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Uhlig Dorothy 2004 Thailand PDF
Uhlig Dorothy 2004 Thailand PDF
FEBRUARY 19.2004
Dear Friends,
BLESSINGS
The enthusiasm of a family who came from Laos last year has been like a refreshing breeze to the church at Development village. They had believed
teaching twice a day with Mike Phiilips interpreting. They are going to
take some of the students home and visit one or more Mien churches on
while in Laos and Chao, the wife, was baptized. Her husband asked her, "Why didn't you wait for me?" But he was in
jail at the time and she didn't want to wait. So in January the Christians went to a stream and he was baptized. He is full of joy. He could read some Laotian
Saturday.
NEW BELIEVER
but has learned to read Hmong using the English alphabet. (Hmong is also written using Thai script.) This couple are very hard working and pay off debts promptly. When they came from Laos they couldn't bring anything with them so many' Christians have helped them some with blankets, clothes, etc. They have 8 children ages 1-14. It is a blessing to see their smiling faces each
Sunday.
in Bangkok for over 10 years caring for elderly people. While there last year
she came to know the Lord. Now she
has returned to her viHage of Soptu but has not made contact with any church and is hungry for fellowship. She wept as she told me her story. She is not married and her family is opposed to the gospel, but she wants to go on with the
Lord.
Another day of rejoicing was Sunday Feb. 8 when 16 young people from the Chiengkam dorm and 4 girls from the Home of Refuge declared their allegiance to Christ and were baptized. They have been thinking about it for
some time. One of the boys who will
Since we hire a bus every Sunday to go to Development village (Mong) and Pepper Village (Mien) I told her we would pick her up if she would wait beside the road. She did and thus got to meet a number of Christians. Today Fam, a young Mien vyoman, pick^ her up and brought her to the leadership
training meeting. She will have a
chance to learn some of the Christian
songs, meet with Christians and study the Bible. Pray for her that she will be baptized and go on with the
Lord.
"Water witch" to find a spot where there was water. Praise the Lord they only
had to dicj down about 12 feet to find
would have them serve, pastors visiting and sharing and some groups planning
to come in March to June to help with building projects. Praiy for us and for them that the time spent here will
abundant water. They finished digging and putting in the well casing in 3 days.
Now we are enjoying the benefits of
MY CHILDREN
The Lord delights to give good gifts to his children and this year my cup was full to overflovying when all 4 Mong foster children and 2 Thai young men
came home at New Years. This was the
School will be out in March and new students will be selected for the
first time they had all been together for many years. Yut went away to college
22 years ago, Chao went to technical school 16 years ago and Kwan and Dang left 12 years ago. Bla went away to school 11 years ago, finished college and has just gotten a new job at Qty bank in Bangkok Tao is at present studying in ChiangMai. Chao and his wife moved back to the Chiengkam area in November to start their sewing
Home of Refuge (girls). Blessing (Mong Boys), Chiengkam dormitories (boys Pray that the Lord will
the Lord's will as they consider the different children. May He be glorified through the lives of these children as they come to know and
follow Him.
Thank you for your prayers and support. God is using you to bless
others.
business in Chiengkam. Pray for them that the Lord will help titem, ifthis
is His will for titem. Sa-ing, his yyife, has work sewing and Chap has b^n helping me while checking on supplier? and seeing about setting up a business.
Dorothy's field address:
dmuhlig(ghotmail.com
Arlene Lundgren
3500 Summers Lane #28
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MISSIONS EDITION
MAY. 2004
Dear Friends,
Theresa, who came and helped teach the 4 Phillips' boys for 6 months, have returned to
get a Visa to America except for students with an acceptance from a school. For unmarried young people visas are almost impossible to obtain. So pray the Lord will undertake if it is His will, as it would make
traveling much easier.
the U.S. and Canada respectively. They lived with Kathy and me so things are really quiet around here nowespecially since Kathy has gone to an OMF conference, etc. for 2 weeks. I am rattling around in this big house all alonequite a change!
This month I launched a Bible study course, "Strength for the Journey" by Janice
Lemke, that the house father's son-in-law
The Home of Blessing(Mong boy's dorm in Tuiig) has accepted 8 new boys bringing the total to 13. Someothers were unable to get into the Tung middle school. We find we will have to accept the boys in the 5th grade to establish a 2 years residence in Tung in order to be assured of a place in the school. The house father's daughter will have to attend a private school for 1 year and will be
translated into Thai. It is being sent to graduates of the leadership training school, some college students, others working and in need of encouragement and some dorm alumni who are in leadership roles in churches. One young man who just started the course came to see me this evening and said, "Two of the Scriptures spoke to my
heart today. I had taken a break from work and read them, and then as I went back to
work I kept thinking about them. Paul said "Woe is me if I don't preach the gospel...for
transport the girls to school. The girls will have to go by hired van, which is expensive, until the Lord provides a new or used van
for the home. Pray about this.
I have been entrusted with a stewardship..." and "I make it my aim to be well pleasing to Him." He has a burden to share the gospel but bemoans the fact that he has no money for transportation. I encouraged him to be a
witness to those he does come in contact
with.
