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Volume II, Number 4

MISSIONARIES:

SAM

VIRGINIA HAZLEWOOD

January, 1971

Seasons Greetings from The Hazlewoods

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

June 5. Before this time I haven't read

the Bible and so I didn't know what the

Greetings to you in the precious name

of Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior and Redeemer. May His love be with you

throughout this New Year as you seek to

live for Him.

Bible talked about. But during the 5 days summer camp I have learned many, many things from the Bible. I have learned many stories about God. From the film I
have learned the history of the Bible from the time of Adam and Eve to this day. And singing the holy songs is one thing that made me feel happy. The songs such as 'I'm So Happy', 'Love, Love, Love', are songs that I like best. But 5 days passed so quickly. It is too
short a time for us to learn the Bible.

We had a

wonderful

Christmas

this

year, thanks to many of you. The boxes of goodies you sent were really appreciat ed, especially at this time of year when our thoughts are turned toward home more than any other time of the year. It's en couraging to know that you remembered
and are still thinking of us and praying
for us and the work we are doing for the
Lord here.

Many of you are probably wondering why you haven't received a newsletter in the past few months. Well, it's not be cause you were dropped from our mailing
list, but because we haven't put one out since the September issue. I hope you will

Though 1 have learned many things in this 5 days, but there is more things that I don't know. So after the summer camp
I came to the Bible class because I want

to know more things about Jesus Christ and to understand the gospel of God." This boy has been very faithful to our
class ever since we returned from sum

forgive us. We will try to do better in the

future. In fact, we have decided to put

mer camp and has brought others with

him.

the newsletter out every 6 weeks instead

of monthly because we have a couple of days vacation every 6 weeks of school.

As we look back over this past year, a

The second student is a boy who has been coming to our class since it first
started in December of 1969.

question conies to our mind, "Has it been

worth it?" We are not yet able to speak

the language very well and our teaching

in our Bible class is still in English. Not

too long ago I asked my students to

write in 100 words or less on one of two

"Why I don't believe in God. From his tory I know that God played a very impor tant role in ancient society. But I think 'God' is only an abstract concept. We can not see it. We cannot drive it by logic, just as we study history. History goes on some rules such as, 'The power is the
truth', etc., there is no miracle in it. Hence, it is easy for me to receive it. But in the Bible, there are many, many miracles, such as Jesus can feed 5,000

themes: "Why I believe in God" or "Why

I do NOT believe in God". I would like to

share with you what 3 of these students

wrote.

The first student is a boy with whom

we first came in contact at summer camp.

people, only use few breads and fishes

or Jesus raise from death after three days. But from the viewpoint of biology we have studied, they all impossibe. They all be-

(All of the themes are just as they wrote them in their broken Engish.)
"It was the first time that I received a

yound the ability of we human beings,

and so, the concept is difficult for me to

Bible at the Fu-Long summer camp on

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Al! said here is niy opinion. It is based on my knowledge. Maybe it is ridiculous.

1 hope that after study more about the

Bible, I could see the real truth." This boy is a college student and is a biology major. The colleges here also teach evo
lution and so we are up against the same

problem we had when we worked with

young people in the States. Please pray for this young man. He wants to believe.
The third aiid final student is a Chris

tian girl who has been coming to our class

about 6 months. It is testimonies like this that make us want to roll up our shirt sleeves a little higher and begin working even harder. Listen to what she has to
say.

Singing Christmas carols at our Christmas party for English Bible Class.

"Why I Believe in God? Sometimes I ask myself. But 1 don't know by myself
how to answer. Just one thing I know,

'In this world except God. nobody love me.' This is the reason why I believe God. I don't want to write too many things about 'Why I believe God'. As you know read the Bible first please. You will know
the other reasons."

And,

you

see.

that's what

it's all
The new location of the church, Shih Lin

about. Love. "Fod God so loved the world

that He gave His only begotten Son, that

whosoever believeth in Him should not

perish, but have everlasting life." Again

the question comes to my mind, "Has it
been worth it?" What do you think? Love in Jesus, Sam. Virginia. Shane

Ann Chow

Helen Lin

Andy Fang

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PRAYER NEEDS!

