Sholtis Joe Dora 1986 Hawaii

8/11/2019 Sholtis Joe Dora 1986 Hawaii

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IBI

GiAH

I T

Miss ionar ies

JO E D O R A S H O L T I S

R O . B o x 6 1 2

Waianae, Hawaii 9 6 7 9 2

Forwarding

Agents

SA M KI T

F I S H E R

345

Moreno

Avenue

L a k e si d e , C a l if .

9 2 0 4 0

January, 1986

Dear Friends in

Chr i st ,

Greetings in

the

name of our Lord an d Savior

Jesus

Chr i st .

With the

holidays over

we

c an b eg in

to g e t down to some work

t h a t has

needed

to

be

done

for

a

very

long

time.

As

many

of

you

know

that

Dora s

Father

pass

ed away in June of 1985. We hav e been living

with

him since 1980.

After

her

mother

passed away in

1978

Dora s F at he r g o t

a

yard man to

do

the

work around

th e

place. Well when we moved

in

the

man

j u s t up and quit on us one day. We

to

this

day do not knowwhy but

that le f t th e

work up to

us,

which was shared

by

the

boys and

I

Well when he became sick we

just l e t

th e yard go. We f e l t

that many

times we were in

the jungles of Africa.

We

just

did no t

have

the

t i m e

to d o s o with t ha t a n d then th e cons t ruc t ion o f a s e w e r l i n e in th e

area made

i t

a

task

that was going to take quite a b it of time.

Well

with

the

help

of my

two

sons,

Stephen and

John,

and a young man from

the church,

Paul Alo, two lawn mowers and two weed eaters, we have succeeded in

getting

the

place

to look

like

i t

once was. The Lord ha s

given

us

g re at s tr en g th

to

be

able

to

carry

out these tasks for Him I t also

gives

us an opportunity to

become

closer

as

Christians.

My

son

Stej^en

gave up

four

days

of

his

vacation

to help and John \dio

could have

ha d

other plans as

he did

not

have

school for

two

of

those days

willing

helped. I

j u s t

wished now that I had

taken

the

proverbial before

an d

a f te r pictur es. We

hauled

about 15 loads to the local

d i ^ . We once

again are thankful to the

UTTR S

as

they

lent us their

pickup

truck to haul off

a ll

t he le av es and brush and branches to the dump.

In th e past

month we have

ha d many

come and

visi t the services. We

hope

that

they w ill return to the

services.

To those of you who

are

no t

familiar

with

Hawaii

i t

sort

of

reminds you

of

Ephesus in t he B ib le . Every r el ig io n t ha t

is

or

ev er h as been is

here

and people do not relate to the gospel

as

r eadily

as

some do in

o t he r c o un t ri es .

The

o th er n ig ht

Bro.

L u ttr e ll

and I were

counting

j u s t th e

di f ferent churches

in

th e a r e a o f

the Ma ili

C h r i s t i a n

Church

and

with

in

a two

mile

radius

we came up

with

fifteen 15) different

churches.

So you

can see

why

i t i s e ss en ti al t ha t

we

tr y an d

make

the b e s t o f our e f f o r t s here

in the 50th State. We covet your

prayers

for

ou r work here and we know that

with these prayers we are going to win the battle against Satan to confuse the

people o f Hawaii.

Our Bible Club seems

to

be doing very

well. We

are averaging about 5

to

7 each

week and we

are hoping that

when these young

p eo pl e b eg in to

realize what

they

a r e really learning t h a t

they

w i l l

become

gr eat

ambassadors

fo r

Chr ist.


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MISSION SERVICES

ASSOCIATION

For office us e

only;

PERSONAL FILE FORM

D a te S e n t;

Dale

Rec d :

Information from

this form will appear in Horizons

and o ther

infor

mation formats publ ished by Mission

Services

Association.

This form

is

prepared

to help

you give accurate background

informa

tion

about

yourself

a nd you r

mission

work.

Please type

or

print clearly Do not abbreviate

'Please do not write on this formanything other than that requested. Attach extra sheets for additional information you maywant to provide.

