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GLIMPSES OF GOD AT WORK IN INDONESIA AND “THE SONG OF A SOUL SET FREE”

Fifty-five years ago the Pioneer magazine was first published by Dr. R.A. Jaffray, founder of the C&MA in Indonesia. In that first issue, he challenged friends and supporters in the U.S. and Canada to pray and send workers to this island world, for the islands of Ka- limantan, Bali, Lombok and Sum- bawa were still unreached with the gospel message. The Lord honored Dr. Jaffray’s vision, and today there are more than 100,000 baptized believers on these islands who have come to know Christ as Savior through the ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

As in years past, we, together with our Indonesian pastors and enngelists are committed to the task of proclaiming Jesus Christ and establishing new believers in

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the faith through local churches, where they are taught the Word of God and equipped for service.

We rejoice over the progress of the Java 500 evangelism program. Twenty-six new preaching posts were started in 1983, bringing the total churches and posts in Jam to 83.

Our hope and prayer is that the Pioneer will he informative, give motivation to more fervent prayer, and challenge our readers to be- come actively involved in reaching this needy land for Jesus Christ.

Sincerely,

bv Ruth Rudes

Thirty-six years and still smilin’! Vernon and Margaret Neigenfind, “the happy pair” have spanned the years and the miles of their lives in active, joyful service for the Lord.

With hearts united and prepar- atory home service behind them, Vern and Margaret set sail for South China in 1947. Communist take-over of that land did not mean resignation, hut rather the entering of open doors in the vast island world of Indonesia. The year - 1950.

Language study was embarked upon at Jaffray’s original founding base and rest area in the beautiful mountains above the city of Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi.

Froin there, the challenge of .he Ambalau District of West Kalimantan awaited them. A fore- boding area, to he reached only with much difficulty. Comradeship with the Marion Allens was enjoyed for the first six months. Later, while alone in this remote interior district, twice Vern and Margaret experienced almost instantaneous healings.

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Vernon and Mirgaret Nelgenflnd

After two years in the Amhalau, the Ncigenfinds were needed to teach in the Makassar Bible School, known today as Jaffray School of Theology (STTJ). Thus, they re- traced their steps hack to the area of language study days.

1958 brought abouf an un- expected change in ministry, which was to last for several years. The need that confronted them at that time was the care of the children of fellow colleagues . . . becoming houseparents at the MK hostel in Bandung. While serving in this capacity they became in- creasingly burdened for those living about them who spoke English as a second language. This eventually led to the founding of what is now the Bandung International Church.

1965. Once again the Neigen- finds opened their hearts to en- compass a completely new type of ministry . . . that of serving almost the entire evangelical mission force throughout Indonesia. Vernon served capably and untiringly as the director of the Inter-Mission Business Office (IMBO) for a full fifteen years. Margaret was an

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“AUnf Margaret” a t Children5 Home 1960. expertise at secretarial work, capa- bly assisting her husband, as well as serving full-time as the C&MA mission secretary. Margaret’s presence in the office at head- quarters carried warmth and en- couragement to all who parsed that way. The “anxious months” of the coup, and various uprisings in Jakarta paralleled this phase of their life.

Always, as in every type of service, Vern and Margaret were involved in extended ministry. This time, Vernon in a preaching, advisory capacity to many of the churches in Jakarta, and Margaret in a teaching ministry to women.

In 1981, following cataract surgery for Vernon, the happy pair returned to Jakarta and a full-time Theological Education by Exten- sion (TEE) program to the pastors and lay people.

Vern and Margaret were widely known and loved by Indonesian pastors and friends. Margaret even had the privilege of leading a young lady to the Lord, who is now the wife of Rev. S.M. Udis, the director of Kalam Hidup. Even retirement this past year, 1983,

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will not remove this vibrant couple from the hearts of all who knew them.

What a happy couple! The mission family will also long re- member them, including Vernon’s antiques at conference fun nights, and his famed monologue “Monkey Bottom”. Between the two of them, the joy of the Lord was always seen and heard.

The Neigenfinds presently reside at San Diego, where they care for Margaret’s aging parents, who so willingly gave up this, their only child, for thirty-six years of foreign service. Frequent visits from Vernon and Margaret’s three married children - Lyle, Sheila and Lauren, and grandchildren bring added pleasure.

Unquestionably, this happy pair will be a witness now as they have been in the past and until the Lord comes.

(Bud and Ruth Ruder came to Indonesia in 1949.)

According to the Java 500 program, all new churches must become self- supporting within three years.

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WELCOME MAWTY !

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sia's, January suli+ine!. Thas:mived ',,$+ty apoit':the' 's+Gdei,'of!her, Miss Martha'Tomlix+son, our newest , ; . ly,',:for service kbyad: , ;

teacher t o ' the' ,MK 'schoo1,'in' the ,Lordcame to h ~ r , ,

Bandung. The quick thaw enabled , , , , s1s,1,2:1"'Go fbnh from ',

Marty to be teaching pan-time, , your cOuntry,'and :from : yaw, ie; : as well as studying the lan@alge, lathes, and^ from. ,your fathe's just two weeks aft? her:,arriaall , housc,, to, :the Fn,d, @ $ + h ,:I,"'will,,': ,,::,:',,:

Marty's 'growing-up, years; were show ,you" ,::(N&SSV): ?hisi &i,,, ~

spent in ,New Jersey. Higher cduca- ' firmation, 'cogple,d ;with p tion was 'received at the University approval,' ,, opentd rhe, , ' w of Idaho ,and the University of polhike steps to,'b@made.,,, ,, ' , ' , ' , ~ ' , ' , ;

Washington, where she receivcd her G c , ,sumrn,y; of ,198,3 was, an'. , ' ' '

RS and MS degrees, respectively. exciting 'one for Many, fo'it,,yas' , ; : I More than nine years of teaching the i that she,receivcd'~ffi~al:wqrd . , ;. ' ; experience in math and science ,of , her , akointment. ' to ' : reach,,, at , ' ~ : ' ~ :

Texas, Denver and Parker, Colorado. ~rrival'~tlate,Was. ,set. for ,Janua+,;",,, Leisure time for , Marty meant 1984," which left;, n d qiresy!on as:, : ' ' . ; , ,

investment teaching ' , , Child ' , to the .busyness of .the fall months. Evangelism clubs and Sunday ' Those :fe,w months were well filled , '

Schbol, visitation for Evangelism with studies' in' two graduate level Explosion, and ' ministering as courses, as well" as distributing secretary for' the Colo'rado State unneeded possessions, and, gath- WMPF. ering together a necded outfit.

