EFFECTUAL PRAYER DO you.know what happened on that day When, burdened for souls. you tried to pray? Do you think you f d e d to touch the throne When your L p i ,were dumb, your ~ r a y e r a groar. ?

i Over tne se?, in a hat, dry land. A sower sowed with a faltering hand - But, la. in that hour refreshing came, GoSs servant spoke with a tonzue of flame, And souls, l a n ~ stceped in a land of night, Passed from gloom to marvelous light. Awzy from idols they t u n e d to God,

Finding their peace in Jesus' blood.

For your faith had moved God's mlghty hand And rain cane down in a desert land.

- EVANGELiCAL CHRISTIAN.

W E E 6NDONFISW.N W U O N

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CHRZSIIIAN AND MDSElIONARY ALLJIANCE

Djalzn L s d j x g i r u E,l, MakaSsar, Sulawesi, hdanes i a

J. Wesley Biill, B o d Feprszentative

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News From the Apo Kaian I R. R. Rudes 1

The following excerpts come from Nlr. Rudes' report to the Chairma?: ,,On one weekend trip to Long Timunje:, a t tho very hour of my arrival, a Christian woman died as the r'esult of childbirth. It so happened that the heathen were performing one of theih ceremonies, and because of the death, e v e q heathen man, wom,an and chil'd was forced, to hide in his house until the body was buried. They believe that the devil that twk this w m a n in childbirth would also take their children and wives during th,e delivery. What a change, in a village! When I arrived it was alive with activity, but as 'soon ar the gongs were beaten announcing this death, not a person w i s in sight that wasn't a Christian, Usually the ,heathen and Christians help each other in making the caHin, etc. but this time from 4 : 30 Saturday until 10 : 00 A. M. Sunday (until o u r r s t u m from the cernetary), not a heathen came out of his hiding. Afterwards the Christians testified how they used to be afraid d this evil spirit. When 1 asked them who buried t h e dead person Y no one (Christian) would help, they said, that old women, OT under ~pressur~~, the husband alone, wodd, have t o aarry th,e c m p x on his ba& to the cernetary or just outside ehhe village and bury it without P box or preparation. How terrible bhhe fear ab the d r d that grips the heathen heart!

"At Long Sungai B a r w (about 1,500 souls), adkr some ,difficulty we got to see the vildase chief and, introduced ourselves and, the new workers to him. Although a heathen, he mocked us graciously and open'ed, his l m z - hbuse to the preaching of the Gospel. W e showed pictures of the birth an:; miracles of Christ, a8nd the place was ,ppa&ed., We sang, preach,e,d, and t e s t i h d the Gaspel. The next mornins! (Sunday) the chief had called ell his villagers to lake part in a ceremony. We took a d v m k g e of this move and vsked if it would be possible to have a Gospel service for his pemple afterward. H e agreed, and we were everjoyed. While they performed their r i tud, we had a lolvely service for the. Christians at Lana Danum (3 half-hour walk from Lon,g Sungai Barang). We returned and held our service fa,r about 500 men besides the womhni and children. Rev. Baja Djalung the worker, and I changed, ohf, and we taLked over two hours. The village chief was delighted with o u coming and told u s upon leaving that

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we w'ere always welcome in his house. What is morf, if there were thoae who wanted to become Christiax, he would not hicder them from doing ,so. Raise the Lord for this victory and confession by this chief. Pray for Sungai Barang. Meny want to believe, ,and there is a graduate worker at Danum to l e d them. W,e believe the victory is mar. I believe i t is pozsible far this chief Do bring all of his people in one mass move, but we are trunting God for a working of His Spirit!

