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SUMMER,

1964

D e a r C h r i s t i a n

F r i e n d ss

Great i s

the

Lord and g re atly to be praised? Never have we been

more conscious

of God s help and

protection

than in the three months since

our return to Thailand.

We know many of

you have been

praying for

us

and you wil l be interested

to

hear of

our

progress in

medical education

and other

-aspects

of the work.

f i l l you in on

a l l the deta i ls

we wil l s ta r t with

our

t r ip from

the

States,

e

l e f t

O Hare Field on

May

l6 we were

seen

off by members of the

family

and Bros.

Brady

and Carl

Miner

of

East Gary. In San

Francisco

we had a change of

planes,

and between planes were luncheon

guests

of the

Bill

Dunbar and Harold Uhlig families.

The Dunbars had become good friends as we worked together in the new Christian church

at Glen Ellyn.

Harold

Uhlig

is

a brother of Dorothy Uhlig our co-laborer for many

years

in

Thailand,

Our next

stop

was in

Honolulu,

where we

had

a

brief vis i t

a t

the

airport with

Uncle

Edgar

and Aunt Mabel

Nichols

and Mrs. Kawano,

mother of

Roland, a

Wheaton

s tudent who

had

become a

close

f r iend

of

ours and who

had

helped us in our

last-minute

packing.

Our only overnight

stop

on the

t r ip

was in Tokyo, where we stayed

in

the

airport guest

house. The

next

day, after stops in Taipei and Hongkong, we re

turned home

to Thailand.

What a welcome awaited us

at the

Don Muang Airport ,

where

the

C. W.

Cal laway, Harry

Schaefer

and

Don

Byers

families

were

waiting

for

our

ar r iva l

We

s ta yed w ith

the

Callaways; and a

special

t r ea t was the opportunity of

vis i t ing

with

Edna

Hunt, who was en

route

from

missionary

service

in India to Canada.

Dorothy stayed in Bangkok for

two

weeks to a tten d to the mul t ip l ic i ty of de ta i ls

involved in

cus toms and immigration.

After

an

overnight

stop in Bangkok, Garland had

to

f ly on up

to

Chiehgmai, where orientat ion classes were already under way

a t

the

medical school. Arr ival a t

th e

medical school

caused

qui te a s t i r fo r

was

the

f i r s t t ime

an

American s tudent had enro l l ed Bocause

of

my score

on the American

Medical

College

Admissions Test , I was

not

required to take the

entrance examination

in Thai, which was a great re l ief

I t

was tha t af ter f inishing

^ '' pre-medical

classes

on Friday,

I

w s alreadjr attending

classes in

medical school the

fol lowing Wednesday

on

the other side of the world.

As most of you know,

the

Chiengmai University of Medical

Science

has a working

agreement

with the Universi ty of I l l ino i s I l l ino i s provides

facul ty

members and

advisers in each department. The medical school i s nox^ in i t s f i f th year and i s prob

ably the most progressive and advanced medical school in Southeast Asia.

In

competi

t ive t e s t s the

f i r s t graduating

c lass of the school contributed seven

out

of the

top

ten

students in Thailand. Great emphasis i s la id on

indiv idual

study and research.

In sp ite of the

Americans

on the

facul ty ,

most of my lectures and about half of the

examinations have been in the

Thai language. This has not proved

as much of a di f f i

cul ty

as I had feared. I have been able

to

pass a l l my

examinations

in

the Thai

language. -


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There

are

64 f irst-year

s tudents, o f

whom 62 fare Buddhists. One g i r l i s an

inactive Roman Catholic,

and

I am the only Christian i n the class .

During

our f i r s t

week

end

of

school

Buddhist

p r i e s t s were

cal led

i n

fo r a merit-making

ceremony

to

appease the s p i r i t s of

the

cadavers in the anatomy

laboratory.

