News From

DWAIN &

BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address: Mr. and Mrs. Dwain P. Anderson P.O. Box 74

Forwarding Agents: Bill and Margaret Ettling

Rt. 2, Box 360 Jackson, MO 63755 Phone: (314)243-8625

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Sending Congregation:
First Church of Christ

Mark, Dwain, Becky & Sara Anderson

State Street at Marshall

Eldorado, IL 62930

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January, February, March 1986

These past few months sure have flown by! Since the NewYearwe have been busy in our language study but have also been able to make trips to Pua as well. February and March, especially, seem to have been "red tape" months since our passports, visas, work permits, driver's license, truck license and insurance all came up for renewal right around the same time. During the past couple of weeks we have spent a lot of time in preparation for being in Pua nearly the whole month of April and then for moving to Pua when Sara and Markare out of school this coming June. We'd like to share these things withyou so you can know what we have been doing and, also, so you will knowbetter howto pray
for the people In Thailand.

Language Study
Atthe beginning of the year we decided to devote January through March especially to studying Thai. We knewthat April would be a very busy month since all of the Thai schools would be out and this makes it possible to have a lot of special programs in April. InJune we plan to move to Pua and knewthat afterthat we wouldbe busyinthe workthere. This meant that the firstthree months of the year would be our last opportunity for more or less uninterrupted study of Thai. We have been able to study almost every day and have benefited from it Beckycontinued to study at the Chiang Mai Language Center and has completed all the basic work there plus extra work in reading Thai and in health and medical terminology. Ihave studied with a new tutor and have nowread through several books of the NewTestament as wellas the Creation account. This time of study has been good for both of us. We know, however, that the learning of a language never really ends. When we move to Pua we will begin to learn Northern Thai and allthe differentwords used
there. Please keep our language

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worship service when the mission aries aren't present went ahead and led the service. A real problem with establishing churches which are independent and can stand on their own is that often the local people are not willing or do not feel qualified to lead. The fact that Mr. Lot did lead out and that the others accepted his leadership was certainly a step in the right direction. Please keep the churches in the Pua area in your prayers that they may become strong and stand as a firm witness for Christ Jesus.

Red Tape
In order to live in Thailand we must have all kinds of documents. Passports, visas, and work permits are the more unusual ones but we also need auto and driver s license and insurances just like folks at home in America. Paperwork

and obtaining these necessary documents can sometimes be rather frustrating. We often have to fill out forms which are several pages long just to get one littlething accomplished. When we needed to renew our U.S. passports all that was necessary was to fill out a one page form and take the appropriate fee to the U.S.consulate here in Chiang Mai. But in order to get one letter from a department in the Thai government which we needed to apply for a visa extension, we had to fill out a 20 page form and wait four months. Almost allof our paperwork comes due in the months of Febmary and March but we have to start working on some of it several months in advance. All of this takes a lot of time and
patience. Please pray for us that we

People Out
Of Rice
When most people think of being out of rice it's no big deal. In the United States we would just run out to the nearest store and buy another package. Besides, rice is just a small part of our diet. For the people we work with here, however, being out of rice is a life and death matter. People in Northem

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Christians there (so far no non-Christians have indicated a willingness to accept help) and we will continue to help as much as we can until the nextcrop comes in. Please prayabout this problem. Praythat God will provide relief for the people and that nextyear's crop will be good. Pray,too, that wewill be able to help the people to develop better farming methods and eating habits, that through ail of these things they may have enough good food to eat.

Answer To Prayer
We praise the Lord that one of our prayers has been answered. For several months we had been praying and asking others to pray about finding a house to rent in Pua. On our last trip over we were able to find a good house, one that is large enough and which has room for a classroom for Sara and Mark, too. Itis on the edge of Pua only about a half mile from the Post Officeand a mile from the outdoor market. The house is allThai stylewhich means that itis builton pillars about ten feet off the ground. It's a wooden house with shutters for windows, no glass. We will have running water and electricity, PTL! We hope to include a photo of the house in our next newsletter.

