SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION 
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M.I.T.A. (P) No. 187/4/91 �
March • April 1991 
ISSN 0026-0371 
ADRA: People Helping People 
ADRA workers distribute 
bundles of clothing, food & personal hygiene items 
to victims of a chemical warehouse explosion 
& fire in Bangkok, Thailand. 
See story on page 11 
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Precious Moments with Prayer 
Part 6 — Seeking God's Guidance 
James 1:5 is probably the most famous Bible 
text on the topic of God's guidance. Many of us 
have claimed the promise, "If any of you lacks 
wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men 
generously and without reproaching, and it will 
be given him." (RSV) 
Another beautiful promise is found in Gospel 
Workers, page 258: 
"Ask for humility, 
wisdom, courage, increase 
of faith. To every sincere 
prayer an answer will come. 
It may not come just 
as you desire, or at the time 
you look for it; but it will 
come in the way and at 
the time that will best meet 
your need. The prayers 
you offer in loneliness, in 
weariness, in trial, God 
answers, not always 
according �
to �
your 
expectations, but always 
for your good." 
Sometimes it isn't easy 
to wait on God. But that is 
where faith comes in. 
When we ask God for 
guidance, we need to trust 
Him. One pastor suggested 
several ways in which God 
can answer our prayers for guidance: 
1. Through signs. 
2. Through His will as revealed in His word. 
3. Through providential circumstances. 
4. Through open and closed doors. 
5. Through conviction from the Holy Spirit, giving 
an inner sense of His will for us. 
6. Through other Christians sharing with us 
the benefit of their experience, wisdom 
and understanding. 
We must always remember that just because 
God gives us a direct answer and we know what 
His will is at that time, it does not mean that we 
won't still have difficulties. 
In my own life, God has shown His will and 
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answered my prayers in various ways. Before 
accepting the call to work in Singapore, our family 
prayed earnestly for guidance. The answers came so 
clearly that we believed it would be wrong for us not 
to come. We came, but shortly after arriving in 
Singapore, my wife ruptured a disc in her lower 
back. She has now had two major operations. She 
has been in the USA for 
nine months undergoing 
treatment, and won't 
return for still another 
month. This has been 
one of the hardest times in 
our lives. Yet the fact 
that God had so strongly 
told us that this is where 
He wants us has helped 
us both to keep holding 
on. 
"While the world is 
progressing in wickedness, 
none of us need flatter 
ourselves that we shall 
have no difficulties. But 
it is these very 
difficulties that bring us 
into the audience 
chamber of the Most 
High. We may seek counsel 
of One who is infinite 
in wisdom. 
"The Lord says, 'Call upon Me in the day of 
trouble.' Ps. 50:15. He invites us to present to 
Him our perplexities and necessities, and our 
need of divine help. He bids us be instant in prayer.... 
"If we surrender our lives to His service, we can 
never be placed in a position for which God has 
not made provision. Whatever may be our situation, 
we have a Guide to direct our way; whatever our 
perplexities, we have a sure Counselor...."(Christ's 
Object Lessons, pp. 172-173) 
"In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall 
direct thy path." 
— Rayburn Smith 
Publishing Department Director, SAUM 
March/ April 1991 
The soul that turns to God for its help, 
its support, its power, by daily, earnest 
prayer, will have noble aspirations, clear 
perceptions of truth and duty, lofty purposes 
of action, and a continual hungering and 
thirsting after righteousness. By 
maintaining a connection with God, we 
shall be enabled to diffuse to others, through 
our association with them, the light, the 
peace, the serenity, that rule in our 
hearts. The strength acquired in prayer 
to God, united with persevering effort 
in training the mind in thoughtfulness 
and care-taking, prepares one for daily 
duties and keeps the spirit in peace 
under all circumstances. 
Thoughts from 
the Mount of Blessing, p. 85 
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ICPA Congress Scheduled 
for Kuala Lumpur 
The Eighth World Prevention Congress of 
the ICPA (International Commission for the Prevention of 
Alcohol and Drug Dependency) will be held in Kuala 
Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia, from September 1 to 5, 
1991. 
The congress will cover such topics as ministry to 
the chemically dependent, peer resistance education, 
community action, and the relationship of the media 
industry to individual behavior. Of particular interest 
to those in the legal profession will be the symposium 
on law and its relationship to prevention. Certificates 
will be available in each of several areas of instruction. 
Medical professionals may also gain continuing 
education credits for specific seminars. 
Delegates will be attending from each mission and 
hospital in the Southeast Asia Union Mission (SAUM), 
as well as from many other countries around the 
world. Anyone interested in further information 
about the congress may contact Dr. Russell Standish, 
Health/Temperance Director of the SAUM. 
— Russell Standish, 
Health/Temperance Director, SAUM 
V.O.P. Gets Much-Needed 
Volunteeer Help 
It is often difficult because of a shortage of man-power 
to give all the necessary individualized attention and 
follow-up to Voice of Prophecy students and graduates. 
Members in Singapore, however, have rallied to the 
needs. 
Recently a cell group of the Balestier Road SDA 
Church has taken on the project of writing letters to 
many of the good interests whose names are supplied 
by the VOP headquarters. Both the Balestier Road and the 
Southeast Asia Union College Churches have groups 
helping on Sabbath afternoons to write addresses on 
enrollment cards. 
During February and March, college 
student teams distributed over 5,000 VOP 
application cards in the city and housing areas. 
Other churches regularly distribute the cards on 
Sabbath afternoons. 
In the VOP office, retired workers help with 
labeling, folding, and other manual work. During school 
holidays, children and college students help with folding, 
inserting and pasting. 
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Many hands working together help to make the work 
lighter. They help to do a more thorough work. They 
also help to give young and old alike an opportunity to 
have a part in sharing the gospel with those in their 
community. 
— Samuel Money, VOP Director, SAUM 
Simon Sim Joins 
Auditing Service 
On February 26, Mr. Simon Sim joined the SAUM 
staff as a member of the General Conference Auditing 
Service/Southeast Asia Dis-
trict, and is serving as as-
sistant staff auditor. His 
predecessor, Mr. Alex Lan, 
recently left to pursue a 
master's degree in the United 
States. 