The dorms at the Youth Development Center in Chiangkham are going to be full.
New kids are applying but will have to wait and see if the Chiangkham school will
how we can be well pleasing to Him. I trust others will be blessed as they receive the lesson each month and it will encourage
them to press on and make it their aim to
accept them when it opens May 17. Students were supposed to apply in March and were accepted in early April. If they
please the Lord. I will arrange for lessons to be sent while I am in the U.S. Pray that this will help encourage the Christians to glorify the Lord in all they do.
During my short stay in the U.S. if you would like for me to visit you and share what the Lord is doing in Thailand you may contact my forwarding agent: Mrs. Arlene Lundgren, 3500 Summers Lane # 28,
Klamath Falls, OR 97603
ALundgren51 @aol.com. Or send me an e-mail dmuhlig@hotmail.com Another
Kathy Miaullis (OMF missionary) has lived with me for 2 years and has completed her
Thai language study. She will be leaving on furlough in July. WTien she returns she plans
to move to a Hmong village. We will miss
her. She had a special relationship with the dorm kids and takes a strong stand for righteousness and holy living. Pray for
new teachers for our Bible classes. The
May the Lord bless you all richly as you too seek to be well pleasing to Him.
With Love in Christ,
has
Dorothy Uhlig
Sept. 2004 Dear Friends, I spent a little over 2 months in the U.S. visiting friends, relatives and churches. My nephew and Imogene Williams, a former co-worker, met me
at the airport. We spent a couple of nights with my brother Harold's family and then a night with C.W. Callaway who is working among Mien refugees.
He took us to visit 2 Mien churches in
evening Yut and his family and Kwan took me out to dinner (They are my 2 Thai boys for whom I was foster mother.) Praise the Lord I didn't suffer jet lag and was able to visit Pepper village the day after I returned to Chiengkam. A Bible college student from Phayao visits Pepper village twice a month and
teaches the children. A Thai elder from
and preaches. The people appreciate him very much. Praise the Lord for his
My nephew Jerry and his wife Becky helped me prepare a power point presentation to use among the
churches. The church in North Plains
willingness to teach though the church can only provide money for gas. The
Lord will reward him. One of the
gave us a very warm welcome though some members were on a mission trip to the Philippines. We were able also to meet with Don and Mel Byers and families, former co-workers in Thailand.
Christian men has been diagnosed with a fast growing terminal cancer. His son, Prasert, a Bible College graduate, is caring for him. We stop by his home in Pangka each Sunday after church to visit and encourage him.
With rising costs and lower giving the girls' Home of Refuge with 14 girls needs increased support. Prav that the
Lord will raise ud others with a burden for the girls' home dailv needs and also for a van to take the girls to school and
After 10 days Imogene had to return to Kentucky and I went to Klamath Falls
where I shared with First Christian
church. The Mong boys' Home of Blessing in Tung is doing well. One boy has dropped out, leaving 13 boys. The Chiengkam dorm has 30 boys and 27 girls. One new boy from Bangkok has
just come into the dorm. His father is
Church and Shasta Way church what the Lord is doing in Thailand. A visit in Seattle area gave opportunity to relax at my nephew's home on Whidbey Island
and meet with Pastor Prasan and his
him until he dropped out of school and started going with the wrong crowd. He was in a church youth group with whom our house father's son was working. In order to help him the house father
invited him to come live in the dorm. He will not be able to attend school until
by a friend of my daughter, Bla. She and Dang had arranged to go to Ayutaya, the old capitol, of Thailand the
the next school year in May. In the meantime he will help with the garden and other work and take typing and learn to use the computer. That will help him when he resumes studies in
day which was a holiday Day) in honor of the queen's I had never been to Ayutaya it was a great day. In the
husband
(now deceased)
were the
Mrs.
also reach out to their parents. The families have many problems that only the Lord can solve as they find new life
in Him.
Callaway and Imogene Williams to Chiengkam, rented a house to them and befriended them in many ways.
Later she and her husband moved to
I have just sent out another lesson from "Strength for the Journey" (in Thai) to some 50 leaders of the
Chiengrai but they were faithful in their service to the Lord and always interested in the work and encouraged us. We praise the Lord for faithful
servants who have finished the course
churches and dorm graduates. This is the S"* lesson so I have asked for a response as to whether it is meeting a
May the Lord bless you all and may you bring glory to His name.
