MISSIONS EDITION

Dear Friends,

DOROTHY UHLIG'S REPORT FROM THAILAND

JANUARY 24, 2000

Praise the Lord the dire predictions for Y2K didn't materialize.
Looking back we can see the faithfulness: More people are coming to the Lord. Four students are in Bible college and want to serve the Lord. Two Mien churches have built meeting halls.

We did make a minimum

of preparation -- to have some food, water and candles on hand. The missionaries gathered together for a time of fellowship and prayer on New Year's Eve to greet the new century.

A Mong and a Mien church are planning to start building. Christians have a burden for sharing the gospel both in Thailand and across
the borders.

The dorm students had an overnight retreat -- the boys to Puchifa mountain and the girls to a waterfall. School will be out for summer vacation mid-March to mid-May.

Clinic was granted permission to sell medicines until the end of January. The Baptist clinic in Nan bought a lot and we've sold some to others. I may send the remainder to those working among refugees on the Burma border. There is continual fighting between the

rebels (tribal people in the north seeking self rule) and the communist government troops.
Perhaps I will have a chance to visit some of the camps. Most of the refugees are innocent people caught in the cross-fire. Their villages have been burned by government troops.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Mike Phillips and his family have just returned from a 6 months furlough. He started his leadership training classes Jan. 18 and will have a 4 day session each month. We saw the Lord's leading when a group of students missed the noon bus home and had, to spend an other night. They attended a prayer meeting and when requests for prayer were made PISANU asked for prayer. He said he couldn't understand the Bible or the teaching. Each time he'd
try to read the Bible or pray, a picture of his initiation in a demon service came to mind

and he'd see the idol and picture of demons and the demon priest making a mark on his fore head dedicating him to the demons. Satan was keeping him from understanding the Bible or praying. As the Christians began to pray for him he started to shake and cry out. Then the demons left and he was free and began praising the Lord. "Thank you Lord that we missed the bus today. Thank you, Jesus. I'm free." The leader then asked him if he had any charms or things used in demon worship at his home. Yes, but he would destroy them as soon as he got home. John and a Thai pastor will be visiting several Mien villages next week and will see him and encourage him. He has a 6th grade education and is a leader in his village,
His deliverance will bring others to the Lord. PRAY FOR HIM AND THE OTHER 12 MEN THAT THEY
WILL RETURN TO STUDY EACH MONTH AND GROW IN THE LORD.
COMING EVENTS

A team of Christian doctors will be coming to hold clinics in 3 Aka villages in the

province north of us.

The Phillips and I have been asked to go as interpreters (from

English to Thai).

They will also have Aka to interpret from Aka to Thai.

Sounds compli

cated. Hopefully quite a few of the Aka will know Thai. It should be an interesting ex perience and may give me a better idea of how effective such efforts are. A lot depends on the national evangelist who visits with the people and holds evangelistic meetings at
night. The villages where the clinics will be held are located in the mountains far from government hospitals. This coincides with my clinic closing the end of January so I am looking forward to what the Lord has for me in the future. Loon, the woman working for me, has asked me to start a Bible class in February for her and others.

The first of January I started teaching English to a Thai preacher so he can avail him self of the English Christian books. In return he is repainting some large ply-board figures of the nativity that I have used for years. He's an. artist and is making chrono logical charts of the Bible in Thai, Mien and Mong for use among the churches. Actually he came with his family to be in charge of an orphanage for children whose parents have died of AIDS; but due to problems it will be built elsewhere. He is staying here so his children won't have to transfer schools again until after the school year ends in March, The Lord has opened up a position for his wife to teach in a private school, but he is free so is doing the art work for us and preaching in different churches on the weekends, Man's plans and God's plans aren't always the same. We must be flexible and follow where
God leads and seek to glorify Him, PRAY FOR THE LORD'S LEADING FOR WIMON.
MY CHILDREN

BLA was home from college Dec. 14 - Jan. 4 on term break.

The housemother and a young

woman were used of the Lord to bring Bla back into a closer walk with Him. She is thinking of going to Bible college when she finishes college in June. PRAY FOR HER TO KNOW THE
LORD'S WILL.
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DANG is working in Bangkok.

