sigafoose robert diane 1972 indonesia

8/11/2019 Sigafoose Robert Diane 1972 Indonesia

1/9

Apr i l , 1972

i n f r on t o f

ou r

house on e day.

a sma l l g i r l stoodo

an d

ragged

v.dth

t h r ead-bare

c lo thes

p i t i f u l an d

poor ,

t hought

as

looked a t

her

pock-ma rked f a ce

looked a t me an d smi l ed j

Oh , what a beau t i f u l

smi le

i ce d th en a round t i n - cup

And r e a l i z ed a little beggar girl

wanting

it

f i l l e d up .

aaked he r nameshe t o ld me Wa rn i t a ,

sh e

wa s e le v en y e ar s o l d .

fo r

a moment

H ow

c o u l d

we teach

her

a b o u t Christ

If we c o u l d

talk

to

her in the

l an gu ag e s he knew so wel l

If she

could

read

a

Bible

of

r ea ch in g h e r

went

th rough my mind.

my

purse

to

give her

some money,

perhaps

10 Rupiah were enough-

he r

promise to bu y some bread or

f r u i t

She smiled , saying

t h an i i y ou '

a s we s a id goodbye .

n in g a ro u nd o nc e more to see he r ,

LooId.ng

pa s t he r shabby

dres s

Looking

pas t her s t ragg ly ,

unkempt ha i r

Through

he r

deep black eyes wh ic h wer e

f i l l ed

vrlth t e a r s o f gra te fu lness ,

a s o u l .

b y D ia ne Sigafoose


2/9

G-ood

t liuloiiedla

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Mm u

De a r

Brethren

in Christ:

September, 1972

Some

o f

our chu rch es have been a sk ing what it is v;e a re do ing here

in_Salatiga^

Indonesia,

Before we l e f t

America, we planned on a

year

ofTanguage

s tb:d5r being

of

foremost importance

in

effective

mission

ary serv ice . Leaving a country l ike

the United

Sta tes of

America

and

coming

to a country

such

as

t h i s much prepa ra t ion

s tudy

and

a

l o t o f

cu l t u ra l

adjus tment i s

demanded

fo r

any

who

des i re

to

be e f

f ec t i ve in

remaining

on the miss ion

f i e l d .

There

were

s ix

fami l i es

and a s ing le

g i r l

l o ca t ed

in

Bandung. We f e l t

t h a t some would be o f

more

s e rv i c e and n eeded i n o th e r a r e a s

while

some necessar i ly must s tay depending

upon the

na ture of our work and

always in order to accomplish more for our Lord Jesus, After much re

search

and survey work

as

to where the best

poss ib i l i t ie s lay

the

..Lew Cass family

and

ours

decided to come to th is area . We wil l be

working and serving together

for

a short time before^ thei r furlougl^^

As a

resul t

of

studying Missions

a t home and lengthy

discussions with

missionaries here on the f ie ld we wish to prof i t from past

mistakes

in teaching methods as

well

as

e st ab l is h ing e ff ec ti v e

methods here .

Rather than

spend

severa l thousand do l l a rs

on a

correspondance course

(others

have assured

us i t

would be a minimum

of 5,000.00

per year)

we

have decided to

dg^

follow up

work

on

contacts already made

through

correspondance courêTôm' FttilP'groups,

These

courses are of general

nature

in int roducing God and Ghrist His Son, but

it i s

a beginning

for

the

individual .

I f

we

had

put out a

s imilar course,

we would

have

no one

to

supplement with follow-up work, ^rom.

just.

one

course

(and

there are many), we_have_alist

of 3>000

names in th is area who

have

finiehed the course, thQUgn want to know more as well as do more.

V/e

are

making

contacts in th e s ur rounding

vi l lages

in order- to get per

mission to s t a r t Bible Study groups. V/e def ini te ly

fee l

the way to

teach effect ively

i s

to keep

the people

in the i r own

environment.

^- This

.âjiting, the sowing of. th^.seed-,'is^.slsw_work tsîng_ much _^me^

to see the resul t s . Formefly''of a cdhgregation ourselves, \ve kho'w'that

our sponsoring churches

get impat ient

sometimes

supporting

mission

ar ies

without

frequent

reports and news from the

f ield.

We are doing

oirr

best

to keep you informed of our progress.

