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ALOHA from HAWAII, and from us at The HAWAIIAI^I HEW TESTMENT MISSION at MAKAHA. In this all nev/, revised, Information Packet we have attempted to give you a handy guide in order to better acc[uaint you with HAWAII and the-

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MAKAHA work.

May you find the reading of these pages interesting, helpful,

"no ke aloha v;ale no oe,
HISTORY

and useful, is our prayer from

Mahalo nui loa".

According to the ancient Hawaiians, as told in their poetic chants, the Islands were the actual children of the gods, born to Papa, the earth moth er, and Wakea, the sky father. The Hawaiians loved Pele, the goddess of the volcano, as the one who controlled the wiirmth of the earth, and it was
she who brought the ocean to Hawaii in her hiki, the traditional Polynesian homeland. Hawaii truly seemed a paradise on earth. Make when she arrived from KaTo these earliest inhabitants

About 1,000 years ago, dauntless voyagers (believed to be Polynesians who had set out from Tahiti, 2,000 miles away) traveling over uncharted ocean
miles first-eame-upon the Hawaiian I-siands. The - Polynesians were the descendants of a family, or tribe, of Caucasian people v;ho left their orig inal homeland somewhere in India and wandered through Malaya to the Island groups of the Pacific. In their travels through Asia, they intermarried

with Malayans and Orientals. From the inhabitants of the southeastern is lands of the Pacific they also acquired darker blood, so that by the time

they reached the Society Islands,

now considered

the ancient homeland of

he Polynesians, they were a light brown people. The Polynesians did not have a written language but their history and the story of their travels were told in chants. The period of long voyages and settlement ended about 600 or SOO years ago. HAWAII was again isolated from the rest of the
world until 177^.

Captain James Cook, the distinguished English navigator and explorer, was on his third voyage of exploration in the Pacific when he came upon the

Hawaiian group in 177^.

On January IB,

while

on his way from one of the

Island

Society Islands to the northwest coast of

of Oahu and later saw Kauai.

America, he sighted the

In 1790,

after two defeats, Kameha-

meha, then a chief of the court, began mustering the strength which led finally to the bringing of the Hawaiian group "under tiis sovereignty. He became Hawaii's first King and
was called Kamehameha the Great.

Descendants of this great King con tinued to-rule Hawaii, sometimes in

name only, until

the latter part of

the iSth century, Hawaii's first constitution v/as proclaimed October S, 1640. Hawaii became a territory

of the United
In March, 1959,
Statehood

States
Hawaii

July 7, 1^96.
was granted

into the United States of

America, to
50th Star.

take

its

place as the

It is a sad commentary on civiliza tion that the original Hawaiian peo

ple were practically destroyed.

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HAV/AII has been

Korean, Negro, They live in a prefer it-this of course, but

Haoles (that's us), 25%]

590,000 people, most of whom are citizens of the U.S. They are: Japanes^, 35^; Chinese, 6^:- Hawaiians and part Hawaiians, iSfo; Filipino, 12%;
and representing Puerto Ricans, Portuguese,

described as the

"Showcase of Democracy",

consisting of

and a dozen other extractions and mixtures of all these. community where .there is no segregation. The vast majority way. This is not to say there, are no "problems._ There are understanding and patience will; help bring solutions.

Because of this variety many cultures are represented. Many distinct cul tural habits have been acquired by others, some have disappeared, A good example-is food dishes. Meals here can turn-out to be anything. There are hov/ever, many more serious examples than this one. Groups here have a pro nounced tendency to become rather quickly fused with each other.^The phys

this_t_D Christianity we encounter otherwise-unnoticeable problems. A good example'of this is~Yound in the many^^rientals xvho are already^dTihrs^r other mixtures, and vjant to bp Christian also I There are other serious problems in relation to this which we will mention shortly.
Records show that interracial marriages are increasing. And "it is obvious

ical barriers are less distinct than in most Mainland communities, and those .that exist tend to disappear more rapidly here. However, in relating

maining distinct, especially the Japanese.

of HAV/AII are becoming HAV/AII'S people.
" RSLIGION

that Hav/aii^s races are fusing somewhat. However, some races are still re

It takes

time but the peoples

They came in 1^20. They were followed by the Roman Catholics in lS27. They
were forced to leave because the Hawaiian royalty took offense at idolatry

The first missionaries to come to HA'JAII were of the Congregational Church.

represented by idols of Mary and Jesus. However, the Catholics were back in 1839 to stay. Then followed the Mormons in I85O, just three years after they established themselves in Utah. These were followed by Episcopal in 1^62; Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist, Methodist, in the l880s; Disciples,
Salvation Army in 1^94. It wasn't until the 1940s, as a result of the war that many of the other churches began work. Among them vjere the Baptistsj

other Lutherans,

Pentecostal groups,
.

the Church'of Christ, and

in 1959,

thePresbyterians,

Other religions came to the Islands also. In 1E^52, Chinese laborers brought Confucianist, Taoist, and Chinese Buddhist teachings. Some temples,
were built incorporating the ideas
main forms of Mahayana Buddhism came to the Islands from Japan. Japanese Buddhist temples began to take their place beside other temples and church

all three.

