ellis bert marjorie 1966 korea

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areas o f

Pusan, Korea by

the

Ko re a n

Broadcasting

l i i s s i o n .

At the opening

session 62 children o f primary school a ge

were

present. More

than

200

calls

were made

o n homes in

the are a by the

mission

staff before the

opening.

En

r o l l m e n t

bl a nks

w e r e d i s t r i b u te d in t h e s e c a l l s and a n u m b e r

of c h i l d r e n have

r e t u r n e d t h e m s i g n e d b y

t h e i r

p a r e n t s . | o n t h e

t h i r d

S u n d a y F e b .

6 , ^ e n

a n

evening session

tos a l s o

starte d, the

100 mark

w as

passed

with

105 children

present.

Sessions

will s o o n

d̂ ded_for pro-schppl

a n d

f o r . j u n i o r high

school

ages. Church

services

will begin about

April

1. ( T h i s chu rch will be known a s

the Tong-A

Church,

taking its n a m e f r o m Tong -A University l o c a t e d ab o ut a block

away.

It is also planned

to

have

student B ible clubs

a t

this location

f or high

s c h o o l a n d c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s .

^ T h i s

i s i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e s a m e k i n d o f

p r o g r a m

i d i i c h

is

being continued

by the mission a t

their downtown location, the

Tong

Kw ang Church. Further

i nf o r m ati o n

ab out

this

a n d o t her p r o g r a m s c a n be

obtain

e d f r o m : B e r t E l l i s , 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 ,

A P O

S a n F r a n c i s c o 9 6 2 5 9 ^ o r

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Luke 2: 0

Dear Christian Friends:

December, 1966

Pusan, Korea

C h r i s t m a s G r e e t i n g s f r o m

K o r e a

M a y a l l

t h e b l e s s i n g s of

t h i s s e a s o n

be

y o u r s J

A l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e

m a n y

l o n g

m i l e s

b e t w e e n

u s

y o u

a r e

o f t e n

i n

o u r t h o u g h t s , e s

pecially a t this season o f the

year*

W e

a r e a l r e a d y i n t h e m i d s t o f

C h r i s t m a s

p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r

t h e

c h u r c h

a n d

S u n d a y

S c h o o l a s

w e wite

t h i s

l e t t e r a n d l o o k

f o r w a r d t o

a b u s y

s e a s o n . W e

a r e

h a v i n g

a

s p e c i a l

C h r i s t m a s

f i l m s t r i p

o n S u n d a y e v e n i n g ,

D e c e m b e r

1 1 , a C h r i s t m a s p u p p e t

p l a y o n t h e

1 8 t h a n d o n

C h r i s t m a s D a y t h e

c h i l d r e n

w i l l

h a v e t h e i r

s p e c i a l p r o

g r a m .

W e w i s h we

c o u l d

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

w i l l

ever handle all the children o n Christmas Day.

November

2 0 - t h

wa s Thanksgiving

Day in

the Korean churches and w e had

a

wonderful

p r o g r a m

f r o m t h e S u n d a y S c h o o l c h i l d r e n t h a t

e v e n i n g . T h e r e w e r e

m o r e t h a n 5 0 0

in

the

a u d i e n c e ; w e c ^ o u b t t h a t

t h e r e w a s

a s i n g l e c h u r c h i n

the

c i t y t h a t h a d

t h a t l a r g e a

c r o w d l

T h e p r o g r a m c o n s i s t e d o f t h e u s u a l

s o n g s ,

r e c i t a t i o n s a n d ,

a s a l w a y s , K o r e a n f o l k d a n c e s . W e h a v e m e n t i o n e d b e f o r e t h a t i n a l l t h e p r o g r a m s

i n t h e K o r e a n c h u r c h ,

Y o n

c a n e x p e c t t h e s e d a n c e s

b u t

t h i s t i m e t h e y w e r e a s p e c i a l

t y e a t f

In

o n e

of

t h e c ^ n c e s , t w o

l i t t l e

g i r l s d r e s s e d a s

a

f a r m e r

a n d

h i s w i f e

d i d

a d a n c e

i n

w h i c h

t h e y

p l a n t e d t h e

s e e d ,

t h e n w a t c h e d

it g r o w ,

h a r v e s t e d

i t ,

c o o k e d

it, t h e n

g a v e

t h a n k s t o G o d

for

i t , a n d

f i n a l l y a t e it We

j u s t

w i s h

y o u

c o u l d

s e e

a n d h e a r t h e s e

c h i l d r e n

o n e t i m e W e a r e

s u r e

t h a t t h e y

w o u l d

c a p -


3/6

K O R S ^ l N

b r o a d c a s t i n g

m i s s i o n

N 3 V / S L S T T K R -

D e c e m b e r ,

I 9 6 6

- P a g e 2

tivate you just

a s

they

d o us

As we

told you

in our last letter,

we

c l o s e d our

d o w n t o w n location

and the

c h i l d r e n

t h e r e

a r e

g o i n g t o a n e a r b y c h u r c h w h e r e w e h a d m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r t h e m . T h e