Obviously interested in missions,, "Aftn all," Marty: said; ,"'my it waSn't hard for Marty to find teaching wadrobe ,$I Colorado

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unusual change of events. On thm precise day that friends and churcl ladies gathered to help put the ac together, Marty slipped off thl scene. We are wondering just hov you arranged that, Marty? In God’ sovereign timing - the day o barrel packing ~ Marty was rushec to the hospital for emergenq surgery for a problem completel! unknown to her. Marty give praise to her heavenly Father fo a good recovery. Neither holida! plans to visit relatives nor trave plans for Indonesia had to bl disrupted.

“Welcome, Marty” to the Indo nesian C&MA family. “Thank you Lord, for bringing this, your choser one, to us:’

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0 1 by Jenny Hobbr

Let me explain what an oplet is. t is a local truck in which you can :et on anyplace and get off any. dace. The drivers are usually young md probably don’t have a license.

One day you decide to ride on m oplet. You get on feeling great. fou’re going on a shopping trip lowntown. This is something pecial! All of a sudden you look it what you are getting into, You wsh yourself on and find that you u e squished with people on every ide of you. The man at the door OlleCts your money with dirty, Timy hands, tells the driver to go m, and you are on your way.

There is a man on one side of he car carrying a lot of chickens ied by their feet on their way to he market to be sold.

You are startled by their

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frightening movements as they squirm about trying to get free.

The lady beside you has just done her morning shopping at the market. In one hand she is carryins her basket with raw tempe, (temp-a) or soybean cake and raw tahu (ta-hoo) or soybean curd. The juice from the tahu is dripping about one inch from your foot. Then in her other arm she is carrying a bundle of raw fish and raw beef.

a car by inches. You swing around another corner, barely missing another car, as the stop lights whir by.

You are getting close to where you want to get off, so you push a button that rings a bell in the drivers section of the car. The driver swings to the other side of the road, just missing another car, and brakes to a stop, leaving your face three inches from the

The stench is terrible. The beef meat bag next to you. You hurried- has blood dripping from it, and you ly get off and stand there a minute start to feel nauseated. You hegin to regain you composure. What to wish you hadn't decided to a relief to find that you're alive! come after all. t

In an effort to forget all this you look out the window in back of you just soon enough to realize (Jenny Hobbr, daughter of Reu. & that you are turning a sharp corner. Mn. George Hobbr, is a sixth grader The wheels screech as you miss at Bandung Alliance School.)

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COIN Julie. Connie. Gary Bradley. R Y m . Minuter after arriving nome from another semester.

by Connie Fairchild

It was another blazing August day. I was standing in the airport “Departure Terminal”. From behind my sunglasscs, 1 was thinking haw dreadful the title was ~~ “Departure ‘Terminal”! It sounded like some final illness. Well, it matched my mood. The children were going t o boarding school; boarding that white and red thing with wings sitting on the hubbling tar, waving from the tiny window, then flying away. Ban- dung, whcre they will live, is 265 miles to the west of Jogyakarta where I live, but my feelings re- late better t o the “ten hours by car” -- that’s far! I miss them so when they are gone! Gazing at Julie, I suddenly know how she is feeling. She glances my way, checking to see how I’m holding up, trying her best t o keep the cx- citement out of her eyes, for my sake. She is so anxious t o go. Like she said in the car, “When I’m at school I d o miss you, Mom,

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really I do, but it will be so good to see my friends again!”

I close my eyes and I’m eleven again. We’re in the “Orlando, Fla” green diesel landrover (so named because the First Alliance Church in Orlando bought it for our family). We have finally arrived in t h e cool mountain resort of Dalat, Vietnam. I can actually feel my heart beating as we approach the famous hill, t u n right to honk our way to the top of it and the Dalat School com- pound. Becky Mitchell is there and of course, is the first one t o yank the door open and yell, “We’re roommates again! You, me, Lois, Kay and Darlene!” It would be a crazy semester with all of us together! From that moment 1 hardly know where Mom and Dad are. I’m terribly bury catching up on the latest news, checking out the room, organizing my drawers, showing off all the special prizes I’ve hauled back to dorm life. It is GREAT to be back with my friends. It will he good to get back t o classes again too.

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The Rev. T.G. Mangnam Jr. family. 1960. revving in Vietnam. Connie. t h e a u t h o r O f this article. on left .

“hnnourlcing the departure of flight . . .” Julie and Gary are grabbing their bags, clamouring their way t o the terminal door. “I’ll need a hug, guys,” I say. Julie is first with a tight, long squeeze. But Gary doesn’t have time for that. I won’t let him go so he finally pushes away saying, “1’11 miss ya, Mom, but I gotta GO!” He actually runs to the plane, pausing at the steps for one last wave. Then they are out of sight. l’d like to just sit down and cry. Three-year-old Ryan is tugging at my hand, “Let’s go home, Mommy! Please!” My husband, Gary, escorted the children to Bandung this time, so Ryan and I go home alone. ‘The house is very, very big, and echoes when we enter.

When I was eleven, my parents, Grady and Evelyn Mangham, were missionaries in Vietnam. Nine months out of the year I lived at the Dalat School for missionaries’ children. That was how it was every year. My memory tells me that ar eleven I neither felt neglected nor privileged because of my situation. This was my life; and 1 liked it! The first nights 1 climbed between the cold sheets and slept under wool blankets,

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I did feel very lonely and cried as my roommates did for “Mommy and Daddy”. After that I would go to bed thmgking about my latest assignment, accomplishment, plans for Saturday (no school) or punishment - all of which were regular occurences. I kept so busy I had little time for feeling homesick.

