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ROLAND

R I P PLES

May

Augus t 1985

Vo l . 1 4 No .

The

Tra in ing I n s t i t u t e gradua t ion

was Apr i l

21 s t

wi th Bro .

Kangaloo

br ing ing

a

c ha lle ng e in

h is

message

on W orld Evangel ism . B ro .

B.

E.

Ge t t e r

d e l i v e r e d

th e

c h a r ge t o

th e g ra du ate s.

Wil l iam

handed

ou t

certificates

t o t h e

m en

and let

ters

to

the

wome n . E a c h

of the

stu

den t s

was g iven a gift

o f

books .

A fte r th e

g ra du a tio n d in n er

all

were f r e e to d e p a r t

fo r

home o r

p la c e s o f summer

s e r v i c e . And

we

Rolands p r epa r ed t o l e a v e

fo r th e

cooler climate of

M u s s o o r i e .-

In th e Himalayan f o o t h i l l s we had

some o f

th e

3

r s r e s t r e l a x a t i o n

r e cupe r a ti on as well a s

t ime to do

some o f th e

work

we

t ook

a long .

Revis ing

and r e f i n ing commentary

notes

on various b o o k s of the

Bib l e co r r e spondence and o t h e r

nece s s a r y bus iness kep t us busy .

Af t e r

a

coup le o f

months

t h e r e

we

headed back

to

Bi l a spu r .

We have to

change

t r a ins in

Delh i

so

s tayed

t he re over the

4th

of July

to a t t end th e ce lebra t ion held a t th e U.S. Embassy. In a l l th e yea r s we

have been

in Ind ia l a s t

year was

the f i r s t

of these

we

have a t t ended and

we

were

happy

to

t ake it

in aga in

t h i s yea r . They p l ay games have

r a c e s

pony r ides fo r the ch i ld ren

and hot dogs and

hamburgers with

cold

dr inks

fo r

s a l e .

Later t h r ee

Marines

p resen t th e C olors and it

i s

a thrill to

see

the Stars

and

Str ipes which

i s

seldom

seen

here . There

i s

th e sing in g

of the

Nat ional Anthem

and

a

m essa ge from

Pres iden t

Reagan i s r ead . Then

a

speech by

th e

Ambassador

i s

fo l lowed a t dusk by f i reworks .

As our

t r a in

neared

Bi laspu r

we

saw

ev idence

o f

good

r a in s

and

l ea rned

on a rr i v a l t h a t

th e

Monsoon

had

s t a r t e d

a bou t a

week earlier

It was a

p l e a s an t s u rp r i s e

as

t h ings were green and much coo le r

than

when

we left in

April . Rains have continued quite regularly ever s ince keeping the

temper

a tu re around

80 and humidity around 90.

With

fans it i s

qu i te comfor tab le .

Drying

laundry and keeping

things

from

moulding a re problems.

On

Sunday

th e

day

a f t e r we

a r r i ved

th e church

se rv ice

was longer

than

usual .

Some

of the teen age boys sang s ev er al s pe ci al numbers accompa

nied

by

drums

tambourine e tc . Then

there was a

long

sermon. Jus t before

th e

end of

the se rv ice a young man came

running

in

th e

door

and down th e

a i s l e up

to

the

pulpi t asking for protect ion from

those

pursuing him. Jean

was s i t t ing near the back

door

and saw

severa l young

men

approach so went

ou t

and

asked

them

p lease

to

no t

i n t e r r up t

o ur w orsh ip

s e rv i c e

bu t

wai t

outside

un t i l it

was

f in ished. They said they were

a f t e r the

young

man

be

cause he had run o ff with t he i r money. After the

benedict ion

they were de

termined to take the

young

man with them by fo rce .

Then

we no t i ced

t h a t

he

had about

a

four

inch

cu t

through

h is c lo th in g

and

f lesh near h is

shoulder

b lade which was bleed ing . We r e a l i z ed t h i s was a s er io u s in cid en t and it

would

be dangerous to l e t him be taken by those who

were bent

on revenge.

When we p ointe d out th e

cu t

the

others

sa id

nothing had

happened to him

ye t .

sa id

it was

a

case

fo r the

po l i ce . Jean

got a r icksha

and rushed

to

the pol ice s ta t ion to repor t and ask

for help .

The church

men

s tayed

to

preven t

the

pursuers from fo rc ib ly tak ing the

young man. When th e pursuers

rea l ized the police

would

come soon

they

made a

hasty

re t rea t .