TAO is having many problems and needs much prayer. He left home Jan. 18. CHAO is still working in Taiwan but will have 10 days vacation in Thailand during Chinese New Year which begins Feb. 5th. ALL THREE BOYS NEED MUCH PRAYER THAT THEY WILL
MAKE CHRIST LORD OF THEIR LIVES.

KWAN was home at New Years for 2 days. He is still working for Honda but is thinking of changing jobs if he can find another. He only has an occasional Sunday off and his spiritual life is suffering. Thank you for all your faithfulness in prayer, encouragement and support. Without your faithfulness little could be accomplished and without God's faithfulness we would be
doomed to failure. As Jesus said, "Without me you can do nothing." Only as we are united to Him and He is working through us can the lost be reached for Christ and Christians
built up. CONTINUE TO UPHOLD US IN PRAYER.

Rejoicing in His faithfulness.

P.S. For mail to Thailand;' please do not put the zip code at the end of the address or the letter will be sent to Adrian, MN as it has the same zip code of 56110. The U.S. post office recommends the following: P 0 Box 5 Chiengkam 56110 Phayao, Thailand

For e-mail -

saltl23@cscoms.com

(and address it to me as this is Mike Phillips' e-mail.)

DOROTHY UHLIG P 0 BOX 5 CHIENGKAM

Dorothy's field address:

56110 PHAYAO, THAILAND

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MISSIONS EDITION

DOROTHY UHLIG'S REPORT FROM THAILAND

APRIL 21, 2000

Dear Friends,

ers telling her not to.

she had severe abdominal pain and was hospitalized. Her family prayed for her and have to have surgery. She is still weak, but decided to follow Christ in spite of
Fifteen years ago I helped her break opium addiction,

She has been a demon priestess which made it harder for her to turn to the Lord .

Sunday afternoon Nu and Mon came from Development village and excitedly told me that their grandmother had accepted the Lord the night before and burned her demon things that morning.
Last month she didn't non-bellevNow she Is 65 a vehicle

years old, but PRAISE THE LORD she's not too old to recognize her need of Jesus and to accept

Him. There Is no stream in her village where she can be baptized; but we'll hi re to take her and some of the Christians to a place where she can be baptized.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE

and a Mien family camp at San Jarun. Those who couldn't go far away could attend the local
conference and return home each night.
MIFN FAMILY CAMP

Fellowship of Churches to meet at the clinic. We had over 200 in attendance plus 30-40 child ren, The attendance would have been much higher but there was a Mong family camp in Chiengrai

This Is a busy time of year.

The last week of March was the annual conference for the

San Jarun is located in the mount-

been some opposition off and on, partly through misunderstandings, and
the Christians have had their ups and

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downs. Several have been coming to the leadership training sessions and getting grounded in their faith.^ Everyone was very enthusiastic about the camp and looking forward to having it
every year, in a different church each year.
MONG YOUTH CAMP

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Mong youth^had their camp the first week of April, Two of our young people were on the planning committee. When they got to Chiengmai the committee found that, because of a misun derstanding, the camp was not available. With camp 2 days away they were desperate and con tacted the Bible College at Phayao. For several years the college has not accepted youth

the word out in this area and we sent a letter to Development village by bus. At the Post Uttice my helper met a Mong pastor from a nearby village and he took responsibility for tell ing others. For us the change of location was good and cut down our transportation costs but others couldn t come because of the added expense. Over 400 attended and the young people
cooperated beautifully in keeping the grounds clean.
MIEN YOUTH CAMP

stances God would have them open the facilities for the young people so permission was granted. Then came the problem of letting 500 young people know of the change of location from Chieng mai to Phayao (driving time 4-5 hours). Many churches are in villages with no phones. I got

camps because of littering and breakage. However the president felt that under the circum

The Mien youth camp also found themselves without the camp grounds they had arranged for In Chiengrai. They had 3 weeks and were able to find another place in the area. Over 200
attended with 20 from here. LEADERSHIP TRAINING

4 years ago, those attending were the older leaders who had little education and were sem1-

This week Mike Phillips has the leadership training session here. At the beginning, 3 or

nterate; so the teaching was difficult. However the fellowship was great and they were en couraged and now pray for one another regularly. This year there are many young people and
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other leaders, who can all read and write, so it is easier to teach and have more discussions,
etc. Last month there were 25 in attendance and this month 31. The sessions are held for 3i days every month for 6 months. They also go out as a group the last weekend of the month to

visit a church or two and have training sessions for the members with the students sharing
TRAVELS AND FAMILY NEWS

what they have learned and giving their testimonies.

