Ellis Bert Marjorie 1973 Korea

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Report from Bert Ellis

pr.

12, 1973 by

W.E.Mc)

You will recall that the Horizons 03, February 17, 1973

gave

a report on

the illness

of

Bert

Ellis,

Box 141,

Pusan,

Korea. Bert wrote a letter April 5th and we quote from it:

I

ppreciate

very

much

the article

about

my illness in

Horizons. You will be interested to

Jcnow

that enough money

has come

in

from

non-regular givers to more than pay my medical

bills, praise

the LordI

I m slowly getting

better;

I

till do not have anything like my normal

strength

but

am

improving from

day

to day.

I

am

able

to

take

care

of

m^y

of

my normal routines

by

spa cing my self and

resting when I et tired out.

1

ave never experienced anything

like this

in

my life.

I m

hopeful

that warm weather

will help

me to get rid of the rest of

whatever

is bothering me.

Bert_is_busyL

in

the_graduate^rQgram_for,

reachers and

_ _

teachers. He promises to share more on this when he

finds

time

to write it. He is also

preaching

every Sunday now. The

forwarding

agent

for Bert and Marjory

Ellis

is:

Miss

Loraine

Lindsay, Cabool State Bank,

Drawer

M,

Cabool,

Missouri 65689.

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^ K T i i ^ y i o n

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iR^elea,se

WILL YOU HELP

SAVE

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November 11,

1973

LIFE?

Monday, November 5, 1973, we

learned

that a young

lady of

o u r acquaintance

was

at

the point

of death and that

without immediate

hospitalization and

intensiv

c re would die

in

a

short

time*

The young lady is 25 years of age, the oldest

of

4

hildren

of a

widowed

mother,

all

Christians,

and

helps

to support

the family;

the mother has also had to leave

her job

in

order

to

c re

for the

girl*

We knew

the girl had been ill for

a

month but also knew she had been to the hospital for

several days for diagnostic examination and treatment and we assumed ever ything

was proceeding normally* Then we learned suddenly that the hospital had diagnose

the

case

as

TB-meningltls,

told

the

family what

hospitalization

and

treatment

would be

required,

and the

family's

response had

been that they simply

did

not

have the money and

they

had ta ken the girl ho me to receive once a day treatment

from a local doctor and what amounted

to

eventual death* After

a

hurried trip

to

the

hospital and a

conference with the

medical chief we learned that

the

prognosi

is very

poor

but there is

a

slight possibility

of

recovery if she receives c a r e

and treatment* We then talked to

the

administrator of the hospital and assumed

the financial responsibility for

her

c re and had

her

taken

to

the hospital

by am

bulanc e* She rec eived emergency treatment

for

several hours and is now in an

in

tensive

c a re

unit*

It

will

be a

minimum of

30 days

before

the

diagnosis

is

c o n

firmed

and

no

one

even hazards

a guess

as

to the

length

of the

hospitalization r e

quired* It is

a

day to day proposition just now as to whether she lives; she

is

in a deep coma.

We simply do

not

have the funds

to

take ca re

of

this emerg ency as Bert himsel

has had

two

lengthy hospitalizations,

a

total

of 30 days,

this

year*

Christian

friends

have

responded to our needs

and

Bert's hospital costs have now all been

paid*

Presently

it is co sting a bout 25

a day

for this

ca se, not

so much by U*

S

standards but a stagger ing sum to

the

Koreans* There are no

other

resources for

these people,

no

insurance,

no

public health c re etc*, and

so

we either had to

hospit lize her and assiune

the

financial responsibility or

stand

by and watch her

diet

We

did

not

believe you

would

want

us to

do

that

and,

for our

part, we could

nott The girl is under the care now

of

the same doctors who so marvelously help

ed

Bert

during

his illnesses.)

Please

send your

gifts to:

Miss

Loraine Lindsey, Cabool State

Bank,

Drawer M,

Cabool, Missouri

65689. Mark

them:

HOSPITAL.

We will keep you advized of the si

uation here.

God

bless

you

all, and above all, pray fo r this girl's recoveryI

FROM: Bert Ellis

P 0* Box

141

Pusan, KOREA

We will deeply appreciate

your

carrying this

storyl


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A

hristmas Day n A f r i c a , n

C h in a and

Japan;

A hristmas Day

n I n d i a

a nd

f a r A f g h a n i s t a n :

A I h r i s t m a s

Day

i n a l l t h e

world,

t he

Islands o f

t he sea;

A h r i s t m a s Day o r everyone—

t h a t ' s

h o w t ought t o b e

But

h e r e can be no h r i s t m a s

joy

f o r t h o s e who ever heard

T h i s story—there can

be

o r

t h e m

no

meaning i n t h e

W o r d

A

hristmas Day

i n

heaven Oh ,

y e s , I t h i n k t h e a n g e l s know

When

e s u s '

b i r t h d a y

comes,

nd

s i n g

a s

t h e y d i d l o n g a g o .

