Rev. Dr. Robert Johnson Ruakthlahnak

Lairam ah kum 20 chung Pathian Thawngttha he rian a ttuan i kan miphun mit a kan autertu Rev. Dr. Johnson ruakthlahnak ah Chinmi upa 21 nih kan telpi hna:

1. Rev. Dr. Hre Kio, Indiana Chin Baptist Church, Indianapolis
2. Rev. Dr. Chin Kho Khai, Burmese Christian Church, Los Angeles
3. Rev. G. K. Nang, Manipur Baptist Church, India
4. Rev. Dr. Duh Kam, Executive Minister, CBFA, CBMC Pastor
5. Rev. Dr. Mang Tiak, Greator Houston Burmese Christian Church
6. Dr. Vei Kho Ning, Kuki Chin Baptist Church, USA
7. Dr. Kenneth Van Bik
8. Mrs. Misen Van Bik
9. Rev. Rollin Van Bik, Pastor of Lai Baptist Church, Maryland
10. Dr. Lawma, Dentist, Los Angeles
11. Pu Daniel Sakhong, Chairman, Chin Commuinity of India
12. Pu Tawk Hnin, Chairman, Jacksonville Chin Baptist Church
13. Pu Salai Victor Biak Lian CHRO
14. Pu Salai Bawi Lian Mang, CHRO
15. Pu Tial Kham, Los Angeles, CA
16. Tv. Hre Uk, Los Angeles, CA
17. Pi Carren Luis, Chin Baptist Church, Dallas
18. Rev. Dr. Van Ni, Pastor of Chin Baptist Church, Dallas,
19. Tv. Siang Lian Sang, Chairman, BYF of Chin Baptist Church, Dallas,
20. Pu Churchill Chan Ceu Cung, Photographer
21. Rev. Dr. Chum Awi, Pastor-Incharge of Chin Baptist Church, Dallas

June 14, 2009 Sunday 2:30 pm Memorial Service
Hi ni ah an hawikom tampi le Chinmi tam ngai nih kan telpi hna. Rev. Dr. S Hre Kio nih Rev. Johnson le a chungkhar he an i dawtnak le nehhnu can ttha kong a chim. Rev. Dr. C. Duh Kam nih Lairam le vawlei cung ramkip Chin Khrihfabu hna nih philhlonak le upat peknak tuahmi kong le Siangbawi nu le pa nih Lairam ah an rianttuanmi Pathian mission rian cu vawleicung Chin khrihfabu kip nih ttuan peh khawh kan i zuam lai tiah a chim. Hnemhnak cakuat tampi chung in CACC cakuat kha Chinmi canai in a rel. An hawikom le pastor hna nih Rev. Johnson an philh khawh lo nak vialte an langhter cio hna.

June 14, 2009 Sunday 6:00 – 8:00 pm: Ruak Zohnak
A dawtbikmi le a dawtubik Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson nih cun a mawi ka hmuh ahcun tuar a har tuk lai a ti caah ruak Funeral Home ruak zohnak ah a kan telpi lo. A fa le le a tufa hna le chungkhat hna he siangbawipa cu a ruak kan hum. A fa le cu an ngaih a chia taktak ko. Tuar zia an thiam caah mi hna a kan ngamh bia tu a si. Chinmi 21 nih kan telpi khawh mi hna cungah an lawm tuk ve. Pi Karen Luis, Dallas, Texas nih a ruak chung ah Lai ttah tein mitthli he a ttah. Hakha ah naihniam tein a tthudir tti mi rak si hna kaw, Karen Luis cu a ngaih a chia khun. Suimilam pahnih chung a ruak kan huum. Kan ttin lai ah “A hme ram Laitlang, tiva a tam, pangpar a tam” timi hla kha cang khatnak le a nolhnak kan sa i Rev. Dr. S. Hre Kio nih thlacamnak a kan ngeihpiak. Hi hla van sak ko ahhin Ruti Kristin cu a ngaihchiat a celh lo i a ik thluahmah. A pawngkam tthumi nih a liang an benh piak i kut nem tein an rak hnemh pah.