Mr. Sim is from Kuching, 
Sarawak, and has just 
graduated from Avondale 
College in Australia. Besides 
having a distinction for his 
Bachelor of Business degree, he is also an accomplished 
musician in piano and violin. 
The SAUM staff welcome Simon to the family of 
Christian workers. 
— Steven Goh, District Auditing Director, SAUM 
Pastors: Retreating or 
Advancing? 
It has been said that in war the best offence may be a 
good defence. Is it possible, then, that for the church the 
best way to make progress is to retreat? 
Certainly we should not retreat in response to 
opposition from Satan or the world. God will give us 
strength to stand up against these things. 
But the testimony of Scripture is clear. We need to 
retreat frequently from our daily tasks and take time to 
think, reflect, and pray. This was the secret of Enoch's 
successful walk with God. 
And when Jesus was ready to ordain His disciples to 
go and preach the gospel, He chose a quiet place away 
from the bustle of city life. "It was beneath the sheltering 
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trees of the mountain-side, but a little distance from the 
Sea of Galilee, that the twelve were called to the apostolate, 
and the Sermon on the Mount was given. The fields and 
hills were the favorite resorts of Jesus, and much of 
His teaching was given under the open sky, rather than 
in the temple or the synagogues. No synagogue could 
have received the throngs that followed Him; but not 
for this reason only did He choose to teach in the fields 
and groves. Jesus loved the scenes of nature. To Him 
each quiet retreat was a sacred temple." (The Desire of 
Ages, p. 290) 
Recognizing the need of their pastoral staffs to have 
time to get away to a place where they can be spiritually 
nurtured, three of the missions in Southeast Asia have 
scheduled pastors' retreats in recent months. Some 
SAUM missions plan retreats every year, while others 
can only do so on alternate years. 
The pastors from the Peninsular Malaysia Mission 
(PEM) gathered at the Methodist Retreat Center in 
Fraser's Hill from January 15 through 17 fora time 
of planning, praying, and preparing for the work of 
the coming year. 
The cool, cloudy weather at this mountain retreat 
kept the group inside much of the time rather than 
permitting much outdoor activity. But hikes up and 
down the hills between rainstorms provided good 
physical exercise. 
Spiritual food and exercise were provided by 
devotional messages brought by SAUM President George 
Johnson and the newly arrived SAUM Ministerial Secretary, 
Kenneth Wade. 
The PEM ministerial staff also devoted much of their 
retreat time to discussions and learning about topics such 
as the professional pastor, planning for united evangelism 
campaigns, and Global Mission. 
In the Sarawak Mission, pastors and their families 
stayed in bungalows at Bako National Park from February 
25 to 27. They devoted their mornings to devotions and 
study under the direction of Health Department Director 
Dr. Ted Chew and SAUM Ministerial Secretary Kenneth 
Wade. Afternoons were reserved for activities such as 
hiking, swimming, and communing with God in the 
beautiful natural surroundings. Evenings were well 
occupied, too, with discussions of business matters 
relevant to the pastors' work in the mission. 
The most recent pastoral retreat took place at 
Golden Sands Baptist Retreat Center near Port Dickson, 
Peninsular Malaysia. Pastors and their families from 
the Singapore Adventist Mission spent four days 
together. Pastor Wade also met with this group, and 
provided devotional messages as well as instruction in 
several topics requested by the pastors. Because this 
retreat was held just one week prior to the Singapore 
Mission triennial session, pastors and mission officers 
also spent much time in discussing items that would be 
presented at that session. 
— Messenger Staff 
I PENINSULAR MALAYSIA I 
Three Baptized in Penang 
February 2 was a high day for the Penang Indian 
Company. On that day, Mr. and Mrs. Marimuthu and 
their son were baptized into God's truth. On the same 
day, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yesupatham was 
dedicated to the Lord. 
Under the blessing of God and the leadership of 
Pastor and Mrs. Thevarajulu, the little company of believers 
is growing, and God's truth is spreading among the 
Tamil-speaking population of the city of Penang. 
The group is also in close contact with the Indian 
believers in Bukit Mertajam and Nibong Tebal. God is 
surely blessing His work among the Indian believers. 
-- Russell Standish, �
Dr Russell Standish (left) and Pastor Thevarajulu (right) rejoice 
Health/Temperance Director, SAUM 
with Mr and Mrs Marimuthu and son on their baptismal day. 
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Kuantan Church Holds �Stewardship Seminar 
Special Sabbath Schools 
A special children's Sabbath School, designed mainly 
for non-Adventist children, meets every Sabbath 
afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Kuantan church. 
Joy is what these children, mostly from non-Adventist homes, find 
in the special Sabbath School programs in Kuantan. 
From March 8 to 19, several churches in Peninsular 
Malaysia hosted stewardship seminars, conducted 
by Pastor Benjamin Paramian, PEM Stewardship 
Director, and Pastor Shupinar Koubong, director of 
stewardship in the SAUM. 
In the state of Perak, in the northern part of Malaysia, 
the Taiping, Ipoh, and Teluk Intan churches had stewardship 
seminars. Similar programs were held in the Sungai 
Way, Banting, Kuala Lumpur Chinese, and Petaling 
Jaya churches in the state of Selangor in the 
central part of Malaysia; in Kota Baru and Kuantan 
in Kelantan State on the East coast; and in Muar, in 
Johore State in southwestern Malaysia. 
In each church the speakers emphasized the principle 
of the Four T's: Temple, Talent, Treasure, and 
Time. They also distributed reading materials and 
commitment cards. 
The members showed an eagerness to learn the new 
concept of stewardship, and expressed a determination 
to become faithful stewards for God. In at least one 
church the offering report has already shown a marked 
Fractice 
of tithing and giving of offerings. 
— Benjamin Paramian, Stewardship Director, PEM 
For the past four years this program has been active, 
with an average of 32 children, ages 4 to 12, attending 
each week. 
Leaders of the program are all young people who are 
active in the Pathfinder activities and other church programs. 
