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Mel and Ju ne Byers

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rHE GREAT COMHISSiiiliNHRAnd fhe heathen shall know thatlam the Lord,when / shallhesanctifiedinyou t>efQre theireves.^ Ezk/36:z36oye infoall the world,andpreach fheqospeL.' '7 fMark/6:/5Publishedandmailed free bymelvertw.Byers MISSION ForwardingAgentMRS.ALUMR. Nichols

NIO 2111 S.E.SilverSprings Rd.1 ACT O/^lll O PartlandHZ,OregonLOST SOULSJANUARY march, 19?3

" . . . .AND 'rfHEN THE DAY OF PREPERATION HAD COME"Somehow I have l ea rned to sympathize with th e ch i ldren of I s r a e l . Experience inc l ines me to bel ieve t h a ta modern day Exodus requ i res more red t ape then theI s rae l i t e s and a l l t h e i r deal ings with R iaraoh. Whenthey made ready to leave Egypt and go in to the promisedland I don' t imagine they had to wait many days applyingto the cap i t a l fo r a passpor t nor seek th e counselers o f


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Canaan to be granted permission in to the i r land. Theystood ready "vdth a s t a f f in th e ir hands, shoes on t he i rfee t and only the supplies tha t they could carry, l-henthey got to the Red Sea they -were fortunate in that theyd id no t have to make reservat ions fo r the nex t sh ip ou t ^ffo through cTistoms and irandgrations - sign papers - strap ^boxes and rush around as though you had been hired by thesteamship con^any.

With the major exc itement over June and I f ind t ha t t-vbare also l e f t "with, a su i tcase in one hand a t ypew i t e r inthe other and jus t enough necessi t ies to maintain normall i f e unt i l the ship leaves . It vras a re l i e f tl? f inal lysign the l a s t paper, i r e i ^ , measure and tag the l a s t boxand leave it a l l in the care o f the boa t con5)a2:5r Trulythe days o f preparat ion had come, and \vb would soon be onour -way to Thailand* Tour prayers have gone before theLord and He has opened the iway. Vfe pra ise Him fo r it.

Our sh ip ca l l ed the "S tee l Archi tec t" s a i l s ftom Oakland March 7 and if you receive th i s bu l le t in ire shouldbe a t sea fo r I*m not mailing it unt i l I get aboard.AS ABOARD SHIP and s e t sail we r e a l i z e th e f u l f i lmen tof many praQ^rs. In ny otoi hea r t I re jo ice fo r it i s thefulf i lment of tyro years of -waiting, and fur ther preparat ion . As Tse ant ic ipate the years of service ahead of usT?e also want to look back fo r a season and express oursincere love and gratitude fo r the fai thfulness of congregations and jus t some of those l i t t l e things done by individuals Mihlch have meant so much have been recognized solittle.

The Multnomah Church o f Ch r i s t and o t h e r chu rches andf r iends Tfilio have fa i th fu l ly supported me "sstoile home, andTfdiile attending a years t ra in ing in Missionary Medicine.Ihis year the Muitnomah church has increased the i r supports ince my wife a cquire d a new husband.The Milwaukie Qiurch of Chris t has recent ly promised apor t ion o f our mon'tiilly swiport as we re tun i to the f ield*The women of the church also gave many items of clothingto my wife .

The Mola l l a Chr i s t i a n Church has sha red i n t h i s endeavorfo r the l a s t f ive years . The women of the church got toge ther and made severa l new dresses fo r rsiy wife . June expresses her s incere thanks fo t the work o f l ove . !Qierewere also bandages and qui l ts made up by th i s group.

Yfe apprecia te the work o f th e women from the ImmanuelTabernacle in Seattle for makincr some nurses uniformsand con tr ibu ti ng c lo th ing to the work.


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Rex and Pearl Nichols have fa i thful ly served as for -^ardinrr agents. They have given of their time and sinceredevotion in caring for the accounts and the mailing of thebul le t in . Again they have accepted this responsibili tyand -we love them fo r it.

' Mom and Dad ^srers have pat ient ly endured our unexpectedappearances any hour of the day or n i ^ t . They have permitted June and I to constantly keep the house clutteredwith boxes, "wrapping paper, missionary supplies and makethe place a genera l depot. Dad helped make boxes %'hi2Mem cooked and cleaned up af ter us. I guess a l l this i sinvolved in rais ing missionary minded kids# NeverthelessMom sa id she loved it.Richard and Dorothy TUdlcox minister of the Church ofChrist in Oakland offered us a good place in their hometo store our boxes until -we "were reai^ to sail. They "were

always ready to put us vip Tsiienever we made our unesqjectedappearance. e appreciate Jth&t they have done to help uson ou r way .Roy and Helen Schaefer along with many others have alwaysopened t h e i r hon^s unto us and afforded us with the xseces-s i t ies of l i fe as we have worked towards the day of depart?-ure. Many others have contributed financially, some havehumbly, cpxietly and fai thfully prayed. In the spi r i t ofChris t we thank you as feUow workers in th i s labor o flovie. ^ye shall strive to do our very best in His s t ren^hto f u l f i l l your f a i th in u s .RECEIPTS fo r December:Florence Christ ian Endeavor. $ ^,00Miss It^liaxiease Frankl in . . . 200Firs t Christian Chur


