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April, 1981
HOLIDAY WITH THE LORD
Fiji Islands
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these denominations there have been traditions that have been here for .over one
hundred years that they seem to be choking themselves with traditions of their
tribal fathers and traditions of their particular denomination.
We met the staff of one or two other couples who are working with Campus
Crusade here.
to the entire island of Fiji. It is a 2% hour film, which they show free of
charge. They usually run the film in one theater or village every day for a
week. It has been taken to several places in Suva, Nandi, and many out villages.
It is shown in 3 different languages: English, Hindustani, and Fijian depending
on the place i t is shown.
After talking with Brother Robert and Sister Mary Martin we have been
convinced that if there is any work to be done in the South Pacific area it
should he-connected with this couple. Brother Robert has-been-in-vEiji .for-7^
years and will be leaving for the States in November of this year. He is leaving
this island due to his visa running out and being told DO NOT APPLY AGAIN, The
Martins would gladly become Fijian citizens to stay in Fiji, but the Fijians don't
want any outsider taking away their land, heritage, and customs. Brother Martin
is sponsored by the Forest Park Church of Christ in Atlanta, OA. During his stay
in Fiji he has established 9 congregations in the area, most being in the other
islands of Fiji. Also on the island he has established 3 mini Bible training
schools, which teach leadership, eldership, spiritualism in daily life, and
teaching.
In each of the 9 congregations he has trained a minimum of 4 men that
do the preaching. So, they are completely self-reliant. The Suva church that
we attended had a 23 year old Fijian bring the message that night that has been
with culture, and this is something that has to be dealt with, and our Brother
Robert said he would be more than willing to work with Brother A1 and any other
missionary on this item.
We have definitely decided that the unreached people of Fiji are the Indian
Hindus and Moslems. There are over 40,000 Hindus here in Suva and as far as we
can tell from the newspaper and talking to others there are only three Indian
Hindustani services held here in all of Fiji. One is at a Methodist Church
holding 3 Fijian services the same day, one Assembly of God Church and one Jehovah
Witness Church. These Indian people are very strong in their Hinduism and they are
very difficult to reach as this is a part of their heritage^ These people do
need to know Christ as their Savior.
These people do read and speak English as it is Fiji's number one language
and they are very well educated people.
Sincerely,
Don Dorris
&
Claudia Dorris
Field Represent!ves
The Third annual Mission Internship will be held in El Paso, July 5 through
August 9, in cooperation with El Paso Christian College. Come live, work and share
in O.I.'s three-phase internship:
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Practice on starting house churches in new areas.
Calling and street evangelism in cooperation with missionaries.
Required evangelistic work in El Paso and in Mexico under the
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a Thai village and eleven people were baptized into Christ, with eight more families
interested. We held special services to get rid of all things associated with
Idolatry, and we burned them. The chief got upset and held a to^<m meeting that
night. The whole town (at least 200) was there! They threatened us with death,
or at least hinted at it by mentioning it. A Thai Christian spoke in our defense.
Paul and I, both have preached at the Chinese church.
learning. This is my Acts class. Anthropology, Sociology, Language, etc. And you
know what? It*s FREE!! You know-we all gotta die anyway, so-to die for Jesus.
may He allow me the honor! (Philip. 1:28-29).
II Cor. 12:9-10. We were the weakest ones who could've gone to that village.
The other missionaries were too busy. No one could go so God let us rinky-dinks
and look what he did! Availability + God's Ability.
Love,
Tom Utter
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daughters; I^ry Elizabeth, Vonda Kay, Teresa Lynn and Rebecca Jo. Charlotte is the
former Charlotte i^rotsos of Itertins Ferry, Ohio. They have been married for 20 years.
Charlotte is new arployed fcy the State of Oklahcrra as a Psychological Assistant in
the Children's Nfeirorial Hospital of Oklahcjia City, Oklahcrra.
David is available to any and all of the brethem for the presentation of
Outreach International's purpose, procedures and goals. He will be contacting nany
of colleges, universities, and churches for speaking engagements in tte following
year. If you, your school or church need scmeone to present world wide evangelism to
the unreached contact David at his Oklahorta City address.
