Sy 776

SON TAMAH
APRIL 1976

Published

in

the

interest

of

Missionaries Sam and Virginia

Hazlewood by the First Christian

Church. Box 24, Roila, Mo. 65401

Happy Chinese New Year

Sam visiting Edward Tsai's home during Chinese

New Year

Shane after his first operation in the Taiwan

Hospital

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus,

Hi! Greetings to you all in the won

derful name of our Lord and King, Jesus.
Praise be to Him that we can be His

subjects, serving Him in His kingdom

here on earth. How wonderful it will be

We want to thank you all very much for your prayers for Shane. He had two operations on his eyes, the first on both eyes, the second just on the right eye. Dr. Zane, a good friend of Dr. Na, Shane's eye doctor, was here in Taiwan for 2
months. He is a specialist from the States
and we thank God that he was here at the

when we will see Him in that Heavenly

Kindgom face to face! We hope you all had a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and we now wish you a very Happy Chinese (Lunar)
New Year. As the Chinese say,

right time for Shane's operation. Dr. Na says that Shane's eyes are coming along fine. They seem to be pretty straight now.
he is able to see 2 lines farther down the

"Congratulations! Congratulations! May you make lots of money in the new year." This is the year of the Dragon. The Chinese have a 12-year cycle, each year represented by an animal or bird. Virginia and I were both born in the year
of the Dragon. The Chinese New Year celebration

chart now than before. We praise the

Lord for this!

lasts for about 15 days. During this part of the year I enjoy going to visit some of my
students at their homes. Most of my

students study at Taiwan Normal University. The biggest part of this college's students are tuition-free students, so most of them are from very poor homes. But what they lack in material things, they more than make up for in their gracious hospitality. This year I was privileged to go to
edward Tsai's home. Edward first

Misty has started going to Chinese kindergarten and is doing real well. Shane had gone to Chinese kindergarten for a little over a year before we returned to the States on furlough. At that time he could speak Chinese like a native. But during the year we were in the States, he forgot almost all of it. When we returned to Taiwan, we tried to get both Shane and Misty into school, but they didn't want to go_they were too embarrassed because they couldn't speak Chinese or un derstand it. So Shane just went to English kindergarten and Misty stayed at home. But she picked up enough Chinese that
around Christmas time she decided she

wanted to go. The teacher says she's doing fine. Even though Shane didn't go
back to Chinese school, his Chinese is also

started coming to our English Bible class in 1970. He is a very soft-spoken yoimg man, but he is a deep thinker. He told us recently that he is seriously considering becoming a Christian. Shane has been

coming along real well. Living in Taipei is very expensive in comparison to living elsewhere on the island. In the last 4 years, prices have
increased over 100 percent. But our support has remained the same. As a

praying

for

Edward

to

become

Christian ever since he was 2 years old.

We continue to pray for him daily. He does not make decisions quickly, but
when he makes a decision, he doesn't

result, Virginia and I have been tutoring

students and small classes in English to make up the difference. We are willing to
do this because we believe it is God's will for us to remain where we are in the work

often change it. I believe that once he

becomes a Christian that he will be a very

strong one. Please remember him in your

prayers, too.

we are doing. Sometimes the apostle Paul

had to do the same thing. He was a tent

maker when he had to supplement his income. Please pray with us that God's
will be done.

ANSWERED PRAYERS

We w ant to thank all of you who have been praying for us. Without your prayers we would have returned home long ago. The Chinese need Jesus desperately! Thank you also for your financial help which keeps us here. We

1. Shane's eyes are improving and doing well; he can see much better than before the operations; his eyes also look a
lot better.

praise God that you are willing to let Him work through you and us to accomplish
His purpose. Glory to God! In His name we thank you. May all praise be to Jesus
in all things!
Love in Jesus,

Sam, Virginia, Shane, Misty & Tad

2. Everyone is slowly but surely readjusting to the Chinese way of life; Shane, Misty, and Tad are doing real well in their learning of the Chinese language. 3. Edward Tsai is very close to becoming a Christian; he believes in God; believes that Jesus is God's Son; pray that he will commit his life to Jesus. 4. God has provided for our needs, both through your gifts and through opportunities of teaching. Praise be to Him who supplies our every need!

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Sam's Bible class at the Taipei International Church which meets at the Taipei American School.

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Tandy Lai

Sherry Juang
Camel Lu

PRAYER REQUESTS 1. Bible Class Students a. Camel LuBuddhist

businessman in a trading company.

b. Tandy LaiChristian student at Jeng Da University c. Jimmy HuangBuddhist

serviceman now stationed near Jung Li

d. Sherry JangChristian senior at Taiwan Normal University.
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