Noel Mike Joann 1984 Korea

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Mike

J o a n n

No

s i Country:

Knroa

Subject:

min i s t ry

After serving two

years

In Taejon, Korea with

the

C. Y. Kim

family*

Mike

and

Joann Noel have returned

back

home. Their plans are

to

be

in

the states on a

years^

furlough beginning September, I984.

And

then,

to

go on to the Phillipines where they have been

asked to

.help

with a home

bible study

and discipleship program.

At

th is time, the

e x a c t l o c a t i o n

h a s

n o t been d e c i d e d S e v e r a l a r e a s a r e

be ing

p r a y e r

fu l ly considered. The Noels can be contacted a t RD

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Vaa/i P/Uznck,

HoAt

Itii

aiAzady been

ooeA

a

month

and a

kaZ^

6tncz m

got

back

tn

the

6tate6, I

can t

beiteoe

t t

We ve aimo6t

gotten settled down again,

and

it 6

a wondeAûZ ieetingl We ioand a place

to

itay tn one oi Hike ancle i

hoate jutt ap

the Aoad

iAom ht6 ôlk6, and we got a good dea.1 on a uêd coA

Sowe Ae

a lt

6et, On the way

home

to

Penny^lvanta, we weAe able to meet

ouA

Âtend KeAAi

Aug^baAgeA

and

attend

the National liU tonaAy Convention

togetheA, We had a gAeat time o^ ^haAlng and fellowship with otheA fellow

misslonoAles.

What a welcome home foA

us We also

had

the

oppoAtanlty

to

visit with

Va Vloyd ClaAk

while theAe. Thxit was a Aeal tAeat, and, of coaAse,

we ve enjoyed oua family Aeartlons heAe and In HoAth CaAollna.

Ou last

few months

In

KoAea

wzAe physically and emotionally dAolnlng.

y the tune we left , I was sick with a cold and we weAe both woAn oat. In

between packing and get-togetheAs, fUke and I continued

to

maintain

ouA

busy

schedules. Uiae was able

to

teach some extAa Bible stuxiles ovza the

sumeA

bAeak. He

taaght t/Jo new gAoaps One was

made

ap of medical school students

who weAe InteAested In

medical

missions, And the otheA was a unlveAslty

English Aeadlng dab.

We

aAe

so

thankful

foA those

oppoAtunltles

to

positive

ly

Influence these yoang

people s

lives. VlffeAent ones fAom a ll

of

ouA gAoaps

continue to

encouAage

us by waiting

lettens

and shaAlng thelA gAowlng

faith,

1

know many

of you aAe anxious to heoA

about

oua

tAlp.

Well, we, along

with Debbie Han, mlsslonoAy

In Seoul, weAe Invited

by Eldon

Potts,

VlAectoA of

ChfUst to the Nations,

to

join 15 otheA Amealcans [mostly mlnlsteAs) In the

Phllllplnes

two

weeki In

Jane,

19S4 foA

a cAusade.

We

spent the

flAst

week

teaching

at

a Leadetushlp TAolnlng

SemlnaA

In

Ceba

Bible

SeminoAy.

Hike

taught

the

lessons on gAace

to

a ladles class, and I taught the same gAoap of women

on the subjects lAue Beauty, Submission, and Hdpmate. At

night

simul

taneous evangelistic meetings

weAe held In aAea

chuAches, So, we divided

Into

teams and tAaveled

to

a

diffeAent chuAch

each

night

pAovldlng

t he special

music

and

the

message. The second week. Hike and I

weAe

asked

to visi t

thAee

diffeA

ent

woAks

In O moc City [Bantiles

family),

Bagulo City [PAanclsco family), and

ToAlac City [RutheAfoAd family) ,

a ll

In need of a mlsslonoAy couple to teach

Bible and begin a discipleship pAogAam. We have pAoyeAfully consldeAed thelA

Aeqaests,

as well

as

the needs,

and have

decided

to

AetuAn to the

Phllllplnes,

ioAd wilting,

next

fal l if985. At this

time,

we don t know exactly which loca

t ion

we wil l go to


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Some people have, a^k^d u)hy we we^e t going back to

Kokoji.

We, we ahz

tKying to iotlow

God*^

cLUtLction in ouA UvTlj-^Box4l5T--batAobe,

Pennsylvania 15650 {412] 537-2088.

OuA ioAwoAding

agents CoAAy and Vicki

SheiileA can

be contacted

at

512 Mace StAeetj GAeensbuAg Pennsylvania 15601

{412} 832-3177.