In 18^6, the Japanese began to come to the Islands.

from Buddhism only, and some combining

Soon five

es. The Japanese also brought some Shintoism (their own national religion)

v/ith them, but it is very weak,

It is estimated that percentage-wise. Buddhism commands 45^ of the popula tion; Roman Catholicism, 45?^; and 10^ for everything else. This is fur
ther pointed out under the next section on actual mission problems.

dentally, that 10^ includes the Mormons, who are quite strong on thfe Is
land. They have a large Temple and a
"NOVJ THS GOD OF PEACE. . .MAKE YOU PERFECT. . .TO DO HIS V/ILL. . .THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST." -Heb.13:20f-

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J3,000,000 Church College at Laie.

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HAWAIIAN CONDITIONS SURROUNDING MISSIONARY EFFORT -

doubtedly yon have been- bombarded with various and sundry propaganda ;bi.ts concerning Hawaii - -"Paradise of the Pacific". As a matter of fa'ct, the
di'sappointments.
godlessness
ones below:

Statehood for

HAV/AII

has been in existence nov; for several

months.

Un

3i^uation here is unique - in its culture, its problems, its successes and

In a sense the picture is paradoxical.

by
We

ing calls these Islands the "splendor". For the Gospel

"Pacific" Paradise",' haven of

is a haven of

Sleek

adv^rtis-

of Christ i t

bolstered

the peculiarities of diverse

common
of such

cultures and attitudes. Un-

difficulties

unique

in Hav/aii, come as a result

Oriental (Japanese in a "modern atmosphere of Asia itself; Idolatrous Roother high percentage races

combinations as the

in

Portuguese, etc.)
well
due to

commands
parts; and
conditions

can't ail be tdrch bearers but

we

Chinese)

Buddhism

grounded

Americainism", unlike that of

man Catholicism
m.uch of the

among three
areas as

(Filipino, Puerto Rican, and

rural

as

'Other
various

lastly,a type of "tolerance"

which makes people apathetic
God's Revelation to man. A

can

to the Gospel of Truth and few Orientals give up Bud-

carry
a

place. These 'climates" of tioning in an atmosphere of

Hawaiian stylel
not "Christian".

flashUghi

jdhism but put nothing in its

Unlike the
Far from.

^fcher
it;

religious thought are func-^ irreligion "and indifference,

subtracting
all

49 States, ' "Hawaii is

the

and Buddhism is not 'de-

creasing.

In referring

to the former percentages,

various cults and "isms" such as Morraonism, Jehovah's IJitnesses,

the 10^, we would come out with a Protestant allegiance of about kfo or 5%.
Don't forget that this is in a land that is a
This should startle

c, f^^or^

part

of the great union of

should cause both

United States.

Mainlanders, and

missionary and "homefront"

to

realize

the tremendous task HAV/AII ^

to be done .

Though people do

not run around "native style" (wearing grass clothes and

a Mission field.

living in grass huts, vjith spears and drums),

Something must be mentioned concerning costs. Costs for food and general household items run anywhere from 20% to 60% higher. More serious than that are costs for property and building. They are both unbelievable. Two
illustrations will suffice. In December, 1959, the Methodist Church pur

chased 2-J- acres about twelve miles from

IxttTe "Over "a" hair "an acre.

Honolulu,
The

The cost.... ^140,000! !

MAKAHA

Closer to Honolulu it's higher than that even.

today is $25,000; double that in three years; and this is country: (Un fortunately the value has no affect on winning souls). A Baptist Church in
Vvaianae is spending $93,000 on a church building. Larger churches are be ing built on the Mainland for one-third the cost. Building costs are a tragic absurdity but there id nothing we can do about it. It can readily
be seen that MONEY is one of the needed commodities for expansion.
THE FUTURE AND ITS URGENT NEEDS -'

In 1952, it sold for $"3,000.

The going price

property is a

It is realized that for a great number of

are to be won to Christ,

years, there

must be a

strong

program of religious education among the churches, if people young and'old

It is a slow process and apparently there'are no

short-cut methods of accomplishing the task.

