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Bilaspur , INDIA / /.9

February, 199 l(^-^

Dear Co-worker s ,

Come, l e t us sing fo r

joy

to

the

Lord; l e t us shout aloud

to th e

Rock

o f

o u r salvation Psal tn 95 : 1

There has been more de l ay

between

t h i s l e t t e r and th e

l a s t

one we

wrote

back

in November,

89 .

I t has

not been

the f au l t of

th e p osta l

serv ice ,

however. We j u s t haven t

been

able to get around to

wr i t ing

and keep up with

a l l of

the

work. Sickness has

slowed us down aga in ,

too .

In November we wrote

t ha t

we

were

going to t ry other ways to send

our

l e t t e r s

to La Crosse . We

t r i e d

tw o

new

ways, in

add i t i on to

th e

usua l

re gis te re d a ir-m a il .

One to ok only 13 days,

th e o th er 15 . So , hopefully

our

news wil l ge t

to

you

now

before it

ge ts o ld .

Mrs. Oelkers sa id

th e

Christmas

le t ter

lef t La

Crosse

to

you on December

7th;

so you must have

gotten

in wel l

be fo re

the

B ig

Day , as Chris tmas i s ca l l ed here .

Christmas celebrations

here

were rather

low key

this time.

Extra

t ime

and e f fo r t

were being

given to

completing

the new

church

bui ld ing .

The

three

usual

dramas were performed

in

the

schools, not

publicly. There were no

carol l ing, picnic

or

sports competit ion. The church building

was

mostly

f i n i shed

by

December IBth,

the

day se t

f or d ed ic a ti on , so

it was used

fo r

Sunday services, and Chris tmas and New Year s Day services. The bapt ismal tank

has

been

bui l t

into the new platform, instead

of

outsid e as

before.

In

January

we witnessed the f i r s t

three

baptisms

for

the year: two of our Training

I n s t i t u t e

s tuden t s ,

and

ano the r

young

man whom one

of

the church members has

been

t eaching.

January 26

is

Indian Republic Day,

so

i s a vacat ion fo r th e C .T .I ,

s tudents . There

i s

always a special meeting

with

a parade and

s peeche s ove r

in

the Police

Grounds. Students

like to

go

over

and

watch that . This year

we(Wiiliam

Jean) made a

long

weekend

of i t

and took a

short t r ip to

the west

of here.

The f i r s t night we

stayed

a t the

Safar i

Lodge,

in

the Kanha

Kisl i

reserve

forest .

The

next

day

we

drove

on

west

to

Pachmarhi and

spent

the night

there .

Pachmarhi

i s in a 3000 foot

mountainous area , so

is considered a summer

hi l l resort . had

never

been

there

and wanted

to

check i t out, th inking we

might

want

to spend

a summer

there instead of going to Mussoorie.

On

the

return

we stayed

at

the Safari Lodge again, then came on home Sunday

afternoon. There was some

excitement

around

th e

Lodge because a t iger

had

been

sighted nearby. We d idn t

take

time to

try

and see i t ,

however.

Our

special

thanks

to

those of you

who have sent

Birthday,

Christmas

and

New Year

greetings.

do appreciate your

love

and concern. Hearing from

you gives us much encouragement. This

year

cards

and

l e t t e r s

have

come

over

a

very

extended

period again.

The f i r s t

Christmas greet ings came on December

7th.

The most recent

Christmas le t ter

arrived February

5th. It

is good to

have

them spread out

that

way, ra ther than coming a l l a t one time. I f

i t

is

l i ke other

years

we will

be

receiving

more.

Several have written to say that rumors are going around the

States

to

the

effect that we

have

l e f t th e B ible College

work, have

moved our work

to the

Hi l l s ,

and

t ha t we have

re t i red .

We do

not

know fo r

sure

how

these fa l se

rumors

got

started.

But

that

is

jus t what

they

are:

false,

and

very

disturbing.

I t is

probably

from

the erroneous

ar t ic le

printe 3~~by Mr. Mrs.

Getter

in

the i r paper, THE EVANGEL

In

our August

89 l e t t e r we

wro te about

our

present work

with

the Bible t ra in ing program. We have a l so

wri t t en

a

special supplement about

THE

EVANGEL ar t ic le . If you care to see

i t

please

request a copy from

Mrs. Oelkers

a t La

Crosse,

KS. The

Getters

have

mis in t e rp re t ed

ou r

ve rba l and

wr i t t e n

communicat ions r e l a t ed to our work

wi th

the

Chris t ian

Training In s t i t u t e ; and have jumped to erroneous

conc lus ions .

I t

has caused much

confus ion and

h ea rt ac he h er e,

too.

