sigafoose robert diane 1976 indonesia

8/11/2019 Sigafoose Robert Diane 1976 Indonesia

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February

I976

De a r Friends:

You

le d me to the L o r d . n o w

what can I do fo r you?

These

words were spoken to Lew Cass and

Bob as they t a lked with a

welder

abou t

coimnit t ing h is life

to Chr i s t .

Today t h a t man was immersed i n t o

th e Body

o f Ch r i s t

eage r

t h r i l l e d

at

th e

id e a o f

s t a r t i n g

a

new

life.

In Janua.ry we

began our

new yea r

with

f o r e s eeab l e

oppo r t un i t i e s and

goa l s

fo r te ac hin g here in th e

Sa l

a t i g a

area. . Nineteen were bap t i zed

7 from

the

v i l l a g e o f

Pendinga.n

12 from Sa l a t i ga .

One

was Pak Ahl i

a gentleman about s e ven ty ye ar s

o ld .

The o the r

fe l low was

Kar t jono

the

Heal th

Off i c e r from

the

a r e a which i nc l ude s Pendingan

and o th e r

v i l l a g e s .

ne

young

fellow

from the village had attended

services

in

the past but

quit coming these

past two years- However, since our

return here

he

once

again

occasionally

attended.

Then on one

of

our

vis i t s

to

Pendingan

before

Christmas Diane and

Vida Cass stopped in to see

the

family

and especial ly

the

new baby.

Karmin had

jus t brought in some r ice grass from

the

f ield as

cattle

feed. Coincidentally Debbie had been_looking for grass straw to use

in a manger scene of a

play

which she was

doing

with the

other

young people

fo r Chr i s tmas .

We asked Karmin

if he

knew where we

cou ld g e t some g ra s s .

Karmin very generou sl y gave

h is to

Debbie e offered him 200 Rp. which

i s

equ iva len t

to

about 5O0.

From t h a t v i s i t

Karmin

re tu rned to the

se rv ice s

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qui te fa i th fu l ly . The f i r s t Sunday of th i s new

year,

Karmin

surrendered

h is l i f e

to the

Lord.

We were

ab l e ,

through Chr i s t ,

to

poin t

a hea r t

toward

a

new life J u s t

a little

b i t

o f

love and

a

smal l amount

o f

g ras s

s t raw.

We do pray t h a t each

o f

you wi l l have

many

oppo r tun i t i e s

to

w itn ess the

Love

o f

Chr i s t , as we s t a r t a new year

working

to ge th er fo r the

One Cause

that mak e s all

w o r t h

v ; h i l e

Sigh t s *n Sounds around

our

house

SCHOOL i s

t ak ing

up most o f

Diane*s

t ime.

Since

the kids were two months

behind

Debbie

had

l J

years to

accomplish

in

about

7

months,

you

can see

who monopol izes the t ypewr i t e r .

Going from

3 rd grade tim es

t a b l e s in

New

Math,

to

l e a rn ing a l l about folkways, mores and taboos

in

Sociology,

d ic t a t i on o f advanced Shorthand

fo r

a s en io r , and

then to

atomic f i s s ion

and t r a ce elements in

Sc ience ,

and why was Rome an

impor t an t

c i ty in its

ear ly days in

World History

as

pa r t o f n in th grade s t ud i e s , then

back to

o ld

King

Bozo

o f

Srai thland

in

the 3 rd grade r eade r all

in

one day. t does

exhaus t

a

mother ly

mind, when she has people to s ee , shopping to do, v i s i t

in g g ue sts , meals to

p l an and

p repa re , correspondence

no twi t h s t and ing .

Thus

a

shor tage o f newsle t te rs

these .pas t month^-,

however-,-a-New--year-*-s

resolut io n more

l e t t e r s

Our

present

need i s SI700 for house r en t a l ,

including repa i r s

the

Ron

Ri tchey

family

wi l l be re tu rn ing

in

Apr i l ,

t hus

we

wi l l be

needing a

home

of our own. I t t akes

months

looking

for

a

su i tab le house,

then the

proce s s

o f bc r t e r i ng fo r

it

Af t e r t h a t ,

th e

ta sk o f s e t t i n g

it i n

orde r

fo r moving in . Perhaps

your

g i f t s

a t Eas te r t ime might be

sen t

to he lp

with t h i s

need .

Vie

would

love

to

have you

more

o f a

pa r t

o f Indones ia .

This

p a s t yea r has been qu i t e a busy one a lth ou gh v ery re w ard in g. We wish

to

thank each o f you

fo r pa s t sha r ing and giv ing

toward

Chr i s t s work he r e .

Serv ing Chr i s t

i n I ndone s i a ,

Bob,-

Diane,

D ebbie and

Laur ie

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to

Indoneiia

4if 44Hk ^

May, 1976

Sa l am

d i d a l am Kristus

I n th e

cou r s e

o f ou r

da i l y

comings and

go ings , we

mee t i n t e r e s t i n g sit

ua t i o n s

and peop l e . Take f o r in sta nce , Joko , 15 , a handsome young l a d .