Praise the Lord for the 45 oLicial delegates. 109 correa,ponCng delepa,tes, and for around 3W Chsiitians of Long Uro, mzkir.g an zitendance of a b m t 450 at the Conference. On the closing Sund'ay, there was a precious commi;niofi service following the morninp worship service. Delegates from the churcnan far 2nd near had opportunity to share in this ,bl'esiing. The thou& occured to me that but a few years previous, there same tribesmen were sworr. enemies ; no'w they were kneeling together at the altar partaking of th- Lord's Supper. A r e d tribute to the power d the Gospel and the grace of OUT saving Lord, changing headhunters to Christian brethren !"

"Our Apo Kajan Dktrict Conference was held aC Long Uro.

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Welcome ! BACK TO THE FIELD :

Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Conley and iwo children, Steven and Michoa!

Rev. an,d Mrs. F. R. Whe:zel and four children, Judy, Patty Lou, Roberte, They have returned to the Mahak,am District of East Kslimantan.

and S u m . They ,are ,nbw msiding in, Tardjong %lor, East KsLmaNntan.

TO THE FIELD POR THE FIRST TIME :

Miss Lela Pierce, Miss Frances Schutt, and Miss H e k n Hail. We are happy to welcowe 'these ladies into OUT missionary family. Let

us pray thzt God will give them a blessed and fruitful ministry in Indonesla.

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I , This Language Must Be Learned"

! Lela Pierce

- My first encouinter with Indonesia was a t the d,irty little port city of

Foreign faces, foreign ways, foreign sounds, and forei:r. When two and a hn'i

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Belawan, Sumatra. smells bare witne-e that this was the mission field. w e e k later we arrived a t Makussar, Thanksgiving Day was at hand. that my greateat cause for thanksgivhg was thal: I was r.&lly here.

Within ten days I had the thrill of seeing two couples off for thLr rerpective stations : the Canleys, fellow travellers from New York to Ma., kassar, retuvning t o their farmer home a t M,elzk. East Borrao, a,nd the Lewises going to Bal i for the first t ine. With eager anticipation I tried t o visualize the time when I would be sailing for a station somewhere on this needy field. But firsst this lznguage must t e learned .........

With mdngled anticipation, curiosity, and even dread I went to the first language class. Imagination failed me in trying to fathom just bow n teash'er who spe,ahs no Engdijh could pnt anything BCTOSS to a pupil who speaks no Indonesian. It was a relief as he solemnly folded his hands and bowed his head to hear him utter, among t h e ladoaesi,a,n words, the familiar word "pray." From prayer meebing and church experience I knew that ;;e would boom out the "Amen" heartily enough that the& would be no douot as to the proper t h o to lift my head again.

The first thing to go on the blackboard was *he alphabet with various pronunciations different than the English. Fol1owin.g that came some pro. nouns, and i t was gratifying to see tbe long list of Indonesian words he hc6 translated into English, so that a t least he could write the Englkh equival+nt for my benefit. Once ,his frantic efforts to make himself m&=st,ood faibd, 2nd he called for help from a, former student. A few words about a "prepo;i,tional orefix meaning to," brought a sigh of reiief from me an9 a

broad grin to his worriad face. Before the first two hour class had ended, I wandered who waulcl be bhhe first t o be dixow:a%ed, the teachm o r m y ~ , E !

The outline of the language course says that we should have 15 hours a week with bhe language teacher. and fiom 20 to 25 additional hours in private study. For one u e d to a vs~iy active Ide, this will not be easy. An3 yet, this Ianguzge must he l e a r n d ........_

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"Faithfud is He that calleth you Who also will do it." In time, that which now sounds like o jumble of meaningless syllables will begin to tare shape, and eventually "Bahara Indonesia" (the Indonesian language) w:ll convey meaning. a d can b e used us a medium fo r carrying the m:s39se of salvation. "This Gospel must be preached ............ " Pray that this lingunge shall be learned,

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A Sunday Affernoon

In Bali

Mrs. Viola Bl iss

The hot rays of the sun are subsiding, so let us be on our way to Serogiogan, one of the heathen villages nearby in which live some relatives of ladies in our prayer band. We shall go by foot, for we are orly two mi!w away. Besides, we want to stop dong the way to give out trzcti at the many little cubby-hole &fee shops on the way.

