Ellis Bert Marjorie 1963 Korea

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KOREANBROADCASTING

MISSION

PUSAN

KOREA

Furlough Address: Forwarding Agent:

335 Lockburn Miss Loraine Lindsa

Indianapolis, Indiana Gabool State

Bank

Phone - Hapel 4-5994

Gabool,

Missouri

April, 1963

Dear Friends:

Greetings

in

the

name

of

our

Lord and Saviour Jesus C h r i s t . How time fliesi

V / e

have been

in

the

States on furlough

now for

9

onths

and

we have been

so busy

that it

hardly seems possible that it has been

that

long. Many of you we have

visited

during

that time and

what

a

joy

and

blessing

your warm

reception has been to

us.

We have

not

ye

been able

to

visit with some

of

you but intend to do so

before

our return

to

Korea.

The work in Korea is progressing well even though

some

adjustments have had

to be made that we

did

not anticipate. You

will

remember that we had expected the

Seggelke family to arrive in Pusan last August 1 o

supervise the work

while we

were

in

the States. Due to various personal problems their retur n was delayed and finally

they

announced

on

January

1 that they would

not

be returning to

Korea. This

posed a problem

but it has been successfully solved by

the

fact that

our

wonderful Korean staff has shown

unusual

devotion

and ability

and

Harold Taylor

and

Gordon Patten

of

Korean Christian

Mission in Seoul

have

been

taking

time from their own busy schedule to go down to Pusan

every other weekend

to help

with the work and

to advise and

encourage

the Korean

staff.

How

thankful we

are to

have such fine Christian

friends

and

co-workers

for

the

Lord

in

Korea'. In recent weeks there

have been

several baptisms

in Pusan

and

Lee Ki Nam,

our

fine interpreter

who

was

a high

school teacher before coming to

work with us, has preache

several Sunday evenings, something he had never done before in his life. I t is evident

that the Lord

is

leading'. How thankful

we

are that we have a Lord who will show us the

way

even

v d i e n

there

seems to be no pathway openl

The work

of

KBM

began almost

5

years ago and

we

are so thankful for

the

way

the Lord has

blessed

our

efforts

for Hi m in

these

past

5

years. A

number

of

avenues

of

service were opened during that time:

1.

A daily

gospel broadcast over

HLKU,

the commercial radio station in Pusan. It

is difficult to know how

many people

have

heard

the gospel of Jesus

Christ

by

means

of

that broadcast but the best available figures give an estimate

of

over one million people listening to HLKU in the evening

hours

when we broad

cast.

The program i s

temporarily

off

the air

but

will

be

resumed

on our

return

to Korea. Through

a

fortunate business arrangement we have with this station and

its sister station in Seoul we have piled up credit enough

to broadcast

a

daily

program for

several years

without any

further

payment.

2. Student Bible clubs, 5 clubs

of

high

school and college students meeting each

week in

our chapel

with some 125 students enrolled. This work is continuing

under the supervision

of

Miss Suh Jung Doh.

3. Bible school, meeting Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening in

our

chapel.

More than

350

children from the age of 4 ears through the 6th grade

are enrolled. This

v/ork

continues

under

the

direction

of

Mr.

Kim

Duk Sung

and

Miss

Suh and with the assistance of teachers drawn from

our

small congregation.

4. Correspondence Bible

study,

with many students enrolled from all over Korea.

There are

3

courses now available in the Korean language and others in prepara

tion.

When we

left

Korea

there were

approximately ICQ

enrolled

in various

courses.

This number is constantly

increasing.

5. Our

small congregation,

the

Tong

Kwang church. During

our first

term we

baptized

50 and there

have

been a number

vAiile

we have been

on

furlough. This group

meets

each Sunday

morning

and

evening

in the

mission

chapel.

For a new mission, especially

in

an Oriental

country, these

beginnings are unusual.

The

Lord

has blessed

this

work in

a wonderful

way

and

we

look forward

to

the

even

greater

things

that we

know

He will do in Korea as we continue to follow Him.


2/16

KBM REPORT LETTER -

pril, 1963 age 2

As

many

of

you know, Bert has not been in good

health

for the past year. Al

though he has tried

his best

to

keep

going, far

beyond

what he should

have done,

he has

finally had to

ease

up. The middle of February he

went

through a medical

clinic

in

C hi

cago

and

on

the

basis of their

first preliminary

findings he

was ordered

to

cease

all ac

ivities

iuanediately. Since that

time he has

been engaged in

a round of

medical tests,

ex

aminations and x-rays for almost

6

weeks. He has been fortunate

to

have

the

services of

some

of

the best medical

specialists in this part of the country.

They

have

found a

num

ber of things: he has a severe case of anemia,

so

severe that the doctors wonder

how

he h

kept going as he h as

and

are considering blood transfusions; he has a large hiatus hernia

some

30^

of his

stomach

extending into

his

chest cavity; a tumor, which the doctors belie

is

probably malignant, has

been

located

in the lower

abdomen. Medical treatment has al

ready begun

for

the

anemia. The

doctors are of the opinion that a

large

weight loss

m ay

relieve the

hernia.

He is slated for an operation

as

soon

as

possible for the tumor.

He

has been placed

on

the hospital em ergency list in Indianapolis and we expect to

receive a

call

any day

that he may enter. The

doctors

are very optimistic and, as we say, we have

the finest doctors available.

Naturally,

all

these things

together cause us

some

anxiety and

in addition

there

are financial problems

to

be met. The

decision

of

the vSeggelkes not to

return

to

Korea has

increased our

financial burden.

As you know

they

shared

in

the

financing

of t

work

in Pusan during our first term. Now that they have dropped this support it is neces

ary for us to

raise

an

additional

$150

to $200

a

month just

to keep the

work going.

Even

though we are

not

in

Pusan

the work continues to

be

financially dependent upon

us.

I n

ad

ition, the expenses are

increased due

to

the travel

and expense of the

missionaries

from

Seoul going dovm to Pusan every other

weekend.

Our living here in

the

States also costs

more and

although

we have

tried

to practice every

economy we cannot live

as

cheaply

as

we

did in Korea. In addition we will

have these medical esq^enses

and you know how

they moun

up. In order

to

keep the

work going in Korea we have put all our personal

funds

into it,

seldom drawing more than half of our salary while we were

out

there,

so we do

not have

an

personal financial

back-log.

You folks

who

have supported us have been

wonderful in

every way. Now

we

co

to you with this special

appeal. I f

you could

make

an extra offering

during this trying

time it would relieve our minds of that particular worry. N o v / that Bert is unable to vis

the

churches

for

some

time, we

can

only appeal by

mail. Additional

monthly pledges are

needed desperately,

or

perhaps your church

could

increase their pledge

if

you

are

alread

giving.

V J o n t

you

help share this burden with us? In most cases this letter is going to

only one

person

in

each

congregation

so

will you make a

particular

effort to do

somethin

about this nowl

Above all, please pray with us that the Lord's v r i l l

might

be done. Pray for

the

work

in

Korea and

for

those who

work there so

faithfully.

Pray for the

doctors who

a

attending

Bert

in this illness. Pray

that finances and

workers may

be

available to

carr

on this work.

