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PERMIT NO. 36
6REENSBURG, PA. 156
Dear FrienBs,
Greet ia^^r The
jaaf ;
o f
th e
horn inp '
Calin
\ 'e have so much t o tell
ou
t h a t
^- Q harri ly hrtov' '^V.-ere
to
berin.
Back
in the ea.r'iy
part of
jeotemher,
vre f ina l ly ra ised a l l of
our
surpor
or Korea, and af te r almost tv.'o years of olannins-r and preparat ion,
v./e
were ab
o
s e t September ( Joarn ' s bir th t lay)
as oi.ir depar tu re da te . Cn th e .Sunday
we l e f t ,
hike
ha-^ the p r i v i l e ge o f bar^tizlnf- h is Grandmother and Aunt ,
a
Goinp away p r e s e n t
that t-'as I
we had an 11,^-
>>ou ^ flif''ht
to
-^eoul
from
Sea-ttle,
and we didn't have any
c lea r ing
cus toms , We i^rere
off ioa ' l ly
welcomed by
th e
seminary
s tuden t
d f ac u'. lt y, and a l so by the
area
Churchee of Chr i s t . One preacher
t rave led
hours
to
welcome as
J
.Mthin
ou r
first
week
and.
a
Vialf fou.nd
and
move
an apartment, purchased fu.rnishiri>v:s to set up housekeeninfy, opened a ban
obtained
a post office box and .--^ot a. phone, be were'Ok ft
(extremely busy ) God ha,s
surely
supplied
a l l
our needs
'- e
have
g f ive rooin apar tment
X -iibh
e l e c t r i c i t y and
runn lne
v-'ater.
I t i s
a ten
mi/'cjbe walk_frpm
_hhe. *,s _.hojr_e. _The _heat
and
hot. wate r
a re
only
on
i n
th e moinninms
and
even ing s . Vie need to b o i l wa t e r
fo r
dr inkir .p
nd c o o k i n k .
be've
seen the
old, alonm with the new since
we've
been here. Taejon is
ne
sixph lar^'^.est
c i ty
in
douth
Korea. I t
has the
ty pica l hu stle b us tle of
t
but cur hearts
are draw.n to
the
calm serenity of
t he count ry side ,
Han
f
the
Koreans
a re
poor
but
they
are
su.ch h.ard
v-'orkers.
be.'i
and
wornen
a l ike
loads
of
d i r t o.rid
rocks
on t he i r
ba,cks, and ent i re famil ies v-, ork every
a l l
day,
fo r
as lon.m as
it
t akes to met
the
r-ice harves ted .
There
'was a
r ice crop tf ' is
year.
Vie can
siarel.v
tes t i fy to th i s , because
we hav
muoh r i ce
s ince
v;e have been here . But we
a re
acQu.lriny: a
t a s t e fo r
food
be a>^e devo:..Inm a . r reat dea l of our t ime to th e
learning,
of th e
Korean
Nrs,
Shin, our
tntor ,
comes every day, I-enday thru Friday for a
ne hour l e s son .
Kany
o f the
f r ' . i s t ra t i
on.s we have ha:i
s ince
cominm to Korea
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ve been
th e barr ier .
We knov r oi.ir
e f fec t iveness
here
deoen'^K
on our
t o soeak
th e
lPin/rv:ap:e.
We
have
alroafl.y v i s i t ed seve ra l of the
country
churches
n i th
G.Y. and the
Seminary Choir .
TVieoe
conpre-ations
are
spiall in
nuniher,
but they love
These
churches
a re
stru. rral inp ' from l ack of funds
and l e ad e r s h i o . I^iuch
e
( f i r i s t i an out reach i s
d i r e c t ed tov/ards th e lar^cer c i t i e s .
Here i s where t
edu-cation and
job onnor tun i t i e s a re . So narcy peoole a re be in r a t t r a c t ed
leaving fev.j
to
carry on
the
v^ork in the country.
This a re a a lre ady
has
olace in our
hea^'^ts. I t
i s honed
tha t
one nay Mi'^ce can t r ave l
to thes
to preach
and
encoura re th e peop le ,
be have been nade to f e e l
t home
he r e . I t i s such
a
comfo r t to know Cod
v^ith
us and
you're
bac ^-^inr
our work
with von.r
prayers .
I lease pray tha t we
co ntin ue to prow
in Cod's
pcoodness
so
we may share i t with others . Vie kn
was
because
of
God's
Goodness an d
your labors of
love, prayers, and sacr i f i
we
a re
now he r e . For t h e s e t h i ngs we
a re
eve r t h ank fu l .
