1 - Christian and Missionary Alliance

Youth Conference in Yasothon, THAILAND, Is Encouragement to Pastor: Area pastor
Choom, at Yasothon, reports God's blessing upon a youth conference held at Khoke
Ngam. "There were nineyouthswho accepted the Lord Jesus," Pastor Choom states,
"--and the food was sufficient. Praise the ~ord!"
THAILAND Youth Effort Results in Three Conversions: Fifty
young people turned out for a special youth emphasis in Korat.
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Three of them prayed to receive Christ and many others showed
great interest. Meanwhile a Korat teacher, Boon Nak, and his
wife, Tawee, responded during a Sunday morning church service.
That evening they were baptized, together with five others.
VIET NAM Missionaries, Meeting in Annual Conference, Hear Good News and Bad: Six
new churches organized in the city of Saigon, record enrollments at all three Bible
schools and thousands of Stieng Christians receiving training in evangelism were
among the encouraging reports at the recent missionary conference in Viet Nam. But
there was troubling news, too. Only one missionary couple works among two million
Cambodians in the Delta, the three captive missionaries continue unaccounted for,
Saigon remains one of the most underchurched cities in free Asia and Christianity
has penetrated less than 1 percent of the total population of Viet Nan.
COLOMBIAN Immigrant Shares Christ in Italy: Pedro Cosa, a mem-
ber of the Italian underground during World War 11, returned to
Italy for a special reunion. Following the showing of "Jesus
Christ Superstar," the evening's entertainment, he rose to ad-
dress the group. "You haven't seen anything like the truth,"
he told the nationally televised gathering. Pulling out his
New Testament, he said, "Here is the truth!" and proceeded to
preach the gospel. In Colombia Mr. Cosa has had an effective
witness ministry among businessmen. Several have been saved.
Pifty-one Indians Baptized in One Day in ECUADOR: A movement of unusual propor-
tions is taking place among the Otavalo Indians of the Ecuadorian Andes. Mission-
aries project that in the next five to seven years at least 10 percent of the es-
timated 120,000 Indians could be won to Christ--if workers can be found. The field
conference has issued an immediate urgent request for eight new couples.
HONG KONG Memorial Chapel to Be Completed Next Month: The
Alumni Memorial Chapel of the Alliance Bible Seminary in Hong
Kong will be finished in August, according to projections. It
will not be dedicated, however, while any indebtedness remains.
Six Hundred First-Time Professions Is Record of HONG KONG Camp: Suen Douh Camp re-
ports unusual results in its four-day youth camps. Of the 1,400 who have attended
recently, approximately 600 have made first-time decisions for Christ. Some who
were converted last year paid the costs for friends to attend this season.
With Health Needs: Miss Hazel - Beack (Laos) is making encouraging
progress in West Palm Beach from her earlier stroke, is
able to write a little but cannot yet speak; Mrs. Gordon-
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man (Indonesia) is reported in critical condition following
surgery which revealed severe liver damage; Rev. Jack Davidson
(Japan) has been hospitalized with a duodenal ulcer; Rev. Don-
ald Gibbons (Irian Jaya) has been flown to a Darwin, Australia,
hospital for treatment of an eye injury.