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TH JO S GG LK

FAMILY

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BERT ELLIS FAMILY

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ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE

TOt

A.P.O.

NO. 9,

SAN

FRANCISCO.

CALIFORNIA

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OFFICIAL

ADVISORS:

RADIO STATION,

H L K U

1035 KILOCYCLES

Thia group of

high

school

and college

students are

10

of the

11 who

were

baptized at the

close

of summer c a n i p

held ^ a u g u s t

1-4

for

the members of

our

student

Bible clubs. There

were

75 students-in

o o n ^ )

and 10

faculty

A pert

of the

boys who w ere in camp*

Preacher Hmf from the Christian radio

station HLKP

in

Puaan, who helped u s

i n c a i r p in m a n y

w a y s

i s s t a n d i n g at

t h e r i g h t

i n

t h e p i c t u r e *

B u i l d i n g s

at left

are

dormitories*

Mr.

Choo

Wul

Yung, principal of Puaan

High

School,teaching

a

class o n, The

Christian Student and School.

This

was one of three discussions, the

others being,

The

Christian Student

a n d Home, and The Christian Studen t

and

Church.

Hbrold Taylor of Kbrean

Christian

Mission

in

Seoul taught one

and

Dr.

an Y u n g

Kyo,

president of

Yonsei

C ollege

taught the t h i r d .

These

consisted

of

lecture,

question

a n d

answer

p e r i o d

and

d i r e c t e d dis

c u s s i o n g r oins, lasting for a

total

of one hour and

forty-five minutes.

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B r o a d c a s t i n g

t h e

G o s p e l

O v e r

HLKU, Pusan, K o r e a C1035 K i l o c y c l o s ) , K o r e a s F i r s t C o m m e r c i a l R a d i o S t a t i o n .



THE JOE

SEGGELKE

FAMILY

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ADDRESS

CORRESPONDENCE

TOt

A . P . O .

NO. S9.

SAN

FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA

OFFICIAL

ADVISORS:

RADIO

STATION, H L

K

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KILOCYCLES

Dear Friends:

Things h a v e b e e n h a p p e n i n g out h e r e so

r a p i d l y

the last f e n ?

