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Thia group of high school and college

students

are 10

of the 11 who

were

baptized at the close of summer canip

held ^august 1-4 for the members of
our student Bible clubs.

There were

75 students-in oon^) and 10 faculty

A pert of the boys who were in camp*

Preacher Hmf from the Christian radio
station HLKP

in Puaan, who helped us

in cairp in many ways is standing at

the right in the picture* Buildings
at left are dormitories*

Mr. Choo Wul Yung, principal of Puaan

High School,teaching a class on, "The

Christian Student and School."
was

one

of

three

This

discussions, the

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others being, "The Christian Student

and Home," and "The Christian Student
and Church." Hbrold Taylor of Kbrean
Christian Mission in Seoul taught one

and Dr. Han Yung Kyo, president of

Yonsei
College taught the third.
These consisted of lecture,

and

answer

period

question

and directed dis

cussion groins, lasting

for a total

of one hour and forty-five minutes.

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RADIO STATION, H L K U 1036 KILOCYCLES

Friends:

Things have "been happening out here so rapidly the last fen? months that we just did
not take time out to tell you all about them# We hope this letter will bring you
up to date on the latest happenings in Korea#

Of coursef the biggest news was the t^eover of the government by the military in
May# We had been expecting something for the former government which took over

from Syngman Rhee a year agOt was having many difficulties and people were not sat
isfied with its efforts to inprove the situation here# But we did not expect the
army to take over# They now charge that they were forced to do this because the

government was proComnainist and corrupt# No one believes it was pro-ConBnunist and
no one doubts it was corrupt# In my opiniont it will take several generations before
corruption in the government here is eliminated# It has just been the natural thing
for too many years# We are nOw in our fourth year in Korea and we have seen four
governmentsi This^ of course# causes us problems in our dealings with the govern

ment, and foreigners deal with the government at fre<iuent intervals# We are hopeful
that they will clean up some of the corruption and inproVe the economic situation of
the people# One thing they have done is to practically eliminate the importing and
sale of foreign goods and this is causing us some difficulty in the way of food
stuffs# We are hopeful that something will be worked out as a diet of fish and rice
could get awfully monotonous for usI

Concerning our work# there has been good news and bad news# The bad news is that we
had to fire two of our staff# Mr# Kb and preacher Rhee# This was a great disapp
ointment to us# Mr# Eo had worked for us for three years and we had depended on him

for many things# For the most part his work had been very @5od but in the past year
we had numerous difficulties with him and finally found that his character was such
that we could no longer employ him# Similar problems# and discovery of similar
character# caused the same action regarding the preacher# This# of course# left us
in a difficult position for a few weeks# but not long# We had been worried because
attendance had dropped at church recently# After discharging these men we found
they were a good part of the reason for the slump# We feel that the whole situation

is much better now# lie re-employed a former worker# part-time# Mr# Kim, whom we had
let go for financial reasons in January# and we have enployed a new man, Wr Lee#
He comes to us with the best of recommendations# is a good Christian# and is 35
years old# a little older than our previous workers# and this helps out here where
age is respected so much# And# of course. Miss Suh, continues with her good work#
The most recent event of our work was the canp which we held August 1-4 for the mem
bers of our student Bible clubs# It was held at Ilkwang, a beach resort about an
hour and a half by train from Pusan# There were 75 high school and college students
in attendance and 10 faculty members# All of the students attending were members of
the five student Bible clubs which meet weekly in our chapel# There are I30 stud

ents enrolled in this program# Miss Suh directs all their activities and planned
and directed the camp program# We were especially pleased that the planning and
direction was by the Kbrean staff with very little assistance from us# Among the
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highlights of the caup -were the Wednesday evening service in 7hich we were joined
by the members of the village church and at which Harold Taylor preachedt 9 caB5>-*

fire service on Thursday night and the baptismal service on Friday afternoon. The
faculty for the camp were: Harold Taylor, of Korean Christian IiiEssion in Seoul; Dr
Han, president of Yonsei College, and his wife; hie* Choo, principal of Pusqn High
School; Preacher Lim of the Christian radio station HLKP in Pusanj Marge and Bert,

and KBM staff members. We especially appreciated Harold's taking time out of a busy
schedule to spend the week with us. The can^) facilities consisted of two buildings
used for dormitories, which we rented from the Methodist Conference, and the local
Methodist church building which was used for our meetings. Ilkwang is a popular
summer resort with a fine beach, and the young people greatly enjoyed the swimming#
There were 11 who were baptized at the close of can?). None of them, as well as
practically all the canpers, had ever seen any one baptized before, so they were

duly hesitant. ^ good Christian testimony was given to a large crowd at the beach
by the baptismal service. We have mentioned before that the economic situation is
very bad in Korea. Most of the students' families have all they can do to pay the
school fees, without any extras, (all education above primary schools is what we
would term private schools.) Ii/IisS Suh insisted that each student pay a part of his

exponsos and bring some rico. The camp actually cost the mission about $250, part
of which went for oquipmont wo will not have to buy another year. Wo are planning
to make this a regular part of our program.