Considerable

pressure

was put

upon

me to p a r t i c i p a t e ; but I

took

a

firm

stand and since t h a t time I have

been excused froth participating i n any Buddhist ceremonies. Being a student i n an

Asian

Buddhist University has

given

me new

i ns ig ht s i nt o

the pressures with which the

minority

must

contend

he

first

gre t

shock on

rriv l w s

to

l rn

t h a t

I

would

be

required

to

l i v e

i n

the dormitory; but

now I am grateful

for the

deep

ened understanding t h a t dormitory

l i f e has given me of

th e

l i v e s

and

thought

forms of

Asian

students.

I am sure

t h a t

t h i s wil l be a great help i n leading them to Christ ,

Though

required

to

s tay

i n

the

dormitory during

the

school week, I

have

unlimited

v i s i t i n g

p r i v i l e g e s

with the family

on weekends.

At

the

end

of

the f i r s t t r i m e s t e r my grades are

not

as high

as

I would l i k e

them

t o

be;

but ,

nevertheless, bessing I n gross

anatomy

and

embryology

y grades are in th^^.midSleVthirdt F^Si^^ and

in

bio

chemistry, physiolo^, and histology

I

placed in the upper third.

The mental

abil i ty

and competition among

the

students here I

find

to be on a

par

with

those i n the States .

Only

one applicant out of every 20 i s aqcepted, so my classmates include some of the

ost

b r i l l i a n t young minds

i n

Thailand.

ow

we

yearn

to

see these

young

peopl e b rought

t o Chris t ,

Opportunit ies

are

increasing to

discuss

s p i r i t u a l

matters

with them

and

once

every three weeks there i s a meeting of Catholic and Protestant students where I

have

been

privileged

to p re sen t the simple

Christianity

of the ew Testament. Last

month I was invited to

speak

a t a week-end camp o f Chr is ti an unive rs it y students rep

r es en ti ng f iv e d i f f e r e n t

u n i v e r s i t i e s .

I f ind dealing

with

univers i ty students a

.vastly different experience from

presenting

the

Gospel

to

uneducated, h i l l

t r i b e s -

people, Even

though

the

manner

o f p re sen ta ti on must

d i f f e r

the basic message

i s

the

same and i s

equally

powerful

i n

bringing men from death unto l i f e

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE FAMILY

Since

Callaways

were

moving

north

to

Chiengkam

for

the

summer

and

as

the

Harry

Schaefer family was preparing to leave Bangkok for America, Dorothy

^^^flew

up

to We

had hoped

to o to Pua first, but early rains

had

alr^aSfy made the roads impassable.

Upon arriving in

Chiengmai we found that our house

was

not

yet vacant, so we l ived

i n

a two-room cottage for tvjo weeks,

iis^house to

us

completely furnished

and might

be^described

as ^

^.TKai-modern in style . The rooms are

large

and airy. Kitchen and other work areas

y are

separate

from the

house.

Since we cook on

an open

charcoal

stove,

t h i s

separation

protects

the

main

p a r t

of

the house

from

the

heat

and

d i r t of

the

f i r e . We

have

elec-

t-ricity,

running

water ,

and

d a i l y

mail d e l i v e r y service a l l the comforts of

home.

Besides th e

ordinary

chores o f s e t t i n g a household i n order , I have a l s o been

teaching the

nursery

c l a s s

i n

the English-language Sunday

school,

have done s u b s t i t u t e

teaching a t

Chiengmai

Coeducat ional Center the

English-language

school where Geof

frey and

Corinne

w i l l e n r o l l i n another week, and have

been

t u t o r i n g two

Thai l a d i e s

i n

English,

Beginning September I

w i l l

be teaching language

a r t s

daily to the upper

grades

a t CCC. Since th e bulk o f

our

belongings were s e n t

by

s e a

t h e y

d id no t a r r i v e

i n Bangkok

u n t i l

July. At t h a t time I

had t o

go to Bangkok i n

order

to

bring

these

things through

customs and

to

make application

for

another extension on E il ee n s v is a.