1. English Bible Class Students a. Ann Chow (a Christian) b. Helen Lin (a Christian) c. Andy Fang (not a Christian) 2. Sunday Bible School students 3. Language Study 4. Packing, shipping, customs $400
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We have just finished preparing a slide program with tape on our first year in Taiwan. If you are interested in showing the program to your congregation or group, please write to our forwarding agent, Mrs. Franklin (address on back cover), give her the date you prefer and
then an alternate date in case someone

has already asked for that date.

MISSIONARIES;

SAM

VIRGINIA

HAZLEWOOO

Volume 11, Number 5

March, 1971

J{appy Chinese Jsew year

May You in the New Year have:
1. Long Life
2. Prosperity
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Greetings to you in the name of the

One we love so much, Jesus Christ. May
we seek to love as He does.

on Sunday night. We average 15-20 stu dents altogether in the two classes on
Friday nights. Only time will tell. Please continue your

We have just passed through what is

perhaps the happiest time of the year for

the Chinese Chinese
Year.

(or lunar)

New

This is their Christmas,

Easter,

Thanksgiving and Memorial Day all wrapped up in one (or I should say 15 days). It is during this period of time that they give gifts, especially to children in
the form of money, pay homage (and sometimes worship) to their ancestors, and eat better than they do all year. This

prayers for these students. Several are at different places of decisions. You can help by praying, and even by writing a letter to one of them telling them of your con cern for them. We appreciate your shar ing in our ministry here and hope you will
continue to do so.

is probably the only time of the year that

the whole family gets together, though scattered throughout the island the rest

of the year. Many families may just bare ly exist during the year, but will manage to save enough money to eat like kings
during this time.

I have just completed one year of lan guage study and still have about a year and a half to go. Please continue to pray for us concerning our language study. It is very difficult and discouraging (espe cially to find out how dumb you are!). May the Lord bless you as you serve Him in your place of service. May we all continue to work together in the Lord's kingdom here until Jesus comes again! Praise the Lord. We love you all.
Love in Jesus,

We have just made a change in our English Bible Classes. We are changing
our Bible class to Sunday where we just teach the Bible and nothing else. Then on

Sam, Virginia and Shane

PRAYER NEEDS!

Friday night I teach two English classes to help recruit students for the Bible class on Sunday night. I am hoping to have better success with our teaching in this way.

1. Bible Class Students

I have been told by other missionaries that teaching EngUsh and Bible together is not the best way to do it. As soon as the English is discontinued, then everyone (including those who have become Chris tians) will never be seen again. Since we are so new, yet, I am not sure just which
is best, so we are going to try this for a while. We are hoping by doing this, that on Sunday night we will just get those
students who are interested in the Bible

Phillip Liu
Christian

Bill Hwa
Not Christian

Louis Tien
Not Christian

2. Bible School Students

3. Language Study

and learning about God. We are encour aged right now. After doing this for about a month, we have averaged eight students

4. Packing, shipping, customs $400 5. Language School $130

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Howdy, y'all! We have just finished the
Lunar New Year season. This is about

the biggest and longest holiday. It lasts anywhere from three days to about 30 days. Most banks and businesses are

One of our Friday night English classes!

closed three days.

As for little grocery shops, markets and such, they are usually closed 3-5 days. You have to buy enough food to last out these days. Kinda have to watch how much you eat, too. Heh, heh! ! You'll eat your self out of food! ! Schools are out
for 30 days or more.

Red paper with gold characters

are

placed over the doors and on the sides of all good Toatists and Buddhists homes.
These door signs are varied because of the different types of people. A business man might put "May there be a lot of merchandise may finances be abun
dant" on his door. Someone else might

Shane, our number one basketball player!

Shane with a Chinese lantern in the

shape of an airplane!

Three different kinds of Chinese lanterns!

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in peace". A farmer might put this over' his pig-pen, cow-shed or chicken-coop, "May the domestic animals prosper."
If an elderly person has passed away
within the last three years, red paper cannot be used. If a woman has died, yel

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low paper is used. If a man had died, green paper is used. These inscriptions might be seen, "With your whole heart remember the things past," "Remember

your parents in your heart like a white

cloud continually floating up". The Chinese are family conscious. You can see this in the door-labels "Thriftimes is the best way to establish a family" or

"Living together as a family can be a special heaven-sent joy". The custom of family worship comes from too-much fa mily conscious. To love and care for your
loved ones is God-ordained, but when the

family comes before the worship of God

it becomes idolatry.

