RUTH HORRIS, MISSIONARY NADRAPAKKAN, SOUTH INDIA

THEME: ''Jesus Leads Me**

ARTHUR & RUTH MORRIS

S^fUA
0. Eugene Houpt, Forwarding Agent
P. 0. Box 215

^UCKiU4^ 6tt32

PREFACE
Once again we are happy to bring you a set of stories

written especially for use with children. Mrs. Ruth Morris

has written this set of stories about real people with
whom she has worked in South India. Mrs. Morris has

served in South India along with her husband, Arthur,

since 1950. She and her husband are returning to the

field in June, 1969, following their third furlough.

You will find these stories helpful in presenting les sons in Vacation Bible School, Christian Service Camps,

or your regular youth meetings in your local congregation.

Please send your requests for additional copies to the

address on the front. There is no charge. Thank you for

using these stories to good advantage.

My name was Elumalai, but now I am called T. K. Moses. My village is a backward one my father sells dried fish for a living and my mother
works all day under hot, burning sun in the rice fields. My father and I walk to tanks and catch and sell fresh fish as well as

dried. The small fish we put on a mat out in the sun. These we sprinkle with salt. After about a week they are cured. Then we go from village to
village, selling these fish.

One day the missionary, Art Morris, was in our village. He had come on a preaching tour. There I heard the wonderful story of Jesus. I

felt drawn to Him. I said I would let Jesus lead me throughout my life. I
was baptized that same day.

Our village had no school so I had no hope of education. The mission

aries, Art and Ruth Morris, came to visit again. The Ammah (Ruth Morris) told me she had a home for boys such as I. She explained that even though
I was very, very poor, I could come to live and study.

I am not very brave and I was then a small boy of 12 years. I only weighed about 50 pounds. I was very frightened. But my father wanted me to go here and learn how to live as a Christian. How happy I am now that
Jesus led me to this Boys' Home. When I first arrived, I was afraid to talk to anyone. All the boys were

so happy and singing and preaching. For the first two years I dared not say a word. I thought they might send me back to the village if I said any
thing. The missionaries didn't rush me. They let me stay ever so quietly. But little by little I felt braver as a Christian. I learned the stories of Jesus. I went to villages on preaching parties. I had long talks with the

missionaries, Art and Ruth Morris. They helped me eat proper food. They game me vitamins. I grew bigger and taller. (Now I am one of the tallest in the Boys' Home.) And then one day they asked me to preach on a Sun day morning. As it happened, the Principal of my school was attending Church there. I stood up and preached Jesus in the full Gospel story. How surprised my Principal was! Jesus has truly led me all the way. Since that time, I have graduated from High School. The missionaries sent me to Bible College, then to Leprosy training. Now I am working in the Mission Leprosy Hospital and preaching every day. Many from here have been baptized. Last year 44 lepers came to Jesus in our hospital. Jesus still leads me today and will through all my life.

Durai is my name. I'm 24 years old. My village is a Hindu one that means we believe in different gods and worship in a temple. Fourteen

years ago a preaching party headed by our missionary, Art Morris, came into our village. Before they left, both my father and I were baptized and declared our stand for Jesus. My father asked that I go to the Boys' Home
in Madrapakkam, I was ten years old when I entered there. I came from a village of Anana naiken kuppam whose people are

very, very poor. My father wove baskets to sell in the City and also the mats we sit on. He did not get paid regularly and often we went hungry
for days. If he could sell his wares to European customers who don't know the value of money then we could really eat and buy more material for weaving these baskets. If he had a good sale, we could buy beautiful weaving material and realize more profit next time. Mother and my brothers live in the village. She works as a midwife to this village and is "on call" to the surrounding villages. She knows all
about this work and is much cleaner than some of the other midwives. Of

course, she had no formal training. She learned from her mother and from
practice. But she has been able to help us live. Here in the Boys' Home we are divided into four groups: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Each group has different duties assigned to it during the week. The small boys, grades 1,2,3,4 and 5 live in a home called Joy.

The older boys move into Peace Home as soon as they start High School, which is the 6th grade. The boys at Peace can stay up longer at night to study and have more privileges. The boys in Joy won't have our longer sessions of Bible learning. Our ammah, Ruth Morris, sends us out on week end preaching tours, too, which we all enjoy. After school is out, we all go home to help our missionary. Art Morris. He always has something for us to do. Sometimes it is to help him change
a Jeep tire so he can go preaching. Sometimes he takes us all out on vil lage evangelism. This is what I love to do. You see, I was named for this missionary. He is called Durai here, and his first name is Arthur. So I

am named A, Durai. He has a special meaning to me, also. When my father knew he was dying. Art and Ruth Morris came along in a Jeep to see him. How they loved my father! He had been such a help to them in this vil lage. He was the elder and he had a way of thinking and talking which they liked. He loved the Lord and never, never asked for help for teaching about Jesus. Just as he lay dying he told Art and Ruth Morris that he gave me to them to care for and to watch over, as he no longer could. From that time on, I have felt that I am part of their family. They take care of me

and, when I am sad because of the death of my father, they cheer me up.
Now I have graduated from High School, and Jesus led me to go to a
school where I could learn to be of service to Him. I enrolled at the South-

em Asia Christian College in Madras. Art and Ruth Morris had started this college just two years ago. Jesus has led me all the way, and I have

been able to help the missionaries feed the starving people during this famine. We helped the people in 75 villages to keep from starving to death. I traveled from village to village bringing food to them. I was also able to help bring the Gospel to them, thus looking after not only their physi cal welfare but also their spiritual life.