This is not an applica tion form. It is not an official form endorsing you and your work. It is simply a worksheet des igned to help us publicize

your work that may help

produce

new friends for you. prayers and financial assistance. If any questions

seem

too

personal

or

seem

offensive

to you.

please

feel free

to

leave

them

blank.

Name

in full

spell ou t all names

Joseph

Firs t

Name

Andrew

Middle

N am e

Date:

December

IMonih

Sho l t i s

22 985

Day Year}

Complete

address on field: P.

0.

Box 612. 87-672

Farrlngton

Hwy.. Waianae^ Hawaii 96792

(Number - Street City Stale Zip number Country)

Phone number

on field:

808 668-1755 Case of Emergency

call

:808 668-9968

Ask for: Charles Lut t rel l

(First

Last name and addr es s )

Your

complete

address while in USA:

(Number -

Street

City - State Zip)

Your

USA

phone number: area code 808

phone number 668-1755 or 668-7332

Name and address

of

Livinglink church or

churches:

T.^ke


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N u m b e r

Stree t

Full na me of

ch u rch )

City;

Sta te

Zi p

Please

s e n d le t ters o f recommenda t ion from the

e ide rs In

y ou r s p on s or in g

chur ches

which will

e n c ou r ag e o t h er

churches to support

your

missionary work.

Certainly

th e

words

of

t h e se elders

will help

to c onv in ce others

regarding

th e worthiness

of

your

mission

work.

Please

help MSA to spread y ou r n ew s through HORIZONS by

sending

these

eiders l et te rs fr om your sponsoring

churches

as

soon

as possible. MSA will b e h ap py to help

yo u

co nt ac t t he se

eiders if yo u will

se n d

th e full

a d d r e s s e s of

th e

churches

Please

sketch

a

ma p

directing visitors to

your location o n th e mission

field.

Recommendations

by Christian Leaders: (List names

h er e a nd

enclose a copy of each letter.)

N a m e : - N u m b e r

S t r e e t

City:

State

Zip

N a m e

City _

N u m b e r Stree t

S t a t e Zi p

P la ce o f B i r t h

N umbe r S tr e e t)

Date of birth Janauary

Mortth)

Ad d

date of

arrival

City Braddooky

RtatftPenn.qylvariia

Zip

1 3 1 0 ^

1 9 4 1

Day)

Month) Day)

Year)

if applicable.)

Where baptized? First Christian Church

Qjty

Braddock

Year)

and n a t u r a l i z a t i o n

date

Year)

M ont h)

Day)

D a t e

State

Fennsylvania

Zi p

1 5 1 0 4

On an

extra sheet please

describe

an y

details

r egar ding your convers ion

which

y ou m ig ht c ar e t o

mention..

M A R I T A L S T A T U S :

Y

Married

Single Divorced Widowed

Please give th e complete name of your

husband

or th e maiden name of your wife Dora

Kam

Moi

Hee

Date

of

marriage

25, ^ 1962 yvhere

married?

Grayson, Kentucky

Month)

(Day) (Year)

o solemnized your wedding?

Mr Howard Ray

(Presently with

Mission

Services)

List children by full name giving th e

place, birthday, m on th a nd y ea r

in th e order of

your children s

birth days. (Ifyour

c h il d re n h a ve

been

adopted please indicate.) In case yo u are

single, please

list

y o ur b r ot h er s

and

sisters

by name in

this

space.

N a m e

P l a c e

o f b i r th

M o n t h ,

D ay Y e a r

John E a r l Sbol t i s ^ May 9

y j

i q f i q

E lean o r

K e h a u l a n i

Shol t i s *'

, J u l v

5

9 7 8


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Please list places of previous Christian service and what service you did as a brief career summary. Give

approximate dates:

P la c e

Fla t Fork, Kentucky

Bai leys

Chapel,Ky.

