Noel Mike Joann 1983 Korea

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Dear FrienBs,

Greet ia^^r The

jaaf ;

o f

th e

horn inp '

Calin

\ 'e have so much t o tell

ou

t h a t

^- Q harri ly hrtov' '^V.-ere

to

berin.

Back

in the ea.r'iy

part of

jeotemher,

vre f ina l ly ra ised a l l of

our

surpor

or Korea, and af te r almost tv.'o years of olannins-r and preparat ion,

v./e

were ab

o

s e t September ( Joarn ' s bir th t lay)

as oi.ir depar tu re da te . Cn th e .Sunday

we l e f t ,

hike

ha-^ the p r i v i l e ge o f bar^tizlnf- h is Grandmother and Aunt ,

a

Goinp away p r e s e n t

that t-'as I

we had an 11,^-

>>ou ^ flif''ht

to

-êoul

from

Sea-ttle,

and we didn't have any

c lea r ing

cus toms , We i^rere

off ioa ' l ly

welcomed by

th e

seminary

s tuden t

d f ac u'. lt y, and a l so by the

area

Churchee of Chr i s t . One preacher

t rave led

hours

to

welcome as

J

.Mthin

ou r

first

week

and.

a

Vialf fou.nd

and

move

an apartment, purchased fu.rnishiri>v:s to set up housekeeninfy, opened a ban

obtained

a post office box and .--ôt a. phone, be were'Ok ft

(extremely busy ) God ha,s

surely

supplied

a l l

our needs

'- e

have

g f ive rooin apar tment

X -iibh

e l e c t r i c i t y and

runn lne

v-'ater.

I t i s

a ten

mi/'cjbe walk_frpm

_hhe. *,s _.hojr_e. _The _heat

and

hot. wate r

a re

only

on

i n

th e moinninms

and

even ing s . Vie need to b o i l wa t e r

fo r

dr inkir .p

nd c o o k i n k .

be've

seen the

old, alonm with the new since

we've

been here. Taejon is

ne

sixph lar^'^.est

c i ty

in

douth

Korea. I t

has the

ty pica l hu stle b us tle of

t

but cur hearts

are draw.n to

the

calm serenity of

t he count ry side ,

Han

f

the

Koreans

a re

poor

but

they

are

su.ch h.ard

v-'orkers.

be.'i

and

wornen

a l ike

loads

of

d i r t o.rid

rocks

on t he i r

ba,cks, and ent i re famil ies v-, ork every

a l l

day,

fo r

as lon.m as

it

t akes to met

the

r-ice harves ted .

There

'was a

r ice crop tf ' is

year.

Vie can

siarel.v

tes t i fy to th i s , because

we hav

muoh r i ce

s ince

v;e have been here . But we

a re

acQu.lriny: a

t a s t e fo r

food

be a>ê devo:..Inm a . r reat dea l of our t ime to th e

learning,

of th e

Korean

Nrs,

Shin, our

tntor ,

comes every day, I-enday thru Friday for a

ne hour l e s son .

Kany

o f the

f r ' . i s t ra t i

on.s we have ha:i

s ince

cominm to Korea


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ve been

th e barr ier .

We knov r oi.ir

e f fec t iveness

here

deoen'^K

on our

t o soeak

th e

lPin/rv:ap:e.

We

have

alroafl.y v i s i t ed seve ra l of the

country

churches

n i th

G.Y. and the

Seminary Choir .

TVieoe

conpre-ations

are

spiall in

nuniher,

but they love

These

churches

a re

stru. rral inp ' from l ack of funds

and l e ad e r s h i o . Iîuch

e

( f i r i s t i an out reach i s

d i r e c t ed tov/ards th e lar^cer c i t i e s .

Here i s where t

edu-cation and

job onnor tun i t i e s a re . So narcy peoole a re be in r a t t r a c t ed

leaving fev.j

to

carry on

the

vôrk in the country.

This a re a a lre ady

has

olace in our

hea^'^ts. I t

i s honed

tha t

one nay Mi'^ce can t r ave l

to thes

to preach

and

encoura re th e peop le ,

be have been nade to f e e l

t home

he r e . I t i s such

a

comfo r t to know Cod

vîth

us and

you're

bac ^-înr

our work

with von.r

prayers .

I lease pray tha t we

co ntin ue to prow

in Cod's

pcoodness

so

we may share i t with others . Vie kn

was

because

of

God's

Goodness an d

your labors of

love, prayers, and sacr i f i

we

a re

now he r e . For t h e s e t h i ngs we

a re

eve r t h ank fu l .