Sincerely, Dorothy Uhlig
DOROTHY UHLIG
P0B0X5 CHIENGKAM 56110PHAYAO THAILAND
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Arlene Lundgren
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Dear Friends,
The Lord has been working among the kids in the dormitory in Chiengkam and it is thrilling to see some of the changes in their lives and their concern for their families. One of the Mong girls dedicated her life to the Lord at a meeting about 3 weeks ago and decided to go to Bangkok Bible College and serve the Lord. An older brother and sister working in Bangkok told her No she must not go or they would cut her off from the family. (The father is in jail in Prae Province for the sale of drugs.) She was very upset and didn't go to school the next day but spent it crying, reading the Bible and praying. Then she asked the dorm kids to pray for her older brother and sister. A few days ago the sister called and asked her, "What have you decided to do?"
assured her that they would rather have a part and not just sit around and feel useless. This way they got acquainted with the house parents and students. The kids had been working hard all week decorating, cleaning, practicing plays, etc. We were a bit concerned when one of the boys had the headman of his village announce the dinner and program and invite the whole village. We prayed that the Lord would guide in who should come and multiply the loaves and fishes if a lot came. A buffet meal was served at 5 p.m. with plenty for all and then the program began at 6 p.m. Since the meeting was held in an open-air auditorium it would get cold by 8 p.m. The house father had asked Lao Ya, a Mong pastor and former dorm student, to interpret the message into Mong since most of the parents are Mong. (The Mien understand Thai o.k.) They had some special songs, playlets and dances first and then a Thai pastor brought a very good message, interpreted into Mong. I prayed for Lao Ya all during the message for this was the first time he had ever interpreted in a large meeting and the pastor spoke very rapidly and sometimes didn't give enough time for interpretation. The Lord really undertook for Lao Ya and he was able to keep up and not have to pause for words or get confused. At the end of the message the pastor invited those who wanted to accept Jesus to come fonward. At
first several young people came and then older folks including a granny or two. There were over
30 though a few were re-dedications. It does not
(Jail visits aren't very satisfactory, but are looked fon/vard to. Six to eight prisoners are brought to a
room with bars so they arrange themselves behind the bars in an area about 20 feet long. The visitors are 6-8 feet away behind a barrier. Each prisoner
has from 1 to 5 or more visitors so there are at least
mean that all of these were converted, but they indicated an interest in and a change of heart toward the gospel. The program continued on until after 10 p.m. It was cold (low 60's). Some went home before it was over as they had up to a 2-hour drive. But many stayed till the end and some stayed overnight, sleeping with their children or in another building. The next morning several of those who spent the
night came and talked to the housefather. Lai's
30 visitors in the room talking and shouting to be heard. Real conversation is impossible. However the fact that one has come and brought something and shows an interest is appreciated.)
The wife is very close to believing and he is
interested. They took him the book "Power for
father had noticed the kids crowding around the house parents and talking and hugging and being
hugged and he said, "You aren't reserved and
come home and her mother couldn't go to meetings. That was 5 years ago. Now finally I see
why they wanted to follow Jesus. I want to know
more about him."
Living" in Thai that has been given out free in Thailand by the DeMoss Foundation. As follow up
they also send a New Testament, a booklet on the New life by Campus Crusade and a booklet for children. It is very good. The Foundation has done an excellent job. Pray for him as he reads it and
the Bible.
Another old granny came up to the housemother and said, "Now 1 understand. The message in Mong was so clear last night. I want to follow
Jesus."
A former border
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
and I know the message last night is true. I want to The dorm students wanted a special Christmas
program so their parents could come to know
believe."
Jesus. Together with the house parents they decided to have a buffet dinner and a program of music, mimes, a message, dances and drawing for gifts on Friday night Dec. 10. The meeting is history
now, but the results are to be worked out. On Dec.
9 six Mong arrived from a-Mong village to the north. Another family arrived the next morning from the south. They pitched in and helped chop up meat
and prepare other food. The housemother was concerned about working them so hard, but I
us in prayer for the students and their relatives and the house parents. May God be glorified.
BUILDING PROJECT
story building with a large classroom upstairs and the kitchen and dining room downstairs. This
would meet future needs. There are sufficient
Today as the missionaries and Thai co-workers met and considered what the Lord is doing and what needs to be done to harvest and disciple these people, we thought of the need for leadership training, meetings for Mong and Mien women (most of them don't know Thai well), youth conferences, training for Sunday School teachers, etc. So many opportunities, so few workers. Michael Phillips is ready to build a dining roomkitchen with one classroom for the Leadership Training center to replace the old one that floods in the rainy season. A group from California Is planning to come in February and help with
funds for the one story building, but it would take another $10,000 to add another story. Believing this
to be the Lord's will we are stepping out on faith and will start building in January. The upstairs will be completed first and the downstairs finished as funds are available. If you want to make a difference and have a part In this please send funds
to my fonwarding agent Mrs. Arlene Lundgren (address below), or First Christian Church, 1201 S. Alameda, Klamath Falls, OR. 97603. Clearly mark them for the New Dining Hall. This would be a wonderful Christmas present to glorify Christ. Wishing you the Lord's richest blessings at this Christmas season and throughout the New Year 2005. May His joy and peace be yours.
finishing this project. It was planned as a one-story building but larger than the previous one. However with the increasing opportunities for outreach, we
Funds may be sent with check made out to: DOROTHY UHLIG or ACCM. The check should be sent to: Arlene Lundgren
3500 Summers Lane #28
Ifyou wish to have an IRS receipt for tax purposes the check must be made out td FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH and the check can be sent to my forwarding agent (name and address above) or directly to the
church at: First Christian Church
1201 S. Alameda
With all checks please send a note stating it is for "Dorothy Uhlig-New Dining Hall"
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