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Although the Chinese in Samarinda were few, they hailedfrom many different places so that the spoken dialects became ababble. Hokkiens predominated and their dialect is Amoy. Nextwere Hokkiens from Eng Teng who spoke a Hokkien type ofHakka. The Cantonese were divided into those from Canton andothers from Hsiuchow. The Hakkas came from Meihsien and therewere the Hainanese from Hainan Island. The local-borns studiedeither Chinese or Dutch. The Chinese-educated spoke Mandarin,but with the Dutch-educated our medium of communication wasIndonesian. Dialects became the stumbling stone of our ministry.Now, although our meetings were attended only by less than ascore of people, we had to use three dialects – Hokkien,Cantonese and Mandarin. Soon after our arrival we made friendswith a Hokkien family surnamed Chng and a Cantonese familysurnamed Tam. We received their help not a little.Our first-fruit was an octogenarian old lady. She was a devoutBuddhist. She had a specially made idol of Kuan Yin (goddess ofmercy) kept in a specially made glass case. For scores of years sheworshipped this idol morning and evening with a perpetualburning of incense. When she got sick she would persevere out ofbed to do the same, not permitting another hand to do service.When she could not get out of bed at all she would ferventlyrequest her daughter-in-law to serve on her behalf. When shediscovered neglect on the daughter-in-law’s part she would groanincessantly and implore Kuan Yin’s forgiveness.After she received God’s Word and understood the Truth sherequested us to her house to remove the gold image with all itsparaphernalia and burn it to ashes. Henceforth she found spiritualliberty, and so great was her joy she could not put it into words.Though her daughter-in-law was married, for years she sufferedmiscarriages. Only two daughters survived. So, when the old ladyasked if I could pray to God for a son, I said, “This is a properrequest, as exemplified in the Bible. Only let God’s will be done.86
He will surely answer.” We prayed according to her request and,sure enough, two sons were born to her daughter-in-law. Her joywas unspeakable. This old lady kept the Word for a decade.Before the days of tribulation descended, the Lord had taken herback to heaven.Soon after our arrival in Samarinda, we made friends with Mr.and Mrs. Liew En Hou, teachers at the Chinese school. Liew wasa pastor’s son. He was moved to dedicate himself, and gave upteaching to study at the Alliance Seminary in Wuchow. Hecontinued to serve at the alma mater. This was our first-fruit ofdedication reaped in Indonesia.To meet the Chinese needs, we advanced to Balik Papan tostart another Gospel Hall. In two years a few scores had turned toChrist. Afterwards a slump overtook this petroleum town whichresulted in many Chinese labourers being laid off. This so affectedour work that it might have to close down. At that time both mywife and mother became ill which required their return to China.Thus, we felt the time had come when God would want us to shiftto another front. So, for the time being, we left this field to answerthe call we had first heard from the Lord, “to go to the regionsbeyond where the Gentiles are.”It was in mid-February, 1932 that we advanced into theBornean hinterland. At first, Paul Lenn and an Alliancemissionary and I worked together. After eight months of East-West collaboration beset with many troubles, it was foundnecessary to part company. So we divided our territory of workwith the Western missionary and moved on to another place.Before we re-commenced work we laid down a plan. First, wemust abandon that superiority complex of national pride.According to Paul, “I am all things to all men.” We wouldmaintain a self-control in our daily life in order that there might beno difference in this respect between us and the Dyaks. Second,87
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Chapter 1A Half-Century of Fleeting
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corrupt petty officer. But he had n
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He loved China like his own country
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For the company of schoolmates who
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“going south,” and my original
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without anymore relying on the evan
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