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ROLAND
R I P PLES
May
Augus t 1985
Vo l . 1 4 No .
The
Tra in ing I n s t i t u t e gradua t ion
was Apr i l
21 s t
wi th Bro .
Kangaloo
br ing ing
a
c ha lle ng e in
h is
message
on W orld Evangel ism . B ro .
B.
E.
Ge t t e r
d e l i v e r e d
th e
c h a r ge t o
th e g ra du ate s.
Wil l iam
handed
ou t
certificates
t o t h e
m en
and let
ters
to
the
wome n . E a c h
of the
stu
den t s
was g iven a gift
o f
books .
A fte r th e
g ra du a tio n d in n er
all
were f r e e to d e p a r t
fo r
home o r
p la c e s o f summer
s e r v i c e . And
we
Rolands p r epa r ed t o l e a v e
fo r th e
cooler climate of
M u s s o o r i e .-
In th e Himalayan f o o t h i l l s we had
some o f
th e
3
r s r e s t r e l a x a t i o n
r e cupe r a ti on as well a s
t ime to do
some o f th e
work
we
t ook
a long .
Revis ing
and r e f i n ing commentary
notes
on various b o o k s of the
Bib l e co r r e spondence and o t h e r
nece s s a r y bus iness kep t us busy .
Af t e r
a
coup le o f
months
t h e r e
we
headed back
to
Bi l a spu r .
We have to
change
t r a ins in
Delh i
so
s tayed
t he re over the
4th
of July
to a t t end th e ce lebra t ion held a t th e U.S. Embassy. In a l l th e yea r s we
have been
in Ind ia l a s t
year was
the f i r s t
of these
we
have a t t ended and
we
were
happy
to
t ake it
in aga in
t h i s yea r . They p l ay games have
r a c e s
pony r ides fo r the ch i ld ren
and hot dogs and
hamburgers with
cold
dr inks
fo r
s a l e .
Later t h r ee
Marines
p resen t th e C olors and it
i s
a thrill to
see
the Stars
and
Str ipes which
i s
seldom
seen
here . There
i s
th e sing in g
of the
Nat ional Anthem
and
a
m essa ge from
Pres iden t
Reagan i s r ead . Then
a
speech by
th e
Ambassador
i s
fo l lowed a t dusk by f i reworks .
As our
t r a in
neared
Bi laspu r
we
saw
ev idence
o f
good
r a in s
and
l ea rned
on a rr i v a l t h a t
th e
Monsoon
had
s t a r t e d
a bou t a
week earlier
It was a
p l e a s an t s u rp r i s e
as
t h ings were green and much coo le r
than
when
we left in
April . Rains have continued quite regularly ever s ince keeping the
temper
a tu re around
80 and humidity around 90.
With
fans it i s
qu i te comfor tab le .
Drying
laundry and keeping
things
from
moulding a re problems.
On
Sunday
th e
day
a f t e r we
a r r i ved
th e church
se rv ice
was longer
than
usual .
Some
of the teen age boys sang s ev er al s pe ci al numbers accompa
nied
by
drums
tambourine e tc . Then
there was a
long
sermon. Jus t before
th e
end of
the se rv ice a young man came
running
in
th e
door
and down th e
a i s l e up
to
the
pulpi t asking for protect ion from
those
pursuing him. Jean
was s i t t ing near the back
door
and saw
severa l young
men
approach so went
ou t
and
asked
them
p lease
to
no t
i n t e r r up t
o ur w orsh ip
s e rv i c e
bu t
wai t
outside
un t i l it
was
f in ished. They said they were
a f t e r the
young
man
be
cause he had run o ff with t he i r money. After the
benedict ion
they were de
termined to take the
young
man with them by fo rce .
Then
we no t i ced
t h a t
he
had about
a
four
inch
cu t
through
h is c lo th in g
and
f lesh near h is
shoulder
b lade which was bleed ing . We r e a l i z ed t h i s was a s er io u s in cid en t and it
would
be dangerous to l e t him be taken by those who
were bent
on revenge.
When we p ointe d out th e
cu t
the
others
sa id
nothing had
happened to him
ye t .
sa id
it was
a
case
fo r the
po l i ce . Jean
got a r icksha
and rushed
to
the pol ice s ta t ion to repor t and ask
for help .
The church
men
s tayed
to
preven t
the
pursuers from fo rc ib ly tak ing the
young man. When th e pursuers
rea l ized the police
would
come soon
they
made a
hasty
re t rea t .
