OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEVENTH• DAT ADVENTIST UNION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA NNW VOLUME SEVENTEEN November — December 1967 � NUMBER SIX "If Ever There Was A Time" YOUR SACRIFICE IS NEEDED NOW G. 0. Bruce, Secretary-Treasurer, Southeast Asia Union AT the time of the 1966 Autumn Council in Washington, D.C., Elder R. H. Pierson, the General Conference President, and his associates presented an appeal to the world field to support in a special way the Week of Sacrifice Offering which was to be taken a few weeks later. When the appeal was made to the General Conference office staff, the General Conference leaders agreed to give at least one week's salary to this offering to provide additional needed funds for the world budget for our missions program. From the initial presentation of this plan to the General Conference office, the spirit of giving spread out to the world field and resulted in the largest Week of Sacrifice Offering ever given by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The 1965 world offering amounted to US$727,992.99, and with the additional promotion the 1966 offering came to US$1,116,630.66, or an in- crease of US$388,637.67. The Far Eastern Division offering in- (Turn to page 2) 2 (Continued from page 1.) creased from US$8,355.80 in 1965 to US$19,053.15 in 1966, or an in- crease of US$10,697.35. In our own Southeast Asia Union the 1965 Week of Sacrifice Offering amounted to US$1,647.42. The 1966 offering was US$8,343.28, or an increase of US$6,695.86. I am sure that all of us are thankful to God for the wonderful spirit of sacrifical giving which is taking hold of the workers and members of the missions and institutions throughout our union field. The following quotation from the Spirit of Prophecy in the book "Counsels on Stewardship" on page 37 brings courage to our hearts: "If every church member were imbued with the spirit of self-sac- rifice, there would be no lack of funds for home and foreign mis- sions; our resources would be mul- tiplied; a thousand doors of useful- ness would be opened; and we should be invited to enter. Had the purpose of God been carried out in giving the message of mercy to the world, Christ would have come, and the saints would have received their welcome into the city of God. If ever there was a time when sac- rifices should be made, it is now." The time has come for us to make plans for the 1967 Week of Sac- rifice Offering which will be taken on November 11 of this year. There are many workers and laymen in the Southeast Asia Union territory who have decided to give at least one week's salary towards the Week of Sacrifice Offering this year. As the Spirit of the Lord ap- peals to you, I am sure that you will receive a rich blessing as you give liberally on November 11 in order that adequate funds may be available for our world-wide mis- sion program. Pastor T. K. Chong Takes Over Duties as Malaya Mission President By D. R. Guild, President RECENTLY the Union Commit- tee appointed Pastor T. K.. Chong as president of the Malaya Mission. He comes to his new post with a wide background of pastoral- evangelistic experience. The first convert of the Singapore Voice of Prophecy Bible Correspon- dence School, at the time of his conversion, Pastor Chong was a Roman Catholic working for the government in Kuala Lumpur. After working in the Union office as transportation agent, Pastor Chong became the pastor of the Penang English Church. He has also pastored the Ipoh Church and the Kuala Lumpur English Church. At the time he was elected as president, he- was the pastor of the Balestier Road English Church in Singapore. Nearly every year since entering the ministry Pastor Chong has held a public evangelistic meeting. As a pastor, his imaginative approach to every phase of church activity has inspired his members to greater service. Let us pray for Pastor Chong and his leadership as he takes up this heavy responsibility. Lee Family Leaves For New Work By D. R. Guild, President IN mid-July, workers and friends in the Malaya Mission bid fare- well to Pastor and Mrs. S. J. Lee, and their daughter Rosalie. They departed for the United States where Pastor Lee has assumed re- sponsibility as night supervisor of financial affairs at Lome Linda Uni- versity Hospital. Pastor Lee has carried heavy re- sponsibilities in China. As business manager of the Signs Publishing House, business manager of the Shanghai