TribesandTrails 1953 Thailand

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TRIBES

anJ

TRAILS

lit

Thailand

fo r

Thou

ivast slain anil tlithl

pan

huso unto

oil

with Thy hlootl mon o f every trihe. and ton}ne

and

people

and

nation.^

Revelution 5:9h

P R L 95


2/16

TR IBES and

TRA ILS

i n T h ai l a nd

APR IL 1953

Vol .2 ,

No. 1

Publ ished twice year ly , in

spr ing

and

autumn

by

Miss ion

Se rv i c e s , W ill e r n ie , Minne s o t a

f o r

S I AM

MISS ION

o f

AMER I CAN

CHURCHES O F

CHR I ST

ddress i n

iam

TALAT

CHIENGKAM,

CHANGWAT

CHIENGRAl, THAILAND,

ASIA

Send letters and

parcels

for all missionaries

to this address

MISS IONAR IES

and

the i r

f orwarding agent s

C .

W.

and

LOIS

CALLAWAY

Mrs. C. \V. Callaway, Sr.

Box

757,

Canadian.

Texas

The Callaways will be on furlough fromMay

1953 to April 1954 during which time they

maybe

reached through the Canadian Address.

MISS IMOGENE WILLIAMS

Mrs .

Lora

Harr i son

1218 N. Cust er, Wichita 12 , Kansas

MISS

DOROTHY

UHLIG

FirstChristianChurch, Klamath Falls,

Oregon

GARLAND and DOROTHY

BARE

Mrs. Norma Burney, Box 178, Lincoln, Illinois

MISS MARGARET

ALLDRIDGE

Mrs.

Mary

M. Klor

70 E. 23rd Street, Eugene, Oregon

Note: Send funds to agentsnot to Siam ad

dress, Agents transmit funds regularly by bank

draft to the respective missionary in Siam)

TH E COVER

Thai

children

riding

a

wa

ter-buffalo

at the

Leper village

of

Ban

Sop Waan. Typical bam

boo

house

with

grass roof i s

visible

in the bacfeground.

They shall be called

Sons of the

iving

God.

Sons Of God

SO

they've gone

to convert the

Yao

Next thing

you know

they'll even

be

thinking they can

ma k e Ch r i s t i a n s o f th e M i a o

T h is w as th e

mi r t h f u l

c omm e n t

o f

Chiengkam denominational

f o l k s .

And indeed

that

i s ju s t what

we

are

thinking.

God's

Word

is

as t rue today as i t

was in

the

days

of

Hosea~o r of Pau l

who

quo ted h im I will

call that my

people

which was

not my peo

p l e . . .

and

i t sha l l be tha t

i n

the

p lace where i t was said un

to them, 'Ye are not my people,

there

shal l they be called sons

of the living God. Romans 9:

25, 26. Hosea

adds

And they

sh all sa y,

Thou

a r t my God.

T he Y ao a n d

M i a o are

n o t

the Lord 's people. They

are

the

devil 's

people.

Not that they ex

pec t mercy and

love

f rom the

evil

one

but they fea r and wor

ship

him

and his

hosts of evi l

sp i r i t s and

they par take

of

his

degradat ion . Opium i s the

staff

of

life for all

but the

yoiing wo

men.

Gambling

is

the

spor t ,

and

immoral i ty

is

vil lage

custom.

They are

tolerated by the plains

p eople o nly for the i r prof i tab le ,

i f i l legal ,

opium

t rade.

While despised

by

their

equa lly s in fu l d own - c o u n t r y

neighbors ,

they

have been

look

ed

upon in

mercy by a loving

Heavenly Father , and

through

the

work ing o f

His

Spirit ,

your

prayer s , and His using us as

vessels for His Word,

they

s h a l l be c a l l e d

s o n s o f th e

l i v

ing God.

Lois Callaway


3/16

IF

the

world s most eloquent pre ch

e r

th e m ost learned

teacher

a n d

th e

m o s t p e r s u a s i v e

p e r s o n a l

w o r k e r

we re

a l l i nc luded

in o u r mis s i on s taff

i t

w o u l d s t i l l b e

h u m a n frai l i ty

p i t t e d against

s u p e r h u m a n

m i g h t

fo r o u r

w r e s t l i n g

is

no t

a g a i n s t

fl e sh

a n d blood b u t

a g a i n s t

th e p r i n c i p a l i t i e s a g a i n s t the p o w e r s

a g a i n s t t h e

w o r l d - r u l e r s

of

this d a r k n e ss

against the spiritual

hosts of

wickedness

in

the

h e a v e n l y

places . Y et

we

believe

t h a t if

one

th o u sa n d believing C h r i s t i a n s

T h e

Grea te s t

N e e d

w ill

give

a t

l e a s t five m i n u t e s

o f

every

d a y

to p raye r f o r

th e n e e d s

of

S i am

th e f o r ce s of

Sa ta n w i ll

be

r o u t e d

an d

grea t

victor ies

w on f o r

o u r

L o r d

a n d

M a s te r .

H e r e

is

a s u g g e s t e d d a i l y

prayer

s c h e d u l e :

S U N D A Y :

T h e

P r e a c h e d W o r d

y

P r a y

that the W ord m i g h t

be

preached in i t s f u l n e s s

a n d

p o w e r in each se rv ice .

y

Pray

fo r the B ib le s c h o o l

c lasses in C h ie n g k a m an d B a n

Sop

W a a n .

y Pray fo r

the m o r e

than 60

new

Christians

a t

the Ban Sop

W a a n c h u r c h .

y

Pray fo r the a f t e r n o o n

h y m n

s i n g s .

M O N D A Y : T h e

Y ao

T r i b e

y

Pray t h a t th e

s e e d s o w n

d u r i n g

th e

C a l l a w a y s

s ta y in

Tzan

F u s

village

m i g h t bring

f o r t h

f r u i t

into

e te rna l

life.

Pray

especia l ly

f o r th e headman .

y

Pray

t h a t the villages

of

Ai

L i a n g and N am D o m e

m i g h t

c o n t i n u e

warm a n d recept ive to

th e G o s p e l .

y Pray t h a t the

m e r c e n a r y

spi r i t an d th e h o s t i l i t y o f v il

l a g e s

s u c h

a s

Dong

P u a n

m i g h t

be s pe ed ily o ve rc om e

b y

th e

p o w e r o f the

G o s p e l .

y

Pray

fo r

the

C .

W

C a l -

la w a y fa m ily in

thei r

c ont i nue d

l a b o r s am ong the Yao.