Now my children are under the wool blankets in cool Ran- dung, doing their own dreaming, planning and remembering. I do weep because I miss them. But I never cry because I want them to stay with me, because I feel sorry for them or me or OUI situation. Julie and Gary are in Bandung getting an excellent education, which I could never give them here in Jogya. God gave me these children, His creations and loved ones. He now cares for them in Bandung like He would if they were here with me. He uses me when they are here or aren’t here. He also uses our difierent situation to hind OUT family closer that if we were never separated.

Yes, “Departure Terminals” are sad, lonely places. But very soon now I’ll be back at the airport ”Arrivals,” one of the world’s jubilant meeting places. It’ll he good to have the kids home ap in ! And they’ll be as excited about coming home as they were about leaving. My memory tells me that also!

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Incredible People "Footprints made on the sands

of time were ncver made sitting down." The person who wrote this saying must have known the people serving God in West Kalimantan. This part Christmas I was privileged enough to travcl to West Kaliman- tan and see what life was really like at the home of some of the MK's (missionary kids) that I teach cight months of the year at Ban- dung Alliance School. My ideas of their parents being very special and very talented servants of God proved to be true.

Most of my time was spent with OUT own C&MA missionaries Dave and Liz Heath, Dudlcy and Nancy Bolser, Bill and Janet Kuhns, and Mike and Maureen Roark. Each person had to have many abilities outside of the usual abili- ties that a person in the home- land needs. Here are a few of the items on their job description list that they must know or acquire:

Radio operators - The primary means of communication between people is the radio. Each mission has a certain time slot when they can talk to their fellow colleagues at other stations. There are three times every day when people all over West h l imantan can talk to the hospital staff at the Serukum Conservative Baptist Hospital. The MAF pilots check in with thc person who is flight following - keeping in contact - with them. The radio is a tool of God in life

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by Sue Mealhow

and death situations, also a wel. comed friend when isolation from others starts to be felt. In order to he able to he in constant communi- cation, one must know what to do if something goes wrong with the radio. One time a missionary's daughter disconnected the radio from thc car battery because it was making too much noise. Most mis- s iowies use generators as their source of electricity, and since the generator is run only at night, they must keep thc radio connected to a car battery so it is constantly working.

Linguists ~ In addition to lcarning the Indonesian language, some of the missionaries need to learn a third language, the language of the area they are working in. Mike and Maureen Roark are working on the Ot Danum language becausc they will soon be moving to the Ambalau region. The mis- sionaries who teach in a Bible school teach in Indonesian, and their students learn in Indoncsian, which is a second language for them, too.

Journnlirts - They must all be able and willing to write articles and reports that are requested and/or required by their home office.

Correspondents - Because their children are sent away to school (elementary 1-6 to Randung Alli- ance School, and 7-12 to Dalat School in Penang, Malaysia) parents

are kept busy corresponding with when 1 flew to Balai Sepuak, taking them. In addition to writing to each a live chicken for the Bolsers’ of her three children at school Christmas dinner. Because of sev- three times a week, Liz Neath also eral delays, the chicken was has a correspondence o f around cooped up in the carrier beneath one hundred letters a month, the airplane too long and was Sometimes at the more isolated breathing its last upon arrival at stations mail is received but once Balai Sepuak. Upon discovery of every one or two weeks. the deceased fowl, Dudley had to

The wife has somc added respon- immediately behead it. sibilities in addition to being wife, Men of West Kalimantan must mother, homemaker and mission- also be strong. Dave Heath has ary. She usually is a Seamstress. an had to carry the 140 Ib. motor of important role in the tropics where his boat to the dock in the river the clothes don’t last very long and cross a 10” wide plank from due to harder wear and tear, being the dock to the land to get there. washed with river water, and drying In addition to all of these ahil-’ in the hot sun year round. She is ities these people must have the also the family beautician, spe- knowledge and wisdom needed to cializing in cutting hair. When you preach and teach the gospel, are in the middle of the jungle you whether it he at a Bible school or can’t run to the local barber when in a remote village. Your hair is getting too long. All of the people must contend She is also a dispenser of medicine. with the 300 inches of rain they Each of the mission families have receive annual]y, the mold that had their s h g e of sickness, whether grows everywhere from ceilinp to it be dengue fever, malaria or shoes, clothes to cameras, and the acute amoebic dysentery. when the termites that feast constantly on diagnosis is made over the radio theirhouses. someone must he responsible to get YOU might be thinking, yes, and give the medicine. Malaria these are incredible people, but I pills and other medicine must be am that they will be the first remembered to be taken on a ones to admit along with everyone weekly basis. serving the Lord, that God gives

The husband must have some them the power, strength and wis- extra talents in the areas of me- dom to do all of this. ”But they that chnnics, especially when the gen- wait upon the Lord shall renew erator decides not to work. HI: their strength: they shall mount should have or acquire some skill up like eagles; they shall run and in the area of carpentry, which is not be weary; and they shall walk helpful considering quite often you and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31

t own homes. I t is helpful also to (Sue Mealhow is n teacher at he ahle to butcher, as in the c u e

need to help build or repair your

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bv Pam Lawson

U'hy don't you join in the pri- to Jakarta ~ the capital of Indo- vilege of praying for a very inter- nesia. esting individual in southeast In- Though he attained the goal of donesia? He is Pastor Sudarsono, most Indonesians, a government a forty-five year old man, who has job, he was not satisfied with his

..' ,,** felt for the future.

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1965, he came to realize he could not join in on the celebration going on around him. He quickly went to be alone at the ocean shore. Several questions were, trouhling him: "What makes the old year different from thP new? Where do 1 rnme

undergone great changes in his short life-time. His life began in East Java as the p n d r o n of a de- dicated Muslim who had died on his pilgrirnmage to Mecca. He was educated in the local mosque where he studied the Koran, the holy book of Islam. However, as a teen- ager he left his hometown and after finishing high school, moved

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my reason for living? M%y is there a God - if there is one ~ and where is Hc?" He had no answers for these questions. He determined that he would transfer to Bandunq where he might more freely seek the answers.