Sanitarium and Hospital and treasurer of the China Division, he later served as Union auditor here in Singapore and lately has been president of the Malaya Mis- sion. Pastor Lee is a man of deep dedi- cation to the Lord and his presence will be greatly missed in the South- east Asia Union. COMING SOON! Singapore-wide Evangelistic Crusade WITH Pastor Don Jacobsen Evangelist Please send in NOW the names of your Friends and Relatives with addresses if you wish them to be contacted in pre-campaign visits. Pastor E. H. Wu was honored at Port Dixon Literature Evangelist Institute for his 43 years of service. He has been both literature evan- gelist and publishing secretary. A special cake and ice cream surprise comprised part of a special dinner in Pastor Wu's honor. He gave a special 30-minute talk to those present later in the evening, outlining success secrets vital to to-day's challenge to literature evangelists. Port Dixon was chosen as the place for the 1967 Malaya Mission Literature Evangelist Institute. These dedicated workers set a '68 sales goal of M$215,000.00. Sales, souls baptized and missionary reports from these workers in 1967 greatly exceeds the previous year. Seated left to right: C. K. Chan, 8 & PA manager; Y. C. Yap, Assistant PDS: S. S. Daniel, Malaya Mission publishing secretary; V. L. Bretsch, SEAU publishing secretary; Pastor E. H. Wu, honored for 43 years service in God's work; E. A. Brodeur, FED publishing secretary; and Choo You Fong, manager, Malaysian Signs Press. Mrs. Leona Gouge, and her church school children in Saigon, took special MV offerings last year in order to supply beautiful pictures for the school rooms in the new building at the Saigon Training School. Seven lovely pictures, one for each new classroom, were presented recently to Mr. Ha, the registrar at the mission school. Over 900 students are now enrolled at the Mission Training School. Surely they will appreciate these lovely pic- tures as they attend classes from day to day. Malaya Mission Teacher's Institute held at Southeast Asia Union College August 13-18, 1967. (Photo by Chai Ming Chua of San Yu High School) ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EN6LISH AND CHINESE CLASSES 4 � Golden Anniversary Year 50 Years under God's Ble Then 1917 THIS year of our Lord, 1967, marks the Southeast Asia Union. The Messenge review of Heaven's blessing upon the we them. We trust, in so doing, that gratitud, finished will find lodgement in all our hea The first Seventh-day Adventist to vis La Rue, a literature evangelist, who came closely followed by an early convert in Inc were sold and distributed about the 1900' In 1902 E. H. Gates, a pioneer work and baptized a British soldier in the watt Union Conference sent G. F. Jones and evangelist, to open work in Singapore. By 1901 the work had grown to it in 1912 Pastor F. A. Detamore took over a Mission. In 1917, the Southeast Asia I Malaysia (Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak) Singc Work began and was organized in ea 1957; Malaya Mission, 1914; North Born Sarawak Mission 1937 (re-organized 195 1919; Vietnam Mission, 1937. What Hath God Wrought? During t church has seen real progress. We note 105 Churches and Companies — 24 C ing Academies — 1 College — 1 Dental C 1 Health and Welfare Center. Present be Top left: � Ayer Monis School administration buildinr Middle left: Faculty and students at Sunnyhill School new classroom buildings in use to-day. Bottom left: Doctors and nurses of the Bangkok clinic hospital in use to-day. for Southeast Asia Union � 5 sing Denotes Real Progress Now 1967 lalf-century history of God's church in the magazine records for your benefit, a brief of our pioneers and those who followed to God and a deep desire to see the work Singapore is thought to have been Abrarn Dmetime between 1888 and 1903. He was ], Mr. H. B. Meyers. Many truthfilled books throughout Malaya. from Oceania, passed through Singapore . of the China sea. In 1904 the Australian is wife, and Robert Caldwell, a literature ude Singapore, Sumatra, and Java. And superintendent of the then known Malaysian lion, comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, .ore, Thailand, and Vietnam was organized. 