Pray

for

spec ia l

gui da nc e in the

prob lems

o f lan guage stud y

and

t ransla

t i on w o r k .

T UE S D A Y : N ew

W o r ke r s

a n d

a n d U n t o u c h e d T r i b e s

y

Pray

fo r M a r g a r e t

All-

d r i d g e

in

the p r o b l e m s o f

la n

g u a g e

s t u d y

a d j u s t i n g

to

a

n ew

field and

entering

into her cho

sen

phase

o f

th e work .

5 Pray

t ha t re c ru i ts no w

p r e p a r i n g

fo r S ia m m ay be gui

d ed

in thei r

d e c i s i o n s an d pro

v id ed w i th

t h e i r

n e e d s .

y Pray that l a b o r e r s m i g h t

be

thrust f o rth s u ff ic ie n t to t h e

n e e d s

o f

S i a m .

y Pray f o r the u n to u c h e d

t r ibesthe

s hy K ha m u th e w ild

Khon Pa a n d the d e g e n e r a t e

L a h u .

W E D N E S D A Y :

T h e

B l a c k

M i a o ri e

y

Pray

t h a t th e

B l a c k

M i a o

in th e N a m Pik a rea m i g h t co n

t i nue

r e c e p t i v e to th e G o s p e l .


4/16

THE

GREATEST

NEED

? Pray that Wang

San, the

h e a dm a n who h a s b ee n f a v or a b le

toward the Gospel , might

come

to a comple te unde rs tand ing and

o b e d i e n c e

a n d

t h u s

b e

used

i n

leading

his t r ibe to Chris t .

y Pray that the Gospel seed

might

have found good ground

in

each

of the vil lages where i thas

b e e n

s ow n .

5

P r a y

fo r

Imogene

Wil

l iams and

Dorothy

Uhlig

as they

prepare

to

study the

BlackMiao

language.

Pray

that

they

might

be guided to the proper location

and t ime for undertaking this

s tudy.

THURSDAY: Chiengkam

y

Pray that the

Chinese

and

Ind an

merchants in

l t

Chiengkam

and the other marke t

centers

may

be reached by the

message

of

Chris t .

y Pray tha t the clinic work

might

ever be an effec tive means

of

pointing souls to

the

Grea t

Phys ic i an .

5

Pray for

the Th u r s d a y

night service

in

Chiengkam.

y

Pray

that a ll who c a l l

t h em s e l v e s C h r i s ti a n in th i s

area

might

be

united

in

f u l l

obedience

to

ChrislJs

command s .

P ray tha t

the

sec ta r ian ism and

divis ion

which

e l sewhere br ing

reproach to

Chr i s t s

c a u s e

might be eradicated through the

preaching

and acceptance of the

s imple

message of

the New Tes

tament

FR IDAY : T h e Wh i t e

M i a o

y Pray

that

the

l a r g e

White

Miao vil lages nor th o f

Chiengkam

might continue re s

ponsive to the Gospel message .

y

Pray that the

in te res t

man

i fested

in the villages of

Ba Ma

and Bleh

Soo might grow into a

hunger

and thirst

after right

eousness

y

Pray

that

the Miao

popula

t i on

centers

o f

S en

Jai

a n d S e n

Long Si might become

centers

of

Gospel

witness .

y Pray t h a t Garland and

Dorothy

Bare

might

be guided

in

thei r plans to l ive

and

work

among

this t r ibe .

SATURDAY :

T he

Low l a n d

T r i b e s

y

Pray that the indifference

a n d

e n t r e n c h e d Bu d d h i sm

o f

t h e

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

o f N o r th e r n

Lao migh t be overcome.

y

Pray

f o r

the idolatrous

Shan

peopl e o f Ban Hok,

Chieng

kam,

and

Chiengkhong.

y

Pray that

the Laotians

of

the

Mekong

val ley might

be won

to Chr is t and used in carry ing

th e Wo r d o f T r u t h to

t h o u s a n d s

o f t h e i r u n t o u c h e d f e ll ow - t ri b e s

men

in the Kingdom of Laos .

y Pray for the hard-hearted

Lu t r ibe . Pray

tha t

the Lu popu

lation centers

of

Chiengkam,

Chiengban,

Chiengrang, and

Baw

Luang

migh t soon be

reached

fo r

Christ

11/ E DO not believe

there

is

r r

danger

ofover-es t imat ing

the impor tance o f b ackin g

each

worke r

and

phase

of the work

wi t h earnes t , d a i l y prayer .

Siam,

alone

among

the

nat ions

o f

main l and As ia , maintains

her doors wide op en to miss ion

a r ie s .

How

long the t ime of op

p ortu nity w ill

l a s t

we do no t

know.

We

only

know

t ha t

i t

is

u rg en t th at

the Gospel be prea

ched

in

Asia

today. We

do

not

ask tha t

you pray

for

the wel

fare or safe ty of

the

worke r s .

Rather ,

pray

tha t

t h e Wo r d

m i g h t go forth and

souls

be

s a v e d no matter w ha t th e c o s t .

concluded on page seven


5/16

W E L C O M E

Among the

Black Miao

4 W A N G

SAN

BL CK

MIAO HEADMAN

S i x M i a o men filed

i n t o

our

h o u s e

an d

a f t e r s e atin g th e m

s e l v e s s t a r t e d

a s k i n g

a b o u t

u s

a n d

w e i n

t u r n

a s k e d t h e m f r o m

w h a t

v illa g e

t he y c a m e . T ou

Y i n g w ho w a s th e s p o k e s m a n

for the

group and another young

man

came from

rench

I n d o -

C h i n a b u t th e o t h e r s l i v e

i n

T h a i l a n d . T h e t w o

f r o m

rench

I n d o - C h i n a h a d heard t h e

G o s

p e l

f r o m C h r i s t i a n a n d M i s s i o n

a r y A l l i a n c e m i s s i o n a r i e s a n d

a f t e r h a v in g a c c e p t e d

C h r i s t

a s

S avior

t h e y

w e r e e a g e r t h a t

t h e i r relatives t o o s h o u l d hear

the

good n e w s .

So t he y h ad

c o m e

s e v e r a l

d a y s j o u r n e y

to

t e l l

t h e m a b o u t

t h e i r new fo und jo y

in

C h r i s t .

T ou Ying st a ye d fo r

m a n y

d a y s

w i t h

h i s

b r o t h e r

Wang

Sa n

who

is

h e a d m a n

of

th e v i l l a g e o f

N a m

P i k .

