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NEK^RECRHU^, FOR INDONESIA

We are happy to introdupe Dennis and Lynn Free,Recruits to the mission work in Indonesia.
Carl met and talked with this couple in Atlanta, Ga. in March 1973 following the Georgia Missionary Rally. They expressed their deep interest in the Indonesian work and now they
have concluded that God has called them to accept the challenge of teaching New Testament

Christianity to the millions in this Southeast Asian country. Dennis and Lynn are making plans to depart for Indonesia in the fall of 1974. Currently they are serving with the church at Whitesburg, Ga. where Dennis has ministered since his graduation from Atlanta Christian College in 1970. Bro. Free's student ministries have been with the Hampton Church of Christ in Greenville, S.C. (an inner-city mission) and with the Hopewell Christ ian Church, Lawrenceville, Ga, His wife, Lynn, completed her work at Atlanta Christian College in January (1974) and graduated with a degree in Christian Missions. They join the Isles of the Pacific Christian Mission with high recommendatiDns. This couple is now seeking for individuals, groups and congregations to be their partners in carrying the Gos pel of Christ to Indonesia. They are available for revivals, faith-promise rallys, mission ary programs, camps and any group meetings where they may have the opportunity to present

their plans, hopes and aspirations to interested Christians. They may be contacted by writing to: Dennis and Lynn Free, P.O. Box 143, Whitesburg, Ga. 30185. Please do put this
couple on your PRAYER LIST and do all you can to speed them on their way to God's work in
Indonesia.

FISH FAMILY BACK ON THE FIELD What a joyous reunion^ our family was welcomed back to Indonesia with the warmth and
love of Christian brethren overflowing in beaming smiles, firm handshakes, embraces and tears. Expressions of amazement were constantly heard about Philip's growth to a height above the stature of many of his friends here. Many said he had grown tall with the same speed of grow ing bamboo. Likewise, we could see the changes in them and the marvelous Christian maturity in several. It was so good to be back, to pray together again, to plan for the expansion of Christ's work, to open the Scriptures and to talk of God's goodness and provision. We praise His Name for all these bountiful blessings. Carl spent one month in Indonesia prior to the entry of Grace and Philip. He left them in Chiang Mai, Thailand with the Church of Christ missionaries while he came ahead to prepare the way for our family to obtain new visas. He also had the job of moving all our household goods from our house in Bandung before Dec. 15th as the rental contract had expired and we just could not afford the exorbitant costs of re-renting there. Also, Carl found new doors opening for the New Testament Church in East Java and he and Paulus Trimanto made a week's trip into

that area, preaching and meeting with people interested in working with our missionaries. Within a matter of,a few days.from now the whole Fish family will be going back to East Java

to seek a house to rent there. "''^fle^feel God has given us an opportunity we dare not pass by.
It will ^ean moving our home and the printing ministry to that area, but we know God will

provide l^l^means to do it.

We are convinced that He has even greater things in store for

the cause of 'Chir^st-^han we've experienced our first term on this field. Another answer to prayer came through the Lord's providing a NEW sponsoring group for the Fish and Free families,

Such sponsorship is needed if we are to obtain new semi-permanent visas to work in Indonesia. At present the legal papers have been drawn up and soon we will be registered with the

government and our NEW sponsorship can then make request for our formal entry and accept ance as missionaries. In the meantime, we ask your definite PRAYERS for the speedy com
pletion of these legal details so we can remain here. Our field address will be maintained

in Bandung until we obtain a new one in East Java, however, there is a slight change to the
former address.
INDONESIA.

NOW please write to us at: P.O. BOX 73, % Charles W. Winegarner, BANDUNG,

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WONDERFUL

! NEW SEMI-PERMANENT VISAS GRANTED FISHES

States for steadfastness in petitioning the Lord in our behalf. We share this time of great VICTORY with you all and know you will also remember to THANK OUR GOD for His unfailing love
and power so wonderfully demonstrated again.

these visas. The Fish family sends its deepest thanks to EVERY PRAYER PARTNER in the United

This is truly a marvelous answer to PRAYERS. We praise the Lord for working mightily in the lives of all those who had governmental authority and upon whom we depended for issuing

e unexpected speed with which our NEW sponsoring group was able to complete registrations with all government offices in the capital city (Jakarta) and the two East Java cities of Surabaya and Malang Throughout all our meetings with the many government officials there was always an air of good feelings. Before EVERY official visit we PRAYED TOGETHER and God rewarded us with good relations with these important people. Also, the way is now cleared for Dennis and Lynn Free, new recruits for the work in Indonesia, to apply for their semi
permanent visas in the United States. PRAISE GOD!

