Dungan Norman Mary 1977 Mexico

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ALUDOSI

DAJIO

CHRISTIAN MISSION

the

«HfiSiik DWGAN FAMILY

APARTADO POSTAL

741

QUERETARO, QRO. MEXICO

FORWARDING AGENT;

MRS. JOE

L.

GREEN

POST

OFFICE BOX

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YUMA,

ARIZONA 85364

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY

PRINTED

EN MEXICO

MARCH 1977

RADIO UPDATE

In recent months, there

have

come about

several

changes in

the

radio ministry

in

the Bajio.

The

following summary will hopefully

bring you

up

to date on this

vital

part of

the

evangelistic outreach

here in

Central Mexico.

(1) The Christmas spots placed

on

4

stations were

well received—

that

means

that we did not receive

as many requests for the corres

pondence courses as we had hoped,

but that we did hear much favorable

reaction. We feel

certain that

their spiritual emphasis led many

to re-examine

their

spiritual atti

tudes and

to

seek a closer

walk

with

God.

(2) The calendar offer did

achieve fine results, with over

600

requests being

received

for both

courses and

calendar.

(3) We have

been

unable to

get

radio

time

on a

major

AM

station

in

Mexico City; however,

the

brethren there have

placed

the

program

on a

fine

PM

station.

(4) As of

April

1,

the radio

program Dulces Momentos has a new

on-field director—Alberto Gonzalez.

•

A1

has had

much

radio

ejq>erience

For

several years

he used radio

extensively in

the work

in Chile.

We feel certain that he will add a

great deal

to

the quality

of

the

program here. A1

will

be taking

over

the

task

of

announcer

of the

program

and

will

be responsible for

determining format, surveying pro

gram effectiveness

and

studying

possible

new areas

of

coverage, and

answering all incoming radio

mail.

Brother Tgmas de la Cruz, who first

began Dulces Momentos,

will

con

tinue

to

provide all the radio ser

mons,

and Bill loff will continue

as technician^ and program - copy

editor.

(5)

Beginning

this

month. Bill

Hoff and I have assumed full finan

cial

support

for the

radio programs

broadcast

in the

Bajio.

Up

until

now,

radio

time for most of the

stations has been paid for

by

funds

provided by

Clinton

Looney But

with the expansion

of

Clinton's own

radio work in Harlingen, Texas, we

feel

we

should try

to

ease his

economic burden by relieving him of

the $400 monthlYL radio

costs

here.


2/13

Increasingly,

the work in the

Bajio

calls for travel. With Bill

emd A1 working

in

Queretaro,

my

schedule

has allowed

me to

begin

to

reach

out

into the

outlying areas

where

there

are

students

who cannot

be reached

by the

other evangelists

who are without their own

vehicles.

Since Christmas,

then,

I have

traveled

the following routes see

map):

PenjeuRo land

of pigs),

state

of

Guanajuato, Three

trips,

120

miles one way. Visit in prison and

in three other homes in and near

the

city.

^Esperemza land of Aztec

ruins), state

of

Queretaro. Four

trips, 100 miles one way nearly

all

winding,

mountainous

roads).

Visit

with

1

man

who is leader of

congregation—a Leadership Training

by

Extension center. One visit

made with him

to

all other

baptized

believers in cu:ea—2-hour walk one

way.

Tlalpujahuilla and

vicinity

land

of

10,000-foot altitudes),

state of Michoacan. Fo\ir

trips,

100 miles

one

way. Visit with man

in a

second LTE center. Visit

on

remote ranch with

a

large

family,

not

yet

Christian. Distribution of

courses

to 5 other

villages

and

cities

in the immediate

area.

*San Felipe land

of

old, old

ranches and of pottery -

akers),

state

of Guanajuato.

One

trip, 100

miles one way. Visit with new

family

interested

in

obeying and

serving Christ.

*San Miguel de Allende land

of

tourists), state

of

Guanajuato.