Finally,

pray for each

of

us

personally

in this trying tame. Since

we

know that H e

invariably gives

Hi s

attention

to our prayers,

whatever

they

are

about, we

c

be

quite

sure

that

our prayers

will

be answered. -

I

John 5j15 (Ph illips) .

Faithfully yours.

Send

all contributions to: Bert

Marge and John

Ellis

Loraine

Lindsey

Cabool

State

Bank

Cabool Missouri

P.S. More workers are

desperately

needed in

Pusan.

We will be

glad

to correspond or

tal

with any who might be interested

in

going.

P.P.S.

Bert entered the

hospital

April 3 and was operated on April 4. We are so thankf

to be

able to report there is

no cancer.


3/16

May 14, 1963

ELLIS

FAMILY REPORTS ON KOREA

The

work of

Korean Broadcasting Mission continues

from

Pusan,

Korea during

i

the Absence of

the

Bert Ellis

family^in the

^tates o n

furlough>-and t h e Joe

S e g g e l k e f a m i l y w h o a r e n o w s e r v i n g at L i n c o l n C h r i s t ia n C o l l e g e a n d

S e m i n a r y ,

s/^ OK I

L i n c o l n 1 1 1 . K o r e a n l e a d e r s h i p

i s

c a r r y i n g

o n

w i t h

t h e

a i d ^ o f m i s s i o n a r i e s

H a r o a i

T a y l o r a n d G o r d o n

P a t t e n

f r o m K o r e a n C h r i s t i a n

M i s s i o n

in S e o u l .

F i n a n c i a l

h e l p

s h o u l d b e c h a n n e l e d

t h r o u g h t h e 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 , C a b o o l

S t a t e

B a n ^ ,

Cabool, Mo.

Bro. Ellis

reported: The

work of KBM began almost fiv e years

ago a n d we

are

so thankf ul for t he way

t h e

Lord has blessed

our

efforts for Him. A

n umber

of

av e n u e s

o f

s e r v i c e

we re o p e n e d

( f f u r i n g

that t i m e :

1. A daily

Gospel

broadcast over HLKU,

t h e

commercial radio

station

in Pusan...

w i t h an e s t i m a t e d m i l l i o n l i s t e n e r s

i n

the e v e n i n g h o u r s w h e n

w e

b r o a d c a s t . T h e p r o g r a m

is tempo rarily

off

t h e

air b u t w i l l b e

re s um e d w h e n w e

r e t u r n

t o Koreajj

0\JLJ

2 .

Our five clubs

of

high school a n d college students

meeting

e a c h w | S K ^ i j j

o u r

c h a p e l

w i t h

some 125

s t ud e n t^e n rol l e d is

no w u n d e r

the

super vis io n of

Miss

Su h

J u n g Dop

3. Bible

school,

meeting

Sunday

morning, Sunday

evening

and Wedne sday evening

u

i n o u r

chapel.

More

t han

350 c hildren

f r o m the

age o f four years

throu g h

t h e

6t h

grade are enrolled . This work continues under the direction of

Kim Duk

Sung and Miss

S u h w i t h a s s i s t a n c e o f t e a c h e r s f r o m t h e ^ c o n g r e g a t i 9 n >

4.

Corre s pon d e n c e B i bl e

s t u d y ,

w i t h ma ny s t u d e n t s enrolfed from

all

o v e r K o r ea ,

There are three o r o u r s e s now available i n

the

Korean language and others i n preparation.

W h e n w e

left Korea ther e wer e

approximately

100

enrolled

i n

va r i o u s c o u r s e s.

T h i s

n u m b e r i s c o n s t a n t l y i n c r e a s i n g j p

5.

D u r i n g o u r f i r s t t e r m

w e ba p t ized

50

a n d t h e r e have b e e n a n u m b e r w h i l e w e

h a v e b e e n o n f u r l o u g h o T h i s

g r o u p ,

t h e T o n g

K w a n g

c h u r c l ^ m e e t s

e a c h S u n d a y

m o m i n g a n d

evening i n the

mission

chapel.


4/16

llis

Indianapolis

Bro.

Ellis

was

h o s p i t a l i z e d / A p r i l 3rd f e a r ' o p e r a t i o n to

remove a

t t a m o r in

the

lowe r abdome n.

The

operation

was

April

4th and Mrs. Marge Bllis w rote

afterward:

We a e so

thankful

t o be

able t o

r epo r t

t h e r e is no cancer,

Bro. E llis also said

that

s i n c e s o m e

of

t h e s u p p o r t

money for the

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

w o r k c m e t h r o u g h

t h e

S e g g e l k e s j ^ ^ c e

t h e i r

c h n g e

o f f i e l d s ,

i t

w o u l d

b e

n e c e s s r y

to raise 1 5 0 t o 2 0 0 m n n t h l y in a d d i t i o n a l f u n d s t o a d e q u a t e l y c a r r y

on

the p r o g r a m .


5/16

KOREAN RO DC STING

PUSAN KOREA

MISSION

New Fiorlough Address:

335 Lockburn

Indianapolis, Indiana

Phone; CHapel

4-5994

June, 1963

Forwarding Agent:

Miss Loraine Lindsay

Gabool State Bank

Cabool, Missouri

Dear Friends:

Greetings

in the name of o u r Lor d and Saviour Jesus Christl

to

us

again in the last few months.

Surely the Lord ha s been g o o

Bert

underwent

major

surgery

on

April 4. His condition had been so bad

i n

the weeks prev

ious

that they

were

expecting to g ive him

blood

transfusi ons before

and

during the operat

ion but to the surprise of

all

concerned, when he

entered

the hospital on the evening of

April

3y i t was found that

his bloo d was

up to

normal.

When the

sur geo ns operated

they d

not find the malignant tumor they had

esq^ected,

in fact, they

did

not even fin d a tumorl

They examined hi m thoro ug hl y and found that the

only

problem he has

now is the

hiatus her

ia

we

had mentioned before and

it is

their opinion

that

this

can

be taken

care

of by diet

and weigh t loss. Bert

has

already lost 30 pounds and

is

feeling better than he has

i n

ma

years.

He

was released

from

the

hospital

on

April 10

and after 2 onths

of

convalescence

he seems to be

completely recovered and is hard

at work again. We

all

certainly do appre

iate

the many prayers,

cards, l etters

and

financial

contributions of so

many of

you good

folks. I ^ h a t a blessing Christian friends arel After the operation the surgeon told us,

Someone

must

have been

prayingl

We

are sorry that

we have not been able to thank each

of

you individually

but

we hope you will accept

this letter

as

o u r

thanks.

John finished his junior year

at

Ben Davis High School this year and

was

on

the

honor rol

His mother and father were

thrilled

when

he

announced a few weeks ago that

he

had decided

to

return

to

Korea

as

a missionary after finishing h is

education.

He

is acting

as

a

miss

ionary

in

several

of

our

young peoples' camps

this

summer.

(If

some

of

you still need

a

missionary let

him

know right

away

as he still has a few dates open. V / e

have pr epared

a

study gui de for the

campers

and have

a

fine set of

slides

which will be

enlightening

to

them.)

