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i985

JirH CkrUtian Church

OF KLAMATH FALLS
Jim Holbrook, Minister Steve Snyder, Associate Minister Dorothy Uhllg, Missionary to Thailand

"In Him was life; and the life

was the I ight of men."

John

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March I985

Dear Friends,

"Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name. For He Is a
GREAT GOO.,.," It is wonderful to see how He

is working to draw the Mong(Meo)to Himself. Two weeks ago a Mong came for medicine for his
baby and said he was tired of the demons and

wanted to folloiv Jesus. We urged him to talk to the Christians In his village and then attend

T4i<fl|L'RNe

the service on Sunday, When our bus stopped to

pick up the Christianr, he was there, but not ready to go with us or destroy his demon
thIngs,

Then this last weekend, Barbara Hey and Barbara Good of the Overseas Missionary Fellow ship came to visit these two villages, {About 12 years ago the Barbaras lived in a Mong
write Mong and sing many hymns. Two of t|ie girls later married and moved to Develop ment village where they became Christians last year,) I had Mrs, Mee's son, Chao, go
with the Barbaras to introduce them to the different Christians, village north of Chlengkam. They taught many of the children and adults to read and Just before boarding

tye bus they met a Mong "from that village who said that Lao Neng's wife was very ill with diarrhea and vomiting. They quickly purchased some medicine at a nearby drugstore just before the bus left. On arrival they found the wife almost unconscious, but they a bit.
prayed for her and gave medicine, and by the next morning she was able to talk to them

The Lord had used them to minister to her as a little child and plant the

gospel in her heart, and now they ministered to her as sisters in Christ. morning they visited Lao Tong, the man who wanted to leave the demon way.
follow Jesus whatever the cost,

Sunday As they

shared the gospel with him, the Lord opened his heart to believe and he determined to

before that he did too. Jao, an elderly man at Pangka had destroyed his demon things before Christmas, but he felt he wasn't ready yet, but when we went to the river, he decided to follow the Lord with all his heart. So Prachuap, assisted by one of the Christians, baptized the three of them. Praise the Lord! Now pray that they may grow
in the Lord and live victoriously.

for the U,N. in the Chiengkam refugee camp) to go with us. ^We picked up the mission aries and Christians at Development village and took them to Pangka for the afternoon meeting there. The new believer wanted to be baptized and Chao had told me the day

Sunday afternoon, the Lord sent Prechuap(a Mong Christian from Pua who is working

Two or three of the men plan to attend a Mong conference In Chiengmai April 5"10.
camp that same week. 81a and Tao will stay with me and help care for the pig and rabbits. (I find less time for writing, etc. while trying to mother Mrs. Mee's four children and Kwan.) Yut, Kwan's brother, has just finished his first year of college and will be helping in clinic some during vacation. The latter part of March things
will be quieter here as our dorm students return home for sunroer vacation,

conferwctr "Apr i r 1-4.

Chao and two other young people are looking forward to attending a Mong young people's

&roXher"^Oah"^aTrd~KwanTa("To afT orphan) wiri~go'lo' chiiQren'a"~

I expect to take a vacation at the beach April 6-16 and then help with final prepara
tions for the annual Christian Conference in Chiengkam April 22-26, Lois and C.W.

Callaway are expecting to return to Thailand for two months the latter part of March# . the Lord willing. Lois had a heart attack while In France last August but has made
a good recovery. They continue to work among the Mien refugees in the U.S. and France.

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"In Him was life; and the life
war. the liyht of men."
John 1:^1

'/} September, I985

leisurely time. The roads were very bad and traveT was by foot or oxcart. We could count on having extra Lime to pla-n. and prepare for the rest of the year. But with improved roads and modern transportation,

The rainy season (July-Sept) used to be a

mmhmB

there is no longer any leisure time. CUr.ic is busy

the year around and working with students is almost

M v^hen al) scIjooIs are closed mon... oi April

different vacations, except for-:the

" t!. " ' gi-ade school students hav._u just^.stacted the! r-jccoftd ^aT^ inri ''' retreat foristudents 12 Th.-- retreat .h .^3-27 atatP^a, Wamjpa near Ngao where Williams is located. ctreat f^irr is lor students in dorms Wangpa, andhnogene Chiengkams month

be

P''P'"'"9 f' "I'-'i'- mid-year exams and their school will

for'^rcQular'chik,''''^''" children have finished .their t.b. treatment and now only go back
In 5rL,^l t t ^

W^.r^m^,

ftLf.'d tl. ^0^ '7 is was in 6th tale andiT had, to stop school for a year when his mother ill. grade. Chao

nd arad^ Dan Z.' H

"y'fig to gel the 2 youngest children on the census form. They are

hospital with hemorrhagic fever for ^ days last

^ and in Kindergarten, Bla is 8 and in

and 2 Yao women and a man from Pepper villiage

Uanaoor'of''IhP bro!dery h """h project refugees in.=^france the U.S. till Awn(house December. father) Ying and Bible College and intern) and Yao ,TC teaching regularly al Ploasantvi Ile and Pepper Village.

putn he is ^Vbei^^T L(iol ^

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interested in believing on the Lord

Illness and wants to stop again. Prasarn{Yao evan-

Sick again and'to^k op i'rtr

^^wi ^ounc man r -hZ hT.?'

w h 1

and -h^Mr

She hTi'1'^ l-iio Jur's wife, Chong, who had been an opium addict for many years.
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been sick for a long time and doing demon worship had not helped. demon things and professed faith in Christ. A Development village also believed. He is a nephew of Lao Jur. Wo

I'ao Wang of Pangka decided to turn to the Lord. His wife

cure Ih^: Ms e
iKKlerM ,^i"o

~ in their own language. ^"d teaching on tapes

^ September.

services and in September decided to stop opium

th^opir Chong will no

.

come an^lak \r"'" !" c-" Peng's husband says he will ZTu ci'Tu There is a real interest in stopping opium "o is ^ dr " government .ays they will arrest anyone growing ipium and send anyone

I doubt that these 2 really

I'hcy win be sX . Even so, urtlesa one comes to Christ, if they Is go little back on opium y^ll SLHt f to jotJ. there hone of

undei'sfand^'

interested, but do not really

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ll.e men as an inlernretcT but Lch n^ r(''

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With love in Chrisl;,

Dorothy Uhlig

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Taking the Good News of Jesus Christ to ThaHaii^J