p r e a c h e r of t h a t c h u r c h

c a l l e d

o n u s t h e o t h e r day a n d t o l d u s

t h a t

t h e y a r e all att

e n d i n g r e g u l a r l y

a n d

t h e y h a v e b e e n s u r p r i s e d

at w h a t

g o o d s t u d e n t s

t h e s e

c h i l d r e n

are. lhat made us

feel

g o o d, of

course.

The K o rea n churches

have n o t

don e much

in

the way of t r a i n i n g the c h i l d r e n and we

are

d o i n g o u r best t o inspire

t h e m

to c o r r

ect

this situation.

W e w e r e

a l s o p l e a s e d

t o

find t h a t

t h e r e

i s s o m e o n e h e r e

w h o is i n t e r e s t e d

i n p r o d u c

i n g v i s u a l a i d s

f o r

u s e i n

t h e

c h u r c h e s . J u s t

a f e w

w e e k s a g o

a K o r e a n

g e n t l e m a n

c a l l e d

a t o u r o f f i c e

a n d s a i d h e h a d h e a r d

w e w e r e d o i n g

q u i t e

a

b i t

i n t h e

w a y

o f

v i s u a l e d u c a t i o n . In a s m a l l w a y h e h a d

b e e n

p r o d u c i n g s o m e f l a n n e l - g r a p h

s t o r i e s ,

flash cards

a n d

such and

was o verjoyed when

he saw the

materials

we had

a n d

use.

W e

are m a k i n g p l a n s to d o some w o r k

t o g e t h e r

in

t h i s

field. H i s

w o r k is

c o m p l e t e l y

s u p p o r t e d

by v a r i o u s l o c a l

c h u r c h e s a n d

w e w i l l be

h e l p i n g

only in

t h e p l a n n i n g

e t c *

o f t h i s w o r k . T h e b i g g e s t p r o b l e m

i s

t o p e r s u a d e t h e

t e a c h e r s

t o u s e t h e s e t h i n g s

but he has been having some

success

even in this.

As

we look back

over

the

year

we

wonder

how time could

pass

so

fasti

It

takes

so

long to

get anything don e here; someone has said

that what

it takes

a

month

to

do

in

the States ta kes

six months

here

a n d

we

are inclined to believe that.

We sometimes

f e e l

s o f r u s t r a t e d

w h e n

w e s e e t h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s h e r e f o r

a d v a n c i n g

t h e k i n g d o m

a n d

cann ot take

advantage

of

them

all. We try to d o the best

we can and

pray that there

w ill be o t h e r s

who

w ill see the

needs

a n d

volunteer to

meet them.

The new church moves along slowly. If we could just persuade

the

adults

to

attend

a s e a s i l y a s w e

c a n

t h e c h i l d r e n i t

w o u l d b e

w o n d e r f i A l B u t i t j u s t

d o e s n ^ t

w o r k

t h a t w a y . A l t h o u g h

the

w o r k

i n

t h i s l o c a t i o n i s l e s s t h a n a y e a r

o l d the

S u n d a y

School a v e r a g e s from 3 5 O t o A O O b o t h Sunday

m o r n i n g

and

e v e n i n g

but the c h u r c h

att

endance

still limps along between 20

a n d

2 5 *

There are

about

35 who attend more o r

less

regularly.

W e

will

just

have

to

grow up

a

generation

o f

Christians.

W i n t e r v a c a t i o n h a s s t a r t e d f o r t h e s e m i n a r y . G r a d u a t i o n is b e i n g h e l d in D e c e m b e r

a n d t h e r e a r e

A

g r a d u a t e s . T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l o t h e r s w h o s h o u l d h a v e g r a d u a t e d

at

this time

but

the faculty decided

they

were

n o t

ready

yet

a n d should take another

year s wo rk.

V i e

ar e glad they have these high

standards for

many

of the

Kore an

sem

inaries d o n o t .

