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P A G E
2
GOD S MAN AT BATANG
A n E di to ri al )
This
is a woi-d about my friend
and God s friend, Edgar Nichols
of Batang.
Edgar
is
no t
what one
would call a forceful money-rais
ing public speaker. Mrs. Nichols
IS less so. The Nichols are two of
the very_few of our direct-support
missionaries who do not have regular
living
link support.
Their work at Batang, with that
ot the equally brave Ellis
Backs
lies at the end of a longer and more
expensive journey than any of our
brotherhoodperhaps of any in the
world. They concentrated all their
effort and funds on getting back.
They left four children in school
here in America (Writes Mrs. Nich-
ols concerning 17
children
living
with them in the former Shelton
Memorial
Hospital
Maybe
having
so
many children around
will help
to
compensate fo r Four Children who
ar e n ot here).
I believe tha t Edgar Nichols is
God s man for the workat Batang.
I know that
without
living-link
support he is finding it difficult to
care both for family and mission
>\ork
needs. If you would like to
help send
a gift NOW to them in
c-re of Mrs Arthur H. Schaal. 6709
^lymoutk
Ave. University City 14
Vernon Newland.
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THIRTEEN CONFESS CHRIST
The
following radiogram
was
re
ceived by G ladys Schwake just be
fore
leaving
Kunming.
Thirteen con fessed Chr is t t oday .
Yohan, Yosay,
Alien,
Lad ru , Wh ad -
ren,
Ache's
sister,
Joseph's sister,
others . Send to
S tand a rd and
fr iends.
Edgar Nichols.
Miss Schwake explains Yohan
and
Yosay
ar e two
of
th e
boys who
have been
in
and out
of
my
home
over
a p eriod of
years . Ladru
is a
half blind woman
whom
I took
in
with her starving
child.
You can
fancy what a
lift
this was to me to
have
al l
this
good
news just before
leaving. A
TiTi friend of
Mabel 's
and mine has also
expressed
he r
desire to follow the Lord
an d
I am
anxious to hear if she were among
th e 'others.' Edgar mentions these
names, I am sure, because he
knows
what a
cheer
it would be to
me .
NICHOLS S REACH BATANG
We are in Arrived late in th e
aft er no on of July 5th. How good
to be in
and out
of
th e rain
The
Backs welcomed u s in to their home
until we could r e- es ta bl is h ou r
selves in
our
old quarters in
the
hospital. Brother Back had even
purchased
w ood, f lo ur ,
and other
necessities for
us
before we got
here. Our f riends
had
a
mien
meal
fo r
us and the Backs on th e
eve
ning of our a rr iv al . Some of
them
had been out to look for us daily
before we came. We were delayed
by r ai n a nd
high
water. Most of
our
clothing and bedding and
some
other supplies were
wet,
and
it has
been quite a problem to dry them,
for it
still rains every
day.
There isn't
a
screen
left
on our
windows
or doors, and we have
only a little
wi th
us fo r i t was s ti ll
hard to
ge t when we left Omaha,
and
we hoped ours
would
still be
here. We have our old bedr oom,
kitchen, and dining room. The
bed
room th e girls used
to
have is a
store room at
present.
There
ar e
five
native families,
with
a
total
of
seventeen children,
living
in
the
old
hospital
now.
Maybe this crowding is good. Hav
ing so many
children
a round may
help
to
compensate for FOUR
CHILDREN
who are no t here.
We are happy to be at home
a ga in . T he re
is
much to
do
and
there are many
problems.
Pray
without ceasing,
for
we need your
help.Edgar and Mabel Nichols.
I will
make
all hiy hnouniTalns a way
...Isaiah49ll a}
T
TIBETAN
MISS IONARY
December
1948
GLADYS
S CH W AK E H OM E
ON
FURLOUGH
On November 6th,
Gladys
Schwake l anded in San
Franci sco
fo r
he r much
needed
furlough.
With
her, she
b ro ught l it tl e five
year
ol d
Nathaniel,
whose
parents
deser ted h im becau se of his physi
cal condition. She hopes to have
him in a hospital soon.
