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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTERBible Bhavan, 3/83, Vishnupuri, Kanpur 208-002, India

(or Box 3, P.O. Nawabgani, Kanpur 208-002, IndiaJANUARY 1979

BEST BIRTHDAY YET

Some birthdays stand out more memorable than ethers. I remember 19U0when my Aunt Mary gave me a greenquilt. I remember 19U7 when Williamand Jean R#land arranged for the de-ilivery of my portable organ on the |happy day. I remember the Eugene'Barbees celebrating one of my birth-!days in Wichitaj Kansas. I remember'a very quiet birthday in Madras in'1973 when no one suspected, and my^Oth birthday in 197U aJid the sur-'prise visit of Frank and Marie Rem-'pie from West Africa. ;

My $Uth birthday will be remem-'bered because two of my wards, DinaNath and Arvind Solomon, were baptized and born into the Kingdom ofGod. Dina Nath is the blind boywhose admission into the hostel wasreported in the last newsletter.Arvind is the boy who helped me onfour occasions to present a dialogue on baptism at four differentchurches.

The seven boys at present in thehouse began the day by singing"Happy Birthday," and presenting mewith a box of candy bearing thenote, "Dearest Daddy, Many Happy Re

turns of the Day from your affectionate children.

Harinam is now well launched intothe pig bristles business by whichhe hopes to make himself a rich man.First he gave his company a Hinduname to which I objected. He thenchanged it to "Ralph Bristles Company." The name was no doubt veryappropriate but it gave me fits. Ithink that I have finally convincedhim that Ralph Pig Bristles would donothing for my reputation, and thatI really did not care for the honor.

Harinam and his bristles are dueto vacate the back room from 12-31.

The Bible Book Store sold moremerchandise during November thandiiring any other month since it wasestablished 21; years ago. Dec^-mberis not expected to be so high..

Frcn ITovcr.ibor 2l;th to 26th, two ofus made a 3^0 mile tour in the threewheeled Chariot selling our merchandise in three towns. From December 8to 11 we made another tour of morethan 200 miles and covered 3 moretowns.We were therefore beginning to]run short of stock well before 12-2^.On the first trip, we had three flat

tires and reached our - furthermost!destination twenty hours behind:schedule. On the second trip we got!stuck in the sand while crossing the!Jumna River, Through it all we lean-!

^ned that you can have troubles with-!I^cnxt being troiibled. I

The fuel shortage in Kanpur was;more difficult to laugh at as it=affected our stomachs. Propane and!kerosene were not available and rayjcook was having difficulty cooking!

lindian food on an electric hot plate-and that for seven people. Reluctan-!tly he began to cook with coal but:coal is also getting scarce. Power!house employees have also gone onstrike and our state is likely to beplunged into darkness (and all hot,!plates chilled) at any moment, ;

During my visit to Ragaul, I was!happy to find some improvement both;in the church and in the living con-:ditions of the Christians there. In!Hamipur, the church seems to be at ivery low ebb but the school is doing >well and there is some hope for thefuture, j

None of the Kanpur churches have 1made any significant progress in *78 'but something is there. As I write :this, the house is resounding withthe noise of children as they practice their Christmas play. At least !"ttie Christmas program in Vishnupuriis going to be better than last

;years,; After a break due to an attack of :jMalaria, Mangal Singh is now verybusy in his new press (formerly our 'press.) He has started the printing

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of "What Kind of a Person Should IBe," and its companion, "SomeThings that are Definitely Bad"has been held up for several monthsBdue to a bottleneck on Ihe printing of the covers(but thid problemh3 also now been jovercome!.

As reported in the last issue, mytem as secretary of tiie DnitedChristies Commitiiee of, Kanpur ry-pired and, happily, I was not elgi- Ible for a third term. As it turned /out, however, I only exchanged the /secretaryship for the presidents Iship. On all previous occasions, I ^insisted that Indian nationals bethe presidents but this time I justup and accepted it.

Mir, H.L, Khoji, whom I baptisedsix years ago,asked me to come overto his house on December 5th forsome unspecified purpose.When I gotthere I found that I was to inaugurate a new congregation of the churches of Christ-an idea I had put inhis mind when I baptized him. Notonly was I to cut the ribbon at thedoor but I was to lead the inauguralservice making up the program as Iwent along.On previous occasions, Ihad already solemnised the openingof a shop and a dispensary for Mr.Khoji,neither of which survived formore than a year, j After the Government made us give Sup publishing ourHindi magazine, itr, Khoji has beenputting it out in a more | or lesshaphazard manner. 'But thank God forbrethren like Mr, Khoji who are atleast doing something. Next to thelittle chapel he has opened, he hasthe beginnings of a printing press.