T h e

final p a p e r s have been s u b m i t t e d t o the g o v e r n m e n t and if

all

g o e s

w all the semin a ry

will s o o n be a c c r e d i te d . It has taken

a

tr e m e n d o u s a m o u n t

o f

time, effor t an d money to get t h i n g s

r e a d y .

V / e are e s p e c i a l l y p l e a s e d that all

t h e

f u n d s c a m e

f r o m K o r e a n s o u r c e s ; t h i s

s e m i n a r y

is

t r u l y

an i n d i g e n o u s

w o r k .

John keeps busy

in

his junior

year a t Milligan

an d speaks

for the mission

in

the

churches

a s

he has available time.

It

has been 3

years n o w

since we have

seen

him

a n d of course we miss him a t this holiday

season.

Once

more we thank

you all for the

tremendous help

you

are in this wor k. Without

your p ra yers

and

financial

help

we

could

not do

what

we are doing

here. Please con

tinue to remember us and the w o r k of the Lord h e r e .

The

Nativity

sketch

in t yp i c a l K o r e a n

style w a s d o n e by

one of

o u r c h u r c h

members,

Mr. Lee Cho n g K uk* He also

did

the one

last

Christmas.

F ait hfully you r s,

Bert,

Marge

o h n E l l is

Korean Broadcasting

Mission

Fusan,

Korea


4/6

January,

196?

Dear

Christian

Friends:

Grandfather Korea sends New

Year's

Greetings

to all of

you

It hardly

seems possible

that

another year has begun. We look forward,

won

dering what the new year will

mean

to the

work

of

t h e Lord

here in

Korea,

but

secure

in

t he

knowledge that i f wo

trust

Him who has led us

this far

it

will

be

a

year

of

progress

in one

way or

another.

The

old

year closed

out

with

a

bang with

the

largest

crowd ever

at

the Tong-L

church

for

the

Christmas

program.

There

were i j 5 0

children in Sunday School Christmas morn

ing even though

it was

a bitter

cold

day.

Then about

30

junior high

boys

and girls

met

at 10:00

AM and

the church service,

^

with

25

present,

at

11:00

AM. After

t h e c h u r c h s e r v i c e t h e r e w a s a

p a r t y

for

the

church m ^ H n b o r s with some

refreshments. About 2:00

PM the

c h i l d r e n b e g a n

g e t t i n g r e a d y f o r /

their evening program. It

met

>

in

two shifts at A:00 PM and /

5:00 PM

with a total of 610

p r e s e n t

a s

w e l l a s w e c o u l d

7 m

count. Wo believe there \

w e r e

a c t u a l l y

m o r e t h a n

/ )

t h i s . A n x i m b e r

o f t h e

f

1

A

1

\ ( r /

a d u l t s

c a m e t o s e e

j /

^

V

their

children

perform.

1

It was a n excellent p r o - \

g r a m

w i t h

s o n g s r e c - \

itations, and

a

drama.

E a c h t i m e

we t h i n k

t h e

_

program is the best, but the

next one always seems better Treats

P

w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d

t o t h e

c h i l d r e n i n yV

the

morning,

and they were happy

with the

plastic

bags

of

cookies

yy

a n d c a n d y t h e y

r e c e i v e d .

How

we

/f

d o w i s h y o u a l l c o u l d h a v e s e e n j

them

> ■

ms^

orecit i

l^roadca^iit i .^

or

B O X 4

The

schools are inthe midst of

their two month

winter

vacation just

n o w a n d this gives u s

t ime

to

catch

u p k J ^ c t z c x

a few things before

the new

school year n n v

i l

begins. T h e weather h a s b e e n cold

but

D U A 4

not unbearable. W e

had

a few

w a r m

days

during

the

latter part of

the m o n t h

an d

we w e r e about ready to get rid

of

the long undies but itis cold

again

n o w and probab

ly will bo until the last of

February.

W e

s e ld o m

say

m u c h about

the

littl

trials

and

frustrations

that

are

a

part of

living

out

here

but recently there h a v e b e e n m o r e

than

usual and we thought you might b e inter

ested

in

hearing

about

s o m e

of

t h e m

—

The Foreigners' Commissary, operated under the auspices of the Korean government,

the

only place w h e r e wo c a n buy any

V/estern

foodstuffs, has

b e e n

telling

u s

since

the


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-

J a n u a r y , I 9 6 7

-

P a g e 2

P r i c e s

a n d w a g e s

c o n t i n u e

g o i n g u p .

T h e w o r d

n o w i s t h a t

t e a c h e r s w i l l h a v e

a 2%

s a l a r y i n c r e a s e i n

A p r i l .