We

can. rent or build

here

and have

a *Church o f Chris t i n a mat t e r o f

weeks

bu t

the

the building would not be of these

people it

would be as a

t rans

posed building from

America.

V/e have

learned

by past

mistakes,

l^nowing

strong, true Christians are

not made by

giving

out

money

to the

Nationals or

by f inancing new construct ions for them. They are made

by teaching plain, strong, true

teachings.

Then they will build

and

ea rn for themselves these mate r i a l

t h ings .

We

a ren t here to make

a name among the Brotherhood nor

are

we going to

always

place great

importance on the

numbers

of

baptized

bel ievers thht come from our

teaching.

V/hile

the

baptisms

are important, the numbers alone are

not.


3/9

In America,

vie

have mostly denominationalisrn to

f igh t

but here in

Indonesia we have Spir i tua l ism Mysticism, Hinduism and Islam

plus

denominationalisrn he nc e e n t e r s the Church of Chr i s t

They

see

us Jus t

as ano ther complicat ion in

the i r

a l ready confused minds. The

marvelous par t of t a l l

i s the fac t tha t

so many are st

search

ing

for the peace that comes

only

from being a part of Christ s church.

Our projected program of teaching the TRUE V AY may not produce immed

iate

results , but then again

i t

might

with

praise be to God.

I did

intend

to

eventually

enter

the

printing

ministry

but

at

the pre

sent there is Just too much

teaching

to do first , mat printing is

required

can be purchased commercially a t a lower cost

than

i f done

by ourselves. Therefore,

we know God

has directed us to this

new

endeavor.

Hearing

the Word

must be

first,

rea^ng_the

Word

second.

V e came

to Indonesia to teach

Christ

and His salvat ion. That

i s what

we

are doing a

never-ending task

V e

honestly feel

that God

i s

world.ng

in

this country and we are very thrilled to be part of His work.

Serving

Christ in

Indonesia, ^ John 4:35,56 from

Bob

Diane Sigafoose and

girls the

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D e a r Fr i end s i n Chr i s t :

O c t o b e r , I 9 7 2

After

l iving

a while

in

t h i s area o f Salatiga, Java,

we

thought you

m i g h t

l i ke t o -h a v e

a l o o k

o f

a

few o f B o b s

ac t i v i t i e s .

Sat u rd ay

Held

a meeting in

vi l l age . . . depar ted

2

PM...home

10

PM

Sunda y-

Monday-

Friday-

S u n d a y -

Meeting

in

a n o t h e r vi l l age . . . depar ted

6 AM...home

a t

9:25

A M . . . l e f t

9:30

to

preach

in

town

in

a new

congre

ga t ion .

. .home

11:00 AM; 5 :0 0 PM,.,met t o g e t h e r w i t h others

in ou r home f o r th e Lord s Supper

L e f t home 3 : 3 0 PM fo r

m e e t i n g

in vi l lage . . .home 10:00 PM

Meeting in a home h e r e in town, k .00 PM

un t i l 7:00

PM

L e f t 6:30 A M...v il lag e meeting 5:00 PM,,.went

to

Semarang

. . .mee t ing til 9 : 3 0 PM

Monday Went to Semarang a g a i n

In

th e c o u r se

of

th i s

w e e k s

ac t i v i t i e s , tamus

g u e s t s )

a t

o u r ho use :

Th e l oca l

I n d o n e s i a n leader o f Campus

Crusade;

A preacher

from

a c o n g r e g a t i o n v /an tin g

o u r

t e a c h i n g h e h a s s t a r t ed

s e v e r a l new

independent study

g r o u p s - v i s i t e d if t ime s in

one

week);

A s t uden t from ano ther town w a n t i n g money on w h i c h to go

to

school ;

A

young m i n i s t e r from

a new c o n g re g a ti o n v i si te d t w ic e );

A

univers i ty

t e a c h e r and

family

w if e and c h i l d r e n

v i s i t f r e q u e n t l y ) ;

Two

l a y m e n

want ing

to

s e t u p a

speak ing e n g a g e m e n t .