April In Pua
April will be a busy but exciting month for us. We are looking forward to it. Even Sara and Mark can hardly wait until we go over for the month. All of the Thai schools are closed for the hot season during April and, because of this, we plan to have some special teaching sessions and meetings. April is also the month of the Thai New Year or

'Songkran* and we plan to have a special program at the church in Baakiangat that time. 1(Dwain) will go overa few
days ahead of the family to get our house ready to live in. Since it is a Thai style house it doesn't have any kitchen at all right now and has no furniture. We have already purchased some things that we will need there. I'll take those things over, get a few more things we need and get the kitchen installed before Becl^ and the children come over at the end of the first week in April. Sara and Mark have the middle two weeks of the month off from their school so

we will spend all of that time in Pua. We hope to make trips into the mountains to several villages during that time. We may plan to go to several villages in one trip and if so will stay in the mountains for a few days at a time, it is our prayer that God will use this time to bring many people to Himself and that those who are already Christians will have opportunities for growing in their knowledge of the Word. Our family is planning to move over to Pua in

June after Sara and Mark are out of school here in Chiang Mai. Please keep our move and work in Pua in your
prayers.

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God has blessed us. So many things must work together for us to remain in Thailand and yet they do
work out. God has blessed us with

healthy bodies. Our children are healthy. The relationship between

Thailand and the United States is

good and for the most part peace prevails in Thailand. God has also caused us to be happy and satisfied in Thailand and He has provided us with the money we need to live here. We want to praise God for what He has done! We want to say thank you to you, too, because we know that God blesses us through and because of your prayers.
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DWAIN &

BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address: Mr. and tArs. Dwain F. Anderson

Forwarding ^ents: Bill and Margaret Ettling

RL 2, Box 360 Jackson, MO 63755 Phone: (314) 243-8825

P.O. Box 74

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

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Sending Congregation:
First Church of Christ
State Street at AAarshall

Mark, Dwain, Becky & Sara Anderson

Eldorado, IL 62930

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April, May, June 1986

Dear Friends,

So much has happened since our last newsletter that we hardly know how to begin to tellitall. God has really blessed inthe work

among the "Tin" people these pastthreemonths. During April, May, andJune a total offourteen people from four different villages
were baptized into Christ This has not only added numbers to the church here but has strengthened and encouraged it as well. For thiswepraiseGod. In addition to these fourteen people, ourdaughter, Sara,made her decision forChrist and wasbaptized just
this past Sunday. We are very thankful for her decision, too, and praise the Lord for her faith.

APRIL IN PUA
As we said in our last newsletter, we planned to spend most of the month of April in Pua. This we did and had a busyand good month. I(Dwain) wentovera few daysahead ofBecky and the kids to havesome timeto get the house ready to live in. Weboughta
sink in Chiang Mai and I installed it along with a stove and refrigerator. These things pretty well made up the kitchen for the time being. More things would be added as we completed the move to Pua. We slept on folding beds or on the floor and lived out of suitcases. We had a card table and folding chairs for a kitchen table. At the time we didn't have any living room furniture at allbut
then we weren't home enough to miss it. Becky, Sara and Mark came over when Sara and Mari< were out of school for their hot season vacation and I think all of us enjoyed the time there. During one week of April, Debris Filbeck supervised a Bible school for

the kids at Baldan^gcl^ur h We

important holidays in it. This year the ^

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Christians celebrated the new year by having special meals and services at the churches at Baaklang and Yawt
Doi. We were able to attend both of these. David and Deloris Filbeck

brought their video player along and showed movies at Baaklang. Each evening the church yard was filled with people who were willing to sit on mats
or stand for two hours to see and hear

the story of Jesus, and this after they

had worked in the fields all day. These

Christian movies were a big hit withthe people and provided a good opportunity to share the message of Christ with people who might not otherwise be willing to listen. All inall,Aprilwas a verygood month in
Pua.

