Korea
Calls Us
NOW
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January, 196^
335 Lockburn St.
Did you know that today one billion souls have yet to hear that Christ
65^ of the people of the world have never heard what happened at Cal
vary. Souls are dying at the rate of 100,000 a day. The heathen world is increasing at the
rate of 400 million each generation.
2,000 years after Christ there are more people who
have never heard the name of Jesus than there
In Korea
there are approximaetly 2? million people. Of these only one million make any clain whatso
ever to being Christian.
It is this wonderful people who now call for our return.
We have engaged passage on a
freighter, the "Hong Kong Bear" of the Pacific Far East Lines, leaving San Francisco for Pusan, Korea about March 15' We plan to leave Indianapolis about the last week in February.
Through the contributions of you Christian folks we have been enabled to purchase a
number of items of needed equipment.
We have two typewriters, an electronic stencil maker,
a good paper cutter, a folding machine, an electric powered duplicator, and several other
small items to use in publishing Bible school materials, student Bible club study materials,
Bible correspondence courses and other literature:
we have two tape recorders, one a port
able battery powered one to use in various ways in areas where there is no electric power in
Korea, which can be used both for the work in Korea and to send taped reports to you folks
in the States: we have pictures, flannelgraphs, study materials of all kinds to use in the
work with children and young people in Korea, helping them to better understand the love of
Christ for them: we are in the process of obtaining two film-strip projectors, one batterypowered to use in remote areas, and a number of film-strips, the number depending on what
in Pusan; $1,500 for our passage and shipping and $1,000 for the various things that always
come up in the last moments here and in the first few days of our arrival.
WE CANNOT LEAVE
our rental, the owner loaning that money out and living on the interest of 5 to IO5& per
month!). Our passage and shipping must be paid in advance. And there are always e^qsenses
the last few days here and the first few days in Korea that had not been figured on.
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now support the work in Korea who could make up a special offering of $500 or more in
the next few weeks. Many of you could raise $100 and there are few who could not make a
little extra sacrifice so that the lost in Korea may hear the saving Gospel of Jesus
Christ.
We are giving all we can give, our lives, our homes here, and every dollar we
have. Won't XOU make a special effort NOW to help with this great undertaking?
The children of our Bible School, all 350 of them, are anxious for our return. The
college and high school students, 125 of' them, in our student Bible clubs, are anxious
for our return. The correspondence students of the Bible, hundreds of them, are anxious
for our return.
The Christians who have been baptized as a result of your cooperation
with us in the work of the Gospel, 60 of them, are anxious for our return.
Countless
hundreds whom we will be able to reach with the help of our new plans and equipment, are
awaiting our return.
WILL
YOU
HELP
US
GET
THEIlEl 1
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Cabool, Missouri.
Loraine has served as our forwarding agent since the beginning of the mission and contin
ues to do this important task efficiently, and with a wonderful devoted Christian spirit.
John will be remaining here in the States to go to school. We are so thankful that
Jim and Lillian McKowen are taking him into their home so that he can finish high school
at the same school in June, (Jim is minister of the Fleming Garden Church here in Indian
apolis where we have been worshipping the past year.)
In September he will be entering
Milligan College, where he will be preparing for his return to Korea as a missionary.
He will be available for speaking dates and for summer camps as a missionary as he has
time. For the present you can write to him at 335 Lockburn, Lidianapolis, Lidiana 46241.
After March 1 he can be addressed c/o James McKowen, 508 S. Livingston St., Indianapolis,
Indiana.
One of the best items of news is that three of our four Korean workers are now fin
ancially sponsored and there is a strong possibility that by the time you receive this
the fourth one will be taken care of. This certainly relieves our General Fund although
we still need additional pledged funds.
In addition to buying equipment, paying for
passage etc., it has been necessary to send from $300 to $400 per month to Korea to keep
the work going.
WE
THESE
CAN
ONLY
NECESSITIES.
DEPEND
ON
THE
LORD
THROUGH
HIS
PEOPLE
TO
TAKE
CARE
OF
ALL
Again we thank you for the wonderful way we have been received during this furlough
in so many homes and churches and for your faithful and continued financial support and
prayers.
Faithfully yours,
BE/hs
Bert KLlis
Address
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City Pusan
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State
Korea
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Month
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Song Evangelist
South Side,Danville, IllCentral, Greenfield, Ohio
i-Iinister
1936-39
1939-Al
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Chaplain's Assistant
19^^2-46
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GeorgetoT;-m, Indiana
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THE BERT ELLIS FAMILY
June - 1964
Dear Fiaends:
Greetings from Pusan, Korea.' After many long delays we are back on the field,
thankful for the grace of our Loixi which has blessed and permitted us to return to
the people whom we have come to love.
First, we want to thank all of you who have contributed so generously to our
return both with your finances and your prayers. We especially want to thank the
folks at Perry Christian Church in Canton, Ohio and Fleming Garden Christian Church
in Indianapolis who by their special contributions during the last few weeks of our
stay in the States made it possible for us to leave vdth all current mission debts
paid, all the absolutely necessary supplies and equipment purchased and .funds for
the lease of our building and home herein Korea. We have only two outstanding obli
gations and these are being taken care of in monthly payments. We would not forget
all the others idio have contributed regularly, some now for over six years, so that
the work of the Lord may go forward here in Korea. Our hearts have been renewed and
refreshed by your gracious hospitality and concern 'vrfiile we were in the States and
this continues to encourage us and lift us up now that we are back home and at work
again,
We sailed
leave our
are so th
family.