1 of the local missions as follows: Cambodia, D (Sabah) 1914 (re-organized 1956, 1961); 1961); Thailand Mission (including Laos) • past fifty years every department of the ere a few examples: arch schools — 4 day Academies — 4 Board- nic — 6 Hospitals — 3 Publishing Houses — )tized membership stands at 11,225. On the top right is its new replacement. • 1935. The middle right picture reveals only one of the n the late 30's and early 40's. On the right, a 200-bed 11 1111111111111111111111111111 Volunteer Worker Baptized in Thailand WHEN Peace Corps Volunteer Carol Resick was assigned to Bangkok, Thailand, as a physical education instructor at the College of Physical Education, it was the least of her intentions to become involved in changing her religious affiliation. However, after a three- week stay in the Bangkok San- itarium and Hospital, she accepted the invitation of Pastor A. E. Nelson, who was relieving in the chaplain's department at the time, to continue their casual Bible studies on a private basis, and found her- self becoming more and more in- trigued with Adventist beliefs. When she confided this interest to a fellow Peace Corps worker, she was ad- vised to look into some of the other Protestant religions. However, Carol had already made her decision in the affirimative and several months later when she learned that Pastor and Mrs. Nelson were returning to the States, she asked Pastor Nel- son to baptize her before leaving. Having become acquainted with Beautiful Baptism of Souls at Vientiane K. S. Wong, Chaplain's Department, Bangkok Sanitarium and Hospital ABBATH afternoon, August 12th, beside the mighty Mekong river at Vientiane, Laos, a small group of believers witnessed the baptism of three precious souls. These were the first fruits of the work our lay- men have carried on there. Before long a new missionary family will arrive to labor among the thousands of precious souls in southern Laos. Many opportunities for circulating literature and giving Bible Studies in Vientiane beckons us now. Surely this is our day to work for God as we've never work- ed before. Let us pray earnestly for our few faithful brethren in Laos that soon God will raise up a mighty band to help finish His work in that needy land. many of the personnel during her hospitalization, plus having a knowl- edge of the Thai language, Carol's acceptance of this last-day message has had a very positive influence on many of the students and work- ers of the hospital. Upon returning to the States, Carol plans to take further graduate study at one of our universities and hopes to return overseas--maybe even to Thailand, not as a Peace Corps volunteer but as a full-fledged Seventh-day Ad- ventist missionary. First Student Missionaries to Thailand The first student missionaries to Thailand, Darryl and Audrey Benson, arrived in Bang- kok on Sunday, August 27. This young couple, just married July 9, were June grad- uates of Pacific Union College. They will spend one year at the Ubol (pronounced 0o-bone) Adventist Mission School teaching English to the 500 students. A large portion of the students are not Seventh-day Adventists. Chinese Signs of the Times Campaign OCTOBER - DECEMBER Missionary Subscription M$5.00 Order a good supply now and share your faith the "Signs" way in 1968. Haadyai Vacation Bible School by Elden B. Smith Thirty happy children received Vacation Bible School Certificates at the Haadyai Seventh-day Adventist Church on August 31, 1967. It is wonder- ful what cooperative effort can accomplish. Pastor Rungsit gave hearty support to the school leader Mrs. Trophosa, nurse, and her associate, Mrs. T. C Chin, wife of the Haadyai Mission Hospital manager. Most of the children came from non—Christian homes near the Mission Hospital and received their first impression of the love of Jesus. May the light of His love continue to glow in their hearts. Haadyai Baptism by Elden B. Smith Three very fine people were baptized into church mcmbership at the Haadyai Church on August 2, of this year. These three baptisms bring the total foi the Thailand Missions to 104 for the first three quarters of the year in comparison to 117 for the entire year of 1966. We earnestly pray for a rich harvest during the final quarter of this year and will rejoice greatly if the Lord will give us 150 souls for the year. Pastor Sammy Lee, evangelist of the Sarawak Mission, is shown with a group of helpers who are unloading supplies from the Messenger airplane for use in village evangelism. Pastor Lee reports from Mentu, a place 25 minutes flying time from Kuching, that after two months of meetings eighty souls are attending Sabbath School. At Seterus, near Bintulu, after three weeks