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    TRIBESomcTRAILS

    THA/LAND

    May I960

    for Thou wast slain and didst

    purchase

    unto God with

    Thy

    blood

    men

    of every

    tribe

    and

    tongue

    and

    people

    and

    nation.

    Revela t ion 5:9b .

    David and

    Delorls

    Filbeck

    TRI L

    WORK

    The Harry

    Schaefer family tor INDIAN WORK

    1

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    Tr ibe s and

    Tra i l s

    in

    Tha i l a n d

    May, 1960

    Vol. 9, No,

    1

    Published twice yearly, in spring and

    autumn, by undenominational Christian

    missionaries laboring to establish inThai -

    land(Siam) self-supporting churchesafter

    the New Testament pattern. Distributed

    with the hope of gaining needed prayer

    support for the Thailand work, of gett

    ing more consecrated workers for this

    and other fields, and of encouraging all

    to greater effort in the spread of simple

    undenominational Christianity through

    out the world. Missionaries engaged in

    this effort

    are

    presently located at two

    centers in ex t reme Northern

    Thailand:

    Talat

    Chiengkam, Changwat Chiengrai,

    Thailand;

    and

    Pua, Nan Province, Thai

    l and .

    Our

    Reporf fo

    You

    . . .

    Our eyes have seen it In Isaiah 66:18

    God has promised, I will gather all

    nations and tongues; and they

    shall come,

    and shall see my

    glory.

    As the Word

    has gone forth and intercession gone up

    for

    Thailand's

    tribes, we

    have

    been re

    warded by seeing lives transformed by

    Jesus Christ . In the confidence that Jesus

    will some day be worshipped in each of

    Thailand's

    tonnes ,

    we submit

    this

    issue

    as a report or what God has, thus far,

    wrought in

    the

    land of tribes and trails.

    May

    it

    result in increased prayer and

    dedication to holding forth the

    Word

    to

    those who have

    not

    heard .

    THE D IV INE PATIENCE

    The way to God is slow and hard.

    The

    climb

    is tortuous aU our l ife.

    We'U build a tower:

    We'll

    by-pass God

    And heaven

    we'll

    reach without this strife. '

    But God looked down In pity deep

    Upon the foolish sons of men.

    And

    sentthem forth in various ways

    And tongues, to learn of Him again.

    The

    Day shall come, thus saith my Lord,

    They sHaU again be sonsof God.

    But men were hard, perverse and fools.

    They

    left

    the truth, and took a Ue.

    They

    made

    them forms of bird and beast

    And bowed to Satan's host so sly.

    Then God looked down in angered love.

    And said, We'll give them up for now,

    For lust and s in a nd Satan's wiles

    ShaU

    be

    the i r lo t, to make them bow.

    The Day shall come, thus saith my Lord,

    TheysHall be called the sons ofGod.

    A star shone bright, an angel sang

    To herald a most timely birth.

    Then wonders, signs, and love

    Of Sinless Man spread o'er the earth.

    Such love must surely draw them back I

    A cross was raised on yonder

    hill

    Those wayward men again had spurnedI

    The Sinless Man, entombed, was

    still.

    The day shall come, thus saith my Lord,

    They shall be called the sons of God.

    But darkness must

    precede

    th e

    dawn

    He rose, and loved, and gave command,

    Go forth and preach; I go to reign

    Go seek mine own in every land.

    And so they went, who loved Uielr Lord,

    To gather every tribe and tongue.

    He drew them to the great white throne.

    Their voices raise--Fm praise is sung

    The Day has come, thus saith my Lord,

    These are the living sonsof God.

    Lois E. Callaway

    Romans 9:26

    ework rs

    Friends of

    Thailand

    will rejoice in

    answered prayer as two new

    families

    pre

    pare to join the work. Mr. and Mrs. Harry

    D . Sch aefer need no introduction to the

    brethren .

    Born in India and a veteran o f

    several

    years service

    there,

    Bro.

    Schaefer

    is fluent in some of the

    principal

    Indian

    dialects. In addition he is a trained psy

    chologist and conducts Family Life and

    Missionary

    Clinics

    in Churches.

    The

    Schaefers plan to work amongThailand's

    large untouched Indian

    population.They

    hope to come to the field in September.

    For bookings and information

    contact

    them

    at

    535 La

    Marina

    Drive,

    Santa

    Barbara,

    California.