Miss Nancy Chan and Miss Rebekah Cho are the main 
leaders, while Mdm Ang Mei Kheng, wife of the 
church pastor, Brother Jenssen New, has been helping to 
organize the program. 
During the program, children have singing, stories, 
Bible games, and memorization of verses. When 
they divide into classes, the nine- to twelve-year-olds 
meet for a special Bible class. Those below nine years 
old have a separate class and color Bible pictures. 
As the children reach Pathfinder age, they are 
recruited into the Pathfinder club, and some are later 
baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 
The leaders have been very inspired to see the 
children involved and actively participating in every 
activity. 
The objective of the program is to help the children 
when they are young to know Christ, and to lead them to 
accept Him as their personal Saviour. 
Mdm Ang Mei Kheng, 
wife of Kuantan Church Pastor 
Stress Seminar Held 
in Kuala Lumpur 
The Kuala Lumpur SDA English Church con-
ducted a Stress Management Seminar for profes-
sionals from February 1 to 3. Speakers for the 
seminar were personnel from Youngberg Adventist 
Hospital (YAH) in Singapore. 
Held at the newly-renovated Seventh-day Adventist 
Community Services Center, the seminar was well attended 
by executives and professionals from the local churches 
and from the general public. The seminar is one of the 
pre-crusade programs designed to heighten awareness 
among the general public on various social issues, and 
aiming to enhance the quality of life in the 
community. 
Dr. Fred Lam, YAH Vice President for Medical 
Affairs, and Pastor Jonathan Ng, YAH Director of 
Counselling Service and Community Relations, presented 
the lectures. 
-- George John, Pastor, 
Kuala Lumpur SDA English Church 
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PEM Holds Triennial 
Representatives from the 25 churches and companies 
of the Peninsular Malaysia Mission met at Golden 
Sands Baptist Center near Port Dickson on March 24 to 
begin their triennial session. 
To begin the session, two new companies—Banting 
Indian Company and Penang Indian Company—
were welcomed into the sisterhood of churches. 
Later, the Kuantan Group also received company status, 
and as such also had a representative seated as a delegate 
to the session, giving a total of 28 church groups in the 
PEM. 
The session began at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday with a 
welcoming message from the Mission President, Pastor 
David Leoh. After the seating of delegates and adoption 
of the schedule for the daily program, various 
committees were appointed and Mission departmental 
leaders presented their reports. Then delegates formed 
caucuses that would select representatives to the 
nominating committee. 
Meetings on Monday commenced at 7:00 a.m. with a 
devotional message presented by SAUM President George 
Johnson. He stressed the importance of strengthening 
the unity of the church by working together in the 
bond of love. Delegates then met together in small 
prayer bands to ask God's special guidance on the 
proceedings of the day. 
After breakfast, the committees got down to work. 
The plans committee's task was to suggest specific strategies 
that could be used in implementing Global Mission in 
Peninsular Malaysia. 
The task of Global Mission is to establish the work of 
the church in many areas where we do not yet have a 
presence. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has 
established work in only about 200 of the world's 
approximately 5,000 geographical units (one million or 
more people). This means that there are about 1,800 
groups—representing more than 2,000,000,000 people—
who have not yet had opportunity to hear the gospel 
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proclaimed as Adventists preach it. 
Global Mission calls us to take up the challenge of 
Jesus, who promised that the gospel would be preached 
in all the world for a witness to all nations before He 
would return again (Matthew 24:14). To meet this 
challenge, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is striving 
to establish, before AD 2000, a presence in all of the 
geographical areas where we do not yet have a 
work established. 
Peninsular Malaysia has 19 geographical units of one 
million or more that have no Adventist Church in 
their area. While Christian churches cannot reach 
out with direct evangelism to Muslims in Malaysia, 
the PEM hopes to help them appreciate the Adventist 
Church in their area. The plans committee recommended 
that greater cooperation be established between Penang 
Adventist Hospital and the Mission to make 
available health-related programs, and it called 
for the appointment of a full-time Health-Services 
Coordinator who is fluent in Bahasa Malaysia. 
Following the work of the nominating committee, 
there were several new appointments in the 
various departments of the PEM. The departmental 
leaders for 1991 to 1993 include: 
Ministerial Association Director �
P. Benjamin 
Associate �
Leong Fai 
Education (Honorary) �
Edmund Siagian 
Church Ministries �
P. Benjamin 
Sabbath School �
P. Benjamin 
Child Evangelism �
Robyn Hardesty 
Personal Ministries �
P. Benjamin 
Youth �
Terrance Sim 
Assistant �
Janssen New 
Stewardship �
P. Benjamin 
Family Life �
Shirley Chapman 
Temperance/Health �
David Leoh 
Associate �
Shirley Chapman 
Trust Services (Honorary) �Robert Lee 
Religious Liberty/Public 
Affairs (Honorary) �Robert Lee 
Communication �
David Leoh 
Publishing �
Sam Govindasamy 
Assistant �
Loh Kam Kee 
Assistant �
Peter Chong 
Spirit of Prophecy �
Leong Fai 
HHES/ABC Manager �
Robert Benjamin 
May the Lord guide each of these leaders in service for 
Him during the coming years. 
-- Kenneth Wade, 
Ministerial Secretary, SAUM 
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I SARAWAK I 
Mission President 
Injured in Accident 
Pastor Daniel Walter, President of the Sarawak Mission, 
was injured in a freak accident while visiting a longhouse 
in the Julau District early in March. Pastor Walter and 
his wife, Dorothy, and Pastors Edmund Liah and Anyau 
Kinchang had gone to the village of Naga Lijan to conduct 
a campmeeting. 
On Sabbath morning, Pastor Walter was using the 
toilet ill the longhouse. Starting to lose his balance, he 
tried to steady himself against the back wall. The rotten 
bamboo of the wall gave way, and Pastor Walter fell 
through, crashing more than 15 feet to the ground. 
Fortunately, he never lost consciousness, and his cries for 
help were heard by an old lady about ten minutes after 
he fell. 