iilthough church attendance had fallen off, it is beginning to pick up again and we
believe it will increase when the vacation season is over. Our Sunday School has
been booming, several Sundays recently we have had 150 children, all below the age
of 12, and we are averaging between 125
15^*
have some now plans for our
Sunday School and will be telling you more about that in our next letter. Our corr
espondence Bible study has slowed down right now due to vacation and the fact that

we have not had time to pronote it properly. We are off the air for the summer with
our radio program but will resume our broadcasting in October. Wo have found that
not so many people listen during the summer, and by going off the air for a short
period we have time to take care of some other activities. Everywhere we go wo meet
people who listen to our program regularly.

7/e have indicated before that v)e just do not have enou^ hours in the day to take
care of all the activities properly. "We have decided that when we return from fur
lough we will specialize in working with the student Bible clubs and the Sunday
School, possibly preparing materials which can be used in other areas. This means
someone will bo needed to take care of the radio work, and someone to take care of

the church, Bible classes, and general evangelism. If any one is interested please
got in touch with us as soon as possible and we'll send more information.
By cutting expenses to the bare minimum, drawing about half of our salary, and using
every u^ans of econoiry we are gradually reducing our back debt as well as paying
current expenses. Our finances are still precarious and we wonder from month to
month whether or not we can meet our current bills. The youth cairp put a dent in

our budget at present and we could certainly use extra gifts to pay for that. Y/e do
appreciate all those who have so regularly and faithfully helped with the finances
of this work#

There are many more things we would like to tell you but this letter is long now so
we will save thoa for the next letter which we will try to send within the next six
weeks. Please share this letter and picture with those who are interested in your
church. Remember to pray for us daily.
Faithfully yours.

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THE JOE SEGGELKE FAMILY

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Dear Frlendat

Here it la DoceuibGrf another year almost eors* Va vionder inhere the

tisie goes* The last fe^n iraeks henre been busy ones, as are alzaost all of our ^oeks*
In our last letter to you ive featured our young peoples* e^ and this tiioe ite
v?ent to tell you especially about our Sunday School* Just a little over a year ago
we decidad to begin a Sunday School for the children of our area, as there is no
church except ours in the iimnediate vicinity* On the first Sunday ue gathered about

60 children in our chapel. The group has gro\7n alov^ly but steadily until for the
past fen Sundays ne have had about 200 children in attendance* We Tvould estimate
that there must be about 300 ^ho are enrolled and attend at some time*
When the group inas smeller Tve kept them together and taught them as one unit,
one of our staff doing the teaching- But as the group became larger and larger it
ivas soon apparent this could not continue* We then drafted some of the high school
and college students from our church as teachers* The problem ivlth this vas that
most of them are nei? Christiana themselves so that although they are willing, they
ore sometimes not very able. This made it necessary to set up some plan of teach
ing the teachers*

Today tjo have the group divided into two departments* Those who would correspond
to the Beginners and younger Primaries meet on the second floor of the building, in
the room which formerly served as our offices*

The older Primaries, Juniors and

Intermediates meet on the third floor of the building, in our chapel*

Mies Suh Jung Do, one of our very capable staff workers, directs the younger
group* The past several Sundays there have been about 75 of them* She has been
teaching them Christian songs, prayers, and Bible stories, using Standard picture
rolls and other pictures and aids. It is amazing how intently these little folks
listen and how rapidly they learn. If any of you have ever tried to teach a group
of 75 children from the ages of about L to 7 you hove some idea of the problems she
faces* The high school boy, Pak Sung II, who is the jack-of-all-trades in our off

ice, is her assistant* The room in which this group meets is about 12 feet by 24
feet, and I tdce one corner for my office, so you can imagine how crowded they are*
The older group is divided into 5 classes and is supervised by Mr. Kim Dak Sung,
another of our staff* There have been from 100 to 125 in this group for the last
few Sundays* They meet in our chapel which is about 35 feet by 15 feet. Mr. KUa
begins their meeting with the singing of songs, prayers, and an introduction to the
Bible lesson for the day. Then they seporato into their classes and are taught by
the teachers we have mentioned* Then they re-assemble and Mr* Kim asks questions
about the lesson and gives awards to those who have brought new members and who have
learned their meanory verses*

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Each child is given a picture card, (obtained from the States), depicting the
lesson for the day and they really treasure these cards I have an idea that they
take them home and rehearse the Bible lesson to others of their families* In add*
ition \3e are just beginning to give them a Sunday School paper, "with the lesson and
some interesting story* These wo prepare ourselves, then they are translated into
Korean and printed on the Korean mimeograph* They ere rather crude, in comparison
to the colored, illustrated papers you use at home, but they do carry a message home
that the fanilies also can enjoy and profit by*

