
mother hen failed to
get
hidden
from view. Thus was
Chiengkam
when the
first
missionaries arrived
there in May 1950.
Today although still by no means
a modern
city--many
changes are in
ev idence
Let us note a few of these .
NOISE. Then
bicyc les and
ox
carts were the only vehicles to be
seen. Now there are many types that
can
be
heard long before they are
seen. Jeeps and
similar
vehicles are
frequent; motorcycles and motorbikes
numerous; and
often
trucks
lumber
through the town blaring their horns
at
every corner to summon passengers.
Rice
mills are
so
frequent
that
at
no
place in town is one spared the noise
of their motors and particularly of
the
loud whistle blasts emanating often
from the larger mills. In contrast to
the two or three radios of twelve years
ago the town now reverberates to the
noise of dozens of radiosnormally
played at full
volume
in deference to
neighbors who cannot yet afford such
luxuriesand of loud speakers from
the local
picture
show.
HOSPITAL. A government hospital
opened in ChiengKam last year. The
new main hospital building just being
completed is by far
the
most impres
s ive edi f ice
in
town.
HOUSES
have
improved
in
quality
Some houses and store buildings are
now three stories high and along
wi th
r i c e
mill
smdte stacks are
coming
into view
above the
trees
The town is becoming a city that is
no longer hidden.
ELECTRICITY
began
operat
ing from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m. each
night as of August 31. How strange it
appears after all these years to see
street lights here.
FOREIGN
IMPORTS
a re
nume rou s
Sewing machines abound. There are
several kerosene operated refrigera
tors.
The ci ty
now has a pressure
pump and hose for p u m p i n g water
from
d it ch es a nd wells in case o f
f ire
Foreign style clothes are more
com
on
RO S leading into Chiengkam
have been
improved
considerably.
One of these for mil i t a ry reasons
has
been
improved
sufficiently
that
trucks and jeeps
have
been aole to
negotiate it during much of the pres
ent
rainy season.
A LANDING
FIELD
for sma l l
a i r
pla nes is
under construction. Big
plans for
the
community are under
way and
there
is
even talk
of
install
ing a
municipal
water system.
But while appreciating
the great
er comfort whicn many of these ad
vances
are
bringing to us we
cannot
but regret
that
at the same
time
the
town is becoming a city she is with it
all
accepting some unprofitable city
ways and city
vices.
As fast as her
citizens can afford
it
they are bring
ing in
western civilization.
But the
fa ith which
made tha t
civi l iza t ion
possible is not being
accepted
as
readily as these physical by products.
We do not imply that no progress
has
been made
in
the
spiritual
realm.
Tw en ty e igh t
discouraging years
elapsed between the commencement
of Protestant Missionary work in
Thai
land in 1831 and
the
conversion by
Presbyter ian
missionaries
of Nai
Chunethe
first Tha i
convert to
Pro
testant Christianity. Today it is eas
ier
than i t was then. But
still
there
are many
obstacles to
overcome.
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CENTRAL
OUT-PATIENTS
DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
NEW
GOVERNMENT
HOSPITAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN
CHIENGKAM
Had there been no
converts
at a l l
during the past twelve years the
efforts expended here would still be
justified by the commission our
Lord
has given
us. He has given us no
quota to attain and even if all hearts
be hardened
our
commission to Go
into
all
the
world
still compels
us
onwa r d
In the Chiengkam area of Chien-
grai Province there have been well
over
one
hundred souls immersed
dur
ing these twelve years.Afew ofthese
have died and Satan s darts have been
hurled mercilessly at the others. Per
secution from fellow-villagers has
caused
several
to turn
back to their
old religion of Buddhism. A larger
number have been lured by material
istic advantages to give their alleg
iance to denominational groups and
it can hardly be said
that
these per
sons stand perfect and fully assured
in
all
the will of
God.
We pray for
a greater faithfulness on the part of
a ll who have named
the
Lord, and
who are yet weak in faith, and we do
praise the Lord for a
number
who
have
proven over and over again
that
their
chief
joy is in the Lord.
NAI JAN TA continues to l ive and
witness in Gaw Village in spite of re
peated
efforts ofthe
villagers
to cause
nim to leave the village.
UN LE
PAN often goes out alone
and without any material remunera
t ion
to d is tr ibu te t rac ts and
to witness
in distant villages as well as his own.
EL ERLY NAI JALA has been
putt
ing forth a strong effort to learn to
read that he
may better
know the
Word
and b ett er le ad th e
member s
o f
his fami ly and other Christians at
Tung Tae
Village.
These (won and
led
more by the
w tn ss o f o u r f el low m i ss io n ar ie s
than by ourselves) and the other faith
ful Christians in at least five villages
in this
Immediate
area signify to us a
progress more heart-warming than all
of tne material progress cited above.