Upon re turning home, t h e r e were

th e jobs

of

unpacking

and p u t t i n g away t o

do .

Meanwhile,

we were

g e t t i n g

acquainted

with

the c i t y and

with

many

of

the other

Americans l i v i n g here. The c h i l d r e n s school i s

located

about h a l f a mile

from

us,


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so we

have

purchased

bicycles for

them

to r id e ,

A more

recent purchase

i s a

Volkswago

for Garland s convenience

i n

t ravel ing

the

f ive miles

from

school to

home

and

back

a g a i n on week

ends .

f

i

-JCh^^

i s a charming and pleasant

c i t y

i n many ways. One of

the

more upsetting

JâsplNgfc^.siia^fte.^r)lrit.uaX state of the

few

churches to be found here. The

one

English-

language^- ch^^M^ s^SeVd enominational and under the auspices of the national organi

zation (World Council of Churches) and the

largest

Thai church i s also a member.

There

are

a few

small Thai congregations

of other

denominations

i n

town.

The

children

a ttend the Sunday school and we oft en a tt end services

at

a small

independent congrega

t ion that i s struggling toward New Testament Christianity. But, for

the

most part ,

n u r t u r e .

The

c l i m a x o f

o u r

^prac tice of daily

family devotions bame durî^g^îr^lcc

v G a r l a n d s irst

t r i m e s t e r o f

m e d i c a l s t u d i e s .

t

t h e

t e r m i n a t i o n o f

Vie

rented a

cotJ,J[g^3S^the nearby

mountain for

two days. The

first

evening

at

^jf the

devotional houa^dorimeuaê.ssejl..JlgJCsJâa^bvjLn.4il-br4^^

Son

of

od

and

her

Savior. The next rrrprning -yshe

~and^tfe r^dadd5r

found a quiet pool between two waterfalls.

They used rocks from the stream bed to dam up the water and deepen

the l i t t l e

pool.

That afternoon the family went

together

to

the

beautiful, quiet spot and Corinne s

father baptized her

in the

l i t t l e baptistery that

she

herself had helped to fashion.

News has

come

from

our old friends carry

ing on the work there. Five children remain in ?tie neo hos?el and all five

are

honor

students in the

local Thai

school. One boy, Banya, who i s

about

15

years o ld , r ecen tl y

confessed his

faith

in Christ, Another

Meo

man, Lao Jur, has been

baptized.

His faith

i s s t i l l shaky and he needs much prayer. The Thai congregations

are

remaining faith

ful

but

lately have suffered much

sickness

and

death. Please

pray for Imogene, I t

i s a

d i f f i c u l t

work for one

person

to

carry

on alone,

Dorothy

Sterling

and her l i t t l e

family are a day s journey away

in

the

T in

t r i b a l village of Din Dtok, where there

are

a few

Christians,

The Don

Byers

and

David Filbeck families are

now on furlough.

Now to him who is

able

to

strengthen

you according

to my

Gospel and

the

preach

ing of Jesus Christ

. , ,

to

the

only

wise

God

be

glory

forevermore through

Jesus

C h r i s t .

Amen,

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Mr. a n d Mrs , M e l v i n C. B a r t l e

6403 Bishops

Place

S t,

Louis , Missour i

63IO9

Your missionaries to

Thailand,

Garland

and

Dorothy Bare

Geoffrey

(9),

Corinne

(8),

and

Eileen (-23

-mos,)

FIELD

ADDRESS;

78

Farham Road

Chiengmai, Thailand

We

would

l i k e

to bring our mai li ng l i s t up-to-date, and

i f

you no

longer wish to

be

kept

on

the Bares mailing,

wou ld you

be

kind

enough

to

f i l l

in

the attached

and

mail to Melvin C, Bartle ,

6403

Bishops

Place, St. Louis , Missour i 63IO9.

