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8/11/2019 TribesandTrails 1953 Thailand
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TRIBES
anJ
TRAILS
lit
Thailand
fo r
Thou
ivast slain anil tlithl
pan
huso unto
oil
with Thy hlootl mon o f every trihe. and ton}ne
and
people
and
nation.^
Revelution 5:9h
P R L 95
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TR IBES and
TRA ILS
i n T h ai l a nd
APR IL 1953
Vol .2 ,
No. 1
Publ ished twice year ly , in
spr ing
and
autumn
by
Miss ion
Se rv i c e s , W ill e r n ie , Minne s o t a
f o r
S I AM
MISS ION
o f
AMER I CAN
CHURCHES O F
CHR I ST
ddress i n
iam
TALAT
CHIENGKAM,
CHANGWAT
CHIENGRAl, THAILAND,
ASIA
Send letters and
parcels
for all missionaries
to this address
MISS IONAR IES
and
the i r
f orwarding agent s
C .
W.
and
LOIS
CALLAWAY
Mrs. C. \V. Callaway, Sr.
Box
757,
Canadian.
Texas
The Callaways will be on furlough fromMay
1953 to April 1954 during which time they
maybe
reached through the Canadian Address.
MISS IMOGENE WILLIAMS
Mrs .
Lora
Harr i son
1218 N. Cust er, Wichita 12 , Kansas
MISS
DOROTHY
UHLIG
FirstChristianChurch, Klamath Falls,
Oregon
GARLAND and DOROTHY
BARE
Mrs. Norma Burney, Box 178, Lincoln, Illinois
MISS MARGARET
ALLDRIDGE
Mrs.
Mary
M. Klor
70 E. 23rd Street, Eugene, Oregon
Note: Send funds to agentsnot to Siam ad
dress, Agents transmit funds regularly by bank
draft to the respective missionary in Siam)
TH E COVER
Thai
children
riding
a
wa
ter-buffalo
at the
Leper village
of
Ban
Sop Waan. Typical bam
boo
house
with
grass roof i s
visible
in the bacfeground.
They shall be called
Sons of the
iving
God.
Sons Of God
SO
they've gone
to convert the
Yao
Next thing
you know
they'll even
be
thinking they can
ma k e Ch r i s t i a n s o f th e M i a o
T h is w as th e
mi r t h f u l
c omm e n t
o f
Chiengkam denominational
f o l k s .
And indeed
that
i s ju s t what
we
are
thinking.
God's
Word
is
as t rue today as i t
was in
the
days
of
Hosea~o r of Pau l
who
quo ted h im I will
call that my
people
which was
not my peo
p l e . . .
and
i t sha l l be tha t
i n
the
p lace where i t was said un
to them, 'Ye are not my people,
there
shal l they be called sons
of the living God. Romans 9:
25, 26. Hosea
adds
And they
sh all sa y,
Thou
a r t my God.
T he Y ao a n d
M i a o are
n o t
the Lord 's people. They
are
the
devil 's
people.
Not that they ex
pec t mercy and
love
f rom the
evil
one
but they fea r and wor
ship
him
and his
hosts of evi l
sp i r i t s and
they par take
of
his
degradat ion . Opium i s the
staff
of
life for all
but the
yoiing wo
men.
Gambling
is
the
spor t ,
and
immoral i ty
is
vil lage
custom.
They are
tolerated by the plains
p eople o nly for the i r prof i tab le ,
i f i l legal ,
opium
t rade.
While despised
by
their
equa lly s in fu l d own - c o u n t r y
neighbors ,
they
have been
look
ed
upon in
mercy by a loving
Heavenly Father , and
through
the
work ing o f
His
Spirit ,
your
prayer s , and His using us as
vessels for His Word,
they
s h a l l be c a l l e d
s o n s o f th e
l i v
ing God.
Lois Callaway
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IF
the
world s most eloquent pre ch
e r
th e m ost learned
teacher
a n d
th e
m o s t p e r s u a s i v e
p e r s o n a l
w o r k e r
we re
a l l i nc luded
in o u r mis s i on s taff
i t
w o u l d s t i l l b e
h u m a n frai l i ty
p i t t e d against
s u p e r h u m a n
m i g h t
fo r o u r
w r e s t l i n g
is
no t
a g a i n s t
fl e sh
a n d blood b u t
a g a i n s t
th e p r i n c i p a l i t i e s a g a i n s t the p o w e r s
a g a i n s t t h e
w o r l d - r u l e r s
of
this d a r k n e ss
against the spiritual
hosts of
wickedness
in
the
h e a v e n l y
places . Y et
we
believe
t h a t if
one
th o u sa n d believing C h r i s t i a n s
T h e
Grea te s t
N e e d
w ill
give
a t
l e a s t five m i n u t e s
o f
every
d a y
to p raye r f o r
th e n e e d s
of
S i am
th e f o r ce s of
Sa ta n w i ll
be
r o u t e d
an d
grea t
victor ies
w on f o r
o u r
L o r d
a n d
M a s te r .
H e r e
is
a s u g g e s t e d d a i l y
prayer
s c h e d u l e :
S U N D A Y :
T h e
P r e a c h e d W o r d
y
P r a y
that the W ord m i g h t
be
preached in i t s f u l n e s s
a n d
p o w e r in each se rv ice .
y
Pray
fo r the B ib le s c h o o l
c lasses in C h ie n g k a m an d B a n
Sop
W a a n .
y Pray fo r
the m o r e
than 60
new
Christians
a t
the Ban Sop
W a a n c h u r c h .
y
Pray fo r the a f t e r n o o n
h y m n
s i n g s .
M O N D A Y : T h e
Y ao
T r i b e
y
Pray t h a t th e
s e e d s o w n
d u r i n g
th e
C a l l a w a y s
s ta y in
Tzan
F u s
village
m i g h t bring
f o r t h
f r u i t
into
e te rna l
life.
Pray
especia l ly
f o r th e headman .
y
Pray
t h a t the villages
of
Ai
L i a n g and N am D o m e
m i g h t
c o n t i n u e
warm a n d recept ive to
th e G o s p e l .
y Pray t h a t the
m e r c e n a r y
spi r i t an d th e h o s t i l i t y o f v il
l a g e s
s u c h
a s
Dong
P u a n
m i g h t
be s pe ed ily o ve rc om e
b y
th e
p o w e r o f the
G o s p e l .
y
Pray
fo r
the
C .
W
C a l -
la w a y fa m ily in
thei r
c ont i nue d
l a b o r s am ong the Yao.
