Nichols Edgar Mabel 1948 Tibet

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P A G E

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GOD S MAN AT BATANG

A n E di to ri al )

This

is a woi-d about my friend

and God s friend, Edgar Nichols

of Batang.

Edgar

is

no t

what one

would call a forceful money-rais

ing public speaker. Mrs. Nichols

IS less so. The Nichols are two of

the very_few of our direct-support

missionaries who do not have regular

living

link support.

Their work at Batang, with that

ot the equally brave Ellis

Backs

lies at the end of a longer and more

expensive journey than any of our

brotherhoodperhaps of any in the

world. They concentrated all their

effort and funds on getting back.

They left four children in school

here in America (Writes Mrs. Nich-

ols concerning 17

children

living

with them in the former Shelton

Memorial

Hospital

Maybe

having

so

many children around

will help

to

compensate fo r Four Children who

ar e n ot here).

I believe tha t Edgar Nichols is

God s man for the workat Batang.

I know that

without

living-link

support he is finding it difficult to

care both for family and mission

>\ork

needs. If you would like to

help send

a gift NOW to them in

c-re of Mrs Arthur H. Schaal. 6709

^lymoutk

Ave. University City 14

Vernon Newland.


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Vol .

3

THIRTEEN CONFESS CHRIST

The

following radiogram

was

re

ceived by G ladys Schwake just be

fore

leaving

Kunming.

Thirteen con fessed Chr is t t oday .

Yohan, Yosay,

Alien,

Lad ru , Wh ad -

ren,

Ache's

sister,

Joseph's sister,

others . Send to

S tand a rd and

fr iends.

Edgar Nichols.

Miss Schwake explains Yohan

and

Yosay

ar e two

of

th e

boys who

have been

in

and out

of

my

home

over

a p eriod of

years . Ladru

is a

half blind woman

whom

I took

in

with her starving

child.

You can

fancy what a

lift

this was to me to

have

al l

this

good

news just before

leaving. A

TiTi friend of

Mabel 's

and mine has also

expressed

he r

desire to follow the Lord

an d

I am

anxious to hear if she were among

th e 'others.' Edgar mentions these

names, I am sure, because he

knows

what a

cheer

it would be to

me .

NICHOLS S REACH BATANG

We are in Arrived late in th e

aft er no on of July 5th. How good

to be in

and out

of

th e rain

The

Backs welcomed u s in to their home

until we could r e- es ta bl is h ou r

selves in

our

old quarters in

the

hospital. Brother Back had even

purchased

w ood, f lo ur ,

and other

necessities for

us

before we got

here. Our f riends

had

a

mien

meal

fo r

us and the Backs on th e

eve

ning of our a rr iv al . Some of

them

had been out to look for us daily

before we came. We were delayed

by r ai n a nd

high

water. Most of

our

clothing and bedding and

some

other supplies were

wet,

and

it has

been quite a problem to dry them,

for it

still rains every

day.

There isn't

a

screen

left

on our

windows

or doors, and we have

only a little

wi th

us fo r i t was s ti ll

hard to

ge t when we left Omaha,

and

we hoped ours

would

still be

here. We have our old bedr oom,

kitchen, and dining room. The

bed

room th e girls used

to

have is a

store room at

present.

There

ar e

five

native families,

with

a

total

of

seventeen children,

living

in

the

old

hospital

now.

Maybe this crowding is good. Hav

ing so many

children

a round may

help

to

compensate for FOUR

CHILDREN

who are no t here.

We are happy to be at home

a ga in . T he re

is

much to

do

and

there are many

problems.

Pray

without ceasing,

for

we need your

help.Edgar and Mabel Nichols.

I will

make

all hiy hnouniTalns a way

...Isaiah49ll a}

T

TIBETAN

MISS IONARY

December

1948

GLADYS

S CH W AK E H OM E

ON

FURLOUGH

On November 6th,

Gladys

Schwake l anded in San

Franci sco

fo r

he r much

needed

furlough.