The last night of the official season, you can see children, all shapes and sizes, walking together, holding a small brother or sister by the hand. In the other hand
there will be a stick with a lantern of

some shape, with a lighted candle in it. This night is called 'The Lantern Festival'. Now, many different things are to hap pen on this night. Some girls will pull up onion plants in hopes of getting a good
husband. Some time a girl casts divining blocks and walks in the direction they fall. She waits eagerly for the first word some one speaks and then rushes to a fortune teller to see if it is a lucky word. If it is, she'll be married in this year.

Originally, the lanterns were lit to help light the dark night so people could see
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the "spirits" of departed ones.

We must remember "The Lord is my

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light and my salvation." (Psalms 27:11)

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Volume III, Number 2
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

MISSIONARIES:

SAM A

VIRGINIA HAZLEWOOO

September, 1971

you will see Sharon Jyang doing an action

song before the group. They love to do this and always receive a big round of applause when they finish. Another favorite time is story time. The
students have never heard Bible stories

Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior and Redeemer.

May His love and watch care be with you

as you seek to do His Will.
This month we would like to devote our newsletter to our Bible School. We

began our Bible School last summer right

after VBS. We had such wonderful re

before, so they are always eager to hear them. Sane Hwang and Susan Lin are very good at telling these stories.
The students also like to color. Each 3

sponse f.'om the kids that we decided may

be it was the Lord's will for us to have a Bible School each week. We averaged 24

month period an award is given for the best picture colored. There was a tie this
last time with two sisters, Sherry and

students in VBS and they all said they would like to come every week. But dur

ing the next few weeks we saw that some of the parents didn't agree. We averaged
about 15 during the first month, but we

picked up after that. I guess some of the parents finally gave in to the pleas of the
children because we got most of them back a few weeks later. We averaged
around 20 for awhile. At the present time
we are still at this average.

Mary Jyan, getting the awards. Next the students play some of their favorite games in our spacious back yard. None of them have yards to play in. The houses are all jammed together, and some
of them live in houses the size of our liv

ing room. They normally do all their play

ing in the streets. Last of all, the students have prayer and sing their goodbye song. This also is a new experience for our students. Most of them have prayed to their idols and an cestors, but to pray to a loving Father is

The students really enjoy singing. They

are quick to learn the choruses that the girls teach them. In one of the pictures

lifferent. None of our Bible School stu-

lents have yet become Christians. The tiome pressure is great, most of them hav ing an idol shelf in their homes. Please pray for these students. We are snclosing pictures of ten of the most faith
ful. These ten hardly miss a Sunday. Pray

for them by name, asking God to allow them the opportunity to be allowed to be
come Christians when they come to the

point of believing in Jesus and wanting to obey Him. "Jesus said, Let the children
come to me, and do not stop them, be cause the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to
such as these." (Matt. 19:14.) Thank you so much for your prayers,

for your support, and for your patience.

This is the first newsletter in three months we hope you will forgive us. Next month we will tell you about the summer's activities summer camp, VBS, and the Shih Lin Evangelistic campaign.

May the Lord bless you all is our prayer.

Remember the
prayers.

Chinese people

in your

Sam, Virginia and Shane

Love in Jesus,

Sherry Jyan receiving award for perfect attendance for three months, April thru June, '71. Teacher: Cella Syu (one of our students who became a Christian).

PRAYER NEEDS
1. Bible Class Students

Cindy Chen

Paul LI

Margaret Fan
Bible School students in prayer at the
close of the class. Two teachers: Merrlam Yao and Susan Liu.

2. Bible School Students

3. Language School $420.

4. Packing, shipping, customs $250.

5. Doctor Bill and medicine $150.

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Volume III, Number 3

MISSIONARIES: SAM & VIRGINIA HAZLEWOOO

November, 1971

Praise The Lord!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

May the God of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, keep you safe as He has
done to us.

Many wonderful things have happened

since our last newsletter. The most won-

derfulthing that has happened is that 11

of our students have become Christians.

How we praise God for His wonderful mercy and you because of your faith and
prayers.

