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IJevrs le t ter

o f Mr. and Mrs .

Gar land

Bare

M i s s io n a r i e s of

I f o r t h e r n S ian i

M i s si o n

of

Ame r i c a n Chu r c h e s

of

hrist

I ,

No.

January 1952

Dear Chr i s t i an

Fr i ends ,

Gree t ings

in

th e

name

of

our

Master .

How

g r a t e f u l

we

a re to

Him

fo r s a f e ly bringing us to our new

f i e l d

o f

se rv ice .

Since time and

circumstance

do not permi t us to wri te

each

of

you a detai led

personal

l e t t e r t e l l ing

of our t r ip and new home,

we

t r u s t

t ha t t h i s news le t t e r wi l l br ing you up

to

da t e .

May we

beg in

by

exp res s ing

our spec i a l apprec i a t ion to those

o f you

who

were so

he lp fu l

in a ss is tin g

us through

the l a st -m i n ut e r us h.

The

s t u d e n t s o f t h e

L i n c o l n B i b l e

nstitute

d e v o t e d

an

entire a f t e r n o o n

t o

he lp ing

us re -pack and waterproof our baggage fo r the t r i p . That they

d id

a

s ple nd id jo b

i s man i fe s t ed by

th e

f i n e

cond i t ion

i n which most o f

th e

i tems

surv ived

th e jo urn ey .

As

a pa r t ing p r e sen t

th e

s tuden t s

do

nated an Estey fo ld ing organ . A fte r b idd in g a d i f f i c u l t fa rew e ll to

L in

co l n ,

we

began to t r a v e l coa s t -wa rd .

La s t Days i n U. 3 .

En rou te to New

York

our f i r s t s top was Eas t Gary, Indiana , where we

had a h igh ly enjoyable v i s i t

with the

bre th ren o f

the

F i r s t Chr i s t i an

Church, This evange l i s t i c congrega t ion , m in is te re d to

by

MT and Mrs.

Ar ie l

Brady, provides most o f Garland s l i v ing - l i nk suppor t . On Lord s

Day,

September 16 , an

o rd in a ti on s er vi ce was he ld ,

as the

congregat ion

s e t us f o r t h

to

th e

work

o f

th e m iss io n

f i e l d .

The f o l l owing

day th e

l ad ie s

of

the Church gave a shower of household

suppl ies

fo r Dorothy Jean

A g re a t many o f ou r

s upp l i e s

were p ro vid ed th ro ug h

such showers

churches

and g roups .


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Th e change

i n s h i p p i n g p l a n s gave

u s

th e welcome chance

t o

spe nd

a

few

e x t r a d a y s w i t h Dad

a n d Mom B a r e

i n

Youngstown,

O h i o ,

T h e r e we

co m

p l e t e d our packing and had

th e

p r i v i l e g e o f becoming

a c q u a i n t e d

w i t h

some

o f t h e l o y a l

c o n g r a g a t i o n s

i n t h e a r e a

The g r e a t e s t t h r i l l s i n a l l our t r a v e l were

p r o v id ed

by t h e oppor

t u n i t y to v i s i t wi t h

th e

f a i t h f u l s e r v a n t s o f our L ord

i n

d if fe re n t p ar ts

o f

t h e w o r l d .

I n Ue w

Y o r k

we

w e r e w e l c o m e d t o

t h e

home

o f

M r, a n d Mrs

Slmer K i l e , ow a p p a l l i n g t

wa s

to se e our n a t i o n s m e tr op o li s s te ep ed

i n suc h

s p i r i t u a l

d a r k n e s s .

We axe

proud o f th e

f i n e work b ein g done

by

th e lo ya l la bo re rs t h e r e ,

and

we t r u s t t h a t th e

b r e t h r e n

throughout the

l a n d

w i l l p re v e n t th e

work

from

b e i n g hampered

by

l a c k

o f w ork ers and

s u p p o r t . The K i l e s sa w u s o f f a s we

boarded

th e ST L

SURV YOR October

11, The s hi p d ep arte d from New York ha rbor

e a r l y

on the morning

of

the

1 3 t h

s t

n M a n i l a

A f t e r

37 d a y s o f s a i l i n g , i n c l u d i n g s t o p s i n Newport News, Tsunpa

New Or leans,

and Balboa i n th e

Canal Zone, we a r r i v e d a t

Manila

e a r l y

i n

th e

morning

of

November 19

Ruth

Smith

wa s

a t

th e

p i e r when we

docked I t was a n e s p e c i a l l y

happy r e u n i o n

s i n c e Ruth comes from-Doro

th y J e a n s home town

of

Chandlerville,

Il l in o is

We were taken to the

Manila B i b l e Seminary where we

met

th e

Hales

and many o f th e st ude nt s

A f t e r a joyous day o f fello w ship w ith Mrs, Wolfe, Miss Smith, th e Hales

and McElroys,

we

were guests

o f th e

Seminary

i n a

s p e c i a l evening a s

se m b l y ,

E n r o l l m e n t

a t

t h e

S e m i n a r y

t h i s

y e a r

i s

upwards

o f

100

We

fo u n d a l l th e

m is sio na rie s to be c ap ab le , c on se cr at ed s e r v a n t s o f our

L o rd a n d w o rth y o f

t h e p r a y er s

a n d s u p p o r t o f f a i t h f u l C h r i s t i a n s i n

t h e h o m e l a n d . D e s p i t e

r e p o r t s

t o t h e

c o n t r a r y ,

we a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t

th e doors

of

opportunity in the

P h i l i p p i n e s

a r e s t i l l wide

open,

and

t h a t now,

more

t h a n e v e r b e f o r e , t i s

t i m e f o r

t h e advancement o f New


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Testaanent Chr i s t i an i ty

and not

fo r w i t h d r a w a l o f e i the r w o r k e r s o r s u p

por t A f t e r a

day

in

Manila

we proceeded to Bugo in th e

s o u t h e r n

par t

o f

the I s lands Ou r l a s t

s t o p

e n r o u t e

was

a t

t h e

t ense

an d tu rbulent

c i ty of S a i gon in

I ^ e n c h

I n d o - C h i n a

While there

we

v is i t ed w i t h

a

group of

hinese

hristians in holon w have severed

themselve from

a l l

d e n o m i n a t i o n a l t i e s a n d a re s t r i v ing to r e t u rn to th e s i m p l e New

T e st a m e n t pa t te rn o f

Chr i s t i an i ty

In

e v e r y po r t

we w e re m ost

im

p res sed

b y th e g r e a t ne?d o f c on se cra te d l a bo re r s a n d

found ou r se lves

f a c e d

w ith th e

ques t ion Why go an y

f a r t he r when h e r e

i s a f i e l d t r u ly

r i p e unto

ha rves t ?