T h e s c h o o l s a r e r a i s i n g

t h e i r

t u i t i o n i m m e d i a t e l y t o m o r e

t h a n ^ a k e c a r e o f t h i s . O u r m i s s i o n b u d g e t n o w

i s

t w i c e w h a t it w a s

3

y e a r s a g o .

T h e

cost

of

living

h a s more

than d o u b l e d in that t i m e . One of

the

g i r l s in the office

s a i d a 2 - p i e c e

s u i t

c o s t a b o u t 3 , 0 0 0 W o n ($12) 3 y e a r s a g o a n d

now

a b o u t

7 , 0 0 0 ( $ 2 8 ) .

At

t h e s a m e t i m e t h e e x c h a n g e r a t e ,

270

W o n t o

$1,

h a s

s t a y e d

e x a c t l y t h e s a m e .

T h i s

r e a l l y p i n c h e s

us l

A

y o u n g

m a n

w h o

h a

d

j u s t

f i n i s h e d

a

3

y e a r

g r a d u a t e c o u r s e

i n

a n

A u s t r a l i a n t h e o l o g

ical s c h o o l c a m e t o s e e a b o u t a j o b a s

a n i n t e r p r e t e r .

H e h a d a M a s t e r ' s

d e g r e e

i n law

from a K o r e a n u n i v e r s i t y

b e f o r e

g o i n g a b r o a d .

W e

t e s t e d

h i m

a n d f o u n d h i s k n o w l e d g e of

both a h g l i s h and Bible w a s c o m p l e t e l y i n a d e q u a t e How he got a d e g r e e abroad is i n c o m

p r e h e n s i b l e

t o u s l

And

t h i s

is n o t

t h e

f i r s t

c a s e

of t h i s k i n d (NOTE - S e n d i n g a

student

to the

States t o

study

is no guarantee that h e will

b e o f

help

to

th e work

of

t h e

L o r d w h e n

h e

' r e t u r n s )

A bout

Nove m b e r

l O ,

w e

r e c e i v e d t h e f i r s t

3

packages

o f

a shipme nt o f b o o k s

m a i le d

from

S i g l a n d

on S e p t e m b e r

lO.

On J a n u a r y lO, A n o t h e r p a c k a g e a r r i v e d and 2 re yet to

b e h ea rd

f r o m o f

6 a i le d o n t h e s a m e day, September 10^ This i s c o mmo n w ith a l l

o f

our international mail

T he U.S. go v ern men t

has

signed

a

Status

o f Forces Agreement

with

the Korean govern

m ent. As

o n e

result,

w©

wil l

not be

able to

use the

U.S.

Army

mail

afteh

February

9 *

T h i s m e a n s we must receive

all

o u r mail t h r o u g h P.O. Box l A l , Pusan. A c c o r d i n g to

Korea n l a w

w e

cannot send $ hecks,

dra wn

o n

our American bank, through Korea n mail. If

w e d o

a n d t h ey a r e c a u g h t w e w i l l b e

i n t r o u b l e 1

T h i s m e a n s t h a t a l l

o f o u r

b i l l s e x

cept for Korean items have to b e paid from the

States.

In fact, according to the l a w

w e

c a n n o t e v e n

s e n d

instructions to som e one to s e n d a $ h ock

to

a certain

place

You

m a y t h i n k

t h a

t

i s n ' t c o mp li c a t e d

O u r

pre a ch e r

a gi t a t e s

f o r a r a i s e i n salary. Wo h a v e n't

b e e n t oo happy

with

h i m a s

h e h a s be e n

i n

s c h o o l f o r

t h e

past year a nd d idn't do much c hurc h

w o rk . T h e

story n ow

w a s t h a t a s h e h a d g r a d u a t e d h e w o u l d h a v e m o r e t i m e . T h e c h u r c h m e m b e r s t u r n e d h i m

down

an d w e

turned a

deaf

ear

also.

Then

w e find that

h e

had

intended t o

g e t

the

raise

a n d then go o n

to

gradua te school A n d

we thought that

h e

wa s

a t l o a s t r ' a b o v e

th e a ve r

age

of

the Korean p r e a c h e r s we had dealt

w i t h

/

In N o v e m b e r , H a r o l d T a yl o r h a d a d e m o n s t r a t i o n a n d strike,lagainst h i m b y t h e s t u d

e n t s

at t h e

seminary in

Seoul. T h i s is not at all unusual in

Korean

schools

these

d ays a s w e r e a d f r e q ue n t r e p o r t s o f s u c h i n t h e

n e w s p a p e r s .