Pray
for
spec ia l
gui da nc e in the
prob lems
o f lan guage stud y
and
t ransla
t i on w o r k .
T UE S D A Y : N ew
W o r ke r s
a n d
a n d U n t o u c h e d T r i b e s
y
Pray
fo r M a r g a r e t
All-
d r i d g e
in
the p r o b l e m s o f
la n
g u a g e
s t u d y
a d j u s t i n g
to
a
n ew
field and
entering
into her cho
sen
phase
o f
th e work .
5 Pray
t ha t re c ru i ts no w
p r e p a r i n g
fo r S ia m m ay be gui
d ed
in thei r
d e c i s i o n s an d pro
v id ed w i th
t h e i r
n e e d s .
y Pray that l a b o r e r s m i g h t
be
thrust f o rth s u ff ic ie n t to t h e
n e e d s
o f
S i a m .
y Pray f o r the u n to u c h e d
t r ibesthe
s hy K ha m u th e w ild
Khon Pa a n d the d e g e n e r a t e
L a h u .
W E D N E S D A Y :
T h e
B l a c k
M i a o ri e
y
Pray
t h a t th e
B l a c k
M i a o
in th e N a m Pik a rea m i g h t co n
t i nue
r e c e p t i v e to th e G o s p e l .
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THE
GREATEST
NEED
? Pray that Wang
San, the
h e a dm a n who h a s b ee n f a v or a b le
toward the Gospel , might
come
to a comple te unde rs tand ing and
o b e d i e n c e
a n d
t h u s
b e
used
i n
leading
his t r ibe to Chris t .
y Pray that the Gospel seed
might
have found good ground
in
each
of the vil lages where i thas
b e e n
s ow n .
5
P r a y
fo r
Imogene
Wil
l iams and
Dorothy
Uhlig
as they
prepare
to
study the
BlackMiao
language.
Pray
that
they
might
be guided to the proper location
and t ime for undertaking this
s tudy.
THURSDAY: Chiengkam
y
Pray that the
Chinese
and
Ind an
merchants in
l t
Chiengkam
and the other marke t
centers
may
be reached by the
message
of
Chris t .
y Pray tha t the clinic work
might
ever be an effec tive means
of
pointing souls to
the
Grea t
Phys ic i an .
5
Pray for
the Th u r s d a y
night service
in
Chiengkam.
y
Pray
that a ll who c a l l
t h em s e l v e s C h r i s ti a n in th i s
area
might
be
united
in
f u l l
obedience
to
ChrislJs
command s .
P ray tha t
the
sec ta r ian ism and
divis ion
which
e l sewhere br ing
reproach to
Chr i s t s
c a u s e
might be eradicated through the
preaching
and acceptance of the
s imple
message of
the New Tes
tament
FR IDAY : T h e Wh i t e
M i a o
y Pray
that
the
l a r g e
White
Miao vil lages nor th o f
Chiengkam
might continue re s
ponsive to the Gospel message .
y
Pray that the
in te res t
man
i fested
in the villages of
Ba Ma
and Bleh
Soo might grow into a
hunger
and thirst
after right
eousness
y
Pray
that
the Miao
popula
t i on
centers
o f
S en
Jai
a n d S e n
Long Si might become
centers
of
Gospel
witness .
y Pray t h a t Garland and
Dorothy
Bare
might
be guided
in
thei r plans to l ive
and
work
among
this t r ibe .
SATURDAY :
T he
Low l a n d
T r i b e s
y
Pray that the indifference
a n d
e n t r e n c h e d Bu d d h i sm
o f
t h e
t e n s o f t h o u s a n d s
o f N o r th e r n
Lao migh t be overcome.
y
Pray
f o r
the idolatrous
Shan
peopl e o f Ban Hok,
Chieng
kam,
and
Chiengkhong.
y
Pray that
the Laotians
of
the
Mekong
val ley might
be won
to Chr is t and used in carry ing
th e Wo r d o f T r u t h to
t h o u s a n d s
o f t h e i r u n t o u c h e d f e ll ow - t ri b e s
men
in the Kingdom of Laos .
y Pray for the hard-hearted
Lu t r ibe . Pray
tha t
the Lu popu
lation centers
of
Chiengkam,
Chiengban,
Chiengrang, and
Baw
Luang
migh t soon be
reached
fo r
Christ
11/ E DO not believe
there
is
r r
danger
ofover-es t imat ing
the impor tance o f b ackin g
each
worke r
and
phase
of the work
wi t h earnes t , d a i l y prayer .
Siam,
alone
among
the
nat ions
o f
main l and As ia , maintains
her doors wide op en to miss ion
a r ie s .
How
long the t ime of op
p ortu nity w ill
l a s t
we do no t
know.
We
only
know
t ha t
i t
is
u rg en t th at
the Gospel be prea
ched
in
Asia
today. We
do
not
ask tha t
you pray
for
the wel
fare or safe ty of
the
worke r s .
Rather ,
pray
tha t
t h e Wo r d
m i g h t go forth and
souls
be
s a v e d no matter w ha t th e c o s t .
concluded on page seven
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W E L C O M E
Among the
Black Miao
4 W A N G
SAN
BL CK
MIAO HEADMAN
S i x M i a o men filed
i n t o
our
h o u s e
an d
a f t e r s e atin g th e m
s e l v e s s t a r t e d
a s k i n g
a b o u t
u s
a n d
w e i n
t u r n
a s k e d t h e m f r o m
w h a t
v illa g e
t he y c a m e . T ou
Y i n g w ho w a s th e s p o k e s m a n
for the
group and another young
man
came from
rench
I n d o -
C h i n a b u t th e o t h e r s l i v e
i n
T h a i l a n d . T h e t w o
f r o m
rench
I n d o - C h i n a h a d heard t h e
G o s
p e l
f r o m C h r i s t i a n a n d M i s s i o n
a r y A l l i a n c e m i s s i o n a r i e s a n d
a f t e r h a v in g a c c e p t e d
C h r i s t
a s
S avior
t h e y
w e r e e a g e r t h a t
t h e i r relatives t o o s h o u l d hear
the
good n e w s .
So t he y h ad
c o m e
s e v e r a l
d a y s j o u r n e y
to
t e l l
t h e m a b o u t
t h e i r new fo und jo y
in
C h r i s t .
T ou Ying st a ye d fo r
m a n y
d a y s
w i t h
h i s
b r o t h e r
Wang
Sa n
who
is
h e a d m a n
of
th e v i l l a g e o f
N a m
P i k .