Posi t ion

S tud en t

M i n is t e r

EDUCATION high

school

and later :

Se rv ice

Preach ing

Da t e s

1960 1962

1962 1 9 6 3

Nam e of

school

Location

Number o f years

6 years

2 years

1 year

3 years

Degrees granted

and d ate

List

honorary

degrees

B r i n t o n Ave E l em

Hartman

J r High.

Wilkins J r High

Turt le Crk.

High

N.RrarlHorVj

N.Braddock, Penna.

Wilkings Twp.,Pa.

Tur t le

Creek,

Pa.

Kentucky P.nl . l^pnl-nrky ,

What

influenced

you

to become

a

missionary?

After

being involved

vdth the Missionary

emphasis

a t

Kentucky

Chris t ian

College

helped me

to

make tha t d ec is io n to become a missionary.

What Is your purpose In missions? Or what do you hope to accomplish on the mission

field? To build

the

church that Jesus Christ

challenged

us to build in

the

Great Commission

Yourown explanation in some detail might be influential in leading others into full-timeservice. Use extra sheets I

you n ee d

more space :

Be Committed. t i s th e lack of committment t h a t seems

to have

s t a l l ed

many o f our e f f o r t

5 years

Rflrl-i1r>T-

n

Ai-f-g

in m^ny lands. Then do

ynur Uttmost

tn up hn mmrm t frnfanl ymi hg^7a t r> fThT ig

Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties on

the

field:

Preachingj.

teaching and cond

uct ing

the Sunday

and

Wednesday Services . Also maintain the

church property and

do

most

of

the repair work that

needs

to be

done

around the church property.

Which of the following terms

most

nearly

describes your missionary

status?

Evangelist Bible College

Teacher

Bible Reader Public School

Teacher

Homemaker Doctor Nurse

Social

Worker Music

Teacher

ministry Radio follow-up Christian Service

Camp

Linguistics Maintenance of

Pilot.

Radio

mission equipment

Ma in t e nanc e

Benevo l e n t Of fi ce Wo r k

Produc t ion

o f Bible

Production of

Chris tian literature in

the

National Language

Village

orrespondence Courses

Evangelism

Name

other: Minister

Languages you know fluent/non-fluent


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PARENTS

Father s name and his

home

address: Joseph William Sholtis

irst Middle Last

nam e)

Living X Deceased Number Street 171 Weiler Avenue

nityNorth Braddock .qtatA Pennsylvania 7ip 15104 Phone

His occupation

Retired

Is he a Christian? Yes

No

X

What posit ions of leadership ha s he held in th e local church?

W h a t C h r is t ia n s e r v ic e does h e n o w do

Mother s

full

maiden name

A l i c e ^e l l^ S te iner

First

Middle Last name)

Living

Deceased^

Number Street

Same

as above

City

State

Zi p Phone

Is sh e a Christian? Yes ^ No Her occupation if e mp lo ye d o ut si de

th e

h ome

-

What leadership positions or Christian service has she rendered to the local church? Church Secretary

Do

yo u

have relatives in mission work? Yes No ^

If s o, p le as e list their

names,

location, kinship an d

details

on a s e pa rat e s he et with a brief

explanation

of

their

missionary activity.

F O R W A R D I N G

A G E N T :

Name

S am eul a od

Ki t Fi.ciher

First - Middle Last name. II applicable, list both Mr. and Mrs. lull names.)

M..mhor anH gtraat 11345 Moreno Aveuue City Lakeside

California

92040

Phone

619)

443-7137

Where attend church? Lakeside Church of Ch ris t

Full

n am e

o l

ch u rch )

Mnrnhpr

ft Qtrppt

13739 El Moute Rd.r.ity Lakeside

.gtatp

California 7ip

92040-2699

What

duties are performed by the forwarding agent? To

receive al l

funds 9nd

write

recipts and

to

to

tr y to ra ise funds fo r the

mission

work.

Should money be sent to the forwarding agent only? Yes

Does the forwarding agent receive a salary? n what form should funds besent? Check or M.O.

Please giv

the

full name of

the

mission: The Grass

Hut Mission

Does

th e mission

have

official tax

exempt

status?