A s

h e

w i t n e s s e d

c o n c e r n i n g

Jesus

Wang S a n

became

i n t e r e st e d

e s p e c i a l l y w h e n he

r e a l i z e d

t h a t

C h r i s t i a n s no

l o n g e r

w o r s h i p

th e

D ev il a n d

no

l o n g e r h a v e to

s a c

r if ic e a n im a l s to th e

e v i l s p i r i t s .

T h e n

T o u

Ying s u g g e s t e d

t h a t

they

go to

C h ie ng ka m a nd m e e t

t h e missionaries i n T h a i l a n d .

Wang

San

d i d n t

w a n t

to

fo r

he

w as s u s p i c i o u s o f

f o r e i g n e r s

b u t a f t e r m u c h

p e r s u a s i o n

he

f i na l l y a g r e e d . T h r e e o t h e r m e n

c a m e w i t h t h e m .

T h u s

t he y

c a m e

t o o u r

h o m e s o m e o f

t h e m a

b i t f e a r

fully

p e r h a p s but e a g e r t o know

m o r e . T h e y o n ly s t a y e d f o r a

few h o u r s but

b efo re lea v in g

Wang San

in vited u s to

go

to

h is

vi l l a ge

a n d

t e a c h

h im

a b o u t

J e

s u s . With h e a r t s

full

o f

p r i a s e

w e p r a y e d

t h a t

th e L o r d w i l l

ing

w e

m i g h t be

a b l e to

v i s i t

h is v i l l a g e .

S e v e r a l m o n t h s p a s s e d be

f or e w e

could do b u t f i n a l l y t h e

m o r n i n g

a r r i v e d

w he n

Im o g e n e

an d I

could

leave

the pl a i ns an d

start

o u r

s e a r c h f o r

t h e l i t t l e

v illa g e

o f N a m P i k

l o c a t e d

s o m e w h e r e in the

m o u n t a i n s

n o r t h e a s t of C h i e n g k a m .

It

w a s

the opium h a rv e st in g s ea so n so

th e t r i b a l people

w e r e busy

and

s u s p i c i o u s o f

f o r e i g n e r s

bu t in

s p i t e

o f

t h i s

w e

f o u n d a w e l

c o m e a m on g t h e m an d t he y e a

g e r l y l i s t e n e d

to

the g o s p e l

r e c o r d s . We t r a v e l e d slo w ly

s e e k i n g

to m a k e

f r i e n d s

s o i t

w a sn t until the fifth daythatw e

arrived

at

H a m P i k . T h e h e a d

m a n W a n g

S a n

w a s

a b it s u r

p r i s e d to see u s but gave

us

a

warm w e l c o m e . T h e

o t h e r

v i l

lagers quickly gathered around

to s e e

th e f o r e i g n e r s and h e a r

the g o s p e l r e c o r d s . T h e r e

w as

none

of

the

s u s p i c i o n

t h e r e

had

been in o t h e r villages for we

c a m e

a s i n v i t e d g u e s t s

o f

th e

h e a d m a n

an d the

w a y

had

b e e n

p r e p a r e d

b e f o r e

u s

b y t h e

L o r d .

F o r t h r e e d ay s th e

people

e a g e r l y

l i s t e n e d to

th e

g o s p e l

r e c o r d s a n d w e e x p l a i n e d th e

s t o r y o f J e s u s a s b e s t w e c o u l d

in C h i n e s e .

One day

Wang

San

a f t e r

l i st e ni ng

t o

t h e T h a i

Chinese and F l o w e r y

Mia o

r e

c o r d s t o l d u s t h a t h e

u n d e r s t o o d

t h e m

f a i r l y w e l l

b u t t h a t

w e

would

need to l e a r n

his

language

b e f o r e

h e a n d h is p e o p l e w o u l d

r e a l l y u n d e r s t a n d .

B e f o r e we lef t Wang

San

s a i d h is b r o th e r w o u l d b e

c o m

in g

to

v i s i t h im a g ain soon and

then they

would

come

to Chieng

kam and

s e e

u s.

P r a y

with u s

t h a t if t h i s is

th e

L o r d s o p e n

in g a m o n g th e B l a c k

M i a o t h a t

W a n g

S an

m a y i nvi t e u s to c o m e

an d l iv e i n

h is v illa ge

a n d l e a r n

h is

language t h a t

we m a y t e l l

h i m

o f

t h e S a v i o r w h o d i e d

f o r

t h e M i a o t o o .

D o r o t h y

U h l i g


6/16

n The igh Trail

W. Callaway with Thai Carrier in a

Yao mountain

opium field

The t ra i l on the ridge is the

boundary

between Thailand

and

F ren ch l ndo -Ch in a . The Eas t e rn

slope

of

the

range

descends

sharply to

the

Mekong Rivera

thin ribbon

of

clay

far

below.

For nine days, Garland and I

and

one ca r r i e r had t rave led up

to

and

through the neares t range

on the

west ,

and

were

now

head

ed south on the

bo rde r

r ange .

We were glad

it

was the Lord's

Day, and that He had brought

us

to such a lovely

spot to spread

His Table.

Unsaddling

the

hor

ses and putting

them

to graze

we

prepared

to

give our hunger

ing souls afeastonhigher things.

A.

t r ee

r oo t

made an i ce

sea t and

so placed

us that, as Garland ex

pressed

it,

our

feet

were

in

Thai land,

but

our

hear t s in

In-

d o - C h i n a .

On the

long, bo rde r

range ,

the re were

White

a n d Black

Miao, Yao, and

Khamu. The

valley

at our

feet

had Lao and

Lu. The next velley contained

Shan

and

Laot ians a l so .

Beyond

that, other heights,

near Chien-

grai,

added Lisu Lahu and

Kaw

to

the

area s

peoples.

Many

ranges,

visible beyond the Me

kong. were White Miao

t e r r i

t o r y .

We had jus t

departed from

a

White

Miao

village of 70 hous-

esa

v ir tu al metro po lis f o r

tr ibal-land

Miao new year

ce le -

b ra t i on s we r e t h e r e in

p r og r e s s

a n d th e re w ere v i s i t o r s f rom

other

villages.

We

had seen

abou t

500

Miao , a l l i n the i r

sh i

ny

black, and

bright

red tribal

bestmany

playing catch o r

spinning heavy tops with

great

dexterity.

Although

l ikely

th e

f i r s t whi te m en in the a r e a , we

had been r e c e iv ed wi th f r i end l i

ness

and courtesy in every vil

lage.

There

had been rnany

happy

occasions

for Christian

witnessing,

and we had rejoiced

in th e interest s o m e

h ad sh ow n .