A s
h e
w i t n e s s e d
c o n c e r n i n g
Jesus
Wang S a n
became
i n t e r e st e d
e s p e c i a l l y w h e n he
r e a l i z e d
t h a t
C h r i s t i a n s no
l o n g e r
w o r s h i p
th e
D ev il a n d
no
l o n g e r h a v e to
s a c
r if ic e a n im a l s to th e
e v i l s p i r i t s .
T h e n
T o u
Ying s u g g e s t e d
t h a t
they
go to
C h ie ng ka m a nd m e e t
t h e missionaries i n T h a i l a n d .
Wang
San
d i d n t
w a n t
to
fo r
he
w as s u s p i c i o u s o f
f o r e i g n e r s
b u t a f t e r m u c h
p e r s u a s i o n
he
f i na l l y a g r e e d . T h r e e o t h e r m e n
c a m e w i t h t h e m .
T h u s
t he y
c a m e
t o o u r
h o m e s o m e o f
t h e m a
b i t f e a r
fully
p e r h a p s but e a g e r t o know
m o r e . T h e y o n ly s t a y e d f o r a
few h o u r s but
b efo re lea v in g
Wang San
in vited u s to
go
to
h is
vi l l a ge
a n d
t e a c h
h im
a b o u t
J e
s u s . With h e a r t s
full
o f
p r i a s e
w e p r a y e d
t h a t
th e L o r d w i l l
ing
w e
m i g h t be
a b l e to
v i s i t
h is v i l l a g e .
S e v e r a l m o n t h s p a s s e d be
f or e w e
could do b u t f i n a l l y t h e
m o r n i n g
a r r i v e d
w he n
Im o g e n e
an d I
could
leave
the pl a i ns an d
start
o u r
s e a r c h f o r
t h e l i t t l e
v illa g e
o f N a m P i k
l o c a t e d
s o m e w h e r e in the
m o u n t a i n s
n o r t h e a s t of C h i e n g k a m .
It
w a s
the opium h a rv e st in g s ea so n so
th e t r i b a l people
w e r e busy
and
s u s p i c i o u s o f
f o r e i g n e r s
bu t in
s p i t e
o f
t h i s
w e
f o u n d a w e l
c o m e a m on g t h e m an d t he y e a
g e r l y l i s t e n e d
to
the g o s p e l
r e c o r d s . We t r a v e l e d slo w ly
s e e k i n g
to m a k e
f r i e n d s
s o i t
w a sn t until the fifth daythatw e
arrived
at
H a m P i k . T h e h e a d
m a n W a n g
S a n
w a s
a b it s u r
p r i s e d to see u s but gave
us
a
warm w e l c o m e . T h e
o t h e r
v i l
lagers quickly gathered around
to s e e
th e f o r e i g n e r s and h e a r
the g o s p e l r e c o r d s . T h e r e
w as
none
of
the
s u s p i c i o n
t h e r e
had
been in o t h e r villages for we
c a m e
a s i n v i t e d g u e s t s
o f
th e
h e a d m a n
an d the
w a y
had
b e e n
p r e p a r e d
b e f o r e
u s
b y t h e
L o r d .
F o r t h r e e d ay s th e
people
e a g e r l y
l i s t e n e d to
th e
g o s p e l
r e c o r d s a n d w e e x p l a i n e d th e
s t o r y o f J e s u s a s b e s t w e c o u l d
in C h i n e s e .
One day
Wang
San
a f t e r
l i st e ni ng
t o
t h e T h a i
Chinese and F l o w e r y
Mia o
r e
c o r d s t o l d u s t h a t h e
u n d e r s t o o d
t h e m
f a i r l y w e l l
b u t t h a t
w e
would
need to l e a r n
his
language
b e f o r e
h e a n d h is p e o p l e w o u l d
r e a l l y u n d e r s t a n d .
B e f o r e we lef t Wang
San
s a i d h is b r o th e r w o u l d b e
c o m
in g
to
v i s i t h im a g ain soon and
then they
would
come
to Chieng
kam and
s e e
u s.
P r a y
with u s
t h a t if t h i s is
th e
L o r d s o p e n
in g a m o n g th e B l a c k
M i a o t h a t
W a n g
S an
m a y i nvi t e u s to c o m e
an d l iv e i n
h is v illa ge
a n d l e a r n
h is
language t h a t
we m a y t e l l
h i m
o f
t h e S a v i o r w h o d i e d
f o r
t h e M i a o t o o .
D o r o t h y
U h l i g
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n The igh Trail
W. Callaway with Thai Carrier in a
Yao mountain
opium field
The t ra i l on the ridge is the
boundary
between Thailand
and
F ren ch l ndo -Ch in a . The Eas t e rn
slope
of
the
range
descends
sharply to
the
Mekong Rivera
thin ribbon
of
clay
far
below.
For nine days, Garland and I
and
one ca r r i e r had t rave led up
to
and
through the neares t range
on the
west ,
and
were
now
head
ed south on the
bo rde r
r ange .
We were glad
it
was the Lord's
Day, and that He had brought
us
to such a lovely
spot to spread
His Table.
Unsaddling
the
hor
ses and putting
them
to graze
we
prepared
to
give our hunger
ing souls afeastonhigher things.
A.
t r ee
r oo t
made an i ce
sea t and
so placed
us that, as Garland ex
pressed
it,
our
feet
were
in
Thai land,
but
our
hear t s in
In-
d o - C h i n a .
On the
long, bo rde r
range ,
the re were
White
a n d Black
Miao, Yao, and
Khamu. The
valley
at our
feet
had Lao and
Lu. The next velley contained
Shan
and
Laot ians a l so .
Beyond
that, other heights,
near Chien-
grai,
added Lisu Lahu and
Kaw
to
the
area s
peoples.
Many
ranges,
visible beyond the Me
kong. were White Miao
t e r r i
t o r y .
We had jus t
departed from
a
White
Miao
village of 70 hous-
esa
v ir tu al metro po lis f o r
tr ibal-land
Miao new year
ce le -
b ra t i on s we r e t h e r e in
p r og r e s s
a n d th e re w ere v i s i t o r s f rom
other
villages.
We
had seen
abou t
500
Miao , a l l i n the i r
sh i
ny
black, and
bright
red tribal
bestmany
playing catch o r
spinning heavy tops with
great
dexterity.
Although
l ikely
th e
f i r s t whi te m en in the a r e a , we
had been r e c e iv ed wi th f r i end l i
ness
and courtesy in every vil
lage.