Please give detailsof HOW checks should be

written

to this mission: Thg Grass Hut Mission

If f un d s ar e to be sent directly to th e missionary on th e mission field, please explain th e details of HOW to do it, so we

can

give

your e xpla na ti on t o HORIZONS r ea de rs a nd o th er s

wh o

ma y

inquire

Mission Services Association is de pe ndi ng upon you to keep he r informed regarding your missionary activity.

Thanks so v ery muc h; you are the BEST source for your information we know, so yo u ar e a vital partner.

Ifyou have additional information

that

you think will be helpful to

th e

staff of MSA in preparing news stories

about

your

ministry,

please

feel

free

to send it. MSA is

depending upon

you.

Thanks.


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office

us e

only:

PERSON L

FILE FORM

Dale Sent:

Date

Rec d:

Information from

this

form

will appear In Horizons and othe r Infor- This

form

Is prepared to helpyou

give

accurate

background

Informa-

matlon formats published by Mission Services Association. tlon about yourself and your mission work.

Please type or print clearly Do not abbreviate

Please

do not write on this form anything other than that requested. Attach extra sheets for additional information you may want to provide.

This Is not an application form. ItIs not an official form endorsing you and your work. It Is simply a worksheet designed to help us publicize

your

work

that may

help produce new friends for you, prayers

and

financial

assistance.

Ifany questions seem too personal or seem offensive

to you, please feel free to leave them blank.

t

Date ^


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Full

n am e

o f c h u rc h )

City:

Numbe r Stree t

S t a t e Zi p

Please send

l e tt e rs o f recommenda t ion f r o m

th e

e lde rs

in

y o u r s p o ns o ri n g

churches which will e n c o u ra g e other

ch u r ches t o su p po r t your missionary work.

Certainly

th e

w o rd s

o f

t he s e elders

will

help to convince ot he r s

regarding

the worthiness

of

your

mission work.

Please

help MS A to s pr ea d y ou r news through

HORIZONS

by

sending these

elders

letters from y ou r s po ns or in g

c hu rc he s a s s oo n a s

possible.

MSA will b e h ap py to

help

you c ont a c t

t h e s e

elders if yo u will send th e full

addresses

o f t h e c h u rc h e s

Recommendations by Christian Leaders: (List names

here

an d enclose a copy of each letter.)

N a m e : N u m b e r

Street

City: State Zip

Ptease

sketch

a

m ap directing

visitors

t o y ou r l o ca t io n o n th e mission field.

Na m e

City _

Place o f B ir th

Num be r i S tr e e t)

Date

of

birth

S

Mo n t h )

Numbe r Stree t

S t a t e

r ity lio^C l^ULX J

^1

^ 0

Day)

Year)

Zip

s t a t e

M

Ad d date of arrival

and natural izat ion

da te

Month) Day)

Year)

Year)

if applicable.)

Where

baptized?

C/

City iJ State

Month)

Date / j ouo^ r- - i^Si

Zi p

Day)

On an extra sheet p lease d escr ib e

an y

details regarding your conversion w hi ch y ou m ig ht care to mention..

M A R I T A L

STATUS :

Married

Single Divorced

Widowed

Please

give

the complete

name of your husband or

the

maiden name of your wife Ja5epa

Date of marriage ^ ^ Where married

(Month)

Who

solemnized

y o u r w e d di n g?

D ay) Year)

List children by full name giving th e place, birthday, month a nd

yearintheorderofyourchildren s

birth days. (Ifyour

children have been

adopted

please

indicate.) In

case yo u ar e single, please

list

y ou r b ro th ers and sisters

by

name

in

this space.

N a m e

P l a c e

o f

b i r t h

M o n t h ,

Day

Ye a r

S r s P M B h l PT)ujAeD

Al^/ilor

J u t

U

12

d c P N EA-IZU

A k ^ f J o u u u O

d

i PmkJLmi

/4ouoUJuJ>

7

S


9/15

Please list places of previous Christian service and what service you did as a brief career summary. Give

approximate dates:

P l ace

Posi t ion

Serv ice

Da t e s

EDUCATION high school and later :

, Deg re es g ra nte d a nd d at e

Name of

school

Location Number

of

years

(List

honorary degrees

[JIIAIPAIMJ

l it

i< er/^ruci^

Ckisrm

What is your purpose in missions? Or what do you hope to accomplish on the mission

f ie ld?