Praise the Lord for the involvement of David and his family with Outreach
International. This addition to the staff will release Al Hamiltcn for nany more of
the dananding responsibilities of the overseas ministry of reaching the unreached
peoples.
primarily overseas assignments and work for new recruits, and David Pettit
is concentrating on mission education for American churches, with the
purpose of directing them toward more substantial and effective mission
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PURPOSE:
- S.O.M.E.
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2 Tim. 2:2
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the Fiji Islands, South Africa and two teams are planning
to be in an unreached area (or people groip) in the nesct
few months. A team is planning to go soon to Denmark and
a team to Bolivia, Lord willing they live to do so. At
this rate by December, 1981, (this year) we will have work
in four ccxitinents and the Islands of the Pacific.
OUTPEfiCH uttepnaticnal
Overseas Ministries;
70 students taking part, in four major cities of the USA; Dallas, Texas;
Ft. Wbrth, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Juarez, Mexico and this summer
in El Paso, Texas. Of these 70 students taking part, the first 55 were
praising
to see 6 persons reach the foreign mission field before
finishing Bible College to enjoy from one month to one year in the ad
vanced internship (overseas). There are three persons now in training
for using English as a second language and two of these for China or
refugees from S.E. Asia.
Those who took part in the first two internships and are now over
seas are, Tom Utter of Wichita, Kansas; Cathi Carlile of Be(^ord, Texas;
both of who are in Thailand. Terri Augsburger of Indiana, to work with
C.Y. Kim in Korea; Jacques Blackwell of Jamaica new in Uganda, East Africa
with co-worker Tim Thomas of Brazil, S.A. (and USA).
Jonathan Hamilton
are full time and countmg those vho seirve with Pioneer
Bible translators in Papua New Guinea, their ministries will range from
Bible Translators, and support team, to new chxurch evangelism, school
^-eacher for Korea, to TESL (English as second language) for refugees in
USA and for China.
God has definitely brouc^t fruit into and from this recruiting service
which is designed to recruit and to help the church to send the worker right
to the field and provide help and guidance as may be required as long as
^urch and missionary want eissistance. Outreach Intematicnal is an
association of servants of the Lord, Jesus Christ, both men and wcmen, vto,
sent by cdiurches, are helping in the task of reaching the UNREACHED peoples
of the world. Bfciwever tliese are not the only services Outreach International
provides. Recruiting and sending wor)cers to the field is the main purpose
of Outreach Intematicnal so that Gal's cxxnnnands will be obeyed and our Lord,
Jesus Christ, will be pleased with His servants, but we are able to provide
thru those full time (in the states) and part time volunteers in our
American home land churcdies, a ministry to help any lcx::al <diurch reacdi a
Outreach International person ccane to the local church and share the plan
and strategy for evangelist!, that is new working as God works it in us
and through us to-His glory.
Thai land; Tan Utter working with PauLL Lang and missionary Alan Bemo
is on a one year assignment and doing evangelism in this country. Cathi
Carlile is also working for the sumner in Thailand, and was encouraged
and recruited thru God's use of Outreach International toward mission work
and this field.
China; Lisa McSwords is now planning a trip into China during her
final stages of preparation for teaching English as a second language
(TESL) for Peoples Rep. of China. Al Baxter went with C.J. Visser to
China two years ago and is now making regular visits to China, Lord willing
with Chinese N.T. 's.Tn his trip with Mr. Visser, they delivered 900 New
Testaments into CTie area of China.
We are told
that an average of 20 people use each copy of the New Testamait and share
the printed message that way.
Korea;
with C.Y. Kim of the Korean mission in Teajon Korea, along with two other
workers from Outreach International who were recruited during a sunroer
internship in Alb., N.M. Terri will be teaching English and other courses
for Mr. Kins mission and the other couple Mike and Joann (Rosnagle) Noel
will be active in evangelism.
Uganda,
Jacques Blackwell was recruited during the sunmer
internship in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Texas and is now serving in Uganda, sup
Our full time personnel in the USA besides iiyself and wife Annette
is David Pettit of Oklahoma City, vho is now Executive Consiiltant for
USA ministries of Outreach International. Mr. Pettit was mission prof,
at Midwest Christian College in Oklahoma City, and has turned down
several invitations to ministier in other avaiues for our Lord, to fulfill
this call of God upon his life to reach the UNREACHED peoples as God so
directis and guides him in helping churches reach these peoples.