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Dec. 1 $ ^95.56$ 7U9.02Mr. & Mrs. Bi l l Amick 25.00Christian Church, Woodland, Ifti... 36.00

Total 510.02 810.02Bal SUjD5.5tiDISBURSEMENTS fo r Dec. :Clothes and shoes . . $ 81.2$Food 22.17Gas, o i l & cas main tenance . * . 60*21PMsports - Embassy correspondence. 39.75Medicine and Supplies 18S.72Mission Supplies. 99.78Material for boxes & strapping... . 75.26notions^. 11.35Personal . ......................... 2)-(-*79Tithe. . 35.00Total ?635.2t} 635.28B a l . . . . . . . . . ? 770.30HEOBIFTS for January:Bums Church of Christ I 29.15Sis te r s Church o f Chr i s t . . . 60.00Mr. &Mrs, E. A. Gardner . . . . . . . . . 5*00Tillamook Cliriatian Qiurch.. . . . 25.00Lebanon Chr is t ian Qiu rdh . . . . . . . . . 21.00Friends, El Cajcn, Cal i f# . . . . . . . . 8.00Fi rs t Christian Church, Roseborg. 33.00Florence C. E. 5.00Church of Qirist^ Coburg . . . . . . . . . 1000Garibaldi Qiristian Churcj^...... 20.00MilTmukLe Church of Chr i s t . . . . . . . 100.00Multnomah Church of Chris t . . .* . 50.00Tren t ChTirch o f Ch r i s t . . . 10 .00Drain Church o f Chr is t. .60 .00Bible Rock Camp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.50McKinley Mission, Wash.35*29Miss Francese Frank l in .100Ch\irch of God. (Woodstock). . . . . . . . 25.78Church of CSirist, Cascade Gcrgo.. 10.00Church of Christ, Central Poi^.. U7.85Prai r ie Bible I n s t i t u t e . . . . . . . . . . 75.00Dale Sherwood, Modesto, Calif . . . . 5.00De lbe r t S t an ton . 12 .00Total $ 60.57 ^0.57Bal laH!


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jamjary . . . SLl|l;0,8?DIS6UHSEUENTS f o r J a n , :d o t h e e I 18.63Food 38.83Gas5 oil &'car Meiintenance...* 62.86Supplies. 6^.36Ifedicine 101.28Travel 1^.89Stationery Supplies 25*70BootOm-Bill 28.00Boxes and m a t e r i a l . . . . 32.39Tithe 35.00The Photo Lith Co 2$*70Total. . hh96k

B a l . . ? 991.23

RECEIPTS f o r F e b . :LaHBTTOOd Ghurdti of C h r i s t . . . . . ^ 20*00KLorence > Ore.^ C.E.^OOFirst Christian Church, Rosebur^.OOGhnrch o f Cairist^ S.S. GreenwoodWash....26^8?Trent Churoh o f C h r i s t . . . . . . . . . 10^00^"ilnstQn C h r i s t i a n Ch. M i s ' n Soc.30.00Friend^ San Jose, Cal i f . 10.00Hultnomah Church of C h r i s t . . . . . $000Church of Christ Coburg. 1000G a r i b a l d i C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h . . . . . IQwQOOIr. & Mrs. E. A. Gardner 1 0 . 0 0Christ ian Church, Lebanon......lOOcOOChurch o f Chris t , Medford. 2.00Mr. & Mrs. Bobby P r u i t t . . 17#00Maurice Pierce..... _^?*99

Total.......376.57 yj^ qjBal a36Bll6


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Februaiy^6840DISBURSEMENTS for Feb.: /-

Gas,oil and car maintenance***$ 6228Slothes** * 7219Fcod*. 38.23Mission supplies $8*2UStationery supplies.* 1$*7^Fre i^ t charges to S^ Francisco*.* lj5#12Medicine 811Box material******* 37*08Mscellaneous*.** ^*00Tithe 36.00Trtal......^TO55 377,00

Sal**** **$991*10

VJe -will appreciate hearing frcei csar friends^ and-will do our best in ansvieringyour le t ters* Airlet ters canbe sent for ten cents* Regular ainnail is 2$^ a halfoimce* Both o f t h e s e ar r i -ve i n t iro -neeks* Sea ma i l id i ichcosts takes as long as th ree months^

Mr* and Mrs* Melvert |yersTalat Ghiengkam^ Ghangwat Chiengrai,Thailand^ Asia


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GREAT COMMISSION REMINDERAmong the tribes of Northern Siom

A n d t h e h e a t h e n s h a l lknow that / am th e Lord,when / s h a l l b e s a n c ti f i e din you before their eyes.Ezk.36i2S

Published and moi led free byMEL ond JUNE BYERS

To lo t Chiengkom,Cltongwot Chiengrai,Thoilonc^ Asia

VOL. 5 JUNE - AUGUST

Go ye into all the worldsand preach the gospel.....