One visit,

45

miles one way. Met

with congregation

there.

c*.

HE

ROAD

Lord allowing,all

but the

last

of

these will

be

regular visiting

points, as Leadership Training

Clinics

will

hopefully be establish

ed in

both

San Felipe smd Penjamo.

San

Felipe

San Miguel

Penjamo

Tlalpuj huilla

Past Future

1976

CATEGORY 1977

EXPENSES:

258.25

Literature

300.00

690.71 Printing 800.00

3836.58 Travel 3000.00

449.68 Repair 6

arts

500.00

215.07

CorrespondenceCourse 275.00

96.00 Youth 180.00

734.15

Educational

Costs 750.00

1245.36

Radio Programming

3600.00

3259.80 Evangelists 2500.00

2174.86

Camp

680.00

4231.45

Salary

4200.00

1277.00 Rent 985.00

200.00

Flood

Relief 700.00

877.39 Miscellaneous

800.00

12.32

Bank Charges

10.00

19558.82

19200.00

19648.62 INCOME


3/13

U/ONDER

U/HY—

From time to time we reprint

aludos material

that we

have

written in our monthly letters to

those who financially support the

work

here. The

following appeared

in o\ir January 26th letter;

"Last week all

of

us here felt

a

great burden

to

go at once into a

new area—to the city

of

Penjamo#

in the state

of

Guanajuato, from

which,

city we had received

a letter

from a man in prison. Bill was

tied

up

with radio recording,

so

I went,

accompanied

by

one

of the Mexican

evangelists. Why the inner voice

telling us

to

go that very day? I

translate from a letter sent us by

the prisoner, written

soon

after

our visit:

•..

1

was sad and

i n

despair

to the extent that as but

a

few

hours from

taking my

life. Today,

Thursday, January

20,

is a day I

will never

forget, for

I

was think

ing

that as soon as

visiting hours

were

over I would go

into a

bath

room and never come

out

alive;

but

what great surprise

was

mine

to

hear the voice

of 2

messengers

of

God who

lifted

me

out

of my dark

thoughts

with the words,

Adolfo

Alarcos, we're from Dulces Momen-

tos."'

"The letter

continues:

'Each

word

that

was

spoken

to me

that day

remains

still

in my heart,

especi

ally these— You

are

not alone;

God wants to forgive you.

As

you

read Psalm

51

to me,

I

could not

hold

back the

tears—to

think

that

just

as

God would forgive David, He

can

also

forgive

me.'

Needless to say, it was a

marvelous es^erience

to

be

able

to

share from the Word the message

that God

is willing

to

forgive

even

the worst sinner, on the basis of

that

sinner's

repentance

and faith.

We

continue

to

communicate via

let

ter, and, Lord

allowing, we

will

return

to

the prison for further

study

next week.

Since the above was written,

we

have

visited

the

prison several

times, and it appears

that

both

the

man and his wife, and quite pos

sibly another prisoner

and his

wife,

will be making a decision for Christ

very soon.

In preparation,

we

have

built

a

small,

portable baptistry

fron canvas with

a

steel frame.

Baptisms

will

have to

be

face for

ward, ith the

believer

on his

knees

in

the water ; but we believe

it

will fimction adequately.

HELP

Every

copy of

Saludos

that is

returned

to

us

by

the

Post

Office

co sts us 25^ cents (U.S. money)

Would

ySu

help

us be

good stewards

by

advising us

of

an upcoming

ad

dress

change?

Send all changes

to

our

Forwarding

Agent, Mrs.

Barbara

Green,

P.

0.

Box

628,

Yuma,

Arizona

85364.


4/13

FamHii Affairs

I'm so

glad I'm a

part

of the

family of God. Those

words

are

still ringing in our ears as we re

member

with

joy the

1977 Mexican

Missionary Reunion.

It was the best

attended

of any so far, cmd we

were

especially privileged

to

have

Dr.