W e n he arrived in Bandung he met Christians whose lives made him want to study Christianity. Especially influential was the

witness of his neighhour, hlr. Soemitro (see the article concerning him in this issue). This man, editor of the C&h'lA's publishing house's major magazine, invited him to the Kemah lnjil Church (C&hlA in In- donesia). This church becamc thc force used by the Holy Spirit to draw Mr. Sudarsono to the Lord. The joyful singing by the congrega- tion impressed him and he wanted to return to church even before the next Sunday. He began to realize that he was a sinner before God and that though sinful, God still offered to him salvation, satisfaction and blessing in Jesus Christ. Without hesitation, he responded to the pastor's invitation and entered into the experience of a Christian life with a heart full of joy and peace. liis whole purpose in life was changed so much so that he decided to leave hi, job to become a full^ time worker for the Lord. He grad- ually grew in the 1.ord and also in his relationship with the pastor's daughter, Rosalina, who soon he^ came his wife and partner in serving God.

The new couple joined her par^ ents in opening a new church in the large city of Surahaya, East Java. During this time, Mr. Sudarsono participated in many evangelistic campaigns. He was thrilled to see God bringing souls to himself through his testimony. Later they moved to the island of Bali where he distributed Christian literature and preached in many towns. This practical experience, plus being pastor oE a small church, increased his desire for formal Rihle School

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training. He began this a t the Jaffray School of Theology in 1976.

Following graduation MI. Su- darsono went to Kupang, Timor to begin a new church in the Si- kuman area. This church has grown to 60 regular attenders who are making a real impact in the region. They also built a church which they have already outgrown. Not only is Rev. Sudarsono pastor of this church, hut he is also a teacher m the Kupang Bihle School and in charge of evangelism and the church growth o n the islands of Timor, Rot,, and Sabu. Pastor Sudarsono's wife teacher Sunday School, leads the Women's group. and conducts an evangelistic singing group. In addition, she teaches part-time in the Kupang Bihle School, capably assists her hus- band, and cares for her family of five children (ranging in age from two to sixteen years).

One would think their heavy responsibilities would overburden them hut Pastor Sudarsono says, " I t is better to work than not to work, and it is better yet to work for the Lord!" The motto of his life is, "Get a grasp on the Bible and the Rihle will get a grasp on you."

Please pray for the Sudarsonos. In his words, "Pray that day by day we will experience the victory only God can give over the struggles of life: victory that re- sults in fruitful service."

t (Porn nnd Dick Lnwson w e serving their recond term in Indoneria)

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WINDING PATHS by David Brandon

Karmen, t o Christ with the help of Pak Mardjono. Nine months later Pak Karmen led his brother^ in-law, Pak Selamat, to Jesus Christ.

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Thus a Sunday service was begun in order for these new con- verts to study the Bible. In no time, the wives of Selamat and Karmen were introduced to Christ. This nucleus kept up their witnessing and three more brothers and sisters joined the faith within another four months.

In the meantime the Gospel was moving down the street. One lady friend who was backslidden began attending. She witnessed to her husband, who decided t o follow

Ask any successful car salesman Jesus. A few weeks later she led what his key to success is, and he three more of her lady friends to will tell you that without references the Lord. Two of their husbands from satisfied customers, he would made decisions for Christ a few soon be out of business. Such is monthslater. the case in church planting. The - Good News travels along the winding paths of families and friends.

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pastor to begin a Sunday School with some children. In a short time several children made decisions. Pak Karmen introduced Pak Three months later one of these Mardjono to Pak Soepinggi in late small children led her dad, Pak May 1983. When Pak Soepinggi

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made his decision to follow Christ, continues to move out along the his example caused his whole winding paths of relatives and family to accept God’s gift of friends. salvation. From then on, Pak Soe- t pinggi became a thrust in the (Dauid and Nadine Brandon are neighborhood. One evening his serving their fkst term in Suraba- whole family showed up in church ya, ] A VA.) without him. When they were asked where he was. the family J~~~ 500 - in 1983, 26 new posts reported that he was “evangelizing” were started, making a 45% increase

church the people joined to- total of 83 churches and posts. his brother. So right there in the for the year, 1983 ended with a

gether in prayer. Fifteen minutes later, Pak Soepinggi showed up

Four bookmobiles are proving to be effective tools for selling books. The bookmobiles visited 30 differ- ent cities on Java twice in 1983 with great success.

with his brother and sister-in-law, both new Christians. Then a few weeks later, Pak Mardjono joined Pak Soepinggi in leading his neigh- bor and wife to the Lord and a day later another friend.

Who are Pak Karmen, Pak Selamat and Pak Soepinggi? Today they-are the directors of this post. They are the logical choices to become the elders when hopefully this post is organized into a church in late 1984.

At the time of thin article, an evangelistic trip was being planned by Pak Mardjono and Pak Selamat into a remote village north of Sura- haya to witness to more of Selamat’s family. The hope is that this Will become another post as the Gospel

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by Rodger Lewis

.Did God have plans for “Ubud”? War it not just one of many towns in the Gianyar District of south central Bali? Thirty years ago, the Maurice Blisses scouted out this mountainous, well-nigh totally Hindu area. The light af one small group of believers shone dimly in the midst of such darkness. Would locating a missionary family in Ubud bring further contacts for the Gospel in this, Indonesia’s most

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famous island? Unquestionably, it would be a tough place to live. The chief landowner in the area, a high caste man of wide influence, had not only threatened new believers with physical harm, but shown great hostility toward mis- sionaries. We were to be that family! Although it did not work out for us to live there, God did not abandon Ubud. Things are different now. The man who

opposed the Word is dead. The Word lives as good seed in warm soil . . . germinating. There are signs of harvest.

