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OPEN FIELD IN KOREA FOR NEW n
aSSICNARY WORKERS —
LLIS
January I9, 1962
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Bert Bills,
who
has
b e e n carrying
o n
the work
o f
Korean Broadcasting Missio n
i n
F u s a n , K o r e a
( w i t h
M r s .
M a r j a r j ^ a n d s o n
J o h n ) , i s u r g e n t l y s e e k i n g A m e r i c a n
m i s s i o n a r y
h e l p
f o r
t h e w o r k i n ' ^ j j ^ s a n a r e a . E x t e n s i v e a c t i v i t i e s a r e b e i n g
^ a r r i e d
o n
w i t h K o r e a n h e l p , b u t a d d i t i o n a l l e a d e r s h i p i s n e e d e d . H e
s a i d :
W e
are ho peful that
w e
can find several
workers
to
whom
we can just turn over some
o n e
f i e l d
o f a c t i v i t : ^ y a n d l e t t h e m g o
a h e a d
a n d d e v e l o p i t o n t h e i r o w n . I h a v e
no intention o f trying t o
b u i l d
up an organization w ith myself at the head. I just
w a n t t o
s e e t h e
j o b
d o n e p r o p e r l y
o u t
h e r e . I w i l l b e g l a d t c j t u r n
o v e r
s o m e o f
these
areas we have devel oped th us far to^d ome capable,
devoted persons
with no
strings attached .
•
.1
am anxious
to
begin c orre s p onding w i t h s o m e o ne a b o ut t h i s
so t h a t
w e
can g e t t o g e t h er and tal k
it
o v e r
personally
as
s o o n
as I
arrive home
on furlough th is summer. The:e i s a t r e m e n d v l o u s opportunity here
for
anyone who i s
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Jan 19>
19^2
She is a n e x c e l l e n t t e a c h e r , and t h e c h i l d r e n
l i s t e n
intentl y, learn quic k ly, and
take the materials home to tetell the stories to their parents#
( C e n t e r ) K i m D u k
S u n g
i s
s u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e
o l d e r c h i l d r e n j a n d f r o m
1 0 0 t o
125 c h i l d r e n an d y o u n^ p e o p l e attend and s h are in t h e
five
c l a s s e s in
this
division
B r o t h e r Kim b e g i n s t h e i r meeting w i t h
t h e
s i n g i n g of songs, prayers and
an
introduc
t o t h e B i b l e l e s s o n for t h e
day.
T h e n they s e p a r at e i n t o classes and are
taught
b y
teachers who have been
trained
by the missionary family. After the lesson, they
r ea sse m b le an d
Brother
K i m
asks
qu e s t i o n s
about
t h e l e s s o n
and
gives
awards to
t h o s
t h o have b r o u g h t n e w members and
w h o
h a v e l e a rn e d t h e i r memory
verses.
T h e b o y in
the
foregroiond can hardly restrain himself^ h e v ; a n t s
t o
answer
t h e
^estion s o badly
( L o w e r )
K i m Ahn Ja, one o f t h e h i g h s c h o o l
g irl s i s
h e l p i ng Superint endent
K i m
b y
p a s s i n g
o u t t h e p i c t u r e
c a r d s ,
w h i c h t h e c h i l d r e n d e a r l y l o v e t o r e c e i v e a n d
c a r e f ul l y p r e s e r v e
and take
h o m e
w i t h them.
T h e
v / o r k also includes the
Bible
clubs • v / h i c h reach o ver 100 kkktodckk h i g h
s c h o o l and c o l l e g e s tudent s
ea c h
w e e k;
o v e r
1 0 0 enro l l e d i n c o rre s p ondenc e c oursesj
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BERT ELLIS SICK, FA MILY
CARRYING
Oh .
-y
W o r d
h a s
c o m e f r o m P u s a n , K o r e a t h a t
B e r t
E l l i s
( S e e H o r i z o n s
F e b . 3 , I 9 6 2 ) h a s
b e e n
s e r i o u s l y
i l l
f o r s e v e r a l
w e e k s ^
a n c ^ j u s t
r e s u m e d
s o m e
a t t e n t i o n t o
h i s w o r k
t h e
f i r s t
w e e k
i n ■ I r c h .