The nearest medical care was many painful hours 
away by stretcher, longboat and van. From there he was 
flown the following day to Kuching, the capital city of 
Sarawak, for orthopedic care at the Normah Specialist 
Center. 
X-rays revealed that he had broken the upper end of 
his left femur (upper leg), which had to be repaired 
surgically with a steel plate and screws. His left arm was 
also broken near the shoulder. His right forearm was 
dislocated at the wrist, and both bones were badly 
broken, but all have been repaired. The doctor expects 
him to regain the use of his arms within two months and 
to be able to begin walking after approximately four 
months. 
The Walters are especially thankful to the Lord for 
sparing his life. The nature of the fall could easily have 
snapped life out, but he was spared grievous injuries and 
suffered only the broken limbs and is not experiencing 
any pain at this time. 
Pastor Walter wants to thank each one of his fellow 
workers and believers for the hundreds of prayers that 
have ascended heavenward on his behalf. The Lord has 
heard every one and has responded favorably to them. 
— Pastor Saul Nyunga, 
Communication Director, Sarawak Mission 
Editors' note: The editors of MESSENGER especially 
appreciate having news from the Sarawak Mission this 
issue—all the news articles from Sarawak have been 
prepared by Pastor Walter since his accident. 
March/April 1991 
Two New Churches 
Dedicated 
As churches grow and memberships outgrow the 
original jungle chapels built in many villages, congregations 
are putting forth great effort to replace the jungle chapels 
with new and permanent buildings in which to congregate 
for worshipping God. 
February 9 was the dedication for the church group 
at Simpang Bokah, located about 35 miles west of Kuching. 
Sarawak Mission officers met with the congregation to 
dedicate the new church building, which had been 
completed just a few months before. 
Then on February 16, Mission President Daniel Walter, 
led out in the dedication of a new church building in 
Sungei Alit in the Simunjan District. Also present for the 
service was Pastor James Sagit, district pastor of Simunjan 
District. The members themselves had built the church 
and painted it nicely for the occasion. 
-- Daniel Walter, President, Sarawak Mission 
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Witnessing through 
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"In this closing work of the gospel, there is a vast field 
to be occupied; and, more than ever before, the work is to 
enlist helpers from the common people. Both the youth 
and those older in years will be called from the field, from 
the vineyard, and from the workshop, and sent forth by 
the Master to give His message. Many of these have 
had little opportunity for education; but Christ sees in 
them qualifications that will enable them to fulfill His 
purpose. If they put their hearts into the work, and 
continue to be learners, He will fit them to labor for Him." 
Colporteur Ministry, p. 21. 
God has been able to use two of the literature evangelists 
in Sarawak in a mighty way. Vincent Amer, now an 
Assistant Publishing Director, used to be a coco-bean 
farmer, and Joseph Phe was looking for his niche in life 
when he became an LE. In 1990, Joseph was the top in 
sales in the Sarawak Mission. Both have had rewarding 
experiences in their years of colporteuring. 
In 1987, Joseph and Vincent were canvassing house to 
house when they met Flomida Rani. She bought some 
magazines and a copy of the Great Controversy. Joseph 
started sharing the love of God with her. Then they 
followed up with Bible studies in the home of another 
Seventh-day Adventist family, since Flomida couldn't 
study in her home. After about six months of study, 
Flomida was baptized in August 1988. 
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Before her baptism, Flomida quit her job and started 
going out to watch Joseph canvass. In October 1988, she 
also became a literature evangelist. She has been sharing 
the gospel message as an LE ever since. 
The Literature Ministry Department of your Mission is 
always looking for dedicated church memberswho would 
like to know more about the literature ministry. You, too, 
can be trained to be a soul winner through sharing the 
printed page. 
If you feel the Holy Spirit speaking to your heart, 
please contact one of our Literature Ministry leaders for 
more information. 
-- Rayburn Smith, Publishing Department Director, SAUM 
New H.H.E.S. Manager 
Joins Mission Staff 
On March 4, Miss Saira ak Jeffrey Ahit joined the 
Sarawak Mission staff as manager of the HHES. She 
replaces Mr. Daniel Wong, who resigned late last year. 
Miss Saira comes from Sg. Pinang Church, where her 
father is one of the church officers. 
Her duties are to keep the literature evangelists 
supplied with books and to keep the Mission HHES store 
well stocked. It is planned that she will also manage the 
Adventist Supply Center when it opens in the near future. 
-- Pastor Daniel Walter, President, Sarawak Mission 
Volunteers Build Churches 
in Sarawak 
A group of 52 volunteers, mostly academy students 
from the Upper Columbia Conference in the northwestern 
USA, led by their Youth Director, Pastor Gordon Pifher, 
arrived in Sarawak on March 27 to build two churches in 
Sarawak. 
The group had asked if they could build two churches 
in the remote villages, where there would be no lights or 
conveniences. The Sarawak Mission Committee voted to 
have them build churches in Kedumpai and Ibol, both 
in quite isolated areas of the Simunjan and Pantu 
Districts. 
In addition to the students and their leader, the group 
includes a doctor, a dentist, and three professional builders. 
The building sites were prepared and construction materials 
were gathered prior to the group's arrival. They erected 
the Kedumpai Church in less than seven working days, 
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and then walked through the jungle for approximately 
six hours to Ibol, where they are replacing an old jungle 
chapel built in 1967. 
The group returned home in mid-April, but are 
already talking of returning again next year. The Sarawak 
Mission has greatly appreciated the enthusiasm and the 
contribution of these young people, and welcomes them 
to return at any time. 
-- Daniel Walter, President, Sarawak Mission 
I SINGAPORE I 
Triennial Session Brings Changes 
The Singapore Adventist Mission (SAM) held 
its second triennial session at the Far Eastern Division 
headquarters in Singapore on March 30 and 31. 
The session started on Sabbath afternoon 
with a singspiration followed by the keynote message by 
Pastor George Johnson, Presidentof the Southeast Asia 
Union Mission. "It is not enough to merely change 
our beliefs to become God's children," he stressed, 
"but a copy of His character must shine out in our 
lives." The theme for the session centered on the 
quotation from Christ's Object Lessons, p. 69, 
"When the character of Christ shall be perfectly 
reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim 
them as His own." 
