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RAMBLINGS of WALT

News Letter of Walt Prevost

SOUTH EAST ASIA EVANGEL IZ ING MISSION BOX 59

MAKE CHECKS P Y BLE TO WEST SEATTLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 4400 42ND.

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CHIANGMAI THAILAND

AVE. S.W SEATTLE, WASH. 98116. c o DOROTHY WEBER. FWDG. AGENT

Volume I

January 1980

A Potpourri of News from Walt

1 am using this issue of Ramhlings of Wall to report on a variety of activities with which I

have been involved.

Compound Evangelism is what I have been calling my attempts to reach my neighbors

for Christ in the family compound where I live. During eight weekly evening sessions about a

dozen came. These people are Buddhistthey moved a god-shelf, including an image of Buddha,

out of my house before I moved in. I am presently continuing with three girls who want some

help with English. Each Thursday evening we read from the Gospel of Mark. I am encouraged

by the fact tiiat they ask more questions about Jesus than about English words Poyon trans

lated for the initial series; Prachuap is helping with the English Bible reading.

The Week of Evangelism early in the first term of this school year was intended to be tiie first of what will become an annual

event. The intent is (1) to give unimmersed students an opportunity to complete their obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ, and (2) to

make an evangelistic impact on the neighborhood of Chiangmai Bible Institute. The first intent was brought to mind when we thought

of the idea of a Week of Evangelism because two of our students were at that time unimmersed.

That has now been corrected (see elsewhere in this ROW). During our five evening meetings we

asked preachers from outside the CBI family to preach. Special music was provided by CBI

students and visiting musicians. During the day the students visited a hospital, children's home

and other places where the visit of concerned Christians was appreciated and where possibilities

for Christian service might be found.

The wedding of Witt and Suni was a big social event on the CBI campus. We the faculty of

CBI are proud ofWitt and were happy to provide a wedding for him. I asked Peter (the partially

bald guy In the line-up) what his part was; he said, I was the daddy. Poyon officiated. As re

ported in the June

ROW

Witt and Manope have begun work in tiieir home district

of

Pua.

Good reports are coming in, including obedient responses to the Gospel.

The baptism of three ladies was an occasion of great joy. Tasance,Jongrak, and Wankam

were immersed into Christ one Lord's Day afternoon in the creek on Doi Sutep the mountain

al the western edge of Chiangmai. Many of had been praying for these three for some time.

Tasanee and Jongrak are students at CBI; Wankam is the wife of Poyon.

The First Commencement by Chiangmai Bible Institute was held in September. Eight Two-

Year Bible Diplomas were awarded. These diplomas result from at least 90 quarter-hours of

work 15 hours of which were for in te rn work . One of the principles undergirding the curricu

lum of CBI is the concept of learning by doing. Our four-year curriculum requires a full term

of Internship in each of the second, third and fourth years. Two of our Thai students. Manope

and Witt, complet ed the ir class work with the end of the 1978-79 school year and have spent

the final three months at the ir permanent location working with the congregations in Ban San

Lao and Ban Haen. near Pua. Clifford accomplished his internship by translating leaching mate

rials from English into his native language. Nansar has worked at operating a hostel inChiangmai

for Lisu people with her husband, Joni Morse. Pungsar has worked in a variety of ways with the

Morses' tribal work. James. Jungson. and Sinsar lived in tribal villages for most of a year doing

preaching and leaching while they worked with the village people. To justify being given credit

for their intern work, each student prepared a written report describing the work accomplished.

Paul Fuller is back on the f ie ld . While Paul wor ks on th e dissertation

for his doctorate in Ethnomus icology, he and his family are living in

Bangkok. But , he still par ticipa tes in the teaching program of Chiangmai

Bible Institue.

Mary Parkhurst, latest addition to the SEAEM-team. Mary liasjoined

us for a yea r. She will help in a variety of ways, including the Improving of

the content and operation of the CBI Library . On earlie r t rips she did a lot

of work in organiz ing the Library : now she intends to complete that work

and train an Asian to do the work for the long-term

operation

of

the

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Alan Bemo, visiting

teacher. The Alan Bemo

family

is now l oc ate d in Chiangniai,

working among the Chinese

population of northern Thailand.

They were located o n T aiw an

before coming to Chlangmai.

Alan taught a course on the

B o o k o f D a n i e l .