Because of the

time lost

in hi s illness

Bert i s not planning

to

serve

at camps

this

sunmie

with

one exceptio n

which he

promised

last year. Jul y 15-20 the whole family wil l be at

Hanging Rock Camp at

J e s t

Lebanon,

Indiana.

Bert had to cancel many dates and i s trying

now

to

re-schedul e these. There

are

still

some

of

o u r

supporting chur ches

which

we have

not

visited and we want

to

visit

these

as soon

as

possible.

If

you would

like

for

us to

visit

your

church

please

let us know as soon as

possible.

The work

continues

to go well in Korea as you

can see

from

the

following

excerpts

from

Mr

Lee's

letters:

The

I.A.H.

(I

Am

His,

student Bible

clubs)

clubs have

their

regul ar weekl

meetings, and on every

other Saturday

afternoon they hold joint meetings to be taught on

H e b r e v / s by

Mr,

Patten.

By the

first week of this

month (April)

some members of each club

were replaced by new

ones,

and

as

the

Unhasoo club

grew

a bit oversize with quite a few

students

flovdng in for the first time fro m Kyongnam Commercial High School,

we are thi nk

ing of dividing it in two, organizing a new club. .

he

childrens' Sunday school is

g

ing on all right. V J e

got the

teaching materi als such as picture rol ls and cards from

the

Standard Co, just in time. . Besides the Easter

Sunday

service in church,

the

clubs h

their

own

Easter

service

on the

preceding

Saturday afternoon, and

I 4 r ,

Lee

Soo

Pil

was inv

ed to

preach.

After the

service

they had

'gr aduation ceremony'

of the ol d members who we

now

in the 3rd

year grade

in high school and presented

them

with a little gift, an

inexpe

ive ball-pen,

for memory.

spring here,

we

recall the day we

went to

Chinhae wi

you

seeing

cherry-blossoms

and

we all

miss you

very much.

When

are you coming back?


6/16

KBM REPORT

LETTER

-

une,

1 3

-

age 2

Things are going on

here smoothly,

Mr.

Taylor

and Mr. Patten came

without

fail every

other Sunday

to

preach in

the morning and evening

services.

Three weeks

before, two

young

members were baptized

by Mr. Patten in

a bath house

downtown^

and on the coming

Sunday

three others are going

to

be

baptized. While in Pusan they (Patten and Taylor)

stay

in an

ordinary Korean hotel

and

go back to Seoul by the night train, I

think

the trip makes the

very tired, and

we appreciate very

much their

kind

help

managed

out of

their

busy

schedule

up in

Seoul.

Following the advice

from

Mr.

Taylor, we also have

Sunday evening

services

when neither of them

were

here, and I am

preparing

and delivering the sermons, though I

feared it was beyond my capacity and

qualification.

,

The

Sunday School is well taken

care

of

by Mr.

Kim, Miss

Suh and

six

class leaders. The leaders come and teach children i

divided classes every

Sunday

morning, and give us much help also in evening meetings.

We

have a chart put on the wall, and every Sunday morning, after the lessons are given, red,

yellow, green

or purple

stars

are

put

on the

column

of

each class according

to

the

marks

they got on the basis of good manners, lesson study, bringing new members, gift and

so

on,

and from

time

to

time

the good classes get a little prize. The children are

very much in

terested in this, and ompete with each other

very

earnestly.

.

J e

had a

very

cold wi

ter

this year,

the coldest

in

forty years. ,

Now,

belatedly,

I

tell you the sad news

qbout one

of

the staff, Pak, His father, who

seemed

very healthy, suddenly died of cerebr

hemorrhage, leaving

behind

a

helpless

family -

Pak's mother, two

sisters, Pak, and three

little

brothers, I gave Pak 1,000

won

(about 7.70) out of the mission fund

besides

the

other 1,000

won collected

from

among the three

of

us, according to the

custom

here on such

occasion.

We

attended

the funeral

and

wept

with

the

bereaved.

Now

a

heavy burden

is on

Pak's shoulders,

and

he

will have

to

give

up

his

long

cherished hope

of

going

to

college

next year, VFhenever

we

see his

sad

and discouraged look, we are very sorry for him

and re

flect if there

cannot

be

a

way to help him,

,

r,

Taylor asked

me to

handle

some relie

goods

unloaded in Pusah

through

the custom

house

and

another

supply

unloaded in Chinhae

an

sent me some money for the expense. I made a two

day

trip to Chinhae last week to pick up

and send the goods to Seoul by rail. He

gave

us a bale of used

clothes and we distributed

them among the church members and Sunday school children.. , J e are

in

very bad financi

condition,

as

you may imagine.

However

hard we

may try

not

to

spend, some

money

must

be

spent

to

keep work going

on,

so from time to time I had to borrow some

money

through my

wife

from her

relatives and use it for

our work,

(This

has

now been repaid but they

are

still short

of

money.) .. . ould you tell me

by

now

about

when

you

will be able to come

back

to us?

The

death

of

Pak's father was quite a shock

to

us. We considered him to be

one

of

our goo

friends and this is quite a loss to us as well as

to

his

family. We have

mentioned before

what a

fine

boy

Pak Sung

II

is. He is an excellent worker, working every

day

from 7-30 AM

until

5:00

FM

for the mission and

then

going

to

school

at

night.

He

is

an

honor student a

will be

graduating

the

first of

next year and had intended to go

on

to college, taking

classes at

night.

Now he must support his family so unless we

can

increase his salary so

can

support

them he will

not

be able to go on to

college.

We

had anticipated

that this

young man would be a real help

to

the mission in the future. We do not have sufficient mo

ey to

take care

of Pak. If

some

class or

church would

like to

make this

a project, ^45

month

would be sufficient

to

take care

of

his

family

and

school

expenses.

This would be

o

of the finest

contributions

that

could

be

made to

the future of

the

Lord's

work in

Korea.

If

you are

interested,

let us know and

we

will

visit

v i l t h

you

or

send details.

As you can see from Mr, Lee's

letter,

finances

are still

a

problem.

We must send

about

a month to Korea and we

are

just about one month behind at the present.

Additional

monthl

pledges are sorely needed.

(See the

next page

for

a detailed list.)

We have just prepared

a

17 page

syllabus telling

about Korea and its people,

history, cus

toms and culture and the work of Korean Broadcasting Mission. These are available to

you

request and

we

would like for you to have one. Write to us. Please continue to remember u

and the

work

in your

prayers.

Faithfully yours,

Bert,

Marge and

John Ellis


7/16

KBM REPORT LETTER

-

une, I963 -

Page

3

The following list includes what we

need

before

we

return to Korea:

1,

Supplies, Equipnent etc.

Korean

Language

Typewriter

(To

be

purchased

in Korea) 250

Standard Office T j r p e v / r i t e r (to b e p u r c h a s e d

in Korea)

. 225

Motor Scooter

(Possibly

can be purchased in Japan

enroute to Korea). .. . 250

Gestetner Duplicator (Now being

purchased

on monthly payments from

G e n e r a l

F u n d ) .

350

Scope

and

Color Change and

Equipnent

for Duplicator ... .

.

'

100

Portable Typewiter (Now being

purchased

on monthly

payments from

^

General Fund)

110

DeJur

Stenorette Dictating Machine (Now being

purchased

on

monthly

payments

from G eneral Fund) , . 285

Offset

Printing

Press,

with Copier etc, (Used, if in good condition). .