Again we
bd friends who have taken him into their home as one of their
has a second mom and dad and two brothers:
and their sons, Paul and David, dm is the pastor of the Fleming Garden Church in
Indianapolis which we made our home church during our furlough. The McKowens and all
the folks at Flaning Garden did everything possible to make us feel at home and how
we do appreciate it.' dihn vd.ll be entering MLlligan College in the fall to prepare
to return to Korea to assist in the Lord's work. John is spending his sunmer in
camps as a missionary speaker and also presenting the work in the churches. If you
are interested you may get in touch with him at the following address: 508 South
Livingston, Indianapolis, Indiana.
After a pleasant voyage, (good weather, good food, good companions), we arrived
in Pusan on fenday, April 20. We had a pleasant overnight stay in Tokyo with Harold
and Lois Sims and their fine family. We were met at the dock at Pusan by the mission
staff and other Korean friends with a typical Korean welcome, bouquets of flowers
for both of us and everything.' The ship's arrival had been d elayed several times and
we really don't know how many times they had been down to meet us or how many hours
they had waited.' We walked up from the dock to our building and were pleased to not
ice a number of new buildings and other improvements. Progress is being made in this
poor country but it is slow and at times hardly noticeable. We are happy to announce
that we have a new home.' Duiing our first tenn here we rented the third floor of a
downtown building and half of the second floor for our chapel and office space.
We have now leased the whole building and have our living quarters on the first floor.
It is
other
as we
since
to work without the long trip in the rain we had before. And when we have a long day,
as we frequently do, it is nice to be able to Just leave the chapel or office and
go downstairs for supper and rest. The building even has running water, a bathroom
and hot water, all of which we did not have before,'.'
We have been well impressed by what we have already seen of the work. The Bible
clubs for high school and college students seem particularly to have made advances.
The work with the children is in good shape, attendance down a little from what it was
at its peak, but already picking up again. The correspondence Bible study is taking
a temporary vacation while we rework courses and make new printings with our new
printing equipment, but we anticipate a real growth in this work. We have not yet
resided broadcasting and will not do so for some time until we get the other acti
vities in full swing but we are looking forward to broadcasting again. Church
attendance is picking up and we will have a baptismal service tomorrow with several
to be baptized.
Numerous opportoiilj^ are already opening up and we Just wish we could take
advantage
island, a small primary school with about 150 students, and one tiny church. There
are possibilities of a real evangelization of this island in time, X have been ap
proached by a non-denominational seminary here in Pusan about teaching some Bible
classes, but no definite commitments have been made yet, I have agreed to teach two
evenings a week, Ehglish conversation, at the best language institute in the city,
I wi31 be teaching an advanced class composed mostly of high school and college
teachers. We will be using an Ihglish language Korean newspaper as a basic text,
but I am free to discuss what I please also. This will make valuable contacts among
the teachers, who are the most respected and influential class in Korea, I have al
ready been asked to preach for one of the iforean churches, an independent congregation
v/hich is struggling toward a New Testament position, and will do so a week from Sun
day, Just yesterday a Korean lady who nins a home for non-infected children of leper
grants, asked us to visit and give them some spiritual assistance. There are about
60 children in the c^. We a re anticipating taking some of the Bible clubs and
visiting this camp with a view to seeing what we can do to help. The director of the
religious radio station here in Pusan, Dr, Han, came to us this week with an offer
of radio time vriiach we will consider. These are Just some of the opportunities for
service which have opened up in the first few weeks here and there are more all the
time,
about 80 campers. The campers will pay one-fourth of the cost and the mission will
pay threefourths. We hope also to have a Vacation Bible School &r the children some
time during August, All of these things take a great of preparation as we must pre
pare all the materials.
things were Just out of^S.ght; sugar about $1,40 a pounds bread about I+O^ a loaf;
meat about $1.00 a pound; coffee, when you could find it, a 6 oz, jar of instant,
about $3.00, etc. There has been a currency revision since then which brought prices
down as far as dollars are concerned but they are beginning to climb again. Md, of
course, the prices fluctuate from d^ to day until you never really know what is
the right price for anything. It makes it hard for us but it is doubly hard for the
Concerning mail: first class letters only, preferably air-mail (regular 8^ U,S.)
can be sent to the following address: Bert ELlis, Korean Broadcasting Jfi.ssion, A.P.O.
Please continue to send all funds to: Korean Broadcasting Mssion, % Mss Loraine lindsey, Cabool State Bank, Cabool, M.ssouri. The economic situation is caus
ing us to completely revise our whole budget. We do need funds reg\ilarly. Please
continue your regular support.
We are sorry we have not been able to write before but with preparations for
leaving, then our trip, and now trying to get settled here this is our first oppor
tunity, Our printing equipment and all other supplies and baggage have not yet
cleared customs and this has necessitated delays of many kinds and all sorts of make
shift arrangements.
We are thankful that this letter is being, as will our future newsletters by
friends at the WLlliamsport Christian Church, WilliamgDort, Indiana. This is such
a great help in saving both our time and postage. Our contributors will continue to
receive letters directly from Korea but these good folks at WLlliamsport will be
taking care of the newsletter. Thanks so much.'
We are always glad to hear from you, A letter from home in the States makes
a real nice break in our busy day so write often.' We v/ill send more details about
the work in our next letter.
Until then: "May the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip
you \d.th everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ..."
Pray that we may be used to bring Christ to the Korean people.
Faithfully yours,