David Eubanks, President of Johnson

Bible

College, share with us frcHR

the book of Hebrews. Now, as we

re

member tl^e

thoughts

he shared and

the fellowship we

felt,

we

are

more

encouraged then ev e r

in the joy

we

have

to

share the Good News with

others. When God has done so much,

can we

do

any less?

of her

zoo

now and

is

back to her

old

active

self.

I still continue to

keep busy

trying t o

teach

Engli^^^o. 17 first

graders, eac h morning

and

working as

much as possible in the correspond

ence school. The two make

up

almost

a

full-time

job, what

with

prepar

ation and all. But both are reward

ing,although

I

must say that

I

look

forward t o holidays to catch my

breath.

As

I said at the beginning,

I'm

so

glad I'm

a

part

of

t h e

fam-

ily of God. It's a real cause forjj

Heather

is

seldom

sick, for

which we

thank

God,

but when she is

s h e

r ea l ly

g ets

it. This

tim e

it

was a triple-header -- s t r ep

throa t,

amoebas

and

longworms all

at the

same time. But she

has

gotten rid

rejoicing.

And we're glad

you're/I

a part of

it,

too. It makes

o u i |

joy

even

more complete.

May the

excitement

of this new

Spring be matched by the continuing

Spring of ever-new

life

in Christ.

FINANCIAL

STATEMENT

Balance 9/30/76 (correct ed) $ 452.15 Expenses 10/1 - 2/31/76

Income 10/1

- 12/31/76 5112.27 Bal anc e 12/31/76

5170.41

394.01

FROM;

Bajio Christian Mission

c/o First

Christian

Church

221

E.

26th Place

Yuma,

Arizona 85364

-mi

t E B

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

U.

S,

Postage

PAID

Yuma, AZ 85364

Prmit

No.

86

NON-PFT- ORG.

OH

SEiaVZCES

177


5/13

FAMILY AFFAIRS

I

guess

the most exciting

news around the

Dungan house

hold

is

that our family

is

going to

be

increased by

one,

come the

end

of

October.Need

less

to

say, it has caused

excitement

for all

of

us

and

a

little apprehension for

me at starting

over after 9

years.

I

think

I

know a

little

of

what Sarah must have

felt

when she found

out

she

was going

to have

a

baby.It's

a miracle

We have had a full summer,

what

with Heather's swimming

classes, helping the Reeds

get

settled,

and receiving

various visitors; but

it

has

been

an

enjoyable

one. Each

time

we

have visitors we're

so

thankful that the Lord

has

given

us

a house large enough

to

entertain them

comfortably.

It

looks like our school

is going

to get

off of

the

ground

(how far,

we're not

sure)

about

the

middle

of

September. We have

a

young

man

coming to

be the teacher,

and at least

2 of us

mothers

have

taken the U-day teacher's

aide

course.

Now it's up to

the dads

to get

the

desks

built

in

time. So far

we have

students

enrolled. It will

be a new experience for

all

of

us,

so please keep us in

your

prayers. We are all very

concerned

that our children

have a Christian

education as

well as a secular one. We

still

have need

of

books for

our library.

If

you have

any

that

are

not

being

used,

please

let

us

know;we'll

tell

you

how to

get

them

to

us.

One more

request:

if any

of you

have silverware that

you

don't need,would

you

con

sider donating it to

the

camp

here? Forks

and

spoons

are

especially needed.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Balance

3/31/77

$ 499.76 Expenses 4/1-6/30/77 6653.36

Income 4/1 - 6/30/77 6758.32 Balance 6/30/77 $ 614.72

PROM:

Bajio Christian

Mission

c/o

First Christian Church

221 East

26th

Place

Yuma, Arizona

85364

ADDRESS CORRECTION

REQUESTED

U. S OSTAGE

PAID

Yuina,AZ

85364

Permit No.86

NON-PFT.

ORG.