.

.

Film Strip Library (A pproximately 200

Strips

at about $3.50 each)... . 700

Film Strip Projectors (Two at

about

|35 each)

.

....

.

70

Refrigerator . . . 250

Gas Stove . .

,

. . . . ...... 100

Visual Aid Supplies

and Teaching

Materials.

,

. .

.

.

.

.

. . . . .

400

Jeep (Can possibly be

p u r c h a s e d

in Korea)

1,200

For

Housing

Deposit

. . . .

,

1,000

For

Passage

to

Korea 850

. or

Shipping Charges

to Korea ..... ....;. 6OO

Miscellaneous

Supplies and Equipment . 500

Tape Recorder

(Can

possibly be purchased in Japan enroute

to

Korea) .

.

.

.. 250

. Additional Pledges

To Support the V J o r k

,

Mr. Lee Ki

Nam,

(Interpreter, preacher,

teacher

and

business

manager) Salary $55

per

month

Mr.

Kim

Duk Sung (Interpreter, teacher, in

charge

of

childrens'

work) Salary 45

Miss Suh Jueng Doh (D irects

student

Bible clubs,

correspondence

work,

and

assists in radio

production

and

childrens' work)

Salary

50

Mr, Pak Sung

II

(Printer,

general office help,

purchasing

agent and general assistant) Salary 45

Rent

for

Office and Chapel 60 ;

Postage and Supplies 85

Equipment (purchased

as

needed but averaged out

monthly)

50

TOTAL

I 390

There are no funds

designated to

pay these

workers

and their salaries at present must com

from the G eneral Fund

which

is always

short.

Your

class

or church

c o \ i l d

take

one of thes

workers for your missionary

in

Korea

or

one of

the

items of

equipment as

a

project

to wor

on. Vfrite to us

for

details.


8/16

KOREAN BRO DC STING MISSION

PUSAW KOREA

Furlough

Address:

Forwarding Agent:

335 Lockburn Miss Loraine Lindse


462^1

Cabool State Bank

Phone: CHapel 4-5994

Cabool,

Missouri

September, 1963

Dear Friends:

Again we greet

you

in the

n a m e

of our Lord and Saviour

Jesus

Christ

This

ha s

been

a

busy

summer for all

of

us and as fall swiftly approaches we are thinking daily

of

o

return to

Korea.

It

had been our intention

to

return about

the first

of September

but

the

time

lost due to

Bert's

illness will delay

us

a

few

months. We are

happy

to

report

that

Bert is feeling won derful and working hard

again.

The work i n Korea continues to progress and we want to share with you the

latest repo

with these excerpts taken from

Mr. Lee

Ki

Nam's letters -

From a

letter late i n

June

- "Mr. Patten (from Korean Christian Mission in Seoul) ha

been

here

regularly every

other

week to help us.

He

taught

the

club students on Scripture

on

Saturday

afternoons,

a

couple of times showing slides with the projector he

brought

wit

him.

He put all his

young

energy into those sermons he gave on Sunday mornings

and

evenin

and I ometimes found

myself

breathless interpreting for him. ...

On those

Sundays when Mr

Patten was not here, Mr. Lee

Hak

Kyong gave the morning sermons

and

Mr. Kim and I ook tur

in preaching i n

the evening.

Though

both of us

try

hard and

give

much time to

preparing t

sermons, we are not,

a n d

have never properly

trained to be, good preachers, elieve.

Wh

ever we stand before the congregation we cannot help longing for

your

returning soon and

taking this awkward part

of our service

from off our shoulders. We will do our best, howe

er,

until you come back.

On

Sunday,

May

12, w hi ch

was

Mothers'

Day,

w e

provided

the members w ith

red

and white

c a r n a t i o n s to be p inned

on their

coat, and

also

ornament ed

the

c hurc h with some flowers an

signs.

...

On Sunday,

June

2, all the church

and

the key members of the clubs had an outdoor

ser

ice and picnic

at Ta

Dae Po, eight miles away from the city. After the service on the bea

w e

enjoyed, with M i r . Patten taking a

most

active part,

playing

many games. We could have

stayed longer,

but

for the

rain

which started i n late afternoon and we

got

wet

hurrying

to

ward

the bus. We

regretted

he had not

been able to

bring his

wife from

Seoul,

and thought

how nice

it

would be

if

you,

P I r s . Ellis, and John

were also with us.

... i ^ I r s

Patten

accom

anied him

to Pusan last

Saturday, leaving their daughters with the Taylors.

It

was the

first

time

she

came

to Pusan

after

she

had settled

down in Seoul. We took them

to dinner

Sunday afternoon,

and

were glad to

see

them

enjoy

'bulkoki' (thin sliced

beef,

marinated i

a special Korean sauce and then charcoal broiled

-

delicious ) and crab, which I ad heard

was h er favorite dish. ... We sure appreciate

his

good help, and hope to get more people t

church by the time

he

c omes next.

The

childrens' Sunday school

is

getting along fine . ... The children n o w have a new

chart,

that is,

a

picture

of a

grape

vine with

clusters

of blank grapes, on which good

cla

es on each Sunday put red, yellow or purple grapes, thus competing with each other. ... On

Childrens'

Sunday,

May 5> gave

a

little prize to the good classes

and

children.

We are very thankful for the money ($400

and

$300) you sent

us

despite very difficult

financial conditions over there. We could pay some urgent back bills and also get our sal

aries,

which

I

as much

relieved to receive after

living

in

debt

for

quite

a

while. For

t

last

severa l months the prices have been on a steady rise and particularly the price of ri

j u m p e d up to

V / y O O

a m a l (about

$5.25):

it

was

about /OVO

this

time last year.

We

don't

expect

the

situation x - r i l l scon get better, and only desire it will not get worse.

...

Well, that is

all I can

think

of

to tell you

now.

Remember here

are

your people who

keep praying for your rapid recovery

of

health, your quick return to

Korea,

and better day

for

our mission."

From a

July letter:

"On June 20 the

southern

part

of

Korea

was

visited by a

typhoon,

especially the Pusan area, followed b y a heavy rainfall lasting nearly two weeks, with lan

slides

and flood,

causing more than ICQ death s, 13,000 people h o r a e w r e c k e d and crop damage

estimated

at

$16,000,000.

T h i s

turned

the food shortage

worse, and last week the price

of

rice soared up to

an

unprecedented

/ / I , 3 0 0 a 'mal' (an

average adult

needs I7 'mal' a mon th


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age 2

with

the price of other foodstuffs and goods also going up. Today the rice is sold for

^ 9 1 0 a

* m a l ,

a s m y w i f e s a y s , a n d

i t

s e e m s

t h e

p r i c e w i l l n o t d r o p b e l o w

y / 8 0 0

w h i c h i

still

more than twice as much as that of this time last year, till the harvest in the fall

The

government

started rationing rice

and

barley or flour, but it is neither

regular

nor

enough to supply the need. It is really a trying time for the people here. The governmen

is all in haste to

import rice

and barley

from

the States and South

Asian countries, and

w

hope the situation will improve, but

also

fear not soon. Many religious and other relief

agencies

are extending

their

help to the

poor

and

unfortunate, and

a nationwide

campaign

for giving alms has been

launched.