The first Christian baptism was on August 21, 1983. It was un- usual, Maday, a Balinese single man of 27, was baptized by sprinkling as he lay in bed. He has been paralyzed from the waist down since 1976. Both Maday and his family believe this misfortune is the result of a black magic curse. It may be so. Many very real physical maladies in Bali have no medical explanation. Whatever it is, i t is devastating and has cost Maday, and his family, a great deal of suffering as well as payment of native healers. But no help has come.

MADAY‘S BED IS HIS PRISON YET IN SPIRIT H E IS FREE

In God’s timing an Alliance national pastor came in contact with Maday, and introduced him to the Lord Jesus Christ. Maday passed from death into eternal life on October 30, 1982, by putting his faith in the living Lord Jesus. Maday was not healed but he grew rapidly in spiritual understanding. His family did not oppose his baptism, but they have not ac- cepted Christ.

Maday’s bed is his prison, yet in spirit he is free! We find ourselves lookjng forward to weekly visits. Maday’s positiye outlook, his faith, prayers and singing, bring joy and encouragement to those who min- ister to him.

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“Stone walls do not a prison

Nor iron bars a cage” Nor a bed in a tiny Balinese

pondok (shack). This bed of Maday’s, typically

Balinese, is a bamboo plant-form, higher and wider than a western single bed. It serves also as his table. desk, catch-all-including as many visitors as can squeeze onto it, The kapok mattress was worn so thin that it could in no way prevent awesome and painful bedsores, Maday’s keenest trial. But coming to know Christ has also meant coming to know Christian compas- sion. Maday’s new friends have ad- ministered bodily comfort, salve, vitamins and a foam rubber mat- tress, all have brought easement from pain.

Maday has been freed from hopelessness. I wish you could hear him pray to the Lord Jesus for healing. After treatment by 15 na- tive healers to no avail, Maday’s hope had just about petered out. Now hope has been restored for Maday has a “connection” with a powerful friend to whom he can pray in absolutely sure expectation of deliverance, whether immediate or ultimate. Maday has a large picture of this Friend at the foot of his bed. The caption underneath, in bold letters, is a personalized version of Isaiah 53:s: “BY HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED”.

Maday is leaning on God’s promise of deliverance from fear. Hc told us how he used to worry during storms, knowing he would be unable to run if a falling co-

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conut tree should threaten the pondok. That fear has gone. Maday knows that his life is sheltered in the strong hands of Him who created wind and storm.

Maday is being deliverd from loneliners. The presence o f the Friend is tangible. There are many new friends visiting the pondok. This is a strong testimony to villagers who are impressed to see the concern that Christians have for people who suffer. Maday cannot go to church but the church has come to him. The communion service was special. Eight people crowded into the pondok to par- take with this sufferer, the emblems of the broken body and the shed blood of the greater Sufferer. Maday has no trouble identifying Kith the Christ of the cross.

He has been delivered from a feeling of uselessness. He had heard of plans to start a Sunday School in m u d . But there was a problem: no place. Maday got his father to knock out the end wall of the pondok to make room for the children. May God grant that this little "Sunday school in a pondok" will be the beginning of a church in Ubud. Pray that this will happen.

Another of Maday's blessings is freedom from ignorance. As a high school graduate Maday has been able to supplement Bible reading with a correspondence course on the Gospel of John. H e has completed this course successfully, in spite of the fact that there are no windows in his pondok and the light from the one kerosene wali lamp is poor. He now has satisfying

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answers to many of life's great questions, including his own suffering. Our hearts rejoice to see the smile that comes to Maday's face as his mind is enlightened through truth, he begins to under- stand God's plan of salvation for the whole man, and his own place in that plan. Divine love, grace and power have gone to work in the life of a bedfast Balinese man, hidden away in a Hindu village. I t has set him free from the blight of pain, hopelessness, fenr, lone- liness. uselessness and ignorance.

In the world's view Maday is a prisoner in a wacked body, in a tiny Balinese hut. But in truth Maday is free, like an uncaged meadow lark, roaring and singing for joy.

t (Rodger and Lelia Lewis are serving in church planting ministries in Bali.)

There were 125 baptisms on the island of Bali in 1983. Praise God for this breakthrough.

SET FREE TO FREE OTHERS

Deep in the forests of Kahman- tan live the nomadic people called the Punans. For as long as can be remembered these people have wandered in small groups to rind food and forest products. Their diet consists mainly of wild pig and fruit. You may even see the women with their babies tied to their backs joining a pig chase. Resides hunting for their daily needs they look for rattan. resin, and gold. Their houses are small huts made of any material available in the rain forest. M e n one area has nothing more lor them they move on to another, taking dong their children, dogs, chickens and few earthly possessions.

In recent years the government has been encouraging the Punans to settle in villages and make rice fields. Wooden houses have been built for them in several locations and they periodically visit them. But their greatest joy is to return to the forest.

School for their children is a problem. In the villages, school houses have been built and teachers provided by the government. Though what so often happens is after a week or two of school,

village uproots. The poor teacher is

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left stranded. If the village is small, the children can be sent to a bigger village which has a school. But who wants to sit in a hot classroom, trying to fathom an alphabet in some other language? Especially when one can he free in the forest to hunt, fish and enjoy natural air conditioning!

Some of the men who brought the gospel to these people have had to cope with these same problems. The people have gladly accepted the Gospel message. Regular weekly services are impossible when often there is not a soul in the village. Some pastors have joined the people by taking their families into the forest also, and adjusting to their way of living. In that way, the spiritual life of the community is cared for.

ln this setting we find a man named Ayub. His first wife had died and been buried in the forest somewhere, leaving him with se- veral children. He took another wife who bore him a son called Bang. Like all of the other forest children, Bang learned early when to make a noise and when to he quiet. He mastered also the skills of fishing, hunting, and the choosing of forest plants for food or medicine. He was taught to heed the centipede. If i t crossed his

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path there would be no pig that day. He learned to understand the flisht of the birds which let him know If danger lurked ahead. He patiently tried to understand the language of the python, which is known to reveal secrets. The spear and a swordlike knife were his toys and he used them well.