M a r k 16 u s

Forwording agentMRS. ALLEN R. NICHOLS2111 S . E . Silver Springs Rd.

Port land 2 2 , OregonU.S.A.

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1,759,1 bumps & 5t) MILESAfter spending eansldsrable t ine In Ban^ok ente]>-taining the Costons,police and oldier offlolals ve narereleased and permitted to prooeed on t o our destinatlcm

t o the North. Since "we "nere unable t o speak the language^Dorothy and Garland Bare -were there to help us. '.'Shen tobl e f t Bangkok one evening^ the Nidiols family and J . Rus-s e l Morse ^re t h e r e t o s e e u s l e a v e . We t r a v e l l e d a Un i ^ t and half the next day in a day coach ndiieh b r o u ^ tus t o a hot dusty l i t t l e t o r n . Bie mid-aftemoon sun wasmerciless. Old fashioned horse and buggies jogging abouthelped to s t i r up a fine powdered dust. We s o u ^ t "Uienearest place for a room. We found a room and a cotqpleof bedsteads "vd.'tti boards for springs. June didn ' t mindthe boards but she refased t o sleep i n sheets "where someone else had been. a l i t t l e questioning the managerassured us t h a t there "??ould be clean sheets t y n i ^ t #

Downstairs ire ordered o u r f i r s t n a t i v e food from al i t t l e open a i r restaurant. According to custom the cheftook a d i r t y old cloth and -wiped the plates i n preparat ion for serving. Ify wife i s n ' t very good a t learning aforeign language but she soon learned how to say> "Pleasedip all the eating utensils in boiling nater." June did


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no t e a t to o snich t h a t first meal*The following day we located a truck that was goingto the next village. We paid our passage and climbedaboard. The two girls were priviledged to s i t on thefront seat, -vdiich was a boards while QaLand and I found

lodging in back on top of the f re i^ t* This ride wasbumpy but it could have been worse. We arrived in an^ot^r dusty village and found lodging in a C2iineseoperated hotel. We had flies and noodles for si^iper inano t ^ r open a i r restaurant .

The next and f inal day we had just f i f ty miles tot r ave l in order to reach our des t inat ion. It wassupposed to take all day. The day began at 6 o'clocka t the police s ta t ion. We had to permit a l l of ourthings be opened and inspected again before the l a s tstage of our joifimey. As our things were Inspected theywere loaded onto iAie t r uck . The t ruck was wel l loaded*Fi rs t there were several layers of bricks > then a l l ourbelongings and l a s t of a l l the extra passengers thatcould uncomfortably, yet pol i te ly squeeze in . !Dieset rucks a l l have wooden frames over them so when they aref a l l there i sn ' t much rocaa fo r your head* The t ruckappeared battered and worn as usual, with a recklessdrtver who took great pride in his re l ic and his abililgrto drive it. After making a few romds in the vi l laget rying to s t i r up a few more passengars we got down tomore serious business o f reaching our dest inat ion. Isoon discovered why it took a l l day to t ravel f i f ty miles .The t ruok was unable to go above f i f teen miles per hourdue t o th e c on di t io n o f th e ro ad . Never the le s s th et ruck proved to be worth i t s hi re . It had been bouncedand twisted from hi t t ing so many bmops t ha t it was completely loose in every jo int . TWLs was profi table fo rnow it patterned i t se l f after each bump and ruji encountered. C5ontinuely we twisted,bunped and swayed. One hadto hang onto sonthing a l l the t ime. Bveiy once in a?Mle we would get 8 r e s t when the motor died and neededa little a t ten t ion . Thus we inched our way along t ^ a twould normally be a good creek bed.

Our dr iver was the adventurous type and we had tot ry out several new routes vtoich proved to be of no valuefo r we usual ly ended up with a dense jungle blocking ourway. One time passing through a vil lage we picked upabout for ty chi ldren who took great del igh t in runningaf ter the t ruck.