Do

ou

s u p p o s e

t h e y wonder w h y

wc

r e

so slow

t o

t e l l

The

i d i n g s

of g r e a t j o y t h e y

sang t h a t n i g h t , and

l o v e d s o

w e l l ?

Sometimes

I

t h i n k t h e y

l o n g t o

speed o n e a g e r wings

away,

To

e l l

the t o r y of t h e

C : h r i s t

w h o

came on h i i s t m a s

d a y .

But

t u r t t o

angels

w a s Hi s

a s t

comm i s s i on

given: (Jo Tell

a l l

t h e w o r ld." t w a s to us; a n d o h ,

we 've

failed im o

S h a l l we

o t give

t n i r s e l v e s t o

Him

nd

then

g o

o r t h t o

share

Our Christmas Day— o u r C h r i s t —

w i t h n e e d y ,

o s t o n e s e v e r y w h e r e ?

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CHRISTMAS, 1973

Dear Christian Co-Workers:

Yes, it s Christmas

time

a g a i n i H e r e i n

Korea

ciec o r a t i o n s

h

appeared

i n

the shop s

ju s t

after Thanksgiving and

"White

C h r i s t m a s "

i s

being heard

o n

the juke-boxes in the tea-rooms. We look back over the

y e a r

and

in ma ny respects i t

been our mo st difficult since we first

came

to Korea in 1958. Last Christmas Day Ber

w a s

taken

to the hospital with a critical illness

a n d

had a 17 day stay with a long p

iod o f

convalescence

then

later

i n the year he

w a s

again criti cally ill and had

anoth

14 days

i n

t h e h o s p i t a l a n d

i s

s t i l l r e c u p e r a t i n g . T h e s e i l l n e s s e s of c o u r s e p u t a d d

strain

on

Marge

t o

keep th ings g o r i n g .

John

wrote from school

t o

say he did not worry

about

Dad's condition

a s

somehow the Lord

always t o o k

care

o f our emergencies but t h e

strain

could

har dly add

to h i s peace o f mind

i n

a

strenuous

graduate

study program.

illness h a s prevented planned

extension

o f

the

work this year. We separated from

the

seminar y where

we

had taught

for some 10

years wh en they refused to

meet

any ethical

acade m ic s t a nd a r d s w i t h

t h e

n e w g r a d ua t e p r o g r a m

and

t r ied

t o

m ake a " r a c ke t " o u t o f

l ike

s o much o f t h e t h e o l o g i c a l educa t i o n

i n K o r e a .

We fel t w e m u s t u s e C h r i s t i a n s t

ards

in

t r a i n i n g men

for

t h e Lord's w o r k

s o w e

h a v e c o n t i n u e d t h e p r o g r a m s e p a r a t e l y .

Our former ass ociates hav e engaged in numerous

unChristian activities

since our

separ

ion a n d

made

l i f e

d i f f i c u l t for us. One

c a n

get

v e r y l o n e s o m e s t a n d i n g for a

p r i n c i p

There

i s

political unrest which has kept people stirred up, particularly

students,

an

concentration

on economic growth has made Koreans

m o r e c o n c er n e d w i t h t h e material t h

the

spiritual

a n d this hampers t h e

growth

o f

the Lord's

kingdom.

B u t

t h e r e a r e b l e s s i n g s t o r e m e m b e r

i n t h e

p a s t y e a r

a l s o .

W e h a v e b e e n e s p e c i a l

conscious

o f

the Lord's presence with

us

during

illness a n d

Bert

i s able

to carry

on

m o s t

a normal

program

altho ugh he cannot

do the

extra that

i s presently

needed. You

derful

friends

h a v e again s h o w e d y o u r c o n c e r n w i t h c o n t i n u e d f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t a n d p r

ers; enough extra gifts have come

in

to

t a k e

care

o f

Bert's substantial medical expen


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^ o d b l e s s y o u

a l l

' - T ^ J o h T i h a s

c o m p l e t e d

4 q u a r t e r s

o f

w o r k a t W h e a t o n

C o l l e g e G r a d u a t

School and has only 2 to

go

before receiving his M a 8 t L e r ^ - . s _ d e g r e e in Junej^_.Our

gradu

class in

Fusan has

been

a good one; we have

had a

total of 22 studen ts enrolled

in

t

first year, all of them graduates of 4-year colleges-

O f

these,

9

will

be receiving

Mater's

degrees in Jan uary (providing their theses are

acceptable and

they pass

the

a l

exams )-

Dr-

Charles Bachma n

of Berean Christian College

in Wichita

will be

comi

to

Korea

to confer these

degrees

and

we

are

looking

forward to a

wonderful time

O u

old friend.