months

that

w e

j u s t did

n o t

take ti m e o u t

to t e l l

you

a l l

about

t h e m We

h ope

t h i s

letter

wil l

bring

yo u

u p

t o d a t e o n

t h e l a t e s t

h a p p e n i n g s

i n

K o r e a

Of coursef the

biggest

news was

the têover

o f

the

government

by

the military i n

May We had bee n expecting something

for the

former government» which took over

f

om S y n g m a n Rhee a y e a r a g O t

w a s

h a v i n g many d i f f i c u l t i e s

a n d

p e o p l e w e r e not sat

isfied with

i t s

efforts

t o

inprove

the

situation

here

But

we did

not

expect

the

army to take over They now

ch arge

that they

were forced

to d o t h i s

because

th e

g o v e r n m e n t was p r o — C o m n a i n i s t a n d c o r r u p t #

No

o n e b e l i e v e s it

w a s

p r o - C o n B n u n i s t

a n d

no

one doubts it

was corrupt In m y opiniont i t

will

take several generations before

corruption in the

government here i s eliminated

It

h a s just been the natural

thing

for too many

years

We are n Ow in our fourth year in Korea a n d we

h a v e

seen

four

governmentsi

This^ o f

course causes us problems in our dealings

with

the govern

m e n t n d f o r e i g n e r s

deal

w i t h t h e

g o v e r n m e n t at

f r e < i u e n t

i n t e r v a l s #

We

a r e

h o p e f u l

that they will

clean u p some

of

t h e c o r r u p t i o n

a n d i n p r o V e the

e c o n o m i c

s i t u a t i o n of

the people One thing they

have

d one

i s

to practically

eliminate

the

importing

and

s a l e

o f foreign g o o ds and

th i s

i s c au s i n g us some d ifficulty i n

th e

way

o f

foo d

stuffs We are hopeful

that

something

will

be worked out as a diet

o f fish

and rice

could get awfully monotonous

for

u s I

Concerning our work there

has been

good news a n d bad news Th e bad news i s that we

h a d t o f i r e two of o u r

staff

Mr Kb a n d

prea c h er

Rhe e

T h i s

w a s a gr e at

d i s a p p

o i n t m en t t o

u s Mr Eo

h a d

w o rked

f o r

u s

f o r

three years

a n d w e h a d

d e p e n d e d

o n

h i m

for ma ny th i n g s For

the

m o s t part h i s

work

had

been

very @5od but

i n

the past

year

we h a d n u m e r o u s d i ff i c u lt i es with

h i m

a n d

f i n a l l y f o u n d

that h i s c h aract er w a s s u c h

that we c oul d no l o nger e mpl oy

him

Similar

problems and

discovery o f simil ar

character

c a u s e d th e

s am e acti o n

reg ardi n g the

preacher

Th i s

o f course

l eft us

i n a

d i ff i c u lt

p o s i t i o n

f o r

a few weeks but

n o t

l o n g We h a d b e e n worried

b e c a u s e

attendance

h a d

dropped

at c hurc h

recently After discharging

these

m en we

f o u n d

t h e y

were

a g o o d

p art

o f t h e r e a s o n f o r t h e s l u m p

We

f e e l t h a t

t h e w h o l e

s i t u at i o n

i s much better n o w

l i e

re-employed a former worker part-time Mr

K i m ,

wh o m we h ad

let

go

for financ ial reasons i n January

and we

have enployed a new m a n ,

Wr»

Lee

He

c o m e s to

u s

with t h e be st o f

recommendations i s

a good Christian and i s

35

years o l d a l ittl e o l d er t h a n o u r previous workers and t h i s h e l p s

out

here where

ag e

i s

respected

s o

m u c h

And

of

course. Miss Suh,

c o nti n u es

with her

good work

T h e

m o s t

re c e nt ev e nt

o f

o u r work wa s t h e c a n p w h i c h w e

h e l d

Aug u st

1 - 4

f o r t h e m e m

b e r s o f

o u r

s t u d e n t B i b l e c l u b s It w a s

h e l d

a t I l k w a n g , a b e a c h r e s o r t a b o u t a n

h o ur

a n d a h a l f by trai n

f r o m

Pu s a n T h e r e

wer e

75 h i g h s c h o o l a n d c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s

i n a t te n d a n c e a n d 1 fa c u lty

me mbers All o f

t h e

stu d e nts

a t t e n d i n g w ere m e m b ers o f

the five s t u d e n t B i b l e c l u b s w h i c h m e e t w e e k l y in o u r c h a p e l

There

a r e I3 s t u d

e nts

enrolled

i n th i s

program

Miss Suh directs a l l their

activities

a n d plan n ed

a n d

directed

the

c a mp program

We

were especi ally pleas ed that the plan n i n g an d

d ir e c tio n

w as

by

t h e Kbrean

staff with very

l i tt le

a s s i s t an c e f r o m

u s Among

th e

B r o a d c a s t l n s

t h e G o s p e l

O v e r H L K U ,

P u s a n , K o r e a f 0 3 5

K i l o c y c l e s .

K o r e a ' s F i r s t C o a i m e r c l a l R a d i o

S t a t i o n .



Report Letter - orean Broadcasting

Mission

age 2

highlights of th e caup - w e r e the Wednesday evening service in 7 » h i c h

w e

were joined

by

the members

of

the village church

and at which

Harold

Taylor

preachedt 9 a B 5 > - *

fire

service

on

Thursday

night a n d the

baptismal service

on Friday afternoon. The

faculty for the

camp

were: Harold

Taylor, of

Korean Christian

I i i E s s i o n in

Seoul; Dr«

Han, p r e s i d e n t of

Yonsei

College, a n d h i s

wife;

h i e * Choo, principal

of

Pusqn

High

School ; Preacher Lim

of

the C hristian radio station HLKP in Pusanj

Marge

and Bert,

and KBM staff members. We especially

appreciated

Harold's taking

time

out of a

busy

schedule

to

spend the week with

us. The

c a n ^ )

facilities

consisted

of two

buildings

used

for dormitories,

which we

rented

from the Methodist

Conference,

a n d the local

Methodist

church

building wh ich w a s u s e d

for

our meetings. Il kw ang

is

a popular

summer

resort

with

a fine

beach, and the young people greatly enjoyed the swimming

There were

11

who

were baptized at

the

close

of c a n ? ) .

None

of

them,

as well as

practically all the canpers,

had

ever seen any one

baptized

before, so they

were

duly

hesitant. ^ good

Ch ristian testimony

was given

to a large

crowd at the

beach

by the baptismal service. W e hav e mentioned

before

that the economic

situation is

very bad in Korea.