The Bible club students keep asking

about

summer camp, and

we

tell

them we

will soon

hear from you and make

final

decision.

...

If we have

it,

I ear the expenses

will be much

more than that of the one we had summer before last,

owing

to

the

much

higher

prices.

A team

of club students,

mainly of the

college

Bible club, is planning

to go on a

tri

to some island villages

near

Pusan to give

people

there enlightenment, both religious and

educational, during

their summer

vacation

which is

from

July 26

to the end of August,

The

are now also

collecting

used clothes

to distribute to

the poor

people.

We also plan to

have a

summer Bible

school

for the

Sunday

school children from

July 3

to August 3, The expense

is

estimated

at

about y / 3 0 0 0 (about

$23.10)

for

materials

and

re

wards

to

honor

students at the closing ceremonies, and

other

odd expenses. Mr.

Kim, with

other Sunday school leaders, is now busy preparing programs and teaching materials.

Yesterday, Mr. Oh,

the

owner

of

the church

building,

wanted

to see me, and I

alked

with him for

an

hour.

H e

said

he

would like to have the rent on the church raised to

^,0

a

month from July

(about

$53*90 or a raise of about $15.^0).

I

ried

to

talk him into wai

ing until you return, but he said

in

all other places in the neighborhood the rent was rai

ed in

view of the

price

rise.

...

We pray

for

your

quick

recovery

of good

health

and

return

to

us. ...

From

a letter

of August 20: I am

afraid

to have

kept

you waiting to hear from us,

b

anted

to

get

our summer

programs and

pictures

finished

before writing

you.

Your latest

letter surely brought us

good

news and relief. Especially we

are delighted to

hear

that

y

are getting better every day and have already got strong enough to start traveling and go

a

camp.

It is

also

very pleasing to know

that John

has been doing a

good work, speaking

i

churches and camps. We hope some day

he

will be returning to

Korea

as

a

good and faithful

worker for the Lord.

The plan

of

college

students' touring

the villages

was

cancelled

at the last minute a

ter

all

because quite a

few

of

them

were

to

undergo

ROTC military

training

and

some others

were to join relief service teams

of

their respective colleges during the vacation. Inste

other

club members made two visits.

On July

26,

members

of

the KNG

club

and a

few of

the other club

members went

over

by

boat

to Achisom, a small island

outside Pusan harbor. The village there,

though not too

f

away

from the city, is quite

isolated

from the

municipal

benefits

of

the present

day,

and

the people are making scanty livelihood with fishing and farming. They had suffered

much

damage

from the last

typhoon.

There

the

club students gathered over

100 children

in a pri

mary school classroom, told

them

stories from

the Bible,

showed them

how

to keep

their bod

ies clean and healthy, giving some of them long-overdue haircuts

and

finger-nail trimming,

and distributed among them the used clothes which they had collected among the members sin

the st orm, some cans

of

DDT,

handkerchiefs,

and copies

of

the Bible course, 'God's Plan Fo

Your Salvation, o take home and have their parents read, who were mostly out working for

the day.

The

team

was

met with heavy showers several

times during

that day, and

had

to

gi

up house-to-house visits.

They were

all drenched to

the

skin when they came back to our

church

in the

evening.

The villagers

were much impressed and thankful for the students'

services, and

when

the

boat left

late

in

the afternoon, the children and some

adults

x ^ r h o

had returned home from work because of the shower,

standing

on the shore

waved

their hands

toward

the boat until

their figures

faded away in

the

rain

and mist.

On

July 29,

the Unhasoo club students made a visit

to

Shing-Mang-Ae (Faith-Hope-Chari

House, a

poor

hous for the

aged,

far

out

on the outskirts of the city. There live

125 ol

homeless

men

and women, aged between 60 and

90.

After the joint worship service,

the

stud

ents gave them some entertainment, for which they

had

been rehearsing for

a

couple of week

After each item

of

the program ended, the old people

returned

a thunderous

applause

with

their withered hands.

We

presented

each

of them

with

a wash-cloth at the end of

the

enter


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REPORT LETTER -

September,

I963 - age

3

tairanent,

and

it was

a

very moving sight when they sang 'God Be

With You Till

We

Meet Aga

while

waving

the

wash-cloths

over their heads.

Mr.

Han Hyong

Se manager of

the

House

said that it was very rare for them to have

any

visitors from outside except for the Chri

mas and New

Year

season, and

ours was

so much more

appreciated.

They came

out to

the

gat

to

see

us off singing hymns and waving hands

when

our bus left there. A

few

days later

the

manager sent to our mission

a

letter of

thanks.

...

Since

we did not have camp this

summer , we took the Bible

club

students

to the

beach

on the 8th of this mon th, and they enjoyed

games

and swimming there a whole day. They

rea lly do

hope

to

be

able to

have

a

camp

next

year

with

you here.

The

Summer Bible School for the Sunday

School

children started on July 30 and ended

August

3, Mr.

Kim and seven

leaders giving

the

children, average attendance

87,

the

real

little ones excluded,

three

and a half

hour

lesson each day: worship, Bible study in divi

ed

classes, Bible

stories

told

by the leaders i n

turn,

lesson on manners i n church and ho

picture drawing

and

coloring,

handwork, learni ng new

children's

hymns, recreat ion. To

ha

more room

in the

Bible

study

hour, the leader took

a class

to

the

second

floor, joining t

others on the third floor after the

hour

was over (the second floor is our office

space.)

It

happened to

be

the hottest days

when we had

the Bible

school,

but the leaders and

chil

ren

were all very interested and working hard. We wished we had

a

church

ground

on which

to

take the children

out and

have a more active

and lively recreational

hour. On the

las

day

the children were given

a

written test

on

what

they

had learned and

many

of them got

good mar ks.

...

Taking the marks, attendance, manners

in

church

into

consideration,

we

pi

ed out

three

honor

pupils

to receive the prizes: the first prize from you (New

Testament,

hymnal,

and a T - s h i r t ; t h e s e c o n d from me (New T e s t a m e n t , h y m n a l , and a

ball

pen);

the

third from Mr. Kim (New Testament and hymnal.) To the other children we gave

t v / o

pencils

each, and

the leaders

pinned a small

artificial

flower they had made on every child's

bos

when they walked out of church afte r

the

commencement ceremony. To the

leaders and

the o

ganist

we

gave

a

towel each in appreciation of

their g ood

services and in memory of the

event. Mr. Kim

and

the leaders

had

been

preparing

for t he school for

three

weeks, on a

occasions working all morning

and afternoon. On such days and every aftern oon after scho

hours we t ook them to lunch

to

a

moderate place

nearby. For the

last

two Sun days

after

t

summer school

I

watched the children

in

worstiip hour and

I

found their manners have muc

improved. I hink

the

school bore a good result.

In doing

these works,

we tried to

spend

as little as possible, but I am sorry to

rep

to you that, added

up,

the expenses turned out to

be

much

over

what we

had

originally est

mated.

