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Gary and Joyce Anderson

2 Castle Peak Court 1/F., ISVs miles Castle Peak Road,

Hon

New Territories, Hong Kong.

jei; 0-804774

Kong
SPONSORED BY:

February, 1985

FORWARDING AGENTS:
MR. 400 & MRS. ELDON WYMORE HILLVIEW DRIVE

EASTVIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH

1705 Towanda Avenue

Bloomington, Illinois 61701

LEBANON, OREGON 97355

PHONE: 503-258-2865

DECEMBER: BUSY BUT ENJOYABLE

December 2:

A Community Fair was held with live performances and 18 game booths just below Tuen Mun Christian Church's chapel. A couple thousand people attended. Both the church and the Residents' Association in that building operated booths. The residents' booth won first prize. The church's booth introduced the steps to salvation and Christian literature was passed out to some 400 people who patronized the booth.
December 15 and 20:

On both days, Joyce provided the wedding cakes, reception supplies and our boys as ring bearers for the weddings of two Christian couples we have known
for some time.
December 23:

Gary baptized Andrew Tsanq> a high school senior, and a nearby church used the church's baptistry, too.
December 24:

A new attendance record was set when about 75 people attended the church's Christmas program. About 10 people were standing and there was virtually no room left, which means that if the church hopes to grow, special programs that might have that large a crowd will have to be given twice. And last week, 29 people attended Kid's Club. A year ago, 29 would have been the total atten dance over the church's three regular services. It is my prayer that the church will soon reach a total attendance of 80 over the three regular serv ices, and average that number by the end of the year.
December 26:

A Church Barbecue: It had been almost a year since the church had had a good chance to share together, so several families took a boat to a campsite on one of the big islands.
December 30:

The movie "Where the Waters Run" was shown as a special movie night.

TWELVE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS

REMEMBER: China will resume sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997.

FURLOUGH: SUMMER 1985

Please write directly to us if you want to see us.
June 25-28

Here are present plans:

Oregon State Convention

July 3-12
July 16-21

Southern California and NACC

Lebanon> Oregon

Aug. 18-Sept. 15

Eastview Christian, Bloomington, IL

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR JAN. 1 TO DEC, 31, 1984

Balance starting 1984 Income During 1984:
1. From Eastview Christian Church 2. From 11 other churches 3. From 25 individuals 29,805.00 8,188.39 6,308.00

4,471.36

Monthly Averages
2,483.75 682.37 525.67

4. From Joyce's babysitting

Expenditures: A. Salary (see note) 1. Household

1 ,353.63
Total Income: 1984 Total Available Funds:

112.80
+45,655.02 -^3,804.59 50,126.38 4,177.20

.
14,593.12 1,216.09

2. 3.
B.

Tax & Social Security Housing & Utilities

Office & Travel

3,613.41 5,310.95 Total Salary:

606.00

302.62 442.58
23,535.48 1,961.29
50.50

Mission

1.

2. 3.
C.

Purchased Elec. Typewriter Purchased Furlough Car

627.49 2,020.45
3,253.94

52.29 168.37
271.16

Total Mission:
Projects

1. 2. 3.

Tuen Mun Christian Church 17,677.20 1,473.10 San Jose Bible College 400.00 33.33 Miscellaneous Projects 258.14 21.51 Total Projects: 18,335.34 1,527.94 Total Expenditures: -45,124.76 -3,760.39 Balance Beginning 1985: 5,002.02

Note:

Salary does not include tithes and offerings which are included under "Projects." Salary also does not include $50 each month which Eastview
Christian Church sets aside in a retirement fund.

Sincerely,

Gary D. Anderson

EastvIew CkRisTiAN CkuRch

1705 Towanda Ave. Bioommgton. Ill 61701 309-662 -9376

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hirO aJ ^ Gary and Joyce Anderson

2 Castle Peak Court 1/F., 18'/z miles Castle Peak Road, New Teriitories, Hong Kong. Tel: 0-804774

APRIL. 1985

SPONSORED BY:

FORWARDING
MR.
400

AGENTS:
WYMORE

EASTVIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH

1705 Towanda Avenue

MRS.

ELDON

HILLVIEVV

DRIVE

LEBANON. OREGON 97355

PHONE; 503-258-2865

Bloomington, Illinois 61701

THE "GOOD" LIFE

People often erroneously believe that a more px'osperous life is synonymous with a
closer walk with God. But that's not always true as recently released statistics about

Hong Kong indicate. People here are much better off than they were ten years ago. However, widespread petty theft and robbery have only been replaced by more "upper-class" crimes like rapidly increasing immorality and ARMED robbery.
Moreover, the increase in church membership has not even kept pace with the

birthrate.

That is to say. if Christians would just lead their own children to Christ,

church membership should be increasing faster than it is.