Most

of the

students'

families have all they can do to pay th e

school

fees,

without any

extras, (al l

education

above primary

schools is what

w e

would

term

private schools. ) I i / I i s S

Suh

insisted that each

student

pay a part

of

his

e x p o n s o s a n d bring s o m e

rico. The

c a m p actually cost t h e m i s s i o n a b o u t $250, part

of which

went

for oquipmont

wo

will not have to

buy

a n o t h e r

year. Wo a r e

planning

to make this

a

regular

part

of

our program.

i i l t h o u g h church attendance had

fallen

off, it

is beginning

to pick u p

again

a n d we

believe

it

w i l l increase wh en

the

vacation season

is

over. Our

Sunday School

h as

been booming, several Sundays

recently

we have h ad 150

children, all

below the age

of 12, and we are averaging

between

125 15^* have some now plans

for

our

Sunday

School and will be

telling

you

more

about that

in

our

next

letter.

Our

corr

espondence Bibl e

study

has

slow ed down

right

now due

to vacation

and the

fact that

we

have

not h a d time to

pronote

it properly . We

are

off the

air

for the summer with

our radio program

but

wil l resume

our broadcasting

in October. Wo have found that

not

so many

people l isten during the summer, and by

going

off

the

air

for

a short

period

we have time

to

take

care

of some other activities. Ev erywh ere we

go

wo meet

people who

listen

to our program regularly.

7 / e

have indicated

before that v e just

do

not

have

enou^

hours in the day to take

care of all the activities properly. W e have decided that when we return

from

fur

lough w e

wi l l

specialize

in

working with the

student

Bible

clubs

and the

Sunday

School, possibly preparing materials w hich can be u sed in other areas. This means

someone

w i l l

bo

needed

to take

care of

the

radio work, and

someone to

take care

of

the

church, Bible

classes,

and

general

evangelism.

If any

one is interested

please

got in touch

with us as soon as

possible

and we'll send more

information.

By

cutting expenses

to

the

bare

minimum, drawing about half of

our

salary, and

using

every

uâns

of e c o n o i r y

we are graduall y reducing

our

back debt as well

as

paying

current

expenses. Our finances

are still precarious

and

we wonder from month to

month

whether

or not w e can meet our current bill s.

The

youth

c a i r p

put

a

dent in

our

budget

a t present

and

we

could certainly

u s e extra gifts to

pay for th at.

Y / e

do

appreciate all those

who

have

so regul arly and faithfu ll y

helped with

the finances

of

this work

There

are many more things we

woul d like to tell you but this l etter

is long now

so

w e

w i l l save thoa for the next letter

w hich

w e w i l l t ry to send w ithin

the

next

six

week s. Please share this letter and picture with

those

who are

interested

in

your

church. Remember to pray for us daily.

Faithfully yours.



THE JOE SEGGELKE FAMILY THE

BERT

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CORRESPONDENCE

TOt

A.P.O.

NO.

59,

SAN

FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA

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OFFICIAL ADVISORS;

RADIO STATION,

H L K

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Dear Frlendat

Here it la

DoceuibGrf

another year almost eors Va

vionder

inhere th e

t i s i e goes The last f e ^ n iraeks h e n r e been bu sy ones, as are a l z a o s t all of

o u r

ôeks

In

our

last letter to

you

i v e featured

our

young peoples

e

nd this t i i o e i t e

v ? e n t to tell you especially about

o u r

Su nd ay School Just a little ov er a year ago

we decidad to

begin a Sunday

School for

the children o f

o ur

area, as there

is

no

church except

o u r s

in

the

iimnediate

vicinity

On

the first Su nd ay

u e

gathered

about

60 children in

ou r chapel. The

group has

g r o \ 7 n

a l o v ^ l y but steadily until

for

the

past fen Sun days ne have had abou t

200

child ren in attendance We Tvould estimate

that

there

must

b e

about 300 ^ho are enrolled and

attend

at so me time

When the

group

i n a s

smeller

T v e

kept

them

together

and

taught

them as

one

unit,

one of o ur

staff

doing

the teaching- But as the group b ecame larger and larger

it

i v a s

s o o n

apparent

this could not continue

We then drafted

some of

the

high

school

and college stud ents from

ou r church

as teachers The problem i v l t h this

vas

that

most of them are n e i ? Christiana themselves so that although they are willing,

they

ore

sometimes not very

able.