Bert prepares the lesson materials for the teachers* It contains conments on the
Scripture text, a simple discussion of the lesson, illustrations ai^ instructions
in how to teach the lesson, just like the teachers' quarterlies you use at home*
This also is translated into Karean and printed on the Korean mimeograph* Then aft
er church each Sunday the teachers meet for a short discussion of the following
Sunday's lesson#
In addition to all the other materials that Bert must prepare these Sundey School
materials take a great deal of time, but we feel it is time well spent. We are

hopeful that while we are^ome on furlough we can work out arrangements for a better
printing method*

The children meet at 9-00 J^'M* and imnediotely afterwards Bert teaches a class
for high school and college students and adults* The attendance varies here from
an average of about 30 to a high of 50*
present they are studying a series of
lessons on "The Life of Christ". Bert prepares a syllabus for this, each lesson
consisting of about three mimeographed pages, with questions to be used after the
lesson lecture* This is made available in both English and Korean* The lesson is
taught in English with Mr. Lee Kee Nam of our staff interpreting in Korean* This
hour's class is concluded with o group of true or false and multiple choice quest
ions designed to bring out the main points of the lesson* The students especially
enjoy the questions and discussion that always comes up with them*

With all of these groups included together we have about 250 attending our Sun
day morning teaching sessions* In addition to this we reach over 100 high school
and college students each week in our Bible clubs, have over 100 enrolled in corr
espondence Bible study in other areas of Korea, and have from 12 to 20 in our Wed
nesday evening Bible class, which is studying the book of Jkits. We also have church
service on Sunday morning and o second session, of the Sunday School Sunday evening*
Bert prepares study materials for all these groups, plus teaching most of the
sessions, preaching for the church, and preparing the radio scripts when we are
broadcasting* Marge and John havo been doing some of the teaching recently as
Bert's physical condition has just not been up to carrying the whole load*
We thought you would be espociolly interested in these activities at the Christ
mas season.

Christmas here is so different from the States.

To most Koreans it is

just another day. Less than 10^ of the people even claim to be Christians and to
the other millions Jesus Christ is just a name* We always appreciate all the lovely
gifts and cards we receive but our greatest joy is to be able to bring the light of
hope to those who have no hope* We frequently see funerals with the mourners dress
ed in their pegan costumes, wailing and sobbing, and we think, "How terrible to have
no hopeV" Our Christmas present to you is the reminder that you are helping us to
bring the hope of Jesus Christ to hundreds of people who would never hear of Him

without you*

May this thought bless you this Christmas season.

Faithfully yours,

P*S* Financial help is still sorely needed.

All contributions should be sent to;

Mies Loraine Lindsey, Cabool State Bonk, Cabocl, J^ssouri- Thank youl - Probably
someone else in your church is receiving a different page of pictures.

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December, 196I
Dear Friendi

This letter Is being sent only to the preachers on our mailing list, along with
the enclosed letter to others on our mailing list* If you minister to one of our
supporting churches, someone else in your congregation will probably be receiving
the enclosed letter, along with a different page of pictures* We hope that both
pages of pictures will be used in some way*
We want to speak to you especially about some special needs* Our greatest need
is for more workers- For a year and a half now I have been trying to take care of
all the various activities we have developed by myself- I have found I am just not
eq.uol to it, nor do I believe any other one person Is* For the past three weeks I
have not been able to go to the office except to preach on Sunday. I have been
working at home trying to keep study materials prepared- I can work for a few hours
and then to bed, just con^letely exhausted- Mar{^e end John have been trying to do
the teaching end take cere of other activities. We have some fine Korean workers
but there are some things they just cannot do, at least until they have had more
training and experience*

We are hopeful that we can find several workers to whom we can just turn over
some one field of activity and let them go ahead and develop it on their own* I
have no intention of trying to build up an organization with myself at the head- I
just want to see the job done properly out here. X will be glad to turn over some
of these areas we have developed thus far to some capable, devoted person with no
strings attached*

Perhaps you are the one who could do one of these particular jobs or perhaps you
know someone who would bf? interested- I am anxious to begin corresponding with
someone about this so that w can get together and talk it over personally as soon
as I arrive home on furlough this suamer- There is a tremendous opportunity here
for anyone who is willing to sacrifice a little and to work hard*
The other problem is, of course, finances- We ere in better shape now than we
have been* By going on about half salary for the past year and a half, which isn't
easy, I have managed to pay off about $2,000 in back debts, but we still have some
that are pressing us* ?.' surely would like to be out of debt by the time we come
home on furlough. Perhaps your congregation, or some class or other organization
oan help us with this- V/e especially need lasre regular support- All of our activ
ities are somewhat handicapped by lack of funds.
From my own almost twenty years of experience in the pastorate in the States I
know how many appeals you receive, almost daily. If I knew any other way to handle
this problem I would not add to your burden with this appeal, but I know no other
way. I do hop you will consider this appeal and do what you can to help- We do
appreciate all the help you have given us in our work here in Korea. Our beat per

sonal wishes to you in your work.

faithfully yours.

THE BERT ELLIS FAMILY