There
had been rnany
happy
occasions
for Christian
witnessing,
and we had rejoiced
in th e interest s o m e
h ad sh ow n .
Lao a t Pang
Ka
seemed grateful
for t racts given, and l istened
at tent ively
to the
Gospel
mes
sage. White M iao a t Bleh Soo
village were overly exuberant
as
they
heard
for the
f i r s t
t ime
the old, old s tory . Men
in ter
preted
the
message
to
children
a n d w om en who d id n o t know
Chinese , and
often two
o r
th ree
were
speaking
a t once. Later
o n e o f th e m en
t o l d
u s th e l e
gend
of
why the
Miao
have
no
book s . The a n c e s t o r o f th e t r i b e
was about to
drown in
a grea t
f lood and
swal lowed h i s only
booksays the legend.
These thoughts were in our
mind s
a s
we
s a t th e r e
on th e
mountain ridge i n
communion
with our Lord . This
day
the
loaf
was His body broken for the
peoples
of
all
these
tr ibes
about
us
and the cup was poured out
f o r t h ema s mu c h a s f o r u s .
The day
seemed
to be
dawning
whenmany of these people would
u nd ers ta nd th a t
fo r
t h em a l so
Chr i s t
died,
and, when,
they
l ikewise,
would
keep the feas t
in
His
memory .
A hymn which
we sang
there
reminded
us
of
our p itif ully in adequa te know
ledge of any of the languages
which
had
been buzzing about
our ea rs these days . We rea l
i z e d more
t h a n
ever
t h a t e v en
had we th e tongues of men
and
of angels
we
could
not beg in
to
proclaim
adequately
the grea t
message entrusted to us. And
yet
it
seemed
appropriate
(and
so
i t seems still) to sing those
wor s
It passeth telling that dear love of Thine
MyJesus Savior: yet those lips of mine
Would fain proclaim to sinners farandnear,
A love which can remove all guil ty fear
and
love
beget.
C.
W.
Cal l away
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While it is always true
that
the
future
lies unknown before
us
Christians
have the blessed assurance that the ir pathway
is
planned by an all-wise
Heavenly
Father and commit their way
unto
Him trusting
Him
to
guide.
So
it
is
that
Margaret
All-
dridge who was led by a round about way through Burma to
Thailand
has found
her part icu la r place of service to be quite
different
than the
one she envisaged.
As far as she knew when she arr ived in
this
land her
f ield
of
work
was to
be somewhere in the Chiengkam area .
Then
jus t
as
she
was leaving
Bangkok to come and continue language study
here and
begin
to find her
place
of
work
a young
man
of
the
Birtish Missionary Aviation Fellowship was b rough t to Thailand
on special business for
the
Master
and these
two uponmeeting
came to recognize
that
God had
made
them soul-mates
and that
i t
was
His
in tent ion
tha t
th ey shou ld
serve
Him
as
one .
Margaret
has
announced
her
engagement
to
Alastair John
Macdonald of
Scotland and somet ime
before
the year is ou t t hey
will be united in
marriage.
If the doors continue to
open
and MAF
i s a l lowed to make i t s s e rv ic e s ava i lab le to the m is s ion s h ere
in
Thailand
then this country will be their
home with Mr.
Macdonald
assigned to
the
flying
and maintaining
of
the plane
for
he
is
a
qualified pilot and air-craft engineer
as
well
as being
a highly consec ra ted Chr is ti an .
A LETTER FROM LELAN VT
r i i gHM6Bfe>
.
Dear Friends:
OnSunday when Sunday school isreadyIgooutand
call the Thai children to come toSundayschooland then
we singThai
choruses
UncleGarland tells me the story
in English and then I interpret it into Thai. When Sun
day
school
is over we give the children Sunday School
papers .
We used to live in the mountains inabamboo house.
utnow I live in Chiengkam. Inihreeorfourmonths we
>vlll go
back
to America.
Your
friend
Lelan Callway
P.S. I have a new baby brother named Joel David. He
was born February 17th.
MARGARET
ALLDRIDGE
TH E
G RE AT EST N EE D
Other
Suggest ions
J Selec t one mis s i ona ry to
be r emembe r e d
dai ly
in you r
prayers .
Write
to
the
mission
ary
telling
of
your
intention so
that
you
might be informed of
prayer needs
and special pro
b l ems .
J Select a
tr ibe or
phase of
the workfor dai lyprayer
Write
fo r f u r t h e r i n f o rma t i o n on th e
m tt r s e l e c t e d
J Organize a
prayer and
stu
dy group within your congrega
t ion
to
con s id e r
the
ne e a s
and
problems of Thailand.
Will
you
become a fellow-
l abo re r in
this
minis t ry
o fp ra
yer that Christ maybe glorified
and sou ls saved in
th is needy
l and ? ^
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V. cutaway baptiilng a poup of men
GarlandBatebj^tttiloga Thai glil
So
shall my
word be that goeth outofmy mouth:
i t shal l not
re turn
unto
me
void,
but
i t shal l
accom-
Blish that which
I
please n
it
shall
prosper
in the
ling whereto
I sent
i t . Isaiah 55:11.
We have re
joiced
to
know
that the Word is
working
in the
hearts
and
l ives
of p eople a nd
have
sen
So shall my
word be
that
goeth
outofmymouth:
i t sha l l not
re turn
unto me void, but i t s ha ll a cc om
plish
that which
I please,
and
it shall prosper in
the
thing
whereto
I
sent i t . Isaiah 55:11.
We
have
re
joiced
to know
that
the Word is
working
in the
hearts
and
lives of
people and have
seen again t ha t t he
Cos-
pel
is
th e
power
of
God
unto salvat ion.
During
January of this year , there
were
61
who
were
buried
with Christ in baptism
and
rose to walk
in newness o f l if e.
These ,
44
adults
and 17
children,
a r e
all from
the
Leper
Village
three
miles
from
Chiengkam.
Twelve
came
f rom Buddhism; th e others
were
believers
and had been sprinkled. After
much
study of the Word and earnest prayer for guidance in
the
matter,
they believed
immersion
to be the
Scrip
tural
form
of
baptism, and, desiring
to
completely
obey their Lord, they asked to be immersed.
Medical work among these with leprosy, is slow
and discouraging, for ev en with the
newest
t rea tment
it takes months usual ly before improvement is seen
and
for some there
is
no improvement. Thus, f or
them
there s eems to be even
greater
joy in being
His
chil
dren.
Only a few can read, making
teaching
difficult,
but they are all endeavoring to
memorize Scriptures.