T h e s t u d e n t s d o n ' t

e v e n

h a v e

to h a v e

a r e a s o n ,

just a n e x c u s e . ( A t o n e

h i g h

s c h o o l

t h e

s t ud e n t s d e m a n d e d t h e

o f

their principal because

they w e r e

not winning

en oug h athl etic

cont ests.)

In H a r o l d's c a s e t h e s t ud e n t s d e m a n d e d h o

f i r e

2 nt e rpr e t e r s they di d n't

l i k e

a n d t h a t

h e i m m e d i a t e l y g e t g o v e r n m e n t a c c r e d i t at i o n f o r

t h e

s c h o o l . ( T h i s

l a s t is

e a s i e r

s a i d

th a n

d o n e , a n d

i t

w as be in g-w o rk ed oh>X They g a v e h i m h o i u ? s to re ply T h e

disgusting thing

is

that the-^wo y o i i n g m en yho

hav e

b e e n to th e States to study and r e

t o

s t a r t a

r i v a l

s c h o o l

i n

S e o u l c a m e o v e r

t o t h e

s e m i n a r y w i t h s o m e

o f

t h e i r

e g g

t h e s t ud e n t s o n

. a g a i n s t

H a r o l d.

We

w i s h t h e chu r ch e s

i n t h e

Stat e s

w h o

t h e s e K o r e a n b o ys h a d s o m e i d e a

of

t h e

m e s s t h ey

h a v e c r e a t e d

These things a re not a l l , b y any means, an d they may s eem to you rather potty. But i t

s t h e c o n s t a n t s t r e a m o f t h e s e

thi n g s

t h a t

g i v e

t h e t r o u b l e .

N O T E that after receipt of this letter you should no l o n g e r send m a i l t o our APO

A l l

mail to us

in

Korea must b e addressed; Korean Broadcasting Mission, P . 0 .

lA l , Pusan,

Korea.

International air-mail

costs

23^

for each i z. so remember

w h e n yo u

s t a m p t h e

e n v e l o p e . C o n t i n u e

to s e n d

all

c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o ;

L o r a i n e

Cabool

State

Ban k,

Cabool,

Missouri.

Under

no

circumstances should

you send

ey t o us direct ly. T h i s can cause us difficulties with th e

g o v ern men t.

t h a n k s a g a i n t o a l l o f you f o r your prayers a n d c o n t i n u e d f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e . We

our

l a t e s t fi na nci a l

s t a

t e m e nt. We b e gi n t h e year with a ba la nce but our e x

i s t h a t F e b . and

Ma rch

a r e

l a w

i n

receipts,

a n d

t h e r e

a r e ex tra

expenses

c o m-

up so t h a t

b a l a n c e w i l l

s o o n b e

g o n e .

P l e a s © cont i nu e

to

pray

f o r

t h e

w o r k

h e r e .


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3Coraa

JULY

- BCEMBHl,

1966

D0YCIT>

Jtily 1.

1966 $67-39

RBCEIFrS

HtSBURSEMEaiTS

j T i l y ,

1966

August

Septoaber

October

Novfflftber

December

979«19

3,217o32

883-25

83^.70

890.32

1,959*25

TOTAL $8,76^*03

BALANCS December

31,

July,

1966

August

September

October

November

December

1966 $1,524.19

TOTAL

«

« « «

RE CAPIIUUTION

OF

DISBURSEMENTS

• ^ B e r t

Ellis Salary

(Nov. I965 - pril I966)

$3,000.00

Korean Staff Salaries

1,858.15

Bquiiment

306.30

Supplies (General,

expendable)

411.61

Postage

82.00

Sunday

School

Supplies (Prom

U.S.)

178.90

Rent (Ho use

and

office)

194, 4

Relief

37-04

Utilities (Offices)

63.00

Bquipnent Repairs

51.85

Moving

Expenses

39.26

Taxes ees

54.39

Vacation

Bible School

(tiro

locations) 69.26

Transportation

109.25

Mimeograph Supplies

(From U.S.)

228.43

Promotional

Materials

37-84

Christmas Expenses (Church & . S.

69.26

Key M o n e y « »

(For

house; invested)

370.37

TOTAL

$7,172.45

66-95

1,049-63

2,035*^

942.07

841.24

1,637.10

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r e d u c e a p r e v i o u s s a l a r y d e f i c i t - At t h e

c l o s e

of

D e c e m b e r ,

I 9 6 6

our salary

had

been

paid

through

April, I966,

leaving

us 8 onths in

arrears.

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