    David

    and Deloris Filbeck are

    sched

    uled to arrive inThailand in April.They

    will probably spend some time at the

    ^nguage school in Bangkok before com

    ing North for tribal work. Bro. Filbeck is

    a graduate of Ozark Bible College and

    has specialized in training for linguistic

    and t rans la tion work. Mrs. Filbeck is a

    ^aduate

    nurse

    Forwarding address

    for

    the Filbecks is D. W. Peters, Crane, Mo.

    Miss Dorothy Sterling, R. N. is now

    living in Chiengmai studying the Thai

    languagepreparatory to engaging in trib-

    al

    work. Her present address is

    c/o Chil

    dren'sCenter,

    Box

    38, Chiengmai, Thai

    l and

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    K l i a i ii i i

    The Khamu are a jungle tribe steep

    ed in demon worship. Nevertheless, they

    have been the most responsive of all

    tribes to the gospel message. Donald

    and

    Roberta

    Byers

    live

    among them

    and

    are learning

    tfieir language. The Byers

    returned from furlough in the U. S. in

    March 1960, and though they

    live

    in Nam

    Mong their mailing address remains Pua,

    Nan Province, Thailand.)

    The

    Nam Mong congregation advan

    ced in evangelistic spirit in 1959. Acon-

    tribution

    was sent for typhoon

    victims

    in

    Nagoya, Japan. The congregation was

    instrumental in beginning the new chur

    ches at Bang Sa andWang Pang. In Dec

    ember

    Nam Mong sent an evangelistic

    team

    to the upper Yao valley with the

    result that many in that area have be

    come interested in the gospel.

    In the rainy season of 1958 Mrs. Aw

    b e c a m e so concerned

    about

    her

    soul s

    condition

    that

    she appeared on the verge

    of a m e n t a l breakdown. Her

    husband

    fin

    ally agreed to permit her to be baptized

    and joined

    her

    in a public profession of

    faith.

    However, under pressure of pagan

    relatives,

    he went back into

    demon wor

    ship and forbade his wife to attend church

    services. Recently this couple has re

    turned

    to the Lord

    and are

    now

    among

    the most active and happy of the Nam

    Mong Christians.

    Headman In Bun of Wang Pang was

    the first in his village to obey Christ.

    Within a

    month

    he

    made

    a

    trip

    to

    the

    distant villages of Huay Moi and Nam

    Loo where his testimony for Christ has

    a w ak e n e d m u ch i n te r e s t His c o n s i s t e n t

    C h ri s tia n l i f e

    h a s b e e n

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

    winning others. The Wang Pang congre

    gation has grown to 26 members since

    J u n e

    If I m

    ever

    crazy

    enough to

    become

    a Christian, I give you permission to

    club me

    over me head , was

    Daum s

    angry reply to a neighbor who was trying

    to

    lead

    him to Christ a few years ago.

    The

    love

    of Christ preached and reveal

    ed in transformed lives, broke through

    the

    barriers. On February 28, Daum and

    two

    of

    his friends were buried in baptism

    in t h e

    waters

    o f

    t h e b e au ti fu l Yao r i v e r

    s i i k I

    (The Miao are a semi-migratory

    tribe

    who

    live

    and grow opium in the

    highlands of much of Southeast Asia.

    They are a highly intelligent, but un

    stable, people tightly bound in the trad

    itions of ancestor worship and spiritism.

    Garland and Dorothy Bare are engaged

    in language study and evangelism of the

    Miao

    near

    Pua.

    Nan Province.)

    Mel Byers, left, visiting Miao

    village.

    Tribes People Vls ifed

    Bro. Kenneth Rideout of the Bangkok

    Church of Christ accompanied Garland

    Bare on a

    trip

    to

    the

    T in and

    White Miao

    tribes in Febmary. Although the

    evang

    elists were warmly

    received

    by the tribes

    men, there was very little interest shown

    in

    the

    gospel.

    Song Books Requested

    During a song

    service

    at Pua, recent

    ly,

    the

    missionaries

    looked

    up to

    see

    two

    T i n t r i b e s m e n f r o m t h e r e m o t e

    N o r t h

    Bau region standing in the doorway. We

    have a radio in our village, they ex

    plained,

    and

    we

    have heard these same

    hymns on a broadcast from Manila. We

    would

    like

    to buy a

    hymnal

    so we

    can

    sing these hymns at home. Our

    village

    has

    a s c h o o l

    so

    we c a n

    r e a d

    T h a i

    books .