Please
keep
in touch with us God bless you and keep you. vie miss and l
d e a r l y ,
/Ipprec
l a t e l y ,
Mike
a n d J o a n n
Moe l
K0M. dwr3 IN KO-IRA
I was if) a l i t t l e Korean country church and the only-tViinA^ I could under
was
hollo and t :ooclbye, I couldn't
understand
the words,
but i t
was
beau
to 'near
p eoole o r^ is in p: the Lord
w ith t m es t h a t
I so of t en
sanm
a t chur
v;e
joke
about sta.yinfr
awake th ron mh
sermons,
but
jus t imagine s i t t in
two
hou.rs
of serv ices in
which
you
can t
unvderstand a word As I sa t
durinp; the
Ge?Miion, my
thoughts
be ^ ' an
to
focus
on
rny
surroundings,
I t
wa
real cold morninu : and as hard as I
t r ied ,
I
.couldn't
keep
from shiverinp . T
church
v ja s somev. hat
bi.r-trer than
a.
one car
uarame
back home. I t was ma
concrete, vjlth just a
piece
of
linoleum;
on the f loor. Th^?''e v/ere no
pews
pillows
on t -^e
flocu',
and.
as
I
looked
faround
a t
the
twenty
or
thi^^ty
peop
they d i d n t seem
tr ) be so dis t ac ted by th e colu- as
I
was.
As I
heard
ra t t le I tiemar. to tiilnV -
viell,
since I
can' t
hear a sermon, maybe God
one to me
in
livinp color throu.'dn these people . I s t a r t ed
to
see t ha
th is builiiiri '
may not; have
been as fancy or as
warm
as
a
p:arave
bac v
i t
w n p
indeed a olac : of
worship,
I beyan
to wonder
why they came
to
th
t l . s
morninv.
..d-n*rTy it
wasn t
because of
any
conveniences
exoo>pt t l a
was
vJithln
v. alkin- : dl^-itance. I t sure ly vjould have been more convenient
and
to sta ; au home but
they
came, Try? i
believe
they are committed to th
and thankfu l
fo r the
ways He
has ' rovided,
I
a l so l ea rned
e. littl l a t e r
these, people-yo
to
a service every morninp; at 'tpGO A.M., which coritim.ied
to me a ocjm'r.itinent, I
bep;an to wonfler
how my
commitment
to
the
JjOrd
have been i f I
o.nly ab le
to viorship God in. these
ci rcumstances ,
I a
-w-.i ht of hov/
many
t imes
T
was
never
con ten t o r
tha.nkful
fo r th e thint-cs
I am
blessed w ith . I
wonder
if I have
tu rned
t h e se
b l e s s i ngs i n to
ci' .rses in
myself so often to be committed to
the
money I had,
the
job that prov
toe
money,
tne
he.alt ^ that
allov/ed
me to X /ork, antl even the a,oarbment
tiiat
she l te r
instead
of beiiiT com 'iitted to the one and o'cly b)d .'ho create
Mou knox '
i t
is alxvays wood to hiear God s word tjeing;
prociaimed but
trul.v
j.s
in th e way
v/e l i v e
God's
worxi t h rourh ox.xr
ac t i ons
t .hat
V'.as
th-e
;* rea tes t
io n
Mike
Forv.Tard.i
n r
i ss ionar ies : M/K Mike Goel Ayents: Corry
Sheffle
P.O .
B :>x
35o Mace S t r e e t
vaejon, Vo-'-ea
GOO
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Dear
F r i e n d s
S p r i n g has s p r u n g and t i s s u c h
a welcome
s i g h t
O f
i n s after our long cold winter We are looking forward
I
t o
s e e i n g
ll
t h e
f lowers
t h a t
w i l l
add
c o l o r
t o
th e
c o u n t r y s i d e a n d . t o t a s t i n g
f r e s h
s t r a w b e r r i e s
t h a t
ripen about th is time of year.
We
are not, however, looking forward
to
getting
less and less hot water as
the
spring weather comes upon
us.
Soon,
we'l l only
have
hot water
on Wednesday
and
Sunday
n ights aga in .
We a r e now well i n t o the
semester
a t the Korea Bible
Seminary.
I am
teaching
a
conversat ional English class to
30
students as well
as
teaching
s imple Engli sh to 60 kindergarten students, Mike has been
teaching
English to some of the staff at the seminary.
You may wonder why
we
are teaching English, Well,
the
Koreans
are
required to study English from middle school through high school, and
some do major
in
English
in
college.
They
mostly
study
grammar,
but
hardly
ever have
an onnortunity to use i t .