This
was
their
idea,
not ours , and we
were
thril led
when the
headman asked
us to give
them
verses to
memorize. They love to sing
and like
to learn new
hymns.
Pray t ha t these
might
grow In
faith
and
know
ledge.
CALLAWAYS FURLOUGH THIS
Wiiiiams
C. W. and Lois and the
ch il dr en expect to arr ive
on the U. S.
West
Coast
in May.
After visiting
Lois parents in Fort Morgan,
Colorado and
C. W. s
parents
in Canadian, Texas,
they will
locate
for the summer in Norman, Oklahoma to attend the linguistics
course
of Wycliffe Bible
Trans la tors . Because
of
the intensive na
ture of this course
and
i ts impor tance
for future language
study
and
translation
it is essential
that
speaking engagements at this
period be
l imited
in
n umber. S ep tember to April will be given
to
speaking engagements .
They
hope to return to
Thailand
in April 1954
because
an ab sence
of not
over
one
year from
Thailand
will
pre
vent delay and red tape in
Bangkok as
well
as repayment
of
Thai land
entrance fees . Callaways c ame to Thai land f rom China in
1949,
having lef t the States in
December 1946.
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. . for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with
Thy
blood
men of
every tribe,
and
tongue,
and
people,
and nation.
Revelation 5:9b.
OCTOBER, 1953
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in h il nd
OCTOBER 1 9 5 3
Vol. 2 No. 2
Published
tw ice year ly,
in
spring and
a u t u m n ,
f o r ;
SI M
MISSION
OF
A M ER IC A N C H UR C H E S
OF
C H R I S T
P R I N T E D BY
H E N R Y
P R I N T I N G C O ., E U GE N E. O R E G O N
A D D R E S S
IN
S I AM
T A L A T
CHIENGKAM,
C H A N G W A T ,
C HIE NG RA I, T HA IL AN D, A SIA
Send
letters
and parcels
fo r all mission
ar ies
t o th is a dd re ss
MISS IONAR IES
and th eir
f o r w a r d i n g
agents
C . W.
a n d L OIS C AL LA WA Y on fo rlo uR h)
M r s . C. W .
C a l l a w a y , Sr .
B o x 757, C a n a d i a n , Texas
M I S S IM O G EN E W IL LIA M S
ieavinc; o n fu rl ou gh Nov. 1933
M rs.
L o ra H a rr is on ,
1218
N.
Ouster,
W i c h i t a 13 , Kansas
M I S S D ORO TH Y U HLIG
Firs t C h ri s ti an C h u rc h , K l a m at h F a ll s,
Oregon
G A R L A N D and D O R O T H Y B A R K
Mrs . N o rm a B urn ey
B o x 178, L i nc ol n,
Il l i noi s
MELVERT
and
JUNE
BYERS
Mrs . Al l en B . Nicho l s
2111 S .E . S il ve r Springs Rd.. Portland 22 Ore.
N o t e :
S e n d
funds
to a g e n t s n o t to S la m
a dd re ss. A ge nts
transmit
funds
regularly
by
bank
d r af t to respective
missionary In Slam.)
COVER
P ICTURE
Intelligent b u t i ll it en it e, t hi s Ya o boy
wai t s fo r
th e word
in
h is
o w n ia ng ua ge .
R E C R U I T S
TO SA IL
T h i s
winter
D o n a l d
a n d
Rober ta
B y e r s
expect to sail for
Thailand.
They
may be
r e a c h e d
th ru their
f o r w ar d i n g a ge nt ,
Mrs. C C
P ierce, P .
O Box
482,
Med-
ford,
O r e .
MARGARET A LL D RID G E M A R RIE D
O n July 23rd Ma r g a r e t Alldridge w as
u n i t e d in m a r r i a g e
w i t h
A la sta ir Jo hn
MacDonald and has joined
him
in his
w o r k
w i t h
th e
Br itish Missio n ary
Avi a
t ion F e l l o w s h i p .
A rice
mill
is a v er y i nt er es ti ng place
with
a
great
whir of constant activity.
The r ice in i t s b rown
husk
i s t h r own in to
a
hopper
an d
whirled
around r oughly to
cau se
th e
ou t e r husk
o r
cha f f
to c ome
off.
T h e n
it goes
into
a
bl ower
w h e r e
th e c h a f f is
bl own
aw ay . T his
pr ocess
is
repeated
t h re e
o r four tim es an d each
time
th e
rice becomes more polished
until
a t l a s t it co m es f o r t h g l e a m i n g
wh ite. In
th e
final p ro cess
it is sifted
a n d s e p a r a t e d a n d from
one c h u t e c o m e s
f o r t h
th e l a r g e
p e rf ec t g ra in s;
fro m t h e
n ext com e
p a r tly
broken grain s; a n d
f rom th e la s t
come
th e sma l l
b r oken
pieces of rice, s ti ll u sa bl e bu t lacking in
b e a u t y
o r
desirability.
T he
wor ld is l ike th i s r ice mil l
and
th e
people in it as
th e
rice. In
th e
pr ocess
o f
milling
m a n y
r ef use
th e
gospel m e s s a g e
and a re ca s t for th a s chaf f . O f
those
who h e a r
th e Word
and r ece ive
Chr i s t
some come thru
th e periods of testing
as b r o k e n
g rain s
losing
t h e i r
o rig in al
b e a u t y , w h i l e o t h e r s are p o l i s h e d m o r e
p e r f e c t l y b y the
t e s t i n g s
w h i c h are
t h e i r s . P ra y th at t h e s e
to
w h o m w e m in
i s t e r
in
Tha i l and wil l r ece ive th e Wor d
a n d
b e
s t e a d f a s t a n d
faith fu l d u r i n g tr i
als
that
t h e y
m ay
c o m e fo rth
per f ect in
C h r i s t J e su s, f it f o r the M a s t e r s use.
D o r o t h y Uh lig
D on and Rober ta Byers and son
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A Chris t ian family
a t
Sope Waan .
You're invited
to
worship at the Lepor
Village this morning Be ready to
s ta r t
before
8
fo r
th e
dikes
t h ru the
r ice
fields may
be
s li ck and it will
take
more
than
an
hour
to
get th ere . Don't
fear
crossing the bamboo bridge for
its
real
ly
very
strong.
We're thru the
forest
now an d there 's
the
village. Someone's
calling maa liang ma
laao
which
m ean s th e te a ch e rs
have
come .
This is
the
signal
for the
headman and
others
to come to the bamboo church building.