Through the remainder of the afternoon, various SAM 
leaders reported on activities and progress during the 
previous triennial period. At the end of 1990, the church 
membership in Singapore was 2,754. Two areas in 
which considerable progress has been evident are 
the Pathfinder clubs and the small group ministry. 
With eight churches and two schools (besides Southeast 
Asia Union College), there are now six Pathfinder clubs, 
whereas there was only one at the beginning of the 
triennium. Small groups worshipping in the homes 
were just beginning to catch on at the beginning of 1988, 
but now there are approximately 30, with more beginning 
all the time. 
While the nominating committee was in session, the 
other delegates separated into planning groups to suggest 
and discuss how the church might make even greater 
progress this triennium in various areas including education, 
publishing, health/temperance, and church ministries. 
Among the major items for discussion at the session 
was the ordination of women elders in the Singapore 
churches. After considerable discussion on both sides, 
the delegates voted to defer any decision on the issue 
until all church groups had more time to study it in more 
detail and pray about the matter. 
When the nominating committee finished its work, 
there were numerous changes in SAM departmental 
leadership. Pastor Sim Chor Kiat continues as SAM 
President. Mr. John Ho had joined the SAM as Secretary-
Treasurer in February, replacing Mr. Peter Wong, who 
had been called to the Southeast Asia Union Mission 
headquarters. Mission officers are chosen at the 
Union session and mid-quiquennial session annual 
committee. New departmental leaders include: 
Church Ministries �
Ng Kah Seng 
Family Life �
Sim Chor Kiat 
Music Ministries �
Wann Fanwar 
Personal Ministries �
Ng Sui Koon 
Sabbath School �
Michael Ho 
Stewardship �
Danson Ng 
Youth �
Chan Shee Wai 
Communication/VOP �Ng Sui Koon 
Editor 
Education 
Health/Temperance (Honorary) David McFadden 
Literature Ministries �
Samuel Siew 
Trust Services �
Robert Lee 
Legal Services �
John Poh 
Religious Liberty/ 
SANSO/ Public Affairs �
Koh Kang Song 
Ministerial Association Secretary Ng Kah Seng 
As Dr. Ottis Edwards, Far Eastern Division President, 
quoted in his Sunday morning devotional message, 'There 
is no limit to the usefulness of one, who putting self aside, 
makes room for the Holy Spirit." (Christian Service, 
p. 254) May each one of the new leaders, the delegates, and 
every church member truly have that love for one another 
(John 13:35), working together in complete unity, that all 
who see may know that we are Christ's disciples. 
-- Marilyn Johnson, 
Managing Editor, MESSENGER 
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Television Interviews 
with YAH Staff 
Youngberg Adventist Hospital (YAH) dietitian Diana 
David appeared recently on "Newswatch," a television 
program of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, 
where she spoke on the importance of breakfast for 
teenagers. 
During an earlier program, YAH Director of 
Counselling Service Jonathan Ng was interviewed on his 
experience in helping parents build a positive relationship 
with their teenagers. Dr. Fred Lam, YAH Vice President, 
also participated in a television program called "Contact 
During the month of March, on two separate occasions, 
on-site filming of a television drama series was done at 
the hospital right after the completion of the total renovation 
of the hospital building and facilities. 
All these opportunities for exposure on television 
certainly helped to create a favorable public image of the 
hospital in the community. 
-- Jonathan Ng, Community Relations Director, YAH 
I THAILAND I 
M.F.H. Manager Arrives 
Mr. Ken Myers, 
the newly appointed 
developer/ manager 
for Mission Health 
Food Company, 
Thailand (MHF), 
arrived in Bangkok 
on March 20. 
An Australian, 
Mr. Myers comes to 
MHF with 15 years of experience with Sanitarium Health 
Food Company in Australia and New Zealand. He is 
accompanied by his wife, Coralie, who is a registered 
nurse, and two children, Elizabeth, 8, and Neill, 6. 
The Southeast Asia Union Mission welcomes the 
Myers family to MHF. 
— Tom Staples, Treasurer, SAUM 
Chiangmai School Wins 
Government Awards 
Once again the Thailand Mission personnel have had 
their faith confirmed in the Seventh-day Adventist 
educational system, whose blueprint is of divine origin. 
When the church conscientiously follows the guidelines 
for running Christian schools, as outlined in the Spirit of 
Prophecy, the schools will be of a higher moral and 
scholastic standard than those bigger, better equipped, 
and richer schools in the area. 
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This fundamental principle was once again confirmed 
in the case of the Chiangmai Adventist Educational 
Center. �
The Educational Center is composed of a 
boarding academy and an adult training school located 
in Chiangmai, northern Thailand. The school received 
four special awards this year. Two teachers, Mr. Piroon 
Junrawungyod and Mrs. Wanlapa Kuansirisaringkarn, 
were selected to receive Outstanding Teacher awards for 
the province of Chiangmai. 
The Education Department of Chiangmai Province 
also selected Chiangmai Adventist Educational Center as 
the school with the highest standard of moral and ethical 
conduct with respect to the student body as a whole. The 
presenter of the award explained that thejudges had been 
observing the school and the conduct of the students for 
a period of three years. They were highly impressed with 
School principal Mr .Tawarn (center), along with teachers Mrs. 
Wanlapa and Mr. Piroon, received awards of excellence from the 
provincial government. 
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the integrity, manners, and moral conduct of the Adventist 
academy students. 
The third award was given in Bangkok at a Conference 
for National Recognition. Chiangmai Adventist Educational 
Center was selected as a model school, and was 
designated the Best Example of a Private School in the 
Country of Thailand. 
Truly God has blessed the school, under the direction 
of Dr. Charles Tidwell, interim administrator, and principals 
Mr. Tawarn and Miss Buaket. He has fulfilled His promise 
that if we follow His guidance, our schools will be shining 
examples of what true education should be. 