Pastor

Kwon, the refugee

pastor

of the little church on the

mountain

ha s

continued

his faithful v j o r k for

the

Lord, the congregation has completed

a new build

o n their own with some assistan ce from friends at

Cabool

and

Wilsey, Kan sas in

compl

ing

their

bell-tower;

a new

road has been completed aroun d the mountain,

coming

with

100 feet of the

chu r ch

d o o r a n d we

n o

l o n g er

hav e

to climb like

a

m o u n t a i n

goat

to g

there

as

bus service along the road

is

good This

is

important

a s it

has caused thi

a r e a to

b e gi n

to b uil d u p a n d m ak e s

better prospect

for

chu r ch

growth- A young past

whom we taught in u ndergraduate school and who is now one of the candida tes for the

ter's degree has

not

only increased

his

own congregation in

Pusan

and built and paid

a new building

but

has

been

working with a group of churches in a rural

area,

teachi

preaching,

and training

the ministers with great success- We are

encouraging Pastor

in furthering his education and in his work in the rural area- So the

year

has cert

not been all

on

the deficit

side

by any

means

We are particularly interested

in this

gra d ua te

program-

We are hoping

to

begin

classes

in

Seoul in March, the beginning

of the

new school

year-

We have

a n

invitat

to

open

classes in

Taeg u

a n d have

been offered

the

use

of

classroom

space in a

Chris

high

school there a n d assistance

i n -

enrolling

students-

Interest

has

been

expressed

starting classes

in

T ae jo n, another regional

center,

a n d we have a lso received some

lications

from Chonju ,

another

center- Eventually.we

intend to start

classes in all

centers

here

named,

teaching one concentrated

day

each

week in each place. We wish

could expand

immediately

but

this

will have to

wait

until

John is able to return to

ea

to assist-

A n d

may

we insert this appeal:

John

cannot return u ntil there are

fun

t o s u p p o r t h i m - . He needs a s p o n s o r i n g a n d s u p p o r t i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n or

c o n g r e g a t i o n s -

V i s

experienced,

has

spent 5 years

in

Korea already, has a good educational backgroun

{having

done u ndergraduate work at

Milligan

and

now in a

graduate

program

at Wheaton

'College Gradu ate

School, has for

10

years been representing the mission

in

churches

camps and,

if

a father

may

say so,

has

the ability and desire to do the job in Korea

the

Lord. You may

contact

him: John Ellis, 818 N - Summit, Wheaton,

Illinois

60187.

wi ll

be g l a d

to

confer

wi t h

you- This is a n

u r g e n t n e e d -

We have an urgent financial need.

On Nov.

5 we

were

made aware

of

the plight

of

y o u n g

Korean

lady,

seriously ill with meningitis- Her widowed mother has 3 other ch

ren a n d c anno t take care o f

her medical treatment-

After

diagnosis a t the hospital

had been taken home because of lack of money- It was apparent that if left at home

would die s o o n - We could not just sit

by

without making some effort- We had her ta

to

the hospital

that day, s h e was

in

deep coma,

where

she

received

several hours of

gency

treatment

a n d has

been in intensive c a r e -

The

prognosis is not good

but s h e

i

alive-

We have obligated ourselves

for

the bill which at

the

end

of

November is alr

around

$500 Please pray for the girl

and help

u s

pay the bill

Send

your

gifts wi

note that they a r e

for H OSPITAL

to: Miss

Loraine Lindsey, Cabool State Bank,

Drawer

Cabool, Missouri 65689. Miss

Lindsey

has been our f a i t h f u l f o r w a r d i n g agent for s o

years.

Lord

bless her

We are planning a short,

6 months

furlough beginning next J u n e . We are now in o

re

frankly a bit weary. As

our furlough

will be

short,

if

se

get

your

bid in now

your

prayers

and

gracious

gifts- You

have been ve

ances have k ep t us from communicating

with

you a s

^

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

l e s s

y o u a l l I

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

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