Lao a t Pang

Ka

seemed grateful

for t racts given, and l istened

at tent ively

to the

Gospel

mes

sage. White M iao a t Bleh Soo

village were overly exuberant

as

they

heard

for the

f i r s t

t ime

the old, old s tory . Men

in ter

preted

the

message

to

children

a n d w om en who d id n o t know

Chinese , and

often two

o r

th ree

were

speaking

a t once. Later

o n e o f th e m en

t o l d

u s th e l e

gend

of

why the

Miao

have

no

book s . The a n c e s t o r o f th e t r i b e

was about to

drown in

a grea t

f lood and

swal lowed h i s only

booksays the legend.

These thoughts were in our

mind s

a s

we

s a t th e r e

on th e

mountain ridge i n

communion

with our Lord . This

day

the

loaf

was His body broken for the

peoples

of

all

these

tr ibes

about

us

and the cup was poured out

f o r t h ema s mu c h a s f o r u s .

The day

seemed

to be

dawning

whenmany of these people would

u nd ers ta nd th a t

fo r

t h em a l so

Chr i s t

died,

and, when,

they

l ikewise,

would

keep the feas t

in

His

memory .

A hymn which

we sang

there

reminded

us

of

our p itif ully in adequa te know

ledge of any of the languages

which

had

been buzzing about

our ea rs these days . We rea l

i z e d more

t h a n

ever

t h a t e v en

had we th e tongues of men

and

of angels

we

could

not beg in

to

proclaim

adequately

the grea t

message entrusted to us. And

yet

it

seemed

appropriate

(and

so

i t seems still) to sing those

wor s

It passeth telling that dear love of Thine

MyJesus Savior: yet those lips of mine

Would fain proclaim to sinners farandnear,

A love which can remove all guil ty fear

and

love

beget.

C.

W.

Cal l away


7/16

Etfigaged

While it is always true

that

the

future

lies unknown before

us

Christians

have the blessed assurance that the ir pathway

is

planned by an all-wise

Heavenly

Father and commit their way

unto

Him trusting

Him

to

guide.

So

it

is

that

Margaret

All-

dridge who was led by a round about way through Burma to

Thailand

has found

her part icu la r place of service to be quite

different

than the

one she envisaged.

As far as she knew when she arr ived in

this

land her

f ield

of

work

was to

be somewhere in the Chiengkam area .

Then

jus t

as

she

was leaving

Bangkok to come and continue language study

here and

begin

to find her

place

of

work

a young

man

of

the

Birtish Missionary Aviation Fellowship was b rough t to Thailand

on special business for

the

Master

and these

two uponmeeting

came to recognize

that

God had

made

them soul-mates

and that

i t

was

His

in tent ion

tha t

th ey shou ld

serve

Him

as

one .

Margaret

has

announced

her

engagement

to

Alastair John

Macdonald of

Scotland and somet ime

before

the year is ou t t hey

will be united in

marriage.

If the doors continue to

open

and MAF

i s a l lowed to make i t s s e rv ic e s ava i lab le to the m is s ion s h ere

in

Thailand

then this country will be their

home with Mr.

Macdonald

assigned to

the

flying

and maintaining

of

the plane

for

he

is

a

qualified pilot and air-craft engineer

as

well

as being

a highly consec ra ted Chr is ti an .

A LETTER FROM LELAN VT

r i i gHM6Bfe>

.

Dear Friends:

OnSunday when Sunday school isreadyIgooutand

call the Thai children to come toSundayschooland then

we singThai

choruses

UncleGarland tells me the story

in English and then I interpret it into Thai. When Sun

day

school

is over we give the children Sunday School

papers .

We used to live in the mountains inabamboo house.

utnow I live in Chiengkam. Inihreeorfourmonths we

>vlll go

back

to America.

Your

friend

Lelan Callway

P.S. I have a new baby brother named Joel David. He

was born February 17th.

MARGARET

ALLDRIDGE

TH E

G RE AT EST N EE D

Other

Suggest ions

J Selec t one mis s i ona ry to

be r emembe r e d

dai ly

in you r

prayers .

Write

to

the

mission

ary

telling

of

your

intention so

that

you

might be informed of

prayer needs

and special pro

b l ems .

J Select a

tr ibe or

phase of

the workfor dai lyprayer

Write

fo r f u r t h e r i n f o rma t i o n on th e

m tt r s e l e c t e d

J Organize a

prayer and

stu

dy group within your congrega

t ion

to

con s id e r

the

ne e a s

and

problems of Thailand.

Will

you

become a fellow-

l abo re r in

this

minis t ry

o fp ra

yer that Christ maybe glorified

and sou ls saved in

th is needy

l and ? ^


8/16

God Give th T he In c re a s e

V. cutaway baptiilng a poup of men

GarlandBatebj^tttiloga Thai glil

So

shall my

word be that goeth outofmy mouth:

i t shal l not

re turn

unto

me

void,

but

i t shal l

accom-

Blish that which

I

please n

it

shall

prosper

in the

ling whereto

I sent

i t . Isaiah 55:11.

We have re

joiced

to

know

that the Word is

working

in the

hearts

and

l ives

of p eople a nd

have

sen

So shall my

word be

that

goeth

outofmymouth:

i t sha l l not

re turn

unto me void, but i t s ha ll a cc om

plish

that which

I please,

and

it shall prosper in

the

thing

whereto

I

sent i t . Isaiah 55:11.

We

have

re

joiced

to know

that

the Word is

working

in the

hearts

and

lives of

people and have

seen again t ha t t he

Cos-

pel

is

th e

power

of

God

unto salvat ion.

During

January of this year , there

were

61

who

were

buried

with Christ in baptism

and

rose to walk

in newness o f l if e.

These ,

44

adults

and 17

children,

a r e

all from

the

Leper

Village

three

miles

from

Chiengkam.

Twelve

came

f rom Buddhism; th e others

were

believers

and had been sprinkled. After

much

study of the Word and earnest prayer for guidance in

the

matter,

they believed

immersion

to be the

Scrip

tural

form

of

baptism, and, desiring

to

completely

obey their Lord, they asked to be immersed.

Medical work among these with leprosy, is slow

and discouraging, for ev en with the

newest

t rea tment

it takes months usual ly before improvement is seen

and

for some there

is

no improvement. Thus, f or

them

there s eems to be even

greater

joy in being

His

chil

dren.

Only a few can read, making

teaching

difficult,

but they are all endeavoring to

memorize Scriptures.

This

was

their

idea,

not ours , and we

were

thril led

when the

headman asked

us to give

them

verses to

memorize. They love to sing

and like

to learn new

hymns.