It m i g h t b e wel l

n o t e d

here t h a t when you

h a v e

a v i s i t o r ,

the

a c t u a l v i s i t a t i o n t i m e is a n y w h e r e

from two

to

f ive

hour s a n d

may be a n y w h e r e from 7 AM

u p

to 9 PM

In

b e t w e e n the a b o v e a c t i v i t i e s :

B ob pa in t ed o n

the

house , w orked at a

a pump i n s t a l l a t i o n o n

the

we l l ,

he lped

bu i ld fu rn i t u re from

the

p l y w o o d

c ra t e s

i n w h i c h we sh ip pe d o ur ba r r e l s , w o rk ed o n

the w a s h i n g

m a c h i n e ,

pu t e l e c t r i c i t y in

th ree r oom s,

made b o o k s h e l v e s

fo r

the o f f i c e a rea an d

wa s k e p t

awekie

each night by

th e sounds

of s t r e e t

d jaga s

me n

who sup

p o s e d l y

s c a r e away

t h i eves ) ,

b u t

on tw o of t h e s e n igh t s ,

we

were

vis i t ed

b y

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However and desp i t e

all

we a re indeed happy to be in t h i s count ry ,

bu s i l y working

fo r

our Lord and S av io ur , J es us Chr i s t I7e do a sk t h a t

you keep

t h i s

v i t a l

work

i n your p raye r s .

Serving

in

Indones ia ,

Bob,

Diane

Sigafoose

and g i r l s

A SPECIAL NOTE:

Say

a *

Hello* to

Jean ie

Dawn, the

newest

a r r i v a l to

the Ed Furnas family back

in

Bandung

Speaking

o f v i s i t o r s

V/e

were

t h r i l l ed to see our Forwarding Agents

when

they

v i s i t ed us in August . Hot only t ha t , we put

them

to work

V e w ourd~encourage all who

can, to

v i s i t

the

in iss ionf ie ld of h is cho ice .

t

wi l l

be

a ble ss ing to both th e m is sio na ry and the v i s i t o r .

For

those

o f

you

i n t e res t ed

in

hear ing

our

s to ry ,

p le ase c on ta ct

them.

\7e are

sure you

wil l

enjoy

hear ing t h e i r message

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The C h r i s t i a n Mission, Vol. 16, No. 10,

October

1972

GOOD NEWS

M I S S I O N

BOB SIGAEOOSE

FAMILY

Page 15

Bob and Diane Sigafoose and

t h e i r

two

daughters

began

t h e i r

work i n

Indones ia

i n Singapore

while

t h e y

wai ted

f o r

permiss ion

to enter

their

c h o s e n field o f

mission

endeavor, Bandung, Indo

n e s i a .

Reports

dur ing th e

p a s t

t h r e e years t e l l t h e i r s t o r y .

November

1 9 7 0

WELCOME

TO

SINGAPORE

We a r r i v e d i n Singapore Thurs

day,

October

23^ a t

8:15 p.m. ,

e a r l i e r t h a n we had

expected and

were a b l e t o s p e n d a week

w i t h

t h e F i s h

family

b e f o r e

t h e y l e f t

f or J ak ar t a

I n d o n e s i a .

What

a

welcome

s i g h t

it was t o s e e

a

f a m i l i a r f a c e a f t e r t r a v e l i n g

h a l f - w a y

a r o u n d

t h e

w o r l d . We

p r a y

t h a t

o u r s t a y h e r e w i l l

n o t

be too long .

Although

Singa

pore i s a

b e a u t i f u l c i t y

and

t h e

weather

i s

n i c e

we a r e

anxious

t o go on

t o our

work i n

Bandung, I n d o n e s i a .

O u r home is no t

t o o

far f r o m

shopping a r e a s

so

we

walk most

o f t h e t i m e . were s u r p r i s e d

t o

f i n d

t h a t

you

can

buy about-

an;^hing you

want here. The

cl imate i s hot and humid, b u t

t h e r e seems t o be almost

always

a n i c e

b r e e z e .

The r a i n y season

i s

to .

b e g i n

soon

and we h e a r it

i s

a n e x p e r i e n c e i n itself. The

tfaffic

h e r e is u n b e l i e v a b l e a n d

th e buses a r e overcrowded, b u t

we are told is e v e n w o r s e

in I n d o n e s i a .

December

1 9 7 0

We have

met

s e v e r a l

p e o p l e

h e r e

and

I

have been aske d t o

p r e a c h

on

a

few o c c a s i o n s .