These

days the pri ces here are just not dependable, those of this week being no

longer

the

same as those of last week, .. he house, a room

of

which

my

wife

and I have

been renting since our marriage was auctioned last week, and

we are

notified by the court

to

move

out within two

weeks

without

getting

any of

the key

money back

we had

put in,

(ke

money is

a large

deposit

paid

down when one rents, in Mr.

Lee's case

probably several hun

dred dollars.) So I am a lso in

a

very

difficult p ersonal

situation. By

the

way the ren

on

the house gen erally made a big jump

lately,

and I would like to

let

you know

that when

you

return,

you

x r i l l

have t o

estimate twice as much for

your key

money

on

the house you

w

be living in as you did before.

The

lease on the house you used to

live

was, even at

tha

time, an exceptionally good bargain.

(Our

key money was $1 ,00 0

before.) ...

We are glad to know that you have bought quite

a

few items of

equipment for

our futu

work. I wish we

had

that portable tap e recorder this summer . I would suggest to bring a

so

enough

stock

of spendable

goods

such

as

stencils,

mimeograph

paper, typing paper etc.

They are hard

to

get these days, and if you are

lucky enough to

find

any,

the price is ju

preposterous. ...

We are all praying

that the day may

come

soon when we

will welcome you to

this

old

place and

have a brighter

future together.

All the church memb ers, club

students,

and Su

day school

children

send

their best

wishes

to

you, Mrs. Ellis, and John.

Of course the re port of the storms and the crop damage and resulting high prices is

disturbing.

The

Korean s' economic condition

is

such a precarious,

day

to

day

existence

a

best

that doubling

the

price of rice is a catastrophe. As

this

is the bulk of their

diet

it is just about the same

as

if

your

grocery

bill was

suddenly doubled. In fact,

it

is

much

worse for them for in our case here in

the

States we would all just cut out

a

few of

the luxuries of life where

in

their

case

there are no luxuries to cut

out. It means

they


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KBM REPORT LETTER - September. I963 - age

^

will just be hungrier than they

usually are,

and in some cases this will at

least approach

starvation*

Mr.

Lee's plight concerning his

key-money for

a

dwelling place is

very ser ious.

We

di

not

help

him with

his

key-money orig inally

but now that he has

lost

this

dep osit due

t o a

court

decision we feel we must help him. I t will cost

at

the very least 300 to find him

new

place

and it

should

b e mo r e .

We

pay him a

minimum

salary for

his position

and

his abi

ities

so

he

needs help.

If you would like t o designate

a special offering

for this please

let us know. He cert ainly deserves the help

and

consideration of Christian people here in

the States.

We are so proud

of

these Korean workers and thankful for the

way

that the

work

continu

even in our

absence.

This is the real test

of

what value our

work

has been

for

the

past

five

years.

We are

so

pleased to report that since our last letter the

South

Christian Church

at

Mooreland,

Indiana has

taken the support of

our

worker,

Pak Sung

II,

a t

^5

a

month.

This

will enable him to

support

his widowed mother and family

and still go

on to college.

He

i l l b e continuing t o work in the daytime and go to school

at

night. What a gr eat help it

is for this fine church to t ake t his responsibility.

Their

good minister is Carl White an

our corr espondent there is Miss Bernetha Odell, a

former

missionary. Thanks so

much

to

yo

folks at Mooreland

We have b e en informe d unofficially that

a youth

group of another

of

our churches is t a

ing

the

support

of

M r . Kim Duk Sung. We will have more t o

say

about

this

in our next lett

er.

We

certainly

do

appreciate this help with

our

responsibilities

in

Kor ea .

We

still

ne

regular

support

for

M r . Lee

K i

Nam

and

Miss Suh Jueng Doh. With the rise

in

prices this

should be 65 a

month

for i^. Lee and 60 for Miss Suh, at a

minimum. Let

us know if you

a r e interested in supporting one

of

these

fine

workers and we will send you more informat

ion

B e r t ,

Ma rg e

and John

have all

been busy this summer

in

camps and churches and trying t

take care

of

all the mjrriad details

of

life on furlough. We wish we could

tell

you all th

places

we

have been. Bert and John

have

some open dates

on their schedules

for

this

fall

and will be glad to vsit

you if

the date can be arranged. Just write to

us.

Also remembe

that we have a 17 page syllabus prepa red concerning Korea and which will b e sent t o you fo

the asking.

We want you to have one if

you

are interested in the

work.

Please

continue your

financial help.

Y o v i

can

see

from M r,

Lee's

letters

that expenses

are on the rise

in

Korea,

We

send be tween 300

and ^00

a month to Korea just t o keep

things going and each month i f c is

a

struggle to get

this

sent,

along

with

all

the

other

ex

penses

We are thinking every day now about our return to Korea. If

all

goes well we

hope

t o

return shortly after

the

first

of

the year. This will be

about

five

months

later than we

had

planned,

which is just about

the time lost

by Bert's

illness. Our ret urn

depends on

you.

We must have

additional

pledged funds t o carr y on this work

and

we need extra

funds

for equipment and transportation. We are enclosing

a

list of

our

needs.

Please

give it

your

pra yerful consideration. Pe rhaps your class, Sunday

school or

church

can

take p a r t o

this as a pr oject.

Also, continue t o r e m e m b e r us and the work in your prayers. Without

your

prayers the

work cannot

possibly

continue. We do appreciate all your rem emb rances. We also app reciat

beyond

words the help that Gordon

Patt en and Harold Taylor and

their

families

have

given

i

the

work

in

Korea.

These good

folks of

Korean

Christian

Mission

in Seoul

have taken valu

able

time from

their

busy

schedule

to

see

that

the

work

in

Pusan

has assistance

and

over

sight and to give encourage ment to

the Korean

workers.

We

can never r e p ay them for this

We do ask that you

especially rem embe r

th e m in

your

prayers,

Our

very best wishes t o all of

you good folks

who are

partners

with us in the work of

the

Lord

in Korea,

Faithfully yours,

Bert,

Marge

and

John

Ellis

P,S.

As

we write this we have

just

heard there is a cholera epidemic in

Korea, several

hun

dred

cases and some deaths already.


12/16

K B i

R E P O i l T

LETTER -

Septe.nber, 19^3

-

Page

5

The following

list

is what we n e e d b e for e we r e t u r n t o Korea:

1 .

S u p p lies ,

Equi pme n t

E tc.

Korean

Language

Typewriter (To be

purchased

in

Korea) 30

Standard

Office Typewriter (To be

purchased

in Korea) 27

Motor Scooter (Possibly can b e purchased

in

Japan enroute

to Korea) 25

Gestetn er Duplicator (Now be ing purchased

on

monthly payments from

G e n e r a l Fund) 35

Scope

and Color Change

and

Equipment

for

Duplicator 10

Portable

Typewriter (Now

being

purchased on monthly

p a j r m e n t s

from

G e n e r a l Fund) 11

D e J u r S t e no r e t t e D icta ti ng Machine (Now be ing purchased on monthly

payments

from

General Fund)

28

Offset Printing

Press,

with Copier

etc. (Used, if in

good

condition)

Film

Strip

Library (Approximately 200

strips

at

about 3.50

each) 70

Film Str ip Proje ctors

(Two at about 35 each) 7

Refrigerator

25

Gas

Stove 10

Visual Aid

Supplies

and Te aching

i^terials ^0

J e e p (Can possibly b e purchased in

Korea)

1,20

For

Housing

Deposit 2,00

For Passage t o

Korea

85

For S h i p p i n g C h a r g e s to K o r e a 60

.-dscellaneous Supp lies and Equipment 5 0

Tape Recorder (Can possibly b e purchased

in

Japan enroute t o Korea). ..... 25

2.