Young people must be.retain

ed in this program until

church. It is

adulthood

if they are

to

be

brought into.the
be no

time consuming

and expensive, but there appears to

other way unless we are willing to abandon the task of converting them to Christianity. None of the mission churches of the-Church of Christ-Chris tian group have adequate buildings and eqiaipment v/hen compared with that

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non-Christian, in comparing the relative, values of churches and religious

of most of the other churches and other places of religious

worship. . The

organizations, is prone to judge by ciutward appearances - you certainly cannot expect to convert a man unless you can get him inside the church.
University of Hawaii.
"International University" from all of the IsTrust Territory, the Phililands of Hawaii, Samoa, the Korea, Thailand, Burma, Inpinesj Indonesia, Japan,

One needed project is an Evangelistic Cent er at the

There are students at this

dia,

and

other

southeast
stu-

with'the

University

The work Asia countries. be of tremendents could

dous value to New Testament

Christianity
all these

in

reaching
It will Vie

the ,potential leaders of be a major tragedy if adepersonnel are not soon aas a Movement cannot afford

lands.

quate

funds and

dedicated

vailable for this work.

to pass up this opportunity.

ject is that of a-Chp-ist-ian.

Another " b"a:dly needed proService Camp. The churches

are hardly ever able to' se

cure camp grounds when needed, and must turn to makeshift grounds and fa cilities. The use goes beyond just camp in the traditional sense here. It
becomes an evangelistic tool for reaching these many types of youth. There is close cooperation among the churches and workers on the Island. There are quarterly youth rallies, singspirations, youth camps during the summer and fall, monthly meetings of the ministers. In a very real sense this makes your support do more. We ask you to keep in mind these urgent facts concerning Hawaii. And we haven't established anything yet on the
other Islands.
and Now
MAKAHA -

The surface has hardly been

scratched..

Your PRAYERS, IN

TEREST, SUPPORT ARE NEEDED.

Consider the investment for His Kingdom..NOW,

The little steeple in the On

picture is an addition we hope to have soon, MAKAHA

is located 35 miles from

Honolulu, on Leeward Oahu.

The Church is situated on

the main highway just 2 miles from Waianae, the^main town of the entire

area..
the

The

last

page of
scale

Packet shows a

an

crn

drawing of the buildings, and a map of the Island, showing the location of
the various missions. The

CHAPEL

will seat ^5 peo

ple; there are rooms for eight classes. The- chapel

is used for worship only.

There is ample

room

for

expansion,

recreational

area, and parking (23,000 sq, ft. of. property). The property has been beautified considerably during the past year._ A great deal.of time^has
been, spent landscaping the grounds with a variety of
plants and trees, to add.to those already there. Time has also been con

Hawaii's beautiful

sumed in- building, repairing, and painting. The Church' lends a pleasant atmosphere to the community of MAKAHA. And it' is a good feeling. (over),^

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this short year in addition to Bible School and V/orship; A Youth Group MAKAHA -there is a variety of denom was soon started; released time at inations such as: Baptist, Methodist, the High School was begun; a large Hawaiian Congregational, Protestant, church sign, 4x7 ft., was erected;' several Pentecostal groups, Roman
In the entire area from Nanakuli to

Catholic, and the cults of Mormonism

Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventism. Certainly New Testament-

needed educational

unit was con-

.structed,

(Youth Hall-see

diagram);
one is a

DVBS enrollment was 51; there were 7

Christianity
such an area.

is

greatly

needed in
community

campers

at

summer camp; B baptisms,

The T-IAKAHA

7 have moved-the other

is growing and v/ill

so as time goes by.

continue

to do

very fine Portuguese-Hawaiian girl, age 13; painting and landscaping which have already been mentioned; a
high attendance of 44; and the print

THE PEOPLE

ing of a The predominant races in this area are Filipino, Puerto Rican; Portu guese-, and part-Hawaiian, plus mix
tures of all these. There are many Orientals but the others are in the

Mid-\7eek Bulletin.
in the

Atten

dance in now

20s due to the

fact that the military folk that were attending have all moved. - How--

ever, at present the congregation is 1005^ local, a much more desirable

majority. Hence, Roman Catholicism is quite strong as far as background of the people goes. The combination
of a debased religion with their own style of living has created a moral

condition, L0% of those being adults.

The Beginner's class is taught by a Puerto Rican, the Primary class by a Japanese lady.
FINANCES

ly degenerate group of people. Their morals are just plain rotten! Their
sinful condition is just as bad as that of any "unfortunate heathen"

Costs in Hawaii have already mentioned. Basic support of

been this

work' should be
ly property
far. Gifts

$370 to

$400.