With

her, she

b ro ught l it tl e five

year

ol d

Nathaniel,

whose

parents

deser ted h im becau se of his physi

cal condition. She hopes to have

him in a hospital soon.

She is also

in

great

need of

medical

and

den

ta l care. After th is h as

been

done,

she

will be

available

to speak to

churches and groups of the

work

on

th e Tibetan

border .

Wri te h er direct

at 92 Arkansas St.,

Buffalo,

New

York or to

he r forwarding secretary

if you w ish

speaking

dates.

Finan

c ia l c on tr ib uti on s s ho ul d

bo sent

to

he r

forwarding secretary.

MELBA PALMER AND WILUAM

REES

WED

August 20th, our wedding day,

tu rn ed o ut

beautiful

and

all went

we l l .

Actually

we

were mar ri ed

twice,

all

in

o ne d ay,

so

we

feel th e knot

is tied securely. In order to

make

it legal according to British law, it

was

necessary

to

have a s er vi ce i n

the

British

Consulate .

This

we did

in

t he mo rn in g.

A semi-formal

service

was held

a t the home in th e af ternoon.

Our

clo thes fo r this

occasion were

made

b y C hin ese

tailors

from

mater ia l s

bought

in

Kunming,

and were

much l e ss expens ive

than

w e c ould

have gotten in

America.

The bride 's

dress

was of a

soft

light b lu e s il k

made

in

simple s ty le . Her mai d-of -

honor,

Gladys

Schwake,

and

brides

maid,

Jane

Kinnett, wore silk

dresses

in

tw o shades of sa lmon

color. The

groom

wore

a brown

sui t

and his b ro th er , Dav id Rees,

who

performed

th e ceremony,

wore

grey.

Mel

Byers was

bes t man and

Har

old Taylor

w as

usher .Melba

and

Bi l l

Rec s .

CHINA'S

NEED

The economic condi t ion

of

China

is

certainiy

in a

mess.

I

feel

sorry

fo r th e

poor p eople b ec aus e t he y

are the ones

who s uf fe r.

If only

Ch in a would

get unity But tha t

w ill never com e

u ntil th e

Chinese

people accept Christ as th eir Sav

iour . The f ields a re w hite u nto ha r

vest but

th e

labourers few. Pray ye

th e

Lord of Harves t t h a t he

send

more l ab ou re rs i nt o China .

El l i s

Back .

No . 5

ESCORTING

THE

TWO

CHIAO-SHIHS

The Chinese te rm c hia o- sh ih

r ea lly means the teacher

of a relig

ion. However

along

th e

border

here,

many

people use it

to mean

a

woman

t h a t

is

n o t m a rr ie d.

Th i s is

th e

incorrect

useage.

But my

little

story has to

do

with

escorting two

s ing le women from Paan, and these

wom en a lso

a re te ac he rs

of

th e

only

revealed religion

the

world

has ever knownChristianity.

The

plans of Su

Chiao-shih

(Miss

Glady s Schwake )

fo r some months

had been toward leaving P aa n a nd

going

on her

much

needed fur

lough, although

sh e

continued to

do

her medical work and put

off

pack

ing and c lo si ng her

bus ines s dea l

ing until th e v ery l as t.

The plans

of

Ba Chiao-shih (Miss

Melba

Pal

mer) were

of an

entirely

different

natu re. She

had planned to open

up an orphanage and

work

fo r

Jesus

Christ

amo ng t he children at

Paan.

Her plans never mater ia l ized

because of il l health, so

sh e

too

had

to

plan

to

leave

Paan

and

go

to a l owe r

a l t i t ude .

After many days

and hours spent

with

the Lamas, at last Joseph

Wang, a

young

evangelist,

and

Ellis R.

Back,

missionary to

th e

Tibetans, succeeded in

getting

a

con tr ac t s ig ned fo r a caravan to

take th e two

Chiao-shih

to Likiang

and re tu rn w ith Mr . and

Mrs.

Ed

gar

Nichols.

I t mus t be said

hero

tha t d ur in g n eg ot ia ti on s of

the

contract ,

gal lons of Tibetan bu t

tered te a

were

consumed. (Mr.