The pol ice

came and presumably took the young man fo r trea tm en t a t th e

hosp i t a l

and

probably had

him

r epo r t h is s t o r y . We do no t know what th e outcome was bu t

have hea rd

t h a t he was i nvo lved wi th th e w ife o f

one

o f

th e

a s s a i l a n t s . When

the young

man

f i r s t ran

down

the a i s l e Jean thought he was a no th er c ra zy

pe r son

un t i l

she saw

h is pu r su e r s .


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We wrote in th e A p r i l

news le t t e r

abou t

Michael La l l ,

headmaster

a t Si t apu r ,

t

now '

appears as though

he

deliberately quit taking |

his medication

so

his symptoms would re-occur |

and he would be taken home. He had

evidently

i

registered

to take a college government exam. I

I t wouldn t look good on

his

record i f he I

just

quit his

job at

highschool exam

time

to

' ^ I

take the college

exam. As soon

as

he got

home

I

he evidently resumed his

meds

and improved _ I

enough

to

take the

exam. Or

perhaps

he was . I

only

pretending to be

crazy again. He

has

t

no t r e t u rn ed to

t ake

ove r h is

work

in

S i t a pu r

B

now t h a t s choo l

i s

in

s e s s i on

a g a i n . t is so

m

sad that so many dishonest

methods

are used ^ I

to further one's

ends.

^

Ajee t ,

th e bache lo r g rad o f l a s t Apr i l ,

i s

helping with typing up Hindi notes for Will- JB

iam. He is working at this

full-time now

un- ^

til th e e v a ng e l i s t i c program i s

a r r anged

fo r

him

and

Mr. Kanga loo .

He

wi l l be he lp ing

he r e

l a t e r , a l s o , between mee t ings . Resu l t s still a I u

j?

aren t

out on

the

government typing

exam

but

i v '

Ajee t i s doing

wel l .

t keeps Wil l iam busy t o

have

work

t r an s l a t ed

and

ready

fo r A jee t

t o

t ype .

He i s us ing a f i ve

yea r

o ld

machine which needs r e p ai r s q ui te o fte n . Wil l iam i s a l so t each ing

him

to

d o the

n e e d f u l

when ev e r there is a

b r e a k d own .

The re a re se ve ra l

r e a son s

fo r th e de l ay

in s t a r t i n g

th e e v a ng e l i s t i c o r

r e v i v a l meet ings

in

th e a rea

churches . The mon soon

season

i s a poor t ime

to

t r a v e l .

Of t en

br idges a r e ou t

and

buses o r

t r a i n s

a re

de l ayed o r r e r o u t ed .

t i s hard

to

g e t

peop le ou t to mee t ings when they

have

t o wade in

wate r

o r

mud.

Also ,

when

Mr.

Kangaloo

was

r e t i r e d

f rom th e Rai lway

Area Church

he

had to

vaca te

th e pa r sonage , so he has

had

to spend ex t r a t ime

bu i ld ing

h is

own house . He j u s t

r e cen t l y f i n i shed

a sma l l

th ree- room bu i l d i ng ,

which

he

had

to

s upe r v i s e

c l o s e l y

to

be

su r e

th e

work

was

done

p rope r ly

and

wi th

t h e

r i g h t

ma t e r i a l s . One canno t t r u s t

l a bo r e r s

t o be

hon e s t , b u t has to watch

con s t a n t l y .

Then

t h i s Augus t , s ho r t l y

a f t e r th e

house

was

comple t ed , h is

wi f e took

s i c k ,

and he

has had

t o spend

much

t ime wi th

h e r .

At first it

appeared

to

be a he a r t a t t a c k , bu t l a t e r

seems

it

i s

j u s t

from anx ie ty

pa r t l y

due to Mr. Kangaloo s

r e t i r emen t

wit ho ut p en sio n or means of

suppo r t . The i r two o l d e r

g i r l s

a re

working ,

one

a

nurse ,

and

one

a t e a che r .

They

a re

l i v i ng on t h e i r incomes , and have b u i l t th e house from t h a t , t o o .

The son took s t enograph ic t r a i n i n g , bu t f a i l ed

th e

government

exam,

so has

no

j ob .

Hindi sho r thand

i s

e spec i a l l y

d i f f i c u l t .

Many have to t ak e

th e

exam

s eve r a l

t imes

be f o r e

t h ey p a s s ; o r

pay a b ig b r i b e to g e t th e certificate

Even i f

one

passes

it

i s usua l l y hard to

g e t

a

job

unless t h e re i s a f r iend

o r r e l a t i v e in th e o f f i c e , o r he g ive s a b r i b e .