FYom July 11 to 16 we had camp at

Gold Mountain Beach. I was not able to

go this year, but I understand they had a great camp. We had about 40 students this year. There were no public decisions, but many of the students said they had learned much that was helpful to them.
We had Vacation Bible School the sec

ond week of August. We averaged about 20 each day for the week. Our teachers this year were all Christians from our English Bible Class. Susan Liu was in

Alice Hwang being baptized In our home. One of six baptized on August 20!

charge of the VBS, and was also one of the teachers. Jane Hwang led the sing ing and was another of our teachers. Cella Shu was our third teacher. Philip Liu was our all-around handy man, errand boy, and principal (the kids had to be dis ciplined once in a while and Philip is well-respected in this area). The kids all had a great time, Jane, who taught the 10-13 year olds, said that all of her stu dents expressed a desire to become Chris tians some day. The main problem is that their parents will not let them. Please pray for these young people that they will
not lose this desire and some day will have the opportunity to accept Jesus. On August 12-14 I took a trip to the
center of the western side of the island

On August 14 the Reggie Thomas Evangelistic Team arrived in Taipei to hold a one week meeting in Shih Lin. The meeting started on Sunday and went thru Thursday, with 11 decisions 5 baptisms
and 6 rededications. Since they didn't have to leave for Japan until Saturday morn

ing, we asked them to come to our Eng lish Bible Class on Friday night. We cir culated the word among our students and
we had a record attendance of 28 that

night. The singing of the Rostevit Twins, Patty Briggs, Tony and Reggie Thomas was wonderful. The young people are still

talking about them. Reggie's preaching was simple and down to earth concerning
the Love of God, As a result, 6 of our stu dents came forward, confessed Christ, and were baptized in our large Japanese style bath tub. Alice Hwang, Helen Wang, Rock Wang, Mark Jang, Paul Li and Gary Chen

to visit one of our former students, Apollos Lin. Apollos' home houses 20 people
in a house that has 4 rooms 3 bedrooms

and 1 kitchen. Yet, even under these con

were all added to the Lord's body. Peggy

Chu came forward and confessed Christ

ditions, Apollos studied hard in school and was able to pass the college entrance ex
amination and after this year of practice teaching in his hometown high school, he will graduate from Taiwan Normal Uni versity. Apollos first came to our class

as Savior and was baptized into Christ the

following Friday evening. That was the

most wonderful night we have had since

about a year and half ago. He is typical of many college students here. He did not believe in any religion or any god. His
mother is a devout Taoist with a god shelf in their kitchen full of idols that the family worships. When I visited him this summer, Apollos said that he had come to believe that there is only one God. But he said he
is not sure about Jesus. He wants to learn

we have been in Taiwan. We praise the Lord for His wonderful grace! Since that time, one former student,
Peter Mai (who is now a student of Ted Skiles) and 3 other students, Julia Lin, Cindy Jou, and Judy Ye have been bap
tized at the Shih Lin Church. We are so

happy for these new Christians and we

hope you will continue to pray for these

students that they will remain faithful to

Christ. Many of these students, as they

return home to their families will have a

more about the Bible and about Jesus, but

there is no New Testament church in his

area. The closest church is here in Taipei, an 8 hour drive by bus or motorcycle. Please continue to pray for Apollos as he continues to seek for God's way in his
life.

rough go of it. Your prayers mean much! On August 28 I took a trip to Ilan, about 2 hours from here by motorcycle, to visit another one of our former students, John Lin. John is also practice teaching in his home town high school and will graduate

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from Taiwan Normal University this next

spring. John is very close to becoming a

Christian. He believes in God and that Je

Cella Shu teaching her VBS class

sus is God's Son. His only problem now is

placing his trust in Jesus as His Savior.

He is so close, yet so far. Again, I covet your prayers for him. We have just finished moving to a new
location. Our new address is: No. 1, Lane

66, Lung Chuan St., Taipei, Taiwan 106. We are now within walking distance of Taiwan Normal University and students
from Taiwan National University can take
a two minute bus ride and will be within

walking distance. These two schools have

a combined enrollment of about 15,000

students. We hope to be working with col lege students as soon as I graduate from language school. We are now in a perfect
location for that kind of work. Please con

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tinue to pray for us, too, that we might be receptive to God's will for us. May God bless you all as you seek to live for the Lord there. God's kingdom continues to grow as each of us does his
part.
Love in Jesus Christ,

Sam, Virginia and Shane P.S. In April of next year, we are expect

ing a new addition to our family (not by adoption). We would appreciate your prayers for Virginia because she has been
a lot sicker this time than she ever was
with Shane.