We go up
and sit
on the bamboo mat
ting raised
floor on the s ide oppos ite the
men .
The women and ch i ld ren s i t
on
th e
dir t floor a t a s ligh tly lower level.
Greetings
are
exchanged
and
conversa
t i on c o nt in u es u n ti l th e e l d e r a n n o u n c e s
the
f i rs t
n umber. T he se people
love
to
sing and may sing
six or
se ve n song s
wi th all v erse s. The m en who can
r ead
use books; t he o th e rs
follow
as best
they
can.
Many have learned
the
verses and
all sing on the chorus.
A
child
is nudged
or
told to
go see
abo ut th e
b uf fa lo f or a t
th i s
season
th e
wa t e r
buf fa lo
ca n no t be
t u r ned
loose
and th e ch i ld ren mus t
ca re
fo r th em .
A
boy
of 13, named
See,
has to be
told
many times,
for
he doesn't
want
to miss
any
of
the
service . He
hasn t
known
the
Lord
very long
and has
been
in
the
vil
lage
less than
a year. His parents are
dead and he l ived wi th
a n
o lde r
bro the r .
Some
large
red spots appeared on
his
face
and
h is
fe e t fe l t n um b so
h is
bro th
e r brought
him to us fo r exam ination.
The diagnosis
was leprosy
but they
wouldn ' t acep t t ha t nor the advice to
go to the
village
or
take medicine.
Some
time la ter he was
put
out
of
school for
the spots were much la rger and he was
getting
worse
fast. The village
was
his
only hope.
The
very
first
Sunday he
came to church
and l is tened
attentively.
He learned cho ru se s re ad ily and was
well l iked
by
all. Many of
the
o the r boys
had accepted Chris t as their Saviour
a n d w e re f a i t h fu l
w i tne s s e s . Th u s
n o t
^ery
much
la te r See too
accep ted Chr is t.
Since t ak ing DDS regular ly he has
greatly
improved and
can
probably l eave
the village
in two
or
th ree years .
After
singing, prayers,
the
offering
a n d
th e
c ommun i o n
s e r v i c e a n
e l d e r
o r
deacon preaches. Bible
classes
are
t augh t a f te rward . Dorot hy Uhlig a nd the
children
go to a
near-by house where
she
teaches
u sing fla nn elg ra ph . Scripture
verses and
choruses
a re taught. Some
of the
men
get pencils
and
p ap er r eady
to take notes and
Scripture
references.
Some of the women put on the expres
s ion I know
I
c a n t unde r s t and
h e r so
why try ,
while
o ther s qui et
their
babies
and make ready to listen. The t ea ch ing
must
be simple f or
th ey a re
yet
b ab es in
Chr i s t and s t i l l i t m us t be such a s wil l
m ake them grow and
become
mature in
h im .
Classes
a re over and everyone wants
to sing
choruses
or s ta r t learning a
new
song.
Between
and p.m. we say
good
by
and s tar t toward home rejoi cing and
praising the Lord for
these
and
praying
for
their
growth in
him. Will you pray
t o o ?
Imogene Wi l li ams
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Mel
and Ju ne Byers
A t present
June
and I find
ourselves
s ee king t o adjust to the hab it s a nd lang
uage
of a
relatively small country called
Thailand. Formerly
we
would not have
been able
to give any
infonnation con
cerning
this country which is the
size
of
Texas yet c on ta in s ove r 18 million
people. Other fields would have been
more appealing but
we
have learned that
God s leading
must
always
eclipse
the
desires
of
man. In this way June and I
have
experi enced in
a
definite
way
wha t
i t
is
to
be
led
to the
mission
field
by
the
Spir i t of God.
Our original
plans
were
to
return
to
Burma and work among
the
Rawang
tribes people. Negotiations
w it h th e Bur
mese
g ov ernmen t w ere slow and
dis
couraging.
In
the meantime
we had
ma d e
c o n t a c t
wi t h
th e
m iss io na rie s in
Thailan d. S in ce
preparations
to leave
were comp le te w e set sail not knowing
just
where we would f inal ly be engaged
in m issio nary work .
Shortly
after arr iv
ing
in
Bangkok, Thailand we
received a
d efin ite r efu sa l fr om the
Burmese gov
ernment. We then took def in ite s teps
in
obtaining papers to work
in
Thailand.
This
was comple te d
in a
few
days. Thus
our place of service had been
deter
mined. We were quite ignorant of this
land, i ts need and i ts possibilities.
One nigh t about o clock our road-
weary
truck stalled
for the
last t ime
just
as we
approached
Chiengkam.
The
rains
had
washed
out
a small
bridge.
Jie leaJU M :
We were determined
to complete
our
journey so
we wad ed
the rest of the
way
through m ud and rain.
Thus
we arrived
a t ou r new
home
in
No r th e rn T h a ila n d
late a t n ight , bare- footed , soaked
and
tired.
Since
then
we
have been quickly
u sh ere d in to
th e r ou t in e and
l i fe
of th e
missionary
endeavor of this a re a. A ft er
two or three
days
of
getting s ettle d and
registered,
June and I commenced the
task
tha t
faces
every
new mis siona ry
language study. With peculiar looking
words and
unf ami l i a r sounds
we have
been wre stl in g e ve r since
arriving.
Our
language teacher is
a young fellow who
has
exhibited
much patience with our
s tumbl ing incoheren t
sentences.
Some
t imes
i t
requires
s ev era l emba rr as se d
moments
for him
to
identify
what we
are
at tempting
to
say.
Nevertheless
God has been giving
us
the
victory
as
we look to Him
each
day.
Since the
work
here is young, evange
lism
and
knowledge of God s
Word
is
al
most
nil.
Surrounding the pla in on
which
we
l ive a r e s eve r a l m ou nta in t r ib e s
which
have yet to
hear
the
message
of
deliverance. The powers of Budhism and
spirit worship
are strong but God is
g reater. W e shall not be s at is fi ed unt il
some of th e se hav e
t a s t ed
of
th e
New
Bi r t h .
The
f i r s t few
mon t h s on th e miss ion
f ield have
been
f i l led w ith w o rk and a
heart-peace
tha t God is still leading. We
rejoice
also in
the
bit of
scr ipture
which
says, For thou a r t my rock, and my
fortress: t he re fo re f or Thy names
sake
lead
me, and guide
me.
June and I
nev
er
dreamed tha t we wou ld be sensing
the
Lord in Thailand. Now the reaso n w hy
is
readily
understood.