Back

was a

t ea- to t le r b ef or e c om

in g

to

t he T ib eta n border and he

st ill d oe sn 't c ar e

fo r

tea,

but

must

dr ink

it

to b e so cia ble .)

The

date set

fo r

leaving Paan

was Apri l

18th. However

the

Lamas

said

they w ould consult the s tars

and

give

the

exact date fo r leaving.

The next time Joseph

Wang

and

Ellis Back went to

se e

them, the

d ate w as ch an ged

to

April

28th. It

was only a few days until i t was

again chang ed , t hi s time to April

30th.

The

Lamas s aid that

if

they

di d

not

get

to

leave

on this date,

they

would have

to wai t until the

next safe day to travel according

to th e s ta rs .

At

las t the day for leaving ar

rived and

(here

remain ed many

th in gs ye t (o

be

done.

The tw o

chiao-shihs kept busy

packing

(with the h elp of some, whi le o th

e rs k ep t getting

in

t he way). About

noon th e a nim a ls a r r ived and

s t i l l

th e

room of the tw o

ch iao-sh ihs

looked a s if it would be a

numbe r

of hours before ever yt hi ng wou ld

be ready. Final ly a t

four

o'clock th e

l ama s

decided

t ha t i t

would be

too

late

to go

that day, as they

would

no t be

able

to

make th e s ta ge e arly

enough to

le t

th e

animals

graze

Continuedon page 3)


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THE TIBETAN

MISSIONARY

Edi torMrs .

Arthur H. Schaal , 6709

Plymouth Ave., University City

14 , Missouri .

Miss iona r ie sMr. and Mrs. El l i s R.

Back

and

Mr. and Mrs. Edga r

Nichols; all of Paan (Batang) ,

Sikang, West China.

Missionary

on

Furlough

Miss

Gladys F. Schwake, 92 Arkansas

St.,

Buf fa lo , New

York.

Fo rme r

Miss iona r ie sDr .

a nd

Mrs.

Norton H.

Bare,

Drawer 56, Box

204, Mt. Pleasant ,

Iowa.

Forwarding Secretaries

Fo r M r.

an d

Mrs .

El l i s

R. Ba c k

Mr. J.

Wyc li ff e Bus ch , Kimberl in

He igh ts , T enn .

For

Mr.

and

Mrs.

Edgar Nichols

Mrs. Arthur H. Schaal , 6709 Ply

mouth

Ave.,

Universi ty City

14,

Mis sou r i .

For G ladys F. Schwake

Mrs.

Wilma Watson, 15 7 Parkdale

Ave., Buffalo 13 , New

York.

This is th e

only

issue

of the Ti

betan Missionary published this

year.

Many

have

writ ten and asked

w hy they

have

not r ece ived copie s

recently.

The

answe r

is s imply t h a t

the costs of p ri n ti ng have increased

greatly and

receipts fo r

th is

pur

pose have come in so slowly and in

s u c h s m a ll a m o un ts t h a t t h e r e

h a s

not

been sufficient funds

to

pay fo r

the paper.

We are eager to

print

th e

news of

th e work

there

as often as possible;

so tha t you

may

be informed of the

needs,

hardships,

and s uc ce ss es i n

this

f ie ld .

We

wish

to

thank

those

of

you

who have sen t

in

f und s to

make

this

issue

possible, and

pray that

we may be financially able to pub

lish it regular ly during t he coming

year .

Mrs. Ar thu r

H. Schaal .

THANK

YOU FOR

SENDING

THE

BACKS

Please thank our p eopl e at home

fo r

sending

th e Backs

to

us.

They

a re going to be a

very

pract ical

couple .

Kather ine is a

dear b ut

is

frightfully nervous from h er o per a

tion

and then

being

on he r way

here so soon afterwards.

I

think,

however , t h a t

now

she

will have

ti me to re pa ir fast,

as

she will have

tim e to

relax. J us t t hi nk of it ,

they

were on the way two y ea rs

That

is , th ey had no home

of

their

ow n

in which to

t ra in t he children,

etc.