One day Bang's family heard the gospel and all believed in Jesus as Savior, except Bang, who as a teenager resisted. Four years later Bang fell deathly ill and his father called a visiting evangelist to p n y for him. The evangelist asked 13ang if he now wanted to believe, and he did. The Lord p c i o u s l y saved and healed him that night.

What a change in Bang's life! He was given the name Benyamin. He managed to finish third grade at a nearby school. He was sharp in his school work and caught the eye of the pastor. The pastors in the Punan area had all come Crom other parts of Kalimantan espe- cially to evangelize the Punans. These pastors knew that the Lord had t o raise up Punans to carry a n the work when they returned to their awn districts. So they were alert to the potential of those who stayed in school even for a short while. Since Benyamin had ex- pressed the desire to carry the gospel, to his people, he war +en the opportunity to go to Bible School in Kampung Baru, K e ~ rayan District.

It is no easy task for a forest boy to adjust to life in another district, but Benyamin blossomed there He quickly learned the

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Lundays language and found work to support himself by sawing logs. As is the custom in the Ke- rayan, one of the families adopted him, promising him rice and hoping that he would help them o u t in them busy timer. His adopted family lived a 5-hour walk from the school, and faithfully every Friday aCternoon he would go and help them. He returned with a hea\y load of rice on his back Sunday afternoon. Many were his ex^

periences in the Kenyan. Treasured most of all, was the deep knowl- edge God gave him of His Word. AS a poised graduate of the Kam- pung Baru Bihle School, the people * lobed him and raw in him a leader in the making.

l 'oday, Renyamin is back in the Berau River area ready to serve the Lord. His first assignment is to teach in the Rible School. Unfortunately, the students have taken a notion to r e l w n to the forest for food, so the school is ciared. While waiting he enthu- siasrically helps in the nearby churches teaching the children, young people and women. He taught himself to play the guitar and since he sings so well, he uses that gift to draw others lo Christ. Pray for Benyamm, and other young men like him who are preparing themselves to return to their own tribes to proclaim the Gospel. Young men set free to free others.

t (Wilma and /rer husband Ken w e serving in dist;zct ministry work in Eart Kalimanfan.)

Although we did not get far up the Ambalau River, it was far enough to sense the openness of the Or Danum people to the Gospel. Over and over again we heard, “When are you coming back?” We returned home with a sense of urgency and a longing to go back to the Ambalau to stay.

Since Februaryof 1983,Mike has made several trips back with either fellow missionary, David Heath, or the District Superintendent of the Melawi River district. Land has been purchased in Nanga hmhalau at the mouth of the Am- balau River. Building materials have been gathered, and a contractor is ready to begin work on our home there. An airstrip has been c o m ~ pleted near Tontang on the Melawi River, about a forty-five minute trip by boat from Nanga Ambalau, and is awaiting the first WAF plane.

We have received encouraging letters from one of the two new workers in the Ambalau. Three new villages have expressed genuine openness to the Gospel. Several people have been saved and healed of sicknesses. At the same time, this worker and his new wife have been encountering the powers of dark- ness and have asked for prayer.

At the witing of this brief up- date, Mike is ill with dengue fever. We Sense that the enemy is trying in various ways to prevent the en- trance of light into his kingdom of darkness in the Ambalau. Rut God is at work among the Ot Danum . . . He is not willing that any should perish.

In order that He might accom~ plish His work in the Ambalau, we lay before you these requests:

1. That the two new workers in the Ambalau will persevere in their ministries, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

2. That God will continue to open the hearts of the Ot Danum people to His dear son.

3. That God may open up to Mike and myself a door for the Word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ. t

(Maureen and her husband Mike are currently getting settled in the Ambalnu. They are serving their first term in Indonesia.)

* Editor’s note: The Ambalou region was entered by C&MA missionaries 30 years ago but was unresponsive at that time. Today they are waiting to be set free.

West Kalimantan’s Immanuel Theo- Over 100,000 transmigrants from logical School graduated 22 seniors Java to West Kalimantan are a in the spring of 1983. tremendous challenge to the na-

tional church there.

ADVANCES AT STTJ by Gordon V. Chapman

During the first semester of the '83-'84 school year, STTJ Uaffray School of Theology) had a total of 207 students, 35 or whom werc in the Master's progam. Fortunatc- ly, not all these were on campus together! Most of our 140 on-

campus students, representing over 20 different church organizations, were in our overcrowded dormito- ries. An on-campus freshman class of 54 helped to swell the ranks and represented an answer to prayer. Even rhough we need to pray for a similar freshman class next year, we are almost afraid to

here on Java. I t must be relocated as soon as possible. The present facility cannot accommodate even a second class. The staff here would like to see thc school relocate just south of the city an a property large enough to grow and develop into not only a school, but also a conference ground and retreat center. The school could easily grow to a student body of two hundred within fen years if OUT

Java 500 goal is reached by 1990.

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We are praying that the Lord will, in addition to directing us t o the comect lotation, also provide the funding needed to purchase and develop the necessary facilities for the Java Bible School. Will you please join us in prayer for these needs that are so vital for the future of the work here on Java?

t ( loan and Bernie Lay are teaching in the Bible school in Semarang, Jaua.)

do so, because of the inherent 'side effects'. (More on that below.)

Of the 57 off-campus students. the 1 7 comprising the fourth year class were engaged in internship ministries in various parts of In- donesia. Twenty students were studying in their own locality in an extension program. This propam is intended to aid quali- fying Bible School graduates to obtain a Theology degree while remaining in ministry. The first such class commenced in Makale, Tana Toraja. At this writing, a second location is to he opened in Jakarta in early 1984. Com- mencing concurrently with the extension program, a program for lay people desirous of improving their agility to serve the Lord and their local churches opened in Ujung Pandang with 20 students.

The strength of the Master's program, and the opening of both the extension program and the local church ministrics program were made possible by some very capable graduates returning to teach after completing their Master's or Doctoral studies in Manila.

Guidelines from KOPERTIS (the Government body which supervises non-government schools) require a minimum freshman class each year of 50 students to justify the school's continued existence. In answer to prayer, the Lord gave us 54 freshmen this year. Immediately problems surfaced. For example our 18 x 24 foot classrooms, built to reasonably accomodate 35 students, must hold as many as 61.