But also we believe tha t in tha t
battle which takes place in the heav-
enlies there has been spiritual prog
ress
made here
which
is
not
so
easily
poin ted our or even seen from our
earthly vantage points but only evi
dent
f rom
a b o v e Much se ed has
been sown over the years and surely
some of this will come to fruition
more of it if you remember to pray
Our own labor for the past several
years has been mainly with the Yao
and thus
far there has
been
only one
Yao baptized here. But we have seen
manyYao become sympatheticto the
Gospel and some progress made upon
the translation of the Scriptures into
the
Yao
tongue.
We long for more of the progress
which counts for eternity, and that
among these tribes and races there
may be made to appear towering
a-
bove
the
trees a
spiritual temple
not
made with human
hands
and wherein
reverberate, not the noises of earth,
but th e swee t stra ins o f th e d iv in e
melody.
C. W.
Callaway, Jr.
Chiengkam, Chiengrai, Thailand
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Two
Ways
Didyou receive the Spirit by works
of the law, or by hearing with faith?
Gala t i ans
3:2. TheApostle Paul, in
this quest ion, succinctly shows two
w^s of salvation as wellas their
dlfierences. One way revolves around
works of
law, or better
known in
Thai
land as merit making. The o th e r
way revolves around
^ith.
But the difference between
the
two
ways are oftentimes not clearly under
stood . Those who hold to salvation by
faith
s ti ll r ea li ze that
one must
work
out his own salvation, hence they do
not seethe di fference be tween works of
faith
and works of merit. Those who
hold to salvation by merit making see
the Christian working in his religion,
so
they
think that a Christian is sim
ply making merit.
However, a closer study of the ways
will showthe differences between them;
especially in
their implications and
direc t ions .
Merit making implies that salvation
is a future uncertainty. Aformer
Budd
hist priest once told me that one never
knows
whether or not he has enough
merit to enter heaven. If, at deam,
the merit ledger is more than the sin
ledger, then entrance into heaven is
panted. But who can know his balance
^eet now, so he can know whether he
mus t
ga in
more
merit or be able to
coast
along for
awhi le? This
binds a
man to the law, to keep it.
On the other handfaith implies that
salvation is a past accomplishment and
a present reality. There is therefore
now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ
Jesus .We
know that our sins
are quite deadly, but they have been
blotted out by Jesus blood. And in the
debit ledger our faith is reckoned (to
us) as
righteousness.
And God
can
celed the
bond
which
stood
against us
with
its legal demands.. .nailing it to
th e
cross .
The direction of merit making is
inward.
Every
act of mercy, every
gift to the priests is for merit for one
self. Many rituals afford opportunities
to makemerit. The earlymorning giv
ing of food to the priests is a source of
merit for
al l
concern. The priests are
BUDDHIST TEMPLE
UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN CHIENGKAM
gaining merit forthemselves byfollow
ing a life of jwvertyand begging. The
people are gaining merit for themselves
by giving food. People will make a
money tree by sticking bills of var
ious denominations on a
f r ame
and
carrying it ceremoniously to the tem
ple. This is spending FORoneself.
But the way of faith is spending of
oneself for
others.
A Christian knows
that he isn t
saved
by
acts of
mercy
or
by
donating to the
church
or inviting
the preacher outfor
Sunday
dinner.
But
yet a Christian will dothese
things.
Why? Because God's
Love
dwells in
him. For this reason the direction of
faith is
outward.
This
distinction between these
two
waysof merit making and faith is cru
cial in
Thailand.
So often we
are
look
ed upon as
merely making
merit by
teaching religion among die poor and
diseased
of a
foreign
nation. Tneymiss
the whole point.
The point is that we have tasted of
the sweet love of God and His forgive
ness and we
want
to share it . We have
Good News forthe man bogged down in
the impossible task of accumulating
enough merit
Therefore we seek your prayers in
our behalf as
we
labor to teach the
way
of faith.
Some
have accepted
this
way
but many, many more are in the grip
of
bondage.
For they rely on
works
of
the law.
But
they are under a curse;
for
it is written Cursed be everyone
who does not abide by all
things
writ
ten in the
book of the
law, and
do t h em .
Dav id F i lb e ck
Pua,
Nan, Thailand
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Report From
P u a
As the July rains pour down, we are
also experiencing showers of spiritual
blessings such as we have not seen in
over ten years in Thailand. Neighbor
ing countries such as Laos, Burma,
and
C h i n a
h a v e seen
mass
movements
where, in
brief
periods of time, thous
ands have turned to Christ. There has
never been a mass movement in T h a i
land. After 134 years of missionary ef
fort, only about one person in athpus-
and professes faith in
Christ.
As far as
we know Christianity has not closed
down a single one of the thousands of
idolatrous temples and shrines.
Thus, Thailand maintains her rep
utat ion
as one o f
the hard mission
fields. But is anything too hard for
the Lord? God IS
working
in Nan Pro
vince, and in such a way as to stop the
mouths o f those who
would
c l a i m
hum
a n c r e d it . In t h e first six
months
o f
1962we
have seen N o r t h T h a i
Lu,
Blue
Meo,
T in, V i e t n a m e s e
and
Khamu come to
faith in Christ.