Your own explanation in

some

detail might be influential in leading others into full-time service. Use extra

sheets

If

you

need more space :

Describe briefly

in outline form th e nature of your

daily

duties on

the

field:

Which of th e following

t erms mos t nearly

describes

your missionary

status?

Evangelist Bible College

Teacher

Bible Reader Public School

Teacher

Homemaker Doctor

Nurse

Soc ia l Wo rk er Music Teacher

ministry Radio follow-up Christian Service Camp Linguistics Maintenance o

Pi lo t

Radio

mission equipment

Main t enance

Benevo l e n t Off ice

Work Produc t ion

of Bib le

Production of

Christ ian l iterature

in th e National Language Village

orrespondence

Courses

Evangelism Name other:

Languages you

know fluent/non-fluent


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PARENTS:

.

Father s

n ame an d his

home address J^U^

Fust Middle Last

neme

Living Deceased Number

&

Street f fcxJC^

City [A}A-iA^ Ar^ ^State

Zip

Phone

His

occupation

C/A^

Cp

^^AT12ACrrt^

Is

he

a Christian? Yes

t^

No .

What

positions

of leadership

has

he

held in the local church? /C^/^5T

What Ch ri st ia n s ervi ce

does he

now do?

Mother s

full maiden

name

L-OAJCf UJQA^^

Living Deceased ^

Number

&Street

{Firs Middle - Last name

City State Zip Phone

Is she a Christian? Yes * No Her

occupation

if employed

outside the

home PuSL/CI^ )

What

leadership positions or Christian service has she rendered to the local rhi]rr.h7^7^S45U^.^:>g^

Do you have relatives in mission work? Yes No _

If

so ,

please list their

names,

location, kinship and

details

on a separate

sheet

with a brief

explanation

of their

missionary

activity.

FORWARDING AGENT:

am e

IFIrst - Middle - Last name. If applicable, list

both

Mr. and Mrs. lull rtamas.)

Number and Stree t

City

State

Zip

Phone

Whe re

at t end

chur ch

Full

name o f church

Number

& Street City State

Zip

What duties ar e performed

by

the forwarding

agent?

Should money be sent to th e

forwarding

agent only?

Does

the

forwarding agent receive

a

salary?

In

what

form

should

funds

be sent?

Please give th e full name of th e mission:

Does th e mission have official ta x

exempt

status?

Please give details of HOW checks should be writ ten to this mission:

If funds

ar e

to

be sent directly

to

th e

missionary

on

th e mission field,

please

explain th e details of

HOW

to

do

it,

so

we

can give

your

explana tion to HORIZONS r eade rs and o ther s who may inqu ir e

Mission Services Association is depending upon you to keep her informed regarding your missionary activity.

Thanks

so very much;

you

are the BEST

source

for your information we know, so

you are

a vital

partner.

If you have additional information that

you

think will be helpful to the staff of MSA in

preparing

news

stories about

your

ministry,

please

feel

free to s end

it. MSA is

depending upon

you . Thanks.


11/15

V

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GRAH

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iss ion ries

J O E

D O R A

S H O L T I S

R

O.

B o x

6 1 2

Waianae Hawaii

9 6 7 9 2

Forwarding

A gents

SA M

KI T

FISHER

11345

Moreno Avenue

L akes ide Calif . 9 2 0 4 0

May 1986

Dear Friends in

Christ

Greetings in

th e name of our S av io r J es us Christ.

We

first

want to apologize for not writing fo r the past

two

months.

Our typ^

writer was down in the shop and i t has been quite a deal trying to get things

done around

here

and

also

to

le t

you

fine

people

know

about our work. But

we

-are

back

in business

and hope

to

keep you informed as

to how

t he L or d s

Work

here

in

Hawaii

is

doing.

