}lz fa doug y 50 Monks Hill Road 04.50 Singapore 0922 011-65-733-8843 jhiest CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP Doug, Rohyn^ Nicole, and Andrea June 1990 Memorial Day (May 28, 1990) was truly a memorable day for our family. We celebrat ed Andrea's sixth birthday with a relaxing time together at home. At about 10:00 P.M., we received the phone call we had been waiting and praying for—notice of the approval of our work permits for Singapore. We will leave the States in July to begin our new ministry as Asia Coordinator for Christian Missionary Fellowship. This work, in a new area of the world, will mean differ ent things for each of us: Nicole dJidi Andrea will have a six-month period of home school in preparation for en tering St. Margaret's School in January 1991. Nicole will begin the fourth grade and Andrea will start first grade at that time. St. Margaret's is a girls school run by the Anglican Church in Singapore. Instruction is in English, and the curriculum is the same as in all public schools in Singapore. Nicole and Andrea will wear green uniforms and learn the Malay language as a school requirement. They are anticipating this challenge with a healthy sense of intrigue. While the girls do not look forward to leaving the family and friends they have enjoyed during this furlough, they recognize that God will answer the same prayers they prayed before they left AfHca. They also know that He wiU supply their needs in the future as He has in the past. Rohyn is looking forward to an opportunity she will have to minister to Japanese fami lies working in Singapore by teaching their children English. This need was discovered by Boh and Diane Sigafoose, Christian Church missionaries in Singapore, and has been de veloped over the past year. Robyn will fill in for Diane while the Sigafooses are on fur lough for six months. Bob and Diane believe this is a way to reach the Japanese families with the gospel. They were able to teach the story of Easter this past April to the children and their moth ers, and anticipate additional avenues for sharing Christ as their relationships deepen with the families of the children they teach. Doug will continue in the work he took on this past year as Asia Coordinator. He has trips scheduled to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand in order to further work on placing American missionaries in those countries.
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doug y
50 Monks Hill Road 04.50Singapore 0922
011-65-733-8843
jhiest
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP
Doug, Rohyn^ Nicole, and Andrea
June 1990
Memorial Day (May 28, 1990) was truly a memorable day for our family. We celebrated Andrea's sixth birthday with a relaxing time together at home. At about 10:00 P.M.,we received the phone call we had been waiting and praying for—notice of the approval ofour work permits for Singapore.
We will leave the States in July to begin our new ministry as Asia Coordinator forChristian Missionary Fellowship. This work, in a new area of the world, will mean different things for each of us:
Nicole dJidi Andrea will have a six-month period of home school in preparation for entering St. Margaret's School in January 1991. Nicole will begin the fourth grade andAndrea will start first grade at that time. St. Margaret's is a girls school run by theAnglican Church in Singapore. Instruction is in English, and the curriculum is the sameas in all public schools in Singapore. Nicole and Andrea will wear green uniforms andlearn the Malay language as a school requirement. They are anticipating this challengewith a healthy sense of intrigue.
While the girls do not look forward to leaving the family and friends theyhave enjoyed during this furlough, they recognize that God will answer thesame prayers they prayed before they left AfHca. They also know that HewiU supply their needs in the future as He has in the past.
Rohyn is looking forward to an opportunity she will have to minister to Japanese families working in Singapore by teaching their children English. This need was discovered byBoh and Diane Sigafoose, Christian Church missionaries in Singapore, and has been developed over the past year. Robyn will fill in for Diane while the Sigafooses are on furlough for six months.
Bob and Diane believe this is a way to reach the Japanese families with the gospel.They were able to teach the story of Easter this past April to the children and their mothers, and anticipate additional avenues for sharing Christ as their relationships deepenwith the families of the children they teach.
Doug will continue in the work he took on this past year as Asia Coordinator. He hastrips scheduled to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand in order to further work onplacing American missionaries in those countries.
In the Philippines, he will continue to work with the national church leaders in promotingmission awareness among Filipino Christians so that they can participate in fulfilling the commission of Christ. He will work with the CMF missionaries in Indonesia as they strategize, plan,and work toward the establishment of churches in Java,
While Doug has served as both a youth minister and college minister here in the States, hehas never been responsible for preaching regularly to an English-speaking congregation. In Singapore he will take up this challenge by preaching half of the Sundays at the Singapore Christian Canaan Church.
We are grateful to God and to each of you, to our missionary co-workers and Christian familyin Africa, for the many ways we have been loved and cared for in our past 13 years of missionaryservice. You have treated us as family, as members of your own bodies. We can go forward intothis new arena of ministry in full confidence because we know we are not in it alone.
