Besides my regular work, I taught a course in Systematic Theology during the first semester at Calvin United Theological College in Hsin Chu, south of Taipei, by the invitation of Rev. Egbert W. Andrews of the Orthodox Presbyterian Mission. But since it was dissolved last summer I am no longer engaged in teaching. However, a church in the eastern part of Taipei called Pei Hsin Chapel is without a pastor, and so I am temporarily assisting the work there. At home, my youngest son Sergeant Bill Chao has been staying with us as he completes his Army service in Taiwan. He will return to the states in June 1971. Lois, the ninth child, left us for the University of California, Santa Barbara campus last summer. This summer, our youngest child, Rose, is due to leave for the U.C. Santa Cruz campus. Grace, a Junior at Wheaton College, is planning to visit Taiwan with the Wheaton Student Missionary Programme. My wife and I are hoping to return to the U.S. this summer and stay for half a year or so. My second son, Jonathan and his wife, Rebecca, are also here for a year until this Fall. Jonathan is teaching at the China Evangelical Seminary for one year on loan from the China Graduate School of Theology, Inc. The other children are in the States and are doing fine.
It is the pleasure of the writer of this report to mention that Dr. Samuel E. Boyle, Chairman of the Board of the R.T.F., visited us here in Taipei last summer during his brief stay in the Far East and we had a very profitable fellowship together at Sun Moon Lake, a resort of this Treasure Island. Dr. Boyle is planning to do missionary work in Taiwan, beginning in 1972. We are awaiting him with great expectations.
May I close with a word of appreciation for all the friends of R.T.F. in Britain and in the States for their prayers and financial assistance. We are grateful for your partnership in this ministry. The task before us is truly great. As we look ahead, let us pray that (1) the Faith and Life quarterly may become a bi-monthly, and that through it men of God might speak prophetically to the needs of the Chinese Church; (2) that more small theological books, Biblical expositions, and current issue paperbacks, will be published as a new series; and (3) that there may be enough funds to employ a business manager, and if possible, open a bookstore. It is also our hope that in the near future we might be able to remunerate our writers and thereby encourage a larger body of capable Christian writers to participate in this ministry.
CHARLES H. CHAO