1" official the light formation of these of facts, (1) Our visas were granted Dust three months from the date Hand of the the NEW Indonesian sponsoring group. ( ) We were NOT compelled to leave Indonesia and go to another country to make appli cations for our visas. This was another great blessing. ..not to have the added expenses of travel to Singapore and the food and rental costs necessary for such a time of waiting; (3)

What a grand feeling it is to be in our own home

once again!

We have been living in various places

on a temporary basis for the last six and a half

TO EAST JAVA

months and with limited clothing, dishes, and

other supplies

Opening the barrels we had packed

move

COMPLETED

before leaving INDONESIA for furlough was almost like opening Christmas gifts. We drove our Ford Java with some of our belongings, but had to hire a the rest moved. Our drive across the island took two experiences enroute. One detour took us 50 miles out

pickup truck across

larger truck to get

days and we had some new

Paulus' parents and sisters. While there we attended the Bible class taught by Mrs. Mintardjo
(pictured with class in Jan. issue of "Fish Lines") and spoke to the many youth she teaches
every Lord's Day. Moving into our home here in Batu TWO WEEKS EARLIER than expected was anoth
er wonderful surprise and surely the Hand of the Lord granting another of His great blessings!
The Lord has shown us in so many ways His leading to move us to this area of Java has many other wonderful things in store for the expanding of His Kingdom here! We know He

seen in Indonesia! Yet a very rewarding time was ours as we stopped to spend the night in Pati, Central Java with Bro.

remote villages and over the roughest roads we've yet

of our way and through

Our Forwarding Address is still the same:

NEW FIELD
ADDRESS

Isles of the Pacific Christian Mission

58 E, Main St.,

Greenwich, Ohio 44837.

NOTE: ALL gifts & offerings for the Fish family

should be sent to the above forwarding address.

CARL & GRACE FISH Post Office Box #3,

IF you have moved, please help us by sending your

new address to our mailing secretary: Mrs. Bill

Batu, Malang (JATIM)

INDONESIA

Santo, 3568 Manila Dr., Westerville, Ohio 43081.

wp wniild flDoreciate letters from all our readers. Letters mean a lot to us on the field We

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Brother C,L.

National Director of "Christians In Action" has

just informed puppet trailer ing with Bro. Graham effective evangelism here.

the Fish family they have been approved to receive a FREE unit for their work in Indonesia! We have been correspondabout our need for such a tool as his NEW INVENTION for more

It is a unit completely contained in a small twot-wheeled trailer designed to present Bible teaching through the use of hand^puppets^ coordinated with taped narr ation and sound effects and projected colored background scenery. It comes equipped with pup" pets projector, screen^ stero recorder, speakers and puppet stage, Brother Graham, a member of First Christian Church, Columbus, Ind^, is a retired rocket designer and now devotes much

of his time building these units for mission fields around the world. He has found a marvelous way to serve the Lord in his retirement. We are rejoicing that we have been chosen to use such a unit in Indonesia. Although it is presented to us FREE^ we must raise the funds to have it sent to Indonesia. We are asking our many Christian friends and supporting churches for

HELP to pay the shipping and freight costs. We plan to use it throughout East Java and IF it proves as effective a tool for visual evangelism as we now think it is conceiveable that we would build smaller and more portable units to be used by two or three Indonesian Christians to evangelize the hundreds of villages all over Indonesia. We feel it will become one of the

greatest tools known in Indonesia for reaching people for Christ,

PLETELY NEW and we shall be the FIRST to introduce it here!