Additional

Ple dg es t o S u p p o r t t h e i / o r k

: i r . Lee Ki Nam,

( In t e r p r e t e r , p r eache r ,

teacher

and business manager) Salary $ 6 5 per mont

i r . Kim Duk

S u n g ( I n t e r p r e t e r , t e a ch e r ,

in charge

of childre ns'

work) S a l a r y

55

idss Suh Jueng Doh

(Directs

student Bible clubs, corres

p o n d e n c e

work, a n d assists

in

radio

production and childrens'

work)

.

.

.

.

alary

6 0

. I t .

Pak Su ng II ( P r in t e r , g e n e r a l office help, purchas

ing agent and gener al assistant) . . .

.

alary ^5

Ren t for

Office an d Chap el

6 0

Postage

and

Supplies

.

85

Equipmen t (Purchased as n e ed ed b u t averafSO out monthly

. .

50

TOTAL $

390

Since our l ast l e t t e r su p po r t for Pak

has

b e e n

pledged

and we have heard unofficially tha

Kim's su p p o r t is pl e dg e d. The r e a r e n o funds design a t e d

to

p a y t h e

othe r worke rs o r

ex

pe nses and this must come from t h e G e n e r a l Fund which is always short . In fact, for t he

g r e a t e r p a r t o f t h e i r t i me

in

Korea t h e

Ellis family

has

lived on

half salary

in

orde r

to

pay the o t h e r expenses. Your class or church could take o n e of these workers for your

missionary

in

K o r e a ,

or

one of

t h e

items

of

equipm e n t as

a

p r oj ec t

t o work

on.

Writ e

t o

us

for details.

(A

few

of

the items

have b e e n revised upwards from pr evious stat ement s due to

t h e

ris

in

prices

in Korea .)


13/16

October

26, 19^3

335 Lockburn


^ 6 2 4 - 1

Dear Christian Friend:

Would you

like

to mak

this year's Thanksgiving

a

real

thanksgivin

for

yourself,

for

hundreds

of children an

young peopl e in Korea and for all

of

us

wh

are a part

of

Korean

Broadcasting

Mission?

You

can

do it, and here s how: take

special offering in your class, your youn

peoples' group, your woinens' society, you

Bible School, your church,

or

make

a

specia

gift

yourself

to help provide

some

of th

tools

we need

to

help

explain to the Korea

people the love and

concern

that Christ

ha

for them.

We are asking

you

to designate one

Sun

day

during the Thanksgiving season,

prefer

ably

November

24,

as

a day

for challengin

Christian

people i n

your congregation

wit

the

needs

of the work

of the

Lord

in

Pusan

Korea.

May

we

suggest that

you:

1.

Make an announcement early

in November that

you

are

going to express your thank

to

God this year for

all

the

blessings

He has poured out upon you by taking a spec

ial

offering on Thanksgiving Sunday

to

provide needed

tools

so

that others, in Korea

who have not

had your privileges

in

the

Gospel, may come to know of

Christ's savin

grace and power.

2. Tell them of

specific needs

and

Just how

even a small gift will do so much,

takin

examples from the enclosed sheet.

3-

Remind them

each Sunday

through November and

in

church publications during

th

month about this specia l Thanksgiving offering.

4. Consider the possibility of having each class or organization have

a

specific goa

such as

a

fixed amount

of

money or

a specific

item of equipment .

5. Intensify the

reminders

in

the

week directly

before Thanksgiving

Sunday.

6.

Work

out

a d r a m a t i c

way of

p r e s e n t i n g the g i f t s b e f o r e t h e

whole

g r o u p so tha

they may be gratified and encouraged in the Lord's work by what they have done.

7.

Mail your gift

in

the enclosed

stamped

addressed envelope to Korean Broadcastin

Mission

W e

know that if you do this you will be blessed abundantly

by

the Lord, you

will

gladde

our hearts as we prepare

to

return

to Korea,

and you will help

to

bring

the

blessings

o

peace and salvation to

hundreds

of Koreans

who now

have no reason for

Thanksgiving.

Refer

to the

enclosed

sheet

and

make your

plans

NOW.

Further

copies of this

letter

an

list

available on request. Let's make this a

real

Thanksgiving Let's sacrifice a littl

as an

expression of gratitude for

the bounty

and abundance

that is

ours.

F a i t h f u l l y y o u r s ^

Bert, Marge and John Ellis

Korean Broadcasting Mission


14/16

V S ^ K R Y

ir

Happy

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i

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KORM

BROADCASTING

MISSION

Bert Marge

and John Ellis

Furlough

Address

335

Lockburn

Indianapolis,

Indiana 46241

Phone

-

CHapel

4-599^

Forwarding Agent

Miss

Loraine

Lindsey

Cabool State Bank

Cabool

Missouri

Dear Friends:

As

the

angel said to those Judean shepherds long ago, Listen, I bring you

glorious

news

of great

joy

which is for all the people. This very

day,

in David's town,

a

Saviour has been born for you. He is Christ the Lord. u i d the angel hosts then join

ed in praising God, saying, Glory to

God

in

the

highest

Heavenl

Peace upon earth among

men

of

goodwill.

This

is

the greatest message

of

good news

that

you have ever received or will ever

receive.

Because

of

your

financial

contributions

to the

work

of

Korean

Broadcasting

Mission there will be many

people

in Korea

who

will

be

able

to share

in this message of

good

news at

this

Christmas season,

men

and women, boys

and girls,

who would

never

have

heard this glorious message without your

help.

For them, we thank you at this

season

when we

especial ly remember God's

great

Gift

to the world.

Our plans are going forward for our return to Korea. We are now making application

for our visas

and have

written to the

travel agency

for

a shipping date.

We

should be

able

to make

a

definite announcement soon about the date. Actually the exact date de

pends mostly upon our financial situation .^ Our actual ravel

to Korea

will cost approx

imately

$1,000.

Our shipping costs will be somewhere in

the

vicinity of

$700,

(This is

difficult to even estimate

until the supplies are

actually

crated.) We

must

have

$2,500

for a deposit on a place

to

live

when

we

arrive there

for Mr. Lee tells us that housing

costs

have

risen tremendously

in

the last

few

months. It will take

a

minimum

of

another

$2,500 to purchase

the

necessary supplies

and

equipment for this work. These amounts

we

must have before we return to Korea. To go back and live as we did

on

our previous term

in Korea,

without

adeq uate finances,without

the

necessary equ ipment, with our efficiency

cut

considerably

by a

constant struggle

to raise funds to pay

pressing bills

is not the

way to do the Lord's work, in

our

opinion. Each month has been

a

constant struggle

to

keep current bills

paid

and

makes it

impossible to

take

advantage of

the

additional

opp

ortunities

given

to us every week for the preaching of the Gospel or

to esqjand

the var

ious

activities

already

underway which could lead to

a

much more

fruitful harvest

of

souls.