"Mwiki simpang", (come in and sit a while), is the cheerful invitation d the cofifee vendors.

We shall stop a minute and get ou t of the sun "Does anyone here read Indonesian?" we ask as we hold up a tract. Someone timidly points to a young lad and all eyes are upon the su,d,danly bashful schoolboy. "Here is :om'E, goad n e w ; we wish you'd read these words for you from Goi's Book. Pieaie read it and par's it on to Faneone else."

For'getting his bashfulness, o c r young reader is glad to get somethin5 for ,nothing and mmediately starts reading iioud slowly, an Indonesian habir that we now appreciate, for the rest of the coffee drinkers will hear too.

"Mupamid dumun?" (May we t e excufed pleaie), we ask, a d go rrn our w a y

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Over to the left a r e the remains of a cremation festival. They are in the yard of ,the head of the villa,ge. There is the h r g e woodan f,rame that carried hi; grandhther's corpse to the cremation and the ashes to the swa. As you no doubt know, Hindu Balineie believe Chat the h p m t e d will have a better chance of h,eawn if his childrcn are thoughtful and generous enough to cremate hi; body. Even a small festival of thiz k,imd cork enou)eh to supgort a national worker and his family for a year o r more. Do remember to pray

, fc8r he has given, u s a, halb.promise b a t w e may come to his village and hold a service ,soon after the rains start.

Her'e and there a naked child peeks out of a doorway in the mud walicd fences, giving forth a half-scared shric,k as he runs toward mamma and home.. At last we turn into one of these doorways amid the barking of dogs and ,grunts of .the sway..backed, pigs. We are welcomed by Mamma T,ina who quickly grabs an =ncient feather duster and swishes the dust off the bamboo bed for us to sit on. After exchanging the family news, we take turns giving testimonies and explaining salvation verses. Mamma Tina (parents are calla3 after their children's names) has heard little of the Gospel but knows that becoming a Christian brings pwseeution, 50 she does not wish to believe in J e x s ,now but will wai,t ,uiitll "fathssr" comes ham and :h2 can talk to him.

"Pan" Tina is middle-aged and bronzed by the tropical sun. He is v s p cordial and listens with interest to the story of &d's love for him. "Afte:- some, others of this village believe, so will 1, but not until", he states.

"But today is the day of salvation; you do not have promise of tomorrow", we stress, Still he is indifferent to our pleadings. Later we h w r d that the village chief had made everyone in his villase swear by oach not to become a Christian.

The sun is going down; the sunset is exquisitely lighting the glassy pools of the rice fields. Soon it will be dark, for might comes fast in the tropics. We ponder on t h i s as we remember Christ's ward':, "The night cometh when no man can work". Le4 us labar whil'e it is yet day - there is yet so much to do. Brethren. pray tha t God will give us His power ann wisdom ta do what He would have us do.

* ** NEW ARRIVALS

E A e r Ruth, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. William Bouw, Mrlak, East

Frances Lynn, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Rodger Lewis. Bali. Born Kalimantan. Born October 15, 1953.

October 24, 1953 in Makassar.

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I A Challenge to Prayer

Henry Rankm, West Kalimantan 1

Excerpts from Mr. Rankin's report to the Chairman regarding the wark in the Ko,ta Bar" Area :

"On a visit to the Tandjong Rimba church it was sad to see the church building named 'Zion' deteriorated to such am Oxtent that it was impassi'ble to h d d services in it. About sixty people in dl a m , e to the service; that we hel'd there. Only a few showed any real interest in our sendin's a worker, The general attitude wss bhat 'we wili receive him if the Mission desires to send him and support him'. However, they did not want any~responsibui!% for the worker's support either in food or money.