The pol ice
came and presumably took the young man fo r trea tm en t a t th e
hosp i t a l
and
probably had
him
r epo r t h is s t o r y . We do no t know what th e outcome was bu t
have hea rd
t h a t he was i nvo lved wi th th e w ife o f
one
o f
th e
a s s a i l a n t s . When
the young
man
f i r s t ran
down
the a i s l e Jean thought he was a no th er c ra zy
pe r son
un t i l
she saw
h is pu r su e r s .
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We wrote in th e A p r i l
news le t t e r
abou t
Michael La l l ,
headmaster
a t Si t apu r ,
t
now '
appears as though
he
deliberately quit taking |
his medication
so
his symptoms would re-occur |
and he would be taken home. He had
evidently
i
registered
to take a college government exam. I
I t wouldn t look good on
his
record i f he I
just
quit his
job at
highschool exam
time
to
' ^ I
take the college
exam. As soon
as
he got
home
I
he evidently resumed his
meds
and improved _ I
enough
to
take the
exam. Or
perhaps
he was . I
only
pretending to be
crazy again. He
has
t
no t r e t u rn ed to
t ake
ove r h is
work
in
S i t a pu r
B
now t h a t s choo l
i s
in
s e s s i on
a g a i n . t is so
m
sad that so many dishonest
methods
are used ^ I
to further one's
ends.
^
Ajee t ,
th e bache lo r g rad o f l a s t Apr i l ,
i s
helping with typing up Hindi notes for Will- JB
iam. He is working at this
full-time now
un- ^
til th e e v a ng e l i s t i c program i s
a r r anged
fo r
him
and
Mr. Kanga loo .
He
wi l l be he lp ing
he r e
l a t e r , a l s o , between mee t ings . Resu l t s still a I u
j?
aren t
out on
the
government typing
exam
but
i v '
Ajee t i s doing
wel l .
t keeps Wil l iam busy t o
have
work
t r an s l a t ed
and
ready
fo r A jee t
t o
t ype .
He i s us ing a f i ve
yea r
o ld
machine which needs r e p ai r s q ui te o fte n . Wil l iam i s a l so t each ing
him
to
d o the
n e e d f u l
when ev e r there is a
b r e a k d own .
The re a re se ve ra l
r e a son s
fo r th e de l ay
in s t a r t i n g
th e e v a ng e l i s t i c o r
r e v i v a l meet ings
in
th e a rea
churches . The mon soon
season
i s a poor t ime
to
t r a v e l .
Of t en
br idges a r e ou t
and
buses o r
t r a i n s
a re
de l ayed o r r e r o u t ed .
t i s hard
to
g e t
peop le ou t to mee t ings when they
have
t o wade in
wate r
o r
mud.
Also ,
when
Mr.
Kangaloo
was
r e t i r e d
f rom th e Rai lway
Area Church
he
had to
vaca te
th e pa r sonage , so he has
had
to spend ex t r a t ime
bu i ld ing
h is
own house . He j u s t
r e cen t l y f i n i shed
a sma l l
th ree- room bu i l d i ng ,
which
he
had
to
s upe r v i s e
c l o s e l y
to
be
su r e
th e
work
was
done
p rope r ly
and
wi th
t h e
r i g h t
ma t e r i a l s . One canno t t r u s t
l a bo r e r s
t o be
hon e s t , b u t has to watch
con s t a n t l y .
Then
t h i s Augus t , s ho r t l y
a f t e r th e
house
was
comple t ed , h is
wi f e took
s i c k ,
and he
has had
t o spend
much
t ime wi th
h e r .
At first it
appeared
to
be a he a r t a t t a c k , bu t l a t e r
seems
it
i s
j u s t
from anx ie ty
pa r t l y
due to Mr. Kangaloo s
r e t i r emen t
wit ho ut p en sio n or means of
suppo r t . The i r two o l d e r
g i r l s
a re
working ,
one
a
nurse ,
and
one
a t e a che r .
They
a re
l i v i ng on t h e i r incomes , and have b u i l t th e house from t h a t , t o o .
The son took s t enograph ic t r a i n i n g , bu t f a i l ed
th e
government
exam,
so has
no
j ob .
Hindi sho r thand
i s
e spec i a l l y
d i f f i c u l t .
Many have to t ak e
th e
exam
s eve r a l
t imes
be f o r e
t h ey p a s s ; o r
pay a b ig b r i b e to g e t th e certificate
Even i f
one
passes
it
i s usua l l y hard to
g e t
a
job
unless t h e re i s a f r iend
o r r e l a t i v e in th e o f f i c e , o r he g ive s a b r i b e .