— W. S. Bassham, President, TAM 
Thailand Mission Triennial 
Two pastors were ordained to the ministry at the 
Thailand Mission triennial session, held January 10-12. 
Pictured here with their wives, and being welcomed to 
the gospel ministry by TAM President W. S. Bassham and 
SAUM President George Johnson, are Pastor Boonrat 
Moolkeo (left) and Pastor Siroj Sorrajakool. Pastor Boonrat 
is the editor at the Thailand Publishing House, and Pastor 
Siroj is head of the Bible department at Mission College, 
Muak Lek campus. 
Disasters Strike Thailand 
At about 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, a chemical 
warehouse in Bangkok's Khlong Toey district caught fire 
and exploded. Burning debris from the explosion fell 
on the neighboring slum housing area. Within less than 
two hours, the entire neighborhood of wooden houses 
had been burned to the ground. A few charred boards 
and the tin roofs of the houses are all that remain of the 
Khlong Toey slum district. 
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Much of the Klong Toey district was flattened by the chemical ware-
house explosion and fire. 
Miraculously, only about five deaths were reported, 
but the devastation left five thousand people without 
housing, food, clothes, or personal belongings. 
ADRA/Thailand immediately responded to the 
situation, and ADRA has so far provided aid valued at 
Bhat 300,000 (approximately S$22,500) to some 800 
families. ADRA supplied these families with food, 
personal hygiene items, and relief clothing, including 
school uniforms for children. 
The Khlong Toey fire is just one of four that have 
occurred in Bangkok during the past two months. In these 
situations, ADRA has been able to play a significant part 
in providing relief to the inhabitants of the devastated 
areas. 
Relief packages wait for distribution by ADRA personnel. 
Various SDA institutions, including Bangkok 
Adventist Hospital, Adventist English School, Thailand 
Publishing House, and Thailand Adventist Mission, along 
with many individuals, have provided considerable time, 
money and other support to the relief efforts of ADRA/ 
Thailand. 
— Jeff Wright, ADRA/Thailand 
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I VIETNAM I 
Church Reopens 
after 15 Years 
Ever since 1975, the government has maintained 
control of the church building in the city of Can-tho, 
South Vietnam. It came as a happy surprise on 
Christmas day, 1990, that the government agreed to 
allow the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Vietnam to 
legally reoccupy the building and use it as a house of 
worship. On the following Sabbath, about 70 grateful 
people attended services in the church. 
During the years, all of the church furnishings—
pulpit, pews, chairs, amplifier, and even the signboard—
have disappeared and must be replaced. The building 
itself, which was used as part of a school during the past 
15 years, also needs repair. Although officially the 
church building has been given back to the Seventh-day 
Adventists, the church is expected to voluntarily contribute 
one million dong (only about S$290, but equal to nearly 
a year's wages for one person) to the construction of a 
new government school. The parsonage is currently 
being used as a government school. 
Can-tho is the second largest city in South Vietnam, 
and has a population of nearly three million. Although 
Seventh-day Adventist churches in other cities are not in 
the best parts of the city, the church in Can-tho is in a very 
suitable location. 
While there are still difficulties in the work there, the 
church in Vietnam rejoices over the 22 new members 
baptized during the fourth quarter of 1990. 
— George C. Johnson, 
President, SAUM 
ADRA Conducts Health 
Workshop in Vietnam 
An important milestone in the contribution of ADRA 
to the people of Vietnam transpired March 5-7, with the 
first ADRA workshop for the Primary Health Care Project 
in Long An Province. 
The guest speaker for the workshop was Dr. Laurie 
Zivetz, an Australian expert in community development. 
Dr. Zivetz worked to train Vietnamese physicians in 
charge of community health in Long An Province so that 
they could make similar presentations and direct discussions 
and interactions. 
ADRA felt it necessary to conduct the first workshop 
for leaders in the provincial, district, and commune levels 
so that they would be acquainted with the significance of 
primary health care, and thus be supportive of the 
programs which are to be implemented. 
Long An Province, located west of Ho Chi Minh City, 
has a population of 1,120,000, and is divided into ten 
districts. Each district has between eight and twenty 
communes. 
The senior provincial physician, Dr. Dung, and his 
associate, Dr. Huu, are outstanding professional leaders 
who are working vigorously to improve the health 
standards of the community. 
The project has captured the interest of the Australian 
government to the extent that they have contributed 
A$300,000 (S$390,000) through ADRA/South Pacific to 
fund this project. 
— Russell Standish, 
Health/Temperance Director, SAUM 
I SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION COLLEGE I 
Field Evangelism 
in Kuala Lumpur 
Seven undergraduate theology students of Southeast 
Asia Union College (SAUC), together with their team 
instructor, Dr. Phoon Chek Yat, spent their March 
school holidays in field evangelism training in 
Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Peninsular Malaysia. 
The main objectives of the trip were to establish 
good rapport with the local church members, to conduct 
a seminar, and to help with ground work for the family 
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life evangelistic effort to be held in June by the SAUC 
team. 
During the holidays, the group met with the local 
Seventh-day Adventist pastors and leaders to discuss 
plans for the programs in June and in September. They 
prayed together that the seminar might be instrumental 
in leading lost souls to Christ. 
The team visited several missing members and enrolled 
them for the Positive Parenting Seminar, conducted by 
Dr. Phoon Chek Yat and his wife, Dr. Sally Phoon, also 
a teacher at SAUC. The three-session parenting seminar, 
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held at the newly-renovated Peninsular Malaysia 
Mission headquarters, drew an average attendance 
of 60 each evening. 
Also attending the seminar were several pastors of 
other denominations, with whom rapport had already 
been established through professional growth seminars 
in previous years. 
In June, a marriage enrichment seminar will be 
conducted prior to the family life crusade. In September, 
the team will again go to Kuala Lumpur for follow-up 
work with interests from the evangelistic meetings. The 
group will also assist the local church members in 
leading a series of meetings on how to make Christianity 
real in one's life. 
— Johnny Kan, Theology student, SAUC 
Choirs Perform 
Easter Cantata 
"Behold the Lamb, the perfect Lamb, the Lamb of God 
to me. He paid the price, the perfect price; and set the 
sinner free." 