June 15, 2009 Monday 10:00 am: Ruak Thlahnak
Zing ka ah ni cu zuaizang nawn in a chuak. Ruah lo in, khuacan a daih lio 66 F’ a si. Dynasty Suite ah aa tthummi Chinmi vialte cu leng ah kan i tawng hna. A fapa Richard Johnson, Deki te zong hi hotel ah an um ve. Kan dihlak in mawtor in kan chuak tti hna i First Baptist Church, Redlands, CA lei ah kan kal. Pumhnak cu siangbawipa ruakkuang kha on lo in tuah a si. Siangbawinu lungtthatnak caah. Senior Pastor Rev. Joe DeRoulhac, Jr., Ph.D. nih pumh a kan hruai. Rev. Dr. S. Hre Kio nih phung a kan chimh i siangbawipa kong cu tlamtling tein a chim. Siangbawinu sin ah an rianttuannak cungah cawnglawmhnak bia tthattha a chim. Rev. Dr. Mang Tiak nih Bible a rel hnu ah, a ngaihchiatnak bia a langhter. Hawikom siaherh bia chim can ah Rev. Dr. Chum Awi nih Rev. Johnson nih Lairam ah a rianttuannak le a pehpar dang kha tawifiang tein a chim. Pu Daniel Sakhong nih ram rianttuantu hna le Indiana Chin Community hna aiawh in ruak a rak humhnak theihter pah in siangbawipa upat peknak le cawnglawmhnak bia a chim.

Siangbawipa nih a thih hlan ah a fa le cu a ruak kam ah Lai hla fangfak te music tum lo in sakpiak ka duh e tiah a rak ti hna. Laimi nih ruak a kan hum kho lai ti cu an ruat ve lo i “a si kho lai lo” an rak ti. Hakha ah 1999 kum Chin Christian Centenary an tuah lio ah a fa le he Laitlang ah tlun ding in Kalemyo tiang lawng an phan kho. Lai ramri khuacuanhnak hmun tiang kha an kal kho. Hi hmun in a rianttuannak Hakha le Tidim khua cu a hla tuk lem ti lo. Nain, kalnak nawl a hmu lo. Lairam rim le rua kha a theih pah ttung. A rianttuannak hmun le ram cu a mitthlam ah a cuang tuk fawn. A dawtmi Chinmi nih a thinlung cu tham tuk fawn hna. Hi ka hmun ah a mitthli cu a luang thliahmah. Lairam hmu ta lo in siaherh tuk in a kir. Siangbawipa ruakkuang kam ah dir in Rev. Dr. S. Hre Kio nih a kan hruai i Lai hla fung hnih No. 440 “Sui Khualipi” le No. 513 “A Hme Ram Laitlang” cu kan remh. A rauthla in a rak tem ve ttheu lai.

Siangbawipa he Eastern Theological Seminary ah a rak kaittimi a hawipa nih bia a chim ve. Amah le a tar ve tuk cang i thlanmual a naih ngai ve cangmi a si. A biachim lung a zur ngai. A tunu nih a chim ve tthan. Siangbawi nu le pa rianttuannak cu an hawikom nih an rak theihpi tuk hna. Chin miphun khrihfa ah kan candihnak kong an theih tikah an khuaruah lei a har.

June 15, 2009 Monday 2:15 pm: Ruakvuinak
Rev. Johnson cu Vawlei Ralpi II lio ah Lairam ah mission rianttuan ding in ra thiam lo in, American tilawng ralkap sinah South Pacific ah pastor (chaplain) rian aa ttuan. A thih tikah American Ralkap hna thlahmun Riverside National Cemetery ah an vui. Ti ralkap ah a ttang bal mi a si caah ti ralkap pawl nih an thilthuam he meithal puah in a ruak an thlah. A pastor nih biachimnak le thlacamnak a ngeih hnu ah a ruakkuang cu kan kal taak. A cheu inn ah kan ttin. A cheu vanlawng hmun ah kan kal colh. A cheu riahnak hotel ah an kir. Siangbawipa ruak cu Chinmi tam ngai nih a ruak kan thlah khawh caah leikhuaza Chinmi dihlak sia zong a rem ve ttheu lai.