T he c hild ren are so sweet . I t

seems

so good

to

have

a few

wee

American children about the place.

I had

almost forgotten

how they

act a t that age. Karen 's b aby

talk

is so cute. All

our

native

help s ay

sh e

r em in ds t hem

so

much

of Lois

Gail.

Lois was five when we came,

and

had some of th e

baby

talk too;

so

I suppose

tha t

makes them

th ink

of

her, also the flaxen

curls .

Ellis and Edgar ought

to

hit

it

off pretty

good,

as they are both

so

versatile

an d practical by na

tu re . We need a

f ew more

practical

men a ro un d

th e

place,

such

as boys

that

have

had f arm or agricultural

training, so they

could

supervise

th e fa rm s across th e r iver fo r us .

T he n ativ es w ill n ot

work a s

we

do

unless there

i s

som e one the re to

supervise

them.Gladys

Schwake.

THE

T IBETAN

MISS IONARY

PACKAGES

Sii]>lic' < limy

now be

sent to iiiissionHi'ii'S

b y p nr cc l post, Init t li i' y s l iou ld bo plainly

marked UN'.'^bLIClTKI) t i lFT. In

send-

inj-

to

Batanjr,

t ii oy s li on ld

be

seeurely

]mekod

in a

plywood ease and not

e.veeed

elsbt

p oi iniLs in

woifibt. If p ack ed in fibre

board

boK,

th e wliole should

lie

enelo.sed

in

a

elolh iiaj; wbicb ca n be

o pe ne d fo r

in

spect ion.

Some

of th e

thing's

t h e m i ss i ona ri e s

here can use

a re ;

meclmnicni tlashlijrht; 3;'

mm. film, btw..

an d

color ;

ch i ld ren s

clothins (used bu t not w orn ou t )we have

17

chili lren on th e comimund)

: pictures ,

jiaiier,

pencils an d

sundry

s up ji li os f or

kin-

der;rar(len; Ker r

type ja r lids.

Kdjrar

Nieiiols.

I 'nreels of books or pa|>ers, p la in ly ma rk ed

on th e outside.

J r in ted .Matt i ' r ,

will

cost

us nothinfr to i-


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VISIT

AT

MANILA

E nr ou te to China, o ur sh ip made

a

three day stop a t Manila. We

were

glad to have

a f in e v is it

with

Mrs. W olfe ,

R uth Smith,

and the

H an so ns . W e

s aw s om e o f t h e r e

sul ts

of

t he u n ti ri ng efforts

of

Mr .

and Mrs. Wolfe in e sta blis hin g

many

churches of Christ .

Fellow missionaries , we may

l e a r n f rom o ne a n o t h e r s s u c c e s s e s

an d

fa ilu re s. S om e

f i nd

ch i l d r en

t a k en

and

r ai se d i n t he ir

h om es b e

come

the mos t e f fi ci en t and spiri t

ual

preachers

of th e church. In th e

kindergarden, the

foundation

is

la id and later

they

r ea p wor ker s

fo r th e vineyard .

Others have found w he n

taking

a la rg e numbe r of child re n i n

an

o rphan home to

educate,

when the

children

reach an

age of capabili ty,

o fte n s om e

relative

will

t ake

them

for

his

own

personal

benefit,

and

th e children are lo st fo r Chris t ian

se rv ice .

In

Tibet,

our situation

is

quite

different

where

adul ts

can

not read.

We mus t begin a t the very

source

of

educat ion

and teach t hem to

read before a Bib le College

can

even

be planned. The

Chinese

schools c ondu ct c la ss es f rom ear ly

morning unt il late in the

evening.

T he T ib et an s t ak e one or two bo'

S

from e ach family to educa te in to

their

priesthood. It

seems

as

if we

have

little

left

to

beg in t each ing.

Bu t

not so ,

the

whole fam ily c an

have and

should

have the teach

ings of Christ as their saviour.

We

must

ge t to work. God 's

will

be done .Mabel

Nichols .