The church at Yawt Doi

MAY
Our children were back inschool in Chiang Mai during Maybut we still made twotrips to Pua. One of these was a typicalweekend

trip leaving Chiang tAa\ on Friday and returning on Monday. On the other trip David Filbeck and 1wentover to Pua without our
familiesfor a week of teaching and evangelism. This tumed out to be a good trip since we were able to go and spend three days in

an un-evangelized area about fifty miles up into the mountains from Pua. This area, called the "Baw," isa long valley with rivers which njn the length ofitsfloor. It isa fertile valley and so has a large population made upofNorthern Thai andTin people. It isan area full of opportunities for the Gospel since there are no Christians and no Christian workers in the area.
While in the Bawwe stayed in the village of Ban Wen,a village which David had been to before but was completelynewto me.

Two young men from the Bible Institute in Chiang Mai went with us on the tripand helped incontacting people and inteaching. Each evening wewould go out into homes ofpeopleto teach and preachthere. Wewere praying forat leastone personto bewilling to be the first to accept Christ inthisvillage. Many saidthattheywereinterested butthattheywere afraid to be thefirst to accept Him. 1thinkthat theywereas much afraid ofwhattheothervillagers would sayas whatthedemons theyworship would do. Intheendone
fellow said that he was willing to be baptizedone afternoon and then that evening we went to his house and taught him more from

the scriptures. We had to leave the next morning so all we could do is to commit him into God's care and promise him that
someone would come back up next week to teach him and fellowship with him.
The next weekend one of the Christians from Baaklang went up to see the new Christian. When he got to the village the man said

that he wanted to go back to the demons. He said that he had been under a lotof pressure from his fellow villagers to makea
sacrifice to the demons. Tlie Christian exhorted him not to do this but, in the end, he did anyway. We were all saddened when we

heard this news. 1share the story to point out just how hard it is for the Christianshere to stay faithful. Many times they remain in Christ onlyby beingwilling to be cast out or shunned bytheirfamilies and friends. Thisisa hardpriceto payforanyone. Thisstory

points outthe need, too, for Christians inthe Statesto pray for theirbrothers andsisters inChrist whom theyhave never seen. God will answer those prayers! Please keep the Christians, the church, and the work here in Thailand in your daily prayers. We are hoping to be able to make other trips into the Baw valley and, in so doing, eventually establish a church there.

A JUNE MOVING DATE

Sara end Mark's school term in Chiang Mai ended on June 17th. We lefton the moming of the 18th to move to Pua. Wetooka

pickup loadof things with us and had only one more truckload left in Chiang Mai. Most of our large piecesoffurniture such as
cabinets, desks, and beds had been sent overbya government owned truckingcompany the weekbefore. Finally, the movewe had been looking forward to for so long had arrived! The first several days in the house were spent getting everything in order. 1 constructedsome shelving to keep suppliesand occasionally used itemson. Becky spenther first few daysingetting the kitchen in

shape so that she could work more comfortably and easily preparing meals for the family. Our furniture arrived in good shape (something weweren't sure ofwhen wesent itbythe trucking company) and wegot that all inplace. The house beganquickly to
look and seem like home.

That time overwe stayedin Pua about a week. Wethen wentbackto Chiang Mai fora few daysto get the lastloadofboxesand to

turn the house there back over to the landlord. We also bought a table and chair set and a wicker living room set in Chiang Maito be sent to Pua for the house. Earlier we looked for these things in Nan, the provincial capital, but couldn't find the table and chairs (the

Northern Thai people eat on a mat on the floor) and the living room set was wayover-priced(maybe because we were Westerners?). These things we sent over by truck and then on June 30th we brought the last load of things to our new home. The house is in good shape now. Just this last weekend, July 4th through 7th, we helped to host a group of nine college interns whilethey were in Pua visiting the work there. The five young men in the group and the Sandy Sandell family stayed in our home.