Mrs, Kangaloo, Miriam, was
an
orphan given
to J e an s Mother ,
Dr.
J oe na Rot he rme l, when
Miriam was about two
year s
o ld . Please pray
t h a t
she
may
have he r
mind s t ayed on
God,
who
wi l l then keep her in p e r f e c t peace . Also ,
pray t h a t
su i t ab l e
employment may be
found fo r t h e i r
son Jose s .
Thei r
o ld e s t
daugh t -
ment ioned in
Ap r i l who had
been
badly
burned . She
has
recovered and
i s
t each ing
aga in ,
fo r
which
we a re
thankfu l
to God, and to
you who were
f a i t h f u l
in pray ing fo r
he r .
i ^ J Abhimanyu, the
April
graduate
who
is
now
ft . WBSSiw I working
with
the Raipur Church, seems
to
be
do-
Abhimanyu
Basanti, daughter ^ work.
Since
going there
in May
he
Shashi Prabha, sons Ashish immersed one couple. The las t
we
heard an-
Kumar on right Masth Prakash other person was ready for baptism and may
have
been
bap t i s ed
by now. Abhimanyu and h i s wife
were still
Hindus
when they en r o l l e d in
the
i n s t i t u t e .
He
was eager
to
learn and had many quest ions .
He was
d i l igen t
in
search ing
th e s c r i p t u r e s ,
and
has a keen mind as w e l l as
i n t e r e s t .
His
wife ,
Basan t i ,
was completely
i l l i t e r a t e ,
but no t
unin te l l i gen t .
She
learned
to read and
wr i t e
qu i t e wel l , and l ea rned many
Chr i s t i an p r inc ip l e s
and much
doc t r i n e .
In s p i t e o f he r l a ck o f educa t i on sh e shou ld no t be
a drawback
t o
h e r hu sband s
s e r v i c e .
She
seems
to
be
ve ry
c on s c i e n t i o u s
and
commi t t ed .
P le a s e pray fo r t h i s fam ily as th ey s e r v e th e Lord .
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Fur lough plans a re still very i nde f i n i t e . Having had only
one
three-month
and one two-month v i s i t to the Sta tes in 10
years ,
we a re beginning to fe e l
the need
of
a
longer
fur lough. However,
Indian
Government regula t ions may
make
it
impossible .
There
i s
some
indica t ion
t ha t
only
three-month
re turn
v isa s a re
being
i s sued . We do no t want
to l eave
now unle ss we
have
t h a t
as
su r ance
o f
be ing ab le
to
r e t u r n . We would l i k e t o be in th e
S t a t e s when Pau l
and family are on fur lough. But they a re planning a winter
v i s i t ,
and we a re
no t
su re we can endure
win te r weather a f t e r be ing
used to th e
mild
and
ho t
weather of Ind ia .
So
t en t a t i ve plans are for
th ree
months dur ing the
summer
of
1 9 8 6 .
have been working recent ly on
bringing
our
mail ing list up to da te .
There a re many people and churches on th e list from whom we haven ' t heard
fo r many yea r s . We
want to
con t inue t o send news l e t t e r s t o
all who want
t o
r ece ive .
But we
want
to be sure
you a re receiv ing ,
and want
to cont inue
to
r ece ive , so the
Lord ' s money
won t be wasted . So, we have a SPECIAL REQUEST-
if
you
have
not
communicated
with
us
in
some way
recent ly
please
wri te
and let us
know
if
you
want
to
con t i nue to r e c e i v e ou r
news l e t t e r s
o r no t .
I f you send word
to
our Kansas address , j u s t a postcard
wi l l
do.
would
be
most happy to
ge t
a l e t t e r from you in
Ind ia .
For t h a t
you should
use an-
aerogramme,
and our
new
Ind ia address ,
as
mentioned l a t e r .
have pr in ted
an
up- to -da te information bookle t . I f you would l i ke a copy p le as e re qu es t
t
Speaking
of
mailit
continues
to be
a
problem: lost
mail ,
mail opened
and
r esea led ,
l e t t e r s torn open, and much t ha t we know
o f j u s t
not de l ive r
ed.
The
loca l
Post Master has
suggested
the post
bag
system
as
a
poss ib le
he lp ,
so we
have app l i ed
fo r
and
r ece ived a Pos t Bag
Number.