Pray t ha t these

might

grow In

faith

and

know

ledge.

CALLAWAYS FURLOUGH THIS

Wiiiiams

C. W. and Lois and the

ch il dr en expect to arr ive

on the U. S.

West

Coast

in May.

After visiting

Lois parents in Fort Morgan,

Colorado and

C. W. s

parents

in Canadian, Texas,

they will

locate

for the summer in Norman, Oklahoma to attend the linguistics

course

of Wycliffe Bible

Trans la tors . Because

of

the intensive na

ture of this course

and

i ts impor tance

for future language

study

and

translation

it is essential

that

speaking engagements at this

period be

l imited

in

n umber. S ep tember to April will be given

to

speaking engagements .

They

hope to return to

Thailand

in April 1954

because

an ab sence

of not

over

one

year from

Thailand

will

pre

vent delay and red tape in

Bangkok as

well

as repayment

of

Thai land

entrance fees . Callaways c ame to Thai land f rom China in

1949,

having lef t the States in

December 1946.

R

i

1 99

*335

p33iuBjen< Seiso


9/16

TRIBES

ITRAJLS^

t

TH L ND

r=

-

,V

6

. . for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with

Thy

blood

men of

every tribe,

and

tongue,

and

people,

and nation.

Revelation 5:9b.

OCTOBER, 1953


10/16

TRI ES and TR ILS

in h il nd

OCTOBER 1 9 5 3

Vol. 2 No. 2

Published

tw ice year ly,

in

spring and

a u t u m n ,

f o r ;

SI M

MISSION

OF

A M ER IC A N C H UR C H E S

OF

C H R I S T

P R I N T E D BY

H E N R Y

P R I N T I N G C O ., E U GE N E. O R E G O N

A D D R E S S

IN

S I AM

T A L A T

CHIENGKAM,

C H A N G W A T ,

C HIE NG RA I, T HA IL AN D, A SIA

Send

letters

and parcels

fo r all mission

ar ies

t o th is a dd re ss

MISS IONAR IES

and th eir

f o r w a r d i n g

agents

C . W.

a n d L OIS C AL LA WA Y on fo rlo uR h)

M r s . C. W .

C a l l a w a y , Sr .

B o x 757, C a n a d i a n , Texas

M I S S IM O G EN E W IL LIA M S

ieavinc; o n fu rl ou gh Nov. 1933

M rs.

L o ra H a rr is on ,

1218

N.

Ouster,

W i c h i t a 13 , Kansas

M I S S D ORO TH Y U HLIG

Firs t C h ri s ti an C h u rc h , K l a m at h F a ll s,

Oregon

G A R L A N D and D O R O T H Y B A R K

Mrs . N o rm a B urn ey

B o x 178, L i nc ol n,

Il l i noi s

MELVERT

and

JUNE

BYERS

Mrs . Al l en B . Nicho l s

2111 S .E . S il ve r Springs Rd.. Portland 22 Ore.

N o t e :

S e n d

funds

to a g e n t s n o t to S la m

a dd re ss. A ge nts

transmit

funds

regularly

by

bank

d r af t to respective

missionary In Slam.)

COVER

P ICTURE

Intelligent b u t i ll it en it e, t hi s Ya o boy

wai t s fo r

th e word

in

h is

o w n ia ng ua ge .

R E C R U I T S

TO SA IL

T h i s

winter

D o n a l d

a n d

Rober ta

B y e r s

expect to sail for

Thailand.

They

may be

r e a c h e d

th ru their

f o r w ar d i n g a ge nt ,

Mrs. C C

P ierce, P .

O Box

482,

Med-

ford,

O r e .

MARGARET A LL D RID G E M A R RIE D

O n July 23rd Ma r g a r e t Alldridge w as

u n i t e d in m a r r i a g e

w i t h

A la sta ir Jo hn

MacDonald and has joined

him

in his

w o r k

w i t h

th e

Br itish Missio n ary

Avi a

t ion F e l l o w s h i p .

A rice

mill

is a v er y i nt er es ti ng place

with

a

great

whir of constant activity.

The r ice in i t s b rown

husk

i s t h r own in to

a

hopper

an d

whirled

around r oughly to

cau se

th e

ou t e r husk

o r

cha f f

to c ome

off.

T h e n

it goes

into

a

bl ower

w h e r e

th e c h a f f is

bl own

aw ay . T his

pr ocess

is

repeated

t h re e

o r four tim es an d each

time

th e

rice becomes more polished

until

a t l a s t it co m es f o r t h g l e a m i n g

wh ite. In

th e

final p ro cess

it is sifted

a n d s e p a r a t e d a n d from

one c h u t e c o m e s

f o r t h

th e l a r g e

p e rf ec t g ra in s;

fro m t h e

n ext com e

p a r tly

broken grain s; a n d

f rom th e la s t

come

th e sma l l

b r oken

pieces of rice, s ti ll u sa bl e bu t lacking in

b e a u t y

o r

desirability.

T he

wor ld is l ike th i s r ice mil l

and

th e

people in it as

th e

rice. In

th e

pr ocess

o f

milling

m a n y

r ef use

th e

gospel m e s s a g e

and a re ca s t for th a s chaf f . O f

those

who h e a r

th e Word

and r ece ive

Chr i s t

some come thru

th e periods of testing

as b r o k e n

g rain s

losing

t h e i r

o rig in al

b e a u t y , w h i l e o t h e r s are p o l i s h e d m o r e

p e r f e c t l y b y the

t e s t i n g s

w h i c h are

t h e i r s . P ra y th at t h e s e

to

w h o m w e m in

i s t e r

in

Tha i l and wil l r ece ive th e Wor d

a n d

b e

s t e a d f a s t a n d

faith fu l d u r i n g tr i

als

that

t h e y

m ay

c o m e fo rth

per f ect in

C h r i s t J e su s, f it f o r the M a s t e r s use.

D o r o t h y Uh lig

D on and Rober ta Byers and son


11/16

X

A Chris t ian family

a t

Sope Waan .

You're invited

to

worship at the Lepor

Village this morning Be ready to

s ta r t

before

8

fo r

th e

dikes

t h ru the

r ice

fields may

be

s li ck and it will

take

more

than

an

hour

to

get th ere . Don't

fear

crossing the bamboo bridge for

its

real

ly

very

strong.

We're thru the

forest

now an d there 's

the

village. Someone's

calling maa liang ma

laao

which

m ean s th e te a ch e rs

have

come .