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Also, overcrowded dormitory rooms now have three persons per room instead of two.

The 41st STTJ graduation In mid December '83 M'IE an historic occasion because the first graduates of the Master's program received their degrees: one Master of Mi- nistry and eleven Sarjnnn Theologio (equivalent to Master of Theologi- cal studies). Nine other students received Bachclor degrees. A notable feature of this graduation was that the pastoral staffs from three local churches received degrees. Nine different church organizatlons were represented by the 21 graduates

The future of SlTJ LS chal- lenging. The projected student body growth (implicit in the 50 freshmen per year requirements) means additional dormitory space, larger classrooms, more teachers and teachers' housing are im- mediately required.

We are encouraged because two long standing problems are being resolved. An out-of-court settle- ment requires a former Dean of the school to return school prop- erty held by him for years. The property behind the school is to be vacated promptly by the squatters on it, 01 a 10,000 Rp. ($10.00 US) per day penalty will be leried on them. However in the later case, the possibility of their lodging an appeal to a higher cowt could dclay actual possession of the property. This is envisioned as the site of a married couple dormitory.

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Theological Schools in lndonesia have been evaluated by the Christian section o f the Department of Religious Affairs. Meeting re- quirements would mean recognition as training schools for teachers of relision in secondary and post- secondary government schools. On November 26, 1983, t w o schools, STTJ and one other, were so recognized. Then on December 6, three further schools were recognized. The teachers trained in these five schools will have im- mediate access to high school and college aged young people, the largest and potentially the most influential segment of Indonesia's 150 million population. Graduates from the Christian Education Program (i.e. with a B.R.E. degree) are eligible for these positions.

'To date, approximately 20% of STTJ students study in this program, hut this new recognition could bring us many more students.

The STTJ philosophy of educa- tion holds that there can be no separation' of academic studies from the applications of them in ministry. Various means are used to seek to integrate them: Christian service locally in Ujung Pandang and environs, evangelistic teams sent to distant areas of Indonesia for vacation periods ministries, the STTJ Internship program, and now a plan to assist in the J m a 500 Program. Please pray with us re- garding the problems and opportu- nities that still lie before us.

t (Gordon and his wife Adina have served in Indonesia since 1952.)

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Jaffray School of Theology - The The Jaffray School of Theology 1982-83 school year had 207 was certified as one of the theolog- students registered, 35 of whom are ical schools in Indonesia to train in the Masters' Program. In addi- teachers for religious education in tion to this there are 20 students the public schools. in extension classes being held in Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi, and Makale, Sulawesi.

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The official opening of the new Bible school in Semarang "Sekolah Menengah Atas Semarang" August 29th, was attended by nearly 100 people. Classes began on July 18th.

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Alliance Church and there accepted convinced in his own heart that Christ as his personal Savior. he must get a job with Kalam

In 1968, "Mitro" was out of Hidup. After several attempts and money and needed work. Mr. Jar- through the assistance of Mr. Jar- kasih introduced him to Kalam kasih, Soemitro started working in Hidup'r library. Day after day the Kalam Hidup library with Soemitro appeared at the library, Clarabelle Kissell and Ruth Rudes.

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Pastor's Libraries project (see Pioneer 1983) ~~ a total of 194 libraries have been sent out to In- donesian pastors.

The Dawn of Hope and Fountain uf Love radio programs are being broadcast from Guam and local Javanese radio stations respectively.

Java 500 is a plan and program of the Christian and Missionary Alli- ance to start 500 churches on Java between 1978-1990. It involves five elements: spiritual growth, church planting, church expansion, leader- ship training and the development of a national missionary program. Presently five missionary couples and one single lady missionary are involved in direct church planting ministries. Four other missionaries are indirectly related to the pro^ gram via support ministries.

Congratulations to Heidi Hendrick- son, Indonesia's 1984 Dalat grad- uate!

In 1983 Kalam Hidup employed 100 people throughout the islands of Indonesia.

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Canadian C&MA president Rev. Melvin Sylvester, wife and son visited Indonesia November 3-10,

Kalam Hidup news - There were three new bookstores opened in 1983 and one book outlet. In May 1983 there was a bookstore opened in Manado, Sulawesi. In August 1983, Samarinda, East Kalimantan opened a bookstore. January 1983, brought a bookstore opening in Abepura, Irian Jaya. In the city of Surabaya, Java, a book outlet distributorship was set up,

Pray for continued safety of MAF planes as they serve God and our missionaries.

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The library was a wonderful place t o satisfy his hunpry heart for knowledge. In 1976 he re- turned to college, this time in the department of Communications at a leading university in Bandung. At the same time, he became the editor of the Kalam Hidup magazine.

Earlier, on December 5, 1971 Socmitro was married to Nani Karyani, a Sundanese girl from Bandung. Soemitro and Nani chore t o be married in their native dress in the little church where Soemitro had found Christ. God has blessed Soemitro and Nani with two boys, Bagus and Sigit. Soemitro and his family have been actively involved in two of the local Alliance Church- es.

In August df 1983, Mr. and Mrs. Soemitro and their sons boarded China Airlines to be USA. A series of miracles made it possible for this Javanese family t o depart for higher education at Wheaton College Graduate School.

As early as 1981, Soemitro was approached about the possibility of going abroad for further educa. lion. There were many hurdles such as: finances, family, replace- ment at Kalam Hidup, English proficiency, and the completion of his Master's Degree in Communi- cations. By prayer and faith, Soemitro forged ahead.

In December 1982. Soemitro graduated with his long-strived for and well-earned Master's Degree. Then came the long list of ap- plications and forms. The require- ments were not only from Wheaton

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College. but also from various governmental departmenis.

What a day when Wheaton cahled their acceptance of his application! The Billy Graham Center authorized fifty percent of a twenty-one month scholarship for the family, and the Christian and Missionary Alliance matched their gift. The Kalam Hidup Publishers provided the cost of transportation and exit-reentry payment from the Cindy Ruder Memorial Fund.