Name

A d d r e s s


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V r y/r^

J j\n jtaericrjn Studies Medicine in Thailend

*

I t

is aliaost

unbelievable

that

after finiMng pre-medical

classes

at

Wheaton

College,

dheaton,

111.

on Friday Kay 15^ > I wes

already

attending

classes in Chiengmai

University

of

Medical

Science on Wednesday Kay on

the

o the r

s ide

o f

the

world.

Thus, Garl and

Bare

reports^the

beginning

of another

stage of h is eissionary

experience^^^n^

recent newslette^

i if ter

11 years of

missionary

service

i n Tha ila nd ,

Garland

and Mrs. Dorothy

sma l l in

Bare and

their three/children returned

to

the states/June

19^^

fo r

their

second

fu r lou^ and because he wanted to prepare

himself

to serve as a physician among

the people whom they love in

northern

Thailand,

He had been tentat ively accepted

as

a medicaf t

student

a t Chiengmai

University

o f Medical Science, located in

the

l a rges t c i ty in

northern

Thai landa

grea t

t rading

and admin i st ra ti v e cen te r for the h i l l t r ibes among whom

they

had been

working,

And

he

had

been

accepted

for

pre-medical

t ra in ing

by Wheaton

College,

During their 10 years of servttre a t

lua

Nan p ro vin ce , th ey

t reated

nearly

9 ,000 medi ca l pat i en t s bedides car ry ing

on a

regular

evangel is t ic

and t rans lat ion

work .

Such service, and his d ec is io n fo r further

t raining i s

a na tu r al d evel oên t

tiu-

Garland os born on the Tibetan

border

in the

house

built y ôneerîssionary^

Dr, A

L,

Shelton, his father

i s Dr.

Norton

Bare and

his mother, befor e marr iage ,

Was

Lois

Nichols, Ihe

Bares

eerved l4 years

on

the Tibetan

border mission

field

and new

l ive

at

Portsmouth,

Chic,

\vhere he

pract ices

med icin e in

the

s ta te hospi ta l .

yFirst

Americen

tudent

T^

7 ^ < /


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Bare Nov 20 196^

p r o v i d e s facul ty me mbers a nd a d v i s e r s in each d e p a r t m e n t . The s c h o o l i s in i t s

fi ft h

year

an a enrolled

64

first-year

studenlj^all Buddhitts except Garland and

an

i nac t ive

Roman

Cathol ic

g i r l .

Th e sc hool

i s th e most pr ogr e s s i ve an d advanced

m ed ic al s ch oo l

5n s o u t h e a s t

Asia.

In competit ive t e s t s

the

f i r s t gr a dua t i ng c l a s s o f

th e

school c o n tr ib u te d

s ev en

ou t o f th e to p 10 s tudents

in

a l l T h a i l a n d

O r ie n ta tio n c l a s s e s

were a l r e a d y

underway

v;hen the

Bares reached

Thailand^

so the family was lef t in

Ba::gkok:^where

Dorothy spent

two weeks t ak in g c ar e

of

the

m u lt ip li ci ty o f

d e t a i l s involved in

customs

and immigration before

going

on

to

Chiengmai

Because

o f

h is

score

on

the

American

Medical

College

Admissions

T e st

Garland was

n o t

re qu ire d to take th e

entrance

examination in T hai

He entered immediately into class work^which

is

conducted largely in

the

Thai

la ngua ge .

Fellow Students

^ ^

Bro Bare

wrote:

At th e end o f

the f i rst

trimester my

grades

ar e not as

high as

I would

l ik e

them

to

be ;

but

nevertheless

I

am _reteful to

be

passing

a l l

my

subjects.

In

gross anatomy

an d

embryology

my

grades are in the middle

cK

J

taird of the class;

and

in

bio^^^emistry,

physiology

and

histology Iplaced in

the upper t :- ir d .

The

me nta l

abi l i ty

an d competition

among

the st u d e n t s he r e

I

find

to be on

a

par with those

in

the

states,

Onlyjsne applicant

out of

every

i s accepted so my c l a ssm a t e s include some o f the most br i l l i an t y ou ng m in ds in

Tha i l and .

e

wrote

of

their

spiritual

needs

ow

^

ye rn to

see

these

young

people

brought

to

Ch rist.