"I want to come and live at your house". This was our introduction to

a little boy, begging us to let him come and live in the Boys' Home, Madrapakkam, which is where we live.

"You must have a place for me I'm very small, you see. I believe
in Jesus and 1 want to live for Him." Now Aruldoss will tell you how Jesus led him to the above statements,
years ago.

Several years ago this village of Thairakshi did not know of Jesus. We
lived in the darkness of Hinduism. I have four sisters but both my father and mother are dead. Now I was head of the house, although I was only

eight years old. You see, my sisters have to listen to me because girls
don't count for much in my village.

The missionaries found room for just one more and I moved into the

Boys' Home. I was very poor. They found a box for my books, a grass mat for me to sleep on, a shirt and pants that had been sent from the Churches
of Christ in America, and lastly, some books for me to study from. I found it hard to adjust to this life. In the village of Thai-rakshi. I

had gone to the great Hindu temple, I had worshipped a god of stone and all of my day revolved around the religion of this temple. My father had been a very important man in the village. He taught the stories of the Hindu gods from village to village. All the people stopped their work and

came to listen to him. He had a copy of the sacred books of the Hindu gods. These books are hand copied and very hard to find. Sometimes he

would teach these books by putting on a drama. These dramas would go

on until three o'clock in the mornings. But all the people came and watched
the scenes of old unfolded before their eyes.

I was a new believer when I came here, and the Christian religion

(Ruth Morris) taught the Bible classes and explained the wonderful story
of Jesus. She told of His life and death, and the still more marvelous fact
of His Resurrection. How I loved to hear of this!

seemed very strange and different. Here in the Boys' Home, the Ammah

Each week-end I went on preaching parties. I changed my name from Munswamy to Aruldoss, which is a Christian name. I went to villages that did not know of Jesus. Sometimes we spent three days with these people, telling of the one, true God. Many believed and our missionary. Art Morris,
baptized them and helped a small Church begin services.

I am so happy that Jesus led me to the Boys' Home at Madrapakkam. He is still leading me today as I teach other boys here in the Home, where
I am the housefather for 75 boys.

"Christmas has come! Listen to the carols. Oh, what shall I do! I

feel so lonely. I am T. M. Masilamani, of Thairakshi Village. My age, I

think, is 12. I am deeply thinking of this season of Christmas and what it would mean to me if my mother and father were still alive. But several

years ago God saw fit to take them with Him, and I am left here, lonely
and hungry".

This is the way my life went before I met the missionaries. Art and Ruth Morris, one Christmas morning. They welcomed me into their home

and hearts. I attended Christian Service Camps with them. They found school clothes for me and sent me to school. They saw that I had good food and good companions. How I enjoyed talking and playing with their
children, David, Patty, Joe and lastly, Sharon Lee. But the most thrilling things to me were the weekends. The Jeep would

be piled full of preachers, hostel boys, food, song books. Bibles and equip

ment. We would then go to villages preaching the word of God. I was brought along to teacii songs and choruses which I knew and loved. Some

times I would teach an English song like, "Wonderful, Wonderful, Jesus

is to me", and I sang it from my heart. As soon as I learned enough English, I translated several doctrine

books on Church of Christ. These went out into every village. I gave my
heart and life completely to God.

With great difficulty I finished High School. Jesus led me to a Bible College where I studied two years. I was so interested in the healing ministry of Jesus. I longed to be a Doctor and help the poor sick people of the villages. I could not be a doctor, you see, for as an orphan I had missed a lot of school and now I was too old. Jesus led me instead to Madras for a pharmacy training. Now I make medicines during the time I have off from my work. I have a lot of holidays and am always there on

Saturday for work in the Leprosy Hospital run by Mr. and Mrs. Morris at
Madrapakkam. One happy Christmas I walked down the aisle with my beautiful bride, Jothi.

Jothi is a Christian and one day I would like to tell you about her life and how Jesus led her through difficult times. Jesus has led me through this life so far and as soon as our child is born, we are leaving a per manent job in a good English company. Here we would have worldly secu rity and a good income. But Jesus has called me, and I shall resign and go into full time Christian work. My time, my talent, my training, my family and my life will henceforth be used completely for Him, who has led me all the way.

she married him. He undertook to find out what this being a Christian meant, and through the teaching of Art Morris, the missionary in South India, he was baptized. My father is in the Indian Army. Now we are sta tioned in many different places in India. Jesus has led my family as we
move from home to home, all over India.

to be a teacher. My grandfather was a teacher and preacher. How I long to be like him. My mother is a nurse. She helped start the Mission Hospital years ago. Then she met a young Solomon, and eventhough he was a Hindu,