She is also
in
great
need of
medical
and
den
ta l care. After th is h as
been
done,
she
will be
available
to speak to
churches and groups of the
work
on
th e Tibetan
border .
Wri te h er direct
at 92 Arkansas St.,
Buffalo,
New
York or to
he r forwarding secretary
if you w ish
speaking
dates.
Finan
c ia l c on tr ib uti on s s ho ul d
bo sent
to
he r
forwarding secretary.
MELBA PALMER AND WILUAM
REES
WED
August 20th, our wedding day,
tu rn ed o ut
beautiful
and
all went
we l l .
Actually
we
were mar ri ed
twice,
all
in
o ne d ay,
so
we
feel th e knot
is tied securely. In order to
make
it legal according to British law, it
was
necessary
to
have a s er vi ce i n
the
British
Consulate .
This
we did
in
t he mo rn in g.
A semi-formal
service
was held
a t the home in th e af ternoon.
Our
clo thes fo r this
occasion were
made
b y C hin ese
tailors
from
mater ia l s
bought
in
Kunming,
and were
much l e ss expens ive
than
w e c ould
have gotten in
America.
The bride 's
dress
was of a
soft
light b lu e s il k
made
in
simple s ty le . Her mai d-of -
honor,
Gladys
Schwake,
and
brides
maid,
Jane
Kinnett, wore silk
dresses
in
tw o shades of sa lmon
color. The
groom
wore
a brown
sui t
and his b ro th er , Dav id Rees,
who
performed
th e ceremony,
wore
grey.
Mel
Byers was
bes t man and
Har
old Taylor
w as
usher .Melba
and
Bi l l
Rec s .
CHINA'S
NEED
The economic condi t ion
of
China
is
certainiy
in a
mess.
I
feel
sorry
fo r th e
poor p eople b ec aus e t he y
are the ones
who s uf fe r.
If only
Ch in a would
get unity But tha t
w ill never com e
u ntil th e
Chinese
people accept Christ as th eir Sav
iour . The f ields a re w hite u nto ha r
vest but
th e
labourers few. Pray ye
th e
Lord of Harves t t h a t he
send
more l ab ou re rs i nt o China .
El l i s
Back .
No . 5
ESCORTING
THE
TWO
CHIAO-SHIHS
The Chinese te rm c hia o- sh ih
r ea lly means the teacher
of a relig
ion. However
along
th e
border
here,
many
people use it
to mean
a
woman
t h a t
is
n o t m a rr ie d.
Th i s is
th e
incorrect
useage.
But my
little
story has to
do
with
escorting two
s ing le women from Paan, and these
wom en a lso
a re te ac he rs
of
th e
only
revealed religion
the
world
has ever knownChristianity.
The
plans of Su
Chiao-shih
(Miss
Glady s Schwake )
fo r some months
had been toward leaving P aa n a nd
going
on her
much
needed fur
lough, although
sh e
continued to
do
her medical work and put
off
pack
ing and c lo si ng her
bus ines s dea l
ing until th e v ery l as t.
The plans
of
Ba Chiao-shih (Miss
Melba
Pal
mer) were
of an
entirely
different
natu re. She
had planned to open
up an orphanage and
work
fo r
Jesus
Christ
amo ng t he children at
Paan.
Her plans never mater ia l ized
because of il l health, so
sh e
too
had
to
plan
to
leave
Paan
and
go
to a l owe r
a l t i t ude .
After many days
and hours spent
with
the Lamas, at last Joseph
Wang, a
young
evangelist,
and
Ellis R.
Back,
missionary to
th e
Tibetans, succeeded in
getting
a
con tr ac t s ig ned fo r a caravan to
take th e two
Chiao-shih
to Likiang
and re tu rn w ith Mr . and
Mrs.
Ed
gar
Nichols.
I t mus t be said
hero
tha t d ur in g n eg ot ia ti on s of
the
contract ,
gal lons of Tibetan bu t
tered te a
were
consumed. (Mr.