    (The T in

    language has never

    been

    re

    duced to writing. The next morning

    one of the youths, Somboon,

    returned

    to

    inquire further about the way of the Lord.

    As he left he took some scripture portions

    and tracts. And so

    the

    Word goes

    out

    to

    a region visited bymissionaries only once.

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    Report

    From

    Yao

    Tribe

    Since 1952 ihe C. W. Callaway

    familyhave lived and labored among

    the

    Yao

    at

    Tzan

    Fu

    V ille. The Yao

    are an opium growing tribe living at

    highaltitudes.They are proud and un

    responsive toward the gospel. Tzan Fu

    Ville

    has

    no postoffice so

    mail

    to

    Callaways

    must

    be addressed to Talat

    Chiengkam, Chiengrai, Thailand.

    T z a n

    u s

    M o t h e r

    Did your father buy your wife for

    Proud

    but miserable at heart the Yao you?

    How

    do Christians marry? What do

    sorely need the Gospel, but are slow to you do at the funeral if you don t have

    accept. devil worship? With these and many

    similar questions the Yao village head

    man,

    TzanFu

    sought to ascertain var

    ious beliefs and practices of Christians.

    Some favorite topics of conversation He had announced that his mother want-

    among the Yao are opium, horses, and ed to become a Christian and had asked

    hogs. Opium is by far the main topic, him to inquire as to what was involved.

    Their animals and other valuables are This

    gave

    a welcome opportunity

    for

    often valued as worth so

    much by

    weight Callaways to

    teach

    him the plan ofsal-

    of

    cmium.

    This

    past

    winter

    has

    been

    so

    vation

    as

    well

    as

    to

    answer

    many

    of

    his

    mild that

    the

    opium harvest has been questions.

    quite small.

    s God

    answering the pray- Laterhis mother received personal in-

    ers of

    many

    for Thailand tribespeople by stmction

    from

    themissionaries. She pro

    creating dissatisfaction with opium and fessed her faith in Christ and her resolve

    thereby making it easier forihese people tohave nomoreof

    devil worship. Through

    to break

    away from

    opium s chains and the

    power

    of the Lord her addiction to

    turn to Christ? s there anything too hard opium smoking has

    been

    broken.

    Daily

    forihe Lord?

    The

    Thai

    government

    offi-

    Callaways

    pray with her

    and

    on Sundays

    cially banned opium commerce and they worship with her in her home. She

    smoking

    last year.

    Opium dens

    can no has beenvery

    weak with

    the disease beri-

    longer

    operate legally.

    Most

    mountain beri.

    and she has

    allowed

    this and

    other

    tribes still grow opium butthey arefind-

    excuses

    to keepherfrom

    baptism.

    There

    ing the price lower

    and

    it is increasingly is

    urgent

    need ofprayer to the end that

    difficult to market their

    crop.

    she

    be

    obedient in baptism and filled

    In January 1959 Garland Bare and

    with

    faith.

    C. W. Callaway visited the village of Many in Tzan u Yao village have

    Wen Sue onThatchmountain in the Pua said that in the past few months that

    district. This Yao headman listened they may

    someday

    become

    Christians

    Opium

    Laterhis mother received personal in-

    ally

    clubbed

    to death. The report was

    said

    quite candidlyone day IfTzan u

    that he

    had

    decided

    to

    heed

    the

    govern-

    becomes

    a

    Christian almost

    everybody

    ment ban on opium planting and that \

    others irked that h e would not

    continue

    with them in this, arranged for his mur

    der. Was he also contemplating becom

    ing a Christian? We can only wonder. a dangerous business. But disaster after

    A Yao chieftain and a Yao merchant disaster may yet serve to open their eyes

    were

    murdered

    in Nan

    province

    lastyear that they may more readily accept the

    because ofinvolvement in opium traffic, claims of Christ.

    When

    tney come to

    Those

    who deal in

    opium

    know that it is

    Him

    their sorrow shall beturned to joy.

    ing a Christian? We can only wonder.

    yet learned to think independently. Christ

    can

    set their minds free

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    Tzan

    Fu's

    Wife

    I

    do wish we could be Christians,

    said Tzan Fu s wife one day after hear

    ing a gospel hymn in Yao. Tzan

    u

    re

    plied, We are going to be some day.