Some

t ime

ago ,

some

Ch r i s t i a n , somewhere ,

p l an t ed

a

s eed ,

and

th e seed

la y i n th e g ro un d, u nw a te re d, unca r ed f o r . When

one

o f ou r mis s iona r i e s

s t a r t e d a new Bib le s tudy in th e Kampong ne ighborhood) nea r

Joko s

hou s e , ,

that

s eed began t o

stir

a

little

and

h e

began t o visit.

So in

t e n s e

was h i s

interest that

r i g h t

away

he

wan ted o u r f r i e n d s

t o

talk

t o

h i s

f r i e nd ,

Iman.

Tha t

week, Iman

began

coming

t o

th e

s t u dy .

The

que s t i o n ;

What

t o do t o become a Ch r i s t i a n ? Joko ,

h i s

f r i e nd , and h i s

s i s t e r ,

Hes t i , now all have accep t ed Chr i s t and

a re

fo l lowing Him.

On

v i s i t i n g J o k o s f ami l y , you w i l l

f i nd

an o ld grandma t a k i ng ca r e

o f

them

all.

More t h an f ou r yea r s

ago ,

twe l ve

c h i l d r e n

had been left by

t h e i r p a re n t s , th e younges t be in g o nly t h r e e months

o ld

at th e t ime .

Grandma,

to o

o ld

t o

work ,

gave

them

a

p l a ce

t o s t a y by s h a r i n g h e r sma l l ,

h um b l e

h om e .

Two

of the

older chi ldren

have since married.

T h e others at

h ome are

still

to o young t o f i nd j ob s . Joko is

de te rminded

t o keep h i s fami ly

t o g e t h e r . He knows wha t h e wan t s fo r h i s

f ami ly

and he

knows

what t h ey

need and

we

know

he

i n t e n d s

t o

g i v e

t hem

J e s u s

Ch r i s t .

It b r i n g s

t e a r s

o f sadness and humbleness on

ou r p a r t t o se e

a

p l i g h t

such

a s

t h i s ,

bu t

it a l s o b r i ng s t e a r s

o f

jo y t o se e

th e

l i g h t e d

smi l e o f

knowing J e s u s

s h i n i ng t h r ough on

J o k o s

f a c e d a i l y . What a LIGHTII

Just finished

overhaul

o f

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A r o u n d the Home

As

many o f you

know, Debbie

h ad p la nn ed

on

f in is hin g h er High School

he re and t hen r e tu rn

to

t h e S ta te s

t h i s

summer,

plann ing

to

en r o l l

in

L in co ln B ib le C ol lege t h i s fall Because

o f

numerous

r e a sons ,

Debbie

has dec ided

to

s t ay oh

he re

ano the r

yea r .

She wi l l

be

a g r e a t a s s e t

i n

t each ing s choo l nex t

y ea r ,

p lu s doing

o f f i q e

work in

which

she is we l l

trained

O ur N ee d s

still

i n

need o f 1700 f o r a house in

ou r

last

n ews l e t t e r

we

men t i o n e d

this

n e ed and

a s

of

this

d a t e , we

h av e

n o t r e c e i v e d sufficient

funds fo r t h i s , t hu s , because o f having t o

move by

th e first o f May, we

had t o borrow money t o

do so .

The

money

h as t o be re tu rn ed a s soon

a s

po s s i b l e .

We c o nt in u al ly P r ais e

th e

Lord

fo r all th e

p raye r s and suppo r t on ou r

b eh a l f , a s we l a b o r to g e th e r fo r th e

cause

o f Jesus

Chr i s t

Plea se no te o u r change o f add r e s s :

R. S i g a f o o s e

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. . . Look around you Vast fields

of

human

.iouls

arc ripening

all

around

us

and

arc

ready note for

reaping. The

reapers will be

paid

good wages and

will he gathering eternal souls

into

the

granaries

of heaven What joys

await

the soffcr

and

the reaper

both together

John

4:35^ 36

The Living

New Testament

T SIGAFOOSEJAMIU


7/11

IN ONE S I . . .

is

the world's fifth largest nation of 120 million And Indonesia

is

tu rning to Christ

Most of the population live on the island

of

Java. This

one island

is

made

up of many

small

villages and in these

villages

the

greatest response to

Christ

is found. Many people

have

never heard the gospel message. In one village we visited an old

woman said,

I have

lived

here

all

of

my

life

and I

have

never

heard

about

Jesus Chri st

before.

Why

have

you

waited

so

long

to

come

and

tell

me about Him ?

We

have

been

asked to help in many

differ

ent places because

there

are not enough preachers and teachers to

mee t

th e

demand .