B a n g k o k

We

aw ak en ed on

th e morning

of T h u r s d a y

November

2 9

to f ind

o u r

ship a n c h o r e d a t Koh S i c h a n g the i s l and

po r t

fo r

m o s t o f B a n g k o k s

shipping. While

we

were a t

b reak fa s t

the

l a u n c h a r r ived

bear ing

C W

C alla wa y a nd M r

V o t h

of th e

A m e r i c a n Bib l e

Soc ie ty

M r s V o t h was

o u r

fe l low

p a s s e n g e r t h r o u g h o u t

th e t r i p an d

p r o v i d e d

u s with much apprec i

a ted

in fo rmat ion a n d adv ice c o n c e r n i n g S i a m W h i l e

in

Bangkok we en

j o y e d

th e g rac io us

hosp i t a l i t y

of the

V o t h s

A

b u s y

week was

spent

in

Bangkok g o i n g

t h r o u g h c u s t o m s a n d i m m i g r a t i o n

a n d d o in g ou r f i n a l

s h o p p i n g f or u p-c ou ntry

Bangkok

i s probab ly

th e

m o s t

Or i en t a l

o f th e g r e a t c i t i e s

o f the

F a r Eas t

Since

Sisun h a s n e v e r b e e n a c o l o n y o f a ny W este rn na t ion

s h e has b e e n f r e e r to d e v e l o p her own

cu l t u re .

However th e cap i t o l

h a s

managed

to

k e e p

w e l l

abreas t

of

2 0 t h

century progress .

S h a r p

con

t r a s t s

a re

everywhere noted . Modern business

bu i ld ings

v ie with o r

n a t e

pagodas an d tem ples f o r dom i na t i on o f th e sc e n e

European

inan-

s i d n s

form

a b a c k g r o u n d fo r

c a n a l boats an d s h a c k s .

S t r e e t

v e n d e r s

crowd the

sidewalks

in

front of

modern

department

stor es. Everywhere


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one i s reminded of

the

s p i r i t u a l darkness of

these

people hy the ever-

present

Buddhist

monk

with

h i s

yellow roh e and

shaven

head . The domina

t i o n

of the masses by these monks p r e s e n t s one of the g r e a t e s t o b s t a c l e

t o t h e p ro gr e ss o f t h e Gospel i n t h i s c o u n t r y .

While

in

Bangkok

our

s t a y

was

enlivened

by

a bloodless

r e v o l u t i o n

and the a r r i v a l of the King of Siam from Europe. e

were

able

to see

the

King

on two occasions. The coup

d e t a t involved a

shake-up i n the

c a b i n e t but

the same

premier was r e t a i n e d . I t was

impossible

t o c l e a r

up

our immigra t ion s t a t u s

whi le

i n

Bangkok

so

we must

make

a

. r e t u r n

t r i p to the c a p i t o l i n

the near f u t u r e

to

see

about our p erman en t

residence

v i s a s .

Will

you

pray

with

us

t h a t

t h e r e

may

be

no

hindrance

to our remaining i n the country to work f o r the Lord here if

it

be His

w i l l ? On Thursday December

6

we boarded the f a s t t r a i n a t Bangkok

and a r r i v e d a t Lampang E r i d a y noon.

The

J o u r n e y U p - C o u n t r y

After

a

few hours in Lampang

we

boarded

a

native

bus fo r

Phayao. In Phayao

we

were made

the

welcome gues ts of

a

d e l i g h t f u l

Chinese

feunily. e loaded

a l l of

our

baggage i n t o o x c a r t s

bound

f o r

Ghiengkam. On

the 9th

we were

able to board

a

bus which

could

take

us as far as Hui ao am^sincethe rainy

season

is over and the

ruts

have dr ied up. Siamese highways are

f a i n t l y

reminiscent

of

the

back-

r o a d s o f

N e b r a s k a .

A t H u i

Kao Gam we f o r s o o k iviliz tion a n d

st rted o u t o n

o u r

bikes through the

jungle. Travel

became

increasingly difficulty

u n t i l

it

became

obvious t h a t t h e b i c y c l e s

c o u l d

proceed no f u r t h e r . The

r o a d

was

still under w a t e r so it was n e c e s s a r y t o

h i r e

n a t i v e

p o r t e r s

from a s m a l l v i l l a g e t o

c a r r y

our b i c y c l e s f o r q u i t e a d i s t a n c e .

The

c a r r i e r s seemed t o

g l i d e

e f f o r t l e s s l y a l o n g

t h e

mud

w a l l s o f t h e

r i c e

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f ie lds

and

across

the

naxrow logs tha t bridged

the

flooded port ions,wit

the bicycles balanced on the i r

shoulders However,

we found it extreme

d i f f i cu l t

to

keep pace with them and main ta in bal ance a t

the

same time

Dorothy

Jean s urv iv ed th e

marathon

with

no mishaps,

but

Garland plunged

unceremoniously

into

the

mucK no

le ss

than

three

t imes.

y the

t ime

we

reached so l id ground

it

was becoming

too dark to proceed sa fe l y ,

so

we

spent

th e n igh t

as guests of the

headman

a t the

littl v i l l age

of Huay

Yang

Keun

The house was

a bamboo

and

teakwood

s t r uc tu r e

e l eva t ed on

pos t s abou t f i v e f e e t above th e

ground . A ccord ing to

custom we

removed

our shoes a t th e door and s a t cross - l egged

on

woven mats spread upon

the f l oo r . The gues t room was an open sec t ion a t the back of the

house which was shared

by

severa l persons The headman and h is

wife

l i s t ened

i n t en t l y as

C. t o ld them

th e

gospel s to ry in th e i r own

l anguage .

In

abou t an

hour th e

news

had t r a ve l ed t h a t t he re were

fo re igner s

in

town,

so cur ious v i l l age r s began t rooping

in

By

t h a t

t ime we

h ad crawled

under our blankets

and spread our

mosquito

ne t , so

we

must

have proved a di sappo in t ing s i gh t to the nat ives

Morning

dawned br i sk

and cool as we pedaled through the jungle t was d i f f i

cu l t fo r us to

s tay

on th e path a t

t imes ,

and it was of ten necessary

fo r

us

to

push

or ca r ry

our bikes

through gul l ies

e

proved to

be

t ender fee t to

the ex treme and

often had to s top to catch our

breath

At noon

we

stopped a t

a

smal l vi l l age and bought

a

lunch of

glut inous

r i ce

and bananas All

s izes and f l avors

of

banana grow every

where

in

Siam Ripe f r u i t of var io us var i e t i e s i s ava i l ab le every

month

o f the

y e a r


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A r r i v a l a t Chiengkam

After

crossing

a range of h i l l s we

descended

to the Chiengkam Plain

The

plain i s

dotted with small

villages

surrounding the

trading

center o

Chiengkam. Most of the v alle y f lo or

i s

devoted

to

r ice culture and

f r u i

growing.

To

the

south

and

east

r i s e

the

Petchahun Mountains dominated

by

the 6 0 00 f oo t

summit

of

Phu

Langka.

Chiengkam has one of

the

laxges

markets in the e n t i r e a r e a and i s a t rading

center

for a l l

the

t r i b e s .

Many

t r i h a l

f o l k s come

over

from

French Indo

China

so

the c i t y i s an

id ea l lo ca tio n

for evangelizing

t h i s t e r r i t o r y . Although Chiengkam

has

a population of

more than

5 000 it

appears

on few maps but may

be

lo

cated

on

the

map

as

being

about

midway between

Chiengrai

Chiang Rai)

a n d R a n .