This
bills,
and a

includes personal needs, a $75 month

payment, church
to
from individuals

anywhere else in the world.

to
derstand i t . The Orientals

One has
are of

see it to really believe and un

and other items.

has been pledged
meet basic needs.

However, only $170

the -work thus

much better quality for many reasons

but just as difficult to reach. Many of their religious (Buddhist mainly,

and cultural beliefs are just as pa

few groups have barely enabled us to

The payment is on

$4)000 loan secured in order that

gan as those in all other lands. The

difference is that here i t is "civil

the mission might be re-opened. More pledged support in needed, especial

ly v/ith the birth of our first child

ized" in American culture and thus, more difficult to convert. (Ever

-have-^^a Buddhist =--wish-you a merry

Diana Kanani, Nov. 30, 1959. This is God's Business; it is worthy of'
your support.

Christmas?) The Bible does not teach various shades of sin; whether prac

WE PRESS ON -_
The task is one of rebuilding which will be a slov/ process starting from , scratch (all the folk are new but

ticed through witchcraft, demon wor

ship, or "intelligent sin". They are

all in darkness because they are OUT of Christ. And so, v/ith a Protestant

two). It is a great privilege for us

to serve here, HAWAII is a vital field with i t s tremendous racial con ditions. Racial ties must bedis-"

percentage of
be well to

about

l+fo in
that

Hawaii,
there are

there' are many in darkness. It might

mention

many military personnel living in the area, but they are transient, usually moving to the base within a
few months.

THE CHURCH

placed with something far better and more satisfying. New Testament Chris tianity has the answer-CHRIST-but He must be preached in all His Truth and Glory, This LAND will be a mis sion land for many years to come
even with the fullest of efforts

On January 4, 1959, the

MAKAHA work

from the

Mainland,

There " is

much

was re-opened by the Roushes. Many v;onderful things have happened in

work to be done..And so we say ALOHA. (VJrite for our MONTHLY MISSION' PAPER)

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This is the essence of the mixed living in MAKAKA VALLjIT.

Do you know and

understand your Mainland neighbor? If you don^t, then consider the prob lem of having several different races surrounding you. That is l^iAKAHA,

Hxerto Rican Negro

Japanese Haole

Chinese

Portugese

Hawaiian

Filipino

Korean

Other Mixed Races

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IIIGH'7AY
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Buildin^is of the
Hi^vrAIIAH IV^:J T^ZSTAKilHT HISSION AT
iIAKAHA

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Scale -

in,-l ft.

..

Total inside

length - 64 ft,-'
width 25 ft.
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20

ft,

YOUTH HALL (belov;) , constructed

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since ilay, 1959, is 20 ft. by 25 ft.

It has a variety of uses. Poten-

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.^ially,

-serve ..as .four nice

0 C*> O

sized 'classrooms (using it for tv.'o

right nov/). Front of Hall is actually even with back v;all of

main building.
classroom classroom 2

The main building, from the front to the study, is on stilts as is

the case v;ith most of the buildings in Hav/aii, It is double-v;all con

12 ft

struction, The living room has a cement floor and steps lead dovm
to it.

The Chapel will seat ^5 people.

Our future hope is to construct a small house on the back property and convert the main building

s-ft.

classroom 7f. 3;

bath CLoiet"

over completely t^ church -iuse,

ciassroom . 5:
"cTassroom

7
9 ft.

4
bedroom

)tudy

CJ

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classroom 7 If I classroom

Living room
o

14
ft
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Maintenance is time consuming but well worth the effort.

The property (little over half-acre) is beautifully landscaped with a variety of trees, shrubs, plants, etc, v/hich grow so well in HA-.7AII,

It is expected

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mission work on the Island. MAP OF THIi: HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND AN 3NLARGEJ1ENT OF OAHU

This map should give you a good idea of what our Island looks like.