May the God ofall grace complete His goodwork in each of us, and through us to the world.
Doug and Rob3m, Nicole and Andrea Priest
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Some of the Japanese children inSingapore at their English lesson. Theirparents are thrilled they can learn some
English, and we are thrilled they andtheir parents can hear the gospel.
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Doug, Robyn, Nicole, and Andrea
Oneofour favorite definitions ofthe word "missionary" was shared with us by a colleague inKenya. He said that a missionary is one "who finds out what God is doing-and then stays outof the way!" This is a goodreminder for people like us who can forget that WE do not startthings; God does. Our job as missionaries might be more correctly compared to that ofJackson,our night watchman in Tanzania, whokept our outdoorfire goingthrough the night.
We tend the flames that God has ignited in the hearts of people,fanning them into brilliant fires
that reflect the warmth and light of the gospel.
In the first months ofour work in Singapore,Godhas been pointing out to us many of thesparks He has ignited in Asia. Some, we believe, He will enable us to fan into stronger flame.Some He willpromptyou to pray for regularly. You do not have to be on the spot to keep a firegoing-you can send the wind of the Spirit through the fervent, persistent prayers.
Muslims in Indonesia: In November, Dougwent to Indonesia to explore the¥ possibilities the Christian Missionary Fellowship team there believes exist forevangeHsm among Muslims. CMF-Indonesia missionary PftiZ Edwards introducedDoug to some people and institutions that will help us pursue this goal. One
suggestion for your prayers is that God will raise up a missionary with a previous backgroundof working with MusHms then come to Indonesia to teach at a college or university.
Robyn, Nicole, and Andrea with Japanese class. Singapore, as seen from our apartment.
&\ Japanese in Singapore: Through Robyn'sCU'I
Yinterim teaching of English to Japanese children, a
ministry begun by missionaries Bob and Diane Sigafoose, we have been made aware of the largenumbers ofJapanese families in Singapore^ Some have begun sending their children to church.Others, and apparently many, have become Jehovah's Witnesses. Surely this is an indication of
openness towards Grod not always evident in Japan. have asked the CMF to look for people interestedin working withJapanese. In the meantime, Robyn p^ns to begin meeting withsome ofthe mothers on aregular basis.
?Hindus in Fyi: Doug has beenasked to coiomder doing a preliminary survey ofthe Hindupopulation in Fiji. The Kaimuki Christian Cburch, Honolulu, Hawaii, is concerned about tibdsgroup and would like to be involved in reacning them with the gospel. If the plans areacceptable, Doug will go toFiji for ten days jatenextyear. We are grateful to God for the vision
of this church in Honolulu.
Filipinos in Singapore: Many Filipino wo:^ in various fields. Our church, under the suggestion of co-ministers Rich and Jo Sheeley, placed
an advertisement in a Christian magazine in the Philippines and the Lord brought to usZenaida^ a maid, andLore/izo, an oil refinery builder. Both are mature Christians from our
churches in the Philippines. They have brought thei:^ Filipino firiends toour services, and our church is" * " " ..1 • a t.n Filipinng Wa arp HigniggiTig a long rangp
kers come to Singapore as maids or laborers skilled
Vplan to bring a Filipino missionary family to work hei e.
Urban Thailand: Thailand is a country much in the news. Economically, it is an up and coming¥ developing country in the region. Socially, ijt is recognized as acountry that could be devastatedby the AIDS virus. It is also a country famo^is for its child prostitutes, many sold by theirparents in order to bring more money into the poverty stricken family. The need is desperate,
and thus far little progress has been made in the he^yily Buddhist urban areas. We believe God is goingto raise up workers to bring tihe gospel to urban Tha^nd. Two weeks of needs-assessment is beingplanned for Bangkok in February with Doug being joined by Joni MorsBy missionary to Thailand.
Friends near home: We have moved iato Ojur own apartment, one ofnearly 1,000 injustourcomplex. The girls are busy making friends ^vith children who speak English and come fromChinese, Malay, American and Eiiropean parents. Our church has a program for children andwe are eager to invite these new friends too. We are grateful that not all of God's sparks are faraway!
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¥Singapore Christian Canaan Church continues to grow, but that story awaits another newsletter..,.
Pray and help us fan these flickers into flames offaith
Doug and Robjm Priest
P.S. Our family wishes you and yours "Merry ChristijE^as and a Happy New Year."
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