This is

the

signal

for the

headman and

others

to come to the bamboo church building.

We go up

and sit

on the bamboo mat

ting raised

floor on the s ide oppos ite the

men .

The women and ch i ld ren s i t

on

th e

dir t floor a t a s ligh tly lower level.

Greetings

are

exchanged

and

conversa

t i on c o nt in u es u n ti l th e e l d e r a n n o u n c e s

the

f i rs t

n umber. T he se people

love

to

sing and may sing

six or

se ve n song s

wi th all v erse s. The m en who can

r ead

use books; t he o th e rs

follow

as best

they

can.

Many have learned

the

verses and

all sing on the chorus.

A

child

is nudged

or

told to

go see

abo ut th e

b uf fa lo f or a t

th i s

season

th e

wa t e r

buf fa lo

ca n no t be

t u r ned

loose

and th e ch i ld ren mus t

ca re

fo r th em .

A

boy

of 13, named

See,

has to be

told

many times,

for

he doesn't

want

to miss

any

of

the

service . He

hasn t

known

the

Lord

very long

and has

been

in

the

vil

lage

less than

a year. His parents are

dead and he l ived wi th

a n

o lde r

bro the r .

Some

large

red spots appeared on

his

face

and

h is

fe e t fe l t n um b so

h is

bro th

e r brought

him to us fo r exam ination.

The diagnosis

was leprosy

but they

wouldn ' t acep t t ha t nor the advice to

go to the

village

or

take medicine.

Some

time la ter he was

put

out

of

school for

the spots were much la rger and he was

getting

worse

fast. The village

was

his

only hope.

The

very

first

Sunday he

came to church

and l is tened

attentively.

He learned cho ru se s re ad ily and was

well l iked

by

all. Many of

the

o the r boys

had accepted Chris t as their Saviour

a n d w e re f a i t h fu l

w i tne s s e s . Th u s

n o t

^ery

much

la te r See too

accep ted Chr is t.

Since t ak ing DDS regular ly he has

greatly

improved and

can

probably l eave

the village

in two

or

th ree years .

After

singing, prayers,

the

offering

a n d

th e

c ommun i o n

s e r v i c e a n

e l d e r

o r

deacon preaches. Bible

classes

are

t augh t a f te rward . Dorot hy Uhlig a nd the

children

go to a

near-by house where

she

teaches

u sing fla nn elg ra ph . Scripture

verses and

choruses

a re taught. Some

of the

men

get pencils

and

p ap er r eady

to take notes and

Scripture

references.

Some of the women put on the expres

s ion I know

I

c a n t unde r s t and

h e r so

why try ,

while

o ther s qui et

their

babies

and make ready to listen. The t ea ch ing

must

be simple f or

th ey a re

yet

b ab es in

Chr i s t and s t i l l i t m us t be such a s wil l

m ake them grow and

become

mature in

h im .

Classes

a re over and everyone wants

to sing

choruses

or s ta r t learning a

new

song.

Between

and p.m. we say

good

by

and s tar t toward home rejoi cing and

praising the Lord for

these

and

praying

for

their

growth in

him. Will you pray

t o o ?

Imogene Wi l li ams


12/16

Mel

and Ju ne Byers

A t present

June

and I find

ourselves

s ee king t o adjust to the hab it s a nd lang

uage

of a

relatively small country called

Thailand. Formerly

we

would not have

been able

to give any

infonnation con

cerning

this country which is the

size

of

Texas yet c on ta in s ove r 18 million

people. Other fields would have been

more appealing but

we

have learned that

God s leading

must

always

eclipse

the

desires

of

man. In this way June and I

have

experi enced in

a

definite

way

wha t

i t

is

to

be

led

to the

mission

field

by

the

Spir i t of God.

Our original

plans

were

to

return

to

Burma and work among

the

Rawang

tribes people. Negotiations

w it h th e Bur

mese

g ov ernmen t w ere slow and

dis

couraging.

In

the meantime

we had

ma d e

c o n t a c t

wi t h

th e

m iss io na rie s in

Thailan d. S in ce

preparations

to leave

were comp le te w e set sail not knowing

just

where we would f inal ly be engaged

in m issio nary work .

Shortly

after arr iv

ing

in

Bangkok, Thailand we

received a

d efin ite r efu sa l fr om the

Burmese gov

ernment. We then took def in ite s teps

in

obtaining papers to work

in

Thailand.

This

was comple te d

in a

few

days. Thus

our place of service had been

deter

mined. We were quite ignorant of this

land, i ts need and i ts possibilities.

One nigh t about o clock our road-

weary

truck stalled

for the

last t ime

just

as we

approached

Chiengkam.

The

rains

had

washed

out

a small

bridge.

Jie leaJU M :

We were determined

to complete

our

journey so

we wad ed

the rest of the

way

through m ud and rain.

Thus

we arrived

a t ou r new

home

in

No r th e rn T h a ila n d

late a t n ight , bare- footed , soaked

and

tired.

Since

then

we

have been quickly

u sh ere d in to

th e r ou t in e and

l i fe

of th e

missionary

endeavor of this a re a. A ft er

two or three

days

of

getting s ettle d and

registered,

June and I commenced the

task

tha t

faces

every

new mis siona ry

language study. With peculiar looking

words and

unf ami l i a r sounds

we have

been wre stl in g e ve r since

arriving.

Our

language teacher is

a young fellow who

has

exhibited

much patience with our

s tumbl ing incoheren t

sentences.

Some

t imes

i t

requires

s ev era l emba rr as se d

moments

for him

to

identify

what we

are

at tempting

to

say.

Nevertheless

God has been giving

us

the

victory

as

we look to Him

each

day.

Since the

work

here is young, evange

lism

and

knowledge of God s

Word

is

al

most

nil.

Surrounding the pla in on

which

we

l ive a r e s eve r a l m ou nta in t r ib e s

which

have yet to

hear

the

message

of

deliverance. The powers of Budhism and

spirit worship

are strong but God is

g reater. W e shall not be s at is fi ed unt il

some of th e se hav e

t a s t ed

of

th e

New

Bi r t h .

The

f i r s t few

mon t h s on th e miss ion

f ield have

been

f i l led w ith w o rk and a

heart-peace

tha t God is still leading. We

rejoice

also in

the

bit of

scr ipture

which

says, For thou a r t my rock, and my

fortress: t he re fo re f or Thy names

sake

lead

me, and guide

me.

June and I

nev

er

dreamed tha t we wou ld be sensing

the

Lord in Thailand. Now the reaso n w hy

is

readily

understood.

