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MISS IONS POSS IBLE

Volume 2 Numo er

September

199

AN

OPEN

LETTER

To: BibleCollegePresidents AcADE^^c DeaiNS Missions

Professors

CampusMlnisters Chluche

SUPPORTING

Bible

Colleges

aindCampusMinistries Students and

a l l

those

seriously intereste

IN REACHING THE WORLD FOR ChRIST.

There is a desperate need for qualified, committed workers to come/go toforeign countries as teachers ofEnglis

asaforeign language.In thelastmonth,Ihave receivedrequests forteachers forKamchatka.Sakhalin andBirobidjha

in Russia, plus Harbin and Peking inChina. Requests have also come fromTaiwan and Indonesia.

A magazine I receive asks for teachers in Poland, Hungary and Turkey. Practically every country in the world

especially developing countries, formerEast Bloc countries and Islamiccountries) that doesnot have English as its

primary language is looking for qualified teachers.

Whatcanyoudo,BibleCollege Presidents,AcademicDeansand MissionsProfessors?Wouldyou pleaseconside

expanding your curriculum to include courses which would offer your graduates credentials in

TEFL

or TESOL

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)? Then, would you personally challenge several individuals in

your school to go overseas as a teaching tentmaker? Workers can be sentto

nearly

all the world.

The

worldis indeed

within our reach. Do you have the vision? I would be more than

happy

to meet with you to discuss details fo

establishing such a program on my nextvisit to the States, if you are seriously interested. Youcan contactmebymail

fa x o rE mail.

Whatcan youdo. CampusMinisters? Pleasecheck tosee if the university/college whereyou serve offers courses

inTEFL/TESOL. If so, personally encourage members of your fellowship to take courses to prepare them towork

overseas.

It

c an make

a

real difference

in

their l iv es and

th e

world.

What can you do, Churches? Askyour Bible collegesif they are offeringsuch courses. Ifnot, ask themwhynot

Ask your campus ministers if they are encouraging their fellowship togooverseas. If not ask them why not You

can also

pray

for workers for

the

harvest.

Whatcanyoudo,students andothersseriously interestedin reaching theworld forChrist?Pleaseconsideracaree

emphasison lifetime) inworking overseas as aTeacherofEnglish asaForeignLanguage. Presently,TEFL position

are being filled overseas by opportunists trying tomakea quick buck, or to use the opportunity as a steppingstone

to some other job. Not many are interested in the eternal well-being of their

students.

What about you? WB

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B E L E W S SP WS

The

family isback. Banzai They arrivedhome onJune ZSth.

Th e

boys have reruraed

school. The better news isAkemi has now tmished teaching and is officially retired'.

e will become afull-dme mother and homemaker. This will be an interesting transition

r her. She has caught ever since we returned to Japan, meaning she has balanced

he r

aching load with her home responsibilities. The boys and I are looking forward to her

a full-time mom.

Micah joined a baseball team when he was in the States and now it' s eat,

sleep and

nk baseball. He even wears Atlanta Braves outfits. That could be blasphemous, me

ng a native Clndnnacian. Whatcan I say? He does wear a Reds

ca p

and warmup

jacket.

. Cincinnati Benji finished the fifth grade while inNew York.

W hat

a champion He

arted the fifth grade in Americawith less than three months to go. He caught up and

nished the year with honors, inhis second language I am a proud father. Both boys have

id back intothe Japanese schooland are working tocatch up AGAIN. The school year

already threemonths gone. It's quite a burden on the boys to go back-andfofth berween

e two countries and two school systems. But, until now, they have managed with no

I

was

recently designated

'representative' of the church. That''s*an exactEnglish

nslation of the word used inJapanese. That brings with itmany responsibilities, one of

ich is doing the weekly preaching. I am also leading the weekly Bible study in Sanjo

Sunday evenings. All is well.

Running

Bill. Akemi. Benji Micah

ComouServe Address

101163 2634

AN O P E N D O O R T O C H I N A

The dooris creakingopentoChina. No kidding. It seems a real possibility that we

l be able to start an ECS in China

sometime next

year.

AN D

we

will be able to

include

le teaching inourprogram. Weare looking for teachers to work at thisnewECS. Are

interested? Is there someone you know who might be interested? Canyou put them

withme(Bill)?