Mrs, Kangaloo, Miriam, was

an

orphan given

to J e an s Mother ,

Dr.

J oe na Rot he rme l, when

Miriam was about two

year s

o ld . Please pray

t h a t

she

may

have he r

mind s t ayed on

God,

who

wi l l then keep her in p e r f e c t peace . Also ,

pray t h a t

su i t ab l e

employment may be

found fo r t h e i r

son Jose s .

Thei r

o ld e s t

daugh t -

ment ioned in

Ap r i l who had

been

badly

burned . She

has

recovered and

i s

t each ing

aga in ,

fo r

which

we a re

thankfu l

to God, and to

you who were

f a i t h f u l

in pray ing fo r

he r .

i ^ J Abhimanyu, the

April

graduate

who

is

now

ft . WBSSiw I working

with

the Raipur Church, seems

to

be

do-

Abhimanyu

Basanti, daughter ^ work.

Since

going there

in May

he

Shashi Prabha, sons Ashish immersed one couple. The las t

we

heard an-

Kumar on right Masth Prakash other person was ready for baptism and may

have

been

bap t i s ed

by now. Abhimanyu and h i s wife

were still

Hindus

when they en r o l l e d in

the

i n s t i t u t e .

He

was eager

to

learn and had many quest ions .

He was

d i l igen t

in

search ing

th e s c r i p t u r e s ,

and

has a keen mind as w e l l as

i n t e r e s t .

His

wife ,

Basan t i ,

was completely

i l l i t e r a t e ,

but no t

unin te l l i gen t .

She

learned

to read and

wr i t e

qu i t e wel l , and l ea rned many

Chr i s t i an p r inc ip l e s

and much

doc t r i n e .

In s p i t e o f he r l a ck o f educa t i on sh e shou ld no t be

a drawback

t o

h e r hu sband s

s e r v i c e .

She

seems

to

be

ve ry

c on s c i e n t i o u s

and

commi t t ed .

P le a s e pray fo r t h i s fam ily as th ey s e r v e th e Lord .


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Fur lough plans a re still very i nde f i n i t e . Having had only

one

three-month

and one two-month v i s i t to the Sta tes in 10

years ,

we a re beginning to fe e l

the need

of

a

longer

fur lough. However,

Indian

Government regula t ions may

make

it

impossible .

There

i s

some

indica t ion

t ha t

only

three-month

re turn

v isa s a re

being

i s sued . We do no t want

to l eave

now unle ss we

have

t h a t

as

su r ance

o f

be ing ab le

to

r e t u r n . We would l i k e t o be in th e

S t a t e s when Pau l

and family are on fur lough. But they a re planning a winter

v i s i t ,

and we a re

no t

su re we can endure

win te r weather a f t e r be ing

used to th e

mild

and

ho t

weather of Ind ia .

So

t en t a t i ve plans are for

th ree

months dur ing the

summer

of

1 9 8 6 .

have been working recent ly on

bringing

our

mail ing list up to da te .

There a re many people and churches on th e list from whom we haven ' t heard

fo r many yea r s . We

want to

con t inue t o send news l e t t e r s t o

all who want

t o

r ece ive .

But we

want

to be sure

you a re receiv ing ,

and want

to cont inue

to

r ece ive , so the

Lord ' s money

won t be wasted . So, we have a SPECIAL REQUEST-

if

you

have

not

communicated

with

us

in

some way

recent ly

please

wri te

and let us

know

if

you

want

to

con t i nue to r e c e i v e ou r

news l e t t e r s

o r no t .

I f you send word

to

our Kansas address , j u s t a postcard

wi l l

do.

would

be

most happy to

ge t

a l e t t e r from you in

Ind ia .

For t h a t

you should

use an-

aerogramme,

and our

new

Ind ia address ,

as

mentioned l a t e r .

have pr in ted

an

up- to -da te information bookle t . I f you would l i ke a copy p le as e re qu es t

t

Speaking

of

mailit

continues

to be

a

problem: lost

mail ,

mail opened

and

r esea led ,

l e t t e r s torn open, and much t ha t we know

o f j u s t

not de l ive r

ed.

The

loca l

Post Master has

suggested

the post

bag

system

as

a

poss ib le

he lp ,

so we

have app l i ed

fo r

and

r ece ived a Pos t Bag

Number.