My name is Kalavedi, and I was born in the Church of Christ Mission Hospital at Madrapakkam. Almost since the day I was born, I have wanted

He helped me make new friends in each place. He helped me learn a

different language in each new place I have been. In each school I have
at Madrapakkam again. I am 12 years old.

made good grades. Now my father is at the Chinese border, and I am living Hindus. They get up in the morning and bow before an idol who is kept
I must tell you about the other girls in my class. Most of them are

in the center room of the house. Usually it is a small stone statue of someone or something. Some of the girls worship monkeys, some elephants,

and some worship a woman called Mariammal. She is supposed to keep them from having smallpox!! After they bow to the image, they burn a small fire before it. They take a little ash from this fire and put signs
on their foreheads. These signs mean they have been good Hindus.

The Hindu girls are taught that they are not as good as the boys. If

there is a boy in their family, then his wishes must always come first. He

must eat the better food and sleep in the most favored place. A Hindu girl
is always less than the boy members of her family. She cannot sit if her brother is in the same room. If he is a bad brother, then he can hit her or beat her and no one will care. His mother will almost worship the boy and whatever he wants always comes first. A Hindu girl will get married by the
time she is 12 years old just my age. She won't have the choice of

husbands. Many years ago the father of the boy and her father have already
decided who her husband will be.

The girls in Hindu families will be named after goddesses. Sometimes she will be called Lakshami the goddess of beauty - or perhaps Pushparani Queen of the Flowers. I think our Christians names of Grace or Ruth sound better, don't you? I am so happy that Jesus has led me. In my family we come together for devotions and prayer each morning. We sing Christian songs and start the day with Bible reading. We try to be a witness in school to all the Hindu girls. As soon as 1 graduate from high school, I am going to try to go to Teachers College. This is a great ambition for a Christian girl. But,
as a teacher, I can show the class what it means to be a Christian. I can

tell them the way He would like them to go. I can read the Bible to them. Then one day, perhaps, I can help in the girls' home that Art and Ruth Morris are so anxious to establish. This is a great goal, but I know I can accomplish it. Jesus has led me so far, and I rest assured that He will lead me all the way.

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Help train preachers in the Southern Asia Christian College. Help treat lepers in the leprosy hospital and clinics.

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Help keep the Boys' Home In operation. For just $5.00 per month a boy can be cared for and trained in the
way of the Lord.

Danville, Illinois 61832

THE

SOUTH

INDIA

Challenger
PUBLISHED BY

South India Church of Christ Mission

MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR MORRIS, FOUNDERS

MAY 1969

14,000 BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST

then 1950

ARTHUR MORRIS BAPTIZING IN INDIAN OCEAN

Shades of Pentecost! Over 14,000 Baptized into Christ in 18 years of ministry in South India. In 1950, the Morris' arrived in Madras to take up the work started by Johnson Edwards, who was taught by Fred Smith and Zoena Rothermel. They found two small churches and one preacher. After a year of language study, they moved to the rural area where the churches were located. They began to evangelize and establish churches.

250 Churches

Today
there
Now

160 Night Schools 3 Boy's Homes with 135 Boys 1 General Hospital
I Leprosy Hospital
3400 Patients 900 Children

are
Born in Washington, Indiana, Brother Morris graduated from High School, then entered the Cincinnati Bible Seminary where he earned the B.A. and M.A. Degrees.

II Roadside Clinics

1 Southern Asio College

KEEP THE DOORS OPEN.

PRAY FOR THIS WORK, THAT GOD WILL

Here, he met and married his lovely wife, Ruth, who has
shared with him in his work.

Following a successful ministry at Lawrenceburg, Indiana,

the Morris' founded the South India Church of Christ Mission.

Several Missionary families have gone to India under the inspiration of the Morris'. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lacson serve as Dean of Southern Asia Christian College. Mr. and Mrs. David Rees have assumed the duties of the Morris' while they are home on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thompson, Christian young people, are here in the United States studying in the graduate school of the Seminary preparing themselves for teaching in the Christian College. They have all been busy while on furlough. Arthur has been holding Faith Promise Missionary Meet ings all over the country and preaching in the churches. He has lectured at colleges and r"-eached at camps, giving unself
ishly to tell the people how God has worked in India.

A little boy, David, came to bless their home. The three Morris' sailed for India in June of 1950 and arrived in the city of Madras. Here, they began an intensive study of Tamil and one year later moved to the rural area, where they found more churches. Two of the original converts are still with the work, faithfully witnessing for Christ. Through the years, they have evangelized,baptized,taught native leadership and trained
faithful men and women. ^

THOMAS C. KEY, Minister, JOINS

SOUTH INDIA MISSION AS EDITOR
THE SOUTH INDIA

CHALLENGER
PUBLISHED BY

THE SOUTH INDIA CHURCH of CHRIST MISSION

EDITOR: THOMAS C. KEY

Address communications for The Challenger to:

P. O. BOX 842

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33302

All else to;

D. EUGENE HOUPT

Forwarding Agent
P. O. BOX 215

With this Issue, The South India Challenger will be Edited by Thomas C. Key, Minister of Central Christian Church, Fort Lauderdaie, Florida. Brother Key has served our churches for thirty years. While at Bethel, Ohio, the church assumed living link support for Guy Humphries in the Belgian Congo.
An additional living link of Skippy Ransford was assumed when the Ransford's joined the Humphries. He became Editor of The African, and served on the Board of the African
Christian Mission.

