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^"" 'Doug and Ger^ Uhlianhowar

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Chlen^i, Thailand
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March 11 1974, ignrafTThailand

Dear, I^ieridg .,in -Christ # " Greetings once again from the Umbanhowars to you,

iraise.our Lord for your faithfulness in serving God where

you are. Also,,we^wish to thank you for your letters of

e pray this letter finds you well and we continualJ^ ..

'^blessing you. It really helps our d^ when, we receive

word from you telling- us of the victories you have ex
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encour^ement and'for sharing, with us how the Lord has been

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perienced.,,,

Thank;,you for your concern and support for Geri's mother. She ha's undergone cob^t treatments but still is

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in grave condition. /'For those v/ho perhaps have not yet heard, Geri's mdther was'discovered to have a malignant
tumor in the abdomen before Christmas'. Geri and Eric re

turned home to. the States on Christmas Day to be with her.

they had to-return to feailand on Feb. 3,***

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They had-the opportunity to spend six weeks there before

We" appreciate the prayers, cards, flowers arid calls expressing yourvlpve and concern for her. Knowing that at the. present-'she is worsening eveiy day, we thank God that Geri had the opportunity to be at liome with her. We were fortunate enough to have the funds needed for their trip home this critical time. We have been wonder

fully blessed from.ypur continued monthly, support, and extra sharing.

unselfish contributions, we are able to. Gontinue working in Thailand.
the Gospel msy be spread to the millions in dai"'aiess.

Because of your
Please con

tinue to remember the people, governments, and countries in this part of the world in your regular prayers. Ask God to give this troubled are,a peace and order so that

The present term at our Bible Institute finds the missionaries of S. E. Asia Evangelizing Mission busy teaching,. Currently we are engaged in concentrated B^lish
classes for our ten studentsEach student receives special English lessons which are

tailored to fit each need and present level of, English comprehcjision. Even our twice weekly chapel periods are conducted in English; by the students themselves. Strong
Christian leadership is the backbone of the Church of Christ, and the hundreds of >churches in Burma, N, E. India and,Thailand need leaders who have been taught in a
Bible-centered school. We see the tremendous task

of training Christian leaders, teachers and translators correct doctrine so they in turn can teach others who are hungry for the Good News. We pray you can also
see and understand the need to teach Christian

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nationals in an in-depth study of God's Word. Please continue to support our efforts here in
Chiengmai.

We were pleased to have LaVeme Morse visit

our work for two weeks in December and January.

Brother Morse, who was founder and is co-ordinator

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of S. E, Asia Evangelizing Mission, made the trip to Thailand to teach, advise and
view the work of our mission first hand. Since his return home and his report to the

board of directors in Joliet, HI, it has been decided an allout effort be placed

on raising the remaining $12,000 needed for the construction of a multipurpose building#
Ten thousand dollars has alrea(^ been donated by one church in Oklahoma#
room to house about "twelve students.

We hope we

season. The building will contain a church sanctuary, library,- classroom, office and
The building is urgently needed for our growth as

can raise the neded amount soon so we can begin construction before the next rair^

we are now pressed for space. All of our students are now living with the mission
families and at present there is no more room.
needed funds can be found so construction can begin.

students, even though we have several who want to study. Please be praying that the
school here. He is' in the first grade. Eric, our two-year-old, just doesn't seem to slow down, and he already is able to speak and understand a great de^ of Thai _ also, ihe

It is impossible to accept any more

Our family as fine and growing. Charlie is in his second term at the international

doctor had some news for Geri and me last month also. We are expecting our t^rd c^ld in September and, needless to say, we are hoping for a girl this time. Ruth Sutjaibun,

wife of Peter Sutjaibunour field director here in Thailand, is also expecting. Please keep hei^ in ,pr^er as~sh^I^^history of pr^naricy" prob"lems.