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CHRISTIAN NffiVS FROM 'VLAK AND CAROL R0U3H - MISSIONARIES TO HAWAII

P.O. Box 5^5 - Waianae, Oahu, HAV/AII

THE STORY OF 50?^

There is a Filipino woman with five children, who once had a small amount of training in Christian edu cation in- the Philippines, After some time, the Maili mission was over-joyed to see her come to join
hands v;ith Christ's fold there. With

Listen carefully to His Words: "I assure you that if you have as much faith as a grain of mustard seed . . . you will find nothing

is impossible.(Mt 17:21)
"Everything you ask for in prayer if you have faith, you will re ceive , H {I.;t 20:22)

five small children, she has found time, God's time to her, to call on all her friendsj relatives, others for Christ, teach, help with extra things around the mission, especial

ly household chores when there is ed to you by my Heavenly Father. sickness in the missionary household, For wherever two or three people and other lovely things for Jesus come together in my name, I am "inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it there, right among them." (1^:20) unto me. . . Money is a scarce item and there too, especially v^ith Havjaii's living God keeps His promises, wages and prices, and a family of are certainly many more than two who seven. But EA3T-V/EST BIBLE COLLEGE have agreed on this great venture! of you would place beside receives per week from her in If some addition to her regular giving. My your faith and prayer, some "50^es," training of Pacific workers friends, that is two whole dollars the per month! She believes in EV/BG, as vjould gain nevj ground. do all the local people, and she is doing something about it. And I tell THE TASK you it comes very close to Jesus' story of the widow's mite. After a year which saw membership doubled and a new )375,000 physical Some have wondered i f EV/BC will open since there hasn't been too much mon plant completed, the new ey coming in. Brethren, ffi'/BCs pro president of the Young perty is there; its buildings are Buddhist's Association there {vje need another one and we're of Honolulu said: "The going to get it); its professors are organization was pri raring to go; and its students to be marily dedicated to of all ages are ready and waiting to serve Hawaii's great attend. THE FAITH that is represent est resource its ed by that _50^ and all the other mul YOUTH." He spoke of an titudes of wonderful things taking "incentive for us to

"And I tell you.once more that if two of you on earth agree in ask ing for, anything it vjill be grant

place in the lives of others, is ex

pressed by the Lord Jesus Himself.

work harder toward the

development of an American

Buddhism

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with our sister organizations on the

the condition of their lives!1

Christian and a

As

Mainland, that can

with materials

perhaps

someday
over

worker at the CROSS

lead to an eventual vjorld Buddhism."

The Mormons just completed a college

alone costing

ROADS of this area we are compelled to - HO'^'.- about yoU?? To our knov;ledge, this area is the

53jOOOjOOOI

(labor donated

Listen to a recognized authority in the field of missions, writing in a nevj and exciting book on the spread

largest, accessible area, that is not being served by any workers of our group. V'HI? V/e have some sub
stantial ideas but we'll leave

that up to you.

of the

Gospel:

"The time

has come
\7e don't ask for marble halls, nor great tracts of land; just the means to create the most advantageous cen ter of training possible to send re cruits out to not only Hawaii's fer tile fields, but to this enormous
untouched area of Oceania, E\'JBC will

for Christians to make almost half the

an agonizing

re-appraisal. Communism has engulfed

world's population.
Nationalistic fervor has reduced the

v;elcome formerly accorded to the mis sionary. Arab nationalism and Mos
lem solidarity have closed many a door to the Christian message. Shin to seems on the way back to power in Japan, Resurgent Buddhism rears its
head in
the lands

Southeast Asia,
of

In some of
the

the Reformation

handwriting is on the wall; a defin

ite drift back into the Roman fold is noticeable. Scientific material

ism and atheism are everyvjhere oppos ing the Christian message. V'here do

v;e go from here?

able to
as i t did our era?''

V/ill the Gospel be

upside down
centuries of

turn the vjorld

in the first

In "Horizons" a president of one of our Bible Colleges says " . . . this need exists .. .. . to say nothing of the 10,000 towns and villages v/here there is NO church at all, and the

. $6fo of the countries in the .VjQ.iLD to

which Christian churches and cHurches of Christ have sent not one sin

be training in most" all general sub-jects of Bible College study. But in addition to these, and next to the Bible, its studies relating to Peo ples , are paramount. Studies in mis sions, cultures, religions, Commun ism, languages, are part of the to tal program. The examples of Buddhism and Jiormonism were given to show that these and other groups in Hawaii are out to exploit every opportunity afford ed by this tremendous field. They are not sparing manpov;er or dollars to get- the job done in spite of the high costs, even those groups that are smaller in membership than our own brotherhood. Let us put it very simply by saying that the task is too large for .us alone. God is for us - we ask that you too share with us'ih'""tKs"" tremehclous "Job' aiiea'd". For"^ vje too .see Hawaii's YOUTH as a great
resource. And the ADULTS TOO!!

gle missionary .

