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FIELD ADDRESS

Alan g Janet Bemo

Box 22384

Taipei. Taiwan

Forwarding Agent:
Ted Sktles
302 East Padon

Blackwell. Oklahoma

74631

February 20, 1967

Dear Christian Friends,

How I enjoy writing to you to report what we have been doing. Not that it has been so spec
tacular, but it gives us a chance for retrospection to see what we can do to better use our time.
In the last newsletter you read about the work which was
just started at the university. I am happy to report that each
day I have been there has been just as exciting as that first

week was.
ways had

Some days no one came, but for the most part, I al-

someone

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to talk to about Christ while sitting at the

day I talked to a student who professed to be a Christian One

(a rare
thing) but wasn't going to church because he was
One day a boy brought two of his girl friends who asked a
lot of silly questions about American customs. But finally they
asked,
"What is Easter?," and this gave me an excellent opportunity to tell them about the resurrection of Christ.

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Teaching college students in the cafe

A question vrtiich is typical of Chinese thought was, "If there is only one God, how can there
be so many different races in the world?" The Orientals believe there are many gods.
Then there are statements like you would expect to hear in the good old U.S. "If there is a
God and He is a God of love, we won't have to worry because He will save us anyway."
What does all this come to? Sometimes I begin to wonder iryself. But when you hear a ques
tion like this you wonder no more "If I do believe what do I have to do to be saved?" It is
with excitement that I read to them the answer Peter gave to men who asked him the same question
1900 years ago.
"Repent and be baptized..."
I know by our discussions that they are beginning
to believe and wonder. They are starting to have doubts about their pet theories of creation and
life.

ing.

Now, they have run out of questions, apparently, and therefore, interest seemed to be slack
So, to go on, I am starting to teach "Ten Timely Truths." The first truth is "The Bible is

the Word of God."

The church at Shilin really seems to be growingnot as much in

numbers as in the development of the Christians. Three of the young

men are teaching Sunday School.
Mr. Suen is still teaching Sunday

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School and is now preaching a short sermon each Sunday after my sermon.
On January 29th.

two

days after his spiritual birthday, Mr. Suen

was "^rdajned "^a-t Sunday morning the whole church service was spent
for tHeordination.

After the Charge, I handed Mr. Suen his ordination

certificate, which I had made myself, and Mr. Suen then spoke for about
twenty minutes.
Tears came to his eyes as he told of his thankfulness

for his new position and as he challenged the Christians to pursue ser-

Mr. Suen's ordination service

vice for Christ.

Almost every Christian was there, v^ich added to a grand total of 19.

To demonstrate the real leadership qualities of Mr. Suen and the effectiveness of a national
preacher, I would like to tell you about the decision of Mr, Too, Mr. Too had been coining to a
few services ever since the Christmas play, in which he played a part,
Mcther-had been giving
him a part in her weekly Acts dramas and had asked him to translate several dramas for her. Sun
day morning, the day Mr, Suen was ordained. Mother said she thought Mr. Too was close to making a
decision, I gave an invitation that morning, but Mr, Too didn't budge. After my invitation, Mr,

Suen said a few words and then said, (translated to me later), "It still'isn-iate." Mr, Too
stood up and gave his life to the Lord. The next Sunday,.. February 5th, Mr. Tqp.-was baptized for
the remission of sins,

We were expecting some guests from the United States on February 11th Mr. and Mrs, Marshall

for dinner and to show slides on the Holy Land. However, their flight was cancelled in Tokyo
because of snow. However, that same afternoon Dr. andMrs, Davis called us and said that they had
just been in Japan visiting their good friends, the Mark Maxeys, and would like to get in touch
with us.
So Davises took the Marshalls' place for that evening. They also attended our Sunday
services and sang a special Sunday morning,

Sunday

afternoon the Marshalls arrived at 2:l5 and showed Holy Land slides at 3^30 at Mom's

house to the young people,

Mr. Marshall went to Shingwang with us to show them at 7:30.

That night, on the way home. Dr. andMrs. Davis, Mr. Marshall,
Janet and I stopped to eat at a sidewalk cafe. We had "Ho Goa"
or "Hot Pot,"
This dish is made on a firepot put in a hole in

the middle of the table. On this is a kettle of boiling water.