One
of the reasons that they
want to
learn the
language is
in the
hope that they will be
hired
as
tour
guides
for
the 1988 Olympics to be held in Seoul, Our
classes
give the Koreans
an opportunity to
practice
the
Eng lish they have
learned- in two way-
c o n v e r s a t i o n s .
Oni O
X ENGLISH This word
we thought of
as a curse, but was
actually
meant as a blessing.
We
have had so
many opportunities to
teach
English that
we f inally
had
to
say,
No
We
don't
have time.
I t
bothered us
that people
kept ask ing
us, and that
we
kept refusing thei r
requests.
All
the while vie were justifying ourselves by thinking, Humph
teaching
English
i s n t why we came to Korea, Then i t occurred to us that
these
were
opportunities
in
which
we
could witness
for Christ,
Not
only
would we
be teaching a language, but more importantly,
we
would be teaching
about God's
l o v e '
Do you remember our
plans
to
become
in vo lv ed w ith
the mobile
medical
unit? Well, the medical work has encountered many
obstacles
along the way.
The
van is equipped with
many
costly
supplies
and equipment, but as
of
yet,
there is no safe place
to
park
i t .
We do not have a garage
to
keep
i t in,
Mike has s t a r t e d p r e a c h i n g every
Sunday
w i t h our
f r i e n d Song Ho, i n t e r p r e t i n g f o r him, I v e
been
p r o v i d i n g t h e s p e c i a l music I
never
sang a s o l o
before
and
I
t hi nk s inging
in
a
foreign
language,
and
i n f r o n t o f s t r a n g e r s makes
t e a s i e r .
We have
a l s o been
t r y i n g
to t r a n s l a t e
some lessons on grace,
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During
February and
March
we
had
a Korean
man,
Mr. You, s t ay ing
wi th
u s . His
home i s
in
In ch on an d
he i s marrie d, w ith
two
ch i l d r en .
He
plans
to attend VJinston Salem Bible College for his BA MA in counseling.
He
t hen
wants t o r e tu rn
and
t e a ch at t h e Korean
Bib le
Semina ry . We
i nv i t ed
Mr,
You
to
s tay with
us during
the
week
so
he can prac t i ce h is
Engl i sh ,
He
i s
a
very
generous
man
and
we
apprecia te
him
very
much.
We
have a lso met
a very
in te res t ing
man from Bangladesh,
His
country
is now closed
to
missionaries, but he hopes
to return
in i j
years after
h is
schooling
i s completed. There is only a 2 populat ion of Christ ians
in h is
count ry
and we would ask t h a t you keep him and h is people in your
prayers
I
have
been
great ly encouraged by at tending
the
Internat ional Chris t ian
Women s Club in Seoul , V e
meet
monthly and
our projec ts
are
to
t rans la te
James, Phillppians, and other devotional material for home Bible
Study,
Here
i s a re cap o f
even t s
s i n ce we
have
been in
Korea:
Oc t o b e r
- We a r r i v ed in
Kor ea ,
November -
We
spent
Thanksgiving with the Kims
and Kerri
Augsberger, fellow
miss ionary)
December
- We t raveled to the MZ with Kerri ,
and spent
Christmas Day with
the K ims ,
J a n u a r y
February - I was
sick
most
of the time, part ly
due
to food and
s t ress ,
March - We
ce lebra t ed
our second
ann iversary on
March
7 th ,
In
the
mon t h s ahead:
June - Ker r i r e t u rn s to
th e s t a t e s
fo r f u r t h e r educa t ion ,
C.Y,
wi l l be
t ra ve lin g to churches s eekin g suppo rt fol^the missions building
p r o j e c t s ,
August - We plan to spend the ent i re month in a
vi l lage
t rying out the
LAMP
Language
Acquistlon Hade
Pract ica l )
method.
V e get to
know
the
language
while g ettin g to know
the
people and the i r
l i fe s ty le
And we
have
an opportuni ty
to
share the gospel. Also - sometime
th is summer, we expect a
v i s i t
from Dr, Clark
of
Johnson Bible
Col l ege .
September
- The Kims
forwarding
agent, Mr, James A,
Janes
wil l vis i t
Korea
for
the
first time
m
Ttppreciate^ Our
first
year will
be
completed before
we
knovj
it
We c a n s e e th e n e e d for u s
to
r ema i n
fo r
another
year o r p oss ib ly two. We f e e l th a t
we
will
n e e d more t im e in o r d e r
to
make o u r
minis t ry
ef fec t ive .
We have experienced much growth, but not without
pain ,
God i s
t r u ly
using
t h i s
t ime
to
mold
us
and
make us , We
c e r t a i n l y
apprec ia t e all
of
your
p raye r s and
concerns
fo r
us
as
we
con t i nue to
min i s t e r
to th e Korean peop l e .