Siangbawipa Bulhnak:
Siangbawipa philhlonak le upat peknak cu Lairam ah khrihfabu tampi nih an tuah cio. Ramdang Chin khrihfabu tampi nih tuah a si fawn. Ruak thlah ka kal hlan ah ka sin a phan mi cakuat vialte cu copy tuah in siangbawinu le a fa le sinah ka pek dih hna. Inn ka rak tlun hnu ah a phan mi vialte cu Ruti le Deki sin ah ka kuat chin hna. Ruti nih cun a nu rel ding in record ttha tein ka tuahpiak lai a ti. Siangbawipa le a fa le nih pangpar canai ah bulhnak phaisa cu Chin Christian College caah Friends of Burma, 548 Home Ave., Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46807 ah kuat ding a si.

Phaisa kuatnak kong ah a awlzan deuhnak ding ah le biatak deuh in ttanlak a herh ko kan ti caah CBFA nih ngunkeng Pu Mang Cung Nung sinah kuat cio ding in kan ti ve. Ngunkeng le address cu:

Mang Cung Nung
415 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20851

Pehtlaihnak cu mcnung@yahoo. com hi a ttha bik.

A tu hi Chin Christian Fellowship, Malaysia in $500, le Stavanger Chin Church, Norway in $445.97 cu ngunkeng sin ah a phan cang. Yangon in Lai Baptist Church nih CBFA ngunkeng sinah an tikhawh tawk za cu kuat ding in an timh cang. Europe le Australia, New Zealand le Asia ram Chin khrihfabu hna sin in bulhnak cu ngunkeng sin ah an rat lio a si. America ram (Canada & USA) in Chin khrihfabu hna nih bulhnak cu tuah cio a si. Tamdeuh a chuah khawh nak ding ah an thiamning cio in an i zuam hna. Bulhnak hi siarem deuh in tuah khawh nak ding ah CBFA upa hna nih rawlrel pi hna usih kan tinak a si. CBFA ngunkeng sinah a phanmi bulhnak cu cazin ttha tein kan tuah lai i siangbawipa fa le hnatlak ning tein kan kuat lai.

Zumtu khrifa pumpak cio nan cungah lunglawmhnak tampi kan ngei. “Laimi kan sinnak cu ngaihchiat ni ah a lang” ti tawn bia bang, kan miphun caah Pathian bia he rian a ttuanmi siangbawipa thih ni cu Chinmi tampi caah kan ngaihchiat ni a si. Hi ni ah Laimi thinlung cu hmuh khawh a si. Ruakthlahnak hmanthlak kan kuat chih hna.

Pathian nih Thlarau Thiang in lam in hruai cio hna seh!

Bawi Khrih rian ah,

CDuhKam
C. Duh Kam
Executive Minister of CBFA

Theihternak: Mah konghi Rev. Dr. C. Duh Kam nih Laiforum ah a rak thlahmi a si. Kan tuanbia a si Laimi nih kan philh lo dingmi an si.

Johnson Siangbawite Chungkhar

HIKA ahhin Ruthie nih "Memories of A Land Not Forgotten" tiah a tialmi "Philh Lomi Ram Ah Khan" tiin Pu Ceu Hlun nih a lehmi a um, na rel rih lo sual ahcun, rel ve hrimhrim te.

Rev. Dr. Robert G. Johnson Tuanbia Tawi

Miphun hawi hna,

Siangbawi te chungkhar nih kuat mi English in, zapi rel khawh ding in keimah nih Lai holh in ka leh mi a tang ah a um. Attach file in kan kuat chih hna.

