“gado-gado” - I . hecomes a medlcy, a potpourri of dissimilar vbjects 2. jumble of vegetables usually scrved with peanut

sauce over it.

In an efforl to give you good joumd!sm in a f ? u d and intereging way, in past yem the Pioneer Commtle has med to m e you by choosing a theme chat exmplifis what God has teen doing across the archipelago of Indonesia. ?his year’s edition gives opporUrnity for a pOtpoum or“gado-gado” of tastes to be conveyed to you our readers and

Maureen Romk, sai’ing d ~ p in Central Kalmiantan intenor, has suifereed for )cars u i t h loud noises aid iinging m her ears, sometimes only able to get to s k p by weanng a w n l h a n playing music

Cmmen and Gunthn-Kamphauw have left Indonesia at’ter32yearsofsen- ice 3 years a n a y iiom retirement to stm o\cr at age 60 and live in a tiny, cramped apartment in Russia to be Field Director for this newly opened field

Valcne and Dave Bench both lost a parent within a week of each other Jim and Sharon Kcndnll forfeited their furlough to come immed~ately back

and become Field Dii-cctor for us, even when thrv hearts were longmg to be \b i rh family who ai-e going through pai~icularly ditticult times

Thaearethoseamong uswhomaybe like you. havechildren whoasenotfol- lowing the Lord, hut who, unlike you. ru-e so separated geographically liom them that it takes an extra measuie of “laying on the alta”?

Ibere is a dady and v q real sense of battling against the piincipalities of the air, fightmg teintoiial >pints that bind whole a rea to God’s light.

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AN MK'S PR4YER Lord. I ' ve been rhroiigh so nionj, changes in my l fe Ar rimes i r seems iinfoir os I 'mforced lo lel go. soy good-bye. ondgrve i i p

much rhor I hove rreosiired. It lim olmos! seemed like cycle Jirtr 0.5 I hecome occiistomed 10 new.fiiend.5, o new ormosphere, new foces. and o new home . . . J i N when I begin rofeel comfirrohle ond hoppv . h r when Ife seemy complete ognin . .

Ir is [hen rho! once more I 'm uprooted ond n new srorr i s reqiiired of me. I've grown so wenry ofrronsrlion. I ' ve longed rojiisl seltle down Yet. Lord, Yoir 've chosen ro Iench me, rliol oniidv (he hirmoil ondconjlsion. Y h i never clionge. Since rlie beginning of lime, Yoir love for me i s olwovs the some.

.And when oll else s e e m 10 he in idler choos, Yo11 d o n e remoin consronr and iinchnnged lhonk-yoir, Lord. fbr hring rlie one sroble force, [he Rock, rhe dependohle Forrrev and Fouhfiil Friend in iI7i.r lip

by Marcia Neff

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CONTENTS h .....*.. .&..\ ..\.. ....... % ...

ARTICLES

A Day At a Bible School ................................................. 6

Worshpping Christ In Satan’s House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

But Foi God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

A Madurese Jewcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Jcsus Was a Camper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

S A R Enter South Sumatera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

God Is Still A God of Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

FEATURES

An M.K.s Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Miss Lorna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

A Tribute to Gordon Chapman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

To Russia With Love - Kamphausens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Map of Indonesia ..............................

Ants in the Sugarbowl .......................

REGULAR FEATURES

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....... back cover

Editors Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside front caver

Approved Specials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover

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A DAY AT A BIBLE SCHOOL

I,! Marie Peters low misionaq Carolyn Van Kunn has tranic for me though, so I stand hy tlie i-adio and h len to the day's Hight schedule). l h e plane won't be com-

r - > Q ;;;i ''T:P.<IP~L, ti,,.,, ,Ile <>/<,,.,,, ing into Bia today, sn w c w n ' t be able to get OUT lctlcis 10 our kids out yct "/],,I,? J,foiT, ''

'd-l 7 30 The bell is nngiiig, so 0 F&k heads h r his Apologct- ics class across ciinipus, and I go lo the second.! sai clnwoom ior Nevi Teesia- ment Suivcy We aic beginning to study ths hook of Hclircws h i s mom- lng, and I h n e a ([UP prcpmd for them baicd on Ihcir hoinew'oi-k I call on one of the studenk to lead in a cho- ms from the LiinouL: suggestions, and \vc mg"I;Iom the nsingofthe sun, 1111

its' goin: down, lhe name o l ' t hch id is to be praisul "

As the jtudcnts take the quiz, 1 wonder about theii- futurcs I Ihink aboutthciir~tstudentsItlught here 17 1/2 )ears ago Those students are scattel-cd now, one is saving as a d ~ s - . . tiict superintendent in Java, anolhn- is teachlng here, one of the girls IF say- 'n 7 15 It's time foi- "Shed" on

Y our two-\vay mdio "LZ ?% good~iro~~nrii,e. r/ovoorr l i m e oily O-qf?c /brisiiiess)'"TheMAT: progl-am man- ager's wife is calllng and we're "EZ 29", so I tun for the radio. "Good nioriiing, ~iegoovc Ira& "EZ 36 (fel-

ing as the president of the Allinnu: Women of Easi Kalunantan Do lhcse students have that much potential? There are limes when I am sure they don't! I must continually pray for the help of the Holy Spult in my teaching,

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that He will enable them to receive the Word, understand it, and put i t into practice I pray that they will not see thetruths wearestudyingonly asclass assignments or homework, but that hey will realize they are studying h e Living !Void, preparing for life and for sewice.