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4 This was made possible due to our slow spped. Theiref for t s "were rewarded 7,iienever the t ruck had to stop. for repairs. They would gather around and "watch the^ fascinating procedures.About 3 o ' c lock in th e af ternoon we came t o a

small creek. The bridge appeared to be very unstable.After some ser ious del ibera t ion the dr ive r with the helpof another t ruck driver viio was also stopped, decidedt ha t the bridge was not strong enough. Thus our l i t t l egroup cruickly converted i t s e l f in to a constructiongang. The bridge was completely tom down and rebui l ti n about two hours time* It d id no t look a whole l o tstronger even then. The two trucks crossed withoutevent. Now most of the day was spent and it was a racewith the ccaning darkness. We a l l decided to go on un t i lwe reached our des t inat ion. Once again we îll resumedour s ta t ions grasping f ran t ica l ly in the dark fo r something to hang onto. We were now in dense j unê . AllI cou l d s e e was darknes s and aU I cou l d b r ea t h e wasdust . Around 8:30 we reached ou r l a s t ba r r i e r . Bierewas one s t re tch o f road iidiich was very s teep and thedriver had been worried a l l the t r ip about the poss ib i li t i es of getting to the top. At the foot of the h i l lthe drivers stopped to give the trucks a breath and adrink of gas. The f i r s t truck was not very heavilyloaded and with roaring motor made % to the tc^. 0urtruck proceeded to duplicate the same effort, exceptthat i t didn't make the top. The motor kept gotog slowe r and slower unt i l it conqpletely stopped jus t a fewyards from the top. The thunder and l ightning in thedistance did not make the prospects for the evening toohopeful, Tfe connected a rope between the two trucks andhoped that this added pull would be enough. Aftereverything was ready the truck fefused to s t a r t . Thecrank stubbornly wore out two natives tras just aboutto wdar me out "iriien it s tar ted. Thus with both trucksroaring and everyone pulling on the rope the truckstruggled over the top. Once again we resumed oua? positions for the las t ten miles. About half way "Uiere therain began to pour. Just as we neared the edge of thevillage we were stopped again. Another bridge had beenwashed out. I t was -Uien nearing mid-ni^t and no onefel t in "ttie mood for another bridge building casâign.The driver announced tha t we would remain where we werefor the night. We a l l knew -wfeere there was a nice warmbed not too fa r av/a^ so we took our shoes and socks off


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and -waded through -the mod and inater to the mission hoiise.In th ^ condition m -nere met by the blinking eyes ofthe other missionaries* ^Hiey gave us some food andchat-bed avihile and -Uien -we sou^it the comforts of a dryclean l^d* ^ .I-fc hai ei^teen hours to tra-velf i f ty miles. We ^ r e a l l t i red but happy that wb hadf inal ly reaehed our destination* I t had been just al i t t le over tyro months since "we sailed under the pro-bectiing aarm of Golden Gate.LANGUAGE STtlDY. Since arri-ving -we ha-ro se t our

selves -bo di l igent study again. At present -we l ive ina wood frame house "vdth Dorothy and Garland Bare. Wehave two rooms. June has -baken great de l i c t in fixingit up niTO# Hiere are a l l kinds of pictures and fancydoings around. I t doesn't look l ike a singQjr mans ro


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Apri3. 88880BEGBIPTS to r ApriXiFirst Christian Gbnrdi# Rosebi]rg,*t2900BeginnerDepths Lebanon Christian Caw.l328Ghur0*00

r owL . a52 . 2 iS[LO{p,*O0DISBDB^SAENTS fo r Apri l :Ijonigration and police****.***$Llt5*^StQppli^s***..*****.*** 23*60doi^es**. 36*68Tra:vel****.**.****** * 7*26Ttooher*...*.***** $*70Postage*******..* *** 1^*32Tithes * * 3^*00FUm * 30*00Total**.*5299*06 299*06

Balanee**********.$71t2*02

HEGBIPTS fo r M^:First Christian Cborchy HosBburg*****$3600Cboreh of Christ Garibaldi#*.**.*..** 2628El Gajon Friends 800Dordthy Bare* .. . .* . . . .** .* 30*00Carardh of Christ Coburg*.. ***** 10*00MUwaukis Church o f Chris t**. . .****100*00Lebanon Qir i s t l an Chnrch************* 1000Maltnomah Chusrch of Christ*..*.**** ^*00Gar iba ld i Chnrdi o f Chris t^***.**** 10*00f i r s t Christian Churchy Roseburg*.** 13*00Mrs* HU3nah Osterloh*..,.*.*..*..*.** g*00Total** *.$298*20 298*28

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Brou^t Fnd,|lOlj0,3ODISBURSEMENTS fo r May:Iiimigration and police* $93U7T^avsl* 122^Boom and board,*^*20612Supplies ^*57Postage 21*li3F13jn 23.3UTithe 3'^.00Freight up-country l4l#31Household expense 3*0^Ihe Photo Idth Co.,# 1690

Tota l .50 it.ititBalance 5 535S6

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