I'll be going to Chiengmai on business and to visit the Filbecks April 23, and then on to a seminar on "Reaching the Northern Thai for Christ" from April 26-28.
The Goddards left on a 5 month furlough April 11. of their son Michael's wedding.
They will share in the joyous occasion

C. W. Callaway visited the Mien Christians and other friends in Thailand.

On his return

to the States in April he stopped in Taiwan to visit a Chinese family.

The wife used to

She and her

live in Chiengkam and as a teenager at Pleasantville came to know the Lord.

Chao came to Thailand for 10 days in March on a short vacation. He has 1 more year to work
before returning.

lives in another area but I trust they will contact him and help him in his Christian walk.

husband moved to Taiwan and are now seeking to win Thai workers to the Lord. My boy, CHAO,

needs are taught in the summer session she will finish in July. DANG has a job in Bangkok and may take some night school classes. TAO is living with some of his friends in Develop
ment village and doing his own thing .
couragement and giving.
Yours in Christ,

BLA has one more semester of school before graduation from college.
PRAY FOR ALL OF THE KIDS.

If the courses she

Thank you for sharing in the spread of the gospel here in Thailand by your prayers, en

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MISSIONS EDITION
Dear Friends;

(^^^DOROThTu^^ REPORT FROM THAILAND

July 2000

When I went to Pepper village (Mien) on Sunday I met Granny LaiGuang and her grandson,

helped them take off the strings tied around the.r wrists that had to do with demon worship. Grandfather KuiWun brought them but he didn't want to become a Christian. When I asked why they believed he said granny had been very ill last year and doing demon worship didn't help so they went to the hospital and eventually she got well. He was afraid she'd get sick
to read. They don't understand the gospel. I hc;ve written to an evangelist to visit them. They live about 15 miles from Pepper village. Iv will be hard for them to attend services during the rainy season as they come by motorcycle. Yesterday Ying Mae said she and her
again so he wanted her and the 18 year old grandson to believe and have Jesus care for them. The young man can read so we gave him some tract,, in Thai and loaned him a Mien New Testament

KaoJ^.

They had accepted the Lord the week be ore.

At that time the Christians had

husband would visit them and teach them the way (jf the Lord. That means a long trip from
SCHOOL YEAR PEGINS

Chiengkam to their village by motorcycle,

central Thailand that is free, but there is little supervision of the hundreds of children.

Their father died several years ago and their mother remarried about 3 years ago. Among the Mong tribethe children do not go with the mother but revert to the husband's family when she remarries. There was no one who wanted them so they were sent to a temple school in
and sisters out of school to go home where an older married sister said she'd care for them.

The new school year started in mid-May and we have 30 students in the dorm this year. Just before school started a Mong family came bringing 3 orphans and asked us to care for them.

An older brother studied there and when he finished high school he took his younger brother

and said YES! So now we have Neng. a 4th grader, and his sister Mon. a 2nd grader 1n the dorm. They are doing well and get to see their sister at church on Sundays.

take them. Then the house father asked the kids, "Do you want to stay here?" They both beamed

Being practical, he talked to the head teacher and found there would be no problem admitting them to the school. We then called the family in and asked if there would be problems with any of the other relatives. No, none of the relatives wanted to

the house father he said he considered all the derm kids as his children and he'd be happy
to have 2 more.

her the Lord had answered her prayer and we had 2 children needing a home. When we asked

care for them.

life. She wondered, since her children were groi-n, if we might take in 1 or 2 orphans and
I went back and asked if she really meant that. She said "Yes" so I told

agreed to take the oldest boy who could work for him, but he didn't want the other 3 children. The oldest girl was 13 so we arranged for her to go to the Home of Refuge near here. That left a boy of 11 and a girl of 8 years old. Just that morning I had been talking to the house mother and she said she felt the Lord woulo have her care for children the rest of her