We rejoice that more mission workers are coming to join the "Team." Miss Kath^en Anderson is definitely planning to come to Thailand in J\me of .-this year, and Mr^ Tim Viner in September. Miss Anderson has a degree in teaching Eiiglish from Bowling Green, Ohio. She also was graduated from Johnson Bible College and is now studyingjm the graduate school at Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Mr. Viner was graduated from Mid-South Christian' College and is also studying in Cincinnati, Both are very capable workers
and we. are looking forward to working with them.

us. "Please accept this general letter and with it we send our Christian love to you.
God'bless and keep you until next time.
Your missionaries in Thailand:

This-letter must come to a close. Again we wish to thank you for your support, love and concern. We wish we could write to each person individually, but time limits

ss/ Doug, Geri, Charlie and Eric Umbanhowar

The ,1975 financial statements are available to anyone requesting a copy - please write
to our fprwardinjg agents.

** Word has been received that Geri's mother died on

March 18, seven ds^^s after the Umbanhowars wrote

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Dear Christian Friends:

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truly been a blessing to us.. We. wish each of you could ^er'ience the joy we have had in teaching and working
"in the Bible Institute progr^ here. .

Our labors in Thailand for the cause of Christ have

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week. She is now in Bangkok to complete five months of intensive l^guage study before Joining us here. .Geri snd I met her v;hen she arrived in Bangkok on June 3 and travel

newest member of our teanij Kathleen Anderson, with us ^4-...

ing with her for a month's vacation was Bebe Sturm, a long
izing ]yiission. ' " ^

We have been busy. This last.week we have had

time friend of all the missionaries of S-. E. Asia Evangel('ffou NO

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gave a theology test last week, also, (and have the papers yet to grade) and then to nry surprise I had to go to_ _ .

Part of our busy schedule includes language study.

E'jgene ond Lydio Johnson

?i;-D 1 Box 145

crudes Hill, Indiana 47930

Bangkok for two days and three nights to clear the six up;i3, of vegetable seeds from the ilhternationsa Disaster Ernerge^^cy Services, In., through customs. We have been extren.3ly busy preparing them for distribution. We have lots of help
from the students, but we have lots of seeds, too! I am back to teaching Thai lessons today after 3:'e;t'Urr-. *

Morse asked us all to write a letter for him to print in the "Seamstress , so I have ta-.ea .
care of that too.

ing with the seeds yesterday and have an all afternoon-business meeting. In addxtion, Laferiie

tory/classroom building which is needed for our rapidly growing, student bod^ _Blu^r^nts ,,
been brought in and, Lord willing, we hope-to have it under.-;ay
have been completed and city approval for construction has been

Meanwhile, we are busy making-plans for our dormi-

large classrooms, auditorium, library, offices and dormitory space for over thirty staden.... At present we have only enough funds to construct the foundation and fr^e that the additional money needed to complete the building will be provided soon. We wioh express our sincere thanks for your prayerful and financial support thus fa''- ^
Good News to all the world.

you might better understand the responsibilities the Lord has given each of us to spread the
Our new term at the Bible Institute is progre^ well.

We now have twenty college .^e students (the most recent came from Bangkok) f^n-tj^e and
we are doing full-time teaching and full-time Bible Study. The Mission also twelve hostel studentschildren between the ages of ten and seventeenwho are studying
in "Thai schools. them.

lages in Thailand where education is not available to

It is our hope that after these young people re

These young people are from tribal vil

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ceive their primary and secondary education some will want to become a part of the Bible College student body. At a recent meeting, Peter Sutjaibun, Daniel Kalnin,
Paul Puller and I set some goals and directives toward
which we would like to see the school strive.