The words rang melodiously through the cool evening 
air, as Pastor Shupinar Koubong sang his solo during the 
Adventist Youth meeting at the SAUC auditorium on 
March 29. The message was repeated the next morning 
during the divine worship service at Balestier Road 
Church, as the combined choirs of SAUC and Balestier 
Road Church sang John W. Peterson's Easter cantata, 
"The Last Week." 
The program was planned by two SAUC faculty 
members who have worked together in the past planning 
choir trips and musical programs for the SAUC Singers, 
the SAUC Church-cum-college choir. Mrs. Ann Ng, 
music teacher at SAUC, previously shared the direction 
of the SAUC Singers with Mr. Matthew Hutabarat, a 
college business teacher. Since moving to Balestier Road 
Church, however, she has re-started a choir there, and the 
two decided to combine their respective choirs in a fund-
raising project. 
The 50-member combined choir expressed the thrill of 
singing in a large choir. Some felt the emotional experience 
of almost being there in Jerusalem during the last week 
before Christ's death on the cruel cross, as they sang of 
a quickly-changing atmosphere—that of praising Him 
during His entry into Jerusalem with "Hail to the King," 
to a murderous cry of "Crucify Him," and then back again 
to love and appreciation for Him and relief that "Jesus 
Lives, never more to die." 
Hopefully the program reminded both singers and 
listeners that "He was wounded for our transgressions...and 
bruised for our iniquities," that we might reaffirm our 
faith, love, and trust in Christ, and that each one may be 
able to say with conviction, "Jesus lives, and so too shall 
I!" 
— Matthew Hutabarat, Director, SAUC Singers 
SAUC Loses Registrar 
Does a vacancy 
result in a vacuum or 
a hole? How great a 
hole or vacancy can 
be caused by the loss 
of one individual? 
Questions like these 
are somewhat un-
answerable. Yet, it is 
true that the loss of 
some individuals has 
a greater effect than 
does the loss of others. 
Southeast Asia Union College (SAUC) is also affected 
by the departure of important people. It is with regret 
and sadness that the college administration reports to the 
field that Mrs. Doreen Ng has left SAUC. Her loss leaves 
a vacuum which cannot be easily filled. 
Mrs. Ng served as Registrar of the college for the past 
nine years. She also held the ranking of Assistant 
Professor, and taught regularly in the Office Administration 
Department. 
She was known among the faculty as a "walking 
encyclopedia," and her knowledge of past and present 
students made it easier to ask her for such information 
than to look in the records. Those who are in good health 
receive satisfaction only when they are challenged. After 
serving nine years in the same office, Mrs. Ng looked for 
greater challenges. The college hopes that she will find 
her new job to be challenging as well as enjoyable. 
Until such time as a replacement is found, Dr. Gary 
Brendel will be in charge of the Registrar's office. All 
correspondence directed to the Registrar's office may be 
sent to Dr. Brendel. Hopefully a replacement will be 
found before second quarter ends in early June, when 
Dr. Brendel will take over the post of Academic Dean. 
— Ralph H. Jones, Academic Dean, SAUC 
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I ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO-ASIA I 
200 in One Day 
A Chinese-American Adventist recently returned to 
China for a long-awaited visit to relatives in his homeland. 
Although they were not Seventh-day Adventists, they 
thought they knew where an Adventist church was, and 
agreed to take him there on Sabbath. 
Arriving at the church, they found the doors locked. 
A neighbor said that church services were held only on 
Sundays. Disappointed, the group turned to leave, but 
saw a large group of people approaching. Noticing that 
the group leader had a Bible under his arm, they asked, 
"Are you Christians?" 
"Yes! We're Seventh-day Adventist Christians," they 
replied. "Our church doesn't have a baptistry, so we 
arranged to have our AWR baptism in this church." 
The visiting American and his relatives joined the 
group inside, and watched as nearly 200 people were 
baptized—all as a result of the outreach of Adventist 
World Radio-Asia. 
Truly God is blessing the work of AWR-Asia. But the 
station depends on donations to cover fuel costs for 
operating the transmitters. Because of the Gulf crisis, 
electrical costs rose as much as $3,000 from one month 
to the next. As you have opportunity, continue to givefor 
Adventist World Radio. 
AWR-Asia has recently extended its broadcasts. Although 
the station was designed to cover the Asian subcontinent, 
many letters have come in from listeners in Moscow and 
other cities of the Soviet Union. One young man wrote 
from Leningrad that he had learned about God through 
AWR-Asia. After four years of planning, Russian language 
programs are finally being beamed into Russia. In addition, 
Swahili broadcasts have just been added, since more than 
400 letters came in to the AWR office from Africa during 
1990. The Swahili broadcasts are beamed to both Africa 
and India. 
AWR-ASIA BROADCAST SCHEDULE (Z-91) 
March 31, 1991 through September 29, 1991 
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March/April 1991 
Fighting to keep awake on the nearly-1000-km. 
journey to the disaster site, I thought to myself, 
"I hope these people appreciate the help that 
ADRA is going to give....They probably don't 
realize the sacrifice of a long, tiring drive." 
Little remains of the ten-wheel truck which exploded near 
Phang-Nga in January, killing nearly 200 people and seri-
ously injuring another 100. The truck chassis landed about 
50 meters away. 
When the truck blew up, with its cargo of 20 tons of 
explosives, the force of the blast — equal to about 10 Scud 
missiles — destroyed everything within a 300-meter radius. 
ADRA is helping to rebuild 30 of the destroyed homes. 
Sadly, some houses don't need to be rebuilt—whole families 
were killed. In other homes, only the babies and orphans 
were left alive. 
"IS THIS ALL THAT WE CAN DO...?" 
Bits and pieces of bodies, most beyond recognition, were 
collected — from the mud, from the trees, from here and there —
and placed in wooden coffins. 
It was 3:00 a.m. as I began my long journey home 
from Phang-Nga, exhausted from the lack of sleep. 