"Guru Franz, wif,e, and four children were moved farther interior up the Pinoh River and are now loceted a t Nanga Melawi in the mi& of a group of Christians who have reoeived them joyfully and who are supplying their temporal needs. One hour ,downstream from' where he is looate'd there is a large village of unevangelized Dyaks of at least three hundccd souls. Also upxtream from Nmga Melawi, one hour, thwe is a village of over eight hmdred Dyaks w,ho need to ,be reached with the Gaspel. Until my going there, there had mever been a visit by a missionary

"I have mad,e several trips to the areas where our workers are located, plus reac'huug a number of unevangeiizsd village5 where no missionasy has ever visited. Generally speaking, among the mva,ngel ized viilagms visited thus far , there has not been as keen ,interest in the Gospel as we hod hoped for. M a w of these people had, already heard that the Christim may not drink and must give up his war'jhip of evil s p i ~ i t ~ . In addition t o thk, with a Malay papulation q u a 1 to that of t'm' Dy&s of th,is area. many of i h e Dyaks are more worldly-wce aomd degenerate. and vai,d of spiritual un,der, standing. On the other hand. there have 'b'een s m vilisges &ere prospects are favoiable. In short. this 'district needs 3 gr,eat deal of prayer. First, for the existing belis'versl that they may be revived and deveioped in their spiritual 'experience. Secondly, that the power of the Gospel will be evidenckl more fully as the Word is p r e a c h 4 to those spiritually blinded, satan- dominated souls in !he many unbelieving villages''

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Advancing . . . Lois Boehnke, Makassar

Graduation is always a time of excitement and anticipation. There is great joy because of a goal having bean reached.; there is a feeling of sadnezs knowing there will be separation from classmates and friend; ; and finally tbsm is also a feeling of anxiety a d mtieipatbn wo,nderinp what the future holds.

The graduation of the 1953 cl,a8r,s, of the M:,kzirar Bibie School was no exception. Preceeding gradustion night, November 19th, were many days of practice and preparation. Muoh time was spent in decorating the churc!, and the students did a lovely jab. In the center af the decorations on the platfomn was a piclure of a torch znd. the verse Galatians 6 : 14 printed. There wem ,also two large pojters w h r h w e M lit up. One had a pietk-r of a crown and the verse Revelation 2 : 10 writtcn beside it ; t,he other poiter had a~ torch and the words "Go Ye" written both in English end the Indonesian language.

The five you,ng men who grz,duated are all horn the 5.bzr.d of Cedebes, B r e e from the n,or:hern, part and two from, centml Celebes (9dawesi).

In spite of the fact that we had 2 heavy rain just as the exercises were to begin, the attendance was very good. While the pianist played "Cross of Christ Lead Onward", the gradua,bbes m'akhed to the platform. Instead of wearing the usual white suits, the graduates wore gray suits.

The graduates had full charge of the program and presented it in a ve:y Mr. Siomb'oh, a very lively, energetic fellow and who is

His bright srni'liw face interei-ting way. bruly on fire for the Lord, led ,the ,sonp ,sewioe. added much lo the prograun.

At the opening of the service the graduates sang "Jesus Only". This was followed by the Scriptwe rezdina from I! Cori,nthia,n; 5 : 11-21 by Mr. Pantuluianp; Mr. Rabinto then led in prayer. The two students with tiie highest marks, Mr. Makzwekes and Mr. Harindah brought two very good messages, the first on€, spoke ob Jenus as our Saviour and' the second message was on the second cornirg of the Lord. 'In between the messazej the

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grzduatez sans "Since I Have Be% Redeemed" and afier the second message they sang "The Hope of ihe Coming of the Lard".

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I Rev. J. Wesley Brill brought the challenge to the graduates basing hi9 mei'ace on ,I 'Corinthian3 16: 13, 14. His cmphaek w25 on the word< "Watch", "Stand firm", "Act like a man", "Be strong" and "Work with love". It was a very appropriate me;sage for the graduating clajs.