FRIENDLy ATTITUDE

OF

OFHCIALS

Col. Fu came twice

to visit

us

dur ing t he

short two weeks he was

in town.

The first tim e w as

to in

qui re about our hea lt h, t he nex t by

invitation.

We

had

him

up

with

all

his

officials

and

also

the superin

t enden t of school s .

After the breakfast , he sa t fo r an

hour visiting.

In th e cou rse of

his

conve rsat ion, h e t ol d Joseph to

tell

me

tha t the Nichols

and I could

call upon

him

at

any time

for

help

in doing our work here; and that

he was so grateful fo r what we

had accomplished

in

th e

past

years .

He assured me he was not i fy ing

friends in H on g-K on g

to

help Ed

gar

through

th e

customs with his

equipment .

The nex t b ig p oi nt he m ade

was

tha t we should give

no

heed to

the

rumors we

had

been

hear ing tha t

th e

s choo l au tho r i t i e s

wou l d t a k e

our

mission property from us.

He

said any t ime

we

desired the

re

moval

of the school fo r

ou r

work,

he wou ld f ur ni sh th e property fo r

t h e s c hoo l .

Through th e

years,

we have

sought

to l ive a t

peace as

far as

possible

with

a l l

men. I

am

encour

ag ing

Ell is

Back

to t ake Chinese

f i r s t and

l e t K a th er in e ta ke T i b e t

an.

They

will

then have

th e tw o

l anguages

be tween

them . W hen

Edga r gets

back,

he will also have

the Tibetan. Edgar has b een very

well

l iked

by o ur B at an g

officials

and

peop le.Gladys Schwake .

THE TIBETAN MISS IONARY

NICHOLS-BARE

COUSINS

The four c hi ld re n o f

Dr. an d

Mrs .

N. H.

Bare and of E dg ar a nd

Mabe l

Nichols . They were

together

in

Tibet from

January 28

to

July 4,

1939 and again

in

Batang from

January

25th

to

June

1,

1940.

This

picture

was taken

when a ll were

together again

las t Christmas.

Al l

were in

school,

a l l act ive

in th e i r

respective

Christian chu rche s, f ou r

a re p re pa ri ng fo r fu ll t im e

Chris

t i a n wo rk .

TRAVEUNG IN CHINA

We

m ade the

trip from Chengtu

to Yaan

by

bus

in

one

day, but

we re del ayed th ere th re e d ay s

get

t ing carriers and

wha-gans .

The

tr ip from Yaa n to

Kangt ing

t ook s ix

da ys . W e

had

a

ve ry n ic e

t ri p, h ow

e v e r

i t d id r a in so me th e f i rs t tw o

days.

The we ath er th e

res t of

the

tim e w as

nice. W e

s ta ye d i n Chin

es e Inns

a t nigh t

and a te in Chin

ese

restaurants (if

yo u

want

to

cal l

them

that )

th ro ug h th e day.

We

had chickens,

hogs,

dogs, etc.,

ru nn in g in and out while we ate.

At first

I

t hough t

surely

1 wouldn ' t

eat there,

but

f in al ly d id n' t

mind

it . Ha The scenery from Y aan up

he r e w as beau t i f u l one wate r f a l l

af te r

another .

However, t he f ar th er

west we

got, the

more

b arre n th e

moun t a i n s .

D ale t ra v e le d a lo n e in a wh a -

g an . Th e first

day

I

worried

about

h im, becau se lo ts o f

t imes

we

w ou ldn t s ee h im un t i l

mea l

t ime

and a t night ,

but

h e a lw ay s showed

up so

I

j us t q ui t worrying. He had

no fear wha tsoeve r. One da y

he

h ad to t ra ve l o n one of th e m en s

back

du e

to

on e

of

our men get

t ing sick. He

had

qui te

some

ex

perience fo r a little bo y o f f ou r. We

had to walk

up and

down

th e

s te ep es t pla ce s

and

across th e

bridges, and some of them were

just p ol es a cr os s

the

streams.