SinceAely youAs,

Joann an d Mike H oel


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Our

Dear

Priends

and

Supporters ,

I'm sure some of

,youSlS4ê

asked,

What

has ha

No6ls? Wfe haven t h e a r d f r o C them

i n

sooo l ong

th^t

i t

has been a while sihde we. sent our

last

newsletter, and

I am sorry to have kept you waiting and wondering. Hopefully,

ll be able to f i l l

you

in on a l l that has been going oh

here

sinoe last

summer. Oh

my

That was a long

time

ago, wasn t i t?

Maybe a look

at

our present

sohedulf.will

help give you an idea

o f what we ve been doing with our

t ime.

M i k e s

S c h e d u l e

Mon.-Thurs.,

9-^^,

Mike goes

to

the

seminary; works

in

the

office

scheduling

appointinents

for

the Mobile Medical

Unit; writes,

calls

o r v i s i t s

d e n t i s t s

o f f i c e s and m i n i s t e r s

homes to ask

them f o r

their

helo; buys supplies and of course goes along with the MMU when

i t ^ ^ o ^ -out-i:~^

(Poir

anrar t icTe

on-^the

Medicad

Mise ionyôontaet^ our^^

fbrwardlhg

agents.). Mike also

studies

Korean

with his

Ihterpretor.

Mon. 7-9 P.M., we go to the Kim's house for a mission s meeting.

Thurs. 7-? P.M., Mike teaches English Bible in our

home to

6-12

univers ity s tudents .

(Some have

graduated

and have

served

in

the

Arijpy,already.)

Most

are

growing

Christians.

Pri . ,

the

day is

spent

preparing

lessons and ourselves

fpr the fol

lowing week. Soon,;Mike

may s t a r t teaching English Bible to

a

group

o f

medical

s t u d e n t s

on

F r i d a y

n i g h t s .

Saîurday afternoon, Mike meets with the Thursday

night

group for

a time

o f f el lowship

and

sharing.

Sunday, we

t r a v e l

to the count ry churches.

Mike

preaches

with

an

interpreter, and we

sing.

We usually leave

home

at 9:30 in

the

morning and sometimes d o n t g e t back u n t i l

'frOO

My

S c h e d u l e

' ^

Men., 11-1, I teach Eng lis h B ib le t o f i v e women.

TUes., 11-12, I take a

Korean

lesson. Prom 2-^, I teach a group

o f l a d ie s t h e

l e s s o n s

on g r a c e .

Wed.,

11:30-12,

I teach

English a t the Bible

Kindergarten. 3:30-^:30,

r v i s i t

t h e

P i e r c e Baby Home w i t h Mike, and

Vick i

J o n e s .

Thurs. , 11-12,

I

take

a

Korean lesson .

Prom

1-2 ,

t h e r e i s a

Bible

Study w i t h a KCA t e a c h e r .

Saturday

a f t e r n o o n

w h i l e

Mike

meets

w i t h

t h e

guys, I

meet

w i t h

t h r e e

g i r l s .

Two

o f

them

a r e

v e r y

f a i t h f u l

i n

B ib le s t u dy

a t t e n d a n c e

and have shown much interest ,

but s t i l l

a r e n t

ready

to make a t o t a l

commi tment

t o C h r i s t .

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Also,

there's

cooking, cleaning,

washing,

writing letters

and

articles,

Sometimes even a newsletter ), getting together with friends, allowing

time

for

each

other

and ourselves, and just simply taking i t easy

^

The

Bible studies have brought a great deal of joy and fulfill

ment

to

our

l ives. We're

focusing,

alot

of.

our attention now

on

with

good

r esu l t s .

Let

me

share

some

comments

with

you

from

two of our nonohristian students. Mrs.

Im,

one of the women

I teach says, I

like

Buddah,

his teachings are

good

and wise; but

I

like

Jesus iiiore

sind

think one day I

will

fol low only

Him.

These

J want to re^d the Bible and see an old testament. (Since

that time, she'has been given two Bibles.). How can I get living

water? (This

was after

the

lesson

on the woman at the

well.) Mr.

Han, one of the s tudent s Mike teaches, Thank you for your teaching.

They

are

seeking and finding _

Some of you

may

have already

heard, but to make it officialYes

we

plan to

^return

home (PA that is ) in

the

fall of

this

year

forward

to

seeing

a l l of you

and

sharing

maryr things

cnat

God^

h^s

laid

on

our

hearts.

Your

support

has meant

so

much

to

us. Sometimes we've

fe l t lonely

and even afraid, but are always

Is

someone, somewhere,

l i f t ing us

up apd

our needs

daily in, pp^yer. greatly

appreciate

that. I t s so good to be

loved by

God

and YOU

Fai:|./Winter '83 highlights;

Floyd Clark from

JBC was

our very

special

guest here

in

Taejoii.