In

all

cor re s

pondence

to Ind ia

now,

please

use our new ma ilin g a dd re ss

as

noted

below.

How

g rea t i s th e love th e F ath er has l av i shed on

us ,

t h a t

we

should be

ca l led chi ldren of God And tha t i s

what

we are , 1 John

3:1.

Thank

you

for

j o in ing with us

to

make t h a t love

known

in In d ia .

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Our U. S . A dd ress : 521

Pop la r

S t . ; La

Cros s e ,

KS 67548 . Plea se

make

checks

payab le

to

th e F i r s t Chr i s t i a n

Church , wi th

' I nd i a

Miss i on

Fund '

on

t h e memo

line

Our new

Ind ia

mai l ing add res s :

Pos t Bag No.

2

Bi l a spu r ,

M.P.

495 001

I N D I A .


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Shivmangal , a former g r a d u a t e from a

v i l l a g e n e a r h e r e

where o u r

s t u d e n t s

were g o i n g

f o r

s e r v i c e s on L o r d s Days , h a s t a k e n

o v e r

t h e work o f t h e C h i r -

m i r i

Church.

He was a good

s t u d e n t , b u t seems t o

be very t imid and needs a

l o t of growth in c on fid en ce . P l e a s e pray t h a t he may

a l s o t r u s t

God t o help

him

and

n o t become d i s c o u r a g e d , b u t may b o l d l y preach and t e a c h t h e

Word.

You

h a v e

p r o b a b l y

b e e n

l e a r n i n g o f

t h e t u r

m o i l , t e r r o r i s m ,

and

many

p r o b l e m s

i n t h i s

l a n d .

We wonder w hat

t h e

outcome

w i l l

b e ,

b u t

we a re c o n fi d e n t t h a t

Almighty God,

r u l e r o f

t h e u ni v er s e , i s i n

c o n t r o l .

He w i l l

b r i n g

a b o u t His

w i l l

u l t i m a t e l y .

W h a t the

r e a s o n

o r r e a s o n s re

we

d o

n o t

know,

b u t t h i s u n r e s t

and

m a t e r i a l i s m may

have

some

b e a r i n g on t h e

f a c t

t h a t we

h a v e

no s t u

d e n t s e n r o l l e d

i n

t h e

I n s t i t u t e t h i s y e a r .

There

i s s tu d e n t u n r es t

i n

so

many

o f t h e

s e c

ul r

institutions

S t u d e n t s

w a n t to r u n

t h i n g s , c h e a t on exams,

and

o th er t h in gs o f

this k i n d . M o s t o f o u r students h a v e b e e n

a b o r i g i n a l t r i b e s - p e o p l e . Now t h e

government

i s g i v i n g them many

s p e c i a l

p r i v i l e g e s which

i s c a u s i n g some of t h e s t u de nt

a g i t a t io n ,

so

t h e y a r e more

a n d

more i n t e r e s t e d i n

t h e

m a t e r i a l is m

v il ble

William

6

Ajee t

mimeographing

study m a t e r i a l s

in

Hindi

Since

we have no

c l a ss es t h e r e

i s

t ime t o work on t r a n s l a t i o n and g e t t i n g

material ready for

p r i n t i n g

in Hindi. There

i s

such a

der th

of Bible study

m a t e r i a l i n

Hindi

t h a t t h es e th in gs

w i l l

be u s e f u l in t h e

churches .

So,

f o r

t h e

t ime

being

t h i s

w i l l be

o ur emp ha sis .

Henki

and

Mary

E s t h e r

our

d a u g h t e r

and

t h e i r two

boys

c o n t i n u e

t h e i r

work f o r C h r i s t i n Belgium i n s p i t e o f some p h y s i c a l

h a r d s h i p s

and i l l n e s s .

They have r e j o i c e d

in

witnessing or p a r t i c i p a t i n g

in

s e v e r a l baptisms r e c e n t

l y .

One

was an

e l d e r l y

f r i e n d wih

whom

they

have

been

working

and praying

for

y e a r s .

Occasional ly

t h e r e

a r e

discouragements as s o m e f a l l away

o r

b a c k s l i d e .

C h a r l e s and Mary and

son

still l i v e i n B a l

t i m o r e , b u t

t h e y d o n t

keep us up t o d a t e on

their ctivities

David and Glenda and

t h e i r two

boys

l i v e

n e a r L i n c o l n ,

XL a n d

a r e a c t i v e i n o n e o f

t h e L i n c o l n c h u r c h e s . They have had t h e

thrill

o f w it n es si n g

t o

a

young

couple

f o r

whom Glenda

baby sits

The w i f e has

a c c e p t e d

C h r i s t and

been

b a p t i z e d by David.