Naomi wan ted

to

f in ish

school

so

badly,

bu t

1 don t know

wha t

we

wou ld h av e

done

w i t h o u t her . 1

really

think

i t would

have

been

impossible

to

have

made the

trip

alone not know ing th e l an gu ag e.

She's

a

wonderful person, and real

ly

a blessing

to

us .

K a th e ri n e Back .

Page 3

Conrinucd from page1)

long enough to get food. It was

then decided that they

would

not

le av e until the next

morning . Jo

seph said to th e

lamas,

1 thought

you

s aid th is was a

good

day to

s t a r t

to travel,

bu t

t omo r row wou ld

not be. The lamas replied that

they had

already started their

trip

because

they

had travelled from

th e lamasary to Ja-Po-Ding. They

always

have

a way of explaining it

aw a y .

Early

the morn ing of

May

1st,

th e

lamas loaded

the boxes

on

the

anima ls a nd

started

off.

Then

th e

tw o chiao-shihs

and four nat ives

that were going on the trip

and

Joseph

and Mr. Back,

who

were go

in g just two

days, got

their

animals

and

w alked to

th e

bottom

of

th e

hill below th e mission compound.

Many of the town people had

gath

ered to tell the Chiao-shihs

good

bye.

Here many tears were shed in

final goodbyes. Then for some dis

tance from Paan, there were people

along the trail to say goodbye to

th e fo reigners who

had

helped

them so much. At a village a short

distance from Paan,

the Christians

had gathered

to

h av e tea w ith the ir

sis ters

in Christ . After the tea w as

served , a circle was fo rmed

and

Pastor Lo e spoke and Mr. Back

offered

prayer. After this, there

were th e s ad

goodbyes,

when many

t ea rs f lowed down th e

cheeks .

Again a l l were on

the i r horses

and on

t hei r w ay once

more. The

t ra ve ll ed u nt il

abou t

tw o o 'clock

in th e afternoon,

when

cam p was

made. About eight the next morn

ing, th e caravan

go t

on its way

once

more. As i t

neared

th e place

to cross the river, i t started to

sprinkle.

After

some

time,

arrange

men t s

were made to

cross th e

r iver

and th e price set and

paid.

Joseph

Wan g an d

Mr.

Back

went

across on

th e f irs t boa t load to t a lk to th e

Tibetan

officials and to

get all

ne c

e ss ar y a rr an g eme n ts fo r

th e

two

chiao-shihs

to travel

through

pure

Tibetan

territory,

which

is con

trolled by

Lhasa.

After a

good

deal

of talk in g a nd of giving of gifts

and

tea,

a tax

receipt

was

given.

By

this t ime

the

l as t boa t load had

arrived

and the

rain had

stopned.

After final

goodbyes

to

Joseph

and

Mr. B ac k, th e tw o

chiao-sh ihs were

on their way to Likiang.

After

a

good

night's

rest

in

a

Tibetan

home,

Joseph

and

Mr.

Back

r e t u rned

to

Paan in on e d a

as

they

did

not h av e

any

pack ani

mals

and

could

travel

faster.

They

p as se d th e

place

where Dr . Shelton

was attac ked a nd s ho t by b an dits.

E l l is Back .


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L I T T L E

N A T H A N I E L

w h o is

n o w

i n t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s

with

G l ad ys S c hw a ke .

This

picture

w as t ak en a y e a r

a g o

w h e n h e

w a s

four

y ears

ol d a n d weighed four

teen pounds .

T H E

WILLIAM R EE S S P LA N S

W e came

to

Batan g

b e ca u se o th e r

p l a c e s

w e re clo s ed to

u s

a t

th e

time a n d th is o ne o pe ne d; b u t w e

had

no

idea

of staying e xc ep t l on g

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T I BE T AN M IS SI ON A RY

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University City 14 Missouri

P o s t m a s t e r

I f a d d r e s s e e h a s

moved a n d

n e w a d d re s s is

known

notify

sender on

form

3547

post

age fo r which

is g u aran teed .

