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Missionaries:
Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Burnside
Box 612

Walaaae, Hawaii

We, the Burnsides, arrived in Hawaii in late December, 1958 to begin our second term of service. The most noticeable change in the mission is in the people of whom it is composed. Two years ago, attendance was averaging about 75 with the number about equally divided between native people and military personnel. Attendance declined wMle we were on furlough, which seems to be a normal thing in all the Hawaiian missions. Now, one year after our return, attendance has climbed back up to the former level and shows promise of continuing to climb. There is this noticable difference: inasmuch as most military people have moved into new Capehart housing facilities "on post", our

congregation now is about 75% local and 25% military. The percentage of local people is gradually gaining; and while total attendance has not set a new record in 1959, local
attendance has set a new record.

A new "lanai'J or patio, lias been added to the back of our house to serve as garage, youth hall, social hall, and class room. It has been a very practical addition. This has been totally paid for by our own congregation.

During 1959, in addition to building the lanai, our congregation paid $600 on the pro perty indebtedness and paid all local bills, including literature and Vacation Bible Sch ool - total, about $400. A check of the record shows that our church gave at least twice as much per memter as the national average of the people of the churches of Christ, despite the fact that many of our members are children, and none have large incomes.

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We urge the mainland people not to let us down now, for we need financial aid to con
tinue inorder that our facilities might be efficient and attractive, and that we may be free to carry on the work established.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The greatest goal, of course, is to continue to evangelize. Though Hawaii is a state, not more than 3% of the people in our area are active Protestants. The most effective means of evangelism we have found is the patient teaching of the Bible in homes. We intend to follow this practice in the future, plus trying ever new methods of reaching the people. As at least two out of four students from our church who are in Bible col lege plan to return for the summer, we intend to use these in evangelism among the native races during the summer months.
NEEDS

Classrooms. Six small buildings which were given to us by the military in 1956 are substandard and inadequate. They have been a great help to us and have been far bet ter than the out-of-doors where our classes formerly met, but to meet requirements of the law, as well as to meet adequate standards of safety, they need to be replaced as soon as possible. Cost: about $900 each. Rest rooms. One tiny bathroom in our house is far from adequate for the use of
the whole mission.

A piano - to replace the present termite-eaten and worn-out one.

Miss Edith Shimmel and Miss Ethel L. Jones are co-workers with the Bumsides.

Their mailing address is Box 224, Waianae, Oahu, Hawaii

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PZARK BIBLE COLLEGE

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ME. & I-IES. HAEOLD L, BURFSIDE
DECEMBER

P,&, BOX 6 1 2 WAMAE, HAWAII

19 5 9

Dear Co-laborers in the Gospel of Christ,

It has just occurred to us thpt there is a significant

lesson to be learned from the fact that our Saviorts birth is

remembered at the very close of the year. The calendar says that the year is ended, the harvest is past; the time has come
to settle the account and relax. But the birth of our Lord

proclaims a quite different message- And that message is that v/e must begin afresh. The gospel is ever new, and, like the Shepherds of old, we must bow and adore the Christ, then'go

forth and "make knovm the Saying which was spoken to (us)
about this Child."

Vfe, the Burnside family, wish upon this occasion to thank all you dear friends for yoiar contributions, your pray
ers, your faith in us and in the Lord, throughout the year of

1959.

And we knov; that your investment of money and time in

souls for the Kingdom has been well rewarded.

' Evangelism in Hav/aii is slov; and painstaking; the re sults may look small v;hen compared with the tabulations of

some other mission fields (there were an even dozen added to the Lord in Maili in the past six months); but v;e predict that
with proper investment of money aJid the faithful preaching of

the Vford now, Hawaii v.dll be a bastion of strength for ITev/ Testament Christian

ity in a fev/ decadesi Hot only v;ill our churches become self-supprting (Maili is one fourth self-supporting now), but v;ill help to support other fields. You may be surprized to learn that per capita giving of our church membership is
far above the national average of our churches, despite the fact that an over

balance of our members are children.

So we do not hesitate to request your

continued help until v;e become strong enough to stand alone. In closing, the good folk of Maili Mission extend to you a timely "Merry Christmas". And at our request they are sending it in each of the na
tive languages of our church people;

"Naimba^; Nga Fascuayo" (llocano)

"Maligayang Pasco Sa lyo"

(Tagalog)
"Maayong Pasco Kaninyo"

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(Visayan) (Above three are all Filipino dialects)

"Aso Kerisimasi"

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(Samoan)
"Mele Kali kimaka"

(Hav/aii an)

(Japanese)

(Chinese)

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