There
are new believers in sevenvillages
which did not have a single Christian
in 1961. There is no large-scale turn
ing, but scarcely a week passes with
out at least one
person
turning
to the
Lord. Among the Christians, lips that
were silent for years are now testifying
to the grace of God and lives are re
vealing
victory
over sin.
In Buddhist
villages where it was impossible to sell
Scriptures a year ago,
the
demand ex
ceeds the supply.
Lest the picture appear too bright,
we would remind you that Satan is also
working full time in Nan Province. He
has never relinquished any of his terri
tory without
a fierce struggle
Among
professing Christians there is
still
jeal
ousy and dissension. Victorious living
is still
the exception rather
than the
rule. There are still more spectators
than participants among the church
es. Nai
Ra,
the first
T in
belie ve r to
be baptized, is no
longer
in fellow
shipwith the church, having fallen un
der the discipline of I Corinthians 5.
His wife still faithfully attends services.
P e r s o n a l l y
the past few months
have been trying from a physical stand
point. Garlana began to be troubled
with chest pains and weakness in March.
David Filbeck took h i m down t o Prae
Hospital on April 11. From there he
wasflownto Ch i e n gm a.i. for electro
cardiogram tests
and
furtlier
treatment
No serious heart damage was found.
We flew to Bangkokthe first of May,
and from there proceeded to the beach
south o f Cholburi
for
a month
of
rest
and fellowship. Callaways, Schaefers,
Filbecks, both Byers families, Roushes,
Sterlings, and Imogene Williams were
there. It was a real joy to gather with
our long-time co-workers and to be
come
acquainted
with the new workers.
We thank God for the harmony which
has characterized our relationship in
past years and pray for even greater
mutual love and unity in
the
things of
the Lord.
With another baby expected in Sept
ember, all is not going well. Dorothy
is under doctor s orders to spend mucn
of the time in bed. Through all this
physical illness God is proving His
grace
s u f f i c i e n t
and providingHis
s t r e n g t h to meet our weakness. We
plan to be in Prae most of September
and October and our mailing address
wil l
be c/o
Prae Christian Hospital,
Prae, Thai land.
Since illness keeps us
home
most of
the time, we have accepted requests
to hold regular
English and
Bible
classes .
T h e r e
a r e afternoon classes
for
Buddhistpriests on Mondaysand Fridays
and for schoolteachers onTuesdays and
Thursdays Evening
Bible
and singing
classes are held on Wednesday
and
Thursday. Then we lead or participate
in services in three different villages
each Sunday. In a d d i t i o n we have
been requested to work in daily classes
for th e o ff ic er s and soldiers o f th e loc
al cavalry detachment.
Garland and Dorothy Bare
Pua, Nan
Province,
Thailand
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JPau e for ^Praper
1. SICKNESS of many varieties has
befallen almost every missionary fam
i ly
on
this
field during the past few
months .
We
are reminded of me
fac t
that we are compassed with infirm
ity and beset with weakness. Please
pray for the specific health needs men
tioned in
the
news notes,
but
pray too
tha t
the
Spi r i t
may
teach
us in
our weakness
tha t
the race is not to
the swift, nor the battle to the strong
but that victory is of
Jehovah.
2 . SCHOOL ING for our ch ild ren
poses constant problems and constitutes
a need for vital prayer. Some mothers
are teaching some or all of their child
ren a t home . Other children are for
much of each year separated from par
entseven by international boundar
iesas they continue their schooling.
Pray for sustaining grace for both par
ents and children in these long periods
of separation. High schools in India
may
not be
able
to
accommodate
the
many from Thailand whowill be
com
ing soon to high school age. Pray that
suitable school and boarding arrange
ments throughout high school may Be
come possible within Thailand.
3. NEW CONVERTS in
Ponjg
Lom
village near [>ua need shepherding and
teacmng
in
the
depth of
the
riches...
of God. Also Nai Ta of Gaw village,
Chiengkam.
4 .
SOME
T HA I
AND KHAMU
CHRISTIANS
have
shown a
remarkab le
sp i r i tua l maturity and evangelistic
zea l . Praise the Lord for these with us
and pray that their ardor and joy may
not
^w
cold.
5 .
YAO MIAO
ANDINDIAN
PEOPLES
have heard the Gospel but as
yet have made
little
response. Pray for
Chao, the Miao Christian, and pray
that a door may be opened of
the
Lord
2 Cor. 2:12) among
all
these people.
6. LAOS has been more quiet polit
ically during the past few months. We
give thanks r tms respite, but would
ask you to continue in supplications
fo r kings
and
all
that
are in high
place to
me
end that
political
unrest
may
not
hinder
the progress ofme
Gospel in this
land.
C. W. Callaway Jr.
Chiengkam, Chiengrai, Thailand
FIRST CHRIST IAN
CHURCH
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Streets
Klamath Falls Oregon
Dorothy Uhlig, Missionary
to
Thailand
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
Klsmath
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Orogon
Permi t Number 12