T r an s la ti on C e n te r-

P r e s e n t a nd F ut u re . The

translation o f th e New Testa

ment into th e Ngo Chan lan

guage has now reached the

proof-reading stage, ncaring

printing. Peter Sutjaibun, Ying

Bawni (shown here), a nd Tai nk

Wang have completed th e major

work of translating th e Ngo Chan New Testament, working in this rcnied

house. To exercise better long-range .stewardship of th e Lord's l nds and to

better coordinate the various ministries of SEAEM, we wish to complete

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the section of the CBI building shown, to become the Translation ('enter,

where Ngo Chan New Testament and other translation work might be

accompli.shcd. We estimate tliat $2500 will complet e this sec tion of the

building. Docs this project appeal to you or your group or your classasa

place wliere you might put lo work some of the Lord's funds for which

you are responsible? If so, wc will enjoy hearing from you

Mytrip to India and Burma was very rewarding. The purpose

of th e (rip was lo reach al Mid-India Bible Institute in Damoh, India, an d

in the Asian Leadership Seminar in Rangoon, Burma. In Damoh, I was with

Vijai Lall and Jay Henry. I taught \Vi hours of Apologetics during cacli of

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three evenings. Jay Henry, the regular teachcr, translated into Hindi. In

Rangoon,

I

joined

fellow

SEAEM-teamer Jerry Headen. Jerry taught from

Ephesians; I taught Apologetics and ( at t he r eque st of the Chin brethren)

Speaking in Tongues. The fur hat was made from Ihe skin of a small bear-

like animal which lives in t he S now Mountains o f no r the rn Burma ; it was

presented lo me in recognition of my five trips lo Burma~and in recogni

tion of th e fact that I do no t have much fur of my own on top Th e visit

w it h th e workers and kids of Kulpahar

Kids' Home was pure joy. Madonna

Burget, Steve, Caleb, and Ann P le tt ne r.

Linda Stanton, Dolly Chitwood, and

Leah Moshier c o n t i n u e to ma in t ai n a n

island o f G o d s Grace in a se a o f Hi n

duism. It was wonderfu l to r en ew a c

quaintance with ihem as well as tlie

Indian workers an d th e kids (160 o f

tiiem) of Kulpahar. 1 plan to report

more completely on the trip in tiie

n e x t ROW.

CBI students are helping the refugees. As of this writing about

a dozen CBI students as well as several adults including Doug Umbanhowar

and Poy (m . arc h elp ing to bu ild a new camp for Kampuchean refugees in

eastern Thailand. This came about when World Vision asked Bobby Morse

to arrange for about 30 helpers. We ar e pleased at this opportunity for ou r

students to join with other Christian workers lo express the love of Christ

to these very unfortunate people.

My first furlough will be soon. My next big row will probably

written soon afler arriving home in Seattle on furlough. I plan to leave

Chiangmai about 20 March, visit several friends enroute, and arrive at Sea-

Tac Airport on 8 .April 1980. After a bu.sy summer (NACC in Seattle in

July; WI-NE-MA Week of Missions in August), I'll become a part of th e

staff of WSCC for most of my year qfXuilougl>

^___Altheagirtarrnocated northern Thailand several hundred

- miles frt>m the

troubled eastern border

of

Thailand,

we

here

arc always

aware o f th e difTiculties there an d the fact t h a t Thailand is considered to

be th e next domino. Th e King and ihe government of

Thailand are work

ing hard to protect this country so that Ihe people here may continue lo

live in freedom. Will you p ra y with me that God will continue to bless this

free count ry and lha l He will intervene in the affairs of neighboring coun

t ries so that those people may also live in freedom?

With love in Christ,

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Ramblings jQ^^alt

NO. 30

A CBI STU W T WORK ^

The following Is a quotation

from a recent fe t ter by Doug Um

banhowar fel low SE EM miss ionary .

One of our s tudents Prasaeng

is

a member of the Laflu t r i be-r

The r e

a r e

Lahus

in

ll

t h r e e

coun

t r i e s o f Burma Thailand and Laos.

During the l a s t two months bro ther

Prasaeng t r ave l ed to a remote Lahu

vi l l age which is composed of recent

Immigrants f rom Laos. Actually

they

are

refugees

f leeing

the

com

mun i s t r u l e in thei r homeland .

Prasaeng knew of the i r needs both

physical and sp i r i t ua l a n d was

will ing to be a missionary to his

own

people

who

have

su f fe red much

and are in a sp i r i tua l ba t t l e with

Satan. By going and teaching

preaching encouraging and witnes

s ing th e love o f Chr i s t he was ab le

^to lead 43 people to Christ and

bap t i ze

them

fo r

remiss ion

o f s in s .

He used h i s life a s

a wi t n e s s t o

show th e l ove o f God. He a l s o used

his t lents in digging wells

building a c h u r c h building and

teaching about be t t e r hea l th meth

ods. He worked so hard and grew

so c l o s e to h is new b r o t h e r s and

s i s t e r s t h a t he found i t d i f f i c u l t

t o r e t u r n tohisstu ies a t CBI . . .

That is Avhat my work in CBI is

a l l

about

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helping

young

people

like Prasaeng prepare to preach

Chr is t to t he i r own people.