GLENDALE HRISTIAN CTHURCH

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O.BOX 415 ^

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D D R E S S C O r I e c H D N R Q U S T ^


6/13

9M vmoovs

MAm

The Lord

works

in so many

ways that it is exciting just

to

watch

Him. Recently we

have seen Him work in the

following ways;

f t

A "chance"

meeting between

us

and

the

married

daughter

of evangelist Socorro Soto

led

to

her deciding

to

come

to

camp

"to

take care

of

her

father,"

who had

been ill.

During

camp,

she accepted

the

Lord and was baptized. Now

she is witnessing to

her

husr-

band

and teaching her child

ren

^Through the correspondence

courses,

we became acquainted

with

a

man whom the Lord has

since used

in

remarkable ways.

An ex-convict himself, this

brother has shared the

gospel

with

dozens

of

men

in

prison,

several

of

whom

are now en

rolled in the Bible course

themselves. He also ministers

on

inter - city

buses,

dis

tributing

tracts

and courses.

^ t A young

man

who began visit

ing us for English conversa

tion

began

to

attend English

Bible

study also. Now

he and

his sister

are both

active in

the Spanish services; and he

has begun

to

bring

another

friend who

also

likes English.

f t

A psychology student at

the

University,whom

we had

talked

to casually over 2

years

ago

in San Juan del

Rio,

called

us recently

and asked if he

might study the

Bible

with

us.

(Continues

on column

2

f tFrom out

of

the blue,

a

re

porter from the local paper

called to ask if she could

do

an

interview with

us.

We

agreed, not knowing why.

As

a result of the interview and

its

publication a young man

with a s erious drinking prob

lem has

made contact

with us,

asking for spiritual help.

^̂ SMALL TALK^P

(Excerpts from our letters.)

DID

YOU

KNOW THAT

—the V.W. was involved in

a

wreck?

We

ran into an

unlit

tractor

on

a night trip.

—the

new worker in

the Bajio,

Rogelio, is

now

married and

settled in

San Miguel?

He

and

Elia will

concentrate all

their

attention on

that city.

—50%

of

the

population

of

Mexico

is

under

years

of

^

age,

and that 70% is under

30?

—our

new IBM

typewriter

has

already put out 3 courses?

—in

the

cities

of

Mexico,50%

of

those who enter school

fail

to

finish the 9th

grade?

In the countryside,

only

35%

complete

the

9th.

—Normrecently

finished his

first extension course from

the School of

World Mission?

—afterv-^^ears o n . the

field

we

had

oUr Tirst summer in

tern?

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in-y


7/13

them with us,

along

with Ken,

to an early-summer camp in

the

northern part

of

the country.

Daily I preached the evening

message, taught

a class (ex

temporaneously, because

of

the

unforseen absence of the sched

uled teacher), and

led

a

15-

minute missions devotional.

We

returned home in

time

for the last day

of Intermedi

ate camp

and

all

of Senior

week

here. A total of 190

campers

took

part in the two

weeks,

and

there

were 17 baptisms.

A

record number of

churches

(16)

participated

in

the camp

this

year.

Following camp, we had 1

week

to

prepare for

the

coming

of

26

young people from Phoe

nix,

who were

to

present con

certs in the

Bajio area. It

was

a week of

putting up

post

ers all over town for the

Queretaro

concert,

making all

sleeping arrangements

for the

singers,

arranging for the use

of

the

auditorium

here, and

working out

details for the

concerts

in the 4 other places

in the Bajio where the group

was

to appear.

Then the group arrived,

and the next week was spent

with them—in

San Luis,

in

Mexico City,here

in

Queretaro,

and in

Celaya resenting

5

concerts

in

5 days. The one

in

Queretaro was tremendous.