Back
was a
t ea- to t le r b ef or e c om
in g
to
t he T ib eta n border and he
st ill d oe sn 't c ar e
fo r
tea,
but
must
dr ink
it
to b e so cia ble .)
The
date set
fo r
leaving Paan
was Apri l
18th. However
the
Lamas
said
they w ould consult the s tars
and
give
the
exact date fo r leaving.
The next time Joseph
Wang
and
Ellis Back went to
se e
them, the
d ate w as ch an ged
to
April
28th. It
was only a few days until i t was
again chang ed , t hi s time to April
30th.
The
Lamas s aid that
if
they
di d
not
get
to
leave
on this date,
they
would have
to wai t until the
next safe day to travel according
to th e s ta rs .
At
las t the day for leaving ar
rived and
(here
remain ed many
th in gs ye t (o
be
done.
The tw o
chiao-shihs kept busy
packing
(with the h elp of some, whi le o th
e rs k ep t getting
in
t he way). About
noon th e a nim a ls a r r ived and
s t i l l
th e
room of the tw o
ch iao-sh ihs
looked a s if it would be a
numbe r
of hours before ever yt hi ng wou ld
be ready. Final ly a t
four
o'clock th e
l ama s
decided
t ha t i t
would be
too
late
to go
that day, as they
would
no t be
able
to
make th e s ta ge e arly
enough to
le t
th e
animals
graze
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THE TIBETAN
MISSIONARY
Edi torMrs .
Arthur H. Schaal , 6709
Plymouth Ave., University City
14 , Missouri .
Miss iona r ie sMr. and Mrs. El l i s R.
Back
and
Mr. and Mrs. Edga r
Nichols; all of Paan (Batang) ,
Sikang, West China.
Missionary
on
Furlough
Miss
Gladys F. Schwake, 92 Arkansas
St.,
Buf fa lo , New
York.
Fo rme r
Miss iona r ie sDr .
a nd
Mrs.
Norton H.
Bare,
Drawer 56, Box
204, Mt. Pleasant ,
Iowa.
Forwarding Secretaries
Fo r M r.
an d
Mrs .
El l i s
R. Ba c k
Mr. J.
Wyc li ff e Bus ch , Kimberl in
He igh ts , T enn .
For
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Edgar Nichols
Mrs. Arthur H. Schaal , 6709 Ply
mouth
Ave.,
Universi ty City
14,
Mis sou r i .
For G ladys F. Schwake
Mrs.
Wilma Watson, 15 7 Parkdale
Ave., Buffalo 13 , New
York.
This is th e
only
issue
of the Ti
betan Missionary published this
year.
Many
have
writ ten and asked
w hy they
have
not r ece ived copie s
recently.
The
answe r
is s imply t h a t
the costs of p ri n ti ng have increased
greatly and
receipts fo r
th is
pur
pose have come in so slowly and in
s u c h s m a ll a m o un ts t h a t t h e r e
h a s
not
been sufficient funds
to
pay fo r
the paper.
We are eager to
th e
news of
th e work
there
as often as possible;
so tha t you
may
be informed of the
needs,
hardships,
and s uc ce ss es i n
this
f ie ld .
We
wish
to
thank
those
of
you
who have sen t
in
f und s to
make
this
issue
possible, and
pray that
we may be financially able to pub
lish it regular ly during t he coming
year .
Mrs. Ar thu r
H. Schaal .
THANK
YOU FOR
SENDING
THE
BACKS
Please thank our p eopl e at home
fo r
sending
th e Backs
to
us.
They
a re going to be a
very
pract ical
couple .
Kather ine is a
dear b ut
is
frightfully nervous from h er o per a
tion
and then
being
on he r way
here so soon afterwards.
I
think,
however , t h a t
now
she
will have
ti me to re pa ir fast,
as
she will have
tim e to
relax. J us t t hi nk of it ,
they
were on the way two y ea rs
That
is , th ey had no home
of
their
ow n
in which to
t ra in t he children,
etc.
T he c hild ren are so sweet . I t
seems
so good
to
have
a few
wee
American children about the place.