    During the past few months this head

    man has frequently served as language

    teacher for Callaways and has helped

    them

    in

    Bible translation. He

    has

    been

    more receptive than

    everbefore

    to Chris

    tian

    teaching.

    The

    Yao, however, are

    especially given to procrastination. Op

    ium addicts,

    such

    as Tzan Fu, are all

    the more

    incl ined to

    le t life take its eas

    iest course and put off good resolves for

    a

    more convenien t

    season.

    The effec

    tual fervent prayer of righteous men and

    women can cause

    this headman to see

    that now is the day of salvation.

    A

    Broth e r s Advic e

    Formerly

    attention

    has

    been called

    to the strong interest in the Gospel on

    the

    part of Lou Ling and

    her

    husband and

    two children.

    They

    live in the village

    of Sang Tsoy

    near

    a big

    opium

    field

    area. The home

    has

    been qui te open

    for Christian teaching, and the whole

    family seems keen to accept Christ in

    to

    th ei r li ve s. An older brother of

    Wen

    Chang, the husband, has said they must

    no t

    b ecome

    Chris t ians

    un t i l Tzan Fu o r

    others turn lest they

    meet persecution.

    For the present they are yielding to the

    brother s

    wishes .

    Deafh

    Takes

    Gyim

    Sue

    Our loving Savior with arms out

    stretched is reaching todayto souls in the

    most

    isolated

    sections

    of

    the earth.

    Many

    are being redeemed from the clasp of

    the

    enemy.

    Still

    thousands pass

    daily

    over the precipice of deaih--beyond

    r each

    of C niis t and

    His

    cross.

    Ment ion

    has

    been

    made

    of the.

    welcome

    given to

    the teaching of Christ on one occasion

    by Gyim Sue of Ai Liang Yao village.

    A s i lversmith

    an d brother o f

    the

    head

    man there,

    he was always friendly. He

    had

    obtained

    medicine from Callaways

    for a

    heart condition.

    In January

    the

    hear t

    t rouble

    c l a imed

    his

    l i f e . He was

    still

    beyond

    the

    reach of

    the

    Savior's

    mercy--having

    not laid hold upon the

    Thousands of Yao boys such as this

    have never seen a car, have never been

    inside

    of

    a school,

    have

    never heard

    of

    Christ.

    Mark's

    Gospel in

    Yao

    The

    Gospel of Mark was recently

    translated

    and several copies mimeo

    graphed in the romanized Yao script by

    O. M. F. missionaries. Callaways are

    making a systematic revision of this ed

    ition with

    the

    hope of

    attaining even

    grea te r

    accuracy. They

    hope before

    long to mimeograph the revised trans

    lation, but will be using the adapted

    Thai

    script. This should

    make

    for

    the

    earlier

    reading of it by more Yao in the

    area in

    which

    they serve than would the

    romanized script.

    Prayeroffered in

    America can protect

    missionaries in Thailand from unprofit

    able interruptions that

    hinder the

    task.

    Prayer can provide also

    the

    necessary

    language

    help

    from the Yao people to

    bring into existence in their language

    the

    Bible, Christian hymns, and

    other

    Chr is t ian l i t era ture .

    proffered grace. His brother, Gyim

    Mwang, headman of that village, has

    listened attentively to the gospel mess

    age.

    M^

    he find the hope which

    yim

    Sue has forever lost

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    Christians on Way to Tung Daa

    Jungle Trip

    The

    middle

    of January 1960 a group

    of 30 including Christians from Sope

    Waan the m a r ke t

    area

    and

    mission

    aries Mel Byers, Imogene Williams, and

    Dorothy

    Uhlig

    made

    th e

    19 mile trip to

    Tung baa and spent the weekend with

    th e C h r i s t i a n s t h e r e . A truck to o k the

    group part way, but the last portion of

    the trip was on foot over a jungle

    trail

    that wound and twisted through the hills.

    Dusk found the group at their destina

    tion.