There

are many

forces and

obstacles

working

against

the

efforts of evangel ism in this

area

as

there

a re

in

every mission field, yet th is

is God s b u si ne ss . is ou r bus iness to be

yielded. Lead on. Master, is our prayer.

Melver t

Byers


13/16

White Miao women dressed

in

festive

at t i re for

their

New Year celebration s.

Taken

on a

mountain t rip made

by Mr.

Cullaway and Mr. Bare.

Hey, Mom

Look

a t the

sugar

cane

the Gamnan's boy

gave me

Young

Mark Cal laway came in beaming above

an

armload

of the

sweet

stalks, deposit

ed them

in the

kitchen a nd dashed off

to fetch the lo ts more tha t

had

been

promised him

This

generous neighbor

we always

refer

to by his official title

Gamnan

(Village Magistrate). His

three

young

sons were good

friends

of

Lelan and

Mark

during

th ei r s ta y here.

The eldest

is

now

at

home,

the

second

away

at

school and the youngest, Fone,

l ives

with

an older s is ter who

is

also ou r

neighbor. Fone's stepmother is of the Lu

tribe and is a characteristically

hard

worker. In

spite of her

husband's

high

position she industriously gathers and

sells

fruits in season

and can

often be

seen

climbing the

fruit

tr ee s next door.

The eldest of h er th re e little girls. Pan,

is about the same

age as

the

eldest

of

her step-daughter's two girls, Pranee.

This

step-daughter

is a

sweet

young

woman

married

to

a young

Catholic

doc to r from Bangkok. As they

are

our

near neighbors on

the north we

have

frequent visits and discussions

with

them

and

hope

soon to

see

them follow the

True Way.

Often Pran ee and

her

little

uncle, Fone, and, occasionally, her wee

auntie.

Pan,

come

over

to read

our

picture

books. We have

almost complet

ed

t ranslat ion

of some

chi ldren's Bible

story

books

with which to

entertain

t h em on

t he se

visi ts

MEET

THE

NEIGHBORS

Beyond

the Doctor's modest

abode

are

the big house and spacious

grounds

of

the Khun

Pra, fo rmer county magis

t rate. Although gracious

in

such

things

as inviting

us

to his son 's wedding

this

neighbor is

ardent

in

his pursuit

of

worldly pleasures. Many sleepless nights

have

been due to his noisy

parties.

Yet,

we have frequ ent opportu nities to wit

ness

to the m an and

his

family. Yes,

we

know

t h a t

th e

Sav iou r

is

able to reach

even

this

one despite

his

wealth,

pride,

and

power.

Recently

we

had

occasion to call

on

a

neighbor with whom heretofore we

have

had l i t t le con ta ct. Some

of

ou r

chickens

had gone vagabond and we

were trac

ing

them down. This man,

a teacher,

proved friendly and

helpful,

warning us

tha t

the new

neighbors

to the

r ear

a re

of a very

low

sort.

Before we left, the

teacher's

pretty young wife

appeared

w ith he r month old

baby. Though a

healthy

looking

child

it was su ffering

from upset stomach

and

she

asked

our

advice about it. Later , when June and

I

called to ask about the

baby wo

found

her bathing it with water and mild soap

a rather rare thing

among

Thai

mothers. We

are

t ruly thankful

for the

opportun ity to

get

acquainted with these

young folks and we pray that it is only

the beginning

of a

future

friendship in

t h e Lo rd

There

are other n eigh bors w ith whom

we have

h ad

l it tl e c on ta ct t he folks

in

the tiny

bamboo houses across

the road

and

the new

neighbors

the

teacher

w a r n ed us

a bou t bu t

wi th whom we

hope

to make f riends before long.

Jesus

teaches us to love

thy neigh

bor as thyself and, by His grace, we

h ave no t

f ound

i t

h a r d

to love

t he se

house-friends as

the Thai

put it . Will

you

not join us in praying that they will

become, not

only house

friends

but

spiritual brethren

looking

together

with

us

toward that spiritual

home?

Do r o t h v Ba r e


14/16

u

word fitly

spoken

n

You

can smile

when you can't say

word. But teaching the

gospel of

Christ

requires

more

than

smile.

When man asks, Who

is

Jesus? or

Can you cure me of worsh ipping evil

spirits? our

souls

th ri ll w ith the

mes

sage

we

have for

himthen

comes the

language

barrier. T san

Fu

can speak

some Chinese, as can we. He can speak

some

Nor thern

Thai .

W e

do

too.

B ut the

Chinese a nd T ha i t h a t he has lea rned

have prepared

him

to

barter

in opium

and horses, and

clothnot

for under

standing

the

more intricate

forms that

have

to do wi th the

he a r t

an d

soul. So

understanding does not come

to

his

heart in those languages.

He has

word s of his own in

the spirit

ual realm,

but

we do not know them.

They

have

never

been

writ ten down.

They

sound

impossible to our ears.

When

we try t o wri te them down, our pen fails.

We

try

to

repeat

the

words

after

him,

b u t

h e

smi les

a n d sh a k e s

h is head

Souls

hungering for freedom from

dev

il worship and no one knowing the

words

to bring t hi s spi ri tual

bread

Souls dy

ing

for lack of salvationnot

even

knowing that they are dying or that

t he re

is s alv at io n f ro m t h a t dea th No

Teacher No

Book

No hope

in the

only

Name tha t can bring hope

and

peace

and

salvation

How shall

they

believe

in

Him

whom they

have not

heard?

T he

bar r ie r

mu s t

be

broken

downthe

language must be

conquered

in the

Name of Him who said, Go ye

into

all

the world

and preach the gospel

to ev

ery

creature.

The Wyclif fe Bible Translators, non-

denominational g roup o rgan iz ed solely

for

the

purpose

of Bible

t ransla tion saw

this need several years

ago,

and have

set

up

summer institutes

in

the United

States, Canada, England, and

Australia

to

t rain prospective

translators in the

processes of

learning

language, reduc

ing i t

to

writing, translating the Scrip

tures,

and

teaching the

people to read

i t nd so w e t u r n to th e S um m er In s t i

tute of Linguistics a t Norman , Oklaho

ma, for

summer

of concentra ted

work

in the principles of

learning

the

langu

age

of

Tsan

Fuor his

counterpart in

any primitive people any

place

in the

wor ld

We

must

learn to hear the

many

sounds not

found

in

English,

and

repro

duce

them. Then

they

must

be written

in phonetics. The phonetics must be

changed to pract ical a lphabet, which

can

be p rinted.