Now we

are

living

in

a

small town

called

Salatiga, located in

Central

Java.

Population in and around

the surrounding

area is approximately

seventy thousand.

Many

churches can

be

found in the city, but out

side in the villages there is virtually no work being done. We are

going into these villages teaching and preaching to

the

people there.

Several

visits have

already

been made

and the

response has been

great.

It will be

our

job to

train

men

who

will be teaching

their own

people.

We

will

work

w ith those who are

already Christians, to

strengthen

them so they

might

know what God would have them do and we will

start

New

Testament

congregations.


8/11

O DI NE .

Bob

was

born

in

Danville, Illinois

where

he

attended grade

and high

school.

Thereafter,

he

served

in the United States

Navy,

1951

-

1954.

Diane

is a native of Fai rmount, Illinois and attended grade and

high

school in

the

Vermilion

County area.

Bob and

Diane were baptized

into Christ a t the South Side Church

of Christ in Danville,

Illinois

where Bob served as deacon and held

other

leadership

positions along

with

printing of the

South

Side

Side-Lites . They attended Illiana School

of

the Bible while

a t

South

Side,

absorbing as

many

courses

as

possible.

Moving

to

the Davenport,

Iowa area in 1967,

they

began working

with

the

Bettendorf

Christian

Church

congregation.

Bob

served there

as deacon

and

cha i rman o f the Youth

Guidance Commit tee .

They

have two

daughters:

Debora, born July 4 1958 in Terre Hau te , Indiana ;

Laura,

born December

21,

1960

in

Danville, Illinois.

Bob has

attended Lincoln

Christian College. While en ro lled there,

he

to ok cou rses

in Miss ions

and

Church G row th from

Max Ward

Kandall, along

with

other

Bible

courses and

printing.

Bob

intends

to

con tinue h is

studies while

on furlough.

Bob and Diane

earnestly

need

your

prayers

and

support. Prayer is


9/11

I could not be

happier than

I am in

the fact that

Bob

and

his

family are going to Indonesia one of

the

greatest areas poten

tially in

the

whole world for discipling vast

multitudes

Max Wa r d Randa l l

Professor

o f Missions

It is mv

Christian

privilege to recommend

Robert

Sigafoose

and

family Their response to this

great

need is an answer

to prayer

Indonesia

is one

of

the

ripest and

most

demand

ing areas

for

workers at

the

present time

J ames D St rauss

A.sst.

Professor of

Philosophy

Chr is t ian Doctr ine

Without

hesitation we recommend

the

Sigafoose family to

Christians everywhere

They

ai-e

totally

committed to

Christ in body mind

and

soul . . .

Minister elders Bettendorf Christian

Church

We the Eldership give

our

full support and prayers to Bob

Sigafoose and his family.

Elders South Side Church

Danville Illinois


10/11

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liulofiedla

December 1978

SELAMAT

HARI NATAL

What

an EXCITING

t ime

to be

in

America this time of the year

seeing

snow

for

the f irs t

time in years to see the

fantastic abundance

of Christmas items

found in the stores and

how

unbelievable

i t

is

fo r

us to have

all the

choices

in candies tree l ights bulbs

ribbons

and

colorful printed wrapping paper. Can you imagine the big deci

sion

for

us to choose which kind of Christmas candy

we

would en

joy the most?

What

a THRILLING t ime

to be able to spend a l i t t le time with friends and loved ones we

have

missed over the years to be able to share experiences

and

joys to

be

able to travel to

visit

so

many

of our churches

throughout the States enjoying wonderful

hospitality

fellow-

shipping and sharing in love for the common cause of

Christ

What

a THANKFUL t ime

to once more have a

taste of

freedom that comes from our wonder

ful America to express opinions and ideas without the threat of

danger to be able to publicly

PROCLAin

that

w

serve a

RISEN

SAVIOUR

If

the light of the gospel is to

glow

in a dark world then we

as wise men must bow daily a t the feet of

Christ

and

offer cost

ly gifts gave His

al l

for us that

w

might

give our

all

t o Him

John 3 : 6 :

fon.

God 10 lovtd this mnJid tkcut

He

gave His one and only Son

th ^

whosvQJi

bzH2.v2M In Hlrt

shall

not perish

bu t have. eXvonal

H i t

Of

all

the

billions

of

stars

only one le d

to

Bethlehem and

one gave

us an

ETERNAL Gift

only


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Please

Note :

Beginning January 1st, 1979, our new Forwarding Agent will be:

Delmer Rhodebeck

Pos t Off ice Box

67

Col

1insv i l le

I l l ino is

62234

Telephone Number: 618-877-7120

can

still

be contacted through Roy and Pat Prather at Box

569

Cat-

lin,

n 61817 as they will be taking care of our personal needs.

We would

IJke to wish each of you and^j/ours a very

bJLessed

Christmas

and a truly Happy

New

Year

in our

Lord.

Love

in Jesus

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