Hie coordinator for the Dallas, Ft. Worth area is Harry Hendricksen
and his wife Joy of Hurst, Texas. Harry is employed full time but is
available for speaking to churches and directs work in that area since
Al Hamilton and family have moved to the new location at 826 S.E. First
Street, Evansville, Indiana
47713.
in 10900 Florida Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120. Those who wish
to arrange speaking engagements and receive news and prayer letters,
without request for money, should contact the Oklahoma office. Mr. Pettit
is still raising his support for full time mission work with Outreach
International but has already begun full time services since June of this
year.
After one month here, I can honestly say that I love it here.
As
you know well, there are quite a few discomforts and we don't have the
conveniences of USA but the purpose of Christ far surpasses that.
As of now, language study is our number 1 priority.
We study 4
days a week and go xjp to the mountains to the villages on the weekends.
Alan Beno and I did seme research last week and found out that there
is only one missionary from any organization working with the literally
hundreds of villages in Northero Thailand. That has really convicted
Tom and I to oontintie Thai study.
Now for the exciting part, during the montl^of April we don't have
Thai study. This Thai preacher (55 years old) has invited Tom and I to
go with him to tell those villages about Jesus for one month. We can
travel from village to village teaching, learn the language from a native,
live with the people, eat their food, and tell them the gospel. But
there is one problem ... I'm only 20 years old and don't have a degree
from an accredited college, Tom has the same problem of not being qualified.
HA. What a joke. Ke^ preaching your message, brother. Now, fron
experience I can say that you hit the nail right on the head with a 800
pound hanmer. The Lord has really been teaching Tcm and I His word. IT
really beocane LIVING & ALIVE.
AMEN
Pavil Lange
I prayed~
"Dear God,
10 your" Glory."
So God sent
a drunk
a prostitute
a smelly old man
an obnoxious old lacfy
But I didn't have time for
a
drunk
a prostitute
a smelly old man
or an ofcnoxious old lady
"lhat vrasn't v^iat I really had in mind, God.
You see, I envisioned~
JiiLy 5-23
Hamilton/Pettit
Outreach Intematiaial
August 2 - 9
Hamilton/Pettit
Washington, Indiana
September 3 - 8
Hamilton
Turner, Montana
Septanber 11 - 13
Hamilton/Pettit
Outreach International
personnel meeting
Evansville, Indiana
Septaitoer 20
Pettit
C.C.C.
McAlester, Oklahoma
September 23 - 27
Pettit
Hamilton
October 8 - 1 0
Pettit
October 21 -
Hamilton/Pettit
25
October 25
Pettit
Faith Promise
Pettit
Liberal, Kansas
Novenijer 15
Hamilton
P.B.T.
Roseville,- Illinois
November 14 -
15
Pettit
Noveniser 16 -
18
Hamilton
Faith Promise
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Decanber 13 -
16
Pettit
McAllen, Texas
1.
(Denmark)
2.
3,
(Bolivia)
4.
Jacques Blackwell
(Uganda-Africa)
5.
(Uganda)
6.
(Korea)
7.
Sandy Sisk
(Teacher-Refugees or overseas)
1.
Tom Utter
(Thailand)
2.
Cathi Carlile
(Thailand)
3.
Ron Whisman
(South Africa)
4.
Terri Augsburger
(Korea)
5. Lisa MoSwords
1.
Support 10 orphanages for the next 5 years, providing food & shelter
to over 1,000 children in Kenya.
$180,000.
2.
3.
4.
$940,000.
Build 10 orphanages which wuld house 1,000 children over the age
of 6 t^Aio would othervdse beccne child-slaves (in Cap-Hatian) Haiti.
1 out of 5 children are orphans and nost of than are bought by
wealthier families as bond servants.
5.
$100,000.
$190,000.
Tbtal
$2.8 Million
Provide one new 2,000 seat church aviditorian for 2,000 already
reached people to meet in on Sunday.
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