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You put the vegetables and meat in to suit yourself. We boiled

the food and eating utensils to sterilize them, prayed for protection and dug in,

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Mr. Marshall showed his slides on the life of Christ on Sun-

day, Ihen on Monday night, he showed slides on the Old Testament,

If you ever have a chance to see this presentation, be sure to do

Eating "Ho Goa"

If I can

last month

write most of the good things which happened this

on one sheet of paper, think of how many not-so-good

things that must have happened.

Of course, there are some hard
and discouraging times and we need your prayers,
i
We thought

we were coming

you

might like this picture idiich was taken as

home in

peddy

cab,

I am happy to say that.

Janet is looking and feeling good, as we only have two more months I
to wait for the blessed event,

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Your Fellow workers in Christ,

Alan and Janet Bemo

Janet and Alan in a Peddy cab

FIELD ADDRESS

Alan g Janet Bemo

Box 22384

Taipei, Taiwan

TAR SAST
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Forwarding Agent:
Ted Sktles
302 East Padon

Blackwell, Oklahoma

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April 2h, 1967

TAIPEI

FORMOSA

Bello

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favorite

Trio

Dear Christian Friends,

Praise God for His wonderful blessings and unexplainable gifts.

We are so happy to announce

to you the birth of Elizabeth Bryan Bemo,

Janet woke me up Tuesday morning of April l8th to tell me it was time to go to the hospital.
Janet was
baby girl.

admitted at

2:00 a.m.

and

at 9:50, through God's miracle of birth, we had our first

She weighed eight pounds, 1C% ounces.

Already, we seem to be able to notice distinct characteristics in her; and she, of course, is
the cutest baby we have ever seen.

If I am real sneaky and watch closely, I can manage to get into the room when Janet is feed
ing the baby. What a Joy it is to hold her and watch the faces she makes.

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Although I could spend the whole newsletter telling about our preclous bundle, there are other things that we need to report,

Easter Sunday seems like a long time ago, but the things that we

remember of that day are still very fresh in our minds. At six o'clock l-r-

that morning we met at Mother's house for sunrise service. As we sat

on the rooftop reading all the scriptures concerning the resurrection !>' /

and singing hymns, the sunrise was beautiful. Yes, the story of the
resurrection is beautiful, too. Why? Because it is the resurrection of

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Christ that is the basis for everything in Christianity, It is the res-

.jrection of Christ that persuades men to give their lives to God. It

is what three young men from the university had been hearing about for
the last

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the invitation.
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So, in all, we had five people who were resurrected from

death in the likeness of Christ that morning,

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od. Another boy, Mr, Liu, who had been influenced by one of the Christians, was baptized that morning, and a girl, MLss Chen, came forward at
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three months that made them decide to be baptized Easter Sun-

day morning.
PRAISE GOBI I have told you about Mr. Li, Mr, Wong, and
Mr, Chen in the last newsletters and now your prayers have been answer-

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(Romans 6:1;)
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have been teaching three other boys at another college. One

day I asked Ifother and Janet to pray especially concerning
the call I would later make on these boys. This was "D Day"
because I was going to try to lead them to a decision,

This means a little extra

because Iwas going to try to lead them to a decision. They

haven't made a decision yet but I pray that they will before

Mr, Cheng and I are calling in homes on new prospects

and we are hoping to see them accept Christ before we leave,
too.

Yesterday (Sunday) I

preached on the "New Birth" by

comparing the spiritual birth with the physical, I feel

as though I could speak on this subject with a little

authority.

When the invitation was extended (Chinese style)

two people came forward to confess Christ, The invitation

is extended by simply asking anyone who wants to accept
Christ to stand and come forward. Again, we praise God for

Sunrise Service on Mrs.

Dittemore's

the increase.

The Lord willing, Janet will be coming home tomorrow.

~We have packe"d a11 of our things already and will be stay
ing at Mother's house so Janet can rest more when she comes
home from the hospital.

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Our plans are. Lord willing, to leave for America

on May 11. We will be writing one more newsletter after we
have arrived in America, if the Lord tarries that long.