. . The
. . .

fields are
STILL" , . .

white unto Harvest

and the average church is still shir king its duty and obligation - HOV/

Carol and I

and Diana Kanani will be

can they preach except they be sent? Unless they are sent, how can men May 25.. ATTENTION Youth groups hear of. Jesus? Unless they hear, howand other Missionary groups. I'Je have can they believe? If they do not be-, an excellent missionary play featur lieve, they are lost. DO YOU BIilLI"W^ ing a cast of several of Hawaii's THAT? Read Romans 10:^-15 . . . "

leaving Lincoln, May 4. Lord willing v;e will be back at MAKAHA, HAIJAII by

raoes, plus
PLEASE NOT^ THE \7HITE IJIOERT that is

languages,

called' the

"Macedonian Call," I7rite'for details.

VJE URGE ALL HI33I0KARY GROUPS in the

enclosed vjith this

issue.

Some may Phoenix area to schedule programs on

say that all this is a dream. V/e ask one question: Is it a good dream or
a bad one? A conservative estimate

Hawaii between May 5-20, for we want

would place the population of this vast area at over 90,000,000 souls'.
...Som-eone

you to know about the task ahead. Plan your date now with our Agent, Mr eaoiingi'n.x.5.1?.QlJt._ for time is slicrt_._ .See you all, then.

HAWAIIAN N.T. MISSION EAST-WEST BIBLE COLLEG"

at MAKAHA

Dec-Jan

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Non-Prof. Organ.
Permit No>. 47

^Dane R. Roush
4^25 E. Indianola Ave. Phoenix, Arizona

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instrument on the
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face

"VJe remember an old

colored man who

of this earth that the Almighty can use for this purpose. .
Christ has

lived by the Ohio River in Cincinna ti. During the great flood of 1937, some of his friends asked why he did not move to higher ground. Hb re

saved us,

What For?

If Christ

has

saved us, WHAT FROM?

plied, 'It never has come this high before; I'll just sit here and wait
till it goes away.' It didn't go .away. It washed his home away with all his possessions and he had to
flee for his l i f e .

The night is far spent."

(copied)

The first

phase

of

the

East-West
been com-

Bible College

plans has

.. The church has been trying to con 'search and study on the graduate le vert the world since the Day of Pen V/e tecost. We have not done it, in this vel at Lincoln Bible Institute,

,pleted - that of securing needed re-

or any other generation. VJe PLAY at missions and half support the mis
sionaries we have. We build our

are able to return seven"weeks early

due

to the fact

that I

(Alan) com

pleted the
to

semester's

work.

There

churches and leave

the soul

empty.

is so much to be done upon returning

Vi/e take pot-shots at every fellow who disagrees with 3^ while the world is watching Christian influ
ence recede.

Hawaii, and we are very thankful

that we can return early. Our Main -

land stay has been most rewarding in

many ways.

The

tools gained at LBI

Not

so with Communism.

will be wonderfully used in this pro

Communism was not in existence until

1903, and had fewer than

50,000 ad
To
'What

gram and in many other ways. Also it has been good to present the work
in Hawaii to all of you personally.

herents as late as World Vi^ar I.

day,

one billion people

directed

live under

Communist

control.

A great
of us. demands

task lies
God has led

ahead.

The pro

has happened, that in a single halfcentury Christianity is everywhere surrounded and evangelism is in full
retreat?

gram is one which can

a strong pro

challenge all
us to see great

horizons, a tremendous OUTREACH that

gram such as this, re quiring vision, dedi cation, prayer, faith, Spirit - filled lives. We recognize that many

We

do not believe

organizational

Christianity can save the world. No missionary society, no church synod, nor church council, national, v;orld, or federal, will ever present the
church invincible to a frightened and nearly hopeless world.

problems exist but God

has already provided
to many the solutions
of them. VJe are thank

The individual soul, knowing that he has been created by a loving God
who seeks him and cares for his life

ful to all of you for your support and prayers

We

will

be back at MAKAHA, Lord willing, byMay 15; at which time vje will resume
our former full-time duties of the MAKAHA Mission. At the same time

DIVERS

DISEASES

The old

Negro preacher

stood up to

much work

is yet to be done in pre

preach. He read brought to Jesus

ses." The

his all

text: "They sick people

divers disea

paration for the opening of

We ask of you two important things. The first is a request for prayer. We often speak about "we^11 be pray

that were taken with

preacher said: "Now, the

ing for you," but

returned to the

this is sometimes
field. You MUST be

doctors can scrutinize you, and some times cure your ills, but when you have divers diseases, then only the Lord can cure. And brethren, there

forgotten whtn personal appearances are all over and the missionary has

is a regular
seases

epidemic of divers di
t

among us If

praying for this Kingdom task - we need the strength and so do those
others working on the field, espe close to your is a Scripture
of God

Some dive for the door after Bible School is over. Some dive for the

cially the native Christians. If you will pray regularly for the work
it will always remain
heart.

television set during the evening services. Some dive into a bog of
excuses about work that needs to be done for Jesus. Others dive for the

car and take a trip over the weekend forsake the assembling and teaching request
Head with us the Vvord

The second
one.

from 1 John 3:21-24; 4:11,12; 5:llf. "Beloved, if our hearts do not con

assignments. Then, a few dive into the flurry of fault-finding every time the church takes on a work pro gram. Yes, it takes the Lord and
love of the church to cure divers

demn us, we have confidence before God; and we receive from him what ever we ask, because we keep his com
mandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we
should
Son

diseases.