DANVILLE, ILLINOIS 61832

HOUPrS OLD FRIENDS

D. Eugene Houpt has served as Forwarding Agent for the Morris' for nineteen years.
All funds are receipted and all donors notified. Funds are deposited here and sent on to India. Literally tons of supplies and materials have been shipped. Bandages for the Hospital and Leprosy work are forwarded as received.

REFLECTIONS OF A FORWARDING AGENT by D. Eugene Houpt Many of you who will be reading this paper have had corres pondence with us over a period of almost 19 years. Seldom have we had the opportunity to give you any personal informa tion. Perhaps you will feel that you know us better as a result ot this little visit together. My first meeting with Arthur Morris took place late one September night in 1944. The minister of my home church (Greenville, Illinois) and his wife took me to Cincinnati to be enrolled as a freshman in the Cincinnati Bible Seminary. When we arrived, most of the students were gone or otherwise occu

Brother Key has known the Morris' since student days at the Seminary. Central Christian Church, Fort Lauderdaie, Florida, since Brother Key began his ministry, has increased their giving from $500 a year to $6123 pledged this year, through Faith Promises To Missions. Brother Morris preached for The Faith Promise Week of Missions this year.
DEVOTIONAL LESSON

Can be used at Missionary Meetings, Class Meetings, Youth Meetings, etc.

The Lord Does Expect the Impossible Heb. 11:6

Many times, we see our friends shake and waver in their

Christian faith and life. These friends excuse themselves by saying, "Well, what could I do?" They imply that they stand
alone and that one should not expect the impossible.

pied. The very first person to greet us was Arthur Morris. He provided me with a place to lodge that first night on the top bunk in his room. Thus began a friendship which has continued
through the years.

But this is what the Lord does expect. We saw it very

clearly illustrated in the life of one of our converts. Brother

Devarathanam was reared in a strong Hindu home. His father

was a most famous witch doctor and Hindu Priest.

Not only was Art gracious enough to provide me with lodg ing that first night, but later he was the means of introducing me to my wife whom he had known for several years. In June, 1946, I married Alice Summers of Montgomery, Indiana. Art was there to help get the job done and later that same year I shared in the wedding of Arthur Morris and Ruth Rice. Since the fall of 1950 I have served as forwarding agent for the Morris family. When we first began this work, it was not such a big job. But as the work in India has grown, so has our
work here. We not only handle the correspondence and bookkeepplng chores, but we find ourselves doubling as a shipping agent when thfe bandages pile up. We have shipped literally tons

Devarathanam grew up as the oldest son of this famous man. By Indian tradition, this meant he should carry on the work of his father. He learned all the practical skills taught by his father. He even went farther and learned the famous Yoga concentration. Even when stuck with a pin or when hot coals were placed at his feet, no movement would come to his
body.Then the missionaries came to that area and Devarathanam

became a Christian. This family became the center of con troversy in the villages. The father was the leader of the
heathen forces. The son was the leader for God.

of supplies to India through the years. I have also served as

editor of all our publications and news letters until this issue. It is such a relief to have the assistance of Bro. Key in this ca pacity. We know how important it is that you be kept informed of the work in India. The mailing is being done from Danville with the assistance of some capable ladies in our congregation. In addition to serving as forwarding agent, I minister to a very active congregation near Danville. We will complete 16
continued on page 4

Gradually, the father succumbed to illness and died. Now,

the real test of faith was at hand. Devarathanam did not fail.

He called the villages together and preached to them about

the Lord. Then, he started a fire in the middle of the village

and one by one threw the sacred books of his father into the

fire and watched them burn to ashes. Here went fame, fortune,
honor and power. Today, he is poor in worldly things. He works with his hands for a living from the dry, barren soil.
But, he has found the true symbols of a life with God. He

stands firm in faith. He has proved the impossible does not

exist when living for Jesus.

ONE IN A BILLION...
SOUTHERN ASIA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
is one in a Billion. One Billion people live within reach of the College. As Paul evangelized all of Europe from Antioch, so Brother Morris hopes to reach up into the vast reaches of Asia with the Gospel from Madras. Already, students are coming from far and wide to study in the English language and here, learn to preach. Two young men from Lisuland have arrived as students in the Southern Asia Christian College. One is a native Chinese and the other is a Burmese. They are now deeply engrossed in the classes offered in this College in Madras. Since no mission aries are allowed in these lands, sending them to our Bible Col lege is now the only means of personally training them. This fulfills the needs of 20,000 Christians in this group who are now behind closed doors. It is a break through not thought possible two short years ago. Also, two Naga young men from beyond Shillong, Assam have joined in the College. They came in the beginning of this
year.