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In Christ's Service,

five people baptized Sast er Sunday. J

left to right: Misters Oh en, Li, Liu,
and Miss

Chen,

rAK SAST
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FIELD ADDRESS

Alan g Janet Bemo

Box 22384

Taipei, Taiwan

Forwarding Agent:
Ted Sklles
302

East Padon

Blackwell, Oklahoma

June 27, 196?

Dear Christian Friends,

I have

been wanting to write

to you

for a long time to tell you about our trip

to America. There have been so many things
going

on, that

write.

I have had little time to

I don't regret

being busy, but I

do regret the fact that I haven't written

to you sooner,

I am writing from Wabash, Indiana now

and, if you would like to write to us, our
address is:

c/o Dean Wolfal

R. R. # 3
Wabash, Indiana

We had

nice

ii6992

trip

from Taiwan to

America, but it sure is good to be getting

settled down. We left Taiwan on May 11th;
and after traveling by two ships, two trains,
a truck, and finally our car, we arrived
in Wabash on June 1^.

That meant that our

Traveling Again/

baby, Beth, had been traveling for seven weeks out of her ten by the time we got here,
as
on

We were able to be with Mcther (Isabel Dittemore) as far

from Taiwan to Japan. She went this far with us to work
more Japanese radio programs in Hiroshima. During our

thirty-hour stay we met a lot of missionaries in Tokyo, which

was a great thrill. The day we left was Janet's birthday, so
Mother took us all out to have "Sukiyaki" to celebrate.
When

we left

Taiwan

we left a big part of our hearts

there. We miss the friends we made while we were there.

Ifost

of all, we miss those we worked with every day for Christ.

We are still very concerned about those we were working with
who still have not accepted Christ, Please pray for Mrs. Dit
temore and the Christians as they strive to witness for Christ
there in the difficult field of Taiwan.

Of course, when we went to Taiwan we noticed how differ

ent
ize
How
but

everything was. But now, perhaps more than then, I real

what a different way of life and witnessing it is there.
blessed is our country America. It is good to be back,
our hearts bum to be going again to witness of Christ to

those abroad.

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at

This brings
lieving this

to

Paul

Pratt

Yokoltanan

and us

dock

up

the

be

the Lord's will,"" are-Bt2rldiZhopyig--^o go to Sarawak, Malaysia which is on the

questicki,,^ the future._/'0f

this is up to the Lordi
luuure^/ui course
coi

But we, be-

island
of
Borneo.
We are planning on finishing at Ozark next year and then going to a liberal
arts college for two more years to get a teacher's certificate. Again, this is if the Lord wills
and we hope you will be praying for us as we go ahead with these plans.

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Once

person

asked me, "VJhat would you like to do now?"

I told Him it was easy for me to

say -what I would like to do but not always so easy to say what the Lord wanted me to do.

Beth

is

growing more every day and is real healthy.

more and messing more.

This means she is eating more, playing

She is surely a blessing from God to us.

This will be our last newsletter until we are ready to return to the mission field.
I would
like to urge everyone of you to increase your giving to missions and to find another missionary,
immediately, to support. Ihank you so much for that which you have given us.

In Christ's Service,

(}ic(/vv^ ^
ffte gnd/

t 6jdlL

(or just the beginning?!}

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Thank

you

so

much for your fine support of Alan and Janet during the past year they served

in Formosa,

We have become acquainted vath many of you through letters and have grown to love you.
splendid cooperation of each has made our job easier and enjoyable.

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We heartily recommend Alan and Janet to the churches and pray that you will give prayerful
consideration to supporting them when and if the Lord wills that they return to their desired work
in Borneo.

Thank

you again for your wonderful concern and for the privilege of laboring together in the

Lord's work.

In Christian love, joy and service,

Ted, Bev, Mark and Greg Skiles
Forwarding Agents

FINANCIAL REPORT-JANUARY - JULY

INCOME-

INCOME-

J anuaryCamden Ave. Oh. Oh.

Oentral Oh. Oh.

Sid Allshury
Riverside Oh. Oh.
L. . McNelis
Jack Hisel

1st. Oh. Oh.,Okay, Okla.

Richard P. Wilson

West Side Oh.,Hamilton,Ohio

Altha Hihbard

12.50
igt.' ChichlDeflanoe, Ohio
10.00 Sid Allsbury
65.00

L.W. McNelis

10.00
20.00

Riverside Ch.Oh.