One great thing

that

could

be

done to relieve

a

portion of

these

problems would

be

for some

church

or some class

or

organization

to

undertake the support

of our two

other

Korean workers who are

as

yet unsponsored.

The

South

Christian Church

at Mooreland,

Indiana

has taken

the

support

of Mr.

Pak Sung

t $45 a

month

and

the

Youth Group

at

Perry Christian

Church

in

Canton,

Ohio

is underwiting the support of

Mr.

Kim

Duk

Sung

at $55

a month. For this

we

are

exceeding

grateful. Our two

senior

workers, Mr. Lee Ki

Nam

and Miss Suh Jueng Doh yet need

support. At

present their

salaries

come from the

General Fund and it usually means

a

struggle to find

the

money

to

pay their salaries

at

the end

of

each

month.

Mr.

Lee, 37 years of

age, university

graduate

and

a

high

school

teacher

before

coming to work with us

is

a

Christian gentleman of the highest

character.

His ability is

seemingly unlimited. H e

is called

upon

for many

tasks

as

preacher, teach-


15/16

er,

interpreter, business manager etc., and while we have

been on

furlough has

been in

general

charge of

the work and

has

done

a tremendous job. It would

take

$65

a month

to

adequately support him.

Miss

Suh, 27

years

of age, a \iniversity

graduate

and of sterl

ing

Christian character

and ability, is the finest young

peoples*

worker we have ever

known.

She is in charge of the work with the

high

school and college students,

teaches

the younger

children in the Bible

School,

produces many of the

radio

programs,

is in

charge of the correspondence Bible

study

and does

many

other tasks .

An

adequate salary

for

her

w o \ i l d

be $60

a

month. e do not

know

of

a

finer work

a

church could do than to

take

the

support of one of

these

workers and thus have their own missionary in Korea.

These amounts certainly

are

not great,

$65

and

$60

a

month, and there are

few,

if

any,

churcnes

that

could not

raise this amoimt if

they

really set

their minds and hearts

to

it. We will be waiting to hear

from

some of you about this.

We also

need further

support for

our

own

family.

Our

salary,

which is

$325

a

month

at present,

comes from

the General Fund. Our practice has

been

to

pay the

other workers

and the mission bills as they come due and then we live on whatever is left, and

it

is

never $3^5 a

month.

In

fact, for the past 6 years

our family has averaged living

on not

more than

$200

a

month.

We are not complaining

about

this,

just

as

long

as

there are

adequate

funds to get the

work

done, but when we

do

this and still have a

time

meeting

the

bills it is sometimes a discouraging proposition.

Definite monthly

pledges are

needed to adequately

support

the

work.

The

most recent

supports

from

Korea

indicate that

the

work

is

still

going well but

the

Korean

workers

are

getting quite

anxious for our

return.

They

have done

a

wonderful

job

with

the

work during

the past

year while

we

have

been on

furlough, even though

they

had not anticipated having this responsibility

for that period.

One

of

our greatest

satisfactions has been the fact that they have been able to do this. Another years

with them and we will have no hesitancy

about

leaving

them

with

such

responsibility.

In

our opinion this is one of the

marks

of the

success

of the

program,

the fact that the

work has continued so well even without our presence. Gordon Patten,

of

Korean Christ

ian Mission in

Seoul has also been

a wonderful help

by going

down

almost

every other

j^eekend to help with the

work

in

Pusan.

We

do so

appreciate

the help and

friendship

of

the

Taylors

and Pattens in Seoul. We

feel

that with our three

families

cooperating

we

can

at

last

begin

to

accomplish

the task

of evangelizing

the

country

of

Korea.

We

are

hopeful of making

some announcements,about

two

important

factors in our

work

in the near future. We are

tryifff tb s i t

a committee

to supervise the

activities

of

Korean Broadcasting Mission

with

a view

to

the expansion

of the

work and

the

addition of

other

missionaries in

the future. Several prominent ministers have agreed

to

help set

this supervision

up

properly.

The other

announcement concerns recruits

for

the work.

Several families

are considering

the

possibility

of

coming

to Korea

and we

hope

some

announcement can be

made

in the

not

too distant future. All arra ngements

s

far

are

tentative

and

exploratory and there are no definite committments.

We are anxiously looking forward to

our

return to Korea. We are really homesick

for

our

friends

out

there.

The need

is grea t.

The door

is open in

Korea NOW

for

the

preaching of

the

Gospel but in

the

light of world

events

we do

not

know

how

long it will

continue this way. We must be about the Lord's busi ness. As

you

have so generously

helped in the past in

this work

we now

pray

you will continue.

Additional

large

amounts

are

needed

to

take care

of

the immediate needs for

our

return.

Definite pledged help is

necessary in order for

the

work

to continue. Please do

whatever you

can.

May all the

joys

of the

Christmas

season

be

yours.

Faithfully yours.

Bert, Marge and John Ellis


16/16

Dec. 19t 63

Bert Bills

333 toekbum

Indianapolis^ Indiana A6241

Dear Bert

Your Chrtatoias Card

and

Nevs

Letter

o a t s e

today and

I do thank you for

them. I paid particular attention about at ou had to

say

regarding your

Furlough. Will

you

please

let me know by

return mail

i d i e n you

plan to return

to Korea? 1 will

be

preparing

copy soon

for

the

January

and

February

Available Speaker Lfstt so I need to

know

for this. Thanks.

Another item in your News Letter th at comes in the field ^ere

I

am trying

t o s e r v e i s t h i s

N e w

^crutt t h a t w i l l go to K o r e a . W h o is

t h i s

w h a t is his

address, ^en

will

he be available to go? Please share all th e information that

you can so

t

can contact him

and

begin

to

gather

the essential

papers. X an

direst support Christian

missionaries

as

you know and any help that you can

give to

me will

be

a

vital boost.

This

part of this service has outgrotm one

p e r s o n

b o n g

a g o . So,

h e l p me

a l l t h a i : y o u

c a n

B e r t

o w

a n d at

a l l

t i m e s .

T h a n

We

wish

you well

in raisin g your necessary

funds,

you

have

made

it

very

clear as to

the

needs, now

certainly th ere will be those wh o will respond.

May 1 ask another favor?

I

heard

a

great compUment about you and

the

information

that you

send out to prepare

the

way for one

of

your speaking

dates. Orval M. Morgan of Atlanta Christian C ollege says that it is the very

best that he has

s . ^ e n

anywhere

and told

me

to write

to

you

for

a copy.

S o,

will you be so kind as to

send

a

copy.

I may be able to

show it

to some of

the other

missionaries and thus

halp

them

too.

Thanks

very

much Bert.

Will

you keep the same Forwarding Agent?

1

heard

you

say once that you

might change.

All h ere

are

well and

very busy.

We

have

never had a fuller and busier

yaar. Yet, we can

see oth er things that need to be done.

We

are

sorry

that

our

gifti income has not

kept

pace with the

growth

of

this service.

We ere

working and praying trusting that we can

change

this.

Our very Best wishes. Merry Christmas

and

a Prosperous

New

Year.

Yours in

MISSION SBRVICBS

W B. Mo Gilvrey, Director.

Documents

Ellis Bert Marjorie 1963 Korea