There
are many
forces and
obstacles
working
against
the
efforts of evangel ism in this
area
as
there
a re
in
every mission field, yet th is
is God s b u si ne ss . is ou r bus iness to be
yielded. Lead on. Master, is our prayer.
Melver t
Byers
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White Miao women dressed
in
festive
at t i re for
their
New Year celebration s.
Taken
on a
mountain t rip made
by Mr.
Cullaway and Mr. Bare.
Hey, Mom
Look
a t the
sugar
cane
the Gamnan's boy
gave me
Young
Mark Cal laway came in beaming above
an
armload
of the
sweet
stalks, deposit
ed them
in the
kitchen a nd dashed off
to fetch the lo ts more tha t
had
been
promised him
This
generous neighbor
we always
refer
to by his official title
Gamnan
(Village Magistrate). His
three
young
sons were good
friends
of
Lelan and
Mark
during
th ei r s ta y here.
The eldest
is
now
at
home,
the
second
away
at
school and the youngest, Fone,
l ives
with
an older s is ter who
is
also ou r
neighbor. Fone's stepmother is of the Lu
tribe and is a characteristically
hard
worker. In
spite of her
husband's
high
position she industriously gathers and
sells
fruits in season
and can
often be
seen
climbing the
fruit
tr ee s next door.
The eldest of h er th re e little girls. Pan,
is about the same
age as
the
eldest
of
her step-daughter's two girls, Pranee.
This
step-daughter
is a
sweet
young
woman
married
to
a young
Catholic
doc to r from Bangkok. As they
are
our
near neighbors on
the north we
have
frequent visits and discussions
with
them
and
hope
soon to
see
them follow the
True Way.
Often Pran ee and
her
little
uncle, Fone, and, occasionally, her wee
auntie.
Pan,
come
over
to read
our
picture
books. We have
almost complet
ed
t ranslat ion
of some
chi ldren's Bible
story
books
with which to
entertain
t h em on
t he se
visi ts
MEET
THE
NEIGHBORS
Beyond
the Doctor's modest
abode
are
the big house and spacious
grounds
of
the Khun
Pra, fo rmer county magis
t rate. Although gracious
in
such
things
as inviting
us
to his son 's wedding
this
neighbor is
ardent
in
his pursuit
of
worldly pleasures. Many sleepless nights
have
been due to his noisy
parties.
Yet,
we have frequ ent opportu nities to wit
ness
to the m an and
his
family. Yes,
we
know
t h a t
th e
Sav iou r
is
able to reach
even
this
one despite
his
wealth,
pride,
and
power.
Recently
we
had
occasion to call
on
a
neighbor with whom heretofore we
have
had l i t t le con ta ct. Some
of
ou r
chickens
had gone vagabond and we
were trac
ing
them down. This man,
a teacher,
proved friendly and
helpful,
warning us
tha t
the new
neighbors
to the
r ear
a re
of a very
low
sort.
Before we left, the
teacher's
pretty young wife
appeared
w ith he r month old
baby. Though a
healthy
looking
child
it was su ffering
from upset stomach
and
she
asked
our
advice about it. Later , when June and
I
called to ask about the
baby wo
found
her bathing it with water and mild soap
a rather rare thing
among
Thai
mothers. We
are
t ruly thankful
for the
opportun ity to
get
acquainted with these
young folks and we pray that it is only
the beginning
of a
future
friendship in
t h e Lo rd
There
are other n eigh bors w ith whom
we have
h ad
l it tl e c on ta ct t he folks
in
the tiny
bamboo houses across
the road
and
the new
neighbors
the
teacher
w a r n ed us
a bou t bu t
wi th whom we
hope
to make f riends before long.
Jesus
teaches us to love
thy neigh
bor as thyself and, by His grace, we
h ave no t
f ound
i t
h a r d
to love
t he se
house-friends as
the Thai
put it . Will
you
not join us in praying that they will
become, not
only house
friends
but
spiritual brethren
looking
together
with
us
toward that spiritual
home?
Do r o t h v Ba r e
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u
word fitly
spoken
n
You
can smile
when you can't say
word. But teaching the
gospel of
Christ
requires
more
than
smile.
When man asks, Who
is
Jesus? or
Can you cure me of worsh ipping evil
spirits? our
souls
th ri ll w ith the
mes
sage
we
have for
himthen
comes the
language
barrier. T san
Fu
can speak
some Chinese, as can we. He can speak
some
Nor thern
Thai .
W e
do
too.
B ut the
Chinese a nd T ha i t h a t he has lea rned
have prepared
him
to
barter
in opium
and horses, and
clothnot
for under
standing
the
more intricate
forms that
have
to do wi th the
he a r t
an d
soul. So
understanding does not come
to
his
heart in those languages.
He has
word s of his own in
the spirit
ual realm,
but
we do not know them.
They
have
never
been
writ ten down.
They
sound
impossible to our ears.
When
we try t o wri te them down, our pen fails.
We
try
to
repeat
the
words
after
him,
b u t
h e
smi les
a n d sh a k e s
h is head
Souls
hungering for freedom from
dev
il worship and no one knowing the
words
to bring t hi s spi ri tual
bread
Souls dy
ing
for lack of salvationnot
even
knowing that they are dying or that
t he re
is s alv at io n f ro m t h a t dea th No
Teacher No
Book
No hope
in the
only
Name tha t can bring hope
and
peace
and
salvation
How shall
they
believe
in
Him
whom they
have not
heard?
T he
bar r ie r
mu s t
be
broken
downthe
language must be
conquered
in the
Name of Him who said, Go ye
into
all
the world
and preach the gospel
to ev
ery
creature.
The Wyclif fe Bible Translators, non-
denominational g roup o rgan iz ed solely
for
the
purpose
of Bible
t ransla tion saw
this need several years
ago,
and have
set
up
summer institutes
in
the United
States, Canada, England, and
Australia
to
t rain prospective
translators in the
processes of
learning
language, reduc
ing i t
to
writing, translating the Scrip
tures,
and
teaching the
people to read
i t nd so w e t u r n to th e S um m er In s t i
tute of Linguistics a t Norman , Oklaho
ma, for
summer
of concentra ted
work
in the principles of
learning
the
langu
age
of
Tsan
Fuor his
counterpart in
any primitive people any
place
in the
wor ld
We
must
learn to hear the
many
sounds not
found
in
English,
and
repro
duce
them. Then
they
must
be written
in phonetics. The phonetics must be
changed to pract ical a lphabet, which
can
be p rinted.