Next we

must

study

the

construction

of words, with

all

the vari

ous possibilities of

prefixes, suf fixes,

infixes, etc. that we might

meet

in our

prospec tive language,

along

with the

various

possibilities

of grammatical for

mations. One summer can only introduce

one

to the

vast

possibilities

in

the

science of languagesbut i t does give

basis

for work .

So now we go back w ith greater con

fidence to our task of learning Tsan Fu's

language

and

eventually giving him

Bible

h e

can read a n d unders tand Lin

guistics

invaluable? The

Gospel

is the

powe r of God unto salva tion The

greatest power in all the world I f

lin

guistics is means

to release that power

to souls dying

for

lack of it, then we feel

i t

is

i ndeed i nva luab l e

Do pray for us

tha t

this

knowledge of

language learning can soon

be

put to

work among Tsan

Fu's peoplethat

wis

dom

will be

given in

tran slatio n and

teaching, and

that

the Holy Spirit will

be

prepa ri ng the

ground for

the

sow

ing of this

seed.

Pray for

these

people,

knowing not that they know not , that

they m ay

come to the saving

knowledge

o f th e Saviour

Lois Callaway


15/16

A White

Aliao

village situated on the In-

d o C h i n a border . T h e r o ad is t h e b o u n d r y

b e t w e e n

T ha i l a n d a n d Indo-China.

12:00 Noon. I t d id n t s ee m l ik e s u ch a

high

mountain when

viewed from

our

front

window

in

Chiengkam . Beh ind us

are

the paddies

and

palm-crowned vil

lages

of

the plain, the oxcart trail wind

ing

through teak and bamboo, and

the

hour

of

wandering through swamp and

forest when we got lost. We have

been

on a

s teep upgrade now for more than

an hour not counting the

half-hour

lunch

stop

just

finished. The corn

field we just

came

through

is

the first

sign of moun

tain l ife.

No t r a c t o r will e ve r c ultiv ate

t h a t 50

degree slope.

2:00 P.M. Time to get

started again.

As we

rounded t h a t las t bend we found

ourselves

amidst a

group of

Black

Miao.

These

happy little highlanders

live

in a

cluster of tiny huts

perched

on a ridge

high

above the

trail. We

caught them

observing

a

tribal

ceremony.

I t only

took

a

few

min ute s to r ecove r f rom

t h e

shock

of intrusion by these white foreigners.

The

c er emony con tinued

after a

teen

age

boy invi ted us

to seat

ourselves

and

added politely but firmly, you can't go

on 'till the bridge has

been dedicated .

A

sturdy new

plank

bridge sp ans the

c r e e k f o r h u m a n

use?

Of c o u r s e not ,

but for spirits Travelers must continue

t o

wade .

T w o m e n a n d a

w o m a n

h a v e

been preparing

a freshly killed pig

and

chicken while another woman presided

over ceremonies. The village headman

recently died

and with

this

ritual

his

l loie ^

teen age nephew has just been installed

as

his successor. As

soon as

the pig

and

chicken were cooked a middle-aged

woman

threw

a

rag

over

her top-knot,

picked up a gong

and

walked beside the

new

span chant ing a rhythmic incanta

tion. This ended, Melvert and I the

accidental guests of honor were asked

to participate. We carefully explained

t h a t

as

servants

of

the True

God we

cannot

indulge in observances

that

honor

demons

but

as a gesture of good will

toward the

new headman

we took

his

hands

and assisted

h im acros s

the bridge.

Henceforth th e bridge

is

closed to hu

man traffic forever. We have

politely

declined a part in

the

feast and

are

tak

ing leave amid

warm

invitations

to re

t u r n .

9:00 P.M.

Old Seven is

playing

a

long and

rather

monotonous melody on

a bamboo Kan whi le j iggl ing

his

infant

grandson

on

his back.

Melvert and

I

are

stretched

out on a bamboo

mat

spread

on the dirt floor.

The

firelight

is dying

and

the last of the evening's c rowd are

scattering to

their huts.

With what

ani

mation they lisened to

our

stumbling ef

forts to

bring

thorn,

in

Chinese and Lao,

their first

tas te

of the Good News.

Did

their running

conversation

concern

this

Great

God who made Heav en

and

Earth ,

or were they mere ly commenting

on

the

strangeness of

the foreigners?

After a day of steep trails, of wander

ing by

mistake into

Indo-China, and

of

once

again

finding th e tra il that brought

us to

this

W h i t e Miao

village we

a re

weary, but

rejoicing

that the suspicion

which

greeted

us has changed

to

a

friendly

warmth, tha t

Old Seven

has

received us into his smoke -fille d hut ,

and

t h a t

a n o t h e r mountain village has

been

touched by the first dawning rays

of the Light of the

World.

Garland B a r e


16/16

Thai Schoolboys

Raise

ig

in

From Grandma downno one goes to

school in

th is Yao

village.

The

first day

of school

has

come for

Lelan and

Markreal

school,

that

is

for

though Lelan has

had

four

years of

school work at home, and Mark a

year

of kindergarten

and

first

grade,

they

have never gone to

a

real school.

I

wonde r

wha t th e teach er

would

do

if

they were to

forget

and

answer

her

questions

in

Thai,

or if Mark mu tt er ed ,

nung gap

nung

ben song 1 plus 1

equals

2).

Worse

yet,

what

if they

should

try to read as the Thai

boys

do in their

classes?

The t eacher reads a

l ine

and

all

the boys yell it back in unison . Schoo l

sounds like bedlamand no one gets

punished for whispering for no one

could hear

a

whisper

above

that

roar.

They won t get five days

off

in April

for Thai

New Yea rs

and they ll find

that

there

won t be

a

vacation

for

the

King s

birthday. There

will

be

some

things

that

they

will be

glad

for.

They

won t

have to

vvai

(bow down with folded hands) be

fore

an

image of Buddha as

Thai

boys

do.

On Sunday they can

go

to Bible school.

Thai boys can t in most places, for

there

just aren t Sunday

schools.

Do

you think

all

th is s ound s

st range?

Lelan and Mark know some little

boys

and girls up in

the

mountains

of

Thai

land tha t

would think

your

school even

more s tra ng e. The se l it tl e

Yao

boys and

girls

never

have

school

a t

all,

and

never

learn

to

read or write. They

have

never

owned

a book, and

probably

never will

until we

can write

some Bible story

book s

fo r th em

Lois

Cal laway

Sloxn Miss ion o f Amoir icci i i lmirc l ieso f

hr i s t

Henry

Printing

Company

1411

Walnut

Street

Eugene,

Oregon

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