Before his departure, Soemitro gave witness to fellow employees at the publishing house regarding all that God had done for him. Rev. S.M. Udis, Director of Kalam Hidup,' dedicated Soemitro and his family to the Lord for their voyage and services abroad.

In asking Soemitro how he felt about th? adventure of education abroad, he said, "I'm very happy, but also afraid. Happy for the unique opportunity to be the first scholarship abroad by Kalam Hidup to the USA. Rut afraid because of the great responsibility that is mine to succeed and to use the education for the glory of God." At the time of this writing, Soemi- tro has just completed his first semester ~ two A's and three B's! Nani is studying English and attends Graduate Wives meetings. Their letters are full of praise to the Lord.

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(Bud and Ruth Rudes are serving in Publications in Kalam Hidup.)

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The following projects have been approved by The Cnristian and Misslonary Alliance Board of Managers but are not included in the regular budget.

Good News for Great Cities -- Java 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000.00

All- Java Youth Retreat . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 (10 help establish 500 new Churches by 19901

Kalam Hidup Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New BOOUstOrel $110.000 CorterDonaence course 10.000 Publilhlnq new books 5.000 venlcie for ~ a l a r n Hiaup 11.500 COmWter 5.000

Pastors' Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radio Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ifor Worthy Dartor5 Who iack I tUClY books)

(facihties need t o be expanded as more rfatlonr are adasd and programming is ueqradeal

Daily nationwide radio broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaffray School of Theology--office/classroom furniture . . .

Lobby rurnitwe $ 500.00 12 teachers' a e w 1,000.00 Library furniture 200.00 Dean's Office furniture 200.00 Aaaltional equipment 1,100.00

Jaffray School of Theology - Organ

Jaffray School o f Theology - I B M typewriter Jaffray School o f Theology - Teachers residences

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaffray School of Theology - Graduate sch. l ibrary books . Jaffray School o f Theology - Java Evangelistic Outreach . .

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Graduate scholarship for church leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Bible School l ibrary book5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Makale Bible School buildintl Drouram . . . . . . . . . . .

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10,000.00 1,700.00

100.000.00 s.000 .oo 1,500.00 5.000.00 _ . -

lmmanuel Theological School -Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immandel Theological School - 2 dorms . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,000.00 MAF Flying Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.000.00 Java Tee Off ice Equipment . ..................... 2,500.00

Printing TEE Texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00 Belitang, West Kalimantan Bible School -Classroom

Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00

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Bandung Alliance School - additional band instruments . . Java Bible School . . .......................... Bandung Alliance School - Gestetner Mimeo . . . . . . . . . . Brother electronic memory typewriter f o r radio office . . . . West Java Youth Campground .................... Central Kalimantan Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle for D. Beack .......................... Vehicle for G. Bennett . . ....................... Vehicle for G. Fairchild ........................ Vehicle for C. Hendrickson ...................... Vehicle for I. Lay . ........................... Vehicle for R. Sersomr . ....................... Vehicle for M.K. Hostel Motorcycle for Long Bia . ...................... Outboard motor and boat f o r M. Roark

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Those interested in giving toward there needs or to the General Fund may rend gifts to:

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JI. H. Fachruddin 9. Jakarta, Indonesia 10250

Sue Mealhow. Editor Maureen Klasren. David Brandon

Field Address;

Editorial Committee:

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Reporters: Pam Lawron, Maureen Roark, Wilma Riggenbach. Rodger Lewis. Gordon Chapman

Cover picture: Indonesian working in a rice field,

Photo Credits: M. Roark-Cover, 15, 18. 21, 26; V. Neigenfind-3.4; R. Serrom- 6; D. Brandon-8, 14. 15; R. Lewis--16: D. Lawron-20; I. Lay-23: G. Chap- man-24; R. Ruder-27.

Additional copies of The Pioneer may be obtained for a slight charge by writing to the field office. Contributions for the ministry of The Pioneer may be sent to the home office. marked: c/o Treasurer.

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J A V A - Chairman & Guesthouse Hostess: Rev & Mrs. Gunther Kamphauren; IMBO Direclor: Rev. Craig Hendrtckson; Office Staff: Mrs. Craig Hendrickson; Church Planting: Rev. & Mrs. Wally Albrecht, Rev & Mrr David Brandon, Rev. & Mrr. Richard Drummand, Rev. & Mrs Ivan Lay ;Miss iona~ / Children’s Hostel: Rev. & Mrs Goidan Swenson; Bandung Alliance School: Miss Sue Mealhow, Miss Lorna Munroe, Miss Martha Tomlinson. Mr Alex Valley; Publications: Rev. & Mrs James Kendd l ; Radio: Rev. & MIS. Harold Klassen; Language Study: Rev. & Mrr Richard Byham.

SULAWESI - Makale Bible School: Miss Mildred Ade, Miss Helen Evans; Jaffray School of Theology: Rev & Mrs. Geoff Bennett, Rev & Mrs. Cordon Chapman, Rev. & MIS. Richard Sessoms.

BALl - Church Planting: Rev & Mrs. Rodger Lewis

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TlMOR - Kupang Bible School: Rev. & MIS. Richard Lawsan.

EAST KALIMANTAN - District Ministies: Rev. & Mrs. Ken Riggenhach; Long Bia Bible School: Rev. & Mrs. Frank Peters.

WEST KALIMANTAN - District Minafiier: Rev. & Mrs Merle Douglas, Rev. & Mrs. Michael Roark; Kelanram Bible School: Rev. & Mrs. William Kuhns, Miss Lela Pierce

FURLOUGH - Rev. & Mrs. David Beack, Rev & Mrs. Dudley Bolser, Rev. & Mrs. G a y I'airchlld, Miss Judy Caskm, Rev & MIS. David Heath. Rev. & Mrs. George Hohbs, Miss Peggy Lee, Miss Peg Leffler, Rev. & Mrs. Eric Michael. Miss V o n n ~ Marscheck, Miss Judy Teeter.

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