(copied)

V/e are happy to hear of the decision

believe in

the

of Verne and Diane Nesbitt, to start Hawaii. One of the name of his .a new work in
an

other , Just as he has comraanded us. I that of Ewa (pronounced eh-vah). A All who keep his commandments abide church'is urgently needed there. It in him, and he.in them. And by this is a local community located next to we know that he abides in us, by the the large Industrial Center of the Islands, is just two miles from a Spirit which he has_given us. '"Beloved, if God so loved us, we new, planned commurii^y'of ~10,000""in also ought to love one another. No five years (called Makakilo City), just twelve miles from Waiaman has- ever seen God; if v;e love and is one another, God abides in us and nae. They will also be helping in
his love is perfected in us.

Jesus

Christ and love one

Iareas being

seriously considered is

the Bible College

date has been

program.

Sailing
at

tentatively set

"And this

is the testimony,
He

that

June 9.

The

difficulty and

impor

God gave

us eternal

life, and this

who has the

tance of their task nest prayer.

cannot be over

life is in his Son.

has not l i f e . "

emphasized. Take them to God in ear

Son has life; he who has not the Son Our part in salvation demands love.

Do we-realize the force of this last

sentence from God's Word? Brethren, ALL of us are THE messengers.

Many of you remember Mrs. Gonsalves, baptized last June. She has steadi ly progressed and has been teaching
in Released Time for several months. Details on needed unit next Bulletin

Sobering thought isn't it?

.EKING THE EVANGELIZATION OF AlL THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND ITS

CROSSROADS HAWAII

HAVvAlIAN N.T. MISSION AT MAKAHA

Apr-May
ALOHA Vol. I l l

Non-Prof. Organ.
Permit No. 47

^Dane R. Roush
4^25 E. Indianola Ave

Phoenix 18, Arizona

No. 3

FORM

3547

REQUESTED

Library

Ozark Bible College 516 North Wall Joplin, Missouri

CRCSSHOADS OF THE PACIFIC

\riLr/ifAf/o
Si:

CHRISTIAN NE';JS FROM ALAN AND CAROL ROUSH - MISSIONARIES TO HAWAII

P.O. Box 5^8 - Walanae, Oahu, HAV/AII

ODDS

mB

ENDS

the situation

one way or the other.

There-is much more news in this bul

V/e regret

what has been the longest

The first is

span betvjeen bulletins from IlAKAHA. However, two things have influenced
this period of-time.
that we were able to about exhaust our available "infc' in two personal

letin than this, most of it telling of some progress, V/hat possible ex

cuse can there be for Hncr'JVP ?

appearances within eight months (Aug

"GO and TSACH

...

of '60

and

April, ^6l).

The other

reason is due to total lack of money

in the account to publish and mail a

bulletin.

V/hat does your church spend for each pupil in its Sunday School? Our bud get here at MAiCAHA allows us to pur chase about -JlO per quarter for Be

(we do Our records are open to inspection ginner and Primary materials .not use any for Juniors and up other at any time. Supporting churches than the Bible), This averages .17ii receive a quarterly report. An in
spection of the forthcoming one will

Iper month per

pupil!

Visual

aids

inform anyone that in three (3) of I are an unseen luxury. Then too most the past four (4) months, our so- j of our children are from non-Chris-

called ''living-li^" or personal in

come amounted to $75

Itian homes and have no reliable backSince God has limited Himself by

MONTHI This tground at all for Christian nurture.

is to pay ALL personal expenses in cluding food, gas, etc., for a fam

ily of three (3)

On top of that

IN HAV/AII

using us to spread His truth, v;e won

der what this does to our witness?

word now

reaches us

that this may have to drop to 550...

and the human head of this home may be forced to seek other employment

Perhaps the most significant thing we can say about all this is that truly God is glorified in our weak
ness!

to see his family fed! V/e wonder if V/allstreet invests its money in such

a wayl

have spiraled some 1^% to 20% over

On top of this

food

prices July.