8 20 Old Testament Suvey is a first-year class They have

homework on the book of Jonah When we finish discussing it, I call on some of the students who have pre- pxed a short drama based on Jonah I - 3 They have no pi-ops, so my desk and vanous cham bocome the boat to Tarsis, and they rock them as the storm gets worse M e n they finally decide lo how Jonah oberboard, a 'Ysh " ap- pears a one of the boys wapped in a sarong who "swallows" Jonah with some difficulty, pulling the sarong over his head. The class rom.

' d T 9 05 The bell rings for chapel, and I go home to put in a little

more pieparation for my on John's gospel. Frank is at OUT pastor's home wherehemeetsforprayerofthe3 pas- tors once a week with the three pastors in our aea.

9 55 It's time for John, ar- other first-year class They

spend the first fifteen mlnutes filling out a quiz on John 16. We started the year with 55 in the class, but because of sickness, lack of money, and find- ing Bible School more difficult than they had thought, we are down to 41.

We still have Samuel, the first Bible School student from the Berusu tribe. He has had some difficulb leaming how to study, not passing very many courses last semesler, but he has im- proved tremendously, doing well this semester Across the aisle from him is Kirong, the only firsbyear student from the Apo Kayan district interior. He's a serious student and does well.

There are 5 students from the Berau distnct scattered around the room. Apnl, Elisabeth Unya, Ellysabet Tanin, and Marden are all good students who are eager to wn- tribute to discussion. but Sulau has a hard t m e I taught her father He hada difficult lime in school too, but he served the Lord faithfully until his death. Again I am remlnded of my re- sponsibiliiy and pnvilege to train the future leaders of our church.

Well, they have finished the quiz, and I go through John 14, 15, and 16, talking about the work of the Holy Spirit Whenthebellnngs, Ilty tofin- ish quickly because there areonly five minutes between classes and another teacher is waiting

'Q' 1 l : l O SinceourEnglishclass isn't our until. 12:30, and nei-

therFrank nor Ihaveaclassduringthe period before, we llke to eat then. We sit down to an appetizing meal of rice, pork (from a jungle pig), and vegeta- bles For dessert, we have a delicious pineapple picked from our own gar- den.

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10 00 The lights go out and n c are I d 1 sitting rn the school

o f k c 111 the dark We stated the mscting with Scnpture and p r a y , thcn spn t !he nest 2 112 houis dis- cus.sini:\\lio\\'cshould haveatthew- opci;itii'e store, \rhat u c are gnins to set a.: a gift for ourgraduation speaker, a ~ d \ \ h a t l ~ ~ d o w i l h a c o u p l e \ ~ h o w e ~ - ~ caught talking to each othei by tlicm- A e s aitc:l dark, somehing not per- mitted at hidonesan Bible Schools Wc dccidc 111 adjourn the meeting for anotlici meek When \\e get home I'rank turn\ un our gumator bccmx! \be both have uork to do for our cla\\cb toiiioi~o\v At I 1 30, I find niy\cIf I i l l i i ig a4cep and w n d a $ 1 hakc ~v i i t t e i i domn the nght grades ior the nght people, so I decide to call i t a

Man), of the CRrMA missonancs in Indonesia a c teaching in theologi- cal schools Our prayer letters may not sound vety exciting, as we are not preoching l o hugs crowds or evangel- i ru ig die urueachcd tiowever, we me engaged in a viral ministv 'prepaing God's people hi- work.; of seivicc, so that the body of Chiisr may hc built up" (Colossians 4 4 NIV), %liich will in tuin prnduce indigenous pa.;tors, lenders and laypeople for an tndige- nou> Indonesian church. /1i oll in u (/<% 01 n B~h ie Sclruol A

day

,I40arie, dong with her hurhond Fronk hove iprnr oil olrheir a i r r i o n a ~ comw raochq in o BibkSchwl in rheini~erioroi~ari~~l,,obmonron,

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ou loved niuch and p a x even Y moie L.oina Munme, I O U oi- feicd youizelfto Ihc MK'sofIlandung Alllance Schooi ioi 33 years, iinpafl- 1n.p niuch grcatei \\-i,doni than found in tntbooks or practice papers Ihe s\\etiiagranceol youiIile,'anesm- plc ciisaciifice aid zeii'ice, sti l l lingers in our classsooms, hul mole i m p i - tantl). in the minds oihundseds oistu- dmts !vho sat undzl-youi- gcnllc care