But I recalled my earlier selfish thoughts, and began 
to think, "Lord, how much I have. Is this all that we 
can do to help these people?" 
As we get closer to Jesus' coming, we realize that the Holy Spirit will gradually be withdrawn from the 
earth, and there will be many more disasters. May each one of us be aware of the signs of the times, and 
prepare while we can to meet Jesus when He returns. 
- Warren Scale, Director, ADRA/Thailand 
ADRA is doing all that it can do. Are you? 
Help ADRA do all that it can do — Give for Disaster & Famine Relief. 
 
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I DEVOTIONAL I 
Union or Division? 
 
 
SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION MISSION DIRECTORY 
 
 
 
 
 
G. C. Johnson .............................................. President, ADRA 
C. Y. Wu �
 Secretary, Religious Liberty 
T. G. Staples �
 Treasurer, Health Food 
Peter Wong �
 Assoiate Treasurer 
Steven Goh, Simon Sim �
 Auditors 
Rayburn Smith �
Publishing 
Shupinar Koubong � Acting Church Ministries 
R. R. Standish �
 Health Sr Temperance/ 
Health Care, Spirit of Prophecy 
Samuel money �
VOP 
Kenneth Wade �
Ministerial, Communication 
Associate CM 
Edmund Siagian �
 Education 
Many of us as workers and laymen identify ourselves as members of 
the SoutheastAsia Union Mission. Yet so often our lives indicate that we are 
actually not in a state of union but rather in one of division. 
Just before Christ died, He prayed in the Garden—not for Himself, but 
for His disciples. "Sanctify them through Thy truth: �
Thy word is 
truth.... Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on 
Me through their word; that they all may be one as Thou, Father, art in Me, 
and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe 
that Thou hast sent Me.' (John 17:17-21) 
Jesus wanted His work on earth to be carried forward to a successful 
conclusion. Yet He saw that the greatest danger to His work would be from 
"a spirit of bitterness and division" among the disciples. Thus he said, "I 
beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, thatye all speak 
the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be 
perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment." (I Cor. 
1:10) 
The success of God's church depends on unity among its members. 
Carefully examine your life and heart today. Is the prayer of Jesus for His 
disciples being fulfilled in your Christian experience? Are you, am I, in a spirit 
of unity with Christ every day? 
Recently a leader in Southeast Asia stated, 'Throughout my childhood 
and youth, I wanted to be a pastor. Today I wouldn't be a pastor if you paid 
me all the money in the world. I love winning souls, and I can work with the 
sheep, but I can't stand working with the hard-headed goats in the church." 
This individual has found his ministry in serving others outside the church 
rather than struggle with the disunity among the workers and the members 
in the church. 
It is difficult for human beings to achieve true oneness. Coming from 
different backgrounds, we each perceive events �
differently. �
We 
communicate imperfectly. We misunderstand each other. Whether in the 
marriage relationship, which the Bible states, should involve a blending of two 
lives so as to make them "one," or in the church fellowship, self needs to be 
subjugated before perfect union can be achieved. As Paul said in Phil. 2:3, 
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let 
each esteem others better than themselves." 
Only as the love of Christ fills our lives do we see each other with the 
tolerance and Christ-like love with which God views each of us. Only then 
can we see the potential of the other instead of seeing the faults which at 
first appear so obvious. 
The credibility of God's church is at stake today! Only as we daily draw 
near to Christ, can His prayer be fulfilled. "Union is strength; division is 
weakness. When believers are united, they exert a telling influence. Satan 
well understands this. Never was he more determined than now to make of 
none effect the truth of God by causing bitterness and dissension among the 
Lord's people. 
`The world is against us, the popular churches are against us, the laws 
of the land will soon be against us. If there was ever a time when the people 
of God should press together, it is now....We cannot afford now to give place 
to Satan by cherishing disunion, discord, and strife." (Testimonies for the 
Church, vol. 5, p. 236) 
As we live in earth's final moments, let us all live and work together as one 
in Christ's love. 
 
 
 
 
LOCAL MISSION DIRECTORY 
 
 
 
Peninsular Malaysia 
166-A Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Telephone: 242 7795 
David Leoh �
President 
C. 13. Lim �
 Secretary-Treasurer 
Sabah 
P. 0. Box 7, 89257 Tamparuli, Sabah, Malaysia 
Telephone: 782346, 782244, Fax: (088) 782346 
Charles S. Gaban �
President 
�
 Secretary-Tresurer 
Sarawak 
P. 0. Box 41, 93700 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 
Telephone: 242340, 242341, 242342, Fax: 242343 
Daniel Walter �
 President/Acting Treasurer 
Edmund M. Liah �
 Secretary 
Singapore 
90 Jurong East Street 13, Singapore 2260 
Telephone: 561 0022 Fax: (65) 562 4923 
Sim Chor Kiat �
 President 
John S. K. Ho �
 Secretary-Treasurer 
 
 
Thailand 
Prakanong Post Office Box 234, Bangkok 10110, Thailand 
Telephone: 391 0525, 391 3595, 381 1928 
Fax: (662) 381 1424 
W. S. Bassham �
President 
Rungsit Saejang �
 Secretary 
Betty Jongsuksatha porn �
Treasurer 
 
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL DIRECTORY 
Southeast Asia Union College �
 K. S. Koh 
Southeast Asia Publishing House �
David Tan 
Thailand Publishing House � Solomon S. Agdon 
Bangkok Adventist Hospital � Ronald W. Brody 
Penang Adventist Hospital �
 William Laspe 
Phuket Adventist Hospital � Nursia Supunayong 
Youngberg Adventist Hospital �
Joshua Goh 
The Messenger is published bi-monthly as the oficial organ 
of the Southeast Asia Union Mission of Seventh-day 
Adventists, 251 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 1334. 
Tel: 284 7281; Fax: 284 7757 
Editor.............................................................. C. Y. Wu 
Managing Editor �
 Marilyn Johnson 
Circulation Manager �
 C. Y. Wu 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Layout and Printing by Southeast Asia Publishing House 
 
 
— George C. Johnson, President, SA UM 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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