Soon

IplantovisitChina earlynextyear to investigateand follow

on leg workbeing done as Iwrite.I would like for this person or family togo with me.

hing English and Bible in

China-it s

possible, but hasn't happened yet. Please pray

igently for this to become a reality. Imagine having permission to teach Bible up front,

one looking over your shoulder. It can happen Will you or someone you know be

E XCE L

P R O G R A M

Our secondEXCEL program is underway. Nine students and one sponsor. Masayo

isawa, fromECSwent toupstate New York onJuly25th and will returnAugust 15th.

hope thisprogram goes aswellas the first one, which was quite a goodexchange. As

result of theprograms, fourmembers of the Clarence ChurchDebbie Bowers,

NCM s

rwarding agent for the last nineyears and teacher of the first EXCEL program. Lois

and Karen Rowiinson. who both hosted students an d taught, and Julie Swan

high school student whose family hosted a Japanese studentwill come to visit Japan

m October 22-November 15of this year. We look forward to their visit. While .Akemi

d the boysstayed inthe States,Akemi taught Japanese to some

of

these ladies and many

hers who hosted Japanese students. Perhaps a real bond has taken place between our

students and some Christians in the States. W'B

SeDtemCsr 1993

LIKINS N E W S FR O M

KHABAROVSK,

R U S S I A

W e

a re n ow in th e

US A. D eb i a nd

th e

girls came at the end ofJune through Japan

so that

Debi

could have another dental

appointment . I had to finish up at the Uni

versity an d wanted to be with the Church as

long as possible before everyone disap

peared for the summer. I lined up speakers

an d m a d e

sure

al l

th e

services an d Bible

studies were taken care of in my absence. I

then

c a m e h o m e vi a C h i na s in c e i t s s o close

and I wanted to find out if itispossible todo

the same type of work as we are doing in

Russia. I was in both Harbin and Beijing for

several d ay s a nd found a great interest in

what we are doing. Now we need to find

qualified Christians to fill these endless

possibilities.

We have all recoveredfrom jet-lagand

are enjoying our families and visiting with

old friends. Our girls have 19

cavities

that

are being filled (ouch). I have speaking

engagements every Sunday as well as 2

VBS s and many meetings, so

I m

quite

busyon our vacation . Weare trying toget

caught up on nutrition and to expose our

girls to American culture. Thus far weather

here in north-central Ohio has been very

mild

an d

ev en

c o ol . W e i nt en d

to

return

to

Russia through Japan on the 7th

of

Septem

ber. This is a very brief account of what

we re currently doing and more details will

follow.

J o e l

a nd D eb bi e

CompuServe Address

74200 2601

K A M O C H U R C H

REVIVAL

T he K am o church isplanning a revival

fo r

this

fall. H a r o l d

S i m s v e t e r a n

m i s s i o n

ary for over 40 years to Japan, will be our

guest speaker. It is interesting that Harold

can claim to have been inJapan longerthan

most Japanese. The aim of the revival is to

invite everyone who has ever been involved

in th e

c h ur ch a n d

is

still

in

th e ar ea

to

c ome

back and give the church new life. This is

a first for the

congregation.

W e would

appreciate

your

prayers.

W

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Se D t e m be r 1 9 9 3

L a R U E S V I E W S

We've been in

che

U.S. for the summer and have seen many of you who read this.

Faces and figures change, but fortunately, friendships continue to

grow.

Having the

chance tosee you again has beengreati Our summer has been filledwith a varietyofgood

things. We have talked tomany groups of people including VBS kids, ladies' meetings,

Sundayschool classes. Sunday worshippers, andWednesdayBiblestudy groups. Among

thosepeople we visited: Troy (OH). Flybranch (KY), Ben Davis in Indianapolis (IN),

Cyntheanne(IN), Salem (IL),Bryan (OH).LakeJamesSchoolofMissions (Angola. IN),

and Em a Green (IN). We did go to the North American Christian Convention and made

contact with people interested in the work in North East Asia.

We ve

been ordering

videos, purchasing Christian books, children's materials and other tools for use in

ministry in Komsomolsk.

Besides tending toministry concerns, we have had some good relaxing timewith

both our families, from grandparents to nieces and a nephew. In between visits with

churches, we have crossed paths with friends from

ou r

days at Cincinnati Bible College.

Add toall this some visits todoctors, stops atMcDonalds and Pizza Hut,

and

a few spons

excursions,

we ve

had a good summer.

Bythe end ofAugust,we will board theplane back toRussia. Recencnews repons

have discussed legislation being passed to ban foreign missionaries from working in

Russia apart from connection with existing churches in Russia. We don t anticipate this

affecting ou r status, however, because of our ongoing relationship with a Russian

institute.

Fo r

official purposes, we are viewed as teachers.

Intalkingwith BillBelew inJapan, we learned thatTaki. aJapanese Christian, will

beattending Indiana University. We are picking him upat Indy's airport and then taking

him toI.U. We hope to introduce him toChristians inBloomington. IN who can helphim

get settled. Taki has shown great faith and is going to be a good Christian lawyer

We hope to be assisting some new faces to join the work in North East Asia. We

havetalkedwith several peopleabout helping tomeetcurrentopportunities. We trustGod

will lead

in

a ll t hi s.

Thanks for

your

continue interest in

God s

kingdom

in North East

Asia.

Made New

in Christ,

S c o t t C a r m e n

CompuServe Address 71043,2240

Some

Christians in

Komsomolsk.