Mar jo r y
a n d
s o n J o h n h a v e
b e e n t e a c h i n g
ll o f t h e c l a s s e s
BiblfS^f^to s c h o o l ter^ h a s s t a r t e d
a n d
t h e y p l a n n e d t o h o l d
c f t a b b f e k k k m five fiMdckkktkbk o f
2 0
m e m b e r s each. X
T h e ll s fami ly
is
d u e f o r
f \ i r lough
b y
late s u m m e r , b u t h a v e a n n o u n c e d
n o
d e f i n i t e
d a t e x p e n d i n g r e t u r n o f t h e
o e
S e g g l k k e
f a m i l y t o
t h e
f ield,(Piel^
^d ress is: K o r e a n
B r o a d c a s t i n g
M i s s i o n ,
B o x
I4I,
P u s a n ,
K^^TT
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S ^ o r e a M l ^ r o a d c c i A i i n ^ ^ t T i i A ^ l o i x
^UMIK, 3c
orea
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO.
A.P.O. NO.
59,
SAN
FR ANCISCO. CALIFORNIA
OFFICIAL
ADVISORS;
RADIO STA TION, H
L
K U 1039 KILOCYCLES
May, 1962
Dear Friends;
i n
t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s , w e
h a v e
l i v e d
i n K o r e a
u n d e r f o u r
governments,
and
we have seen many things happen politioal-
ly,
s o c ia l ly,
and
ec onomically. We h a v e
not
m a d e
great
successes, as far a s our ministry here is co ncerned, but we ^
h a v e
s e en
e n c o u r ag i n g r e s u l t s .
T h e
e x p e r i e n c e of o ur f i r s t
t e r m
h e r e, a l o n g
w i t h
our experien ce of nearly
t w e n t y
years
in t h e m i n i s t r y
b e f o r e c o m i n g t o
K o r ea, h a s e n a b l e d us t o _ -
m a k e s o m e
d ef in ite plans as
t o
our
fu t ure w o r k . W e w an t t o
tell
y o u w h a t w e
h a v e
d o n e and w h a t
w e
p r o p o s e .
activities
have been
many and varied. Our first in
terest
and
attempt
in
preaching
the
gospel was through radio
. j T 1 We w e r e
f ortunate
in form ing a g o o d r ela t i o ns h i p w i t h
t h e
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A n o t h e r
int ere st ing feature ha s be en our
w o r k
p j g j P - c h i l d r e n .
W e h a v e a
^ S u n d a y S c h o o l
w h i c h
evening.
Over
2 0 0 children
i n our
immediate
neig h
amount o f time a s we
must
prepare all the
lessons,
ta k e - h o m e
papers,
etc. The re many areas
^ ^ H j r
g o o d w a y o f
s t a r t i n g
c h u r c h e s , W e a r e h o p e f u l o f
^■ finding s o m e o n e w h o will c o m e
to
K o r e a a n d develop
w
nd
expand this
Sunday
School
work,
S u n d a y morning. A l th ou gh t h e attendance^ h a s
n e v e r
work here. This part
of
the work also n e e d s s o m e o n e ''
tivty
w e
would
like
to turn
over to
someone else
F r o m
time to time we h a v e held
Bible
classes, having a s
m a n y
a s four a w e e k going
at
o n e
time. Since
Bert's illness h e h a s
not b e e n
able
to r e s u m e these classes, excep
for
the S u n d a y
morning one,
but
this is
another
activity
which
n e e d s development.
Y o u c a n readily s e e that
there
is
plenty
of opportunity
for the
gospel in
Korea,
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^ V
ELLIS FAIRLY ON FURLOUGH FROM KOREA
Ber t
and Mrs.
Marge Ellis
and son
John left Korea June 15 after i frnnr j - r 1 1 - 1 ^
sponsoring
of
service. T hey will
settle at
Cabool, Mo.
home
of
their s m p f i d i t e b m m g
church
and
his form er pastorate^
will
be accepting' speaking d e . t e s after
September
1st.
Bro. Ellis indicated
at
the time they
left Korea
that their
tr avel fund was still
sh
and
said
John will b e in school in Oabool,
Marge
will b e homemaker, secretary, and
occasionally
tre-veling
with
Bert on his
speaking
tours. Don't forget t o write about
speaking dates.
We
want to r eport to all
of
our
supporting churches first,
if
possib
but first
come,
first served.
Address
is: Korean
Broadcasting
Mission,
Bert Ellis,
Cabool Mo.