Five-day Plan in Thai
“My father-in-law died from can-
cer of the lung last year. I am sure
this was caused from smoking and
I need help to overcome the cigaret-
te habit.” These were the words of
Mr. Vitoon when he telephoned
Dr. Roger Nelson to learn more
about the “Five-day Plan to Stop
Smoking” to be given mm the Thai
fanguage at Bangkok Sanitarium &
Hospital. Mr. Vitoen lives in Chan-
taburi, a town about 300 kilometers
south of Bangkok. When he read
in a Thai newspaper that there was
to be a plan to help people give up
the smoking habit, he decided that
he would come to Bangkok to stay
during this time so he could attend
the meetings. He had been smoking
for sixteen years and knew that it
was very bad for his health. His
wife also came to the meetings so
she could be an c¢ncouragement to
him. It was a real struggle for Mr.
Vitoon., but after the third night
he had gained the victory over the
cigarette habit.
The clinic was conducted by Dr.
Roger Nelson and Pastor Sunti So-
rajjakul. Several clinics have been
held in English in Bangkok. but
this is the first time onc has been
held in the Thai language. Judging
Dr. R. Nelson shaking hands with
Mr. & Mrs. Vitoon
THE MESSENGER
November-December., 1965
A part of the group that attended the 5 Day in Thai held recently at BSH.
[rom the interest that was shown,
it was a real success. On the frst
night there were 133 registrants—
our nurses’ chapel was packed. The
attendance staved at over 100 on
cach of the following nights with
several new registrants on the sec-
ond and third nights. On the fifth
night when the questionnaire was
filled out by seventy-four of those
who had attended the meetings, six-
tv-one indicated that they had been
successful in giving up the cigarette
habit. Many others were able to
cut down the number smoked daily.
Several of those who stopped had
been smoking for as long as forty
years and one policeman had smok-
ed for fifty years.
On the last night when the audi-
ence was asked wo give their mm-
pressions of this plan. one lady
stood and said that she had stopped
smoking after the first night and
she felt it was because God had
helped her. When she came back
for the follow-up meeting. she told
Dr. Nelson she had been so enthu-
stastic about the Five Day Plan
that her husband had also stopped
smoking. although he did not at-
tend the meetings.
At the last follow-up meeting.
held on November 30, a surgeon
of the First Army Area Headquar-
ters in Thailand who had attended
the meetings and was successful in
giving up the cigarette habit ex-
pressed his desire to have Dr. Nel-
son and Pastor Sunti hold a Five-
day Plan at his Army Post soon
after the first of the vear.
We are thankful for the results
of this Five day Plan held in the
Thai language and are looking for-
ward to holding several more during
1966.
—Betty Webster
The Cry from Bengkoka
(From page 1.)
He replied. “Because 1 believe
in God.” Aun told them about the
true God that he worshipped.
One of the Basel lay men 1s
one of Ajun’s own relatives. Ajun’s
friend. Akong, 1s a witchraft prac-
ttoner, and he helped to remove
the evil spell and the people then
stopped shaking.
Ajun stated: “This kind of thing
(spell) 1s used for play to show
whether the visitor has power to
resist this thing or not. If you do
not get the shaking or it no evil
happens to you, then they know
vou have power to resist this shak-
mg. Then they respect you.”
They also have power to kill
They can cast a spell and cause
a person's death. Sometimes they
use witchcraft to get money. They
cast a spell on someone. and na-
turally the person wants to be