In the meantime she was arrested for selling amphetamines and rather than go to jail she committed suicide. So when the children arrived there was no home to go to. An uncle

+1, Province. and her mother believed in Jesus the father wanted the girl to do demon worship. She She refused. The had father was very angry but
come into the dorm so she could go on to school end learn more about Jesus.
finally gave permission. All three of these children need sponsors.
MUSHROOM PROJECT

and wanted both his wife and daughter to renounce Christ. The wife asked for the girl to
The father

bags at a modest cost. This was started the week before the kids came into the dorm and before we knew we d have the orphans. Was this part of the Lord's provision? Two months have passed and we'll soon pay off the initial investment. The mushrooms should continue to produce for another 3 months. We've had problems with insects and snails and are lust
learning. It has been interesting.

In May Songyo, a young Thai fellow, and his wife decided to go to Bible school. They had a good business raising mushrooms, but now they wanted to sell 5,000 prepared plastic bags containing mushroom spores ready to start. He was telling about it. I wanted to help him, so said if he could find a good place to raise mushrooms on our property we'd buy half of them and raise them to make a profit for the dorm. He looked around and found an old kitchen for the boys dorm that would work so he renovated it, built frames and set us up with 2,500

to the Bangkok Bible College. One boy from Pleasantville started there this year and 2 other Mien are attending Phayao Bible College. Others are attending colleges in different places in Thailand while still others are working at a clinic and some are getting married.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING

4. Iu 9lrls starting Bible run Colleje this Filbeck. year. Kwan went to Chiengmai to the T Bible Institute ofare Biblical Studies by David She Awn will be able to finish her high school education on Saturdays and study the Bible the rest of the week. Aeo went

Mike Phillips' Leadership training sessions were very successful this year. The students
study 3 days a month for 6 months and stop to plant rice during the rainy season. There were
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very entnusiastic. They've gone back to their churches and are able to lead the services,

PciQe 2 up tc :,d in attendance, many of them young people. All could read and write Thai and were

one of the Bible lessons. He stood up with fear and trembling, but that gradually gave

ao -seme teachin-: and witness to others. KaoJiem, from Pleasantville, had been a Christian tor Ti.^pv years b t would never lead a service or take a leadership role. He attended the era,n,I,g session for the first time and learned to lead services ^nd give his testimony tne i.uaents. When they went as a group to visit churches he was assigned to teach

way to speaklng^ -ith confidence in a louder voice. He came back bubbling over. Now he month school in Chiengrai. His children are for grown gone 2nd his wTfe ^ raise pigs Bible and have orchards. He hired a man to care the and pigs and but he he comes home each eekend and buys pig food, takes care of other business and then returns.
It IS wonderful :o see the changes coming into this man's life.
60DDARDS ON FURLOUGH

a stroke so they are having to make arrangements for long term care and also close out her apartment. Their son, Michael, will be getting married July 29 in Richmond, California. John and Jem a, e planning to return in September. Pray for them. Their other 2 child ren, Nathan and Tachel, are working and going to college and staying with their grand
father, C. W. Ca^. laway.

John and Jeni,.Goddard are in the U.S. on a short furlough. John's mother recently had

FOR THESE DIFFER!:NT PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY GROW IN CHRIST AND BECOME WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO
BE. The Lord bVrSS you all.
Yours in His service,

things in this letter that need prayer.

PLEASE JOIN US IN PRAYING

Dorothy's field address:

DOROTHY UHLI6

P 0 BOX 5 CHIENGKAM 56110 PHAYAO THAILAND

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Dear Friands,

DOROTHY UHLIG'S REPORT FROM THAILAND

NOVEMBER 18, 2000

The Lord changes and transforms lives and makes those that are of no value to have worth

and to be to the praise of His glory. One such young man is SOMCHM, an orphan of unltnown descent who was enticed to leave his village in Burma or Laos when he \\ras about 10 years old. He was brought to the mountains in Nan Province and was a water boy for the Chinese

soldiers used by the Thai government to fight the communists. He was 10 or 11 years old at the time. After several months he ran away and was finally befriended by an old granny in the Refugee camp of Nam Yao. Later he went to Peace village (Santipap) and worked for and lived with many different families. He learned the Mien language and also their vices drugs, gambling, drinking, etc. The years went by and then he heard about Jesus when some Mien Christians visited his

village.
Jesus.