In
all
cor re s
pondence
to Ind ia
now,
please
use our new ma ilin g a dd re ss
as
noted
below.
How
g rea t i s th e love th e F ath er has l av i shed on
us ,
t h a t
we
should be
ca l led chi ldren of God And tha t i s
what
we are , 1 John
3:1.
Thank
you
for
j o in ing with us
to
make t h a t love
known
in In d ia .
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Our U. S . A dd ress : 521
Pop la r
S t . ; La
Cros s e ,
KS 67548 . Plea se
make
checks
payab le
to
th e F i r s t Chr i s t i a n
Church , wi th
' I nd i a
Miss i on
Fund '
on
t h e memo
line
Our new
Ind ia
mai l ing add res s :
Pos t Bag No.
2
Bi l a spu r ,
M.P.
495 001
I N D I A .
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Shivmangal , a former g r a d u a t e from a
v i l l a g e n e a r h e r e
where o u r
s t u d e n t s
were g o i n g
f o r
s e r v i c e s on L o r d s Days , h a s t a k e n
o v e r
t h e work o f t h e C h i r -
m i r i
Church.
He was a good
s t u d e n t , b u t seems t o
be very t imid and needs a
l o t of growth in c on fid en ce . P l e a s e pray t h a t he may
a l s o t r u s t
God t o help
him
and
n o t become d i s c o u r a g e d , b u t may b o l d l y preach and t e a c h t h e
Word.
You
h a v e
p r o b a b l y
b e e n
l e a r n i n g o f
t h e t u r
m o i l , t e r r o r i s m ,
and
many
p r o b l e m s
i n t h i s
l a n d .
We wonder w hat
t h e
outcome
w i l l
b e ,
b u t
we a re c o n fi d e n t t h a t
Almighty God,
r u l e r o f
t h e u ni v er s e , i s i n
c o n t r o l .
He w i l l
b r i n g
a b o u t His
w i l l
u l t i m a t e l y .
W h a t the
r e a s o n
o r r e a s o n s re
we
d o
n o t
know,
b u t t h i s u n r e s t
and
m a t e r i a l i s m may
have
some
b e a r i n g on t h e
f a c t
t h a t we
h a v e
no s t u
d e n t s e n r o l l e d
i n
t h e
I n s t i t u t e t h i s y e a r .
There
i s s tu d e n t u n r es t
i n
so
many
o f t h e
s e c
ul r
institutions
S t u d e n t s
w a n t to r u n
t h i n g s , c h e a t on exams,
and
o th er t h in gs o f
this k i n d . M o s t o f o u r students h a v e b e e n
a b o r i g i n a l t r i b e s - p e o p l e . Now t h e
government
i s g i v i n g them many
s p e c i a l
p r i v i l e g e s which
i s c a u s i n g some of t h e s t u de nt
a g i t a t io n ,
so
t h e y a r e more
a n d
more i n t e r e s t e d i n
t h e
m a t e r i a l is m
v il ble
William
6
Ajee t
mimeographing
study m a t e r i a l s
in
Hindi
Since
we have no
c l a ss es t h e r e
i s
t ime t o work on t r a n s l a t i o n and g e t t i n g
material ready for
p r i n t i n g
in Hindi. There
i s
such a
der th
of Bible study
m a t e r i a l i n
Hindi
t h a t t h es e th in gs
w i l l
be u s e f u l in t h e
churches .
So,
f o r
t h e
t ime
being
t h i s
w i l l be
o ur emp ha sis .
Henki
and
Mary
E s t h e r
our
d a u g h t e r
and
t h e i r two
boys
c o n t i n u e
t h e i r
work f o r C h r i s t i n Belgium i n s p i t e o f some p h y s i c a l
h a r d s h i p s
and i l l n e s s .
They have r e j o i c e d
in
witnessing or p a r t i c i p a t i n g
in
s e v e r a l baptisms r e c e n t
l y .
One
was an
e l d e r l y
f r i e n d wih
whom
they
have
been
working
and praying
for
y e a r s .
Occasional ly
t h e r e
a r e
discouragements as s o m e f a l l away
o r
b a c k s l i d e .
C h a r l e s and Mary and
son
still l i v e i n B a l
t i m o r e , b u t
t h e y d o n t
keep us up t o d a t e on
their ctivities
David and Glenda and
t h e i r two
boys
l i v e
n e a r L i n c o l n ,
XL a n d
a r e a c t i v e i n o n e o f
t h e L i n c o l n c h u r c h e s . They have had t h e
thrill
o f w it n es si n g
t o
a
young
couple
f o r
whom Glenda
baby sits
The w i f e has
a c c e p t e d
C h r i s t and
been
b a p t i z e d by David.