What

the outcome

wil l

be

only God

knows.

We ask you

to join

us in much prayer about i t . We

will

keep

you

informed. Please

res t

assured

that

we are s t i l l in B il as pu r and working

with

th e

Tra in ing program.

At the time of writing,

February

15, Jean is very i l l . She

hasn t

been feeling the

best

for several

weeks. Then on

about February 5th she

began

having

ch i l i s , fever , and

body

aches. We thought

i t was

probably

malaria ,

but

the

usual

malaria medicine

hasn t

cured

her .

The doctor i s

also t reat ing

her

fo r malar ia l fever . I t must

be

one of the new

s t r a i n s

we have read about .

After a

week

and a ha l f o f tre atm en t she

i s

still no t well . She has had an

average temperature of

more

than 100 fo r nine days ,

with

a high of 102.6. I t

has

been accompanied

with vomiting, so she has been

on a l iquid

die t , and is

get t ing very

weak.

We

reques t

your prayers fo r her , and fo r William t ha t

he

can

cope

with the ex t ra care requ ired . Fortuna te ly the In s t i t u t e i s on a

fou r -

day vacation this week, so

that has

given more breathing space . ^

jus t

recently

had a short

vis i t with Bill

Ethel

Gulick,

Jesurathanam, one

of the i r

Indian

colleagues. They

were

here

from early

on the

9th

to around noon on th e 11th. Both

Bill

and

Ethel

were t i red from

traveling,

and

Ethel was

i l l

with tummy

t rouble and

a

cold. But

in

sp i te

of

i l lness

on

the i r side and ours, we enjoyed the i r

v i s i t .

I t was a

boost

to

our

spi r i t s .

Bi l l spoke to the students during

one

chapel service, and for the

Kududand

Church at the Sunday morning worship

service.

Ethel and

Jesurathanam

helped

with house work, so gave William some rest from that. They expect to stop in

Belgium on their way back to th e States. Mary Esther and

family

are

looking

f o rwa rd

to

their

visit

The Lord re igns, le t the

ear th

be glad; le t the dis tan t

shores

r e j o i c e .

Psalm 97:1

In

the Service of the King of Kings, o , \


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Dear

Co-workers,

Mussoorie;INDIA

Apri l /May, 1990

This

time our

greetings come

from way up north againin

the

foothills

of

the

Himalayan Mts.

e

have been

here

since

April

7th. Jean regained her

strength

enough

for

us to travel, so we

lef t Bilaspur April

3rd. William fixed

a bed in the back of

the

Van

Jean spent most of the

trip

lying back there,

relaxing

and

sleeping.

Fact

is the t r ip seemed

to

be quite restful for her.

She

felt

much

better

on

arrival

here than

when we left

Bilaspur.

The weather

was

cool

enough

so

we

could drive during the days.

e

spent four

nights

on the way Three

nights

in

hotels,

and one

night

by

the side of the road in the

Van

e didn t have any

s e r i ou s c a r t roub le j u s t tw o f l a t s .

The first thing

we

did after arrival was get an appointment for

Jean

at

the Landour

Community

Hospital with the Australian

doctor.

From

his review of the

symptoms and

a thorough

examination he felt Jean had suffered from either Typhoid Fever

or Dengue Fever. His examination revealed her liver

was

enlarged.

He

also ordered extensive lab tests. From

these the

doctor diagnosed her trouble as a severe case of Typhoid

He

ordered strict rest fo r recuperation. So Jean has been taking

i t

easy. Except

for

a spell of

dizziness

and vomit ing

for

a few

days from

ay

7th she has been

feeling much

better, and

is

regaining

strength

rapidly.

The doctor has been

periodically

checking

the

condition of her liver. He

said

if i t did not go

down to

normal he would send her for an

Ultrasonic

Scan

to

determine the trouble. But when he checked her on May 10th he

said

th e l iver is returning to

normal,

so the Scan will not be

necessary.

Now

he

wants

to

check

her

again

about June 15th

before

we re turn

t o B ila sp ur.

Again we thank you for your prayers and concern.

e

a re gra te fu l

for

cards and

letters from

many of you. They have been very

encou r a g i ng .

William is k eep in g busy wi th c or re sp on de nc e and mi ss io n records.

The big project is getting the financial receipt records

transferred from cards

to

computer

disks.

e were

able

to ge t a

computer

program

for typing in

the Hindi

language. He wants to

spend time

learning

how

to use i t

so

he can

do more work on the

s t udy

no tes .