Ajeet with cycle and new

Post

Bag

ready t o bring the mail

Paul

and

Helen

and

t h e i r son and daughter have been

i n

Uruguay now f o r

about two years. They

are

working with other miss ionar ies there and have won

a b o u t 25

t o

C h r i s t . They, t o o , have

e x p e r i e n c e d some

s o r r o w a s

some

o f t h e

c o n v e r t s have f a l l e n

away,

w a n t i n g t o c o n t i n u e t o l i v e

i n

s i n i n s t e a d o f

making C h r i s t Lord of t h ei r l i v es . They have been able to

r e n t

a bu ildin g in

the c i t y

for worship

s e r v i c e s

and o f f i c e

space; f a c i l i t i e s which they expect

t o

be

o f

much

h e l p i n

t h e work.

Three o f our

seven

g r a n d c h i l d r e n have

r e c e n t l y

a c c e p t e d

C h r i s t and been

baptized

i n t o

Him

This

gives

us

much

joy

and

we

request

your

prayers for

a l l

of

t h e m .

e have

been working

on t h i s n ew sle tte r fo r

several weeks. Here it

i s Sep

tember

16

and we are still

a t

it

But the

delay makes it p o s s i b l e

t o

include

a

r e a l l a s t

minute news f l a s h j u s t today we got word

t h a t

permission to s t a y

in India

has

been extended

for another year Jean was

getting

ready to

go

to

Bombay

to take care of

some

work. William

went t o

the r e g i s t r a t i o n

o f f i c e

t o

r e p o r t J e a n s intended d e p a r t u r e . The

o f f i c e r

s a i d ,

b r i n g

your

r e s i d e n t i a l

permit,

too, the order for

your extension

of s t a y

has

come

through. e

have

t o apply

f o r the

ren ew al each

year

i n

February ,

so

t h e e x t e n s i o n

i s

up t o

February 4,

1986.

When permission

i s

being

refused

for so many t h i s i s

very

welcome n e w s ,

a n d

we t h a n k God f o r it


5/5

Bilaepur INDIA; November 28^ 1985

Deiar Friends

What be t t e r way to spend par t

of

Thanksgiving Day than

to

thank yon

f r i ends

who

a re iastr t iments o f

God

i n supplying th e

needs

o f

the

work

here*

A primary need

i s to be upheld in

prayer

before th e throne

o f

Graoe*thank-

you fo r doing

tha t

so

f a i th fu l ly . Also we

are

thankful

fo r the

f inaneial -

help we rece ive. L ette rs

o f

encouragement and news

from

you a re g re at ly

apprec ia ted.

We thank God for the privilege

of serving

in th is great land of

idols

and paganism, where

we

can carry the

message

of a living, loving attd |ldWer3je

to

attend. The convention was

held

here

in Bilaepur; a t the

Railway.

Area

phurch. .Xt

v;as

one.

of.

the.

best

such meets

we

have

had.

The maiu speaker

Waif Silas Skka. He is a converted

Roman

Catholic who taught for

some

time

in^

the

^iespur

SenKLhary. He

and his wife are

now

working toward

taking

over ihe BargUja work when

Getters

do .have

to ieave.

William taught

the

convention adult

class

each mornihg.

l^lnted

notes

for

the lessons on

^d

Chris t and mankind , and oh Fi r s t

Peter ,

were handed

out .

Many

have

ex

pressed

appreoijation

for them.

On

October 20

we

and

Ajeet

were in

Raipur where Abhimanyu i s

min^ter -

ing. Ajeet led the worship service auid

William preached.

Afte r th e

service

we

went out about

5

miles to

v i s i t a

group tha t holds services

in a.

vi l lage

home.

They were

just

finishing

their

service

but

asked

Abhimanyu

to spook*

He gave

em

excellent impromptu message on the plan

of

salvation. So

the

Lord continues to

provide oppo rt un it ie s t o

serve and witness .

At

th i s

time of . thanksgiving,

and

rejoicing we

remember

Godso loved

the

world

t ha t

He sent His one

and

only Son. . . . Bay.

the

Chris t

of

Christ

mas f i l l you

with

many good things;..during th i s season and throughout

the

New

Tear. May we ever give Him the honor; and service He expects, and deserves.

roland william jean 1985 india

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