The young ladies inthe group stayedwith theFllbecks. Thetime with the interns wasgood and wewere especially happythatthey

were here to share our daughter ^ra's baptism with us. We are enjoying living in Pua. We pray that the Lord will bless ourtime here
and that we can be a part of the growth of the church in this area.

Diuain with the truck loaded and ready to go to Pua

Our new home

PRAYER AND PRAISE

. . . We are thankful that all ofthepaperworkfor our visas and

work permits for this year have been completed. Ialso moved my work permit to Nan Province from Chiang Mai with no problems. This is all an answer to prayer. Nowit'sabouttimeto
start on next year's paperwork. . . . The first week ofJune found us spending a few days at the beach near Bangkok for a vacation. We timed our vacation so that we could see Carmen and Cathy Rlbeck in Bangkok right after they arrived from the States for the summer. Itwas nice to be able to relax and rest for a few days and we are thankful that
we were able to take the time off.

. . . Sara and Mark will study at home this year vdth Mom as

teacher. They will use the A Beka Correspondence Course from

Pensacola, Florida. Please keep the children's schooling in your dally prayers. . . . The rice situation in the Pua area is worse than ever right now. Almost all of the people in every village we work in are out

of rice. We are continuing to help some of the Christian families with this need. The new crop has now been planted. Please pray that God will provide an abundant harvest this year so the people
will have enough to eat. . . . During the past several months we have made many trips

between Chiang Mai and Pua. We are thankful for the safety in travel that the Lord has provided. Thailand has a very high

A large bag of rice being shared with those in need

accident rate which makes us doubly thankful to God for His safety. . . . Just recently a new church building has been built in the village of Pa Wiang. Another new building is in
the works for Yawt Do!. The folks in

both villages are excited about their

new buildings (which are built of

bamboo with a thatch roof). Please pray that having a building will help these churches grow in the Lord.

. . . The dormitory in Baaklang is full to overflowing. A decision \wll need to

be made in the next few months to

either limit the number of students or

build a larger dormitory. We ask for your prayers concerning this. . . . We have begun to hold a Bible study each Sunday evening at the dormitory for Mong young people here in FYia in Imogene William's absence. We are thankful for this oportunily to
serve. Since we are in Pua full time

Folks from Pa Wiang

now, I hope to be able to help with devotions at the dorm at Baaklang as well. Please keep the young people from the dorms in your prayers. . . . We praise the Lord that He is always faithful in providing for our
needs and the needs of the work here.

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News From

DWAIN &

BECKY ANDERSON

Christian Ambassadors to Thailand

Field Address: Mr. and Mrs. Dwain F. Anderson P.O. Box 74

Forwarding Agents: Bill and Margaret Ettling

RL 2, Box 360 Jackson. MO 63755

Chiang Mai, 50000 Thailand

Phone: (314)243-8825

Sending Congregation:

Mark, Divain, Becky & Sara Andersor}

Rrst Church of Christ State Street at Marshall

Qdorado, IL 62930

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Juty, August, September 1986

Dear Friends,

We have been living in Pua, now, for three months. These three months have been busy and, for the most part, good. We have learned a whole lot about the rural Northern Thai people and have made adjustments to the cultural differences. Our Thai language

has been able to improve because of all the opportunities for teaching that we have had. There have been times of rejoicingand also times of sadness during our time in Pua. We would liketo share some of our experiences withyou sothatyou can knowwhat we have been doing and, also, so that you will be able to pray for us and the work here better.

TRIP TO PA WIANG
On July 20th several of the Christians from the Baaklang Church and 1made a trip up into the mountains to the village of Pa
Wlang the hard way, on foot. The Christians at Pa Wiang had just completed a new church building and we all wanted to go up to

see the building and encourage the folks there. Inorder to get to Pa Wiang itwas necessary to drive up to the top of a mountain
about 45 minutes outside of Pua, park the truck, and then continue on foot. Thewalking part of the trip takesabout two hours. For

