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Eugene Kelly, campa~gn coordinator that they haw voted to continue with evangelistic meetings at least one week wery month throughout 1975. They feel the fault with many evangelistic efforts is that they don't continue the ef101.t. It is our expectation that when the Lincc Alliance Church reaches one thousand members^-and the same for the second church thc mcmhership will "hive oft" and ht,' -om new congregations. In fact. we are already thinking in terms of property in other arras of Lima. Whar abour the campaigns in other ~i1ie.s.~ Krllr.: l'hcy have been successful up to a point. 1 am sorry there was not the groundwork that we had in Lima. Still, the converts from November through April numbered more than three hundred. We've proved in Lima the advan- tages of the protractcd campaign. Often it 1s the second week when things begin to happen. Therefore from here on out we are going to concentrate on two major cities-Chimbote on the coast and lquitos in the interiorwith longer campaigns. Would you like ru see this kind of' umipaip evanyelism repeured in orher Latin Amrrican counrries:' Krl!,-: By a11 means! By 1985 Bogota (Colombia) will have a population of 6.2 million. Ruenos Aircs will have I I million. We ought to think in terms of similar projects in other countries.The cities are a deep burden on my heart. Our Peru project is the beginning of an ambitious program that, ifthe Lord tarries. could mean much for the Church of Jesus Christ in Latin America. Bad news: the killing goes on in South Viet Nam. Good news: so does the training of qualified young men to minister in a church that never stopped growing. ALL IS QUIET AT NHATRANG s EVEhTEEN young men rcceibcd their diplomas at the fortieth graduation exercises of the Biblical and Theological Instituteat hhatrang, Viet Nam. That same day. April28, marked the graduation of thc third class in the degree course. Seven students achieved thih honor. Ihc school chapel was crowded, with over six hundred attending. Rclatibes and friends came from great distances to witness the two-and-a- half-hour afternoon service. Many local people also attended. I'wo Coeds added an attractive note to the occasion By ROYCE REXlLlUS student\. reprehenting thc two thcologg courscs. gave twenty-minute specches on the theme of God's eternal Word. GI. nncmg .' over the student body seated in the front rows, I remembered many of their personal testimonies Thay Hue, the degree student com- mencement soeaker
given duringthedailychapel hours this past school ycar. Here is Thay Dosn who returned to school this year with a lovely bride. Ihe l.ord miraculously undertook in this young man's life while hc was a student pastor. He was taken captive by the Vict Cong during thc '72 spring oCfensive when the!' overran a small tuwn near Quinhon. Little hope was given (or his deliverance. hut ten days later he escaped and went to the home of Re\'. and Mrs. Chester Travis. Over there stands Thay 1 rung. He is from the rural area in Central Viet Nam where thcre is constant fighting for control. By looking at his smiling face onu wnuld never rcalire the persecution he has endured. Once lhc government accused Thay Trung of collaborating with the Communists. He was placed in an underground prison only w~de enough to sit down. In the meantime his village was attacked and occupied by the Communists. They did not know that 1rung was thcre underground. After three days without food or water, he was finally released. l'hrough it all his childlike faith never waxred. Instead he is burdened to return 10 his people with the gospel. lo the right is ihay Lhh. He too came from Central Viet Nam. Hc wasa serious-mindcd young man, much concerned about life and finding the right answers. He cntered the Cao Dai religion as a novice monk in one of the temples. One day he heard the last fivc minutes of the gospel radio program from Manila. His interest was aroused and he wrote for additional literature. Through that contact the Spirit of God led him to Jesus Christ, who soon became his Saviour. Kow he has prepared himself to go out to tell the good news. Being a teacher at the Bible school. my heart was naturally filled with pride and admiration as 1 saw the students come, one by one, to receive their diplomas or degrees. lheservice ended with the choir singing thc "Hallelujah Chorus" as the audience stood to its feet. On Monday the students packed up their belongings and cleaned all the rooms. That evening was the great teast of the year. During the year several hogs had heen raised for this event. Thanks was given to God for a wonderful school year and for His provision for every need. Then the 350 students and guests sat down together at long tablesarranged in theshapeofa cross. I uesday evening all gathered in the chapel for a moving Communion service. As the Vietnamese teachers dis- tributed the elements, we waited in silence at the feet of the Master. Rev. Ong-van-Huyen, the president, gave the closing remarks. lac that night the students came to our home one by one or in groups to say their last lirewells or to tell us they uould be returning in the fall. At 5:30 the next morning we walked over to the school. Already three large buscs had arrived. Suitcases, boxes and students were being loaded. By 6: 15 the campus was quiet. and would be for the next four months. We lifted up grateful hearts to our Heavenly Father for giving us another year here. We asked Him to pour out His Spirit in fullness upon the 186 students as they went out to all the corners of this country to serve their Master. W The evening feast for 350 students and
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