It will certainly be COMt-

Puppet presentations have long

been a part of Indonesian culture, but ours will use Bible characters instead of their imaging" tive figures of mythology. At least $500 is needed NOW to ship this unit to Indonesia, Will you help us put this tool to work for Christ? Send your gifts today to our forwarding address
in Greenwich, Ohio,

place. .S^lIp;^ica's coming weddin^jto David Roberson on Aug. 23rd_in Meadville, Pa. Of course,
we're going"to miss'being-there for that SPECIAL EVENT and we know how important it is for a

Hello again, dear ones in share some of my activities the events of these past weeks. is uppermost" in our prayers

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with you and relate some of

think the one event that

and minds is yet to take

young lady to have her parents with her on such an occasion,

Getting settled in our NEW HOME

here in E. Java and back into the Lord's work has been most exciting and we're praise the Lord

for His leading. We're praising Him for our visas and now we are helping Dennis and Lynn Free so they can obtain theirs soon. Helping Philip get back into his school study schedule has
been a chore since he would rather be outside working in his vegetable garden in the beautiful

sunshine.

However, he wants to enter CBS upon graduation and knows he must 'buckle down'>!
HOMEx-i

He

does enjoy the nice garden space here at our NEW HOME and has many vegetables already growing
-i-H the r-ieh-

arrothennaxveious" ble ssing "from" Gad"^ ""A~5peci"ai~thank"

you to the Ladies of Sharon Christian Church, West Palm Beach, Fla, (one of our former minis
tries) for helping Philip pay his corresjxDndence school tuition costs. Also, our thanks to all the ladies groups and churches who have helped and continue to help Monica. She will be in her last year at Cincinnati Bible Seminary this Fall. How time flies! Before leaving Bandung for
E. Java two things happended...our pickup truck was broken into and ALL registration papers were stolen along with tools and this has caused us some headaches in re-^registering here. Also, a
severe wind and rain storm struck the city blowing down trees and causing floods. It poured barrels of water into two of our three rooms and we worked like beavers to get things high and

dry!

Anyone like a missionary project?? We '11 need a PIANO for the Leadership Training School
We're also

soon and would welcome all the help we can get from our many Chrisitan friends.

asking interested friends to send us boxes (see bottom of page 1) and if you would like us to
receive boxes BY CHRISTMAS, we suggest you send them BY AUGUST! Thank you all for your faith-rfill prayers and gifts which are so needed by our family and we ask the Lord to bless everyone
of you with His richest blessings. Please do WRITE A LETTER to us soon.
Always your servants for Christ, Carl^ Grace,, and Philip Fish

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The opening of our Leadership Training School Sept. 2nd
was another answer to prayer. Daily, for 8 weeks,the Lord gave us opportunity to teach Christian leaders from Cent ral and East Java. Pictured at the right are the Indones ian students and teachers. Subjects taught were: (1) The
Person and Work of Christ; (2) The Person and Work of (6) The New Testament the

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Holy Spirit;

(3) The Book of Acts;

(4)01d Testament Survey

(5) The Basis of our Faith; and

Church. These, pictured, will return to their villages to teach others what they were taught here. A small garage
was converted into a classroom a t our home and a house in

the village of Punten was rented for two years for dormi tory space. We are sure this type of Bible education will draw many to study with us and we pray i t will accomplish both the opening of NEW areas for reaching souls and build up already existing Christians. Our next session is sched uled to begin in January. At right (bottom photo) are the teachers. These men are all striving to bring the message of New Testament Christian TRUTH to their own people. ?Je praise God for their faith and vision.

Leadership Training
School

SORROW Struck suddenly on Sat. afternoon, Nov. 16th when Bro. Heru Moeljono (tallest in photo at right),one of
our best teachers, met with an accident and died in Bandung t while on a trip with Carl and Bro. Paul us. He left the place where we were staying and, alone, started for another address to pick up some clothing, but he either fainted or fell

over a doormat (no one saw what actually happened) and broke

It came as a severe shock to all who knew this humble man of God. Carl preached his funeral and burial in Bandung the following day (Lord's Day) at 2 PM. He was a man of great
patience and had known much physical suffering (two bouts with T.B. and the removal of one lung). He was a respected

his neck on the cement floor of the front porch. When Bro. Paulus and I reached him he was already gone from this life.