How overjoyed we were to reach

our

dest inat ion and meet the r e s t of

our fellow-workers -

the

Callaway

family

Imogene Williams and Dorothy

Uhlig

Since our arrival we have had a wonderful fellowship with these

consecrated workers for our Lord. How our

hearts

yearn

for

the natives

of

this

town as we see them groping in the darkness

of

Buddhism and

Spirit worship. As soon as we were fairly

well

unpacked and

settled in

our new home, we began

to

s e t t l e down seriously to

language

study.

Gaining a working knowledge

of

the Thai i s an

arduous

task and requires

from s i x t o

e i g h t

hours o f c o nc e nt ra te d s tu d y each day. Two h o u r s a r e

s p e n t i n c l a s s w i t h

t h e

Thai

t e a c h e r .

Our

t e a c h e r i s an

i n t e l l i g e n t

n tive

who h a s

b e e n instru ted

in s o m e

o f t h e do trines of d e n o m i n a -

t i o n a l i s m .

We

a r e

p r a y i n g

t h a t

a s

we s t u d y

t h e B i b l e

t o g e t h e r

he

might come t o a f u l l comprehension

o f t h e

S c r i p t u r a l p l a n .


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ri es of N o r t h e r n

S i a m

ET

You

may

be i n t e r e s t e d to know something o f th e t r i b a l groups

among

whom we

expect to work. Chief inhabi tan t s of the lowlands are the North

ern

Thai -

often ca l led

the Lao

They speak

a

d i a l ec t

considerably

d if

fe ren t

from

the

people

of

Southern

Siam

bu t are

req uire d to

s tudy the

proper

Thai

language

in t he i r

schools .

The Northern Thai

are

l a rge ly

B u d d h i s t s

On the

Ghiengkam

plain

are several

vi l lages

of

the Lu

Tribe

Lu

vi l l ages

are dis t inguished by the unique

design

of the

homes. Houses

s lan t outward from the f loor

to the

roof giving them a top heavy ap

pearance

The Lu

people

are

shy and

di f f i cu l t

to

approach. Their

language i s r e l a t e d to th e T h ai

In the mountains are severa l t r ibes

which migrated from

China in

recent

t imes

and

still u nd er sta nd th e

Yunneinese d i a l ec t

of Chinese Sev

eral

days journey to

the

northwest

are

the Lisu

and

osu tribespeople.

In t h i s immediate area

the

main mountain

t r i bes

are th e Yao and Miao

Since our

a r r iva l

we

have

been vis i ted

by

members of

both

the

Black

Miao and

White

Miao t r ibe s .

These

t r i bes are

chief ly

dis t inguished by

the costumes of the

women. White Miao women wear

loose f i t t ing

t rousers

while the lack Miao

wear

gaily embroidered skirts.

oth

menjand

women

wear s i lver necklaces. The

Miao

are

a

t iny

chi ld l ike

people and are

noted for the i r noisiness. They

keep up

a constant chat ter

which

is

often

punctuated

by screams of

excitement. I t

was a thr i l l to Garland

to be able to converse a

little

b i t with them

in

the Yunnanese language

o f

his c h i l d h o o d .

The Yao tr ib es pe op le a re cleaner

and

more dignified than the

Miao

The women of

the

t r ibe wear hugh

red

turbans which form

the

main dis

tinguishing feature of their

dress. The men

of

a ll

the mountain

tr ibes


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have

m os t l y

adopt ed th e C hi ne se s ty le of dress

Th e

Callaways e x p e c t to

l ive among th e Yao duri ng th e

h o t

seaso n and

st udy

the i r l a ngua ge .

C h r i s t m a s in Chiengkam

As

is elsewhere^

C hr is tm a s s ea so n

i s

a

husy

time in Chiengkam.

The mi ssi on s t f f were kept more than busy d i r e c t i n g two Christmas

pageants

in

d i f f e r e n t

pa r t s

of the

v alley

simultaneously. In a

vi l l a ge

to th e southward

i s

a group who

in

former

y e a r s

came

under the in flu en ce

of

d eno m in atio nalists b u t

who are for the most

part

ignora nt of even the

fundamentals of

Christianity.

The adults of

the village requested that

the

missionaries

assist them in th e presentation of

the

story of Christ s

bith Imogens Williams and Dorothy TJhlig directed them until Imogens

suffered an eye

injury

which has

necessitated

a trip to

Bangkok

for

medi

cal treatment The pageant

was quite

well presented and

many

villagers

were present. How

we

pray

that as they

observed

the portrayal

of His

coming to earth i t might be a

step

toward

their

coming to know Him as

Saviour and Lord C. W was invited to preach to these people on both

Christmas day and

the

Sunday preceding

i t

The

other pageant

was

staged

in

the leper

village

about three miles

north of town. The children of the village under the direction of Lois

Caa^away gave

a

very

effective portrayal of the story of

Bethlehem.

Dorothy

Jean

accompanied them

on

the accordian

as

they sang carols

e

tween scenes. Some of the children are already

badly

marked

by

leprosy

while others show no trace of the

disease

at all but must live in the

Tillage

because

their

parents are

lepers It is touching to see the

earnestness with which these

people

gather together for the study of

the

Bible. Their

affliction seems to make them more responsiye to the

message

of Him

io

is a

friend

of

sTen

the

lepers.

We are

praying

ear

neatly that our efforts among

these people

might soon lead to a harvest


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of

souls in th i s

v i l l age

This

morning as a tolcen

of

the i r appreciat ion

of

our

help some of

the

lepers came in

with

a large basket

of

eggs a

commodity

which has

been d i f f i c u l t

to

ob t a in

in

r e c en t weeks .

Al though t h e re i s

never a

whi te

Chr is tmas he re because does

no t

get

cold

enough

even

to

f ros t

we

are

glad

to

don

our

woolen

clothes

in

the

evenings

and to

s leep

under heavy

blankets .

e t ruly fee l tha t

th is

has been the happiest December 25

of

our

l ives One of the best presents was a goodly number

of

l e t t e rs from the

U.S.A.

the

f i r s t

mail we

have received s ince arriving

in Ohiengkam

Mail service has not been good recently and some le t te r s are rather

slow

in a rr iv ing

but we

rejoice

in the

assurances that

you are behind

us in your prayers. ay a ll

of

us dedica te

our

l ives to

a

greater

measure of service to our Lord in 1952 than

ever

before. ay we unite

our efforts with prayer that many precious souls

might

come to the l ight

of Christ

before the doors o f opportunity

are closed .