You \vcic "MIS$ L.oina" to most o i us ovci the ycais sinccyoui and in 196 I Those wil% the days of many

$1 ades wilhin one cI:issi-ooni. you west olicn Uie only tcxliei-foi a n en- t i l e hieiaicliy oC eleinentaiy classes One \venders ho\v many teachers you watched come atid go duiing youi long tenure a t BAS

You \!~itnesscd studcnts' lives ma- tuicd mid tsan~iomicd into 1~11.. SCICC~ seiva i i ls One docs [hc Losd's woik heicm Baiduns; icacliuig out to an unrexhcd pcople pi'uup Anotlia seivci; bc.;ide Iiei M K hushand in Ka- linimtx An MAF pilot llies national chuicli icpicsentatircs LO a wnfzicnce in I~iainid. h a i i J a w , whileonemwe i c 10 begin teaching at the Jaifrcy lheological School in Sulawesi They save aiound the ivoildl

You always stood ready lo try

something new, dtfercnt, if you weie convlnccd it irould helpyouistudenb lime, long aflci lhe final bell sounded, you rrccly oifeied your .sclio1ais Reaching out into the wnimunily,you pave countlcss houis to teach Sunday school classes in the Indonesian Inn- page, you visited in the 1iomcs of na- tional I'IKII~S, giving c o u n d and the wisdom of youi yeais to tho= ulio askcd

OS u)ui-sc, your kiiidncfs e ~ c i i d d to the rcst of us; also WoiLing closely togcthes made us realize that if you could wenthathe stoiinsof lifeon the mission field, your les. c*pcrieneui colleaguescould also. HOW we piat% God that you nmci gave up. c'vm when lhc "going" piowd tough Many of us sti l l l i i lxu ioi the Lord hc- cause of your C h i x t - t k e\ample

Miss Loma, should you evei won- der if youi ministly in Bandung was wolth the saci ifice, II. you e\ il' think al l the toil aid teas5 o v a d i l l i d stu- dmts 1ne:lli-c11vc,or1i~ou aretempted to speculate on the balidit). of you tiine invested i n the lives of national fiicnds, look up' Wailing for you 1-i a ciou'n of nghtsousncsz, the Lord JC- sus, I~limzeli, saying. ''Well done, good 'and Tailhful ~ ~ ~ v a i t "

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Worshiping Christ in Satan’s House

his secmr like a nice “Tclinige: I rhought, as I trav- elled my 2nd evangelistic suivey mp 10 Cential Kalimantar on the newly rehuill MAF lloat plane The last lime 1 made this wp in Uie fall of 1992, i t took me 2 dq s oC trn\ c1 on a Ceszna MAF plane. a lumbcr uuck, a boat, and on ho t , enkniig tliis area at Chicken Island Now 11 \\‘as t d m g lust 55 niinules

The Sn-uydi IIulu diqtnct of Cen- 1rnI Kaliniaiitai, c o n i p o d ol ?H \ , I -

Iagcs: IS physically ixdaled bv nver ialxds and forest, and q m l u a l l ) IW-

l a i d liy die powcr o1‘S:itnn We \ v m

coming 10 hicah UI) dial spiiitunl i d a -

lion b) b i m g i n ~ ~IieCiwd N a y > to the HzO0O inh:ibil;iiils, \vho day allel day c;iny (tic cnein\’s hiirdcn of their am- niihtic cuitoiii.i

Wc Iaiidcd in Pnngke cui the lower Seiu\an I J X ~ and \vcit‘ rnct by De- n i m , our cwngelist to thls h u n d m a

Evangelist Dernan

He had rnwd here only 4 m o n k be- fore, in Aubwst 1993, aftercomplehng i y e a s of formal theological d u c a -

l h c s;ys iwrc c r q d i c r c rhuttbis iwusSutun’s fortrc.ss

tion at Kelnnsam I3ible School in Wesl Kalimanuan A h the plme l d l , Ile- man and I staled upiiver on a l O J a v 10-village 11 i p , during which \be would hold I7 seivicos and see 6 pw- plc rcceive Cluxt

The signs \KIC evqwl ie l - c that this w a s Satan’s ioil iess On our 2nd

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day of travel, I spottcd a basket float- ing in [he nbcr. a rice offmng to !he nver spints As \be stoppcd in each village, Ialsosawstnngs with stnpsof cloth ticd on [hem, stretched across the tops of doorways, midl glass bottls filledwilh unknoun subsLances tied to theoursidewalls nea hedoors, beetle nut kales attached to [he houscs, spint-iccding housc.; on shoil iion-

larerimpaledon ashalptreeroot,dend becauseofsomefnghtful thing he had seen, probably by the very ghost he sought, the people said

Deman; an Ut Danum believer fromour Ambalau area,oneofthefint from hisrnbe togo toBibleschool, is well-suited for ministry in this area He was an animist and speaks Ut l)anum,\~hichmanymrhisaieauseas

