WESTLANE CHRISTIAN CHURCHHORIZ ONS/MISSION SERVICES

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NEWS FROM

DWAIN & BECKYANDERSON

CHRISTIAN AMBASSADORS TO THAILAND

Field Address:

Mr. & Mrs. Dwain Anderson

P.O. Box 169Chaing Mai 50000 Thailand

Forwarding Address:Christian Ambassadors toTnaihind

P.O. Box 53733

Indianapolis, IN 46253-0733

Make checks payable to: Christian Ambassadors to Thailand Becky, Sara, Mark and DwainAnderson

October, November, December, 1988

GLUP MAA BELL!^lup maa lell!" in Thai means

"We have returned!". Wehave been back in Thailandnow for almost three monthsand we praise theLord that we areback. When we Hreturned to the HStates in March of H1987 we really HdidnT know how Hlong we would need fto remain there.

We're very glad, ^though, that we mlwere able to come Hback to Thailand in HSeptember of 1988. ™Many things andmany blessings ofthe Lord workedtogether to bring us back sosoon and we praise Him for allof them.

When God places a burdenfor a people on your heart it

stays there! We felt the burdenfor Thailand the whole timewe were in the States eventhough we enjoyed our time

church, the First Church ofChrist in Eldorado, Illinois.

p\ne of the Lord's blessings inbringing us

back so soon was

the provision of anew living linkchurch. We are

thankful for the

folks of the

|HP Westlane9K Christian Church

m Indianapohs,Indiana for their

prayers andsupport. Ann

HH Randall, our new?these." forwarding agent,

is also a member

of the Westlane

congregation. We're thankfulfor her because without her

work in the States we couldn't

be here in Thailand.

•glad to he hack sharing Cod's Word with folks like these

there. We are thankful for thetime we had near our familiesand friends. We're alsothankful for the time of closefellowship with my home

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course, after one is awayfrom a place for an

extended period of time, thefirst thing he notices uponreturn is the change. Therehave been many changes inThailand during the past 18months. Some

of them are

good. Some iHare not so

One of the MBfirst things wenoticed as we

got out and jpabout in i|^Chiang Maiwas the I^Bamount of iSZ

CHANGESaround the world are facing isthe devaluation of the U.S.dollar. When we were inThailand before the exchangerate was up as high as 28 baht(Thailand's currency) for oneU. S. dollar. Today it is a little

construction Mother booK (

going on. Alot of peopleare movinginto Chiang |H

Thailand's

second largestcity. Theresult of this

growth for uswas that ittook a longtime for us to

find suitablehousing. The "Mrs. JLord

provided,though, and we were able torent a three bedroom housefor the same price as we hadalways paid in the past. It evencame complete with furnitureand a telephone.

Another change that wearen't too pleased with butwhich many missionaries

"Mother Sock (center) playedan importantpan in winning thosefrom Ban Wen."

depend upon world economiesfor our peace of mind.

One change that we are veryexcited about is the growth ofthe work in Pua. In May of1986 David Filbeck and I madea trip over into the "Baw"

valley to the! village of BanWen. Duringthat trip thegospel seedwas sown and

one young

man decided

to followChrist. He fell

away only afew days laterdue to

pressure fromfriends and

from Ban fVen.- relatives. That!wasin May of1986. Todaythere is a

strong churchin Ban Wen!

Early inNovember of

this year Iwent into the

"Baw" valleyagain. Whatexcitement to

meet andworship with

!ian." these fellow

brothers andsisters in

Christ! Please keep these newChristians in your prayers thatthey may continue to be strongand can reach out to theirfriends and relatives with themessage of Christ.

"Mrs. Jim (center), a joyous ami enihusiastic new Chri.siian."

less than 25 to one. That isquite a drop. Thailand isundergoing a time of highinflation, too, so themissionaries in Thailand arebeing affected on both sides.All of this just helps us,however, to look to the Lordfor what we need and not to

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"l^e would like to share someof our future plans with

you and ask you to undergirdthem with your prayers. As wereturned to Thailand we havecontinued to work with Davidand Deloris Filbeck with whomwe worked before. We will alsobe working with David A. andSharon Filbeck who came to

Thailand while we were in theStates. Sharon Filbeck isBecky's little sister so it is nowa rather mbced up family affair.

Our primary goal at this timeis to continue our work in thePua area of Nan province.

PLANSEven though we will be livingin Chiang Mai we plan tomake frequent trips to Pua.We have been over two timesin the past month and plananother extended stay tocelebrate Christmas with thevarious churches in lateDecember. Then, in lateJanuary 1989, a four day Bibleschool has been scheduled forthe Christians in the Pua area.Please keep all of these thingsin your prayers.

Another phase of our workwill be teaching at the Institutefor Biblical Studies here inChiang Mai. The Institute is

"Sin^ngpraises to God around the oil lamp.'

for young men and womenwho want to get a Biblicaleducation while, at the sametime, going to either vocationalor adult education, Becky isalready teaching some Englishclasses for the students and Iwill begin teaching Bibleclasses when the next termstarts in early February. Pleasekeep IBS and her students inyour prayers. Pray for us, too,as we prepare to teach thesesessions.

OHgivetfianl<:sto the

JfOKD

BITS N'PIECES

Sara and Mark are again students at Chiang Mai International School. Sara is in 6th grade andMark is in 4th. Praise the Lord that they are both doing well in their studies and are glad to beback among old Mends.

In our time away from Thailand we were able to retain most of ourThai language. We still needto improve and plan to work toward the Thai 6th grade equivalency test - the point at which one isconsidered literate in Thai. Please keep our language development in your prayers.

We want to share just a bit about finances. We came out to the field with about 75% of ourneeded support committed. This covered all ofour living expenses and just a little for work ftinds.To be at full budget we are still in need of about $500 per month in regular support for workfunds. Please pray with us that the Lord will provide these funds from His sources inHis time.

We were recently able to purchase a truck for use in the work. We're thankful for special giftswhich made the down payment possible and to my folks who helped to arrange a loan for thebalance. Please pray that the Lord will provide so that this loan can be paid off as quickly aspossible.

One of the big questions each year is "How is the rice crop?". Praise the Lord that this year therice crop was good in the mountains near Pua. Many folks not only have enough rice for theirfaniilies this year but also have a little to sell as well.

Being back in Asia means dealing daily with a different culture. Being back in the tropics meansdealing daily with a whole different set of"germs'". Please keep our health and cultural adjustmentin your daily prayers.

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Thank You

We are so thankful that wecan once again be living andworking in Thailand. We wantto thank and praise God forthis gift to us. Thanks, too, tothose who are able to supportour work financially. Withoutthe help of the Lord and Hispeople it would be impossiblefor us to be here in Thailand.May the Lord bless you richly!

In His Service,

Dwain and Becky