Yours in His

se rv i ce

Gar land

a nd Doro th y

Jean

Bare


10/31

i ê t t e r Keceived a t Youn^stovni

Yr iaay Peb . lE t

Desir

Iviom

and

A l l j

y^Tiile the train is

wr i t e

enough

to g i v e you

I

last

wro te

you

Gar l8.nd

s topped

a t

souie

i d e s /

h a s t a k e n

th e moun t a i n s ,

- I

am

go ing

to l e awe

liinr ou t e to Ohi

englcam

f rom Bangkok

Janua ry

22 , 1952

d if fe re n t s ta tio n s per i iaps I can

o f o u r activities t o date S i n c e

a

n ine -day

t r i p

v/ i th

C.W, i n to

t h a , t for

h im

t o describe later

While he was

gone

I took a. vaca t i on from

l anguage

s tudy , and was

going to catch up

on

oUr unpacking

and

l e t t e r wri t ing . However I

d i d n t make a g r e a t dea l of p rog r e s s . They

left on

k r i d ay , and a

telegrajn came th e

fol lowing

Tuesday t e l l i ng us to come to Bangkok

immediately to

ge t

our res iuence v i s a s . I

could no t

do

a^nything to

ge t Garland

back ,

so I concen t ra ted my

e f fo r t s

on ge t t ing

everything

e l se ready, fo r the; Bangkok t r i p . The men

re turned

Saturday

morning,

and

we

still needed an i n t e r p r e t e r , \/e t r i ed

to to.lk Lelan

Gallaway

i n to going v/i th us

bu t

he re fused so v/e asked

little

Hark , When

he

accep ted Lelan cou ldn t th ink of l e t t i ng Jon H ark go wîthout him, so

we

decided to

take both

boysi

(Set

your

calendar

May

8,

July

23)

On Tuesdty morning -..e

l i n a l l y

boaraea a bus in CHiengkam, v;e

stopped in Phayao to pick up Lorethy S t e r l ing s

su i t case

we hah l e f t

t h e r e wi t h ou r C hinese f r i e n c s , ana to e a t th e

snaxk

Mrs , V/ang

p re

pared fo r

u s . By SjUo o c lock we were agarn on a

bus ,

.nd were

on

our c^y to Lampaiig,

out

the

bus

oroke down a t

about

9; 30 poin,

and

it

was in hour anU a hakf

before

arnother bus came aaid

picked

us up . t

w;as

r eak ly

a t r uck ,

and

oy the

t ime

it go t

us

to Lsmpang

it was

so

l a t e we

could

no t f i nd a.

ho t e l

in

wiiich

to s tay so we

spen t

th e r e s t

o f

t ne n i g h t

in th e

back

o f

t i.e t r u c k ,

n ex t day

we sought

ou t a

Preby t e r i an

miss iona ry ,

Hr,

Eeely who

he lped us ge t

plane

r es er va ti on s fo r

Thursday. He

inv i ted us a,ll to

d i nne r

tha t

n i gh t ,

s i f t e r

v/nich

he

pla^yeo.

th e

v i o l i n

wh i l e

I

played

the pi8f,no. The Seelys hsive s ix

ch i ld ren .

I t sg rea t

fun .

The

plane

r ide

was a t h r i l l bu t we d idn t f ee l too wel l , and both of the

boys su f f e red

from

a i r s i cknes s .

Since

fne

p lane

. r i de Gar land ha,s

been

a b le to h e a r ou t

o f

h is r i g h t e a r a g a in . He

wen t

to

a

doc t o r

in

Bangkok

who presc r ib .ea a t rea . tment

by w hich

he sa id

he

should be

avble

to

h e a r mo s t

o f

th e t i m e .

In

Bangkok w;e found Harga re t ^f ldr ich j u s t a r r i ved , and busy t r y

in g to g e t in to Burma. Imogene s eye i s

improv ing

a, little b u t it

v / i l l

-probably

-never

be

good agahn . Our v i s a s

came t h r ough

w/ithout

any

c l i f f i cu l ty

and w e a re hur rp ing

back

to Chiengka.m in orde r

to

r e po r t to th e xôlice i n

th e

-required

seven

days .

w i t h

m-uch

love to all

(Sr^jiied}

^ T i le younger Bare s


11/31

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i i ii l lOTig ,

1 9 5 2

Assam

Dea r Eo l k s ,

Supposing

that

s i d d r e s s .

t h a t you

Th e s e

;

ha.ve

movea i n t o

th e ne A, home

v/e Vv-ill

send

t h i s

to

ire

busy

daysl

Last Tuesday

ten people

piled into

rented

our little Jeep , ten more in to uncle

s ta t ion wsigon,

to

take

Aunt Mabel

to

seve r a l

t imes

in

the

days

befo re

her

America,

with

her , Vi/nen we askeo. her

ou t

he r

she

sa-id

Uncle

Ed

a/nd i ieuben

r ea l i s ed sne wa-s no t going uo t^et

to

br ing Grandpa Baire back w ith h er ,

Jev/el is standing beside

me

with

The jriouse

a t Pooh

Corner

in her

hands and giggling, oetweem la,ughs

she says,

Book funny I At the air

port before Aunt Mabel left v; weighed the three and^ii

we

read the sca

right heubeii,(3 last June) weighs 51 pounds, jev;el, 34, and i..arilois 55

Marilois has

evidently

heard us

discussing tha.t

Gauhati

is warmer

Shillong

for while

we were on the

v/sy

she 2.Biced, Are

w-e

going

to

hat i to

get

hot?

_ / ,

Marilois asked

me

to

t e l l

you she has

some

Bible story books,

four

package to us

hais

not

come

3'et

:na

two

that wex e

sent

later

have come,

Aunt

Jean sent us two books oy

Trench,

vAvS

it

your suggestion? we

are

much pleased v/ith them. They will be helpful to me in teaching

the

women

th e life o f

Ch r i s t ,

from Gau land and Loro thy and we su re a re

CO

each

o the r .

They

sa id ou r

l e t t e r s

bu t t h e i r s go t h e re

in

two vveeks

Sunday wa.s s. busy dajj, 1 taught Aunt Mabel s c lass in

the morning,

We had the

9th Cheptef

of

Eehrews end Phi l ip

drew

me a

la rge pic ture o

the tabernshle

to

help with the lesson,

I

believe

io wa.s

quite e i iac t iv

Archie

taught the

men s

class . At

the

ff ternoon

service Archie

preache

with Bro. Brest interpret ing, following tha t service I taught my wome

c lass .

As

we

were l e sv i rg

the church Leacon

rj.omivvell

asiced

me

to spea

to

the

young

peo ple

in

the

evening,

Je

had

to

rush

home

and

get

supp

(on cv clay stove-, bux'ning coke). Ai'chie helped vvitn the dishes,

too,

I h u a

few minutes

for

preparing

my

tc;.lk.

The

children had

ha.d a

-stre

ous day cind no haps so he stc-yed nome a,nd them to bed and

they

wer

peacefu-lly asleexD v.hen I

got

noiue,

table

conve r s cx t i ons

Today we rece ived

a l e t t e r

glad

to know the . t

we can

wri te

t ake

f o u r weeks

t o - g e t

to them

liex e

IS

a

Marilois:

j r i euD

en.

M ,

A o

M .

A r c n i e s

J ,

Girli

G i r l I

Max ilo is s ay s to t e l l

you

w-e haa

a

bi r thday caLe

fo r Ph i l i p s

bi i thdsy .

