iMarch 15,1999'

SUDAN

FEBRUARY TRIP
My sister Sonja, and I had a great time traveling together last month. I picked her up in Bethel
Missouri and from there we drove on up to Lincoln
Christian College where we attended their mission
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emphasis week. We spent three days there talking to

As you know, the

church in Sudan is under,
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persecution from the lo

cal Arabic Islamic govern

ment. I was able to help
organize a group of three

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students about mission opportunities. We had a

great time sharing at two different workshops. We

ashamed of

shared on "COME AS YOU ARE MISSIONS". There

men that went to Nimule

the gospel of

was a good response from the students. We had our

1:16

Christ: for it is

display

set up along with several other mission

Sudan from my local con

gregation,
Highland

the power of

agencies. It was good to be able to visit wdth some of

Meadows

God unto sal

our old friends and fellow missionaries.

Church. These men trav

vation to ev-

er>' one that

beleiveth; to
the Jew first,
and also to the

eled

Sonja and I tlien traveled up to Normal Illinois

and spoke at the Christian Campus House there
where Pete Cocco is the campus minister. We

Greek.

enjoyed the time unth Pete and his family. We again

had good response from the SO or so students that
attended. We are prating that the Lord vnW raise up

JONATHANJ

some of these students to be a part of a team tliat will

go to France in January of 2000, Lord Willing, and
start a campus ministry at the local university there.

HAMILTON
P.O. BOX
952

BEDFORD

Bill Baird and his family are there in France waiting

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for a team to come and work \rith them in the local

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jonham@
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house church and help them start a campus house.

with

Christian
a

Sudanese

brother and a couple of

men from Voice of The

Martyrs.

They had the

wonderful privilege of
teaching and preaching to
the local preachers and
people for a period of a
week and a half. They
baptized 49 people while
they were there. The
need there is great, pray
for the Christians there.

PRAYER REQUESTS
1. STRENGTH FOR THE SUDANESE CHRISTIANS AS THEY ARE BEING
TORTURED AND KILLED FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.
2. PROSPECTIVE RECRUITS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
3. CONTINUED HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECRUITING

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O.I. ORIENTATION
I CON
TINUE
TO

THANK
THE

LORD
FOR
EACH OF
YOU
AND
HOW HE

HAS

We are planning to have an orientation in Bethel Missouri during the

weekend of April 24tli. We hope to be able to organize the team for France at
that time and get tliem prepared to go.
We are also looking into the possibilities of sending a team of students into
Istanbul Turkey, but we have not been able to arrange anyone to make a survey
trip there )'et. We have several students from October's mission retreat, and
people contacted since then, that might be interested in going. Once we get this
team into France, Lord willing, then we can look into the opportunities in
Istanbul.

Luxemburg is on hold for right now since the family that was going to go
and sun ey the area for us was not able to go. We do ask that )'ou would keep all
of these areas in your prayers and tlie orientation and tlte recruits attending.
TRAVEL UP NORTH

BLESSED
ME
THROUGH

YOU.

Right now 1 am
in the process of making
arrangements to go up

THANK

YOU FOR
BEING
PART
NERS

WITH ME
IN THE

KING

to Michigan after our

orientation April 23rd.
I am planning to \asit
several churches and in

dividuals while I am up
tliere. I hope to be able
to do some recruiting
and also try to show off
my scar, (to anyone

DOM.

with my lung transplant

naiJian.

pra)'ers too.

for being a big part in

me getting a new pair of
lungs. I praise God for

also doing some travel

ing from time to time,

you all every day.

Illinois area.

Karen and Toai

are doing some travel

ing and preparingthem
selves for returning to

Sonja is

mostly in the Missouri,

Dad does

some too. Pray that

God will prepare the

hearts of the people that

we share with and that

in

God will grant us safety

about a years time.

Keep them in your

as we travel to these

South

East

Asia

various areas.

Good Health, PRAISE 1 HE LORD

I was just talking

cSsxucuii,

interested). Thank you

coordinator Kathy, this

past week up at the hos
pital. 1 had asked her a
couple of questions
about my infections be
ing "pan resistant",
(resistant to all

antibiotics),

but

six

a miracle child".