The

Fine

Arts

Auditorium was

packed

to

overflowing, and the

format

allowed

us to

make

re-

(Continues on

column

2)

marks after each number;

so

both

music and gospel message

were presented

to over itOO

August:

The first week

was spent

in

playing

catch -up

with printing

(3

new courses

were urgently needed), corr

espondence, and auto repair

(2

months

of

hard driving had

t&ken their toll). The second

was

used

up in

breath-catching

and

lawn mowing,

home

jobs

and

Bible

School lesson writing

And the rest of the month

was

finally dedicated to visiting,

course-distribution

and teach

ing.

So

there you

have

it— the

short summer of

77

in a

not-

so-short

summary.

BROADCASTING CHRIST

Bajio stations carrying program 7

Programs

broadcast monthly

Cost per month in dollars 400

Responses

monthly

30 to 50

Stations outside Bajio

carrying program

8

Number of active students in

200

Bajio in Bible Course

Every copy

of Saludos that is

returned to

us

by the Post

Office

costs

us 25

cents

(U.

S.

money)

Would

you help us be good

stewards

by advising us of an

upcoming ad

dress change?

Send

all changes to

our Forwarding Agent,

Mrs.

Barbara

Green,

P.O.

Box

628, Yuma, Arizona

85364. Ihsmk you.


8/13

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NO. 3

SEPTEMBER 1977

The

summer

of 1977 was

just

what

we

anticipated

it

would be—hectic, activity-

filled,

nd too

short

to accom

plish

everything

we'd have

liked. It was also,

we

feel,

a summer of progress and re

sults, particularly among the

youth.

In

Mexico, summer is a

hard

time

to

get a

handle onJ

For

there is

no

uniformity of

school schedules. Just

in

our

immediate area, while several

schools

ended

their terms by

June 30,some closed

as late

as

August

1.

Then again, on the

other end,

although some will

open as

late

as

September 1 5 J

o t h e r s

r e o p e n e d

for r e g i s t r a ^

tion as

early as

August s J

Added

to

this

lack of uniform

ity is the fact that Mexican

schools

offer special exams on

specific dates in the summer--

"F-removing" exams,

entrance

exams,

proficiency

exams, etc.

The result

of the

above

is

a jamming of summer activf

ities into a

period of

about

f

weeks,

with

those

in charge of

(Continued on column 2)

̂

77

planning having to

try to out

guess the school systems and

schedule

dates by "dead reck

oning" and past experience.

Unfortunately, past

experience

has taught that our reckoning

will

miss the 3 or

4 days

that

almost everyone is free; so

we have

resigned

ourselves to

the inevitable

comments of a

number

of

students

to

the

effect that because of school-

schedule conflicts they cannot

share

in

our summer programs.

With

this

gloomy beginn

ing, then, let us share with

you

the results

of summer

'77.

June:

Ken Howard our

summer

intern),

Doug

Reed,

Steve

Shold,

and I spent

many

hours at

camp, installing win

dow frames and panes, laying

concrete,

clearing away

brush,

and hauling

fill dirt ta im

prove the

passability

of the

camp road

for

the

upcoming

rainy

season.

July: We spent

time

with

the

SWIM

interns, led

by Dean

Gary. Then we took several of

(Continues on page

2,

column 1)


9/13

Brith. nnoun ement

A

S o n N a t h a n

A n d r e w b o r n to N o r m a n a n d M a r y D u n g a ^

Missionaries

in Queretaro Mexico October

25th

Mary daughter of

Neddie

and Nola Griffith came

t o

Quincy Illinois

for

the

birth.


10/13

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DECEMBER

1977

A Time

To

Sow..

A Time To

Reap

Much of our time in Cen

tral

Mexico

has been

dedi

cated to trying to

open new

spiritual

fields and

to pre

pare them

for the

sowing

of

the Gospel seed. At times it

has

seemed as

if the

seed

were

falling

on

non-receptive

soil; the

religious

tradi

tions

and

the

distrust

of

outsiders

run deep

within

the

people. But the very diffi

culty of

the

sowing makes

the

reaping

more

precious

when it

does come.