I had
almost forgotten
how they
act a t that age. Karen 's b aby
talk
is so cute. All
our
native
help s ay
sh e
r em in ds t hem
so
much
of Lois
Gail.
Lois was five when we came,
and
had some of th e
baby
talk too;
so
I suppose
tha t
makes them
th ink
of
her, also the flaxen
curls .
Ellis and Edgar ought
to
hit
it
off pretty
good,
as they are both
so
versatile
an d practical by na
tu re . We need a
f ew more
practical
men a ro un d
th e
place,
such
as boys
that
have
had f arm or agricultural
training, so they
could
supervise
th e fa rm s across th e r iver fo r us .
T he n ativ es w ill n ot
work a s
we
do
unless there
i s
som e one the re to
supervise
them.Gladys
Schwake.
THE
T IBETAN
MISS IONARY
PACKAGES
Sii]>lic' < limy
now be
sent to iiiissionHi'ii'S
b y p nr cc l post, Init t li i' y s l iou ld bo plainly
marked UN'.'^bLIClTKI) t i lFT. In
send-
inj-
to
Batanjr,
t ii oy s li on ld
be
seeurely
]mekod
in a
plywood ease and not
e.veeed
elsbt
p oi iniLs in
woifibt. If p ack ed in fibre
board
boK,
th e wliole should
lie
enelo.sed
in
a
elolh iiaj; wbicb ca n be
o pe ne d fo r
in
spect ion.
Some
of th e
thing's
t h e m i ss i ona ri e s
here can use
a re ;
meclmnicni tlashlijrht; 3;'
mm. film, btw..
an d
color ;
ch i ld ren s
clothins (used bu t not w orn ou t )we have
17
chili lren on th e comimund)
: pictures ,
jiaiier,
pencils an d
sundry
s up ji li os f or
kin-
der;rar(len; Ker r
type ja r lids.
Kdjrar
Nieiiols.
I 'nreels of books or pa|>ers, p la in ly ma rk ed
on th e outside.
J r in ted .Matt i ' r ,
will
cost
us nothinfr to i-
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VISIT
AT
MANILA
E nr ou te to China, o ur sh ip made
a
three day stop a t Manila. We
were
glad to have
a f in e v is it
with
Mrs. W olfe ,
R uth Smith,
and the
H an so ns . W e
s aw s om e o f t h e r e
sul ts
of
t he u n ti ri ng efforts
of
Mr .
and Mrs. Wolfe in e sta blis hin g
many
churches of Christ .
Fellow missionaries , we may
l e a r n f rom o ne a n o t h e r s s u c c e s s e s
an d
fa ilu re s. S om e
f i nd
ch i l d r en
t a k en
and
r ai se d i n t he ir
h om es b e
come
the mos t e f fi ci en t and spiri t
ual
preachers
of th e church. In th e
kindergarden, the
foundation
is
la id and later
they
r ea p wor ker s
fo r th e vineyard .
Others have found w he n
taking
a la rg e numbe r of child re n i n
an
o rphan home to
educate,
when the
children
reach an
age of capabili ty,
o fte n s om e
relative
will
t ake
them
for
his
own
personal
benefit,
and
th e children are lo st fo r Chris t ian
se rv ice .
In
Tibet,
our situation
is
quite
different
where
adul ts
can
not read.
We mus t begin a t the very
source
of
educat ion
and teach t hem to
read before a Bib le College
can
even
be planned. The
Chinese
schools c ondu ct c la ss es f rom ear ly
morning unt il late in the
evening.
T he T ib et an s t ak e one or two bo'
S
from e ach family to educa te in to
their
priesthood. It
seems
as
if we
have
little
left
to
beg in t each ing.
Bu t
not so ,
the
whole fam ily c an
have and
should
have the teach
ings of Christ as their saviour.
We
must
ge t to work. God 's
will
be done .Mabel
Nichols .
FRIENDLy ATTITUDE
OF
OFHCIALS
Col. Fu came twice
to visit
us
dur ing t he
short two weeks he was
in town.
The first tim e w as
to in
qui re about our hea lt h, t he nex t by
invitation.