Fol1owin.g this rneszage, the student body sang "Great is TFy Faithfulness". The graduate; were then presented with their diplomas from the head of the rchool, Rev. P. Wattimury.

The entire urogram was veiy impressive and was a preat biezimz to all who attended.

We praise the Lord that all five gaduates expect to mteT into ful1,time service.They are not 'all going ou t into our work but they are from fundamental groups that are doing wonderful work here in the Island of Celebes. Pray for thepe new workers as they enter the whitened harvest field. May many who are walking in darkness come to find Christ as their Saviour through their faithful ministry.

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An Apo Kajan Family

Mr. ddjaag ;ra his wife,, Fin& a n d sons Rlzlieb and E r a . MT. Adj2,ng its one of The DyMk p#rea!?h,ers. Thne, folks are 5ome of the m y you have. beeo p,rayinp fcr, t,raph,ie,s af Go86 grace, row proclaiming .the &om+ meuls.of sahation h o u ' g h Je,svs Christ.

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A Dyak

Home

I t was a c i e a rmn September morning when our boat pulled aionn side the dock at Makassar. Makassar at last after yoars of praying and pianning; months of preparation; weeks of picking; after fond farewe& to family and friends, and after i$ty-nine days and fourteen ports from New York. How we had looked forward to our arrival a t Makassar and now we had arrived. Our a n i d on the Mimon Field was the realizztion of God’s plans and ours for our lives since chil’dhood. During the next fevr days and weeks which were ahead. our first impressions were formed.

Every foreigner is impressed one way or another by the new coun:rg which he visits. Some of his impressions are unduly ma,gnified while ot!,.er prevailing conditions are compirteiy overlooked. This we believe i s also true of the new missionary recruit. Undoubtedly, after we have becoino better acquainted and fully d j u s t e d to this new land our early impressions will seem trivial.

Few -things in Mekassar remind us 06 the city and country which we have left. An Indonesian could nat be confused with a North American. The Inaonesian is one who is m a i l in size, with brown skin, and jet black hab. The d’ress i,s colorful with koth men and w m e n wearing sarang5. A large percentage of the population ere Mohanmeda.ns and ,Che men wi’ar black r,imle,js basts b i n d i t e that +hey are Moslems. Those who have been fortunate enough to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, their Holy Land, wear a white head, drejs. Sonall, crowded, bamboo thatched-roofed homes ususl;y dominate the villages. Native foods such as ”Nasi Goieng” (fried rice-plu;) ”Satai” (roast meat m a small stick, covered with a peanut sauae); fruits sach as mangoes, papaya, durian, and many varietres of bznanas were l i the known to us a,t home, The long periods of warm dry weather follow5,d by months of rain seems strange to us. The little shops and stores are uttermy different, small and crowded.

Not only are there the d,!fferecczj wiich we have already mentioned but we are now encountered with a nEw language. Many tlm,es we ar,e apt to ~y‘*Ebgl:shi is roirruche,;sirr.”?l.e irnporta,rce a1 lezrning the cew language

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is weseed upon u s as we would like to converse with thtlie around, us and ape mrun,a!ble. .4la?lg w~it3 learining 1hq ,hn&u,2u,age we mliist dja l a a m to #think a.s Indonemian.. Thk of COUPSLIO will Ibe more ditYcult, :but we must Learn to think like &em in order to Each bhem. We've alrea,dy learned that there peoplo h a e mt had the rich hepitage we American6 have had. They have Ireen neglected and deprived of many of the common necessities of life. Living condi'tiovls ai'e therefore on a different level from ours a,t home. Not oxly have there people been deprived of material benefits, but more important, th& have been neglected in a spiritual way. Therefore, spiritual darkness is great in this land because Gad's wmd hams been withh,eld from them, For this reason we have come, that we might have a share in bringing light to these darkened hsarts. Even though it seems to us that almost every phase of Ufe is different here, we are happy that we are here and confident t l a t the same Chist that saves and b p s us is abundantly able for the Indone,sians

,,0 give thanks unto the Lord . . . .