the first hour we walked straight down the side of the mountain on which the truck was parked. Then we crossed the river at the bottom of the gorge and continued walWng for another hour straight up the other side untilwe reached the village. That Sunday it
was doubtful Ifwe would be able to get to the villagefrom the start and then itwas doubtful ifwe would get back home all because of heavy rains. Ithad been raining all night when we leftand itcontinued to rain almost all day. FYaise the Lord,though, that both times when we needed to cross the river it was low enough for us to cross safely. The time spent at the village that day was well worth the effort (and the muscle pain 1felt for the next several days). Our
going was a real encouragement to the

the village we had a special worship

service including a flannel-graph lesson

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sang some new songs. This, too was a treat because the Pa Wiang Christians are able to sing very well themselves. Finally, we all shared a special feast meal

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Jesus. TheChristians atPaWiang arestill

young in the faith so they need a lot of

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YAWT DOI TROUBLES

As we said, we have had both joys and sorrows during our time in Pua. One of our greatest sorrows has been the tuming away from Christ of almost allof the Christiansat the villageof Yawt Doi. They had seemed to be growing inthe Lordand this spring there were several baptisms there, as well. Then in late July trouble struck. Itseems that there had been a lot of sickness and hardships among the non-Christians in the village. They consulted the spirits which they worship and were told that they were having these

problemsbecause there were Christians inthe village. Thevillagers, especially the "spiritdoctors," then leda campaigntodrive the
Christians out of the village. They stole the farm tools of the Christians. They stole their clothes as they were hanging out to dry. They said that a hog belonging to one man had damaged the property of another and charged him a lotof money. Then for several nights in a rowthe villagers stayed outside the homes of the Christians and threw rocks through the grass roofs into the homes. It was a clear case of persecution. Inthe end the villagerstold the Christiansthat they would either have to come back and worshipthe spirits or move out of the village. It was at this point that the Christians came down from the village seeking our help. David Filbeck, Paul Lang from Chiang Mai, Greg Wilson a mission intern, and myself went up to the village the following Saturday. When we arrivedinthe village the villagerswere set for a meeting and a confrontation. Davidledthe Christiansin our side of the discussion. The spiritdoctor, who also happened to be the village headman and his assistant, werethe leaders ofthe other side. The villagers readilyadmitted that God was more powerfulthan the spirits. They also admitted that ifwe would pray to God and ask Him to drive the spirits out of the village they would never have to deal with them again. They asked us, however, not to do that. Their minds were darkened by the devil and by his helpers, the spirits whom the villagers worship.
At the end of the discussion the Christians still had the choice of either leaving Christ or leaving the village. The villagers would

notbudgeontheissueeventhough we pointed out to them that whatthey were doing was illegal according to Thai law. If the Christians chose to stay in the village they would have to tum awayfrom Christand, once again,sacrifice to the spirits. Iftheychose
to remain faithful to Christ they would have to leave the village,their homes and, in some cases, their wivesand children. They were

given two days in which to decide. Weare very sorryto say that at the end of the two days theyalldecided to turn away. They counted the costs and were not willing to pay the price of staying inChrist. There are still three young men from Yawt Doiwho are faithful. All three of them are in school awayfrom the villageright now. One is in the Bible training school in Chiang Mai. The other two are in the hostel at Baaklangand are going to the school there. Please prayfor these three young men. Itwill be difficult for them to remain in Christbut with our help and prayersand the help of
the Holy Spirit they will be able to remain in Him.

ONE MORE RECEIVES CHRIST

We were concerned at what effect the Yawt Doi problems might have on the work here but praise God that He continues to work

in the hearts of the people. On September 14th one more ladystepped out and was baptized intoChristJesus. Mrs. Saay had said a while before that she believed but that she wanted to wait a while before she was baptized. Baptism, to these folks, is especially important because it is at baptism that they publicly and privately make a clean break with theirold life. Often theywantto waitto make sure that they are willing to pay the high price of following Jesus before they are baptized. InMrs. Saay's case she came to

church one Sunday morning saying that she wanted to accept Christ through baptismthat day. She saidthat she had not been able to haveany peace at all and knew the reasonwhy. After churchthat dayweall wentdownto the water holeforher baptism. We praise God because of her decision. Please keep her and all of the folks here inyour prayers. Weare told that severalfamilies in
Baaklang are interested In following Christ right now. Please ipray that God will continue to work in their hearts.