DVBS

and

CAMP

night on many items, due to the re cent strike (which is still on). For

There v/ere 45

enrolled

for

VBS in

Mrs. Rivera taught Beginners;

some strange reason (?) Diana is eat ing and costing more (ever have that experience?) and
an announcement....

Mrs. Gonsalves, baptized June of ^60

taught the Juniors; Gladys Paulo, our first baptism at MAKAHA, July of '59, did very well with her first experience at teaching, with the pri
mary group.

addition number

two i s due sometime

around J-^ecember. It will be a boy or girl which doesn^t

either change

V/e had

two campers from

I-iAKAHA who

went to Junior Camp. There were over

l+O present

at Junior Camp

from the ,I

hope that
near a

he is stationed somewhere
that

various churches.

There were thirty

Mainland Bible College

campers-'-present for Senior w^ek.

served as a

teacher at Senior Camp,.'

UNIT ACQUIRED

he may continue his training. Subjects being taught include

following;

the

Christian Doctrine, Cor

V'/hile in Phoenix, we spoke of the opportunity we had (relayed to us by

Harold Burnside at Maili) to acquire a fairly good used house for about

inthians, Methods and Techniques of Teaching, Psychology for Living, English Grammar, Penteteuch, Anthro pology for Missions.
We have been especially gratified by the response to our request for li brary books. S'ffiC, library now has over 550 volunies including BRITANNICA'S famous 54 volume GREAT BOOKS OF
THE WESTl^RN V/ORLD. Students also

$1500 (not including plumbing, etc.)

from a man who is a member of the

Maili Church.

We

had

already

ex

plained fully the advantages of such an addition, making it possible to enlarge the facilities of the main
building double what they were, not

have access to another 750 volume l i

only for church use, but for the Bi- ble College. This unit v;as acquired in mid-June and placed on the froht of the property opposite the church. V/e secured a loan of ^2100 from the
company we borrowed from to re-open

brary on the premises. It is our in tention to eventually open the li brary to the Leeward area as a reli gious library. Also we hope to en courage folk from other groups to take classes. Already some have in
dicated interest.

HAKAHA in

195^,

They

re-financed

THE FAMILY -

All of us

seem to be in

the two amounts to give us the same monthly payments.' The figure above just covered the house price, moving, installation of plumbing, electri city, supplies for repairs inside

good -health. Carol has not been feeling as well with this pregnancy,
as with her first one, V/e ask your

prayers for her and the unborn child

since Carol does have the relatively

and out (not finished by any means), j rare blood type

We have been very thankful to

AB which sometimes causes complications. Diana is every I manage God ! where saying everything.

for this addition (a

waii's prices).

gram of 'Sl'/BC would have been greatly , grace and love as vje yield our lives hampered. ] to Him by the power of His Spirit.
'One year at our annual missionary

bargain at Ha- | to keep busy v/ith an 80 hour week. V/ithout it the pro- Daily we experience more of God^s

ea:;t-W53T bibls colliuge

Plans for
initiated

| week service,
commands of

I took
Christ and

three

of the
them

pointed out

ISl'ffiC

progressed right a- 1 that

the church

had observed

long through the summer months. On the. evening of September 5, H)VJBC was

with a Holy Spirit filled

service. Brother ^erne

Convocation school

j more by ignoring them than by seek 'Go ye i ing to obey them. He said, into all the world, and preach the I He" said, | gospel to every creature.'

Kesbitt was the speaker. Classes j ^Pray ye therefore the Lord of the began 'on Thursday, Se^:)tember ? The 1 harvest, that ^ will send forth la
And He held on Tuesdays ; borers into his harvest.' gave instructions, through His apos tle, saying, ^Give of your means, tration of students is in the eve laying aside in store as God has ning. There are 13 registered stu

program is

and Thursdays.

The heaviest concen

dents v;ith a fuJ.1 variety of ''types''

prospered you.'

Could He not come to

as we had

predicted.

Six of

these

are in the ''Christian service" grou

though one

(who is in

the service

viill be leaving in January. He is experiencing a good beginning and we

us today and say, I told you to go and ye have not gone; I told you to pray and ye have not prayed; I told you to give and ye have hot given?"

(Donald Grey Barnhouse)

HAVJAIIAII N.T. MISSION & EAST-WEJT BIBL ; COLL ^^G at MAKAHA

ALOHA Vol. I l l

Non-Prof, Organ.
Permit No, 47
a

No,

^Dane R. Roush
4825 E, Indianola Ave.

Aug-Oct 1961

Phoenix IS, Arizona

FCRM 3547. REQUESTED

Library Ozark Bible College 516 North V/all Joplin, Missouri