We
had
him
up
with
all
his
officials
and
also
the superin
t enden t of school s .
After the breakfast , he sa t fo r an
hour visiting.
In th e cou rse of
his
conve rsat ion, h e t ol d Joseph to
tell
me
tha t the Nichols
and I could
call upon
him
at
any time
for
help
in doing our work here; and that
he was so grateful fo r what we
had accomplished
in
th e
past
years .
He assured me he was not i fy ing
friends in H on g-K on g
to
help Ed
gar
through
th e
customs with his
equipment .
The nex t b ig p oi nt he m ade
was
tha t we should give
no
heed to
the
rumors we
had
been
hear ing tha t
th e
s choo l au tho r i t i e s
wou l d t a k e
our
mission property from us.
He
said any t ime
we
desired the
re
moval
of the school fo r
ou r
work,
he wou ld f ur ni sh th e property fo r
t h e s c hoo l .
Through th e
years,
we have
sought
to l ive a t
peace as
far as
possible
with
a l l
men. I
am
encour
ag ing
Ell is
Back
to t ake Chinese
f i r s t and
l e t K a th er in e ta ke T i b e t
an.
They
will
then have
th e tw o
l anguages
be tween
them . W hen
Edga r gets
back,
he will also have
the Tibetan. Edgar has b een very
well
l iked
by o ur B at an g
officials
and
peop le.Gladys Schwake .
THE TIBETAN MISS IONARY
NICHOLS-BARE
COUSINS
The four c hi ld re n o f
Dr. an d
Mrs .
N. H.
Bare and of E dg ar a nd
Mabe l
Nichols . They were
together
in
Tibet from
January 28
to
July 4,
1939 and again
in
Batang from
January
25th
to
June
1,
1940.
This
picture
was taken
when a ll were
together again
las t Christmas.
Al l
were in
school,
a l l act ive
in th e i r
respective
Christian chu rche s, f ou r
a re p re pa ri ng fo r fu ll t im e
Chris
t i a n wo rk .
TRAVEUNG IN CHINA
We
m ade the
trip from Chengtu
to Yaan
by
bus
in
one
day, but
we re del ayed th ere th re e d ay s
get
t ing carriers and
wha-gans .
The
tr ip from Yaa n to
Kangt ing
t ook s ix
da ys . W e
had
a
ve ry n ic e
t ri p, h ow
e v e r
i t d id r a in so me th e f i rs t tw o
days.
The we ath er th e
res t of
the
tim e w as
nice. W e
s ta ye d i n Chin
es e Inns
a t nigh t
and a te in Chin
ese
restaurants (if
yo u
want
to
cal l
them
that )
th ro ug h th e day.
We
had chickens,
hogs,
dogs, etc.,
ru nn in g in and out while we ate.
At first
I
t hough t
surely
1 wouldn ' t
eat there,
but
f in al ly d id n' t
mind
it . Ha The scenery from Y aan up
he r e w as beau t i f u l one wate r f a l l
af te r
another .
However, t he f ar th er
west we
got, the
more
b arre n th e
moun t a i n s .
D ale t ra v e le d a lo n e in a wh a -
g an . Th e first
day
I
worried
about
h im, becau se lo ts o f
t imes
we
w ou ldn t s ee h im un t i l
mea l
t ime
and a t night ,
but
h e a lw ay s showed
up so
I
j us t q ui t worrying. He had
no fear wha tsoeve r. One da y
he
h ad to t ra ve l o n one of th e m en s
back
du e
to
on e
of
our men get
t ing sick. He
had
qui te
some
ex
perience fo r a little bo y o f f ou r. We
had to walk
up and
down
th e
s te ep es t pla ce s
and
across th e
bridges, and some of them were
just p ol es a cr os s
the
streams.
Naomi wan ted
to
f in ish
school
so
badly,
bu t
1 don t know
wha t
we
wou ld h av e
done
w i t h o u t her . 1
really
think
i t would
have
been
impossible
to
have
made the
trip
alone not know ing th e l an gu ag e.