His m usic

teach ex*

came over

favox-ed

u s wi t h

a numbex

o f

b e a u t i f u l

s e l e c t i o n s

on

bGid Aun t Mabe l

mi s s e d

it . B u t now^ I mus t c l o s e

W i th

love

(Signedj) Archie,

Margueri te ,

e

of their d i n n e r

a. p inA chcix ac

cer

i p ini ci-'-c.j.'ac ber

you

a re s, ye l lov ;

y OU , GV. 0

Cij-c .X

c, .C i ci^X s

J ewe l

is

a b l u e

chax ac t e r

m

x* o

h o ,

j

ewe

1 is a. little

character.

.

( jewel

j i ia s , ana seventeen in to

the

a i rpor t ,

Hari lo is

mentioned

departure

t ha t

she

Vvcinted to go

to

v/hat Daddy

ana

hama would do

with-

cou ld t ake ca r e o f u s . v.'hn she

go she asked

i f

Aunt l label

would

xa .ugj . i s

j

t h e tn

Ga u

wi t h

p in k ca nd le s

i n

t i le ev en in g

s.nd

the

violin. Too

aid

th e girls.


12/31

SIAM MISSION

OF AMERICAN

CHURCHES

OF

CHRIS

c/o MRS. C.W.

CALLAWAY.

SR..

BOX

787 rf.

CANADIAN. TEXAS

i

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FALLS

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GARLAND

a DOROTHY

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14/31

2k March 1^52

Dea r Ga rl an ds

From

your l et te r; o f

6 J?0rch I

tbtok

you

have missed ^

lettersJin

the ahuff^j

sp

J i i l

hegih

J.

thle

poe by

sayM^g

that eye^xie t h i ^ that^

camm : i

l a

a

ât oner-lehses.

byery ejQ^nsAve#

v e ^ valuableHr

but I

can't

gat anyone to, biy l u t l?m

t r y ^ t .1 siUl, have a herpaeM pr^Jentar>hat

I d .

Hhe tp g e t y p u . i f

yw

,ean t e l j . ^ hoe 1^

o

do

it-J

donlt see

tp

haie the

ijafor-

_

matlon thle ^

JlJp

X am able

to

get new

portable

R Xait

typeindters

now

()Sh53.

at

l l i t

fbr

.

w 5 tear yoita mod second hand one t o t ttP and

Y iBost anything eiae you can uae-**^did you hnow we unpply

\ all Standard supplies to you

at

idsalesile?

.But ât

W

I duty,

etc.?

Last senteneeh-refers

especially to

typevn^tera and

projection

equipment

X

appreciated

your nice nefSy

l e t t e r

and I

encoaragemmrt-- yQuM

be

sc^rised

hew we

out sot

nmOh woz^Miut I t

wpuld.

be iispoSsiSle in . our

cwh

strengtlu .The Lord has been graeiooSit

By

the

tiine yon reoeisDe this and get m 1

an answer# we can ' t do anytldng t o r to r t

the

Horth

Anericaxu.

b u t if

siwat t M

o a t o r i a l

^ f

yen

aald

we'lX

b a ^

get

out an

issue

Qctgb^

i s s u e

t ,.

s o r t

o f nhba^Lance _ ;

thijo^dipe,

ofr^hpue

M . t

g e t j h e n e w

j^roaiLwa' .reJSa^^

,

able

tp .

save, yen Jsoney

jiK

Some,o f the. ad,88ipnaripa-^

ya

they are tpo-rto^biy

neit i l ipatee

for,jir:? 3^qei|NlbWi in .IP

yearn

for J

to those ,interested,;in heilWg4,^T^^ o m ^

the

Certificates wonld own^^m the nissionariea .

who go

into it w i l l recfldys .their printing

a t

costft)^

,

do

mostly

anyway .

t

iojcSskwm

litei i t

will coat each one

$67 and SUO In 12 montdy psyments cf SLO^-^jsach

ataticn

.

t h a t

is

.

Ihterasted?

t

would

sa ve you

a

s t r a i g h t

20p

on printing^letterheads# envOlppes newsletters (ohe^ as

Bdneograph)# publications#

etc

In regard t o

l iv in g l in k support f o r

those

you

mentionX did know

something

of

th is and have

passed on word When I have opportunityIB have a

feeling t h a t

the

situation, on t h i s

i s improving-the

.

churobes are beginniia to recoimis

their,

respcsiaibility-*

the main pxobl^ now

is ,

t o BOtt fblks before the idght

pooplerX'ja

lUâylng

that.

MpeX Bioholhill that

while hp

t h i s

t r ip ._

Ibelleve i h the Jproyitooe_^ p^^ ,

mat te r, but

I,have

.obser?^

. that

those

who,iê

.t^^^

...

worh^before.

the

hrethren i n STAJSaBR thr

own


15/31

February 23, 1952

John

floyt

H o s r

m -incA ty .

Dear Johns

t _

The pipess

of the

worijC jtn gettj ihg the Calendare cut

to*

gether

with the other wpric has

la^de

us get

hehtiul

.In oknoe^

lodging the gifts to the woy^..

f h

az^ soj^ that this Is

so

and

are

none the less,

for

t^e help tthlch npkee the

work posslb^* ,

We,,i 7ant

you to know

tha t

we regard the gif t as a predoua

stewardship and will

make evisxy

effort to see that

i t

is used

wise^. in the Lord s ser^ce* The enclosed leaflet ea^lains

ih

some

detail

the

woxk

which the gifts help us to do*

There are

two

recent blessings to our

work in

which

you

wi l l

rejoice

with us One i s a g i f t of an I l l inois fr iend

that

made

t

possible

for us to

paj^

off the Ol dQO note

of

which you have

read in it.O*

The other

i s the

fac t t ha t

a

number of the m is^ns are ppoperating

to

furnish

us

a press

isdiioh

will ,enable

us to

provide

more eoonomLcal

printing for

th ^

and others

^ a n s that we

must immediately expmd

out woik by repting a work*and*storage room

and hiring

a

ful l

t ime operator Over

the

year , th is

wil l

mean d considerabl

saving to our whole jMPOgramf but ^

of

course Involve

financial obligations immediately v

t apprecia te your confidence and hope that

you

will

feel

led

of

God

to continue to

support us as wemake this

progressive s tep

in His

work. ^

Sincerely yours

fihrs*.

HUrrold McFarland

..

,

Sn c lo su r e


16/31

Takeja from two l e t t e rs received at Youmbstown April

30 ,

1952

T a l a t C l i i e n g k a m

A p r i l 3 1 9 5 2

D e a r D o l k s

T h i s week t he re v/as onle

l e i . o u r

from y o u ,

slow

mai l Jan 15th

a r r ive

MaEch 30th

ae

d id your p a r c e l mailed

Dec.

1 0 t h . Eow we d id re jo ice over t

pic ture

of

my si st er * s childrenl i had \7ondered if Gcirland^s socks would

h o l d o u t

u n t i l

my

s i s t e r

c o u ld send

him

a new s u p p l y . Your

package

answ

t ha t

and

you

sen t j u s t

th e k in d h e

n e e d s . I apprec ia te

th e h o s e ,

too a n

have

sea led

them

in

a

glass

j a r

to preserve

them

fo r

fur lough use

They

not wo rn here n o t

even

in soc ie ty c i r c l e s b u t we

do

u se so c k s

c

a r j k l e t

The

s h e a n s w i l l h a v e

m o s t l ov ing

care an d

I

m u s t

p u t them to

u s e ?