Warship service held I" "Sepandeu Hentu" (Ghost Pole) village.

wood poles, and !he eva-present me- monal poles, ironwood caved in the likenesses of depolted loved ones Saneweigh tonsand srand 20feettall. Some aleonly 6 mches tall, and can fit in the palm of your hand There were the stones of poweiful witchdoctors, andofamanwhowent toacaiainpart of the jungle to seekmg power from a jungle ghost, only to be found 2 days

their daily language. Wehad closefel- lowship during this trip as we tned to convince the tribespeople that Christ wanted to take their heavy burdens away-burdens such as b l d sacri- fices, he payment of exorbitant sums to the witchdoctor for the treatment of sicknesses, suing each otherovermi- nor infractions, fear of the jungle ghosts, and most of all, fear of death.

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In each village we had 50 and some- times as many as 70 people, come to hear about the burden-lifter, Jesus Christ, and the news that He wanted to replace their heavy burdens with His Peace

We held services in many unusual locations - in schools, pnvate homes, community gathenng houses, and in

one very intimidating place, an am- mistic worship house, built especially for spit-worshippers to use as a place to sacrifice to the prince of the power of the au, Satan. “Why would we hold aservicehereyyoumight ask Well,it was empty, it was not being used by the anunists, and was the biggest building in the vlllage to accommo- date a crowd The service began quite normally, but just as I started to bnng the message of the ‘burden-lifter’. all

“Wiy ureyou so surprised? HJU ure ivorsh ippi ty Clirisf in sotun’s liousc!”

kinds of disturbances occurred - loud dog-fights just outside the door, chil- dren yelling, many of the women get- ting up and walking in and out of the service holding loud conversations with each other, to name a few.

I finished the message, but never have I been so bothered m bnnging the Word of Life and in such a disturbing atmosphere Afterwards I thought, “Why are you so surprised? You are worshipping Chnst in satan’s house!”

Even the name of the village, Sepun- dnu Hantu, ( the village of the ghost pole) indicated the devils’ presence No one accepted Chnst in this village that we h o w of, but the Word, the Good Seed, was planted In one vil- lage, the chief confided to Deman,“lt i s Due, our animistic customs are a vely heavy burden;’ but he was afraid that stopping all the burdensome prac- tices would be an insult to hisdeparted relatives who depended on him to make sacrificesfor their benefit How bound! Such a heavy burden he and his people carry!

Travelling back lo Pangke, Deman and 1 visited villages, bnnging the message of freedom to these 8,000 heavyladen people. I wish I could say hundreds came to Chist, but the people of the Semyan Hulu have still not heard about the ‘burder-lifter’. Our hope isthat more Demans will be sent by the National church so that these unreached tribes will transfonn the houses of Satan into sanctified, consecrated houses of worshipto the Lord Jesus Chnst - until1 oneday, the fonnerwill be no morel A

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HOME IJJ M a r i e P e t e r s

spccid \void, isn’t it‘) In English we have a spccial iioun - [l ie word “lio,,x” as opposed lo “house’ l-lie Indonesian l a n p - age has a special vcri), ‘>u/ong”, meaning -10 go i7011rc ’ .

A fiiciid once wiote, “Ilave you been lioiiie’) Or do missionai-ics i m ~ e a home”” I thought, “That’s a good qucstion ’’ My huiband aid 1 d c i lo Noiih Arnciica a5 liomc; we lalk aboul “go- ing homc on iurlouglh” 13ut - whevc’s i ~ o u ~ ~ 7 Duntig our ibtir I‘uiloughs wt ’ \e I i ~ o d in five houses, ilu-eee tonns, atid two miuilnes

M! children lust say, go on iur- lough ” Noilli Ameiico irii‘t /ionic lo Ihtm Thcy considcr iioiiic tlic house on lhe Bible School campus in Long Bia, East Kaliiiiantan, wlizie we’vc

li\,cd Ibl-o\.el- sihtczii years. YclLung Bia isn’t quile ho,iie eilhcr A Bihlc School is n timsiait society Fiiends ginduate or move on lo other placcs Sittuig iiiComially wiih fiiends, they uicoiimously slip into Uieir native dialect Icaving us unable lo p s i > more than a \\aid herc and iiicie, and fcclmg . “ui-at-home”

Thc Iviites of I-Iebicws said of lhc herocs or h t l i that, “hey \\CIIL aliens and swangets on caitli” (llebscivs I I:lj), 1iel)rews 13.14 says, “For here \vc do not have an cnduiiug city, butwearelool;iiigfortllccity thatisto

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buying fuinilurc - a p l x c dim ilieie are no moie pomiss, no four-month 01 foui-ycai scp:lrations iruin chil- dim, paiciits, or bl-ollicl-s and siqteis Oh, yes! t l sawn ~ 1 1 1 1-c \vonde~ful no son-ow, no pain, no sickness, no troubl?, but, niosi of all. i t \vill he HO.llL?I A

who wved wllh him in Indoncsia, he was a \cry unique, gilied, humosous man and co-\wiher, who will always be remembacd with a smile on our faces and peat respect In OUT heam