THE HOPE OF ASIA?

MR. AND MRS. LEONARD THOMPSON

Although we had no building, no money and few personnel, the Lord led us to open this Bible College two years ago and He has certainly blessed it since 1967.

Upon completion of his studies at the Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Leonard Thompson and his lovely wife, will return to join Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lacson at the College. Leonard has been described at the "Most intelligent Foreign Student to study at the Seminary."

LEONARD PREACHING FROM HIS TAMIL BIBLE

QUTHERII HA CHRISTU*; UUC6E

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Rented Building Brethren David Reese, Leonard Thompson and some of the young men of The College.

WORLDWIDE FACULTY

By faith the Morris' started Southern Asia Christian College in rented quarters. A fine staff has been gathered; Arthur
Morris, President; Ruth Morris, Office Manager; Jerry Lacson
COLLEGE CAMPUS THE
GREATEST NEED . . . .

A lack of adequate facilities hampers the growth though

enrollment has tripled since the College began two years ago. It has been decided to conduct a major fund drive to purchase four acres of land and build three buildings to house the

college. These will include Administration Offices, Chapel, Library, Classrooms, two Dormitories for Men, Kitchen and
Dining Rooms.

a native Philipino graduate of Lincoln Christian College with M.A.Degree, Dean; Heather Lacson, a native Indian of Madras who studied in the Philipines and at Lincoln Christian College, Registrar and Librarian; David Rees, a Canadian veteran of 30 years of missionary service, Professor and Director of Special students; Lois Rees, graduate of Minnesota Bible College and Butler School of Religion and veteran co-laborer of her hus band for 30 years. Professor and Counselor of Women. Leon ard Thompson, graduate of Manila Bible College now doing graduate work at the Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Professor;
Pam Thompson, studied at Manila Bible College . nd Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Professor in the Women's Deparijnent; Peter Rama Ran, studied in India Bible Institute of Assam and Bilaspur. Professor of New Testament and Director of Sunday School Department; Reuben Benjamin, Graduate of Univer sity of Madras, Professor of Englishand Dean of Boys.

To provide funds for immediate construction bonds are available. Write to Eugene Houpt for information or send a gift marked "BIBLE COLLEGE BUILDING" and PRAY
HARD.

QUARTER

OF A

MILLION DOLLARS WORTH

OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED Under the supervision of Brother Morris, the wheat given by our Government to the starving of India during the famine in 1966-67, was distributed to the destitute. Our churches sent offerings to pay for the trucking of the wheat. Roads were built, wells were dug and schools were crected. For each person who received the wheat had to work as payment. Now, produce is moving to the cities, water is available for crops and learning for children.
PRAY FOR INDIA AND ALL ASIA.

BIBLES

for
INDIA
One quarter will put a Tamil
New Testament in the hands of a

hungry soul in his own tongue. People of India are not only body hungry, but Soul hungry. A dollar will buy an enlirc Bible. The American Bible Society has
published the Bible in Tamil and

Telegu, which the Mission purchases to use in its work. Classes, Camps, Youth Groups, Missionary Organi
zations could take "Bibles for India"

as a project. A man in Florida raised

a million dollars to send New Testa
ments to Viet Nam.

Send your Quarters and Dollars to:

BIBLES FOR INDIA

P. 0. Box 215

Danville, Illinois 61832

FAMINE STRIKES AGAIN

Pam Thompson reading her

After the heavy monsoon rains of 1968 drougiit again has dried the land and the crops liave failed tiiis year. The Local crop officer has written begging for Brother Morris to under
take the distribution of wheat, when he returns in June. A 7

Tamil Bible, as all Christians

do, each morning for their

devotions. The Bible is the

ton truck load of wheat costs $25.00. $10.00 pays for 4200 meals or 21 meals for a penny. The starving people work for the food by digging wells and lakes for storage of water. They build roads so that their vil lages can be supplied from the city. With lakes to hold the water someday famine may be a thing of the past as the people can irrigate this land.

Chief Textbook of the College and is read by the boys in the Hostels to begin the day. All the Indian people sit crosslegged to read the Word of
God.

Continued from page 2.. . years of our second ministry with the Old Union Church of Christ this month. I also am employed with the Floyd Butler Insurance Agency in Danville. Our family includes three sons. The oldest, Steve, is present

ly serving in the U.S.Navy, stationed at San Diego, Cal.,Dan is a junior in high school and Mike is a sophomore. Those who know us also realize that we consider nine dogs very much a part of the family. We appreciate corresponding with you concerning the work
of South India Church of Christ Mission. There are times when

the work load prevents our giving you a reply as promptly as you might like, but we do try to give attention to every request

we receive for information. We're always grateful to you for

your continued support of the work. We look forward to hear
ing from many of you as our association continues.

WEESNER'S NEEDED IN INDIA

ROY BLACKMORE

ENDORSES WEESNERS

Nationally famous Minister of the East Tulsa Christian Church, Roy

Blackmore, writes, "Our Board of

ft

Elders wholeheartedly recommends the Weesners to our Brethren. They are fully qualified, by preparation
and dedication, to serve in India."
Brother Weesner is an excellent Bible Student and Teacher.