Opportunities are increasing to discu ss

s p i r i t u a l

matters

with

them an d ence every th r e e weeks

t h e r e i s

a

me e ting

of Catholic an d P r o t e s t a n t

students^ where

I

have

been privileged

to present

the simp^ Christianity of the

New Testament. Last month I was in v ite d to speak a t a week-end camp

o f

Christian

u n i v e r s i t y st u d e n t s r e p r e s e n tin g f i v e d i ff e ren t un i v e rs i ti e s.

I

f in d

d e a l i n g

with


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5 Bare Nov 20, 19^^

a^^J^tly

different

experience from

presenting the Gospel to

uneducated, h i l l t r ibes-people. Even though

the

manner

of

presentat ion

must

differ,

th e

basic

message

is the

same and i s equally

powerful

in

bringing men

from

death

unto l i f e .

J

Stands Against

Buddhism

^^d^

During

the f i rs t weekend

of school,

Buddhist

priests

were called

in

for a

merit-making

ceremony

to appease

the sp i r i t s

of the

cadavers

in the

anatomy

laboratory. Bro. Bare saids Considerable pressure was put apon me to participate,

but

I

took

a

firm

stand and s ince t h a t t ime

I

have been excused

from

par t ic ipa t ing

in

any

Buddhist

ceremonies.

t - c .

Ke also wrote Being a student

in

an Asian Buddhist^^îversity has given

me new

ins ights

into the pressures with which the Christ ian

minority must

contend.

The f i r s t great shock on my ar r iva l was to

learn

tha t I would be

re qu ire d to

l ive

in

the

dormitory; but now I am gra tefu l

for

the

deepened understanding

tha t

dormitory l i f e has given me of the l ives

and

thought

forms

of

Asian

s tudents . I

am sure

tha t t h i s

wi l l be a grea t help to me in leading them to Chr is t .

Though

required

to stay

in the

dormitory

during

the school week, I have unlimited visi t ing

privileges

with the

family

weelj/ends

Family

Dorothy Mrs. Bare

,

and the

children joined Garland

in Chiengmai

June

e igh t

Geoggrey i s

n ine

Gorinne

and

Eileen 2 years . The two older ones sre e nr olle d

c

in school at

the

Chiengmai

ppeducational Centerthe nglish lanâge school where

Dorothy teaches language a r t s da i ly

to

the upper

grades

Dorothy w rote: This house has

been

rented to

us

completely furnished

and

might be described

as

Thai-modern in s ty le . The rooms are large and

a i ry .

Kitchen

end other work

areas are sep ara te from the

house.

Since we

cook

on an

open charcoal

s tove

th i s

separa t ion

pro tec t s the

main

par t o f

the

house from the

hea t and

dirt of

the

fire. We have electricity,

tunning

weterând

daily

mail

delivery

service

a l l th e comfor t s

o f home.


7/7

Bare N o v

, ^

During a recent

weekjend

when

Garland

w s able

to

be home from his school

t h e y r e n t e d a

c o t t a g e

on a

n e a r b y

mo u n t ai n . The f i r s t

e ve ning

at

th e d ev otio na l

hour

CorinSo confessed her faith in Christ as the Son of God and her Savior,

The

next

rcorn:ng sh e an d

her

dad dy f ou nd a

a u i e t

pool

between

two

w a t e r f a l l s . They

used rocks

from

the

stream

to dam up the

water and deepen

the

l i t t l e pool. That

afternoon the family went together to the beautifi l quiet spot, and CorinSe s

father baptised her in the little baptistery that she herself had helped to fashion.^

Field address i^

J

Farham Road Chiengmgi Thailand lorwarding

Agent i^

Kelvin

C.

Ba rtle

6A0^ Bishops

Place

S t. Louis Mo 65109

bare garland dorothy 1964 thailand

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