Our attendance has been holding around 10 to 15 with a high of 21 this pas month

Several new

folk

have come to

visit

and we hope that they

will

come into the

fold

h e r e t th e M a i l i

C h r i s t i a n

Church.

Just as

we

were ready to start service one

Sunday

evening a ca r pulled into the

church parking lot. I was beginning to pick out th e church hymns for the evening

service and so Bro. Charles Luttrell went to

talk

to

the young fellow idio got out

of th e

car.

Many times folk are just lost and want to know d irecti on s t o a

cer

tain place.

And

so I continued to pick out the hymns and the next thing we knew

that

the

young

fellow

was

looking for a church to worship.

Upon

being invited

in

we ha d a

gr eat discussion

aft er

the

service and found

out

that

he

and

h is

wife

were s^rching and someone had 4 nformed

that that

they should contact the

Church

of Christ or Christian Church as they were the

closest

to the Scriptures. The

young man is

in

th e service and he

really

is searching. They have three children

all

girls and she thinks that she

is

expecting again.

We

would ask that

you

pray fo r

this young

couple as they have had some problems and he

i s

very sincere

at

trying to make a go of his marriage and family life. They need our prayer

support and pray

that we may

be able

to se e

them

in th e

fellowship

of

th e Maili

Christian

Church

while here

in

Hawaii

in

the service of

their

country.

On a different note we

would

ask that

a ll

of you be in prayer for BRO

H RLES

LUTTRELL

He

has had

some

very bad breathing problems over the

past

several

months and

i t

has caused him considerable worry. Recently he

was

told

that he

is to cu t down on his salt of which he Tikes very

much

For 23

y^ rs

he and

his

^wife

and family

labored

at

the Palolo Valley

Qiurch

of Christ

and

now is

semi-retired

helping with

th e

Waipahu

Churchof Christ and th e

Maili

Christian

Church. On February 16 1986 they brought their membership into the Maili

Christian

Church

We are blessed with

this

couple

and

their efforts in getting

our congregation again. Both Dora and I cannot praise them enough fo r their

st^dfast service in the Lord. Brother Charlie and Henrietta ar e just an in

spiration to \diat

you

can do

if

you

ar e fa it hf ul i n the Lord. Be in. prayer

for him

at this time

for he needs the physical strength to carry out the

spirit-

ul

efforts we need

to do in the areas

that we

are working in here

in Hawaii


12/15

Our Sunday evening service has been very good. We are averaging about 10 and we

are

using

filmstrips

and discussion

after.

We have

just

finished a series on

JOSEPH and currently we

are

on a series on MOSES. I t has been a

time

of discovery

for many of

us

as just the

t ime you think you know i t

a ll

about

these

a ll to

familiar characters the filmstrip will bring something up

that

you may have either

forgotten or never knew at

al l

There is a

question

and answer time

after

and

a ll

participate.

Also our Wednesday Evening Service is going along

very

well.

In this service we began studying the book of Hebrews and went through James and

now

we

a re

on th e

book o f I

Pe t e r

Those who a t tend a re in to

the

word and wef a re

learning

much from

i t

The Bible Club that we started in November

of

last year continues to be a source

of

excitment

to us.

Mrs. Luttrell does an

excellent

job with th e children and

though sometimes we may

only have

a few and then some more we get

excited

a t what

th e c hi ld re n

have

l ea rned These

a re

ch i ld ren

around

th e church wh o

have

neve r

been

reached

before

and we would that you

also

pray

for

them. They have no back

ground whatsoever in the church and^ they seem to realTy

take

hold a t^ what is

being told to them. At

present

we are in the Gospel of John and these young peo

ple

are

learning about th e Gospel of Love.

We

hope that

through our love

for

them

they

will

come

to

love

the

Master

of

LoveJesus

Christ.