They

c a l l

me

B r o t h e r Bob a n d we don t know

w h e t h e r

is t h e c u s t o m o r

that

t h e y c a n t pronounce

my l a s t

n a m e . T h e Christians here ar e

v e r y humble a n d

full o f l o v e .

They a r e a l s o

eager

t o h e a r

what

we

have

t o say about

t h e

Lord

a n d S a v i o r a n d w h a t we

believe th e

s c r i p t u r e s tell u s .

M a r c h 1 9 7 1

GOOD

NEWS

We have

a p p l i e d f o r

o u r I n d o n e s i

v i s a s and

a r e t o l d t h e y s h o u l d be

r e a d y

i n fom?

t o

e i g h t weeks. We

a r e

i n

need of S3,500 f o r

shipping

o u r g o o d s .

A p r i l

1 9 7 1

L i t t l e d i d I r e a l i z e w h i l e s t u d y

i n g

m i s s i o n s and p a r t i c u l a r l y

t h e

f i e l d o f

I n d o n e s i a

what

t h e

r e s p o

t o

C h r i s t

was

r e a l l y l i k e i n

t h a t

c o u n t r y . It i s g r e a t e r t h a n I had

a n t i c i p a t e d o r c o u l d have imagined

Thousands a re t u rn in g t o C h r i s t an

t h e c r y f o r

C h r i s t i a n

w o r k e r s and

t e a c h e r s s t e a d i l y

i n c r e a s e s .

I n J a n u a r y and F e b r u a r y I had t h

o p p o r t u n i t y t o v i s i t I n d o n e s i a

s e e i n g first hand

t h e

u r g e n t

n e e d

there.

I

n o - v i - r e a l i z e

th e

t r e m e n d o u

work o f t e ac hi n g and p r e a c h i n g t h a

is

b e f o r e u s . I met w i t h

o u r

s p o n

s o r i n g group

and

t h e y

a d v i s e d

me t

a p p l y f o r

v i s a s

immedia te ly , ma in l

b e c a u s e

o f

the

n e e d

for Christian

literature a n d visual aids

for

t e a c h i n g t h e p e o p l e .

O n o n e occasion I w a s a s k e d

to

p r e a c h

i n a p r i s o n c h a p e l i n

Ban-

dimg. Many o f

t h e s e

men were p o l i

t i c a l p r i s o n e r s .

A f t e r

t h e s e r v i c e

many came up t o

me

and a s k e d

if I

would s i g n my name i n t h e i r B i b l e s

They

a l s o

a s k e d

if

upon

my r e t u r n

t o Bandung t o l i v e I would come

b a c k

a n d p r e a c h a g a i n .

F o u r

o f t h e

men from t h i s p r i s o n upon t h e i r

r e l e a s e

went

t o

a

B i b l e

c o l l e g e

in the area.

Doors i n S i n g a p o r e a r e now

c l o s

i n g

and

a l t h o u g h

t h e

hTU ch o f

C h r i s t

h a s

b e e n r e c o g n i z e d b y t h e

government ,

o u r

m i s s i o n a r i e s who

come

h e r e w i l l

n o t b e

a b l e

t o s t a y

They c a n u se S in ga p or e a s

an

O r i e n

tation Center a n d m e e t as

a c h u r c h

group

b u t

each

m i s s i o n a r y w i l l

n t


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14

The Chr i s t i an Miss ion , Vol. 16 , No. 10 ,

October

1972

continued

from previous page)

b e a s s u r e d o f

a

vis fter

a

o ne

yea r s t ay . This i s

due

to

th e

change

in missionary pol icy because we

a re no t t r a i n i ng

th e

Nat iona l s to

the work themselves.

Right

now

th e aim

of

th e

government

here

i s

to

make

more

jobs

fo r

the

Singa

pore ns .

Ap r i l 1972

.anguage

and

c u l t u r e s tudy

i s almost f inished in Bandung.

sa id we would be here

one

year fo r

th i s purpose

and

now tha t

year

i s

nea r ly

gone.

My

f ami ly and

I

are

planning

to move to Cent ra l Java

where

we f e e l

such

a

grea t need fo r

teaching

the

Gospel.

Through

su r

vey work

and hold ing

meet ings

in

t ha t

a rea ,

we

f ind

the

people

so

r e s pon s i v e .