CONTRIBUTIONSOCTOBER Jm NOVEMBER, 1978

Home Church and Area;Clinton Church $200.00The Walter Handwerks 300.00The Walter Swigarts 4^.00Orrville Loyal Bereans ^0.00Mrs. Robert Meade !L0.00Perry Christian Church lU.OOMrs. Madgelene Bowen 30.00Other Ohio Donors;Doris Black 10.00Sebring Church .00Bladensburg Loyal Daughters 60.00Linden Church 1^0.00Old Stone Missionary 1^0.00Branch Hill Church 60.00Linden Women*s Guild ^0.00Linden Hcmebuilders 100.00Mr. & Mrs. C. Stephens 2^.00Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Holdren 75*00Bordering States;Burlington,Ind., Miss*y Soc.200.00Mr. Prank Reas 30.00Stanley Vincent 20.00New Ross Church 110.00Dr. Thomas Omer, 2^.00Katherine G. Hardin 25.00Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Dcmke,Mc. 200.00Oak Grove Church, Pa. 25.00Louise R. Rambo 20.00Sylvia Rosser, W.Va. 20.00Other Eastern States;Flora Church, 111. 50.00ribreeville Church. Tenn. 90.00Capital City Church, N.C. 36.00West of the Mississippi: !Loretta Huntington, Iowa ^*00Dr. W.J. Schulte & Family bO.OONeeper Church, Mo. p9.0ULiberty Sunday School iiO.25Lqyal Women, Wymore, Neb. 20.00Wapato Church, Wash. 50.00

Minnehaha Church, Wash. $20.00Dr. Donald P. Peel.Texas 25.00TOTiU. CONTRIBUTED $23iUi.29

Besides these there were severalother very generous gj^ts given for

'personal use and these are notjbeing listed here.

EKPENDITURESfrom 10-20-78 to 12-19-78

iSalary, two months $300.00^Audited expenses of Kanpur, Mission Committee 510.00Kirkbride Bible Co. 9051iMedical expenses for a boy

named Satish 25.10Other extra medical expenses 25 .U3Extra Educational help 33*00Extra for Work Projects 56.UUOther Benevolence 7*75TOTAL EXPENDED $10^8,26

SUMMARYDeficit on 10-19-78 $ 5U9.83Add Amount Expended loii8.26Total Debits 1598.09Figure in Contributions 23Uli.29Balance on 12-19-78 $7i|.6.20

We of the Clinton Church are missing two of our saints, Mrs. EllaHayes and Mrs. Helen Lieb who recently went to be with the Lord. Theyloved and were loved. Helen hadnot recovered from the shock oflosing her husband Tony a fewjmonths earlier.

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the Kanpur Medical College took offfor Delhi wearing his friend's watchwithout telling his friend. The owner of the watch together with othermedical students jumped to the conclusion that the watch had been stolen by one of the servants. For afull day they kept beating the servant trying to get him to tell wherehe had hidden the watch, finallyleaving his dead body at the adjoining hospital. Three of the studentsEre in jail while two are still inhiding, or running.

Our faithful houseboy Salim had abrother-in-law who came to Kanpurfor hospital treatment. "When allhope of his recovery was gone, Salimforcibly removed him from the hospital in an attempt to get him back tohis home before he died. Unfortunately the poor fellow breathed hislast enroute.

One of the hostel boys, Peter,went to donate a pint of blood tothe above patient but the doctor refused to take it when Peter couldnot tell the patient's name. Thedoctor suspected that Peter wasselling his blood. One of the churchboys standing there began to arguewith the doctor and the doctor endedup taking his blood instead,

I am not sure exactly what happened but my guess is that the busahead of me was carrying a pane ofglass on its roof. As it turned acorner, the pane came loose, sailedgracefully through the air andsmashed into a million pieces at thecurb. It was as though the devil hadaimed it at me but my guQx.di''^ '^ -angelsaved me.

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HAETER THROBSNEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER

Bible Bhavan, 3/83, Vishnupurl, Kanpur 208-002, India(or Box 3, P.O. NawabganI, Kanpur 208-002, India

MARCH 1979TIMES OF CONTRAST

The first days of the new yearj There was enjoyment In the visitwere a time of sadness as we learned!to the border city of Amrltsar andof the death of Frank Rempel In Can-!the Golden Temple of the Sikhs. Iada and of a cousin In Clinton both;also visited the park where theof whom died of the same thing onlBrltlsh massacred some hundreds ofthe same day. I Indians In 1919. However, I came

There was a time of laughter when away from there with the distinctthe police delivered a notice that l|Impression that there Is very littlewas being charged with carrying 131 holiness In the "holy city" ofpassengers In my Chariot and tijat 11 Amrltsar.was not wearing a driver's unif|orm.i Happily the times of progress andI would be willing to pay the fine encouragement outshone the times ofIf the police would demonstrate howidiscouragement and distress,to pile 13 passengers Into the thing! After Its reorganization, our pub-and still get it to move. The jmls-i1ishing work (now called Bible Bha-understandIng has since been cleared!van Publications) Is going fullup with the authorities. 'speed ahead. The spark for this Is

It Is a time of continued distress!the extra money Lawrence Lazarus re-at the steady backsliding of Harinamjcelves when he works hard,who has chosen to run after i thej The Vishnupurl Church Is showingthings of this present world, mere|signs of revival. On their own In It-are many wild tales making 1thej latlve they have begun Sunday even-rounds and I think that only j Godj Ing services In a new nfelghborhood.knows what the whole truth Is. j | As the new mission effort was be-

There was an hour of pleasure as liing Inaugurated, I could not helpwatched the annual military pajrade!,but think as to what my InfluenceIn the cap Ito 1 New Delhi on Jan.j 26. "'had been In the matter. My conduit was well worth the discomforti of slon was that It was probably not sohaving to squar three hours on! the much what I did as what I didn't do.sidewalk. ! i was content to take a back seat

and let others do things. Others weregiven the opportunity to developtheir gifts, Wliat they did was oftenobjectionable but they gradually improved, I also refrar'jied from talcingsides in their quarre?LS, and I avoidedprejudices like the plague.