Once again we want to say a big

M H LO

NUI LOA to a l l who have supported us over

the years and we hope

that

we can continue to be worthy

of

that support. We are

s t i l l short of funds. We

would

ask that

i f

you

personally

or your church or

a

Bible School

class

would like

to support us

we would

be very

thankful. God has

blessed us and we do need the support very much. I f we do not

get

the necessary

funds i t looks' l ike that I wil l have

to

go

back

to work and we will not be able

to do the th ings that we

are

doing at the

Maili

Christian Church.

I t

is very

vital

that we

raise

at least 1000.00 a moiith

in

l iving link support. Our for

warding

agent

BRO.

S M

FISHER

and

his wife

KIT are

trying

very

hard to

raise

the

necessary support

for us. on

the mainland. We

have

gained

a few more since

our

last

writing

who send directly to

us.

We would encourage you to either send

i t

to

Bro.

Sam or

me as

we

wil l

be

trying

to

keep

in

good

contact

over the next

few months concerning our work here.

We

do want to acknowledge the support of

the LAKESIDE

HUR H

OF

CHRIST

for

i t s

wonderful

support

in accepting us sight

unseen whenr a recomendation was needed recently for an article that we had

writ

ten. M H LO

NUI

LOA to you fine Christian folk.

Before we sign

off

we do want to say

that

we are grandparents

again

and this time

Tt

is^ a Grandson. His name

is

Jonathan

Ikaika ^ol t i s

weighing

in

at 41bs. 8oz.

on March

19

1986 at 3:27am. He is

doing

fine and so

are a l l

the

family

members

We

will

te l l

you more in

the

next

newsletter.

May

the

Lord

Bless

you

a l l

and we do

appreciate hearing

from you.

(Aloha

In

Chrij

Jbe Dora Jolm and Eleanor Sholtis


13/15

y Shorn Jcmu

Mcucum

J-Imm

Joseph

and

Dora Sholtis

came

to

wo rk with

th e Mail i

Chu r c h

o f

Christ

(now Maili

Christ ian

Church in

1964.

This

congregation was started

by

Edi th Sh imme l

and Ethe l

J o n e s in

1950 a ft er b ei ng incarcerated in

the Philippines during

World

War

II.

Joe was born Januarys, 1941 in

North Braddock, Pennsylvania to

Joseph and Alice Sholtis. He

b e c ame a

membe r

o f Fi rs t

Christian Church In

Braddock,

where he

was q uite active. He

gradua ted

f rom Kentucky

Christian

College in May 1964. It

was t h e r e

t h a t

h e m et

Dora

Hee of

Hawai i .

Dora was b orn Augus t 21 ,1940

in

Honolulu,

Hawaii to Robert and

Ah

Lung Hee of Chinese

ancestry.

She a tt ended the Maili

Chu r c h

o f Chr i s t from its

beginning in

1950

and was al so

quite active

In

the church

program. She g raduat ed from

Ken tucky Chr is ti an

College

in

1962 . Dor a and J o e wer e

marr i ed

June 25 1962 by Howard Ray,

now

ed i t o r o f HO R IZON S

magazine.

They

have three

children: Stephen, 21;

John,

17;

and

Eleanor, 8.

As

Priscilla

and

Aquila,

Joe

an d

Dora

have spent most

of

th e past

26

years as tent -making

missionaries. Lack of adequate

financial support

has

made this

necessary.

However, the work

has suffered

so Joe

has recently

stepped

ou t on faith, going full-

time with

the

work, even though

s om e ti me s th eir

end s do

no t

meet.

They

need to raise their

support

of 150.00 monthly to

1,000.00. If you

ca n

help

th e

Mail i Chr i s t i an

C hu rc h b ec om e

once

again

an effective witness to

the Lord,

contact

th e forwarding

agents

l is ted below.

Recently many have come to

visit the se rv ices

at

Maili. Hawai i

is much like Ephesus of New

Testament t imes in

that

every

religion is

present.

There

are

15

dif ferent

chur che s

in a two mi le

r ad ius of th e Maili Chu r ch .

T h e

Bible Club is doing well, however,

and a pre-school is being

planned. Joe and Dora

ask

prayers to help win th e battle

again st Sa tan in

the

50th state.

