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DecJ8 '63

Mission News
MR. & MRS. HAROLD L BURNSIDE

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WAiANAE, HAWAII

YOUTH EETHEAT IS BTSPIHING

THOSE

NAMES

A "Deeper Life" retreat for youth which

was held on i^ovem'ber 10 and 11 v/as one of

While Maili Church has a Smith and two Jones families, we also have some

the most inspiring sessions we hs.ve ever had v/ith our youth. !Forty-six young peo ple attended the two day conference. On Sunday night Mr. Burnside spoke on Zecha-

names a little hit unusual.

The family

with the shortest name is Ho (Chinese,

of course).

I "baptized two sisters from

riah Ur\6', "Not "by might, nor "by pov/er, hut

"by my Spirit, saith the Lord," pointing out that we must give the Holy ^irit full control of our lives to accomplish the purpose of God in our lives. Sessions on Mond?^ dealt with the themes of "Prayer" and "The Holy Spirit," Mr. Burnside was
teacher of tv;o classes on the latter sub

this home recently. A new family, pre sent for the first time last Lordrs Day,
wears the name Alailefaleula. It is the

only eight sylla"ble name we have in our church, although longer naaies are not un common on the Island, es^necially among
the Hawaiian and Samoan -oeoiDlcs.

ject,

The retreat v/as so successful that

we hope to have another one in early spr ing.

THANKSGIVING One of the traditions of Hav/aii that

we hea.rtily endorse is a Thanksgiving morning worship service. VJe ha.ve had such a service for the -oast four or five years. The people turn out surprisingly well. It certainly sets the -oace for a Christian observance of the holiday that to many has "become just another day to honor the god of Pleasure.
V7EEK DAY CLASSSS

Some fifty or more children are enrol

led in our released time Christian educa THE FAMILY

tion 'orogram this year.

These children

James is recovered from his operations

now "but is still confined to a wheel chair
and will be for several months. The rest

are dismissed from school one hour a week and come to the church for instruction.

Miss Jones superintends this "^hase of the vrork. The released time "orogram includes only children of the first seven grades. Older youth have their -orograms on the Lordts "Day evening, much as they do on
the MainlaJid.
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of us are well at this writing.

Susie is

quite a young lady nov/; she v/ill "be two

on December 1. James will be I7 on Decem ber 23. Timothy is I5, and Linnette is
13 Joyce and I are somewhat older.

The people of Hav/aii, like most other places in the world these days, are not beating a -oath to our door begging to hear the gospel. Though some souls pxe being won, church grov/th is not kee-oing up with population growth. Please nray that God will use us in ever mightier ways for the accomplishing of His will.