Gordon as best known foi- his skill as iiijchei- and translator, pl-epw ing as many as 18 kzts for students in theological schools. In early 1991, when he knew hc hod unbeatable can- ccr, Gordon ictuined to finish his work before officially retinng In 1992. We kill a l~vays i~ad i ly recall hisquickwit

Wm con describe (he delight ofcoining home To be welcomed b-v j2/nii!v ondfiiends.2 As to s? to ni,vsc$ "This is where I belong, This is where m.vloirme)i ends

How sweel ro remeniher OF I rrmel lliroqh 113, No moner howforl moj, room, There h coining o do)) when I'll lrmel no more And I'll rroch my hemenly home.

Family ondpiends will nllgother oroiind 0

Wlmt o joyJ111 rcimion do)il And Jesii.r Himse(fwil1 welcome me there, AndI'll h o w rhorl'm HOME lo stoyl

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to Gordon Chapman

Photo taken at 1989 Field Conference

and winning sniile w r c h o u ~ i i a; e\celleiit teachers lies Pcihaps iiiost telling, .?re dicrellec- in h e fact that the? also taught a t OUT

tions of iiatioiial I“acu1ty and studm\s, local I-Ia%widdis Uiiivmsity here in capsulized in Di. Pclsr Anggu’, die Ujungpandnng ” \voids of President of laffi-ay Theo- “Although the residents of heaven logical Colicgc He wiites, “M- have welcoined hiin as oiic who has Chapnian waj \‘eiy well-knoun and s2n’cd faithfully lo the end of his life, loved by churches all owr Saudi Su- lhe chuich heie in Ujung~~i ida i i f . . the lawesi as one whose pixaching \\,as laiii-iiy Theological College and all chaiaclenred by shnip cntical cxposi- Iliose who h e w him, miss him \.ely tion of Sciipturez. and he al\vay s built much, and fccl thcy have lost a Seix’ant up the body of Cli i is l ” oGGod uho e\einplified himselS a5 a

“Wil l i a Inugli, Mi- Chapman Uuly dedicated eunmple of what it would iiianel h a t he, \cilh only a means 10 follow haid aftei God, evcn Bachclors d e g m , would he lcacliing lo the end of his l ife ” on a seininaiy level. The lscr oC die Yes, \vc all niiss hiin But thei-e is matter \\,as, Rev Chapman as a con- no greater praise than to hc !,now as tinuously %ll-educoted m a n , lwght <ioidon \ b a s !-2iowvn . lh3t he ran lhe with a dcpth and qualilv h a t his for- race \veII, all the way to die finish line. nier students say will be difficult to W d l see you in licaven Goidon e\er Soiget ’’ Wilh much decp low,

“Proof that Mu. Rr Mrs. Chapman youi Indone>ian family

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needs, the faimly ilecds, the church and conununily needs, all looming large

THE RETREAT

The iirst message on u!hg or nus- using tiilails - Moinmg quiet times oil tlie ~i-vi lnt gi1 I used to touch the lde of tlic p a t am!. gcneral, Namnan - May spilling O U I hcI- low ior her Im d. and the doiy 1s continuing 10 be told arouiid tlic \r.orld cveii 10 Clns pi e- sent dnv - Iliscussions on what i t means to ' beep with those who weep and rejoice with tho.% who rc~oice", hcing led amidst personal tears Unitul prayer for a recent \vidow left uilliout \\ark, with lhous rental tun- ning out, u,ith iive childlm, facing die temptation to tuin away iron1 f a i h In Je>uus in orda- to p i n the sccuiuTity of a homeaiidnimiage e\ai i f a saxe - ond u~ifc, and to a man o f the dominant iaith here o n Java A precious jewel of n \winan called out irotn one of the >t i l l um.cached people groups of he urorld TheMadurc.x Challenged to1~\ \ i l I ingto~uS~~rr . i t l ie r Ihandeny her Lord, to kcomc an ~nsliunient in Ilie hand or hcr God to reach hcr fani- i l y and Siicnds Wil l she be ablc to standl

With chain aiianged i n circular foim,oppoimnily fiben logo tosome- one and in front of all, espicss words of appreciation , hou kautliul to hehold Haidayet todo Iiliewsewith regard to hard feelings hidden within This h m women who rarely express their feelings verbally, or have the

chance to \v:tness such in the l ives of others Unktnd words spoken of a new bnde and newly m the rn~nisuy, somcone taking too long ui the shower with so many waiting In line, wameone not loolimp the other UI the cye while s h a k i n g their hand So m m huils botli large mid small Cli- mactic, wab

ladies into Him. "Maste

the wnta- with one on each side of tlie young lady, and heming her tell how dilfcrent we are like night and day, mid yet each touching her life in a spe- cial way. That isour Sovereign God at work, and the gloiy goes to Hnn.