Bawipa rian ah,

C. Duh Kam
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Obituary for Robert G. Johnson

Rev. Robert G. Johnson, 94
Missionary, Architect, Bible Translator and Author

Rev. Robert G. (Bob) Johnson, 94, a Baptist missionary to the Chin people in the western mountains of Burma (now Myanmar), died of complications from pneumonia on June 9,2009 at the Health Center of Plymouth Village, Redlands, California.

Rev. Johnson was born in Chicago, Illinois, graduated in 1938 from Wheaton College in Illinois. He was married to the former Elizabeth Luella Kortum of Decatur, Illinois in 1941. The couple were commissioned as missionaries of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and designated for service in Burma. War intervened, and Rev. Johnson served as a Navy chaplain in the south Pacific during World War II. Rev. and Mrs. Johnson began their missionary service in 1946, passing through Assam, India to enter war-torn Burma. The Johnsons served in the Chin Hills for twenty years, raising three children there while running Bible schools, touring remote areas accessible only on foot or by pony, running a dispensary, and doing translation of the Bible, Sunday School materials, and hymns. Rev. Johnson designed and oversaw construction of many wooden-framed and rammed-earth Bible school buildings in both Falam and Haka (now Hakha) in the Chin Hills. Toward the end of this missionary service, understanding that the mission field in Burma was closing to foreigners under the new socialist military government, Rev. Johnson designed and oversaw the construction of a large stone church in Haka built almost entirely by hand, with the only powered machinery being a stone saw powered by a single-cylinder kerosene engine and a war-surplus truck to haul stone and other supplies.

Rev. Johnson, a graduate of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, received the Doctor of Divinity degree from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in recognition of his missionary work in Burma.

The Johnsons relocated to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, near the mission headquarters in Valley Forge in 1966. Rev. Johnson served on the Board of International Missions, overseeing mission work in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Zaire, with continuing work on Bible translation into the Hakha Chin language, until his retirement in 1980. From then until 1988, Rev. Johnson immersed himself in research for writing and self publication of a massive two-volume History of the American Baptist Chin Mission, a serious and authoritative record of the introduction of Christianity into the Chin Hills of Burma by missionaries of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society between 1899 and 1966.

Rev. and Mrs. Johnson moved to Moreno Valley, California in 1988 and then on to the Plymouth Village retirement community in 2001. In 2007, Rev. Johnson released a book entitled On the Back Road to Mandalay, on his and Mrs. Johnson’s twenty years of life and work in the mountains of western Burma.

Rev. Johnson is survived by his wife of nearly 68 years, Elizabeth (Betty Lue), three children (Richard Johnson of Churchton, Maryland, Kristin Knutson of Riverside, California, and Martha Martens of Dallas, Texas), seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. There will be visitation at Emerson/Bartlett Memorial Chapel at 703 Brookside Ave., Redlands, Ca. (909 793-2311) from 6-8PM on June 14, 2009. A memorial service will be held at Plymouth Village at 2:15 PM on June 14, 2009.

Following a memorial service at First Baptist Church, Redlands at 10 AM on June 15, interment will be in the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California at 2 PM.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory, designated for the Chin Christian College to:
Friends of Burma
548 Home Ave.
Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46807

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Rev. Dr. Robert G. Johnson Tuanbia Tawi

Rev. Robert G. Johnson, 94
Siangbawi, Innsakthiam, Bible Lettu le Catthialthiam

Burma (Myanmar) nitlak lei tlang cung ah khuasa Chin miphun sinah rianttuanmi Baptist siangbawi Rev. Dr. Robert G. (Bob) Johnson, 94 cu kik fakdeuh tlaihnak in June 9, 2009 ni ah Health Center of Plymouth Village, Redlands, California ah a thi.

Rev. Dr. Johnson cu Illinois state Chicago khua ah a chuak. Illinois chung um Wheaton Collge in 1938 kum ah degree a lak. Illinois state Decatur khuami Pi Elizabeth Luella Kortum he 1941 kum ah an i tthium. An nuva in Burma ram ah siangbawi rian ttuan ding in American Baptist Foreign Mission Society nih an thim hna. Vawlei ralpi nih siangbawi rianttuan a donh hna caah, Rev. Johnson cu Vawlei Ralpi II chung cu Thlang Pacific ah tilawng ralkap hna lakah pastor (chaplain) rian a ttuan.