Please

keep

in touch with us God bless you and keep you. vie miss and l

d e a r l y ,

/Ipprec

l a t e l y ,

Mike

a n d J o a n n

Moe l

K0M. dwr3 IN KO-IRA

I was if) a l i t t l e Korean country church and the only-tViinA^ I could under

was

hollo and t :ooclbye, I couldn't

understand

the words,

but i t

was

beau

to 'near

p eoole o r^ is in p: the Lord

w ith t m es t h a t

I so of t en

sanm

a t chur

v;e

joke

about sta.yinfr

awake th ron mh

sermons,

but

jus t imagine s i t t in

two

hou.rs

of serv ices in

which

you

can t

unvderstand a word As I sa t

durinp; the

Ge?Miion, my

thoughts

be ^ ' an

to

focus

on

rny

surroundings,

I t

wa

real cold morninu : and as hard as I

t r ied ,

I

.couldn't

keep

from shiverinp . T

church

v ja s somev. hat

bi.r-trer than

a.

one car

uarame

back home. I t was ma

concrete, vjlth just a

piece

of

linoleum;

on the f loor. Th^?''e v/ere no

pews

pillows

on t -ê

flocu',

and.

as

I

looked

faround

a t

the

twenty

or

thi^^ty

peop

they d i d n t seem

tr ) be so dis t ac ted by th e colu- as

I

was.

As I

heard

ra t t le I tiemar. to tiilnV -

viell,

since I

can' t

hear a sermon, maybe God

one to me

in

livinp color throu.'dn these people . I s t a r t ed

to

see t ha

th is builiiiri '

may not; have

been as fancy or as

warm

as

a

p:arave

bac v

i t

w n p

indeed a olac : of

worship,

I beyan

to wonder

why they came

to

th

t l . s

morninv.

..d-n*rTy it

wasn t

because of

any

conveniences

exoo>pt t l a

was

vJithln

v. alkin- : dl^-itance. I t sure ly vjould have been more convenient

and

to sta ; au home but

they

came, Try? i

believe

they are committed to th

and thankfu l

fo r the

ways He

has ' rovided,

I

a l so l ea rned

e. littl l a t e r

these, people-yo

to

a service every morninp; at 'tpGO A.M., which coritim.ied

to me a ocjm'r.itinent, I

bep;an to wonfler

how my

commitment

to

the

JjOrd

have been i f I

o.nly ab le

to viorship God in. these

ci rcumstances ,

I a

-w-.i ht of hov/

many

t imes

T

was

never

con ten t o r

tha.nkful

fo r th e thint-cs

I am

blessed w ith . I

wonder

if I have

tu rned

t h e se

b l e s s i ngs i n to

ci' .rses in

myself so often to be committed to

the

money I had,

the

job that prov

toe

money,

tne

he.alt ^ that

allov/ed

me to X /ork, antl even the a,oarbment

tiiat

she l te r

instead

of beiiiT com 'iitted to the one and o'cly b)d .'ho create

Mou knox '

i t

is alxvays wood to hiear God s word tjeing;

prociaimed but

trul.v

j.s

in th e way

v/e l i v e

God's

worxi t h rourh ox.xr

ac t i ons

t .hat

V'.as

th-e

;* rea tes t

io n

Mike

Forv.Tard.i

n r

i ss ionar ies : M/K Mike Goel Ayents: Corry

Sheffle

P.O .

B :>x

35o Mace S t r e e t

vaejon, Vo-'-ea

GOO

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TN

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Dear

F r i e n d s

S p r i n g has s p r u n g and t i s s u c h

a welcome

s i g h t

O f

i n s after our long cold winter We are looking forward

I

t o

s e e i n g

ll

t h e

f lowers

t h a t

w i l l

add

c o l o r

t o

th e

c o u n t r y s i d e a n d . t o t a s t i n g

f r e s h

s t r a w b e r r i e s

t h a t

ripen about th is time of year.

We

are not, however, looking forward

to

getting

less and less hot water as

the

spring weather comes upon

us.

Soon,

we'l l only

have

hot water

on Wednesday

and

Sunday

n ights aga in .

We a r e now well i n t o the

semester

a t the Korea Bible

Seminary.

I am

teaching

a

conversat ional English class to

30

students as well

as

teaching

s imple Engli sh to 60 kindergarten students, Mike has been

teaching

English to some of the staff at the seminary.

You may wonder why

we

are teaching English, Well,

the

Koreans

are

required to study English from middle school through high school, and

some do major

in

English

in

college.

They

mostly

study

grammar,

but

hardly

ever have

an onnortunity to use i t .

One

of the reasons that they

want to

learn the

language is

in the

hope that they will be

hired

as

tour

guides

for

the 1988 Olympics to be held in Seoul, Our

classes

give the Koreans

an opportunity to

practice

the

Eng lish they have

learned- in two way-

c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

Oni O

X ENGLISH This word

we thought of

as a curse, but was

actually

meant as a blessing.