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objective will be to enroll Thai national Christians, while

in addition making the school available to students from
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other countries. At present our student body consis+.s oi four Inngungo gi-oups Ciiin, lasu,Rawang and Thai, With the probability of working with even more in the near future, the necessity of teaching in a common language caii be seen. English the international language

own language. With a greater knowledge of English they will be better able to translate
needed Bible literature into their mother tongues.

and Thaithe national languageare natural choices. The study of English also offers^ students the key to a vast storehouse of books and material that are not written in their

Today we have no school so we are going to pack seeds all day. We are dividing them into small packets and they will be delivered to refugees from Laos end Cambodia, native tribal people of Thailand, and Christians in Burma. We thank God for the seeds and refugee work. Unfortunately, due to some mishandling in shippiiig, the tractor was damaged and we have found repairs time-consuming and costly. But with repairs nearly fin
ished we are anxious to put it to use.

also for the arrival of the used International Harvester tractor that was donated for mission

language in preparations'for the'fourth grade tept in Novembe}?, When I return it shouldn't be too long, before the arrival of our new baby. Geri has been blessed \:th a healthy seven months of'pregnancy and we are both wishing the next two months will pass quickly.
Elesse continue to :pray for her health. June 24th marks Charlie's last day in first grade at the Ihterriational'School. Because of the month break in April due to heat, his school finishes iateir th^ most in, the States. The favorite pastime of Eric, our two-year-old, is watching Thai T. V. v/ith pur landlady, eating rice and catching lizards. Both boys speak fiiieht-Thai with Eric preferring Thai to English, both in language and in food. Lately we have been looking for a slightly larger house that coald accommodate
that a new home "Will be found soon so we can move before the arrivaD. of the nevj baby.

I wi3JL be going to Bangkok July 15 for month's study of the Bible in Thai

our growing family and at least four students. We ask that you please be praying with us
but until" we do return we must continue to communicate through these letters. Knowing

We are a^ously looking forward to visiting you personally next August (1977),
Please try to understand the-difficulty we sometimes have in

keeping up with our correspondence and we ask you to bear with us as we earnestly try to
do better in the future.
Mid-June, 1976

have not been more regular.

how much you depend' on us for your information, we sincerely apologize that our newslotterD
You are always in our prs^ers; God blesc each of you, and we pray

this letter finds you and your family well.

Your missionaries in Thailand

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Doug and Geri Umbanhowar, Charlie and Eric

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IT'S A BOY

The Loi:d blessed our family with another son, Bradly

Stephen, on Sept. 15 at 2:06 a=m.

y Xb/-, l\ oz,\ and was 21 iji. long, pbth Brad and. mci.
after three VJe thank the Xbrd for the safe arrival of our new addition, ^

He weighed a healt'

did fine; (in spite of traveling 'to. the. h6.sj)ital,' ihclvsuitcase, on a motorcycle, at 11 p. mi, ) ^d-returned h:...

' STRONGER GOVERNMENT IN THAIUND..o,*. ,.

On Oct.; 6 a new government took control of the KingHf^-i

- of Thailand.
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It has taken' a strong anti-Gonuminist-e^cv-

which will help combat a situation that has plagued th^ nation for many years. The Thai people and foreigners alike are happy to see this switch- We pray the leaders

will govern wisely in this transition period snd tho oouhtiy will remain free from aggressyoT>.
NEW MISSTOKARIISS ARRIVE, .

Eugene ond Lydio Johnson

RFD 1 Box 145

darks Hill, Indioflo 47930

Tim Vi.*?r, a ^aduate of Mi^-South Christian College, andved in Bangkok on October 5 to begin a two-year missionary stay in Chiangmai. In addition to teaching Bible, Tim will be

leading m the production of sermons and music for radio broadcasts.. S. E. Asia Evangelising

produces and broadcasts Christian radio programs in the Rawang, Lisu and Kachin languages.
Students of the Bible Institute are involved in the taping of these programs in their jDiJn
language.

David Burnette traveled with Tim and he will be in Thailand approximately four month-;.