Ajeet with cycle and new
Post
Bag
ready t o bring the mail
Paul
and
Helen
and
t h e i r son and daughter have been
i n
Uruguay now f o r
about two years. They
are
working with other miss ionar ies there and have won
a b o u t 25
t o
C h r i s t . They, t o o , have
e x p e r i e n c e d some
s o r r o w a s
some
o f t h e
c o n v e r t s have f a l l e n
away,
w a n t i n g t o c o n t i n u e t o l i v e
i n
s i n i n s t e a d o f
making C h r i s t Lord of t h ei r l i v es . They have been able to
r e n t
a bu ildin g in
the c i t y
for worship
s e r v i c e s
and o f f i c e
space; f a c i l i t i e s which they expect
t o
be
o f
much
h e l p i n
t h e work.
Three o f our
seven
g r a n d c h i l d r e n have
r e c e n t l y
a c c e p t e d
C h r i s t and been
baptized
i n t o
Him
This
gives
us
much
joy
and
we
request
your
prayers for
a l l
of
t h e m .
e have
been working
on t h i s n ew sle tte r fo r
several weeks. Here it
i s Sep
tember
16
and we are still
a t
it
But the
delay makes it p o s s i b l e
t o
include
a
r e a l l a s t
minute news f l a s h j u s t today we got word
t h a t
permission to s t a y
in India
has
been extended
for another year Jean was
getting
ready to
go
to
Bombay
to take care of
some
work. William
went t o
the r e g i s t r a t i o n
o f f i c e
t o
r e p o r t J e a n s intended d e p a r t u r e . The
o f f i c e r
s a i d ,
b r i n g
your
r e s i d e n t i a l
permit,
too, the order for
your extension
of s t a y
has
come
through. e
have
t o apply
f o r the
ren ew al each
year
i n
February ,
so
t h e e x t e n s i o n
i s
up t o
February 4,
1986.
When permission
i s
being
refused
for so many t h i s i s
very
welcome n e w s ,
a n d
we t h a n k God f o r it
8/11/2019 Roland William Jean 1985 India
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Bilaepur INDIA; November 28^ 1985
Deiar Friends
What be t t e r way to spend par t
of
Thanksgiving Day than
to
thank yon
f r i ends
who
a re iastr t iments o f
God
i n supplying th e
needs
o f
the
work
here*
A primary need
i s to be upheld in
prayer
before th e throne
o f
Graoe*thank-
you fo r doing
tha t
so
f a i th fu l ly . Also we
are
thankful
fo r the
f inaneial -
help we rece ive. L ette rs
o f
encouragement and news
from
you a re g re at ly
apprec ia ted.
We thank God for the privilege
of serving
in th is great land of
idols
and paganism, where
we
can carry the
message
of a living, loving attd |ldWer3je
to
attend. The convention was
held
here
in Bilaepur; a t the
Railway.
Area
phurch. .Xt
v;as
one.
of.
the.
best
such meets
we
have
had.
The maiu speaker
Waif Silas Skka. He is a converted
Roman
Catholic who taught for
some
time
in^
the
^iespur
SenKLhary. He
and his wife are
now
working toward
taking
over ihe BargUja work when
Getters
do .have
to ieave.
William taught
the
convention adult
class
each mornihg.
l^lnted
notes
for
the lessons on
^d
Chris t and mankind , and oh Fi r s t
Peter ,
were handed
out .
Many
have
ex
pressed
appreoijation
for them.
On
October 20
we
and
Ajeet
were in
Raipur where Abhimanyu i s
min^ter -
ing. Ajeet led the worship service auid
William preached.
Afte r th e
service
we
went out about
5
miles to
v i s i t a
group tha t holds services
in a.
vi l lage
home.
They were
just
finishing
their
service
but
asked
Abhimanyu
to spook*
He gave
em
excellent impromptu message on the plan
of
salvation. So
the
Lord continues to
provide oppo rt un it ie s t o
serve and witness .
At
th i s
time of . thanksgiving,
and
rejoicing we
remember
Godso loved
the
world
t ha t
He sent His one
and
only Son. . . . Bay.
the
Chris t
of
Christ
mas f i l l you
with
many good things;..during th i s season and throughout
the
New
Tear. May we ever give Him the honor; and service He expects, and deserves.