Of

months after my trans

plant, when 1 caught
pneumonia, the infec
tion responded to anti

course I could have told

biotics.

admit that God is defi

We were dis

her that years ago. It is

neat to see nurses, doc
tors, and non Christians

cussing other details

nitely the reason why I

about my situation and

am alive today and do

then she said, "You are

ing so well. PTL

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ORIENTATION
We had a great orientation the end of April at
our main office in Bethel Missouri. There were eight
recruits who attended for the weekend.

EZEKIEL
33:6

We sure

appreciate the help that we received from Bethel

Christian Church. They provided a place to meet
and some of the ladies helped with meals etc. It was
a great blessing.
We are excited about the new opportunities
in Potiers France where Bill and Ann Caroline Balrd

are now working. We are hoping, Lord wnlling, to

have a young couple and a young man, Andy Wiedman, go to Potiers to attend the university and start
a campus ministry while helping Bill and his family
continue the work that they are doing with a new
church. As of last year France is a new country for

CAMP
As usual, we have

all been involvedin camps

this summer. -Itcontinues-

to be a good opportunity
to share with young peo
ple and start them think
ing about their future.
We want them to see the
needs around the world
and seek the Lord about

how they are going to be

involved in the task of

reaching the unreached.

We hope and pray that

theyare encouraged to be
the ones that GO.

Outreach and Youth Educational Services to be

working in. We hope and pray that the Lord will

open doors for this new campus ministry.
The orientations that we hold are mainly to

help prepare recruits to get ready to go. It is a time

for recruits to meet each other and get aquainted.
Dad, Sonja, Karen, Toai, and 1 were there to moti
vate them and train them.

Toai

and

Karen

Nguyen have had a busy

camp schedule. They
spent two weeks out here
at camp near me. I was at

the High School week

with them helping teach
and preach.

PRAYER REQUESTS

man s

hand.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Fran's health and saftey for Pete and Lisa

Team going to France in January 2000, Lord willing.
Travels for the whole family this summer.
For more willing hearts to go evangelize 50% of the world yet to be evangilized.

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CAMP CONTINUED

Karen and Toai were the missionaries while I just had a workshop and

spoke one evening at vespers. It was good to be able to motivate the kids in the
direction of missions.

I will be the missionary of the first chance week here in Dallas in a couple
of weeks from now. This is a good time to get a hold of the faculty and helpers.
I will also be the missionary at a camp in North Carolina the first week in August

with Reggie Brazil. I am looking forward to that. Dad, Sonja, Karen, Toai, and
I are all involved in several camps this year, we enjoy it. It is surprising how
many missionaries come out of these camp weeks, kids and faculty. There is no
better place to get close to tlie Lord.
MICHIGAN

I had a great time spending three weeks in Michigan. Pat and Kathy
Topping put me up for the first week that I was in the state. 1enjoyed spending
time MTth them in Big Rapids. Pat and Kathy were our forwarding agents while
Sheila and I were in Hungary. They took me up to Manistee to speak on that
Sunday.

I also spent a week with Doug and Janet Orton in Charlotte. Michael
O'Bersld, the preacher at West Lansing Church of Christ, asked me to speak
there on Wednesday. I then went with Doug andJanet up to Harrison and spoke
on Sunday at Dodge City Church of Christ. It was a great encouragement to see
everyone, they were all wonderful. While visiting with the Hildretli's, I found
out that they might get transferred to France. That would be great. The
Hildreth's would be a big help to die work diere. We will see what the Lord has
in store.

FAMILY

Pete Laughren, my brother in law, left South Africa a few days ago to
accompany liis sister to India where her and her husband, Mark, are adopting a
baby. Mom is going over in the next week or so to be with Fran and Denzil while
Pete is gone. Fran has been having some headaches due to an irregular electrical
impulse in her brain. They are currendy tr)ang different medications to control
it. Please keep Fran in your prayers. She has had minor memory loss from this.
Otherwise the family is all healthy.
Karen and Toai are currendy raising support to return to Southeast Asia
next year this time. Pray for us as we all continue to look for workers to GO.