In

the past

three

months,

we here

in

Queretaro have had

the privilege

of sharing

in

the spiritual birth of 4 new

souls and seeing

the

church

established in a new commun

ity. This is unusual for us;

for with Mexican

evangelists

in most of the area of our

work,

the

baptisms and re

sponses come without our

direct involvement. This is

as

it should be,

for

the work

of

evangelism and

church

Continues on

column

2)

growth

needs

to

be increas

ingly

the function of

the

National

church. However,

there is still

one

section of

country here where

there is

no Mexican worker and no

strong established

church to

reach

out. So when

a

Bible-

correspondence course student

in

the area

requests

baptism,

it

is we

who have

the joy

of

going and baptizing.

Such was

the case with a

Bible student recently in

an

Indian village. Our

first

contact with the village gave

little

promise,

for it

took 2

trips

and

much

questioning to

even

find it;

and

when we

did

finally

find

the

place,

the

student

we were looking

for

was

not

home. So we

left

our

card

and went on our way.

Two weeks later,

early

one

morning, someone

came

to

our

door here in

Queretaro.

I

did not

recognize the face,

but

when

the

man told

me his

name,I realized that this was

Continues on page

2,

Col. 1)


11/13

SOWING

AND

nsAPING, ONTINUED

the man we'd tried to reach.

Somehow

(God alone

knows

how)

he had found

us—and

was

hungry for the

Word.

As

we

shared

together

that morning,

it was clear that here was

one who was

ready to

receive

Christ and

who

needed only

to

be shown

what

the

Scriptures

teach. Leonardo confessed

his

faith

that

morning,

and

a

date

was set for

his

baptism.

We both

felt

that it would

be

well

to

have

the

baptism

in

or near his own

village.

On

the

agreed

date, we

discovered

that

our student

had been sharing his new

found faith and knowledge; 2

other adults immediately upon

our

arrival

asked

if they

might be

allowed to^ confess

their faith in Christ and

be

obedient to Him. It became

quickly clear that

Leonardo

had

taught

well,

and

that

both candidates knew

what,

they were requesting.

And

so

Brother

A1 Gonzalez

baptized

the three of

them

in

a beauti

ful

lake about

10

kilometers

from

their village, in the

presence

of

around

15 members

of

their families.

The

other baptism

in

which

we

shared

came from one

of the

most

closed

villages

in

which

we've worked. For

over 3

years there

has been

but one Christian family ip

the

whole town. The brethren

(Continues on

column

2)

there

have

been

diligent

in

their witness, both

in word

and life; but no responses

had ever been detected. Then

a few weeks ago, on one

of

my

visits, I was greeted with

the

news that a neighbor lady

had

made a decision to accept

Christ. Carmen came

that day

and shared in our

Bible study

and

expressed

her faith

in

Christ as the

Son

of God.

Again, a date

was

set

for her

baptism, and much

prayer was

offered up

for

her

and

her

family, for

her

son is very

rebellious

and an

alcoholic.

On

the

day of the bap

tism,

we

encountered Carmen

on the road leading into town.

I as

startled; .

but we

learned

that she'd

left

home

early

to meet

us because her

son

was in an

uproar, speak

ing

of

evicting her

flpom

the

home, etc.

I

asked Carmen if,

in the light of these devel

opments, she still wished

to

obey the Lord.

Her

answer

was a simple, Yes, I cannot

turn back now.

Praising

God,

we gathered up

the Christian

family

and

traveled

a few

kilometers to another beauti

ful

lake,

where Carmen

was

born of the water.

Just 4 baptisms—yet they

have

meant a great deal to

us,

as we see again the

power

of God

and the impact

of the

Gospel

upon those who recog

nize their spiritual need.


12/13

BnnnSTRSAT

$'S AND SENSE

For years we have talked

about

having a Christmas

re

treat.