RICE FESTIVAL AT BAAKLANG

The annual rice festival for the village of Baaklang was held in late August this year. This was the first rice festival that we had actually been able to witness. Itis a very festive time for the villagers but is also a verydark time, as well. The festival isabout twoor three days of sacrifices and other activitiesdedicated to the demons or spirits. Youcan wellimagine, then, how much the Christians want to tum the time into a good time for the Lord. This year,as inthe past couple ofyears,a specialserviceand meal washeld at the church building. All the Christians got together and worked in the preparation ofquite a feast according to their standards. A total of 10 chickens and 8 pounds of pork was cooked along with a mountain of green vegetables. Soda pop and ice brought out from Pua made the meal a veryspecial one. All the villagers were invited and many of them came. Before we ate the children were led in singingsongs about Christand one of the

church leaders explained the songs to those who had never had an opportunity to hear aboutJesus. For the mealwehad about 100 guests from the village. Theyate on mats on the dirtfloorofthe church building as the Christians servedthem with riceand the meat and vegtable "gengsAfter the mealwe had a service forthe adultsin which we explained justwhatChristians believe and
told them what God had done for all men through ChristJesus. The things that we said were listened to and we hope thought about, as well. Sometimes it takes a long time for Gospel seed sown to bring forth fruit but we pray that God will bless the seed sown that
night.

BUYING RICE
We are thankful that the rice harvest is now right around the corner. For so long the people in this area have been out of rice. The dry land rice will be ready to harvest in just a couple of weeks and then the wet land or "paddy" rice will be ready a few weeks after that Pray that the rice harvest this year is good because the people need to be able to raise the food they need for their families themselves. This year we and the Filbecks have bought several hundred dollars worth of rice for people in need. Some of these were widows and
those who are disabled. In the end, however, almost all the

people in the villages we work wth were out of rice, even those who were strong and healthy and had worked hard to

grow all that their familieswould need. Wehave encouraged

the F)eople to try their best to plant enough rice for next year and to save any money that they possibly can toward the purchase of rice should their families run out of rice. For us to encourage, however, and for them to be able to do it is two different things. Most of these people are very poor and are doing their best right now. Only the blessing of God will help the situation. Please keep this need in your prayers. Baaklang Christians helping distribute rice.

OTHER PRAYER REQUESTS

"Sara and Mark are having school at home with Mom as teacher. Pray for all of them that school can go well and the course
completed.

Becl^ in the classroom.

Boys from the Baaklang hostel in new school uniforms.

-We recently purchased a motorcycle to help in the running around 1 have to do. Please pray for safety in using it

"One ofthe biggestproblems wehavefoundhere isthe pressurewelive underdueto cultural differences between usandtheThai. So farwehaveneededto get away forthree or fourdayseach sixweeks or so. Weusually needto go out and buysupplies about
that often, too, but we ask your prayers that God will help us get the rest we need when we are away from F\ia. -Each week 1have several lessons in Thai to prepare for the church at Baaklang, the hostel at Baaklang and the hostel here in Pua. Pray that the Lord will guide in the preparation and in the actual teaching.

THANK YOU
We are thankful for manythingsas we live here. One thing weare thankful for is guests! In the pastfew monthsseveral have visited us. Pauland CathyLang and theirtwochildren, Aannahand EllieAnne,havecome. Also GregWilson, a mission intemwith the Rlbecks, sp)ent some time in Pua with them. We always look forward to David and Deloris' periodic trips to F\ja for their fellowship and advice, as well. Weare thankful to God that we can be here. Hemeets allofour needs. Weare thankful to the many churches and individuals, too, who have a part in our workthrough their prayers and financial help. Wepraise God because ofyou!

In His Service,

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