Ellis Bert Marjorie 1962 Korea

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OPEN FIELD IN KOREA FOR NEW n

aSSICNARY WORKERS —

LLIS

January I9, 1962

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Bert Bills,

who

has

b e e n carrying

o n

the work

o f

Korean Broadcasting Missio n

i n

F u s a n , K o r e a

( w i t h

M r s .

M a r j a r j ^ a n d s o n

J o h n ) , i s u r g e n t l y s e e k i n g A m e r i c a n

m i s s i o n a r y

h e l p

f o r

t h e w o r k i n ' ^ j j ^ s a n a r e a . E x t e n s i v e a c t i v i t i e s a r e b e i n g

^ a r r i e d

o n

w i t h K o r e a n h e l p , b u t a d d i t i o n a l l e a d e r s h i p i s n e e d e d . H e

s a i d :

W e

are ho peful that

w e

can find several

workers

to

whom

we can just turn over some

o n e

f i e l d

o f a c t i v i t : ^ y a n d l e t t h e m g o

a h e a d

a n d d e v e l o p i t o n t h e i r o w n . I h a v e

no intention o f trying t o

b u i l d

up an organization w ith myself at the head. I just

w a n t t o

s e e t h e

j o b

d o n e p r o p e r l y

o u t

h e r e . I w i l l b e g l a d t c j t u r n

o v e r

s o m e o f

these

areas we have devel oped th us far to^d ome capable,

devoted persons

with no

strings attached .

•

.1

am anxious

to

begin c orre s p onding w i t h s o m e o ne a b o ut t h i s

so t h a t

w e

can g e t t o g e t h er and tal k

it

o v e r

personally

as

s o o n

as I

arrive home

on furlough th is summer. The:e i s a t r e m e n d v l o u s opportunity here

for

anyone who i s


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Jan 19>

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She is a n e x c e l l e n t t e a c h e r , and t h e c h i l d r e n

l i s t e n

intentl y, learn quic k ly, and

take the materials home to tetell the stories to their parents#

( C e n t e r ) K i m D u k

S u n g

i s

s u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e

o l d e r c h i l d r e n j a n d f r o m

1 0 0 t o

125 c h i l d r e n an d y o u n^ p e o p l e attend and s h are in t h e

five

c l a s s e s in

this

division

B r o t h e r Kim b e g i n s t h e i r meeting w i t h

t h e

s i n g i n g of songs, prayers and

an

introduc

t o t h e B i b l e l e s s o n for t h e

day.

T h e n they s e p a r at e i n t o classes and are

taught

b y

teachers who have been

trained

by the missionary family. After the lesson, they

r ea sse m b le an d

Brother

K i m

asks

qu e s t i o n s

about

t h e l e s s o n

and

gives

awards to

t h o s

t h o have b r o u g h t n e w members and

w h o

h a v e l e a rn e d t h e i r memory

verses.

T h e b o y in

the

foregroiond can hardly restrain himself^ h e v ; a n t s

t o

answer

t h e

^estion s o badly

( L o w e r )

K i m Ahn Ja, one o f t h e h i g h s c h o o l

g irl s i s

h e l p i ng Superint endent

K i m

b y

p a s s i n g

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

c a r d s ,

w h i c h t h e c h i l d r e n d e a r l y l o v e t o r e c e i v e a n d

c a r e f ul l y p r e s e r v e

and take

h o m e

w i t h them.

T h e

v / o r k also includes the

Bible

clubs • v / h i c h reach o ver 100 kkktodckk h i g h

s c h o o l and c o l l e g e s tudent s

ea c h

w e e k;

o v e r

1 0 0 enro l l e d i n c o rre s p ondenc e c oursesj


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BERT ELLIS SICK, FA MILY

CARRYING

Oh .

-y

W o r d

h a s

c o m e f r o m P u s a n , K o r e a t h a t

B e r t

E l l i s

( S e e H o r i z o n s

F e b . 3 , I 9 6 2 ) h a s

b e e n

s e r i o u s l y

i l l

f o r s e v e r a l

w e e k s ^

a n c ^ j u s t

r e s u m e d

s o m e

a t t e n t i o n t o

h i s w o r k

t h e

f i r s t

w e e k

i n ■ I r c h .