I

h a d n

r ea l i zed ho w q u i c k l y T h a i w a s h

g i r l s

c a n w e a r o u t the

c lo tnes

The fo o d

i te ms

a re

much

apprec ia ted

a l l

came t h ro u g h in

l i ne shape

e x c e p t t ha t

th

b o x

o f p ars le y fla ke s was b r o k e n and

th e

-Leaves sca t t e red t h r o u g h o u t

the

t h ings b u t we

r e s c u e a

uieoo

of

them. Your l i s t i n g fo r customs was a d e q u

You w i l l

r e j o i c e

I

know,

t h a t I m o g e n s i s wi th u s o nc e m o r e .

S h e

c a n

d is ti ng u is h l ar g e ob jec t s with her in ju red wye.

One

h a s to lo ok v ery

c l o

to t e l l t h a t

the re

i s a n y t h i n g a t a l l

wr ong

with it

She

h ad b e g u n s t u d y i

again a n d seems

t o b e

in

good s p i r i t s and good

he a l t h D o r o t h y 3ylae w o r k s

v e r y

hard

th e inef f i c iency o f th e Th a i

n u r s e

engaged to h e l p he r put s a

e x t r a burden on

h e r

We do

no t

know

w h e t h e r

to k e e p

her

fo r

th e

littl

h e l p

s h e

gives or to

l e t

h e r

go

and

s a v e

the

m i s s i o n

t r easury

Gar land

i s r ead y

to go

to

th e P O so

m u s t

c l o s e

V/ish

y o u . a l l th e L o

b es t b le ss in g s.

Much

lo v e Signed) Garland and Dorothy

P S

We g e t

n e w s p a p e r s

fro m B an gk ok

e v e r y w e e k .

A p r i l

19 1952

Dear P p l k s

I f

th i s o b s t r e p e r o u s

in k o g r a p h w i l l

work

I

w d l l

t ry

to

ca tch up th

new s o f

th e

p a s t tw o e v e n t f u l w e e k s .

On Apr i l 3 R o b e r t

A n d e r s o n , the

/sm erican

C o n s u l ,

and P o r re st T r av a il

A Presbyter ian

m i s s i o n a r y

f r om G h ie n g r a i d r o p p e d

in on u s We were

t o t a

u n p r e p a r e d . They

came

fo r d e e r

hunt ing

A

few

miles

w e s t o f u s a h u g e

savanna

e xte nds

t h ro u g h f o u r o o u n t i e s .

On

Pr i n i g h t

Imogene,

th e

2

Dor

an d j.

went

along on

th e

h u n t . We pursued our quarry

in

Travaille^ s j e e p

and bagged

a

l a rge b u c k and the

f i r s t

w i l d

r abb i t

we

h a v e

se e n in

T h a i l a n

L a t e r , w ith o u t u s , they

bagged another

d e e r ,

two v/olves, and a

w i l d c a t , b

they

got los t

in

the S ava nna a nd did

n o t

g e t back t i l l

7;00

a.m. Sunday.

G vir

r etu rn ed e ar ly Monday April 7,

but

because their new

home is*in

another

county he had

to

report to

the

o ffi c i a l a t Ghiengidiong, on

the M

before moving. There is an

oxcart

t ra i l so

G W

and I decided

to attemp

the ti ip on bicycles and hoped Y q

could make the

60

miles

in one day. V^

started a t 5;30 a.m. and

made

good progress through forrests and villages

^^ i i l

g o t

to Tung,

a

fes t iva l

was

being held t h e r e

and

th e of f i c ia l s

courteously delayed us 2 hours. As

we

descended from

Tung

the heat becam

intense uno slovved our progress. ^

Minaa ly

pur water supply

vva s

exhausted

s.b a

sugar

stand

an d iound

the

juicy

s t a l k s refreshing

b u t no

t hns t

quenching,

. . . Au

nightfall

we

reached

a

village

where

the

headman

receivea us,

but

I

v;as

no t a.ole to

s it

up .

My

only

tblierent

thought Y/as

a prayer

io r

rain. I t soon

started

thundering

smd

before long rain bagan

to fsMl in i^reat cool arops. I crawled out

into

i t

until I was completel

a t

dE,vm. we

f o u n d th e

shower had been

confined to the

immediate

vacinity of the village where w

stayed.

lov/ard noon,

sufrering

again from

tij.irst cUrd the intense he

we

came to^ the Me Ing River. We changed into our pa ka-raas and plunged

ive

spent s/n hour, bathing, sY/imming, shaving, and then star*ted on. After

covering

3

miles

in the s co rch in g heat we

came

to a village where a l

Doctor

i nvi t ea

us into h is ôme, provided orange

xôp>

you can

get

pop

ano

ovaltine m

any

sizeable village in Thailand^) M

kêve^^d

hr ^ ,


17/31

Page 2

Tliat evening

T/e

received a

cordial

Vvelcome

in

Chiengidiong, and were^

inv i t ed in to

the

hoiiie

of

tne county magis t rate . He latas away, bu t h is

as s f f i s t an t and th e cu s t oms

officer en t e r t a i n e d u s

at a f o rma l d i n n e r .

We s l ep t in a

b re ez y, u ps ta hr s

b ed ro om , where th e beds had mat re sse s

and mosqui to ne t t i ng . There

was p l en t y

o f co ld

bo i l ed wate r , and o the

semi-modern comfo r t s . We vvere served a f i n e b r e ak f a s t in th e

morn ing

Because th e r e t u rn t r i p by bycyc le

would

be m ostly up

hill and

also

because

of the

in tense

hea t ,

v;e

decided

to

re tu rn

by

the

long

way

round .

At

8s00

o^ c l ock we

lo ad ed o ur

b i c y c l e s on th e

r i v e r

boa t ,

and

s t a r t ed y.p th e Mekong. Our c r a f t

v/as

made

up of

t\vo narrow

boa t s

j o ine

by p lanks .

The first v;as roofed

and had

bamboo mats

on

which

we sa t ,

th e o the r , unpro tec ted , was used fo r th e cargo .

The scenery aloi ig th e

Mekong

was en t r anc ing ly be au t i f u l . The c u r r

was

everywhere sw i f t

and

t r e ache rous

among

th e g r e a t bou lde r s , , and th e

p i l o t

r e a l l y

had

to know h is cou rse . S teep ,

v/el l

fo r r e s t ed mountains

r o s e

abrup t ly

on b oth s id es o f th e r i v e r . t W^s

i l l e g a l

f o r th e boa t

to s top on th e Indo-China

sho re , bu t

eng ine t r oub l e

nec e s s i t a t e d

a

fo rced landing , in

the

f or bidd en coun tr y.

Portunate ly repa i r s

v/ere

soon

effec ted and we v/ere

aga in

making good t ime

aga ins t

a

powerful

cu r r en t . A a e l i c i o u s Chinese mea l

was se rvea

on board a t no ex t r a

co

We

a r r i v ed

a t ChiengsaBn

a t

abou t

3:50

i n

th e

a f t e rnoon

and

t h e r e

was

a

t ruck wai t ing a t

the

dock. The

cru mbled c i ty

v/al ls and th e ancie

temples

make

Chiengsaen a

fascinat ing c i ty . iUter

many

d ela ys en ro ute

our t ruck reached

Ghiengrai

a t about 9:30 p.m.