T H E T I B E T A N

M I S S I O N A R Y

enough

to learn th e l an gu ag e a n d

fi nd a n o t h e r

pl a c e

w he re w e

could

s e r v e

a m o n g

T ib eta ns . T he n t h e

w a r

p re ve nte d o th er m is sio na rie s

f ro m c om in g h er e;

a n d a w o r k w a s

s t a r t e d w h i c h c o u l d n o t b e l e f t

w i t h o u t

s a d r e s u l t s .

I t s e em ed

t h e

Lord wan ted o ur g ro up

to

keep t hi s

p o s t

o c c u p i e d .

Batan g is in

t he m id st of a

larg e

u ne va ng el iz ed a re a

a n d i t h a s

b e e n

o u r

d r e a m a s s o o n a s

w e

could

i nc re as e o ur

forces

enough

to

s pr ea d o ut

o v e r

m ore

of

t his t er

ritory. W e h a v e h a d s o

fe w

worke rs

here

that ou r

dream has not y et

b e en r ea li ze d.

When I was in S h an g h ai

th e

Morse boys

w er e d is cu ss in g

with

m o th e possibility

of

s o m e o f o ur

w ork b ein g

e x t e n d e d

d o w n towar d

th eir

territory

so

t h a t

we

could

re

ceive

mutual

h el p a nd i ns pi ra ti on

from one

another a

t hi ng

t h a t h as

so far

been

i m po s si bl e b e ca u se of

th e distance besides sp read in g

ou r

i nfl ue nc e to pl a c e s

w he re it

is s ore

ly

needed. As I

m ade m y w ay

to

B a t a n g I b e c a m e m o r e a n d m o r e

desirous that this

s pr ea di ng o u t

be

accomplished

quickly

w h e n I

l e a r n e d

o f

v a ri o us d e n om i n a ti o na l

g ro u ps b ec om in g i nt er es te d in a n d

e ve n n o w

h e a d i n g fo r t h i s

T i be t a n

borde r

c o u n tr y .

N o w i t

s o e i n s

t h e

L o r d

h a s d e f i n

itely chosen me to start this pr o

c es s o f

m ovi ng o u t

i nt o

other

fields.

W h e n I f o u n d m y

h e a l t h

w o u l d

no t allow m e

to

st ay in this h ig h

altitude I w as na tura lly disap

p o in te d ;

b u t I

k n e w

th e L o r d h a d

be e n l e a d i n g

m e

t h u s

fa r a n d

would continue to lead fo r th e good

of Hi s cause. S lo wl y H is

pl an

has

b e en u n fo ld in g

a n d w e

c a n

se e His

guiding hand

in so

many ways

al

r e a d y t h a t I

f e e l

ther e

is n o

m is

t a k i n g

His

w ill in

th e

m a t t e r.

M e l b a P a l m e r

W hen we get back

to

Kunmi ng

next

week w e hope

to

move

into

o u r o w n

litt le

re nt e d

h o u s e

a n d

start

ou r ne w hom e w it h th e

many

nice gifts w e r eceiv ed. T here w e

want to concentrate hard on langu

ag e

study

for

perhaps

a

year

or

until

we ca n

arrange

a trip to

south

Yu n n an

to look over th e field in

w hi ch w e

hope

to start a

no w

mi s

s ion . We ar e told there ar e no mi s

sionaries in t h at

area which is

in

habited by about nine different

tribes most of whom would likely

be responsive to the gospel if given

a chance. We

are hopi ng

to

take

with us a young Christian boy

whose

home

is

there bu t

wh o

is

now in high school in Kunming to

h el p u s e st ab li sh a mission. He has

one

more y ea r in school

which

will

also

enable

us to get a good start

at

th e

language before trving to

locate in ne w territory.Wm. O.

a n d Me l ba P a l m e r Rees.

Since Bill

an d

I will no

longer

be

a t arl of

th e

Tibetan Mission my

friend

Rozelle Henry 1512 Colum

bia St. Eugene

Oregon

has offered

to be

ou r

forwarding secretary

and

s e n d o u t n e w s a b o u t

u s . M o l b a

P a l m e r

R e e s .

Sec. 562 P. L. R.

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