She's
a
wonderful person, and real
ly
a blessing
to
us .
K a th e ri n e Back .
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Conrinucd from page1)
long enough to get food. It was
then decided that they
would
not
le av e until the next
morning . Jo
seph said to th e
lamas,
1 thought
you
s aid th is was a
good
day to
s t a r t
to travel,
bu t
t omo r row wou ld
not be. The lamas replied that
they had
already started their
trip
because
they
had travelled from
th e lamasary to Ja-Po-Ding. They
always
have
a way of explaining it
aw a y .
Early
the morn ing of
May
1st,
th e
lamas loaded
the boxes
on
the
anima ls a nd
started
off.
Then
th e
tw o chiao-shihs
and four nat ives
that were going on the trip
and
Joseph
and Mr. Back,
who
were go
in g just two
days, got
their
animals
and
w alked to
th e
bottom
of
th e
hill below th e mission compound.
Many of the town people had
gath
ered to tell the Chiao-shihs
good
bye.
Here many tears were shed in
final goodbyes. Then for some dis
tance from Paan, there were people
along the trail to say goodbye to
th e fo reigners who
had
helped
them so much. At a village a short
distance from Paan,
the Christians
had gathered
to
h av e tea w ith the ir
sis ters
in Christ . After the tea w as
served , a circle was fo rmed
and
Pastor Lo e spoke and Mr. Back
offered
prayer. After this, there
were th e s ad
goodbyes,
when many
t ea rs f lowed down th e
cheeks .
Again a l l were on
the i r horses
and on
t hei r w ay once
more. The
t ra ve ll ed u nt il
abou t
tw o o 'clock
in th e afternoon,
when
cam p was
made. About eight the next morn
ing, th e caravan
go t
on its way
once
more. As i t
neared
th e place
to cross the river, i t started to
sprinkle.
After
some
time,
arrange
men t s
were made to
cross th e
r iver
and th e price set and
paid.
Joseph
Wan g an d
Mr.
Back
went
across on
th e f irs t boa t load to t a lk to th e
Tibetan
officials and to
get all
ne c
e ss ar y a rr an g eme n ts fo r
th e
two
chiao-shihs
to travel
through
pure
Tibetan
territory,
which
is con
trolled by
Lhasa.
After a
good
deal
of talk in g a nd of giving of gifts
and
tea,
a tax
receipt
was
given.
By
this t ime
the
l as t boa t load had
arrived
and the
rain had
stopned.
After final
goodbyes
to
Joseph
and
Mr. B ac k, th e tw o
chiao-sh ihs were
on their way to Likiang.
After
a
good
night's
rest
in
a
Tibetan
home,
Joseph
and
Mr.
Back
r e t u rned
to
Paan in on e d a
as
they
did
not h av e
any
pack ani
mals
and
could
travel
faster.
They
p as se d th e
place
where Dr . Shelton
was attac ked a nd s ho t by b an dits.
E l l is Back .
8/10/2019 Nichols Edgar Mabel 1948 Tibet
5/5
P a g e 4
^ ^ T i k r .
L I T T L E
N A T H A N I E L
w h o is
n o w
i n t h e
U n i t e d S t a t e s
with
G l ad ys S c hw a ke .
This
picture
w as t ak en a y e a r
a g o
w h e n h e
w a s
four
y ears
ol d a n d weighed four
teen pounds .
T H E
WILLIAM R EE S S P LA N S
W e came
to
Batan g
b e ca u se o th e r
p l a c e s
w e re clo s ed to
u s
a t
th e
time a n d th is o ne o pe ne d; b u t w e
had
no
idea
of staying e xc ep t l on g
T H E
T I BE T AN M IS SI ON A RY
6709
P l y m o u t h
A v e n u e
University City 14 Missouri
P o s t m a s t e r
I f a d d r e s s e e h a s
moved a n d
n e w a d d re s s is
known
notify
sender on
form
3547
post
age fo r which
is g u aran teed .