He will be supervising the construction of our new building and will also be assisting w:';"

teaching. Please pray that the Lord will bless both Dave's and Tim's new venture in Thr-' VJe are sui^e gireat and glorious things will be accomplished for the Kingdom through th&x.
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES......

going ahead steadily. The second story floor has been poured (concrete), and the steel
reinfoi-ced -pillars for the second story are being poured.
walls is to start soon,

The construction of the urgently needed building for Chiangmai Bible Institute,is Brickwork on the first floor

With the arrival of Mr. Burnette we anticipate progress will be

made at a greater speed. . We are thankful that he could take time and come to Thailand to help with the construction. The Bible Institute students are also helping with the labor as part of their work-study program, and we are saving many dollars in labor which can be
applied elsewhere. Rinds are still needed to complete this : building which is a vital and irr^Dortant tool in training national leaders with the best possible Christian
education. Please take this need to the Lord in

prayer^ . PUnds for the building can be sent to our

forwarding agents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, or to th

mission treasurer, James Florey, Box 581 Mokena, 111. 60448.
PRAY FOR TEACHING TRIP
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Tim Viner, David Burnette, Paul Fuller and t will be making a trip to Rangoon, Burma, to help in giving Bible
instruction to the local leaders there. We will be there for

for one week (the maximum allowed time by the Burmese government) and then following us will
be two teams from the U.S.A., each teaching one week.
and further instruction from the outside.
team.

These successive weekly trips are

planned because missionaries are no longer allowed to live there.

There are thousands

of local Christies i^ho are ckriying' oiit the work of the Church, but need encouragement
Please be praying for the sumess of each

BIBLE INSTITUTE NEWS.

teaching at the Bible Institute. Brother Yangmi is teaching I Corinthians this term to
our international students. The King sisters help in teaching English,
. our twenty-four students: i;' x 4.

W.e wish to thank Jesse Yangmi and Marsha and Margaret King for their help in

spirit and cooperation that has been demonstrated by the missionaries here in Chiangmai. The assistance they ha.ye offered has -helped give greater, individual attention to each of
The-faculty hks decidcd.to use'two l'an^^es.,f6r classroom instruction at the Bible Institute-. Thai will':be used for the^> students;^ Thailand and English will be for the 'ihtematidnal studentS:'or .those from J-hailand who wish to study in English. The

We appreciate the

^ doing this we will,have multiplied the workers available to translate material into
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of classroom material:' in-ad(iLti<Si; greater fluency in English, the students will be able to read and understand the,-mai^ hundreds of Christian books written in^that language.

study of English rhust continue- ,so Tthe ^tud^ts will be able to have a greater underst^ding

the different native languages of Asia, many of.which are represented in the student body.
Smiths teach at the Cincimiati Bible Seminary and'^e presently on a teaching tour to Africa

^ we were-pleased to welcome Prof, apd'te^ Sherwood Smith to Thailand, The

October.;. Prof." Smith t^ght two Bible classes to the students of the Bible Institute as well
as bringing us the evening message in our English church services each Sund^o

and Asia.

They visited the missionaries here in Chiangmai for six weeks in September and

music and chalk art. She also taught the women missionaries how to teach ^lish better. In the States she has devised aiid adapted special teaching methods for English. We appreciate her sK^ing these with us and pr^ God will continue to bless and watch their journey
as "th^ continue on to Burma, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.

Mrs. Smith .is a wonderfully talented.woman and while here shared with us special

We are convinced that a strong Bible teaching institution must be built and used to its
fulled capacity to see this vision realized-. -

express our- feeling' of how- exciting it is. to be here. We know we are ^ on the ground floor stage of seeing the Church of our lord expand throughout S. E., Asia like it never has before.
The ymbanhpw.ars. and" e'a'ch missionary of S. E. Asia Evangelizing Mission thank

We thank everyone for their continued faithful support. Thfere is no way to

you for your love and, eopcem.

ITour missionaries to Thailand,

Doug, Geri, Charlie, Eric and Brad

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