Siangbawi nu le pa Rev. & Mrs. Johnson cu 1946 kum in siangbawi rian an thok. India ram chung Assam kha tanpah in vawlei ralpi nih a hrawh ngaimi Burma ram chungah an lut. An nupa in Chin Hills ah kum 20 chung rian an ttuan. Hrinsor fa pathum cawmken pah in Bible sianginn an tuah. Rang cit le kekal in khuate kip an tlawng. Damnak sii peknak hmun an tuah. Bible an let. Sunday School cawn ding le hla cauk kha an ttial. Burma ram socialist cozah thar nih ramdang siangbawi rianttuannak an phih lai i siangbawi rianttuan can a dawng cang lai ti an theih in, hnawhsare in Hakha lung biakinn sak hram a thok. A kut in le thirnung (seh) fate in monghmi lung ahnak hluah, lungthiarnak truck chia nawn mi le zeidang thil hna hmang in biakinn cu a sakpi hna.

Rev. Johnson cu Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in a awng mi a si. Burma ram ah siangbawi rian a ttuannak kha upat theihpi in Northern Baptist Theological Seminary nih Doctor of Divinity degree kha an pek.

Rev. Johnson te nuva cu 1966 kum ah Valley Forge Baptist Mission Headquarters naihniam King of Prussia, Pennsylvania ah i tthial in khua an sa. American Baptist Churches i International Missions ah rianttuan in Hong Kong, Thailand le Zaire ram hna mission rianttuannak kha a tlaitu a si. Upat lei ah a rian in aa dinh kum 1980 tiang hi Hakha holh in Bible lehnak kha a ttuan chih. Hi kum in 1988 chung hi 1899 in 1966 kum tiang American Baptist Foreign Mission Society nih thlah mi Baptist siangbawi hna nih Chin Hills ah thawngttha chimnak rian an ttuannak tuanbia neknawi vialte kha khawmhsuat in “American Baptist Mission nih Lairam ah rian an ttuannak tuanbia” tiin cauk pahnih kha a ttial.

Rev. & Mrs. Johnson cu 1988 ah Moreno Valley, California ah an i tthial. Cu cun Plymouth Village retirement community timi tar upa umnak ah 2001 ah an i tthial tthan. Rev. Johnson nih Burma ram nitlaklei tlang cung ah an nupa in kum 20 chung rian an ttuannak kong kha “On the Back Road to Mandalay” cauk pakhat a chuah tthan.

Rev. Dr. Johnson nih a tantaakmi hna cu kum 68 chung lengluang a dawtmi thaisung Elizabeth (Betty Lue), an fa le pathum (Churchton, Maryland khuasa Richard Johnson, Riverside, California khuasa Kristin Knutson le Dallas, Texas khuasa Martha Martens), tufa pasarih le techin panga an si.

A donghnakbik siangbawipa muihmuh lennak cu June 14, 2009 zanlei 6:00 – 8:00 pm ah Emerson/Bartlett Memorial Chapel, 703 Brookside Ave., Redlands, CA (Ph: 909-793-2311) ah tuah a si lai. Amah philhlo upat peknak cu Plymouth Villge ah June 14, 2009 chun 2:15 pm ah tuah a si lai. Ruakthlah pumhnak hi First Baptist Church, Redlands ah zing 10:00 AM ah tuah khawh in Riverside National Cementery, Riverside, California ah 2:00 pm ah a ruak vui a si lai.

Pangpar canai ah, Chin Christian College caah bulhnak cu atanglei ah kuat cio ding a si lai:
Friends of Burma
548 Home Ave.
Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46807

Theihternak: Rev. Dr. C. Duh Kam, Executive Minister of Chin Baptist Fellowship of America le Pastor of Chin Baptist Mission Church, nih June 12, 2009 ah Laimi biaruahnak pawl ah a thlahmi, kan tar chinmi a si.