I t

seemed s t range to se

e l ec t r i c l i gh t s

and

c i ty

t r a f f i c .

we

went to

a

ho te l fo r

ti.e

night

and

resumed

our journey by truck in the morning. . . . V/e reached Phay

a t 10:00 a.m.

but

beca,use of

the

Thai

Hew Year we could

get

no

t ruck

fo

Ghiengkam.

Par t

of

tne celebrat ion

is

Yvater tnrov/ing, and we were

tho

oughly

doused, we had our Hesurrection Sunday

Goiiiinunion service in the

Sre

Phayao ho te l . Sorue Cninese

merchants gnked us

to

v i s i t

and

have

prayer

v^/ith

them that evening. The

hundreds

of

Chinese

in Phayao seem

hungrier than the Thar

for the

Gospel.

Pray

for them. A da.y*s

journe

west of Phayao there are some

Lisu.

A missionary copple stat ioned

a t

Phayao would ha,ve a

wonderful

opportunity

for

spreading the

Gospel.

Monday morning v/e got a truck for Huay

Mao

Gam thinking we would

have to use our bikes

from there , but

when we got there another t ruck

came

along

whose

driver

was

willing to attempt

the

trip

to

Ghiengkam.

Oh tha t bumping,

jol t ing r ide along the

oxcart ru ts

I t

wa^s v/onderful

t o

b e b a c k home ,

a^r. ju-Ci/aniel

of

Overbroox

nosp i ta l in Ghiengrai,

v/ith h is

wife and

t vjo^ l i t t l e

boys,

arrived

la,s o rhursdcvy

to help

i^orotiiy i^ae

solve

some

of her medical problems.

We

are

enjoying

their

stay

and

are

thr i l led

to

find

theiii

much

interested in Hew Testament Christianity, They are

graduates from^\i/heato n

College

and

are quite dissatisfied with

denomin

ational

modernism. His

father v/as

ci pioneer medical missionary

in

the

Siam-

Peninsula, v/e are prayine^.rnat

chey

may have

the

courage to break

witn

aenominationakism.

They^

v/iir reave tomorrow,

and

I hope to send

this out

witn them. Happy iiother s dgy, Mama and may our God be

close

to

you

ana

abundant ly

uiess

you.

With love (Bigned) Gsrland and Dorothy


18/31

iêtter received a t Youngstovn Apri l 28, 19b2

Mavvlai, S h i l l o n g

_ A p r i l 1 6

1952

Deer* j j o I j ^ s

Your

airmail

of

April

7 came

yeeteraay

and

i s

the

f i r s t

we

have had

from you in a month and a half I We were sure

glad

to hear from you. We

would

l i k e

to hear from Aaribel, and

a l o t

of others,

too.

Just e.s

I

starteu the girls \v oke

up. Breakfast

over, the bV

boys c ^ e up, to study, and the reat

out of

habit, I guess, I

sure did v/ant

to

get txiis written r ight now, \7e

did

not write l a s t week

and

there

i s

so much

to t e l l . Well,

Andrew s

waiting.

D'm back, but I dan t know for how

long.

Archie has

taken

the child

ren

and

he and

P h i l i p

have

gone

a f t e r the

ra,t ions.

^We

had planned a

picnic

for

last

Thursday, while the weather

is

good

On

che v.ay to

klephsht

I'sAls we stopped,

(i t

has become a

habit)

at

the

State Transport

Office

to see i f our

freight

had come. One of the coo

ies Came running out, aYl smiles,

cf nd

announc ed, All come, twenty boxes

he coulôt get them then Decause uncle Ed haa gone to Smit vîth his jee

ana

v/e

p ^ t use

the

borrowed

t r a i l e r

wYth our

jeep,

so we went on with

the

picnic, hov/ever

we did got our boxes the next

day and

you, perhap

can imagine

how

ousy ana happy

we

have been since.

On

Saturday we un

packed and put up our curtains and pictures, auid they sure have maAe a

d iffe rence in the house. I t is

really amazing

how

much cooler those

plgstic^

curtains

make

i t .

re

are usin^ tne

6

pairs

of f lowered

ones

in Lne

oedroom

cuia dining

room

doorv/ays.

Some

of tixe green

ones

we qua

terea ana xiung in the w indows of the bed room, dining room

and living

Our cook a/na

nis wife

c.re reaYly

proud

of the

plastic curtains.

They cîe in

snd

aomirea chem and then told

me tha.t a l l

tnis time our

landlshy

has

oeen

taunting

tnem because v/e ha,d no curtains. Then the

cook s

wife said, Hh ow

Sister

have f i r s t class cur ta ins,

better

than lan

laay

ever

get

in

Shil longl I s n t

t h a t

Oriental?

Only five

oi

the dishes were broken, and since I did not

have

a set

anyway

i t is

not

too serious and

we are

thankful

there vvas no/

more dama

done. The company

tnat took charge

of

the

freight

in Calcutta

locked

a l

of our boxes and trunks, and kept the keysl We had co cut the hasps,

because

we

can replace

them

nere,

more easily that we

can the padlocks,

we

had

to pick the

locks

on

the

trunks

and broke one

of

them.

We

are

short

one jar

of

instant

coffee and

one

box of cake mix which we suppose

some company official has enjoyed, but

that is

a comparatively small

los

^ d

we

are thankful to have the

rest

of out things and

in

such

good

con

dition,

^ t e r

these

months of being without them. Of course we have use

lots

of

Uncle

Edgar s things,

and I have enjoyed

returning

them, and

we

do appreciate how generous both Uncle Ed and Aunt I fabel have been.^

Archie h8.s already built us a

real nice

bookcase

out

of

some of

the

crates,

i t

i i t s very

nicely

under the

window

by

the desk. He

made our

beas, too, using tne matress box for the frame. Last night, when I put

Aariiois

to bed she

said,

Our

things rea-lly

came,

aidn t they?

i aeree

ana

tola ner we shoula be thankful.

Then she

added, God

is

so good'to u

Last

oanaay

we

toon

a

lunch

ana

a l l

went

to

Hongpoh

for

services,

inree

people_w;ere

baptized there

Sunday morning, and Uncle Ed went back

yesteraay

ana

oaptized

another,

a

sick, do.

man.

About sending parcels,

we

can use socks, the ooys like the

bright

on

Anarewwoula

make good

use of a

picture

dictionary, Yohan has enjoyed th

u read to ka.rilois and jey-el and he wa. f i rs t to show interest in

the

books

we

have recently unpacked,

Ifarilois

is

in

the

question

stage

and when

she gets started she really pours

out

questions^

The

other

morn

ing she got

started and

I

gro.aned

saying,

Here v e go

again,

She

stopp

looked

s^t me

a minute

ano.

then asked,

who

puts these questions

in my

he

P l e a s e w r i t e soon,

and

i f you

van,

a

l ttl o f t e n e r .

with love j Archie, Aarguerite Athe girls


19/31

SI M

MISSION of MERI N

] HUR HES

OF HRIST

M r. a n d Mrs.