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Prndeta Birai, the Dyak minister, and 1 were a bit appwhensive as we' entered the Keiindjau Rivvr on the final lag of our four-day journey to. Batu Bulan. The river was extremely low, h i 1 of stumps and ironwood logs, arud with very swift water at the rifts. Our motorboat. the K a b x Baik II, was taxed to the Urnit as we inched upstream against the heavy current. Our abilities were taxed too, zigzagging in and out of the 2ecp water in am e f f d to &wid tho su3merged dangers that were evidened by the boiling, swirling waters. Mistrusting our o w n judgmunt, we engaged an old-timer to guide us from Long Nah for the remahder of the trip. He had guaranteed a safe trip. but his guaranke~ did not avail as we ran aground on the lait rift before Batu Buian. Fortunately we were near' the bank. As the Kabar Baik was being sweet downstream, the three men aboard plunge3 into the water, clambered up i h e bank, and managed to hold the boa: steady with a long rope. With the help of sweral more men, the boat W B F

pu11ed over the rifi, and w e resumed our joumcy with a d,am,aged prapeller~ and rwd,der.

Our welcome by the Christians of Batu Bnlan m,oif' than compensated for the difficulties of travel. In a wave of enthusiasm t k whole village swarmed down to the Kabar Baik to shake hands with us. Their weight was $0 great that the floating log dock to which the boat was tied began to. sink, We were showered with ice, wild pig, and fruits in abundance.

Never have we seen people 60 hungry for the saajpel. I t was wonderful ! At the first sem,ioe 'there we= two who confesed their sim and accepted Christ as their Saviour. On the following days, in and owt of the aevvices there were sc&ers from the Kenja and Modang Dpak tribes. Many h;d travelled in their d a g a u t canoes for more Cha,n two hours. One young giri whose parents had been saved the preceding 'day came sobbins becacie she ha,d been told that she was too young to be saved. Haw wonderfui it was to see h,er tear-filled eyes flooded with joy after the had prayed simply to be forgiven for her sins and accepted as God's child!

In Long Le'ez-and Long Wai, even though there is strong 0ppQsi"on and persecution by the village chiefs, there is also a marvelous movi!?g of

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t h e Spirlt. In Long Le'es ther'e were over one hundred in attendance at the semicei, , m d reverel, although th,ey had been threatened in an &art tn dissuade them, accepted the Lord as their Saviour. We were forbi:.der. b y the chief to conBduct a ,bagtirmal semi-, ,at that ,time becauie he said it would destroy the productivity of the land and a famine would resuit ! W e praise God that Pendeta Sirai has been invited to accompany the government official who is a t this t h e going to lift the chief:% ban. Despite his fa,n,ztical opposition, God the Holy Ghost is winnhz the souls of the subject: of the chief oP Long W;i Even while I was talking to the chief, a young man informed me that four people were waiting in a house nearby, desiring to be shown the way of d v - t : o n . Almost overnighta congreiation of eleven ~ o u l s sprang up.

At Lofig Nah the service zeemed rather m,sdiocre with poor singing from the h,andful in attendance, among them only three Chnistians. However, a Chineie Christian storekeeper got ap and testified that God had delivered him from ihe tobacco hahit. Just yesterday in a letter from that storekeeper 3 read the good news th-t there are now twmty-one believers ready fa r baptism. He requested that we come hmedi2,tely to t e x h and preach, and to bri- a qozrtity of Bible; and song booke. We pnise God for the wonderfci r?anifestation of His Spirit in this area.

The Pionceel' comes to you a; a gift from the missionary whose name appears on the wrapper. The Cost of publication and mailing is borne by the same missionary. If you wirh to help share in this expenre. send your gift to the missionary of your choice at 260 W. 44th Street, New York 36, N e w York,

Mark it : "Special - for the Pioneer."