    Everyone had a quick

    bath

    in the

    river, and then got out the cooked

    rice

    and hot pepper sauce they had brought

    along

    and quickly

    at e

    supper. After

    visiting a bit every on e joined in a time

    of singing and prayer before turning in

    for the night. The women and girls

    stretched out in the one and only room

    of the house, and the boys and men

    found places on the porch and in the rice

    storage shed. A few of us slept at an

    other

    house

    The following morning a stage was

    erected for putting on the plays. Two

    nights a

    pantomime

    on the birth of Christ

    was presented with the

    help

    of some of

    the local children. This was followed by

    a play on the resurrection of Christ

    pre-

    sented by the young people from Sope

    Waan. There was a

    good

    crowd of

    l oc a l

    people attending each

    night. Each morn

    ing and

    evening inf or mal

    services were

    held and all the group learned new

    songs

    and joined

    together

    for a

    time

    of prayer

    and Bible

    study.

    There was a real spirit

    of fellowship and joy in the Lord, and

    the

    local C hristians

    were

    strengthened.

    There were many opportunities of wit

    nessing to non-christians

    and we

    pray

    that

    some of these will soon

    accept

    the

    L o r d .

    Report

    From Lowland

    Tribes

    (In the plains and valleys of North

    Thailand live a number of tribes speak

    ing Thai dialects and

    professing

    Budd

    hism.These include th e Lao North Thai

    Shan, and Lu. On the Chiengkam plain

    Melvert Byersand Misses Uhlig

    andWill-

    iams regularly visit five or six Lu and

    Thai vi l lages where there are small

    groups of believers. Largest of these is

    the Sope Waan

    congregation.

    There are

    a fe w

    T h a i

    Christians in

    N an

    Province

    also, Denominational teaching is a sev

    ere problem among them and muchpray

    er and teaching is needed to bring them

    to a strong

    andfree

    stand in Christ.

    Add-

    dress of Mel and June Byers, and Miss

    Dorothy U hlig is Talat Chiengkam.

    Miss Imogene Williams is now on fur

    lough. Her address is c/o J. V. Williams,

    RFD 4, Hodgenville, Kentucky.)

    Ya, with Imogene Williams

    ndec ided

    Ya a Laotion girl who married a

    Chinese Christian and moved to Chieng

    kam three years ago, still rejects the

    Gospel. She has not only

    heard

    Christ s

    message of salvation many times, but

    was taught to

    read Thai

    so she could

    read th e Word herself. S he co ntin ues to

    say, I

    don t

    understand well enough,

    but is showing no desire now to under

    stand. She is sweet and friendly but seems

    completely

    blinded by

    Satan

    as to

    her

    n e e d

    o f

    a S a v i o u r .

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    M

    Nai Sang, New Christian

    ew onver t s

    Two men, Nai Sang and Nai Kam,

    were baptized into Christ on January 9,

    1960.

    Nai Sang came across the borderfrom

    Laos over two years ago and showed real

    interest in the Gospel from his first days

    in the village. Last year he married a

    Christian widow in the village. She had

    learned to read in our Bible-Literacy

    Schools and taught Nai Sang to read af

    ter they were married. He recently re

    ceived a songbook for memorizing 50

    verses of Scripture and is now learning

    more to get a Bible. Few in the village

    have enough money to pay 30 cents tor

    a songbook, but can earn one by mem

    orizing

    Bible verses. The

    Christians here

    like to have their own

    songbooks

    to use

    in the home as

    well

    as at church on Sun

    day.

    Nai Sang isn t responding very quick

    ly to

    treatment

    for

    the

    disease of

    his

    body, but is responding to the spiritual

    t rea tment

    for his

    soul.

    Liferacy School

    Christ

    Preeminent

    was the theme

    of the

    school

    held at

    Sope Waan during

    the month of February. Studies from the

    book of Colossians

    stressed

    the

    Lordship

    of Christ in

    all

    avenues of the believer^

    Ufe The children

    and beginning

    adult

    readers had classes in reading and writ

    ing taught by Imogene Williams, and

    Dorothy Uhlig The

    advanced

    group had

    a brief introduction to the teachings of

    d i f f e r en t denominations and

    cults

    in

    Thailand taught byMel yers

    Nai Non--Once a Happy Christian

    Slipping Backward

    when the above picture was taken

    Nai Non was strong in faith and zealous

    in teaching his daughter Moon and others

    of Jesus. He withstood persecution from

    relatives and neighborswith patience and

    prayed much

    for

    them.