G a r l a n d B a r e ,

Misaionaries

Talat Chiengkanty C ha ngwa t C hi engrai

Tha i l a nd

d

M r Ha r o l d McFa r l a nd

M i s s io n Mano r

Wi l l em i e

M i n n e s o t a

D e a r

lie

M c F a r l a n d ,

fsA-

\o

M r s , H o m a B t i r n e y

Forwarding

Se

Lincoln,

Illinois

Jtin

30

> 1952

I am e n c l o s i n g Garland s news le t te r He sent it

to

me to b e

forw ard ed on

to

you, X am s o r r y I d id

n o t g e t it

rcopied

i n t o

d o u b l e-s p aced

l i nes

He e x p l a i n e d tha t

h e

sent it a s it i s

b e c a u s e

o f

th e

hi^

po s t a l

r a te s in

Thai land

I am new a t th is w o r k ,

o f

c o u r s e , an d am

no t

so exper t

as

Mary

was. I f t h e r e i s something I c an

do

to make it eas i e r on

your e n d , p l ease let me k n o w .

I n

a r e c en t

letter

Ga rla nd a sk ed

t h a t

th e

mai l ing

list b e

c opie d

and

s e n t to you

fo r

c o n s o l i d a t i o n

w i t h

o t h e r m a i l i n g l i s t s

in

th e s en d i n g of T r i b e s and Tra i l s In

t h e

f i r s t

i ssue

o f

t ha t magazine it was

s ta ted tha t

r e gu l ar cont ri bu to rs an d

t h o s e

reques t ing it would b e rece iv ing it

regula r ly

Does

h e mean fo r

me

to

se n d you o n ly th e

contr ibutors

and t h o s e r e q u e s t i n g

it

o r

the

en t i r e

1330

mai l ing

l i s t ?

In

w hat f o r m w ou ld

it

b e

th e

m o s t usefu l to you?

I

m ean , b y

c i t i e s

s t a t e s

a lphabe t ica l ly

e tc?

When do y o u

h a v e to h a v e

i t ?

With

Mary a l l

th e

wa y

a c r o s s th e

nat ion

and

Garland

an d

Dorothy fa r ther

ye t

I

sometimes run

in to t r o u b l e . You, I though ^

m ig h t b e able to g i v e

me a

little a d v i c e

o n

th e bas i s o f y o u r

knowledge o f what

i s

usua l ly done in such cases

You

not ice

in

th e

news l e t t e r

t h a t

Gar land

ha s s en t a f in an c ia l r ep o rt to me

to b e mimeographed

and

s e n t

t o

those who

r e q u e s t

it He h a s s e n t

me

t he i r

e x p e n d i t u r e s

fo r

J a n u a r y ,

F e b r u a r y , and

March w i t h t o t a l s

B u t I do

no t

Imow if I am esqpected

to

con^ i l e t h e i r incom e fo r

t hose sa m e m o n t h s f rom th e books to be i nc l uded i n th e r e p o r t o r

m e r e l y

pub l i sh

w h a t

they

h a v e

s p e n t

o n

th e

f i e l d

What

i s

usua l ly

d o n e ?

Mary

a nd Horma H o r r i e r epor t from Tacoma t h a t t h e y p l a n n e d

to s t a r t a YBS o n th e

Hisqua l ly

r e s e rva t i on J u n e

2 3 ,

s taying

o n th e r e s e rva t i on

during th e

tw o w e e k s . Serv ices a re h e ld in

th e

home o f

th e

ch i e f e a c h

Friday

ni^t Mai y s a id They say

t h e r e i s a

l o t

to

be done bu t th e

p r o b l e m

i s k n o w i n g j u s t w h a t

and w h e r e .

I f

you would c a r e

fo r

the i r a d d r e s s , it i s 3017 S ,

Wash

Tacoma Wash i n g t o n

Go d b l e s s

y o u

in

y o u r

valuab le w o r k .

I n C h ri s t


20/31

i i L

D o r o t h y J e a n

w i t h

Ch i n e s e

friend

in Phayao

Vo l um e 1 Num b e r 2

D e a r C h ris tia n F r ie nd s:

We g r e e t you

on

a chilly s u m m e r

evening in the t r o p i c s .

When

i t

is

not raining the

da^ime

heatis real

ly

tr o p ical

but h e r e in Chiengkam

the

summer

nights have

never

gotten

a s

ho t

a s

t ho s e in

d e a r o ld

I l l i no i s

W e a re g r a t e f u l

that the

w e a t h e r h e r e

has

not

g o t t e n

s o

seve re

as

to

se r

i ou sl y h a m pe r th e

w o r k .

O u r a c t i v i

t ies fo r the pas t few m o n t h s h a v e

b een m ostly lim ited to

language

s t u d y .

As a p o r t i o n

of

o u r language wor k

we

h o p e

to

t rans la te some br ie f

tr cts a n d s e r m o n s i n to th e Th a i

language We would deeply

apprec

i a t e

the

a s s i s t a n c e of Chr i s t i an

f r ien d s in sending us any t racts

o r

b r i e f

m e s s a g e s which

you

t hi nk

es

pecia l ly

sui table

f o r t h o s e

w ho

h a v e

n o t

had the

gospe l

m e s s a g e .

We

would l i k e to t rans la te

a s

m a n y

a s

p o s s i b l e .

etters

from

th e S t a t e s re l

ways a we lcome mora l e boos t e r

Howeve r ma i l

se rv i c e

has

no t

been

good l a t e l y a nd

we

f e a r s o m e

o f

y o u r

le t ters

m a y ha ve b e e n

lost

e n r o u t e .

A

s p ec ia l e ff o rt is

m a d e

to

p e r s o n

a l l y answer each l e t t e r rece ived If

y o u h a v e n o t

rece ived

a n an swe r

w i t h i n

a r e a s o n a b l e

length

of

t i m e

p l e a s e

write a g a i n .

V e r y l i t t l e

mai l


21/31

lews

Ie l 4^

Hbw

we ,ydarh


30/31

US

A

ADDRESS

OF

missionaries:

MISS10N

0F AMERICAN

CHURCHES OF

CHRIST

C W a

L O IS C A L LA W A Y

Talat

Chiengkam, Changwat Chiengrai, Siam

Canadian texas

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WILLIAMS A ^

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MISS DOROTHY UHLIQ R N ^1^5. A

C/O FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH \

KLAMATH

FALLS

ORESON

GAFILAND a D O RO T HY B A RE

LAND

a DOROTHY

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:

C.W.

LOIS

CALUAWAY

ô/o

MRS.

C.W. CALLAWAY, SRi. BOX 7S7

CANADIAN . TEXAS

MISS

IM06ENE WILLIAMS

C/O MISS LORA

BANKS.

916 N.

WALL ST.

JOPLIN.

MO.

M I S S D O R O T H Y

O H L IG . R . N .

C/O FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

K L A M A T H

P A LL S . O R EG O N

G A R L

c/ o

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BOX 1^6

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AMERICAN

CHURCHES

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Changwat Chiengrai,

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