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The Spirit

brought to our

thinking

Our Christmas gift came from God in I a merger. This had been considered howlingly fine shape. Her name is , at other times in the past but nev.er Debora Kalani, born December 21, at i had any merit at the time. This time a nice pounds. Now there are two. I hov/ever, it appeared to be a very
El'TBG continues with the second semes . were

(Burnside and us) the possibility of

' important consideration. The Nichols included in the consultations

an education course at another mis

conducting : and deliberations concerning all fa cets of such a move. Finally, the sion; Brother Burnside is teaching a : first of February it was brought be3pistles course; in addition there ; fore the members of both churches. are three conference courses being ; The move to merge the two was unaniconducted in Psychology, Education, ; mous. Here is the complete picture: and Bible Survey. i The new merged group will remain
our last bulletin from the at Maili. Maili church is In the

ter.

Brother Nichols is

This is

land of Havjaii.

The

next, one

will

be written in Thailand but published

in Phoenix. This is our Aloha issue from the land of Aloha. "IN THE SIGHT OF GOD V/E SPEAK IN CHRIST.'' MAI LI AND MAKAHA A STEP FORVJARD

geographical center of the area, and the property is much larger. They also have a much larger congregation. This church, now merged, will pur chase the Makaha property by assum ing the amount of the mortgage which

is

over

^54400.
vihen main

The

property v/ill
buyer may be

then be sold
There are
to be

the right building

several things

that need
of the

comes along, one which God will pro vide. The property may be sold as

mentioned as a

result

is,

or

the

decision to go to Thailand. One is most significant, but i t did not develope from our leaving. Rather God
continues to work in marvelous and

moved to Maili to be used

as class

rooms. Such a plan is feasible be cause of one important factor: the

value of land

here.

Makaha has a J
feet. Its

awesome ways to His Own glory. First the Corvair bus ('6l) was sold to a fellow missionary for little more than the balance due on- it, even the '^little'' depending upon whether or not they are able to pay i t later. VJe -are glad that it can remain in the Lord's work. Secondly, all "as sets" in the way of furniture, ap pliances, church equipment, that we have purchased through the years re mains. Thirdly, the Edgar Nichols

acre or about 21,000 sq.

value is close to .;Jl.25 per. sq. foot

without buildings. It is certain that if the main building is left on the property, the gross sale price

should
gained

be

around . 536,000.

If the

building is removed, the price comes

down ^SOOO, but that much or more is

by having the facilities it
provides already at Maili. Upon sale the loan will be paid off and the rest used to build adequate facili

family decided HOWWER,

several weeks ago to

assume duties at I-iakaha.

the most significant thing

after this de

began to materialize

ties in the way of a church building, classrooms, library (plans call for a separate unit for school library and prayer-room), for the church and E\7BC. The Nichols family will be
associate workers v/ith the Burnsides.

cision of the are 42' miles

Nichols. apart.

As you know serve in

from

the two missions,

Liaili and Makaha,

They

THE

WISDOM

of this move is seen in

the Waianae area which extends

Nanakuli to Makaha, a distance of miles, (note diagram)

many ways. First, it replaces two small churches with inadequate struc

tures (Haili desperately needs class

rooms - they still use church old surplus with adequate

{Makaha)

ammunition sheds for classrooms),for

(V/aia.

\[Maili)

one \->jNana
a

stronger

facilities. Second, all duplication of effort in the area by two separ-

ate churches is eliminated. Third, double support for tv/o separate sets
of facilities is eliminated. Maili has needed better facilities for a

for Bangkok, Thailand, via Tokyo and*'

Hong Kong.
ser to God.
in the lives

Never have we lived clo

He V/ho v/as ajDout His

Father's business, is still about it

of His Father's chil

long time.
sion.

There has been no v/ay of

have

securing the needed thousands of dol lars to adequately equip this mis
Hav/aiian missions do not

dren, of which we are 4. V/e enter the only open door to Southeast Asia. Our support has never been lower,
but the Lord has not seen f i t to al

t--is kind of support. God has pro vided another vjay and in so doing, blesses beyond our imagination. The
Nichols and Burnsides will be work

ing together in the evangelization of the area, and the work of the Bi ble College. Released-time programs
will be continued in a l l three of

low us to make attempts at increas ing it, if it were possible. V/ould you like to go there right novj? If not, then don't accuse us of being crazy. The only method God has given for providing workers is to "pray
the Lord of harvest to send forth la-

the schools in Makaha, ^.'/aianae, and Nanakuli, with greater efficiency.

The only inconvenience is that Maka ha folk v;ill have to go 4 miles to

1borers into
few

the fields.''

3vidently

some have been praying for this, I would guess for the most part, the
missionaries and Christians in

church. How many of you don't drive that far to church? Nanakuli folk, making up a third of the Maili con gregation, have been driving that far for many years. Also the church bus picks up children there. Bus service will also be provided for
our children at Makaha.
The value of the land ans'.'ers the

Thailand (out of a population of 25 million, there are some 50,000 who

profess some form of Christianity -

about .2 of 1%).
ansv;er.

We are part of the

^.7e did not ask for this as

only remaining question. God led us here to labor, V/e have been support
ed here. But God deals with lives

for His Ovm glory, and He has dealt v;ith ours here. He has also, through the years, dealt with others here.
Some of these lives are novj a part

signment. V/e v;ere perfectly content to stay here in Hawaii with S^'/BC, the church, and our friends. But God has paid an eternal price for our salvation and we belong to Him. This is far more important, and His Will is our spiritual food and drink; vje love it, we love Him for He first loved us. Somevjhere in that place the Holy Spirit v/ants to glorify God through us. Since we, by faith, have

been crucified v/ith Christ, thus DY

ING TO SI2LF with its passions and desires, and have been made alive unto_G.ad through J.esus t_o YIELD _our-_ selves to Him, He will faithfully sustain us and use us to perform the works He has for us to do. It may
not make Mission-bulletin headlines.

of another body of believers working together. VJhen the property is sold

the. aniount_realiz-e^ Jtiill _._squal ihe

support put into this work through the years. This money v/ill then be re-used to build again to His glory. I for one (and the others here too)
don't knovj how the Lord could vjork

it any

better (though

He could I'm

sure). As one individual said, it' S' using the money all over again, V/e this open door v/ill remain open for are only doing God's will as He re a long time that Jesus may be proveals it to us. -'/e depend upon Him. in this land Our God knov;s what He is doing. It 1 claimed everyv;here I v/hose borders touch the Bamboo Curis our responsibility to trust that I tain, not just as a v/itness to freeHe can, will, does, and is I through yielded lives. If our faith cannot i dom, but, we pray, to TH3 LIFE, go this far then it's meaningless, Nev/ell, in quoting from John Bunyan, and the result i s defeat and loss.
V/e praise Him in this move.

But "man looketh upon the outward appearance; the Lord looketh upon the heart.'' And what a thrilling job lies awaiting. Pray to God that

I says, ''Against hope, against .reason,

; against feeling, against opinions of ! others, agaihst all human possibilii ties v/hatsoever, v;e are to keep be TO THAILAND -toApri-1 3.6, Lord wi 1, Ving^-. F.nrn-l--and. lieving,,'' SjQ_we shalX,..
I with our tv/o D.K.s leave Hav;aii in Him V/ho Is our All in All.

HAV/AIIAM N.T. MISSION AT MAKAHA

Mar-Apr

WARIS

I^Dane R. Roush
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1962
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