    He witnessed to

    his wife for three years before she enter

    ed Christ. Great was his rejoicing when

    she and, later, his oldest daughterwere

    baptized.

    However, in the past six months he

    seems to have grown cold and unconcern

    ed for spiritual things. He sometimes

    meets withChristians in the village where

    he moved last year, but often doesn t,

    and seldom comes in to meet with the

    Christians in Chiengkam.

    Rumors

    say

    that he

    plans

    to leave his family and live

    with a brother

    who

    is a

    strong uddhist

    and very opposed to Christianity.

    Imogens Will iams

    Home

    Miss Imogene Williams

    arrived

    in

    the

    United States for furlough onApril 4. She

    may be addressed at

    RFD

    4, Hodgen-

    ville, Kentucky for speaking dates and

    camps

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    Myfirst impressions of Thailand, be

    ginning even at the airport upon arrival

    in

    angkok

    six months ago, were of a

    country

    whose

    people were blessed with

    a sense of

    freedom,

    so

    in

    contrast to

    those of surrounding countries. Both off

    icials and the common people showed

    sincere friendliness, helpfulness and lik

    ing toward westemers. On first thought

    this

    would

    seem t o make Tha il and a

    won

    derful place to preach Christ unhindered.

    In one sense it is, for among the be

    liefs of these people, who, strangely

    e-

    nough, have been able to live a lite of

    freedom and self-government in contrast

    to their neighboring countries, there is a

    belief in religious freedom. Christian,

    Buddhist or Moslem can preach what he

    believes. The Thai listen politely and in

    a friendly spirit, but do not change their

    l ives

    Thailand has been f looded wi th miss

    ionariessince

    ommunism

    beganforcing

    missionaries out of

    China.

    But

    the

    Thai

    are stil l largely Buddhist. There is also

    a strong underlying animism and fear of

    spirits. They cling fearfully to their dem

    on worship.

    Here in Chiengmai the temple gongs

    beat softly far into the night. People do

    not venture out much at night because of

    fear of spirits.

    One thing diat amazes me continually

    is

    the indifference o f

    Lisu and

    Karen

    tribes people in Thailand, while in Burma

    they willwalk many days journey to beg

    for

    someone

    to come and teach th em .

    Having taught among the Lisu in Burma

    and China since 1944, and found them

    so

    eager, and their lives so changed by

    Christ,

    the

    difference is a source of nag

    gingwonderment. Whatmakesthem dif

    ferent from their fellow tribesmen?

    I ve heard some say

    that it

    is

    the

    opi

    um here which binds tnem. Opium is an

    economic

    crop in

    Thailand,

    raised only

    in the mountains, and therefore, only by

    tribespeople.

    To the

    tribesman wanting

    to becom e a

    Christian,

    there comes the

    double question of giving up the use of

    opium himself, and also of not planting

    it and thereby losing his way of making

    a living.

    A new Mission called the New

    Tribes

    Mission has recently begun workinThai

    land. Their aim is to reach only those

    tribes which have never yet heard the

    Gospel of Christ.

    Their ultimate

    purpose

    is to reach

    all

    the untaught tribes of the

    world in our generation. Thus could be

    m et th e unf i iml led condit ion

    that

    before

    Jesus returns, every tribe and kindred,

    language and tongue must first

    hear

    the

    Gospel. Much faim and courage, prayer

    and sharing of our love for Christ with

    others

    are

    needed to

    cany

    out this task

    in our

    day.

    The power to do this does

    not lie

    within

    any of us, but in

    Jesus

    Christ working tnrough us.

    What does it mean to you, person

    ally

    that

    in our generation

    all

    the un

    reached tribes of the earth could, yet,

    hear of Christ, and His power to save

    from bondage?

    --Dorothy Sterling

    Chiangmai, Thailand

    T R I B E S AND

    T R I L S

    IN

    THAILAND

    F I R S T C H R I S T I N C H U R C H

    N i n t h

    a n d P in e Streets

    Klamath Falls,

    Oregon

    Dorothy

    Uhlig,

    Missionary

    to Thailand

    Non-Profit Org.

    U.S. POSTAGE

    I cP ID

    Klamath Falls,

    Oregon

    Permi t Number

    12

    Form

    3547

    Requested