Au^st 1972

[ere we go

again

T hese w ere th e

word s we u s e d

a s

we

moved

t o

ou r

new home in Sa la t iga

Centra l

Java) ,

af t e r a

year

of

bas ic

language

and cul ture

s tudy. The t r i p took

11

hours to dr ive and we were

quite

t i r ed upon

a r r i v a l . The

t rucks were

a l ready

unloaded which was a b le s s

ing .

Now we go about

the task of

s e t t l i ng - i n .

The

cu l tu re here i s

d i f fe ren t

yet

than

what

we had

learned ea r l i e r .

Therefore,

it wil l

take

another

adjustment on our par t

t o

become accus tomed

t o ou r new

sur roundings .

I t

was sad to say Good-bye

to the

group we

had

grown

to

love

through our work during

the pas t

year . The congregat ion

had alm ost

doub led d ir ring th i s t ime and we

pray

th e Lord

i s

p le as ed w ith

their effort

We

a re now

ve ry anxious to

ge t

to

work

immedia te ly in an ex ten

s ive

t eaching program.

Already we

have

made

con tac t with a fami ly

in

one o f

th e

v i l l age s

c lose-by

who

want

to

beg in a

s tudy

g r p

in their home . We n e e d an d d e

pend upon

your cont inuing

praye r s

in

this

wor k

pu r

new

addresss

f be rt

D.S i gaf

d6 se- c

Dj l . K ar t in i i 1

Sa l a t i g a ,

J av a, I nd on esia

Forwarding Agent:

Roy and P a t P r a t h e r

Box 569

Cat l i n ,

IL 61817


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B

AN D D I A N E

R TURN TO

B o b a n d D ia ne h av e b ee n h om e fo r

a

s h o r t t h r e e

nth furlough reporting to their supporting

W o r l d

crises

an d turm oil in

S outheast

Asia

e reinforced their original plan to make Singapore

se of operation from which to spread the Gospel

Jesus Christ and to help strengthen Christians in

surrounding countries.

The Sigafoose's plan to continue their efforts in

Asia

and need

your financial assistance in

r to do this work. The cost

of

living in Singapore

quite high and the dollar doesn't go nearly as far

used to.The rate of money exchange has left

with a 25 loss in buying power. The 5 rate

inflation that exists in Singapore also cuts into

r buying power. They need an immediate 40

ease in their living link funds just to make ends

et. If they are to continue with any mission

nsion plans, they will need additional funds.

ase pray about these financial problems. Their

l^n

so fruitfuland theevidencethat

rts the continued fruitfulness of their work is

whelming. They need your financial support in

r t o

continue.

Currentgovernment restrictions in most of

ast Asia's countries limit missionary endeavors

one month and then they begin to

put

up blocks

d close doors. They will allow return visits

of

one

nth in duration without major restrictions,

ecially in Indonesia where Bob andDiane began

missionary

work

as interns. Therefore, it has

imperative that Bo b

and

Diane adopt the

ionary methods of the Apostle Paul when he

Barnabas on on e trip and then Silas on another

the very purpose of strengthening the churches.

Acts, chapters 15-18). This was one of the main

sons for establishing a headquarters in Singapore in

81. It's usefulness is quite apparent at this present

Bob

and Diane

will work with the Singaporean

churches and will continuewith their counselling

efforts in c o n ne c ti o n w i th t h e C e n t e r f o r Life

Enrichment CENLEFE . Bobwill also continue his

work with the churches in Sri

Lanka

(which is totally

supported by theSingaporean churches) andwith the

Maylasian contactsthathavebeenmade.

Bob has been invited tospeak at the Churchesof

Christ convention in Brisbane, Australia, October21

23. While he is in Australia, he will also have the

opportunityto speak to severalof theAustralian

Churches about

hi s

work in southeast Asia.

T h er e i s m u ch w or k t o d o

fo r

ou r

Lord

in

this

partof the

world

and

workers

areneeded.