Upper left ar e Cindy

an d

Scott Lund

Pag e

K O M S O M O L S K

K O R N E R

.After

we th e LaRues) returned to th

U.S.. Scott and Cindy Lund continued th

Bible studies inKomsomolsk. Theywer

e xc i t e d to tell

us

t ha t t h e L o rd ha s a d d e d

more to His church on July 2nd: .Andrey

a 17-year-old man who is faced with po

t en tia l 2 -year mil it ary service: Irina.

third-year

computer

student;

and .Albina

a

middle-aged

wife an d mother. Pleas

pray for these new Christians by name

Since

July 9th, the Lunds have als

been in the U.S.

Before

leaving, the

encouraged the

Christians

to continu

meeting on Sundays for worship and fel

lowship. The other Bible studies wil

begin again in the fall

after

some evalua

t i o n

a n d

d e c i s i o n o n

w h a t

direction

w

n e e d to

h e a d .

It s

possible that by this fall a young

Christian

man from the U.S. will join us in

Komsomolsk.

He is considering workin

with the local public school for a yea

teaching the Bible.

Other opportunities in Birobidzhan

Blagaveshchensk,

an d Khabarovsk are

still waiting to be filled. Who will step

forward tostand in these gaps? Contact u

directly

by

CompuServe or

through

ou

forwarding agents, if you are ready to

a n sw e r G o d s call

t o t he se areas.

S L

W A L K A T H O N

Ourfourth walkathon ishistory. Thirty

nine

walkers from four countriesJapan

America, China and Iranparticipated

Th ere

were

25

finishers

overall;

the

average

d is ta n c e

walked within o u r 24-hour

time

l im i t w a s 55 miles.

W e

totaled

510,856 in

contributions, and once again this was sen

to International Disaster Emergency Ser

vices. We are looking forward tohearingin

what

way IDES uses this money. We have

gathered over 534,000 in our first four

walks. All ofthismoney went toDDES who

in rum used itindifferent parts oftheworld

Perhaps you would like to organize a walk

to

a s s i s t o t h e r s in

n e e d .

W

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J A P A N NATIONAL

M I S S I O N A R Y

C ONVENTI ON

A U G U S T

10-12

This year's convention, to be hosted

byushereinNiigata. isless thanone week

away asI write this. We have 39 registra

tions. The speaker. David Faust, and his

family offiveare staying withus for about

11 days. He is assistant professor of

apologetics at Cincinnati Bible College.

re than half of the participants are

igata people and their guests. By the

yo u

read this, it will be too late

fo r

u

to come. We wish you could

have

here Next year there will be an all-

Missionary Convention in the Phil

pines. Is anyone interested in attend

I have

information

about it.

WB

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September 1993

M O R T REPORT

Happy

Summer Hopefullyyou are allenjoying your summer. Forus ithasbeen

rainy

anda bit cool, althoughveryhumid. Wehaveyet to

make

itto thebeach,much

toHannah s

dismay,

duetoour

busy

schedules and

the

weather

(Murphy s

Law).

There

is always much going on inour lives, so let mefill you in.

Both

Bible

studies

are

going well.

In the

evening study,

Jerry

is

doing

a

great

job

with the Japanese. I did start a Ladies'

Study

in

May

and ouraverage attendance is5

ladies and3 children. Westudiedsomebackground informationontheOldTestament

and finished that

onJuly

23rd.

Aftera

family

beach party

and

a break durinsAuaust,

wewill resume in September and begin studying in the NewTestament. It has been

areal

challenge.

I

have been fortunate

in that

most

ofthe

ladies

who

come have

a fairly

good understanding of

English which balances

my very poor

Japanese.

So far the

materials have been in both Japanese and

English,

so weare doing fine. Our

biggest

distraction hasbeen thechildren,but Jerryhasnowagreed tobeavailable for rus rat

patrol, so

I m

hopeful thatthingswill gomuchmore smoothly. Wewouldlike tohave

a storytime for the kids if wecan get them tocooperate.

Other

bignews has alsobeen developing thissummer.

We

signed

an

agreement

on July

18th

to purchase theKashiwazaki E.C.S. We will officially take over as of

September 1st. This has been a decision fullof prayer and careful consideration and

wefeelveryconfident with it. By our oversight of the Kashiwazaki E.C.S.. Bill will

be freed todomoreworkin other areas and itwillallow us to

expand Into

the southern

partofNiigata. In fact, wearecurrently lookingforanother teachertocomeworkwith

us.

Are

youinterested? Ifyouwould like todo a one-year internship or even consider

long-term, PLEASE letus know. There are

so

many

souls

to

reachwe

need your help

Youknowthesaying:Ttneverrains butitpours'. Weil,beside theE.C.S.decision,

the Bible studies,

andjust

everyday life, we have been looking into

the

possibility

of

adopting a Russian baby. We are still waiting for all the red tapetoclear and for the

Russian

andJapanesegovernments togive

the

okay.

It has

turned

intoa long

drawn-

out process, but we remain hopeful that we will be allowed to proceed. The baby

(David) was bom January 6th. He is the sixth child and his mother wants him to have

a b e t t e r life.

Thankyou for your continued prayers and suppon. We would love to hear from

you anytime,so drop us a line. Ajid think aboutcoming to workwith us

Still Fishing,

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