Such slow growth is ver^/ alarming because information on how churches grow has multiplied over the past ten years. Moreover, church membership seems to be growing much faster under the antireligious government of China than in Hong Kong's free
society.

TUEN MUN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

At this year's annual meeting, besides electing board members, the church elected
four junior deacons for the first time.

Two years ago the church had five Caucasian and five Chinese members.
has three Caucasian members and thirteen Chinese (160% more
Attendance is about 100% above then.

Now it

Chinese than then).

The church owns about 225% more property and its facilities are about 44% larger
now than two years ago.

The church's present self-support of about $640 per month is about 390% larger
than two years ago.

Finally, two years ago the church provided four weekly group meetings or Bible
classes. Although the English worship service has just been suspended, there are now EIGHT weekly meetings or Bible groups in the church.

COMPUTER LAND
Improvement in the church's ability to support itself was helped most by a recent

agreement between the church and a computer training school to rent our chapel from Mondays through Fridays, During the week they set up twenty computer terminals in the chapel and teach about 200 elementary children how to operate computers. Please
pray that this arrangement can continue smoothly.

SPRINGBOARD TO THAILAND
Our former fellow-workers in Tuen Mun, DWAIN ANDERSON and family stayed with

us from February 17th to 26th on their way to begin their new service in Thailand.

SEMINARS
DR. WILLIAM VAIL, the senior minister with Rinconada Hills Christian Church,

Campbell, California, stayed with us from February 22nd to March 6th.

His SPIRITUAL MOTIVATIONAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR held at the church on

February 24th was attended by 25 people from six different congregations, and his
CHURCH LEADERS' CONFLICTS SEMINAR on March 3rd was attended by ten people from

four different congregations.

living in Hong Kong.

The attenders were citizens of four different countries

Those who attended appreciated both seminars.

IN CHINA
On February 25th, LIU YUK LAN from Ihluirch took DR. VAIL, JOYCE and me and another friend into China via the Shumchun and Lowu checkpoints. We knew it was crowded but not until we read the newspaper did we know how crowded. The SOUTH
CHINA MORNING POST reported:

Chinese immigration officials will remember February 25,

Lunar New Year.

the

sixth day in

That was when they shouldered their heaviest v^orkload of the past 35 years. According to a dispatch released yesterday by the Canton branch of the China News Service, there were 101,311 passengers leaving and entering China via Shumchun and Lowu checkpoints on that day.

DANNY THURSTON (fellow Hong Kong missionary) joined up with us once we arrived. We found China to be less restrictive than we expected. We had interesting conversations and visits with folks and would have been glad for more. Facilities were reasonably comfortable and cost about $100 each for four days. Our thanks to JEAN MONTGOMERY for watching our children during that time.

THE CHAPEL'S BUILDING

A centralized burglar alarm system lor 112 closed-circuit monitor of the main gate viewable the church. The residents and shopkeepers discuss improvements in the quality of life for
act as Christ would have me in their midst.

of the 2Utt honies above the church and in all the homes is being installed above will be meeting soon in the chapel to the building. Please pray that I might

CHURCH PLANTING
On March 17th, I accepted the invitation to be chairman of the board of directors of
the CHRISTIAN RESTORATION CHINESE EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION, which has been

newly established under the driving force of DANNY THURSTON solely to establish local Christian churches. It is only one of several methods of church planting being used here. Their first new church planting project is in the city of Sheung Shui. A 1,800 sq. ft. premises was rented for $1,025 per month, and MR. YIP MOWN V/AI has accepted the invitation to be the planting evangelist. He says the premises will need about

$10,000

remodeling

before

it

is

fully

usable.

However,

he

has

already

begun

evangelizing the area. People wishing to designate money to the above association should thus state. Only money clearly designated to the above association can be
expected to reach its intended destination.

FURLOUGH: SUMMER '85

Please write DIRECTLY TO US if you want to see us. PLANS HAVE CHANGED!

They can be changed again if need be.

July 2 July 3 July 4 July 7 a.m. July 9-12 July 14 July 17 July 21 July 28 July 31 August 4 a.m. August 5-9 Aug. 9 - Sept. 15 September 16 September 17 September 20-24 September 27 September 29

Here are present plans:

Leave Hong Kong

Honolulu

Arrive in Anaheim, California El Rio, Oxnard, California

North American Christian Convention

Rinconada Hills Christian Church, Campbell, arrive in Lebanon, Oregon Southside, Lebanon, Oregon Scappoose, Oregon Leave Lebanon, Oregon, driving to Tucson,
Pantano, Tucson, Arizona

California

Arizona

Driving from Tucson to Bloomington, Illinois

Eastview, Bloomington, Illinois
Manhattan, Kansas

Hartley, Nebraska Boise, Idaho

Fly out of States for Hong Kong Arrive in Hong Kong

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