A hilaiious time of games, fun and laughter united the ladies togetha in a most wondeiful way a5 well

A calling up of women lo repiesnit xvrral ofiheil-siskm w i i k n about in the Bible , . yes, the one who sold goods in the mai~lietplaces, Uie one of prestige and iilllu~nce whose husband was ciuel and demanding, the onewho moved so wy, veiy often even over iougli and stoimy water, but always opmed her home for the Lord, the one who was but a simple faim gu-l from an undesirable background but would not turn back to her own people, and consequently began the line thnugh which Chnst was boin, the one who

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grew up as an orphan m the home of her uncle . challenged to takc a stand even lEitmeantherown Me for the sal- vation of her people Yes, on and on they go, women whose lives bore powerful influence beyond their ruild- est d i e m s Women represented today in Ear Java

What about our sister who canie to die retreat, obviously a wonian of tal- ent, means and dignity? How was i t

that she, from another church, came and brought along with her, her 78- vear-old modier,

they each were making for this next year One wanted to open up a Sunday School outreach Another w a s plan- ning to start helping clean the church, another would help with cooking when needed, while another would help out with the children of an over- loaded pastor's wife Perhaps most lhnlling ofall, w a s the commitment of each woman to pray every day of this next year forherpastor and hisfamily

Amidst tears and laughter, thc love of Jesus melted hearts together Only

God knows what who after many Pcrhrips most thrilling of took place in die in-

turn aside from the each of the fifty-six years wanted to oil, l m s the conmdment of namost k i n g of

eIIci, ,vonrrrn fO nrolr evcri,

credibly lhnlling to hear of her desire to sell a valuable shrmp farm, and with the monev pro- vide musical instruments for our churches, complete with music les- sons! Did she have any idea that there in our midst were ladies froin th-ee of our very poorchurcheswho have been fasting and praying for an mstmment to be used to praise the Lord In tbcir servica? The pieces would never have k e n put together - but for God1

After scriptural guidelines were given regarding the qualities of a ser- vant and ministry, the women readily suggested numerous possibilities as ways in which to ?ewe the Lord. More thrilling yet, was to witness them freely coming forward to make a public statement of the commitment

that decision to nsk all the ostracism from her religion to turn to Jesus, for the desii-e of her be- ing has been touched Her husband too is ready to leam of Jesus

Like it is frequently sad in Indone- sian,"Lamdaipadu yanglain" (differ- ent than any others), this retreat was very ditierent from other reh-eats. The only explanation -broken and spilled out for love of You, Jesus1 BUT FOR GOD, it would not have k e n "He ihar goerh/orrh weeping, bearitigprz- cious seed. will doublless conic again widi rqloicing, bnriging his slieaves w ~ d i hrnr. " A

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A MADURESE JEWEL

Looknif dceper, the man is not a be- liever He is a lw a maiiial man, with anolhei wife and family something

In the midst of a baltlc raging within, our new f i x n d lound her way to our first wornen's ictreat in EJst Java 1hou:h from anothei- church, shc w a 5 in\itcd 10 come, ;uid aiiiaz- in$\,, caiiie! As she disclosed the pieat temptalion w alluiiiigl\' drawing

quite acceptable m t h E cuI1u1.e

I I V Cordon Swcnson

l i i lc on caith the Lord Jcsui did w much 01 H i s teaching outdoois - oil mountains and shoreliiiss, in WII- demcs:. and to\ms, on a lake, by ii

well L1xn I lis disciples reached I xgc and m i a l l p i u p s in the ciut-oC-doois

It'.; I k r n m d , and man); I>clie\:e that inl'oimal Iiwng in God's freat out- doors helps to bleak down bancis to open up the licaits ol young pcople to tlic Gospel of Chnzt Tlinl's Tcwm ~ v l i > \ye id God wnnts us to stan a camp iii L ' a 4 Kalminntan

Since 1982, die Go+ Tabcrnacls Church oi Indoncsia has begun a con- ceiid ellon to nuiiister to the younz pcople of Indonesia In 1989 ous~i i i i - 5ion ashed UI to move lo Sanrannda,

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n LLSL l l v e h from (heirhome villagcs llebcr has begun targeting l h e x un- r-eaGhed nnd uncommitted young p a - PIC

Agcleeing wilh ourvision,theIhi- sion of Oveixas Miniskies of the Ch~ . t t i a~ i & Missionaly Alliance has g r a n t 4 us peimlsbion to raise rounds

Our drcum 0 to hove a camp ...(I o reuclt) the,voulli of Eust Kulimantan.

to build a y o u ~ h camp We praise die Lmd h a t the land purchaFe and p a - manmt d c d have bccn completed Our next pioiccl wi l l be thc road, and the kitchen and batluooiii facililics