10.00
10.00
28.00

June-

20.00
200.00
10.00

FehruaryOentral Oh. Oh.

Sid Allshury

1st. Oh.Oh.-S'Dringfield,Ohio
Grinnell Oh. Oh.
Bill McOarty

1st. Oh, Ch.-Boynton, Okla,

Alma G-iles
G-en Gross

L. W. McNelis

Sunshine Bible Church

1st. Oh.Oh.- Okay, Okla.

Riverside Oh. Oh.
Sid Allsbury
Bill McOarty

35.00
20.00
10.00

12.50

56.00
20.08
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00

25.00
20.00
20.00
10.00
20.00

Central Ch.Oh.

20.00
10.00

1st. Ch.Oh.,Boynton, Okla,

Grinnell Ch.Oh.

^1.00
50.00

1st.Oh,Oh.Bedford, Ind,
Bill McOarty

20.00
10.00

19.84

West Side Oh.,Wichita, Kns.

1st.Ch.Oh., Flora, 111.

35.00

July-

1st. Ch.Ch.,Springfield,Oh. 25.00

1st. Ch.Ch.,Flora, 111.
25.00
1st. Ch. Ch,,Springfield,Oh. 12.50

Total Income

2177.43

EXPENSES-

January-

Office Supplies

30.66

Stamps, Printing,Rubber Stamp

Checking Account
240.00
Salary, Insurance,Giving
Funeral Floorers.

March-

Oentral Oh. Oh.

Mary Horn
Mrs. L.

H. Bemo

Douglas Bemo

1st. Oh. Oh.-Flora, 111.

Richard F. - Wilson

1st. Oh.Oh., Boynton, Okla.

Jack Hisel

Ruby Officer
W.

30.00
10.00
10.00
10,00
20.00

Camden Ave. Oh, Oh.

1st. Oh. Oh.-Flora,111.

L.

10.00

Ben Coss

20.00 ist, Ch.Oh, , Flora, 111.

Jj--Springfl-el4.0hlo
1st. Oh'
Oh. Oh.-Boynton,Okla.
Grinnell Oh. Oh.

^' '

McNelis

20.00

50.00
25.00
125.00
25.00
20.00
10.00
10,00

20.00
10.00

February-

Office Supplies
15000
Stamps,Paper, Stenoa.l s, Book ~
21^.40
Checking AcocuntSalary, Printing
March-

Checking AocountSalary. Insurance

Stamps

1st. Ch.Ch., Springfield,Ohio 12.50 incidental Expense

Riverside Ch.Ch.

20.00

N. Joplin Ch.Ch.

10.00 April-

Altha Hibbard

1st. Ch.
1st. Ch.
Grinnell
Grinnell

Ch. , Defiance, Ohio

Ch., Flora, 111.
Ch. Ch.
Ch. Ch.

Interest

April-

10.00

25.00

450.00

.09 MayStamps-May & June

20.00

Checking Account-

260.00

Central Ch. Ch.

20.00

19.00

George Dittemore

50.00

Camden Ave. Oh. Ch.

18.00

1st. Ch, Ch. Okay, Okla.

20.00

Bill McCarty

20.00

L.

10.00

1st, Ch, Ch., Boynton, Okla.

10.00

Sid Allsbury

10.00

Riverside Ch. Ch,

20.00

John M. Ford

10.00

1st. Ch. Ch.- Flora, 111.

35.00

MayAltha Hibbard

10.00

Bill McCarty

20.00

Central Ch. Ch.

20.00

1st. Ch.Ch., Springfield,Oh. 12.50

Douglas Bemo
200.00
1st. Ch.Ch.,Boynton,Okla.
10.00
1st. Ch.Ch.,Okay, Okla.
20.00

Grinnell Ch. Ch.

10.00

10.00
Baby's travel, Salary,Giving
35.00
Insurance,Printing,Envelopes.
48.00 Stam-ps10.00
54.00

1st. Ch.Ch., Canton, Ohio

W. McNelis

Checking Account-

240.00

36.00

Salary,Insurance,Giving
Envelopes.
Specified Gift-From Mr.Bemo 200.00

Total Expensel717.6l
Balance on HandPresent Balance

142.16
^59.82

Total Balance

601.98

* July Expense-Printing(InolucLed in total exnense)

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