The

Sho l t i s family

is

recommended by the elders of

Lakeside Church of

Christ,

13739

El Monte Rd., Lakeside, CA

92040,

phone

619-443-6918.

Send

funds

to :

Sam and

Kit Fisher,

11345

Moreno Ave. Lakeside,

CA

92040, phone 619-443-7137.

Write

th e

Sholtis family at : PO Box 612, Waianae, Hi 96792.


14/15

i

Joe

Doia Sholtis

iss ion xies

P.O. Box

612

Waianae Hawaii 96797

Dear Friends i n Chr is t

Greetings

and

aloha

in

the

name

of

out ord

and

Master Jesus Christ.

Dora and I

arrived

in Hawaii on September 2, 1964

to

begin work with

the

Maile Church of

Christ,

which is also Dora s

home-church.

Stephen

Edward,

our son,

was born

shortly after out arrival

in the

islands

(January

12

1965 .

The

attendance

during our first

month

with the

Maile

work

numbered

between 25

- 30 each Lord's day, one Sunday it was down to 15. There

were only 6 Sunday-school classes at this time; many were children

with

very

few

young

people

and

adults. Today, the average attendance

is around 70;

tl^ere

ate still

many

children, but there is also an increase

in the

youth group and among

the adults. There are now

Sunday-

school classes, 8 adult teachers and 3 high school juniors teaching.

As

on

many fields

of service in the Lord,

there are

always discouraging

and joyous incidents, thus

it is no different in Hawaii.

The

need of

the

Lord

is great,

yet man neglects to

seek this spiritual need

because he

does not care; the Lord's

Day

is a pleaseue day because

man

has

worked all during the week and feels he needs to

spend

this day

for

himself.

How

sad and disheartening it is to see even the members of

God's church feel this

way,

caring only for themselves and not being

concerned with the spiritual

growth

of the church in the community.

Our part in

the

Maile

work

is minor compared

to

the

work

of the Holy

Spirit guiding

dedicated Christians

who labor

so faithfully with

concern

and love for lost souls. Many times we have asked fellow-Christians

on

the

Mainland to pray with us for the needs of the church at Maile;

truly

the Lord has

answered

these

prayers

as He sent

families

to help

in the work. We know we will lose

these

families

because

they are

military

and

will

sooner or later be transferred, but

we

trust the

Lord

will send

others

to fill

their

places.

Please

continue to pray for the work of the Lord in Hawaii as the gospel

of Jesus Christ is

needed

in the lives of those

who

are here.

May

God's

blessings be upon all who labor in His service daily.

See

us

at

Booth 153 for your free

Orchid

Read

about the

Luttrell

Family on the other

side


15/15

MISSION

Chazles C Luttiell Famil

1713 Tenth Avenu

Honolulu

Hawa

M

Maik Leta

Philip

Henrietta

Charles Lora

and y Luttrell: Since 1962 your missionary

family to

Palolo Valley

Church of

Christ one

o f t he n in e

miss ion

churches

on

Oahu .

OUR GOALS:

TO

WIN SOULS FOR

CHRIST

TO

NURTURE THE MEMBERS

O F

CHRIS rS

BODY

IN PALOLO

VALLEY

SO THEY MAY GROW

SPIRITUALLY TO BECOME

A

SELF

SUPPORTING CONGREGATION

T O REPLACE THE

TERMITE-

INFESTED

BUILDING

THAT IS

USED

FOR

CLASSES

AND

LIVING

QUARTERS

OUR NEEDS :

YOUR PRAYERS

500 MONTHLY

FOR

LIVING LINK

59 CHURCHES OR GROUPS TO

CONTRIBUTE 1 000

OVER

A

FIVE

YEAR

PERIOD

FOR

THE

BUILDING

FUND

INVITATIONS

TO SPEAK IN

THE

CHURCHES

SEE US

AT BOOTH

153 FOR

YOUR

FREE ORCHID

READ ABOUT THE GRASS HUT MISSION IN MAILI ON THE OTHER

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