Reggie Thomas team singing at revival at Shih Lin City Hall!

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FORMOSA

CHRISTIAN

MISSION

Sam Hazlewood Family

Sam and Virginia Hazlewood, graduates of

Ozark Bible College, arrived in Taiwan in
Oct. of '69 with their five mcnth old son,

Shane Alan. They were challenged to this field by Alan Bemo, classmate and friend of
Sam's.

way to niravana, the wise sayings of Confuc ious with his perfection, and the tradition of family with its worship of ancestors, has been over 2000 years embedding themsleves deeply
in the lives of these people. Their thoughts of worship are the pictures of incense pots where, with three incense sticks, one bows
three times at each statue of a "favored one",

They moved into the university and college

area of Taipei and started EngUsh Bible clas ses. Sam teaches English and Apologetics on

Friday night, and Bible and English on Sun day night. In our spacy backyard on Sunday
afternoon, Chinese youngsters from the sur rounding neighborhood are there for Sunday school. Four young ladies from the Shih Lin
church teach this in Chinese each week. In

a "respected one", and "one who has becomc a buddha". These are to be bowed in front of

and prayed to because they have been made gods in the eyes of the people. In China, the
distance between god and man is short as seen in the saying, "Man can become god if
his faith is firm." This can be seen many

volved right now in language study, the Man

darin dialect of the Chinese, they attend class every day five days a week. Lillian Martin is working with spastic chil dren in Kaohsuin, near the southern tip of the
island. Mrs. Isabel Dittemore is involved in Chris

times in the great men these people have set up to worship as gods. We can add to the background these pic
tures also: the plucking of the ox's hair to
sacrifice to Confucious on his birthday in order to receive the wisdom of Confucious,

and the sprinkling of water from the statue

lives. They don't believe in the Buddha wor Shihlin church and have an English Bible class ship or Confucious or family worship. They in their home. They also do individual teaching do all the motions out of respect for their in their home. They have three children: Beth 4 , parents. In their hearts they reject these
Becky 2 and Jonnie 1.

tian Radio Productions, Bible dramas in Chin ese and children programs in English and Chinese. She also offers a correspondence course in John, and publishes a Christian mag azine in EngUsh and Chinese. Alan and Janet Bemo are working with the

of the sea goddess on sailors and fishermen

in hopes of a safe voyage or fishing trip. Many of the young people are taught evo
lution as a fact in the colleges and universities.

They are searching to fill the void in their

teachings and traditions. They are seeking

Ted and Beverly Skiles are still studying the to fill this empty space in their lives. We language. They have Bible class in their home. have the Person they need. We just ask for They have four children: Mark 7, Greg 5, Vicki your prayers that we can be able to tell them 3, and Holly 1. about the King of Kings and Lord of Lords The Chuck Johnston family arrived in March and get them to see their need for Him. of 70 to join us here. They are studying the Our immediate goal is to finish language language and have an English Bible class in school and have a speaking knowledge of the their home. They also have a Sunday school Chinese language. on Sunday afternoon. They have four children: We would ask prayers for our study, for
Jennifer 5, Jeanene 3, Janette 2, and Jeffrey 1.
Carol Sue Rhodes arrived in March of '71

as the latest addition to the mission family. She is involved in language study. Sue was a room

the Sunday school teachers, for the students in all our classes English -Bible and Sun day school and for us in presenting Christ
as our daily Guide.

mate of Virginia's at Lincoln Christian College

before Virginia transferred to Ozark Bible Col lege and Sue transferred to Platte Valley Bible College in Nebraska. The main problem is the people have no back ground for Christianity. They have only the background of Buddha, Confucious and family tradition. The teachings of Buddha with his

Sam and Virginia Hazlewood

#5, Lane 418, An-Tung St.

Taipei, Taiwan 106

R.O.C.

Forwarding Agent: Mrs. Mary D. Franklin

RFD #3

Charleston, 111. 61920