We

have had so

many opportunities to

teach

English that

we f inally

had

to

say,

No

We

don't

have time.

I t

bothered us

that people

kept ask ing

us, and that

we

kept refusing thei r

requests.

All

the while vie were justifying ourselves by thinking, Humph

teaching

English

i s n t why we came to Korea, Then i t occurred to us that

these

were

opportunities

in

which

we

could witness

for Christ,

Not

only

would we

be teaching a language, but more importantly,

we

would be teaching

about God's

l o v e '

Do you remember our

plans

to

become

in vo lv ed w ith

the mobile

medical

unit? Well, the medical work has encountered many

obstacles

along the way.

The

van is equipped with

many

costly

supplies

and equipment, but as

of

yet,

there is no safe place

to

park

i t .

We do not have a garage

to

keep

i t in,

Mike has s t a r t e d p r e a c h i n g every

Sunday

w i t h our

f r i e n d Song Ho, i n t e r p r e t i n g f o r him, I v e

been

p r o v i d i n g t h e s p e c i a l music I

never

sang a s o l o

before

and

I

t hi nk s inging

in

a

foreign

language,

and

i n f r o n t o f s t r a n g e r s makes

t e a s i e r .

We have

a l s o been

t r y i n g

to t r a n s l a t e

some lessons on grace,


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During

February and

March

we

had

a Korean

man,

Mr. You, s t ay ing

wi th

u s . His

home i s

in

In ch on an d

he i s marrie d, w ith

two

ch i l d r en .

He

plans

to attend VJinston Salem Bible College for his BA MA in counseling.

He

t hen

wants t o r e tu rn

and

t e a ch at t h e Korean

Bib le

Semina ry . We

i nv i t ed

Mr,

You

to

s tay with

us during

the

week

so

he can prac t i ce h is

Engl i sh ,

He

i s

a

very

generous

man

and

we

apprecia te

him

very

much.

We

have a lso met

a very

in te res t ing

man from Bangladesh,

His

country

is now closed

to

missionaries, but he hopes

to return

in i j

years after

h is

schooling

i s completed. There is only a 2 populat ion of Christ ians

in h is

count ry

and we would ask t h a t you keep him and h is people in your

prayers

I

have

been

great ly encouraged by at tending

the

Internat ional Chris t ian

Women s Club in Seoul , V e

meet

monthly and

our projec ts

are

to

t rans la te

James, Phillppians, and other devotional material for home Bible

Study,

Here

i s a re cap o f

even t s

s i n ce we

have

been in

Korea:

Oc t o b e r

- We a r r i v ed in

Kor ea ,

November -

We

spent

Thanksgiving with the Kims

and Kerri

Augsberger, fellow

miss ionary)

December

- We t raveled to the MZ with Kerri ,

and spent

Christmas Day with

the K ims ,

J a n u a r y

February - I was

sick

most

of the time, part ly

due

to food and

s t ress ,

March - We

ce lebra t ed

our second

ann iversary on

March

7 th ,

In

the

mon t h s ahead:

June - Ker r i r e t u rn s to

th e s t a t e s

fo r f u r t h e r educa t ion ,

C.Y,

wi l l be

t ra ve lin g to churches s eekin g suppo rt fol^the missions building

p r o j e c t s ,

August - We plan to spend the ent i re month in a

vi l lage

t rying out the

LAMP

Language

Acquistlon Hade

Pract ica l )

method.

V e get to

know

the

language

while g ettin g to know

the

people and the i r

l i fe s ty le

And we

have

an opportuni ty

to

share the gospel. Also - sometime

th is summer, we expect a

v i s i t

from Dr, Clark

of

Johnson Bible

Col l ege .

September

- The Kims

forwarding

agent, Mr, James A,

Janes

wil l vis i t

Korea

for

the

first time

m

Ttppreciate^ Our

first

year will

be

completed before

we

knovj

it

We c a n s e e th e n e e d for u s

to

r ema i n

fo r

another

year o r p oss ib ly two. We f e e l th a t

we

will

n e e d more t im e in o r d e r

to

make o u r

minis t ry

ef fec t ive .

We have experienced much growth, but not without

pain ,

God i s

t r u ly

using

t h i s

t ime

to

mold

us

and

make us , We

c e r t a i n l y

apprec ia t e all

of

your

p raye r s and

concerns

fo r

us

as

we

con t i nue to

min i s t e r

to th e Korean peop l e .