Mar jo r y

a n d

s o n J o h n h a v e

b e e n t e a c h i n g

ll o f t h e c l a s s e s

BiblfS^f^to s c h o o l ter^ h a s s t a r t e d

a n d

t h e y p l a n n e d t o h o l d

c f t a b b f e k k k m five fiMdckkktkbk o f

2 0

m e m b e r s each. X

T h e ll s fami ly

is

d u e f o r

f \ i r lough

b y

late s u m m e r , b u t h a v e a n n o u n c e d

n o

d e f i n i t e

d a t e x p e n d i n g r e t u r n o f t h e

o e

S e g g l k k e

f a m i l y t o

t h e

f ield,(Piel^

^d ress is: K o r e a n

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

M i s s i o n ,

B o x

I4I,

P u s a n ,

K^^TT


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S ^ o r e a M l ^ r o a d c c i A i i n ^ ^ t T i i A ^ l o i x

^UMIK, 3c

orea

ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO.

A.P.O. NO.

59,

SAN

FR ANCISCO. CALIFORNIA

OFFICIAL

ADVISORS;

RADIO STA TION, H

L

K U 1039 KILOCYCLES

May, 1962

Dear Friends;

i n

t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s , w e

h a v e

l i v e d

i n K o r e a

u n d e r f o u r

governments,

and

we have seen many things happen politioal-

ly,

s o c ia l ly,

and

ec onomically. We h a v e

not

m a d e

great

successes, as far a s our ministry here is co ncerned, but we ^

h a v e

s e en

e n c o u r ag i n g r e s u l t s .

T h e

e x p e r i e n c e of o ur f i r s t

t e r m

h e r e, a l o n g

w i t h

our experien ce of nearly

t w e n t y

years

in t h e m i n i s t r y

b e f o r e c o m i n g t o

K o r ea, h a s e n a b l e d us t o _ -

m a k e s o m e

d ef in ite plans as

t o

our

fu t ure w o r k . W e w an t t o

tell

y o u w h a t w e

h a v e

d o n e and w h a t

w e

p r o p o s e .

activities

have been

many and varied. Our first in

terest

and

attempt

in

preaching

the

gospel was through radio

. j T 1 We w e r e

f ortunate

in form ing a g o o d r ela t i o ns h i p w i t h

t h e


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A n o t h e r

int ere st ing feature ha s be en our

w o r k

p j g j P - c h i l d r e n .

W e h a v e a

^ S u n d a y S c h o o l

w h i c h

evening.

Over

2 0 0 children

i n our

immediate

neig h

amount o f time a s we

must

prepare all the

lessons,

ta k e - h o m e

papers,

etc. The re many areas

^ ^ H j r

g o o d w a y o f

s t a r t i n g

c h u r c h e s , W e a r e h o p e f u l o f

^■ finding s o m e o n e w h o will c o m e

to

K o r e a a n d develop

w

nd

expand this

Sunday

School

work,

S u n d a y morning. A l th ou gh t h e attendance^ h a s

n e v e r

work here. This part

of

the work also n e e d s s o m e o n e ''

tivty

w e

would

like

to turn

over to

someone else

F r o m

time to time we h a v e held

Bible

classes, having a s

m a n y

a s four a w e e k going

at

o n e

time. Since

Bert's illness h e h a s

not b e e n

able

to r e s u m e these classes, excep

for

the S u n d a y

morning one,

but

this is

another

activity

which

n e e d s development.

Y o u c a n readily s e e that

there

is

plenty

of opportunity

for the

gospel in

Korea,


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^ V

ELLIS FAIRLY ON FURLOUGH FROM KOREA

Ber t

and Mrs.

Marge Ellis

and son

John left Korea June 15 after i frnnr j - r 1 1 - 1 ^

sponsoring

of

service. T hey will

settle at

Cabool, Mo.

home

of

their s m p f i d i t e b m m g

church

and

his form er pastorate^

will

be accepting' speaking d e . t e s after

September

1st.

Bro. Ellis indicated

at

the time they

left Korea

that their

tr avel fund was still

sh

and

said

John will b e in school in Oabool,

Marge

will b e homemaker, secretary, and

occasionally

tre-veling

with

Bert on his

speaking

tours. Don't forget t o write about

speaking dates.

We

want to r eport to all

of

our

supporting churches first,

if

possib

but first

come,

first served.

Address

is: Korean

Broadcasting

Mission,

Bert Ellis,

Cabool Mo.

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