Before leaving

Bilaspur

William

finished

teaching

his

class in

Acts and gave the

final

exam The

other teachers

were expecting

to

continue

until

toward

the

end of

April. e haven t

had any

news from there,

but

students must be back in thei r home

areas

now.

e

pray that they

will

be

able

to use

the

things

they

have

learned as they work in

local

churches

and

programs.

Cast

your

cares

on

the

Lord and he

will sustain

you; he

will

never

l e t the

r ighteous f a l l Psalm 55:22

In His

Service

W il l i am

St

J e a n

Ro l a nd

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Dear

Co-worker s ,

Mussoorie;INDIA

J u n e 1990

/ /73

Gree t ings once again from these

high

par t s

of

India . This wi l l probably be

our

l a s t

greet ing

from

here

t h i s year ,

b ec au se o ur

s tay

up here i s drawing

to

a

close .

As

planned now

we

wil l leave

on

the 29th morning to s ta r t the t r i p

back

to Bi la spur .

Jean

i s

regaining

her

stren gth n ice ly , and

i s

able to get around

more. The

checkup

with th e

Doctor

on th e 14th showed t h a t her l i v e r

i s

normal now. The

dizziness

has

also

stopped.

We thank God

for

h er r ecov er y

an d

you

for

your

p raye r s

on her

beha l f .

We had

hoped

to be able to

take a camping t r ip

again th is year

sim ilar to

what

we d id l a s t year . But we

have not

been

able to

do

so. We have

been ab le to

ge t ou t

to

worship se rv i ce s

in

tw o

of th e loca l Churches .

Union Church i s down

in

the

town.

During th is summer tourist season t ra f f ic is very heavy but we

have not ha d

too much

t rouble.

Kellogg Church

is

up on top

of the mountain

behind

where EdgehiU i s loca ted. We were glad

to

be able

to

go there and

hear

th ree of the messages the

Woodstock

Pr incipal brought from the Fi r s t Letter

of

John. These Churches are

interdenominational

so do

hot

have communion every

Sunday.

We usua l ly

have

our own

se rv i ce

here in our room.

The Landour Community H os pi ta l h as allowed us to park the Van in

their parking

space. I t i s

j u s t

a

s ho rt d is ta nc e from

Edgehl l l so Jean

has

been able

to

walk over there and back. I t is the Hospital that purchased

Aloha

Cottage from

Jean some years ago.

I t ,

too is located near the Hospital

so

is a good place

f o r two

st

f am i l i e s .

A few

days

ago William

finished

transferring th e Mission f inancial rec eipt

records to the

computer.

Ent r ies on

two

drawers fu l l of cards came

on

one

d i sk l

I t

i s amazing

what th e

computer wi l l handle. He has been able

to do

a

lo t of

correspondence

and

other

records ,

too

As

things look

now we will probably

not

be teaching

in the Ins t i tu te

th is

year . At the Mission Governing Body meeting

l a s t

January

i t

was announced

tha t

severa l

of

th e

Indian

bre th ren

had

v olu nte ere d to tea ch Ins t i tu te

c lasses . So

we are beginning

to look

toward re t i rement from our

service with the

Inst i tute.

want

to

continue working on

translation and

printing of study

materials.

Along with

these cons idera tions

we are also taking

note

of

our age

and

hea l th .

We f ee l we

can

cont inue the s tudy-mater ia l work in the S t a t e s .

So

we are

making t en ta t ive

plans to

re turn

to the

Sta tes an d take up res idence in

one of the Church Retirement Homes. A big question

mark

of course

Is the

refciiemenfe

We trust

that the

Lor d wi4 Isurely provide ; passibi y

par t ly

by your continued g i f t s . After winding up things in B il as pu r we

want

to

do some f i n a l tour ing

in

India . We w ill p os sib ly re turn

to

the Sta tes in the

Spring of

9 1 .

W in din g up

40 -p lu s y ea rs of

miss ion

se rv ice

i s

a

d i f f i cu l t

t a s k -

-physlcal ly

and

emotionalIv.

We ask you to

be

in prayer

with

us

concerning it

and co n c e r n i n g ou r

f u t u r e

ye a r s o f

s e r v i c e

fo r

t h e

Lo rd .

0

l o rd , you

have sea rched me and you

know me. You know when

I

sit down

and

when I r i s e ; you perce ive my

thoughts

from

a f a r . . . . I

pra i se you

because

I am

f e a r f u l l y and wonderful ly made; your

works a re wonder fu l

I

know

t h a t f u l l

wel1 . . . .Sea rch

me

0

God

and know my hear t ; t e s t me and know my

anxious

thoughts . See i f the re i s any offens ive way in me and lead me

In

the way

eve r l a s t i ng . Se l ec t ed from

Psalm 139

In Chr is t i an Love

W i l l iam J e an Ro land


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