Why Christmas? Well,

for

one

thing,

everyone

has

Christmas

vacation; and

for

another thing, the weather is

always

nice

and warm, with no

rain

to

worry about. That's

what

we said, friends.

So

this year, we acted.

As it turned out, we were

right about vacations—in

fact,

we

had

almost twice

as

many

campers

as

we

had expec

ted 70

instead

of

40). But

we were dead wrong about

the

weather--a cold snap hit Mex

ico and dropped morning tem

peratures here

into the upper

20's. Have you ever slept

through a

20°

night

on

a con

crete floor in

a

dormitory

room, with

virtually

no heat

and with a 6-inch airspace

between wall and roof?

It

was

teeth-chattering

time on the

campgrounds,

believe me

However,

in spite of it

all, things went reasonably

well. Our hayride wagon

was

crammed, but since

it

was so

cold, nobody cared. And our

6

a.m. prayer walk to a near

by

dam

brought

some

spiritual

warmth to

a

frosty morning.In

short,

it

was

a

beginning;and

the

planners

learned a lot.

I believe there will be other

retreats

in

the months

ahead.

But I suspect there

will

be a

heavy

run on

blankets just

before things begin next time,

just in

case

In

many

ways, Mexico's

economy

stabilized during

1977.

However, with the

sta

bility has come

the

specter

of

inflation.

Consumer prices

rose

36% in the

year, and the

relaxation of government

con

trols allowed many firms

to

hike

prices.

In the work

of

evangelism

in

the Bajio, the greatest

crunch

has been to radio.

Prices

have

risen

drastically

(over 50%) at 4

stations, and

these

unprecedented

increases

have

caused

revisions

to

be

made in the mission's budget

ing. Nonetheless, praise God,

we have not had to cut back

on

any

of our programing. At

the same time, we have been

assured that we will soon be

allowed to broadcast here in

the

city. We do not know

what,

the

cost

will be;

but

we are praying

that when the

door

opens we

will

be ready

to go through

it.

ODdS

October: First-ever

Hallo

ween party for the youth here.

35

screams

and 5 "no-go-ins"

to

the

Spook

House.

November: A

great Thanks

giving: Reunion with Mary

and Nathan,as well

as

with my

Dad and

sister,

in

Texas.

December:

3

major programs;

retreat;23

for

Christmas meal;

made

radio tapes;TV

football.


13/13

FAMILY AFFAIRS

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N f l i t k a n

^

borMio as n

1

Tox.

I

uess

you can tell

what the

big

news is in our

family

at

the moment. We

are

so

grateful to

God

for

sending

us

such

a

beautiful,

healthy baby

boy (just

like

his Daddy

ordered).

And

I'm

personally

thankful

that

he's such

a good

baby—he

sleeps through

the

night

and

has

since

he

was a week old.

Believe

me,

that was high up

on

my

list of wants.

The only

bad

thing a-

bout

this whole adventure

was having our family sepa

rated. Norm

and Heather

stayed

in

Mexico while

I

went to be with my parents

in Illinois for Nathan's

birth,

so it is hard for me

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column 2)

to tell

you

about

the fami

ly

since

I'm

not

sure

what

all went

on in

the other

half

of the household. Norm

seems to have managed fairly

well, though. He sent

Heather to school

each

day

with

brush and comb and the

teacher s

aide fixed

her

hair (he

didn't

say how he

managed week-ends)

and

he

organized a birthday

party

for

her. And Heather only

lost two pairs of

shoes

while I was gone, so

I

guess

things

didn't

go

too

badly.

But now, thanks

to co

operative doctors, Enfamil,

and

the

Wright

brothers,

we

are

back together

as

a

fam

ily—disorganized,

but happy.

And for this we are also

grateful to God.

We

are

also

grateful to

you who shared in our ad

venture

with

your cards,

letters, gifts,

and—most

of

all—your prayers. It

has

made

our joy

even

greater to

know

that

you share it also.

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Income

7/1 -

10/30/77 6544.55

Expenses

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