Oui dicarn is to h a w a camp that would facilitale rcaching the youth of East Kalimantan Don7 you iemem- b u your camping expmcnces, and whntt l rcy did fur your spiritual life7

F’lcnse pray fur che youth of Indo- nesia 7lie Jitriiie of ihe Indonesioir Cliri,s.ii 1s rii llic;t-/tuiid~ mid we wn71 io ieach ilieiii so rliey will consider rhe cio1iii.i o/ Chirsr /or /heir I,vcs mid l /K w . 1 imir

Pleasepray Pat andme, Novel,Hc- ber and Pcniel, as u’e continue to ieach out to Ihe youth oilndvncsin A

( x e E\tia Budget Specials p. 30, 3 I )

Gordon Pal Swenrm serwfioni Snmarindo, E Kolimanron us Youih Advrrorr lo TheNanom1 Church

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I,? Anne I-lobbs

eciluse of (lie hlessmg oC satellite B cornmunicalioii, Cluistiaiis a - sound rhe \vorld quickly heard the n e w of a nias,i\.e eni~liqunkc t l iat shook South Sunialcsa, Indonesia, on Fcbmniy IG,I 994 We, C&MA niii- +manes in thepsovince, felt the sliak- iilg a t o ~ r i ~ i l t i o ~ l inPalciiibaiig,bulUie word damage occ~ i i~cd in the wcstein sector near llie m i n l l c q of Liwo 8,000 homes w r e dc?tro?cd, as well as nuinmous govminicnt stmctuies such as zcliools and olliccs The dsadi toll nunibaed 200, and Uie nurnhcr 01

. . . the .stage ivns bci17,o set for 0 v e q ~ diffrrciit kind qf "sliake up. "

ssnously injured rcnclicd alrnosl 2,000

Bccauie of the i i i ipassahie Iand- slides, the a m \\as dlfticult 10 isacli by i ~ a d Emergency nicdical e\'acu- alions had to be ca imd OUI with Uie

help o i m i y Ilclicopteis SAR Teains c.onsisting oi Red Cioss, Depailrnait of Healrh, and militaiy personnel, \ w e working conlinuously to help those still ali!e, but trappcd under pilcs ol'debins, to salety Pnvatc indi- viduals, churches, and chmtablc or- galuzations chaiuiekd emerseiicy aid, suppl? '"2 diinking water, tents, nce, b l a d k t s , and medicines to thc suiw- vors Many slorics are being told of the m i t e confusion oC the elderly and childsen, espcciaI1y those wlio remain ti5 tlie sole susv i vo~~ of thcii- families What bcrneiidoui pief and loss they faced froin an unespecitd 5 minuttsol tt1lDs1

While govei~nsnt agency S A R Teams \!'ere b u ~ with ea11liqu:ike vie- tinis in !lie uestein pat of die prov- ince, on the eastein side the stape was being sct for a \eiy diil'crenr kind of "shake up '' God's newiy coinniis- sioned SAR Team for evangelism 011 Bai&i Island \\'as a h in operation.

Evangelist Balaii Laing, a ieccnt graduale of the Jal'iray Tlicolopcnl College 111 Ujung Pandnng, began wit- nesmg to, md lsadlng to faith in Cluist, souls d i o had previously lived

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with no knowledge of cteinal salva- tion They were h-apped in the femful grip of evil spuits. One of Balms’

contacts was a woman who asked for prayer because she had suffered with uteiine cancerfor6years Before praying for her physical ,healing, Balan explained that hcr soul needed to be iescued by Jews Chnst, too She believedon the Lord for hcssalvation, and called 40 members of her ex- tended family to hear thc cvangehst’s explanation of how he, as a rememki of Gdds’ SAR Team could tell them about new lifc in Christ now, and the guarantee of life everlasting Many have reccived Uie gospel and have buined heir fetishcs Balm is doing dmiplcship llaming with thc new be- lieveis in pi-epaiation ‘for Uieir bap- tism

On the phone a few days ago, Balan shard exciting nc\t$ about the ncw bclievers and also requestcd an ordained ministcr to mine over to Ruigka tohelphun with the baptisms We lwth i-enim-ked how wondciful i t is that God miswered ous prayci-s for the establishing of an cvangelisin post on Bnngka Island. Gloiy to God; Success to God’s SAR Tcmn for Baiska Is- land1 A

Anne. aim: with her hmbnnd George, hove iiiinirrered 10 voiioiis pmir oflndonewo ~ i n ~ e 1 9 3 In 1992 [hey becarve PO,? ofrhe eimge!- w u rhnirr inlo Sieriore>o The Nuiionni Chiirch Einngelisrri Pmpcr for Sumarera 15 h m n 0s SUWATER1 S82 . . 80 congregalionr, wirh n,orks in Xgovernmenr od,riinirnaIive Centers bylheyear 2W0