I f we have overlooked anyone

or

f a i l ed to thank you

personal ly

fo r

your kindness,

we apologize . We

sometimes get so in vo lv ed w ith

other

th ings , tha t

we

might have

neglected

our

duty to you. Please bear with

us

as we l earn and grow. I f our

news le t t e r

had a theme, it would most

def in i t e l y be

prayer .

Please keep a l l

of

our minis t r i e s and

reques ts

-in

y o u r

p r a y e r s , - '

I f

we

have any i ncor rec t in fo rmat ion on your

address

l abe l ,

cou ld


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Mike

would

l ike to share a l iv ing

lesson

with you.

It is amazing how much we

are

influenced y spending time

with

others,

I

have found myself

more

than

once

pondering over

f rus tra ting s ituat ions .

During these

times,

i t has become

apparent to me

that

many of the

influences that

helped me

through these situations were biblical truths

that

were instilled,

in me by my father. I t wasn t

that

this training

came

in a formal

time of teaching and I*m not even sure if either of us realized

the

teaching

that

was going on

at the

time I was influenced

by the

way ray

father acted and the things he

did.

I t was his

action

that

gave

value to the

words he

spoke. I t

is

only now

that

I

am beginning

to

re aliz e that i t

is

these values that are

the grea tes t th ing

a

fa the r can ever give

a

son.

I t

is this pov;er of influence that has become

apparent to

me

in

yet another

v. ay

by

my

Korean

friends,

I have

not

learned

to

understand them

in

language,

yet

they

teach

me so

much

by

the i r acuions. The Koreans lack many

material

things that we

rake for

erranted,

and through

th i s , they have

taught me

a

valuable

quality. They have overwhelmed

me

by their dependency

on God

Their p raye r

times seem

to

be

f i l led with

a

sense of

crying

out to God for help. They t rust in God because sometimes

a l l that

they

have to

hold

on to are His promises.

I t

is

not

uncommon to hear of

the

Koreans taking off to

what they ca l l

prayer

mountains . Here they pray and fast from one day to

two months

or

more.

Their

dependency

has t ruly encouraged me to

search

and

ask what ray strongest dependencies are . Sometimes

I

see

myself

re ly ing on my past

accomplishments

more

than

on

God*s

grace,

I

am beginning

to re aliz e that

the

dependency I had

on

my parents

while

growing

up

needs to

be

relearned and applied

to my Chr i s t i an

l i f e ,

I wonder i f t h i s might be one reason

Jesus

said, I

t e l l you

the t ruth,

unless you change

and become

l ike

l i t t l e children you wil l

never

enter the kingdom of

heaven. Mat t ,

18:3

Just vrant you to know tha t we appreciate and

enjoy

reading

your l e t t e r s so much. Thanks

fo r

keeping in t ouch w ith us

Apprec i a t i v e l y ,

Joann

and

Mike

Noe l

issionaries

M/M

Mike

Noel

P.O. Box 356

Taejon,

Korea 3OO

011-82-^2-72-7239

Forward ing

Agen t s :

M/M Corry

Sheff l e r

512

Mace S t r e e t

UETTERS


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Submi t t ed fev.- M ik -ft loann

Nnf ll

Country: g Kg rsa

Subject:

Upda t e

Date: Jul y

As

you^

recall^

they\ioined the

C.Y.

Kim

famiXy^al=

ready

serving

in Taejon,

Korea^

tfe-have-heen-living and working here

now for

over

Is

v l

VV

c

i

nine

months^

A g reat deal of

this time^jhas been

spent in taking

korean

lessons^

teaching

i^^versationf englis^cXasses at Korea Bible Seminary/Kindergarten and

traveling throughout Korea.

We

nave visited many country churches and Mike ha s

preached on

occassion.

Just

recen tly ,

we w en t

out

on

the

Mobile

Medical Unity

ne e

with a d e n t i s t to an o rp han ag e here in town

and once

with another d e n t i s t to

9 -

anearby village. Presently, four

different

^^ble studies are held at

our

apart-

ment. An average

o f

15 t o t a l are in a tt en da nc e w it h

as

many

as

2ti

having

had a t-

u t^ n

tended in the past. Mike teaches two English ;iible studies p

teach bne

women s

y^glish

pible study^ and

a seminary

student teaches one ^orean ja ible

study.

Seven

others have

o r

are being taught Individually

Mike c on ce rn in g G od s

grace.

Many

of these

Koreans

are noh^dhristian or

noncommitted

believers^ but are responding

very well to the

ybrd

as

itar

presented to them. We have already seen changes

t ak e p la ce in

some

of th e ir

liv e s. A ll

th is is fo r

your benefit, so

th a t the

To

report

emergency situations call us collect

at 317) 94 7

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after y ou

have notified

your

forwarding

agents o f th e emergency,

have T H EM c al l

u s c ol le ct .

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