T H E T I B E T A N
M I S S I O N A R Y
enough
to learn th e l an gu ag e a n d
fi nd a n o t h e r
pl a c e
w he re w e
could
s e r v e
a m o n g
T ib eta ns . T he n t h e
w a r
p re ve nte d o th er m is sio na rie s
f ro m c om in g h er e;
a n d a w o r k w a s
s t a r t e d w h i c h c o u l d n o t b e l e f t
w i t h o u t
s a d r e s u l t s .
I t s e em ed
t h e
Lord wan ted o ur g ro up
to
keep t hi s
p o s t
o c c u p i e d .
Batan g is in
t he m id st of a
larg e
u ne va ng el iz ed a re a
a n d i t h a s
b e e n
o u r
d r e a m a s s o o n a s
w e
could
i nc re as e o ur
forces
enough
to
s pr ea d o ut
o v e r
m ore
of
t his t er
ritory. W e h a v e h a d s o
fe w
worke rs
here
that ou r
dream has not y et
b e en r ea li ze d.
When I was in S h an g h ai
th e
Morse boys
w er e d is cu ss in g
with
m o th e possibility
of
s o m e o f o ur
w ork b ein g
e x t e n d e d
d o w n towar d
th eir
territory
so
t h a t
we
could
re
ceive
mutual
h el p a nd i ns pi ra ti on
from one
another a
t hi ng
t h a t h as
so far
been
i m po s si bl e b e ca u se of
th e distance besides sp read in g
ou r
i nfl ue nc e to pl a c e s
w he re it
is s ore
ly
needed. As I
m ade m y w ay
to
B a t a n g I b e c a m e m o r e a n d m o r e
desirous that this
s pr ea di ng o u t
be
accomplished
quickly
w h e n I
l e a r n e d
o f
v a ri o us d e n om i n a ti o na l
g ro u ps b ec om in g i nt er es te d in a n d
e ve n n o w
h e a d i n g fo r t h i s
T i be t a n
borde r
c o u n tr y .
N o w i t
s o e i n s
t h e
L o r d
h a s d e f i n
itely chosen me to start this pr o
c es s o f
m ovi ng o u t
i nt o
other
fields.
W h e n I f o u n d m y
h e a l t h
w o u l d
no t allow m e
to
st ay in this h ig h
altitude I w as na tura lly disap
p o in te d ;
b u t I
k n e w
th e L o r d h a d
be e n l e a d i n g
m e
t h u s
fa r a n d
would continue to lead fo r th e good
of Hi s cause. S lo wl y H is
pl an
has
b e en u n fo ld in g
a n d w e
c a n
se e His
guiding hand
in so
many ways
al
r e a d y t h a t I
f e e l
ther e
is n o
m is
t a k i n g
His
w ill in
th e
m a t t e r.
M e l b a P a l m e r
W hen we get back
to
Kunmi ng
next
week w e hope
to
move
into
o u r o w n
litt le
re nt e d
h o u s e
a n d
start
ou r ne w hom e w it h th e
many
nice gifts w e r eceiv ed. T here w e
want to concentrate hard on langu
ag e
study
for
perhaps
a
year
or
until
we ca n
arrange
a trip to
south
Yu n n an
to look over th e field in
w hi ch w e
hope
to start a
no w
mi s
s ion . We ar e told there ar e no mi s
sionaries in t h at
area which is
in
habited by about nine different
tribes most of whom would likely
be responsive to the gospel if given
a chance. We
are hopi ng
to
take
with us a young Christian boy
whose
home
is
there bu t
wh o
is
now in high school in Kunming to
h el p u s e st ab li sh a mission. He has
one
more y ea r in school
which
will
also
enable
us to get a good start
at
th e
language before trving to
locate in ne w territory.Wm. O.
a n d Me l ba P a l m e r Rees.
Since Bill
an d
I will no
longer
be
a t arl of
th e
Tibetan Mission my
friend
Rozelle Henry 1512 Colum
bia St. Eugene
Oregon
has offered
to be
ou r
forwarding secretary
and
s e n d o u t n e w s a b o u t
u s . M o l b a
P a l m e r
R e e s .
Sec. 562 P. L. R.
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