I f we have overlooked anyone
or
f a i l ed to thank you
personal ly
fo r
your kindness,
we apologize . We
sometimes get so in vo lv ed w ith
other
th ings , tha t
we
might have
neglected
our
duty to you. Please bear with
us
as we l earn and grow. I f our
news le t t e r
had a theme, it would most
def in i t e l y be
prayer .
Please keep a l l
of
our minis t r i e s and
reques ts
-in
y o u r
p r a y e r s , - '
I f
we
have any i ncor rec t in fo rmat ion on your
address
l abe l ,
cou ld
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Mike
would
l ike to share a l iv ing
lesson
with you.
It is amazing how much we
are
influenced y spending time
with
others,
I
have found myself
more
than
once
pondering over
f rus tra ting s ituat ions .
During these
times,
i t has become
apparent to me
that
many of the
influences that
helped me
through these situations were biblical truths
that
were instilled,
in me by my father. I t wasn t
that
this training
came
in a formal
time of teaching and I*m not even sure if either of us realized
the
teaching
that
was going on
at the
time I was influenced
by the
way ray
father acted and the things he
did.
I t was his
action
that
gave
value to the
words he
spoke. I t
is
only now
that
I
am beginning
to
re aliz e that i t
is
these values that are
the grea tes t th ing
a
fa the r can ever give
a
son.
I t
is this pov;er of influence that has become
apparent to
me
in
yet another
v. ay
by
my
Korean
friends,
I have
not
learned
to
understand them
in
language,
yet
they
teach
me so
much
by
the i r acuions. The Koreans lack many
material
things that we
rake for
erranted,
and through
th i s , they have
taught me
a
valuable
quality. They have overwhelmed
me
by their dependency
on God
Their p raye r
times seem
to
be
f i l led with
a
sense of
crying
out to God for help. They t rust in God because sometimes
a l l that
they
have to
hold
on to are His promises.
I t
is
not
uncommon to hear of
the
Koreans taking off to
what they ca l l
prayer
mountains . Here they pray and fast from one day to
two months
or
more.
Their
dependency
has t ruly encouraged me to
search
and
ask what ray strongest dependencies are . Sometimes
I
see
myself
re ly ing on my past
accomplishments
more
than
on
God*s
grace,
I
am beginning
to re aliz e that
the
dependency I had
on
my parents
while
growing
up
needs to
be
relearned and applied
to my Chr i s t i an
l i f e ,
I wonder i f t h i s might be one reason
Jesus
said, I
t e l l you
the t ruth,
unless you change
and become
l ike
l i t t l e children you wil l
never
enter the kingdom of
heaven. Mat t ,
18:3
Just vrant you to know tha t we appreciate and
enjoy
reading
your l e t t e r s so much. Thanks
fo r
keeping in t ouch w ith us
Apprec i a t i v e l y ,
Joann
and
Mike
Noe l
issionaries
M/M
Mike
Noel
P.O. Box 356
Taejon,
Korea 3OO
011-82-^2-72-7239
Forward ing
Agen t s :
M/M Corry
Sheff l e r
512
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Submi t t ed fev.- M ik -ft loann
Nnf ll
Country: g Kg rsa
Subject:
Upda t e
Date: Jul y
As
you^
recall^
they\ioined the
C.Y.
Kim
famiXy^al=
ready
serving
in Taejon,
Korea^
tfe-have-heen-living and working here
now for
over
Is
v l
VV
c
i
nine
months^
A g reat deal of
this time^jhas been
spent in taking
korean
lessons^
teaching
i^^versationf englis^cXasses at Korea Bible Seminary/Kindergarten and
traveling throughout Korea.
We
nave visited many country churches and Mike ha s
preached on
occassion.
Just
recen tly ,
we w en t
out
on
the
Mobile
Medical Unity
ne e
with a d e n t i s t to an o rp han ag e here in town
and once
with another d e n t i s t to
9 -
anearby village. Presently, four
different
^^ble studies are held at
our
apart-
ment. An average
o f
15 t o t a l are in a tt en da nc e w it h
as
many
as
2ti
having
had a t-
u t^ n
tended in the past. Mike teaches two English ;iible studies p
teach bne
women s
y^glish
pible study^ and
a seminary
student teaches one ^orean ja ible
study.
Seven
others have
o r
are being taught Individually
Mike c on ce rn in g G od s
grace.
Many
of these
Koreans
are noh^dhristian or
noncommitted
believers^ but are responding
very well to the
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