He is experienced in shop work and will be able to help in the rehabilitation program of the Indian Lepers. The East Tulsa Church will assume a part of their living link support, with other churches sharing with East Tulsa.

MR. & MRS. ELDEN WEESNER & FAMILY

Tulsa, Oklahoma The Elden Weesner family, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, dedicated their lives to India at the World Missions Conference, held at
East Tulsa Christian Church.

Our Hospital Staff,

Dr. Hasselblad,

Dr. Salvapandian.

Brother Arthur Morris, founder of the South India Church of Christ Mission, said, "With the Weesner's background of training, I am confident they will be able to enter India." They will work with the Leper Hospital and Southern Asia Christian College. Brother Weesner attended San Jose Bible College, Churches of Christ School of Evangelism, Los Angeles Junior College, and Oklahoma State University. Mrs. Weesner is a graduate of Los Angeles County Hospital School of Nursing. While teaching in Tulsa's Vocational School, they have been active in the East Tulsa Christian Church. They have four children: Ruth 11, Russell 9, Navette 7,
and Jonathan 5.

Chaplain Davamany preaching to a

patient before the

operation.

~1
New Hands for old bent claws. A Leper patient ready for Surgery.

NEEDED BEFORE AUGUST of '69

TRAVEL FUND

Plus Living Link Salaries, call or write for Speaking Rates to:
After the operation a cast and new hope to be able to vyalk again.
ELDEN WEESNER - Phone 1 - 918 - 836-1288

6340 East Newton, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74415

CHRISTMAS and EASTER in INDIA

After eighteen years in India, as a second home, we begin i

to realize we are absorbing the customs and habits of our 1 adopted land. I How many American young people can speak in three or I
four languages?

Tamil and Telegu are the languages of our part of India. At home, in America, at Christmas time, we began to miss the Tamil songs and choruses and the wonderful people that are so courteous and hospitable.
We celebrated both Christmas and Easter here in America,

" 1
j

The habits and customs are quite different. From Dec. 1 |

through 24th, at 4:00 a.m., the singing of Christian songs and
choruses in Tamil by the Boarding School Boys in Hostel '

awakened us as they serenaded all the Christian families. On ^

the 24th, we visit the Village Dramas of the Birth of Jesus,
Christians attach to them.

How they work on these Dramas and what meaning the I

Christmas is the time for new clothes. In Madras, each woman and girl must have her own set, a new blouse and a Sari the lovely garment worn by all the Indian women and demonstrated wherever we have gone this year. The boys and men must have new shirts. Food is shared with all the poor, including the widows and orphans. No one is neglected during this gay and happy Christian Celebration. Even the school children are given spccial sweets made from carrots and brown brown sugar. Sounds awful! What a delicacy for the Indian

boys and girls.

(yy f^uth Morris

ALL DRESSED UP FOR EASTER SHARON MORRIS ON WAY TO CHURCH

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A VILLAGE SCHOOL Notice the school building behind the boys a brush arbor.

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ADOPT A SON!
Would you like to adopt a son? Thousands of boys in India have no family. In 1954 the Morris' started a home for boys that has clothed, fed, and given hundreds tender loving care. They are taught the gospel so that over half of them
have become Preachers in the Churches. Brother Charles

have an Indian meal

Wogmon of Odin, Indiana has taken the Boys Homes as his special project. Mrs. Ruth Morris will send him complete information including pictures, birthdate, clothing sizes and other needs. Any person,class,Sunday School, Church, Youth Group, etc. can adopt a boy for S5.00 per month. Mr. Wogmon will send all the information relative to your adopted son to you and you in turn can write, send cards, clothing, etc. direct ly to India and your adopted son.
Write: Charles L. Wogmon
First Christian Church

Odon, Indiana 47562

GREETINGS INDIAN STYLE ! Classes are always looking for something different for their monthly meetings. Here's a recipe for a typical meal Four Star Recipe of the Month **** - Serves 4-6, depending on their appetite. Be sure and sit on the floor and if you want to eat Indian style, eat with your fingers.
FOUR STAR **** RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Brother Morris presenting Bibles to the boys in the Home before they write their final exams.

MADRAS CURRY

I lb. meat cut into cubes (beef or lamb) 1 lb. potatoes cut into cubes 2 Tbs. Curry powder 1 Tbs. ChiUi powder, tumeric and coriander
milk of 1 cocopnut

2 Tbs, Salad oil

2 Tps. Salt

2 large chopped onions

Fry onions in salad oil until brown. Stir in all spices, then add meat. Cook five minutes, then add milk and potatoes and simmer until potatoes are done. Serve over 2 cups cooked rice.
With this, you will need a Chutney or Salad to complement

it. There are many recipes for this, but the one I suggest is
as follows;

Daily Vacation Bible School Indian Style.