Mr.

and

Mrs. Richard Wong, a youngChristian couplewho

aredevoted to theLord arewilling to give themselves

to help their people know Christ. They will be

attenthngSt LouisChristianCollege this falland are

in need of f i n an c i al a s s i st a n c e t o

r e c ei v e t h e B i b le

College training thatis necessary if theyare to

succeed in this troubled area. Government regulations

requirethat theyhavean educationfroman accredited

BibleCollegeif they are to workas missionaries in

Singapore. They areChinese in national origin and

will be working with the Chinese population of

Singapore. Richard, 29, andJosephine, 27, speak

English, so the acclamation to a U. S Bible College

would not be so great for them. Please pray about

this situation

that

God s

will

b e d on e in their

lives.

Another Chinese young man, Edmund Au, who

is25 years of age has expressed interest in coming to

the States for the same education as the Wong's

but

is

also in need of financial assistance. Please pray for

hi m as w e ll t h at Go d will be

able

to us e

Edmund

in a

special way.

Another major aspect of the work for Jesus in

Southeast Asia is the need to provide advisory

information to

Christian

w o r ke r s w h o

will

h a ve t o

deal with the governments and the nationals in

whatevercapacity theyare interestedin.Advance

warning of die pitfalls and the red tape thatBob has

learned about would be of invaluable aid to many

typesof workerswhocomeandgo through

Singapore. Some are in needof counselling to help

them make

correct

lifedecisions thatwill enable ^em

to live for Jesus as they go about their daily lives.

This typeof help is of vital concern for many

Christians that Bo b

a n d D ia ne c o me

in contact

with

daily.Pray that Bob'sknowledge andwisdomcan be

imparted and thatGod willcontinue to use him i

this capacity.

Bob and Diane have been instrumental in m

ways during their 18years on the mission field.

have served inIndonesia, then Portugal, and now

Singaporereachingout to several othercountries

from Singapore.Theirwork establishedin Indon

has grownto 24 govenunentrecognizedchurche

25 house churches, with 1,593 immersed believe

those churches. There is only one preacher who h

Bible College degree and six associates to serve t

Christians.

Two

of

the associates are attending B

College in Indonesia. There are seven permanent

buildings for theseChristians to meet in.

Ihere

two years of labor in Portugal produce

one English speakingcongregationwhich hadan

average membershipof 70 andone Portuguese

speakingcongregationwith a membershipof ab

50. From Portugal, Bob has been instrumental i

influencing others to go into mission work and

Lord has opened doors of opportunity.

Since becoming established in Singapore, B

and Diane have been very active with the Boscom

Road

Church of Christ, which now has a memb

of 120, and with the Singapore gospel Church, w

has a membership of 50. They have worked with

third congregation, the Church of Singapore, to

lesser degree.Bob's involvementwith theCente

Life Enrichment (CENLIFEJ) has enabled him t

reach many that he couldnot have hadcontactw

otherwise.FamilyEnrichmentSeminarsand spe

teachingsessions in other denominationalchurc

haveb^ n awarded him.He continues towitness

where ever he can as opportunity and time allow

Diane has been instrumental in teaching English

20 Japanese studentsfrom thepast four years,

witnessing and teachingJesus to them, their frie

and their families as she teaches the English

language.Someof theseindividuals arebeginni

attend church services.

Opportunities to go into Sri Lanka have pro

three churches

wh o

have

been able to build

chur

buildings in which tomeet and grow The Lord h

trulyblessedtheworkdone byBobandDianein

L a n k a

also.

Your hospitality and love shown for them a

they have traveledtheselast threemonthshaveb

greatblessing to

them.

Boband

Diane

sendthei

warmest thanks and appreciation to all

of

you.


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Most of the time you heat about the work thatBob does on the mission field. You

should know, however, that Diane is a very integral part of the mission and is working

alongside her husband in much of what he does. She is not only his wife and homemaker,

but

also is

his assistant

in

the

Centerfor

Life

Enrichment

Seminars.

Diane is

an excellent

teacher, devoted to bringing a full awareness of her Lord to those she comes in contact

with. She is responsiblefor their growing youth ministry, and also finds the time to teach

English and Christ) to the Japanese students. She spends many hours providing Bob with

secretarial assistance for his work and helps the churches with some of their secretarial

needs as well. Diane is not without the special grace of hospitality and sets aside the

necessary time to minister to the many visitorstheyreceiveeach year. She is a very fruitful

and special part of the ministry. Pray that God s blessingwill continue to be with her as

she l abors

with

B ob

in Southeas t As ia.

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