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TO R1 WITH lWVE

bs Lorna Munroc

still recall the conversation Guii- 1 . ther and I were in my,Bandung liv- ing room when he suggested that I should consider an early retuement “It’s not so bad” he reasons, “tliere are days when I get so frush-ated in our Jakarta office I can hardly wait until I’m sixtyfive Relax, return to my tool & dye making trade Crwtuie

I could relate to what Gunther was saying. He’d beni our chairman foi- 17 years, while his wife, Camen, had graciously served as our Guest I louse Hostess. Gunther, a tall, strong, capa- ble Gnman, ran a tight ship Mission- anes respected, misunder-stood, and pehapsfear-ed him m vagingdegrees

Eventually, we learned Uiat deep inside the brusque exteiioi- was a heal of love and concein as big as the out- doors. Guiither was a man of few

comfotts, you how.”

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b? Frank Peters

oes God still do mil-acles? "D "This question is never asked by Ch-istians in East Kalunantan They know He does, because they've s e a His powei at work. 1 1-ecenlly b l k d with 3 young gi-aduates of h e Long Bia Bible School. Each of t h m had a story Lo tell of sceing God Work in a miraculous way

Swensor KJla, a recent graduate 0 1 the school, SIVEIISOI. Kila, stopped by out house, after retuning from Sarawak, Malaysia Although he had gone up there to e m money before entenng the ministi),, he was kept so busy preaching, nunisleling and pray- ing for sick people,, that he had little time to woik The doctors had given up oii one girl, considciiug her as good as dead. They asked that she be t,&en home; bccause they had no hope for her recovny Swensor however, fell the Lold wmlcd him to pray for her. He did, and the Lord touched her She smn left the hospital The doctois considered her- healing a niuacle

Kotol,telius Uiignri IS now finishing his undergi-aduatewoi-h at Tcnggarong Bible Theological College Eight

yearsago, hewas sentfrom hisdistrict to serve as a "liome niissiotiaty" in a distnct to the south where there are still many unevangelized people. He says that he felt totally overwhelmed, so far from home, with only a gade school education and U u e yeas of Bible school. In desperation, he fasted and prayed God reminded him that he wasn't alone, and that the people back home were praying for him As he husted, God gave him a fiuitful

HeJound her.fumi!v ivoiling us for someone who ivus ulreu& deud

minishy m that xea. One time, while eating with people

in a neighbonng village, a young gul suddenly ran outside. She said later that someone had called her, altliough there was actually no one there She tnpped on the steps and fell. A shoit time IaterKomelius wentoutslde and found her unconscious on the q w n d He called for help and they camed hei- into the longhouse. 'There he and the otherChnstiansprayedforhei-,butshe could not speak, no1 could she move without pain The neXL momtng he

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he fell the leading of the Loid to go back and pixy for the girl again

He found her family \railing as for someone who was already dead. Neihbors said that they had s e a oth- ers in the same condition and all had died As Kornelius and llie members orhistcam lqantopray foi heragain, he felt the Holy Spiiit lelling h m that this was (he \mih of S a m He shai-ed this \vilh his teainmates, and thcy re- buked Satan and oidcred him 10 kavc the giil The girl imme- dialel) stood up and said, ‘7 ‘tit l r~.aled ” Befoie they Ielt the \illage that morning, shc played her guitar and sanga song of preise to the Lord She is st i l l achvely sening the Lord

Kelso Rule is the pas- tor m Karang Agung, a transmigrant village of Javanese p a ~ p l e . in noiiheast Kalinianlan At I I o’clockonenighta hock came on his door Theie, was one of his parishioneis wilh a stranger, who explained that his 5on was vny sick The doclor at the clinic could not help him Scveial shamans hadn’t been able to help His Chnslian neighbor told him, “At our church we pray and ask our God to heal the sick.” This is what had brought a desperate father to the pastor’s door late that night He wanted prayer for his child. Kelso told him he needed to receive Jesus Christ as his Smiour before he

could pray for his sick chld. 7he man accepted Jesus This i n ilsefJwar a mi,.acle oJirew brrrli Kelso then went lo his house and prayed for the ch ld who quickly recmered. When I vis- ited the family 6 months ls~er, the boy was still healthy, and the father was growing in the Lord. The mother wants lo believe in Jesus, hul still clings to her old faith. She has not yet yieldcd herself to the Lord. Pray for her salvation

Kelso Kule and his family

Does Godsnll do nriracles7 What do you believe? The= three young men would answer, “Yesl” for they haveseenGod’spoweratworkmtheir lives and minisma. A

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Java 5.5 2 Church Buildings Java 5 5 2 Church Building - Yogyakarta

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lay Training programlJavs Nal'I Church I Mission Conventions Nst'l LeadershipTraining Seminar Urban

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Lqbrery BookdRegional Bible Schools Graduate ScholershipIChurch Leaders Tenggatong Bible School Buildings Scholarships Tenggarong Theo School Pontianak Theological School Building Long Bia Bble School/ F Peters

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