TOMATO CHUTNEY

2 large tomatoes 1 large green pepper

1 large sweet red pepper

medium onion

1 cup lemon juice

Stem tomatoes, stem and seed peppers, and peel onions; chop vegetables and combine with juice, stirring well. Stir occasionally at room temperature during next hour. Chill.
Serve cold. Makes 2 pts.

Grade School Boys in the Home.

Lime or lemonade is usually served, very cold, with the above curry meal. Good luck !!!

TRA VEL

FUNDS

TOO LATE !

$3500.00

Needed By June 11
THE MORRIS FAMILY WILL RETURN TO
INDIA BY PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS ON JUNE

11th, TO

BEGIN THEIR

FOURTH TERM OF

SERVICE. YOUR GIFTS WILL HELP THEM CON TINUE THIS VITAL WORK FOR CHRIST AND
HIS CHURCH. Send Gifts To:

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This little baby starved to death before the Morris' could get help. The food distribution program continues as funds are available. One Penny will feed 21 meals through the generosity of the American Government and the wonderful people who sent funds to help distribute the wheat.

D. EUGENE HOUPT
P. 0. 80X215

DANVILLE, ILLINOIS 61832

Mark-TRAVEL FUND

A Village Preacher and His Medical Suppliesto administer

first aid to the hurt and wounded.

A Leper Patient greets you with the age old greeting

of India.

Sout^
D. Eugene Houpt, Forwarding Agent
P. 0. Box 215

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FORWARDING AGENT D. EUGENE HOUPT

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MISSIONARIES MR. and MRS. ARTHUR MORRIS

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Madrapakkam Via Gummudipondi Post

South India

June 3, 1969
Dear friends:

By the time you receive this letter the ^Irthur lUorris

family will be on their way back to India, They will leave Chicago on lionday morning, June 9. In an effort to thank all who have helped with the work in South India these many years as well as to enlist additional support for further expanding the work, Arthur liorris has been on the move ever since landing in the U. S, last July 2, He__^ '.as travelled over 75iPQC^mjlles during this eleven month period,

irs, I'iorris has aTsa kepfm^y speaking"engagements while at the

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Now they go back to the fiel'i. to immediately plunge into

many tasks that are awaiting their attention,

has not ..been a year for resting, but rather a year for ^orkin^.
the"'

same time trying to keep a home together for the children,

^/e know you appreciate the effort and sacrifice that is required to carry on this kind of work, and we feel certain you want to know when a sr)ecial need exists, v/e are not given to a regular habit of making special apneals, but the time has now
come to ask for your, special help,

Sufficient funds have come in during this past year to just carry on the work, pay off what indebtedness we had, and
maintain a balance to meet current expenses, V/e have been able to build a travel fund of 1,000, This, of course, is very inadequate for returing the workers to the field along with the supplies necessary for another tern of service. We have had.to use funds designated for other phases of the work in order to
pay their travel expenses back to India, THlS--i-i01TSY iXJST BE

^iSPIu^OSD AS IT 13 FOR TiK ,i.T. QISCB^ Thus, we are making a modest request. V/ill you at this time send a special gift for the travel fund? Please designate your gift for that
purpose if you will have a part in this special effort. A gift of i 10.00 from those concerned about this work will help meet

this need at this time. If you are able to give more, or less, your help will be most welcome. Please give this request your immediate and prayerful attention. We will be most grateful to
you.

Please let us know if you desire additional news about the work in South India, V/e will be glad to supply you with
materials that are quite informative.

Thank you so much for giving this letter your consideration,

Sincerely yours in Christ, D, Sugene Houpt, Pwd, Agent
Snclosure
SOUTH INDIa CH, of CHRIST iilSSION

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Forwarding AgentD. Eugene Houpt

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INDIA CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION

JERRY & heather LACSON

-^ARTHUR & RUTH MORRIS

Forwarding Agent; Mrs. Marilyn Beaver R.Dt 1 Sharon Rd. Bridgeport, Ohio 43912

Sept, 5I 1969
Dear Prayer Partners and friends,

This

is

a very busy time in India, and I have not received too ranch infoiination

recently, but I feel I should share mth you the news I have.

First, Heather delivered a baby boy,but I have no details such as date or name,etc.
Second, I want to let you read some of the letter X received from India yesterday.

acres,

bigger than the place on'-Avadi road, and the ground is tremendous, well over two
another place so good and large in the whole area of the city of Madras, The rent we pay for this is just the same as we paid for the other place, V7e have been try ing to get this place for three years and finally through the Grace of C-od, we were able to get it through one of our very good friends. Now we are renting, but we can purchase it and what we pay on rent will come off the price. They are allo^^ing us
the rent of one year to fix the place up, so it is satisfactory to us. and also right in the heart of the city of Madras, I don't thin!< there is

"We got such a wonderfHil place for the school. It is so much bigger, about 4- times

ered, painted, put dovm a well, and vdll put in an overhead tank, electric pump and 7 flushouts, sinlc in the kitchen and all. This is all coming off our rent, so free.