(l to r - Markus iiandoyo Trim^to, Hern Moeljono, Fish)

Teachers

counselor to all who came to him for help and advice. During the Fish family's first term in Indonesia, he assisted them as a translator and then joined them this year as a member of their new sponsoring group and co-worker for the cause of Mew Testament Christianity. His acquaint ance with government leaders and how and when to approach the right people to obtain legal documents for our work is also a great loss to us. However, we know that our loss is gain to Bro. Heru, for his life's work has ended and God has called him home where he shall experience no more physical pain or suffering. He lives on in our memories and through the results of his faithful Christian witness. We look forv/ard to meeting him again In that heavenly home above. PRAY that the Lord will bring us another man of like-vision and strength of faith to work with us. PRAY for Dennis and Lynn Free who also plan to help in leadership training work as soon as they finish language study.

- CHURCHES have dropped a total of $130 per month LIVING-LINK support of the Fish familyl! Needless to say, this has placed a severe strain
on our budget! Perhaps their UNEXPLAINED action was due to the financial
crisis in the U.S., however v;e want to illustrate to our readers the kind

of prices we have to pay in Indonesia. We ask those who have CUT OFF our

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jar (instant); Salad dressing..$2.13 pt.; Crackers..$1.50 lb. pkt.; jelley..$1.21 sml. jar;

still know NO CEILING and continue to sky-rocket weekly! Cooking oil.., $3.02 a qt.; Shortening..$2 lb. can; Soup..S .73 a can; Coffee..$6 -lOoz.

support IF they'd be willing to CHANGE PLACES with us! Prices here

Bacon (when available)..$3.SO lb. can; hot dogs (when available)..$2.19 a can; Cd ham..$3.13 lb.

Oatmeal.,$1.25 sml can; Beef (?)..$1.88 a kilo fresh (no special cuts available here)! Loss of financial support IVHILE WE ARE ON THE FIELD makes it almost impossible to REGAIN until v/e re turn for furlough...in our case, another two to three years!! Thus, an additional BURDEN is
forced upon us INADEQUATE SUPPORT!

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REMINDERS

l..The Fish family expresses Christian sympathy to the Jerry York family, ministers of one of our living-link churches at Conneautville, Pa., in the tragic death of their two daugh
ters and only children in August. We PRAY God will ease their heartache and pour out His loving comfort and peace upon them.
2..Dennis and Lynn Free's visas are NOW in the final stages of processing. PRAY that they will be given FULL APPROVAL and be able to enter Indonesia in January to begin their
wcrk with us.

3..The "Christian Sounds"...19 youth from Bandung, presented the Gospel in musical concert THREE times to hundreds of non-Christians in Malang, Batu and Punten on Sept. 27-28. Al though i t was during the Moslem fasting season, the response was good and many new con tacts were made. The presentation in Punten was made from the Fish's front porch and the heads cf the village with their families were present and even spoke words of welcome to
our household. PRAY for these Christian musicians and for the NEW souls reached here.

4..PRAY for another Christian Indonesian to fill the vacancy left in our Leadership Train ing School by the sudden death of Bro. Heru Moeljono.

How truly grateful we are to the many friends and churches who provided monies

for Grace's return for Monica's wedding in August. Our hearts were made glad by such love and liberality of giving. May our God bless you all for such kind
ness and Cliristian generosity.

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Also, sincere thanks to those who sent monies for purchase of Bibles. ted many copies.
School library.

We have

received a supply from the Indonesian Bible Society and have already distribu
This need continues to grow and your help is still needed.

Thanks, too, to those who have sent needed books for our Leadership Training
Another heart-warming gesture so appreciated by your missionaries has been

the boxes of foods, toilet articles, school and Sunday School supplies, sent
by churches and individuals. This was in response to our announcement in our

May "Fish Lines."

God bless you all for such splendid response.

Also, to

our dear, thoughtful friends we send this little verse _in expression nf -thanks...

Our friends cared at Christmas, And so, on that joyous day, Were gifts that helped and gladdened, In our home so far away. For hands that were, oh, so willing, A Christmastide box prepared. And brought joy in our home so distant,
FOR AT CHRISTMAS. OUR FRIENDS CARED!

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VavZd, a SavZouA., which

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Von. unto you.

I bA^g yom good tidings ojJ gA,exU joy,

bonn tkl& day hi the. cUty o^

CHRIST the LORD."

{Lukt 2:10-n).

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