He and several others believed.

The old life was buried as he was baptized and

rose to newness of life. He came to the leadership training session this last year and has learned to read (writing is still very difficult) and loves to sing and to tell others about
He has been staying in the leadership training center between sessions of school and

working some.

I work with him some on reading Thai.

He is over 35 years old.

On Nov. 19 he, and three others who were in our dorm last year, will be going to a Tribal

Bible school in Chiengrai for 2 months. John Goddard will be taking them. The parents of the 2 girls from Pleasantville are not yet Christians so are not willing to help their
daughters, but they haven't forbidden them. PRAY FOR ITIEIR FAMILIES.

A group of young people from Malaysia will be here on Nov. 24 to present a program to our dorm students, the girls from the Home of Refuge and other young people the kids invite. It is good to see Christian young people from nearby countries sharing the gospel.
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

Special Christmas programs will be held in Bangkok and other places to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the Birth of Christ- The Fellowship of churches in Chiengkam is also
having a program with sharing from many different ethnic groups dressed in their tribal
dress and all praising God together. worship the Living God. It reminds me of John's vision in Revelation where _

men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation will gather around the throne and

Mike Phillips project Training Center is under additional funds will be tha workers need to take and study.
present.

of building a 2 story combinad office and dorm for the Leadership construction. With rising prices, due to fuel price increase, needed. It may not be finished in January when school opens as time out to harvest their rice. The screening of the meeting hall
It will be used as room for lectures

(old clinic waiting room) is completed and looks nice.

For Christmas we'll have to put up tents too as there will be over 300 people

John and Jeni Goddard have returned from furlough and taken charge of the Mien work. John will be visiting the churches in Nan once a month along with some of the Mien leaders
from Nam. The Mien are having a Christmas meeting in WangPai for all the Mien churches in that area Dec. 18-19, and at Pleasantville in Chiengkam district Dec. 30-31.

The Mong at Development village have decided to hold their Christmas meeting at the end
of Mong New Year celebration Dec. 30th.
NEW AREAS OF SERVICE

With the closing of clinic the Lord has been directing me into other areas of service. I'll still be assisting the church at Development village, but during tha week will be doing more visitation, letter writing to encourage church leaders and college students, helping with accounts as well as starting on the history of the work in Chiengkam. LOON, who works for me, became a Christian last January. She enjoys going with me to visit in

the hospital and homes.

(She's the chauffeur as we go on her moirorbike.)

She is very

concerned about reaching the people in her village.

Last Christmas she and her husband

had a program at their house and invited neighbors. Their church helped with the program and some financing for food and sweets. This year the church is going to have a bigger
outreach at the village school and should have 500 people or more.
THEIR VISION !

PRAISE THE LORD FOR

One of those we visited is PITSAMAI, the married daughter of granny ^^UAN SEE who became a Christian in 1972. Granny has seen all 6 of her children come to know the Lord, includ

ing the oldest son who was opposed to the gospel. When he was dying of liver disease and vomiting and passing blood in his stool, his family exhorted him to repent and turn to
the Lord and he would be healed. His healing brought praise to the Lord.

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Now the 4th daughter, PITSAMAI, has recurrence of cancer which has metastasized to the
upper back and neck and is affecting her

vision. She had x-ray and chemotherapy for

the pain 3 months ago but the doctors said
it would not cure the cancer. Last month

she was very ill

go to be with

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of food, etc.,

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for a good price and they were able to return at intervals and gather them with no one else finding the place. Story after story was told of the Lord's provision

until I had to remind Loon that we must go as she needed to pick up her boy at school.
Him faithful.

Qnann^ hUAti Ji5, fllSAMl and a <^n.e.at ^.tiandchiid.

It is a blessing to go to the home of these who have remained true to the Lord and found
PRAY THAT OTHERS MAY COME TO KNOW THE JOY THAT CHRIST GIVES. Remember these different ones in prayer and PRAY FOR THE THAI, MONG AND MIEN THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN
CHRIST AND REACH OUT TO OTHERS.

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