Pioneer staff for this LBPU? :

Rev. J. Wesley Brill

V. L. Keigenfind

Mrs. V. L, Neigenfind

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I The Ministry of the Printed P a g e

Vonnie Morschak, Makarsar

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It seems thwe is no place where people are not attracted by a sale. Lr, 1952 we had a three-month sale in the Bible Book Store which proved s o successful Chat sgain this year during the months of October, November and December the prices of our pubiieations were reduced by about 15%’ lo stimulate salsz and to get out com,mentaries on books of the Bible and the monthly Bible magazme. KALAM HIDUP, to a wider group of readers.. With the special sale price list we sent an addressed money order to make it easier &or people in out-of-the-way placa; to rend i n their yearly subscription and order other h & s . These filled-in money orders have been coming in daily, some for large amounk, which in addition to the local sa!es in the book stare have moi’e,than doubled the usual intake.

A ‘Christim hcme calendzh lor 1954 has arcLwd and is selling ~ a p i d l y in Fpite of the fact that the ver,ses a rc all in Enzlish., Some have asked that, an hdmesi ,an text calendar Ec. pri,tr$, an3 of course that lvci>dd have much more value to the people here, so pray with us about this. Pictures arb always an attraction an,d have a good sale,

This year we have had something new to offer : the doctrine book in fn3omsian by ‘m. Erill. The mime Is strik,ingi”Daras jang Teguh”, or ”Firm Foundation.” The attendant in the book store told us how pleased

. h e was to be a b k to offer this book, for ofien people would come into t h e ,bo:ok 151bOire~z&h~ what OUT bel& were; MY ‘he !says h e cam jiuust rf~sa,nii.nend this book which explains it fully.

The three helpers who work in the mailing department are kept busy^ wmpping books and making out sales slips. The number of packages semi out during Novem’ber war over twice the number usually sent each month. These bays have a church bxkground, but one of t hm realized that S a n r &aptism was not enough to make him a true Christian and has taken a definite stand for the Lord while working here. Every Friday morning far a half-hour we have a player meeting witK all of the= workers which h i p

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A Christian Home

Establish ed

M. Neigenfind

It was in 1950 that two huaky Dyak h d s of dose to twenty years of age left their. home; in South Kalimantan to make rhe ,arduous t enday trek over the mountains to Wast Kalimantan. Their object? To get wives! They had heard that bhe girls on the other side of the mountains made good ones. The fellow,s sebtled in a litdle v i lkw on the U ~ p m M'elawi River and helped the old chief in his rice fields.

,In Jz,nua.ry of 1951 the two boys went ,down ,river a k w hours by pcrahu to ,the liltle vilLzsge of Ambalau to do some business with the Chinese trader and to sle,e for &emselves tbe two missionary couples and their children who had just moved in next door to the lChineo,e. There they heard the Gospe!. a d on msuuceedinp vi,sits they leamed more about the Lord. Then they bought h y m b o o ! ~ and New Testunents so that 'they cculd study spiri'hal tmths back in their awn villase a t night ,after the day's work was done, They became joyous Chrktians and faibhful witruesses wherever they went.

Later in +he yssr, the ch id of this village, one other young man, and The lads from South Kdimantan asked these two fellows were baptized.

to have their ,old names changed t.o James and Moses.

Two or f h o e months afterward. Mores and a CXri&an girl in the villa,ge wished to b,e manried and have a Christian ceremony. The prosocctive bride bad mi keen baptized, and rhc asked that this might be done before the weddinp. Sh,e p u t the Lord before Mozes! A half-hour after tho baptismal

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service, the bridal couple knelt,, barefooted, in a little bark hut to ask the blessing of the Lord upon their union. True. the setting was not romantic, rcrawny dor~s were slinking about betwe8e,n the mlookers, and two or three fol'ks were spi t tkg betelnut juice between the cracks in the floor; but the presence of the Lord was there, and the pair raze to their feet wi,th radiant faws. To OUT kr,owledy, thls w2s th,e first Christian wedding ever to be held in the upper ,reachss of the Melawi River.