1% replast-

5 are bathrooms,so we mil have enough bath rooms for all the students. It is large and high and cool. don't have enough chairs, tables, or benches. A few were pur chased last year, but not even half enough. The boys have no mats to sit on or
mats there,
went ahead,"

It has a total of 30 rooms counting the small adjoining house,25 are good rooms and

sleep on, imagine sleeping right on the cement floor, and can't sit to eat as no
Fo notebooks, ink or hair oil, as not enough money in the budget.

Really, we grew too fast, but the opportunity was here and the time is short, so we
I think this is enough to let you know the urgency of the need in India, The sad

note is that the income for the Southern Asia Christian College for^August was the
the Holy Spirit is directing me to bring this need to you, and it is my
In His Service,

lowest it has been since it was started. It usually averages over .plOOO, a month, and now when the need is greater, we received f573 for August,

I feel

prayer that you x-Till allow the Spirit to guide you heart in this matter.

Hrs. iiarilyn Beaver

JaniLsl /$

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FORWARDING AGENT D. EUGENE HOUPT
Tel. (217) 442-6736

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^SSIONARIES
Via Gummu^!

MR. aniMRS. ARTHUR MORRIS

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December 1, 1969
Dear friends:

South India

We have received several news letters from India during the fall, but it hasn't been possible to get these mailed. At this time, we will take some of the most interesting parts from each one to include in this holi day mailing to you.^Forwarding Agent.
WRITTEN IN SEPT: "Greetings from the land of elephants. When we think of India, we so often think of the famed Indian Elephant. Rather, India is the land of 550 million people. Many of these are suffering from the lack of water and the rest from lack of the spiritual Water of Life. Your missionaries have been very busy with extra projects on top of the regular teaching and preaching schedule. We completed two camps to the far flung areas of our mission field. This is really a task, for some of the areas are so far away. The first camp was to Ami. There in two days time we visited 14 churches to encourage the brethren; checked on the qual ity of teaching being done to the school children; and baptized a few new converts. The second camp was in Bangalore, about 250 miles from Madras. This city is the capital of Mysore State. Here Bro. Victor Daniel is the full time preacher and has three fine congregations. Mysore State has over

30 million people and Bangalore City alone is over 2i million population.

You can see the tremendous opportunity to serve in these fields. We need to get more help for this area. September was the month of the flu. It has been called Asian Flu or

Dinghy Flu, but it is the worst we have ever seen. At one time over half of the Bible College students were down with it. I got it, then Sharon, then Ruth and many of the hostel boys. It starts with high fever, the in tense dysentery followed by extreme weakness. Many died with it. There is no water in Madras. All the taps are empty. We had to put down a new tube well at the Bible College. It is quite a problem to have 45 boys and no water. Our house well has been dry for several months. Countless villagers have had to carry their drinking water for as far as four miles. Pray for us as we labor for the Master in this great land."
WRITTEN IN OCTOBER: "Never have we seen so many snakes! One day three big ones were brought in by the aboriginal man who catches them for us with his bare hands. My, he is surely deft of hand to put his hand down the cobra hole and knowing whether it has its tail forward or its head, he will do
the needful and catch them.

Our famine relief project for the next few months is taking real shape, For many weeks the hundreds of poor people who do not have any jobs will be able to eat. At the same time, repairs can be made to 525 school buildings for the Punjayit Unions. We give the wheat, and the Government will give the money for leaves and materials so that over 25,000 children will have a good, clean, dry school building to study in if the rains do come. Our present plans call for 60 truck loads of wheat. All it costs us is the

trucking, and $ 25.00 pays for a big load from five to seven tons, depending
on the truck. At this rate it is 1600 meals for a dollar, 16 for a penny

(price went up) and 16,000 for $ 10.00. If you would like to help in this, please mention it on your gift. We are working with the collector of our district, and this is helping 25,000 families have 250,000 meals every day.
Tn October we launched a new Bible teaching program on the village level

On each Saturday, which is our only free day, we have some 75 men gather for regular Bible classes. These are all volunteer men who farm or teach school* Some work out at day wages. They preach on Sunday and teach the village chil
dren. These classes are to continue for three months, but if the response is

good enough, we may continue longer. For some 300 churches here in South India we have only 20 full time evangelists# All the rest of the work is
done by these volunteers

Euth's hostel boys are growing in body and in spirit. They just com pleted their first exams. Many had been poorly fed for months, and for the
first few weeks all they thought about was eating. It is a big job to keep all things going as there are 238 of them, and each must eat throo meals a dayo Because of the famine, there is often no food in the shops. Just to get food is very difficult. We hope all "Parents'" have gotten a letter
from their adopted children. We added a new staff nurse in the General Hospital, and things

are

really moving forward. We have 42 leper bed patients and hope to have at least half that many general patients before the end of the month. A famous surgeon is coming soon to perform operations on the hands and feet of the lepers." From all of us to all of you come our very sincere thanks for your
faithful support in the past. May you have much happiness during this Christmas season, and may the new year hold for you many joyful opportun ities for service. Please continue to remember us with your prayers, and

we are counting on your support to keep all of these programs going for our
Lord and His Church.

In Christ,

Art and Ruth Morris, forwarding agent

and co-workers

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College building now in use. We have option to buy.

Distributing gift food.