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TAMAN
NOVEMBER 1978

PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF

MISSIONARIES SAM & VIRGINIA HAZLEWOOD

BY THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BOX 24, ROLLA, MO- 65401

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus, Greetings to you in the precious

name of our wonderful Lord and

Savior, Jesus Christ. May the joy and happiness that come in serving Jesus be with you as you live each day for
Him.

Well, a lot has happened since our

last newsletter (over a year ago). We

left Taiwan and returned to the States. We felt at the time that it was the

Lord's will to do so. Our support was too low for us to live in Taipei and we
were discouraged because there didn't seem to be any way that we could utilize our talents in the work there. Because we had to supplement our income, I started tutoring students in English. But it began to take too much of my time and very little was left for
So, we returned to the States with

this in mind, teaching young people. Soon after returning we went to work
with Cookson Hills Christian School in

mission work. Finally, I found a job as a bus monitor with Bethany Christian School, where Shane was attending. It was good to be working with American Kids again. It was during this time that we felt that maybe God was trying to lead us back into a ministry with young
people.

Oberlin, Kansas, where we taught in the home-bound program for students who could not attend public school. This was a very rewarding experience for us, but it was during this time that
God showed us that He wanted us to

return to the Chinese people. We terminated our job with Cookson

Hills on July 16. On Friday, July 28, we began a speaking trip that would take

us almost a month and 6,000 miles. We left Oberlin on Friday morning and drove to Bridgeport, Nebraska, where
we stayed with our good friends, Frank and Judy Krentz. We had not seen
them since we were recruits to Taiwan

who we were, they gladly took us into their home for the night. We then traveled the next day and night until we arrived at my folks' home in Visalia, California. We stayed
here for two weeks while we did our

back in 1969. We had a short, but wonderful time being with them again.
From Bridgeport, we drove on to Lewistown, Montana, where our

gracious hosts were the Borchardings. On Sunday morning we spoke to the

First Christian Church there in

speaking to three churches in California. We had planned to spend one week in the Washington and Oregon area before going to California, but none of the churches we wrote to
responded, so we went on to California.

The first church I spoke to was one

Lewistown, where Ed Pangborn is the

minister, that afternoon we drove to

Billings where we spoke that evening

to the Avenue D Church of Christ. We

stayed that evening with the preacher,

Frank Waller, and his wife. The next day, Monday, we drove to Malta, just 50 miles from the Canadian border. We spoke to the Christian Church, where Harold Ham an is the preacher, and then stayed in the home

that we had not contacted before going on our trip. I went to Wednesday evening Bible study at the First Christian Church in Tulare, not far from my home. When they found out I was a missionary, they asked me a lot
of questions about Taiwan and we talked the whole hour about the work

with the Chinese people. The minister,

Bill Johnson, and his wife were so

interested that they invited me out to a

restaurant and we talked some more.

of Mrs. Kyle Miess. Tuesday morning

we drove to the Big Sky Christian Youth Ranch, just a few miles north of Malta. Having worked at Cookson Hills

We're hoping and praying that we can

return and speak to the whole congregation at a future time.

for a year, we were interested in seeing

the Ranch there.

On Sunday, August 13, we traveled to Yuba City to the Gray Avenue

Church of Christ where Gerald

Our next speaking date was on Wednesday afternoon at a Missionary Ladies meeting at Nezperce, Idaho. Bruce Thacker and his wife, Sherry,
minister to the church there and we

Holmquist and his wife minister. The people there were very interested in
what is going on in Taiwan. The

following Sunday we spoke at the

Foothill Boulevard Church of Christ in Oroville. Dewain Arnold and his wife

enjoyed our stay with them. Our kids were getting tired of traveling by this

time, so they had a great time playing

with Amber and Jamie.

minister here and we stayed with them while we were there. This congregation
was also very interested in the Chinese

The next day we continued on to

Paul, Idaho, where we were the guests of the John Rogers family, who wor
ship at the First Christian Church in Rupert. We were really thankful for

people and what is happening to them. That morning, as we were on our way toOroviUe, we stopped and worshipped
with the folks at the Turlock Church of

the hospitality of this Christian family, because even though they didn't know

Christ. It was really nice to be able to

relax and worship with God's people

and not have to do any speaking. This

congregation does not have a preacher at this time. We appreciated very much the message by Dr. Wayne Bigelow, one of the elders of the congregation. From Oroville we returned home, just in time for the kids to start school on Thursday, August 24. Last Sunday, we spoke to the Arapaho Church of Christ in Nebraska.

Danny (11), Aaron (8), and Joanna (10 mos.). We are very happy that they are willing to share with us in this work.

Please send all offerings and con

tributions to them. Their address is

Box 191, Oberlin, Kansas 67749. Please make all checks payable to Formosa Christian Mission, not to Sam
Hazlewood. This is for income tax
purposes.

This is a small congregation, but they, too, were interested in Taiwan. Jerry
Hopkins and his wife are the

See you next month. May God's love

and watchcare be with you as you live

for Him.

at this congregation. Our next speaking date was August 24 at the Cunningham Christian Chruch in Cunningham, Kansas. We would appreciate your prayers very much concerning places to speak. It has been very difficult up to this point to get places to speak. Pray that God will lead us to those congregations where He wants us to go. We have received some very en couraging reports from our brothers in Taiwan. I am in the process of con firming those reports and getting the complete information by contacting
Chuck Johnston, who is still in Taiwan

Love in Jesus, Sam, Virginia, Shane, Tad & Misty

Hazlewood

PRAYER REQUESTS
Petitions

1. For monthly financial support 2. For prayer partners (day by day prayers) 3. For money to return to Taiwan 4. For Chinese Christians, that their faith may grow as they witness for
Jesus.

5. For the Chinese unbelievers, that they might begin their search of the
"one true God"

at this time. We should be able to give

you a complete report of what God is

doing in recent months through His

workers in our next newsletter. Please

6. For the family of God behind the bamboo curtain, that God will supply all their needs and help them remain
faithful to Jesus.

pray for the work there. God is moving in a special wayin a way that we
have not seen Him move before. It

Thanksgiving 1. That God has challenged us to return

to the Chinese

appears that the Chinese people are beginning to have a renewed interest in the gospel of Jesus Christ! Praise the
Lord!

2. That daily needs are being met. 3. That the CSiinese people are having
a renewed interest in the Bible.

Our new forwarding agents are Ron and Elaine Kelley. Ron and Elaine live here in Oberlin, Kansas, and are
members of the Oberlin Church of

4. That the Chinese Christians and

Chinese missionaries are faithfully letting the light of Christ shine. 5. That the Holy Spirit is blessing the
work of these faithful ones.

Christ where we worship when we are in town. They have three children:

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