During his stay, he lectured on church

leadership at

the seminary.

John, the

Kim's new son, was baptized

I

was

siok with

tonsil i t is

over

Thanksgiving.

All

our

missionaries

gathered

at the

Kim's

for the

celebration.

They

sent

a

plate of

food

over , v ia Mike

Cliristmas was very meaningful

because

it was shared with inany Korean ~

f r i e n d s .

Th i s y e a r

group from our seminary and KCA put

together

a program

of singing and clowning, and went to the Taejon Juvenile Delinquent

Boys'

Home.

got a very favorable response. Also, in January, a

fflrl

from Eden Orphanage

star ted

coming

to

see

us

one

weekend

out of the the month#

Young

Shim has become an important

part

of

our lives and we're very thankful for this opportunity.

During the Korean school's winter break,

Mike

taught the lessons on

grace

to his

regular

Bible

study group and

to

the

jr-sr

high youth

group in the

vi l lage

we stayed in l a s t summer.

Marc|i

7th was

our

third

wedding

anniversary

This spring,

we

were blessed by a

visit from

Harry Bblan, a

new

member of

the

Monroeville PA Christian

Church.

He had been sent to

-Beoul-on^usiness.

ancUcame down to Tflejen- tQ flee_j^ay^

Now, we're

caught

up for the time being that is 'The summer months

ahead

look

l ike busy ones since the

Kims

will be . in the

states

on a

three

month furlough.

In June we

are

traveling

to the Philippines to

be a part of a two week

revival sponsored by Christ

to

the Nations.

Mike will

be preaching

and

we

are looking forward to

witnessing

to the people

there.


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Before I I d. l ike to highly recommend some

good books

to read.

You l l

never be

th e

same

a f t e r

r ead ing them.

If

I

Perish,

by

Ester

Ahn Kim

Ahn

Ei Sook) 1977

Moody Press.

She

was

imprisoned and

tortured

by

the Japanese for refusing to

bow

down

to

th e

sh r i n e o f

th e

emperor .

The

Persecutor

by Sergei Kourdakov 1973

Fleming

H. Revell Co.

He

was

murdered by the communists

after

he became a

Christian

and

denounced Moscow government

policies.

He

was formerly the leader

of a KG squad that -led

raids

on Russian Christian meetings during

B r e s h n e v s t ime s .

Moments w i t h

Mike

I t has become apparent to me that

i t s

not

very

hard to f i l l our

daily schedules with plenty of act ivi t ies , I also realize that

many times, we have allowed

activities

to be and end in themselves.

In

other

words,

being content in

the fact that

we are

busy and havea

full

schedule.

Many

times,

we

fai l

to

see

how different

activities

r e l a t e to one ano ther in our l i v e s . I t h ink t h a t before a

master

craftsman

weaves a rug, he

gives thought to

a pattern. Then he

begins

weaving different colored

threads

to make

the

pattern

in

his mind.

He doesn t just weave

threads haphazardly,

but chooses and

rejects

threads depending on the

pattern

in his mind. The apostle Paul

uses

t h i s example in ICor. 9: 2^-27.

Paul

speaks here

that we

should

have a purpose in l i f e .

Our

a c t i v i t i e s s h ou l d n t

be

wi t h ou t a im .

We

need to be

l i k e

r unne r s ,

who while training, keeps the

goal

in focus. In chapter 10, Paul

gives us tha t goal ,

So

whether you eat or

drink

or whatever you

do, do

i t a l l

to

the

glory

of God, I Cor.

1-:31.

I

think

we

could

a l l learn to be more effect ive in l iving our l ives fo r God s glory.

Instead of jus t

le t t ing

things happen by chance, we

ought

to have a

plan or

a theme for our

l i f e .

With a plan se t

in

our minds on how

we will glorify God, we can pick

and reject

activit ies with regards

to how they

wil l

weave together

in

our lives to achieve

that

goal.

With a plan, our lives would be better organized so that we

could

use

da i ly

ac t i v i t i e s

to

achieve our

goals

ins tead o f a llowin g

a c t i v i t i e s to u se u s . Mike.

**Note Our phone has

changed

to 011-82-^2-73-2557. In case

of

an

emergency, the Kim s can be

reached

at 011-82-i| 2-73-26^6.

Bye

o nn

Forward ing Agent s

M M

Corry

Sheffler M M Mike Noel

512 Mace Btreet P.O. Box 356

Greensburg, P 156OI Taejon, Korea 300

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