This

made

it necessary to set u p

some p lan

o f

teach

ing

the teachers*

Today t j o have

the

group d ivided

into

two departments

Those who

wou ld correspo nd

to

the Beginners and younger Primaries meet

o n

the second floor of the building,

in

the room which formerly served as

our

offices* The

older

Primaries,

Juniors

and

Intermediates

meet on

the third floo r o f the bu ilding, in our chapel

Mies Suh

Jung

Do,

one

o f ou r very capable staff

workers,

directs the you nger

group The past

several

Sund ays there

have b een

about 75 o f them She

has

been

teaching

them Christian

songs, p rayers, and

Bible stories ,

using Standard picture

rolls and other pictures and aids. It is amazing

how

intently these little folks

listen

and how

rapidly they learn. If

any

o f

you have

ever

tried

to teach a grou p

of 75 children from

the

ages of about L to 7 o u h o ve some

idea

of the problems

she

faces

The high

school boy,

Pak Sung II,

who is the jack-of-all-trades in our off

ice, is

her assistant

The

room

in

which

this grou p meets

is

about

12

feet by 24

feet,

and I tdce one corner for my

office, so you

can

imagine

how crowded

they are

The older group is divided into

5

lasses and is supervised b y

Mr.

Kim Dak Sung,

another

o f

o u r

staff

There have

been from

100

to

125

in

this group

for the last

few Sundays

They

meet in o u r

chapel

which is about 35 feet b y 15 feet. Mr. KUa

be gins their meeting with

the

singing

of

songs, prayers, and

an

introduction to

th e

Bible

lesson for the day. Then

they sepo rato into their classes and are taught

by

the

teachers we have mentioned

Then they

re-assemble and Mr* Kim

asks questions

about the lesson and

gives

awards to

those who

have

brought

new

members

and

who

have

learned their meanory verses*

B r o a d c a s t i n g t h e

G o s p e l

O v e r

H L K U P u s a n

K o r e a

C 1 0 3 5 K i l o c y c l e s ) , K o r e a s F i r s t C o m m e r c i a l R a d i o S t a t i o n .



December,

196I orean Broaicasting Mission Report i-etter

Page

2

E a c h

c h i l d

i s

g i v e n a p i c t u r e

card,

( o b t a i n e d from t h e

S t a t e s ) ,

d e p i c t i n g t h e

lesson for

the

day

and

they

really

treasure these

cards» I have an idea that

they

take them

home and

rehearse the Bible

lesson

to others of their families* In ad d*

ition \ 3 e are

just

beginning to give them a Sund ay

School

paper, w i t h

the

lesson and

some interesting story* These wo prepare

ourselves,

then they are translated into

Korean and

printed on

the Korean

mimeograph*

They

ere rather crude, in comparison

to the colored, illustrated papers

you use at

home, but

they d o

carry a

message home

that

the

fanilies also

can

enjoy and profit by*

Bert

prepares

the lesson

materials

for

the teachers*

It

contains conments

on

the

Scripture text, a simple discussion of the

lesson,

illustrations ai^ instructions

in how to teach the lesson,

just

like the teachers'

quarterlies

you use at home*

This

also is translated into Karean and printed on the Korean mimeograph* Then af t

er church each Sunday

the

teachers

meet

for a short discussion of

the

following

Sunday's lesson#

In addition to all

the

other materials

that Bert

must prepare

these

Sund ey School

materials take a great deal of time, but we feel it

is

time well spent.

We

are

hopeful

that while

we

areôme on

furlough we

can work out arrangements for a

better

printing method

The children meet at

9-00 J ^ ' M *

and imnediotely afterwards

Bert

teaches a class

for

high school and college

students and

adults*

The attendance

varies here

from

an

average

of

about

30 to a high of 50* present they are stud ying a series of

lessons on The Life of

Christ . Bert

prepares a syllabus for this, each lesson

consisting

of about

three mimeographed

pages,

with questions to be used after the

lesson lecture* This is made available in both English and Korean* The

lesson is

taught in English with Mr. Lee Kee Nam of our staff

interpreting

in Korean* This

hour's

class is

concluded

with o

group of true or

false and

multiple

choice quest

ions designed

to bring

out

the

main

points

of

the

lesson*

The

students

especially

enjoy

the

questions and discussion

that always

comes

up with

them

With all of these groups includ ed together

we

have about 250 attending our Sun

day morning teaching sessions* In

addition

to this we reach

over

100

high

school

and college stud ents each

week

in

our

Bible

clubs,

have over

100

enrolled in

corr

espondence Bible stud y

in

other

areas

of

Korea,

and

have

from

12

to

20

in our

Wed

nesday

evening Bible class, which is stud ying the book of J k i t s .