Next we
must
study
the
construction
of words, with
all
the vari
ous possibilities of
prefixes, suf fixes,
infixes, etc. that we might
meet
in our
prospec tive language,
along
with the
various
possibilities
of grammatical for
mations. One summer can only introduce
one
to the
vast
possibilities
in
the
science of languagesbut i t does give
basis
for work .
So now we go back w ith greater con
fidence to our task of learning Tsan Fu's
language
and
eventually giving him
Bible
h e
can read a n d unders tand Lin
guistics
invaluable? The
Gospel
is the
powe r of God unto salva tion The
greatest power in all the world I f
lin
guistics is means
to release that power
to souls dying
for
lack of it, then we feel
i t
is
i ndeed i nva luab l e
Do pray for us
tha t
this
knowledge of
language learning can soon
be
put to
work among Tsan
Fu's peoplethat
wis
dom
will be
given in
tran slatio n and
teaching, and
that
the Holy Spirit will
be
prepa ri ng the
ground for
the
sow
ing of this
seed.
Pray for
these
people,
knowing not that they know not , that
they m ay
come to the saving
knowledge
o f th e Saviour
Lois Callaway
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A White
Aliao
village situated on the In-
d o C h i n a border . T h e r o ad is t h e b o u n d r y
b e t w e e n
T ha i l a n d a n d Indo-China.
12:00 Noon. I t d id n t s ee m l ik e s u ch a
high
mountain when
viewed from
our
front
window
in
Chiengkam . Beh ind us
are
the paddies
and
palm-crowned vil
lages
of
the plain, the oxcart trail wind
ing
through teak and bamboo, and
the
hour
of
wandering through swamp and
forest when we got lost. We have
been
on a
s teep upgrade now for more than
an hour not counting the
half-hour
lunch
stop
just
finished. The corn
field we just
came
through
is
the first
sign of moun
tain l ife.
No t r a c t o r will e ve r c ultiv ate
t h a t 50
degree slope.
2:00 P.M. Time to get
started again.
As we
rounded t h a t las t bend we found
ourselves
amidst a
group of
Black
Miao.
These
happy little highlanders
live
in a
cluster of tiny huts
perched
on a ridge
high
above the
trail. We
caught them
observing
a
tribal
ceremony.
I t only
took
a
few
min ute s to r ecove r f rom
t h e
shock
of intrusion by these white foreigners.
The
c er emony con tinued
after a
teen
age
boy invi ted us
to seat
ourselves
and
added politely but firmly, you can't go
on 'till the bridge has
been dedicated .
A
sturdy new
plank
bridge sp ans the
c r e e k f o r h u m a n
use?
Of c o u r s e not ,
but for spirits Travelers must continue
t o
wade .
T w o m e n a n d a
w o m a n
h a v e
been preparing
a freshly killed pig
and
chicken while another woman presided
over ceremonies. The village headman
recently died
and with
this
ritual
his
l loie ^
teen age nephew has just been installed
as
his successor. As
soon as
the pig
and
chicken were cooked a middle-aged
woman
threw
a
rag
over
her top-knot,
picked up a gong
and
walked beside the
new
span chant ing a rhythmic incanta
tion. This ended, Melvert and I the
accidental guests of honor were asked
to participate. We carefully explained
t h a t
as
servants
of
the True
God we
cannot
indulge in observances
that
honor
demons
but
as a gesture of good will
toward the
new headman
we took
his
hands
and assisted
h im acros s
the bridge.
Henceforth th e bridge
is
closed to hu
man traffic forever. We have
politely
declined a part in
the
feast and
are
tak
ing leave amid
warm
invitations
to re
t u r n .
9:00 P.M.
Old Seven is
playing
a
long and
rather
monotonous melody on
a bamboo Kan whi le j iggl ing
his
infant
grandson
on
his back.
Melvert and
I
are
stretched
out on a bamboo
mat
spread
on the dirt floor.
The
firelight
is dying
and
the last of the evening's c rowd are
scattering to
their huts.
With what
ani
mation they lisened to
our
stumbling ef
forts to
bring
thorn,
in
Chinese and Lao,
their first
tas te
of the Good News.
Did
their running
conversation
concern
this
Great
God who made Heav en
and
Earth ,
or were they mere ly commenting
on
the
strangeness of
the foreigners?
After a day of steep trails, of wander
ing by
mistake into
Indo-China, and
of
once
again
finding th e tra il that brought
us to
this
W h i t e Miao
village we
a re
weary, but
rejoicing
that the suspicion
which
greeted
us has changed
to
a
friendly
warmth, tha t
Old Seven
has
received us into his smoke -fille d hut ,
and
t h a t
a n o t h e r mountain village has
been
touched by the first dawning rays
of the Light of the
World.
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Thai Schoolboys
Raise
ig
in
From Grandma downno one goes to
school in
th is Yao
village.
The
first day
of school
has
come for
Lelan and
Markreal
school,
that
is
for
though Lelan has
had
four
years of
school work at home, and Mark a
year
of kindergarten
and
first
grade,
they
have never gone to
a
real school.
I
wonde r
wha t th e teach er
would
do
if
they were to
forget
and
answer
her
questions
in
Thai,
or if Mark mu tt er ed ,
nung gap
nung
ben song 1 plus 1
equals
2).
Worse
yet,
what
if they
should
try to read as the Thai
boys
do in their
classes?
The t eacher reads a
l ine
and
all
the boys yell it back in unison . Schoo l
sounds like bedlamand no one gets
punished for whispering for no one
could hear
a
whisper
above
that
roar.
They won t get five days
off
in April
for Thai
New Yea rs
and they ll find
that
there
won t be
a
vacation
for
the
King s
birthday. There
will
be
some
things
that
they
will be
glad
for.
They
won t
have to
vvai
(bow down with folded hands) be
fore
an
image of Buddha as
Thai
boys
do.
On Sunday they can
go
to Bible school.
Thai boys can t in most places, for
there
just aren t Sunday
schools.
Do
you think
all
th is s ound s
st range?
Lelan and Mark know some little
boys
and girls up in
the
mountains
of
Thai
land tha t
would think
your
school even
more s tra ng e. The se l it tl e
Yao
boys and
girls
never
have
school
a t
all,
and
never
learn
to
read or write. They
have
never
owned
a book, and
probably
never will
until we
can write
some Bible story
book s
fo r th em
Lois
Cal laway
Sloxn Miss ion o f Amoir icci i i lmirc l ieso f
hr i s t
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Printing
Company
1411
Walnut
Street
Eugene,
Oregon
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