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In time, Jarne; too found a Christian girl fo r a wife. Just a few months before we returned from furlomsh in 1953, 3

laboriously w,ntten letter from Moses reached us in the State;. A few hours after writing the body of the letter, a great event had occurred which necessitated t h e addition of a postscript. Moses wrote : "The Lord has judd give,n to me a hopby g:d. Pray thamt ?hem 14uakl k,e lem? of the' Lo,rdli."

Perhaps this is the Ambalau Arm's first second-@eneration Christian !

to bind us dl oioser together m d zleo helps them know Him brlter. Pr,aise bhe Lord with us that it is possibde th~s year &rough the gift;

of an Indonesian friend to make the Bible Magazine (KALAM HIDUP) availab,l,e to all the national workers without cost, Th,rough the years this magazine has been a real help to many preachers hhroughout Indonesia since i t i,s a m,agazine especially for preachers. Just Decently a man from ior thern Sulawesi came through Makasnar reeking the local pastor. Fa,r several years he has be,en mading this Bible Magazine and through it came to a knowledge of the true way and asked to be baptized.

Such a good response indicabes that our ladone,sian friends are hunspj for the Word', end bhat the printed wor,d is bearing fruit. Prais,s the Lord, that He has ma,de it possible to print the books now available, but ask H'm too to help us prepare many more, some of which are now translated and waiting ondy to b,e checkemd before they can he printed. Pray with us tha: in 1954 an &en wider group of readers will be reached through this ministry of publication work.

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Djalan Ladfangiru 81 Makassar. Sulawesi Indonesia Miss Vomie Morschek

Rev. and MIS. 3. W. Brill Rev. and Mrs. V. L, Neigenfind

Miss Lois Boehnke

Pas Restant Denpssar, Balj hdonesia

Samarinda East Kalimantan Indonesia

Melak via Samarinda East Kalimsntan Indonesia

L;,r,pl:Eq SIn& : Rev. and Mrs. William Kissell Miss Lela Pierce MLSS France; Schutt Miss Helen Hall

Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Bliss Rev. and Mrs. Rodger Lewis

Rev. and Mrs. William Bouw

Rev. and W s . W. W. Conley

Long Bia via Tandjong Selor and Tarakan East Kalimanttan Indonesia

Long Berang via Malinau and Tarakan Kalimantan Timur Indonesia

Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Post Mr's. Elizabeth Jackson Wss M. F. Roseberry

Rev. and Mrs. Ivan Lay

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Tandjong Selor via Tarakan Ea'sC Kalimantan Indonesia.

Balai Sepuak via Pontianak Wezt Kalunanaan lndonejia

Nanga Kajan via Pontianak West Kalinianten Indonesia

Kota Baru via Nanga Pinoh an'd Pontianak West Kalimantan Indonesia

Nanga Ambalau via N2nga Pinoh and Pontianak West Kdimantan Indoneaia

Rev. 2nd Mrs. F. R. Whetzel

Rev. 2nd Mrs. J. Vzn Patter Miss Lil,lian Marsh Miss Margaret Kemp Miss A. E. Le Roy

Rcv. and Mrs. M, C. Allen (Assistant to Board Representative f o r West Kalimantan)

Rev. and Mrs. H. N. Rankin

Rev. and Mr, Gordon Chapman

At home . . . , . .on furlough

Rev. and Mrs. R. R, Rudes Rev. H. A. Dixon Rev. an,d Mrs, J. C. Meltzer Rev. and Mrs. J: A. Mouw Miss M. Sheneman Rev, and Mr5. J. R. Schisler

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