We

also have church

service on Sunday morning and o

second session,

of the Sunday School Sunday evening*

Bert prepares

study

materials for all these

groups,

plus teaching most of the

sessions,

preaching for

the church,

and

preparing the rad io scripts w hen we

are

broadcasting*

Marge

and

John

havo been

d oing some of the teaching recently

as

Bert's

physical

condition

has just

not been

up to carrying the whole

load*

We thought you would

be

espociolly interested in these activities at the Christ

mas season. Christmas

here

is so different

from the

States.

To most Koreans

it is

just

another

day. Less than 10^ of the

people

even

claim

to be Christians

and

to

the

other millions Jesus Christ

is

just a name*

We

always appreciate all

the lovely

gifts

and cards w e receive but our greatest j oy

is

to be able to

bring

the light of

hope

to

those

who

have no

hope*

We

frequently

see

funerals

with

the mourners dress

ed in their pegan costumes, wailing and sobbing,

and

we

think,

How

terrible

to have

no

hopeV

Our Christmas present to you is the reminder that

you are

helping

us

to

bring the hope of Jesus

Christ

to hundreds of people who would never hear of

Him

without

you* May

this thought

bless

you

this

Christmas

season.

Faithfully yours,

P S

Financial

help

is

still sorely needed. All contributions should be

sent

to;

Mies

Loraine Lindsey, Cabool State

Bonk,

Cabocl, J^ssouri- Thank

youl

- robably

someone ls in

your

church

is

receiving a

different page of

pictures.



^ C o f a H

R r o a d o a H i n - g

^ f T i i d i o p i

re

December, 196I

Dear

Friendi

This

letter

Is

being sent only

to the preachers

on

our mailing

list,

along with

the enclosed letter

to

others on our mailing list* If you

minister

to

one

of our

supporting

churches, someone

else

in your

congregation will probably

be

receiving

the

enclosed letter,

along

with

a different

page of

pictures*

We

hope

that

both

pages of

pictures

will be used in some way*

We

want

to speak to

you

especially

about some special

needs*

Our

greatest

need

is for

more

workers- For a year and a half now I have been trying

to take care

of

all

the various activities we

have

developed by myself-

I have

found

I

am just not

eq.uol

to

it,

nor

do

I

believe

any

other one

person Is*

For the past three weeks

I

have not been

able

to go to the office ex cept to preach on

Sunday. I have

been

working

at

home

trying

to keep study materials prepared-

I can

work

for a few

hours

and then

to bed,

just con^letely

exhausted- Mar{ê

end John

have

been

trying

to

do

the teaching

end

take

cere

of other activities. We

have

some

fine

Korean workers

but there

are

some things they just cannot do,

at

least

until they

have

had

more

training

and

experience*

We

are

hopeful that we

can

find several workers to whom we can just

turn

over

some

one

field of activity and

let

them go ahead and develop it on their own* I

have no

intention of

trying

to

build up

an organization

with myself

at

the head-

I

just want to

see the

job done properly

out here. X

will

be

glad to turn

over some

of

these

areas

we have developed thus far to some capable, devoted person with no

strings attached

Perhaps you are the one who

could

do

one

of these particular jobs or

perhaps you

know someone who would b f ? interested- I am anxious to begin

corresponding

with

someone about this so that w© can

get together

and

talk

it over personally as soon

as I

arrive

home

on furlough this

suamer-

There is a tremen dous opportunity here

for anyone who is willing

to sacrifice

a little and

to work

hard*

The other problem is, of course, finances- We ere

in

better shape

now

than we

have

been*

By

going on about half

salary

for the past

year and

a half, which isn't

easy,

I

have managed to pay off about 2,000 in back debts, but we still have some

that are

pressing

us*

? . ©

surely would like

to

be out

of debt by

the

time we

come

home

on furlough. Perhaps your congregation, or some class

or

other organization

oan help us with this- V / e especially need l a s r e regular support- All

of

our activ

ities

are

somewhat handicapped by

lack

of funds.

From my own almost twenty

years

of experience in the pastorate in the States

I

know

how many

appeals

you receive,

almost

daily. If I

knew

any other

way

to handle

this

problem

I would not add to

your burden

with this ap peal, but

I

know n o other

way.

I

do hop© you

will consider

this

appeal

and do what

you

can

to help-

We do

appreciate

all

the help you have

given us in

our

work

here in Korea. Our beat

per

s o n a l w i s h e s t o

y o u

i n

y o u r w o r k .

f a i t h f u l l y

y o u r s .

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Ellis Bert Marjorie 1961 Korea