of nightly meetings, ninety-one members are enrolled in Sabbath School. Let us remember these many interested souls in our prayers. November—December, 1967 Student Missionary Visits Alma Mater • By Maggie Tan 11.?RNEST Levos, alumni of South- LL east Asia Union College, stopped over to see old friends and teachers during his brief vacation in Singa- pore before returning to the United States where he is enrolled at Pacific Union College. Ernest finished his Junior College work at Southeast Asia Union Col- lege in 1964, left for the United States in 1965, and was given the rare privilege of being a student- missionary to Hong Kong the fol- lowing year. Although he had to suspend his studies for one whole school year, Ernest feels that this tremendous and rich experience has more than made up for the loss of time in classwork. In his work at South China Union College, Ernest has been able to pick up some Chinese. He was in- vited to speak to the college stu- dents at Southeast Asia Union Col- lege at their chapel exercise. The students enjoyed hearing his in- spiring experiences as teacher and evangelistic worker. He taught Eng- lish, Bible, and History in the upper secondary classes and held evangel- istic meetings. Through these me- diums he received firsthand experi- ence in child evangelism. Ernest returned to Pacific Union College in mid-July to complete his senior year, majoring in History and Religion. We are proud of Ernest and the fine work he is doing. We wish him Godspeed as he continues to prepare for greater service in the Lord's vineyard. THE MESSENGER Student Colporteur Peter Chan Interviewed by Pastor Dirksen D. E. Dirksen, President, Nevada-Utah Conference just met Peter Chan in Las Vegas, I Nevada. I want you to meet him. Peter has just completed his sum- mer's work as a student literature evangelist. I asked him to tell me something about himself. He kindly obliged. "In 1963 I came from Malaysia on a student visa having obtained the first literature evangelist scholar- ship from the Southeast Asia Union. I studied at La Sierra Col- lege for three years, spending each summer as a colporteur. I am now leaving for the Portland Sanitarium and Hospital where I plan to take a course in Medical Technology." This will interest you. Peter's sales for the summers of 1966 and 1967 total US$13,327.40. He had the highest student sales in the Pacific Union territory for both years. The Las Vegas church and the Nevada-Utah Conference say "thank you, Peter. Your diligence has inspired us." 7 Pastor and Mrs. D. R. Guild were honored guests at a special dinner for former Singaporites now living in the United States. Reading front row: left to right: Valmae Koh, Winna Chen, Lily Phang, Dr. Clarence Ing, Mrs. Mae log (Chan), June Chan, Mrs. Lillian Guild, Daniel Guild, Mrs. Regina Low (Lim) and Dr. James Low. Back row, left to right: Jim Dailey, Mrs. Ruth Dailey, Sammy Tan, Diana Chin, Dr. David Kon, Doris Lee, Villy Chan, Carolina Lim, Choo Peck Song and Dayton Chong. 8 � THE MESSENGER � November-December, 1967 News Items From Southeast Asia Union Maggie Tan Reporting • MRS. Ruth Kong gave birth .111 to an 8 lb 12 oz baby girl on May 18. just one day before her older boy's second birthday. • Olivia Chung left by Pan Am to resume her studies at Union Col- lege on May 23. She was home for two months to be with her mother, Mrs. C. K. Chung, who is now recuperating from her recent polio attack. • Johnny Ngoi, son of Mrs. Ngoi Bang King of Kuala Lumpur, left on the same flight with Olivia Chung. He will study at Union Col- lege. • Edward Poey left for Spicer College, India, on May 28, 1967. THE MESSENGER Published bi-monthly as the official organ of the S. D. A. Union of Southeast Asia. rsi Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, 13. Yearly Subscription Price so cents (U.S.) Editor � V. L. BRETSCH Associate Editor � D. R. GUILD M.C. (P) 2549 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST UNION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA DIRECTORY D. R. GUILD � President G. 0. BRUCE � Secretary-Treasurer K. T. KONG .. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer 1 . KONG � Auditor . H. LANTRY � M. V. & Educational D. M. BARNETT Lay Activities & Temperance MRS. D. M. BARNETT � Sabbath School V. L. BRETSCH � Publishing, and P R M. H. PETERSON, M.D. � Medical DON JACOBSEN .... Ministerial & Radio-TV MALAYA MISSION President � T. K. Chong Sec'y-Treasurer � Samuel Tsai n56, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur SABAH MISSION President � G. Munson Sec'y-Treasurer � A. Wawaroendeng P. 0. Box 34 Jesselton, Sabah SARAWAK MISSION President � R. C. Hall Sec'y-Treasurer � P. R. Sibarani P. 0. Box 41, Kuching, Sarawak THAILAND MISSION (INCLUDING LAOS) President � P. G. Wick Sec'y-Treasurer � G. Gurusamy P. 0. Box 11/234 Bangkok, Thailand VIETNAM MISSION (INCLUDING CAMBODIA) President � R. E. Neall Sec'y-Treasurer � C. Harris P. 0. Box 453 Saigon, Vietnam He plans to obtain his degree in Business Administration. • Alfred Poey, brother of Ed- ward, left on June 7 for Lowry Memorial Higher Secondary School. He has enrolled for the Pre-Uni- versity course leading to medicine. • Chin Yuk Fah left in May for England to further his studies. His brother. Chee Fah, is also there and is reported to be doing well in his studies. • Rosalie Lim arrived home on June 21 from the United States for her summer vacation. She has been attending Atlantic Union College and will be a senior this year ma- joring in English. She hopes to take graduate work in the field of library science. • Dayton Chong, son of Pastor and Mrs. Joshua Chong, has been accepted by Atlantic Union College as a ministerial student. He left on July 30. • Chu Pek Song was the happy recipient of a scholarship from Andrews University. He left for the United States together with Dayton Chong. Both Dayton and Pek Song were graduates of Southeast Asia Union College last year. • J. H. Lantry, Educational Sec- retary of Southeast Asia Union, and Naomi Zalabak conducted a Teachers' Institute at Southeast Asia Union College during the August vacation. Pastor Lantry - taught Adolescent Psychology while Miss Zalabak taught a methods course in Modern Mathematics. The teachers of Southeast Asia Union College and San Yuk High School received timely counsel of a pro- fessional and spiritual nature at this institute. • The Administrative Officers of Southeast Asia Union College have had remarkable success in their ingathering contacts with business firms in the city. To date, $118,746 has been received in cash, with pledges amounting to about $70,000 toward the Building Fund of SAUC. Construction of the new auditorium and library is underway; the build- ing is expected to be ready for use in December. More funds will be needed to complete the building and to have it appropriately furnished. News From Oversea Student Association, Philippine Union College THE PUC Oversea student Asso- ciation extends a warm wel- come to the new students and it is our sincere hope that all these stu- dents will have a pleasant sojourn at PUC. This year, the association increased its membership to sixty, with Thailand leading the group (14 students) and followed by Malaysia (10). The newcomers from South- east Asia Union Mission include Mr. Choo Pek Lin, Malaysia. BS major in Biology; Mr. Leong Swee Gin, Malaysia, BSE major in Maths; Mr. Lawrence Pohan, Ma- laysia, BS in Commerce; Mrs. Po- han, Malaysia, BSS course; Mr. Montree Phannoi, Thailand, BA major in Pre-medical course; Mr. Prakord Koachareon, Thailand, BS MT course; Mr. Poe Angsumalikul, Thailand. BSMT course; Mr. Cha- law Artamapadong. Thailand, BA major in Philosophy and History. The association also welcomed its new sponsor Dr. Gottfried Ooster- wal. The new officers for the school year of 1967-1968 are as follows: President — Pastor Le Huu, Viet- nam: Vice-president — Edmund Ho, Singapore; Secretary — Paichit Keerikoolpam, Thailand; Treasurer — Ayano Baules, Palau: Public Relations Officer — Jonathan Ng, Malaysia: Palimentarian — Stanley Hutton, India. Jonathan Ng, a junior ministerial student from Malaya Mission re- turned recently from a two-and- half-month tour around the South Philippines. The trip which was really a colporteuring jaunt took him all the way to Jolo in the extreme southern tip of the island. Places visited included Cebu, Du- maguete, Zamboanga, Jolo, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Marawi, Ozamiz, Clarin, Dipolog, Dapitan, Iloilo and Bacolod. He also paid visits to Adventist academies and wound up with a trip to Moun- tain View College. In his trip, Ng held three successful revival meet- ings in Dumaguete, Zamboanga and Jolo. On the ship from Manila, he held a preaching service on Sab- bath. Permission was granted by the captain and the room was pack- ed full. Beside travelling 4,000 kilo- meters, Ng also was able to earn a scholarship.