But don't get the impression that Ihave not been preaclmigj it is justthat I preach at other places morethan I preach to the congregation thatmeets in my house.

The preachers for tlie Sunday services at my house are chosen by alottery system, Bver2''one attendingthe prayer meeting iTid-tes down threenames on tliree separate slips ofpaper, Tliey may write differentnames or the same name three times.These s3.ips are folded^ thoroughlymixed, prayed over and twirled in anopen vessel. As the slips fall outof the vessel they are numbered 1 to10 and these ten persons became thesermonizers for the next ten Sundays,At the last drawijig, I only got oneof the ten places. Tlie undrawn ballots are imiiiediately burned and itmakes no difference if the smoke iswhite or black.

During the season referred to asLent which this year runs frcm Feb,28th to April l^th, I wiU be preaching almost every evening in different areas of the ci"i^\r.

Once again this year, I will beparticipating in the Sat Tal Ashramwhich will be held in the mountainsftom May 20th to June 10th. After 'that I majr stay another ten days inthe area and enjojr the cool air.

Once again we were ve^_fortunate toreceive a gone^us/^antj from theTate Memorial TiCTor Smithvillc,

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stora^^^publishing.

My booklet, "Lessons from theSchool of Faith," is printed andwaiting for its cover, I did notproceed with the printing of theadditional four chapters since thisis an era when books have to besmall enough to read in one sitting.Later I will print another bookleton "Mo3?e Lessons,,.,",

Second editions are on the pressof the Hindi translations of C,J,Sharp's "Bible for Youth," and LeeCarter Maynard's "Helping Hand,"

We two miliion residents of Kan-pur have beeii having difficulty inmailing our letters due to the un- availability pf ppstage stampsT^There is" a .long line of 'peSpldwaiting to use the single frankingmachine available at the head post-office downtown.

National, politics have quieteddown for the time being but statepolitics are in turmoil. The schoolsare operating

CONTRIBDTIOKSDECEIVER 1978 and JAMJARY I979

Home Church and 'Areas

Marcella McKinney, Ho. 1,00Lord^s Treasury, Neb. 100.00Virginia Templeton, Texas 10.00Miss Nellie Copley, Wash. 20.00VJapato Church 33.00TOTAL CONTRIHJTED $337?ill(Besides Cliris'fe'iias gifts)

EXIENDITURESfrom 12-20-78 to 2-IU-79

Salarjr, two months $300.00'Audited expenses of Kanpur

Mission Committee 3700.00National Miss*Y. Convention 26.50Mr, V.Walter for year^cs heD-xo

as Kan'our treasurer 165.00TOTAL EZFEi^ED

ClintonnCFirst ChurchThe Walter Sid-gartsMrs. Madgalene BowenRittman Missionary GuildMrs. Robert MeadeThe Walter HandworksMrs. Leona B. BlytheMary E. BarnettOrrville Loyal BereansBarry Christian ChurchOther Ohio DonorssCertain CousinsOld Stone MissionaryMiss Dorotly SchmaleDoris BlackLinden HcmiebuildersLinden ChurchSebring ChurchBladensburg Loyal Daughters 20.00Branch Hill Church j 6O.OONeighboring States; j

& Mrs. Rambo, Pa.The Lewis NicholsonsOalc Grove ChurchFollansbee W,M.S,G,,W,Va,The Cleo Blalces, Ind.Stanley VincentFranlc ReasKenneth Bade

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Portland Singles & Doubles |200.00Tate Memorial FundOther Eastern StatessFlora Church, 111.Capitol City, N.C.Embreeville Church,Tenn.West of the ItlssissippisMrs. Leland E. RaynorjCal,Loretta Huntington, IowaThe Melvin Hanlcs, Kan.Neeper Church Mo.Liberty Sunday H^ool

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Tlieso extra funds have been a tremendous he 113 in financing our enlarged program of piblishing. Tlie costof housing is also going up due to

-..:Sgi^iss^_t^es.Despite the ups and downs of the

American dollar, it has not varied-toe much as far as India is concerned but has stayed near to eight rupees ix)r dollar. ^Previously it ha,dgone UX3 to as much as nine and asfar doxra as seven. Up in New Delhi,tourists are offered 12 to 1 forcash by the illegal traders.

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left our hostel but he still considers himself to be a member of ourfamily. His membersiiip is of doubtful value because even as he agestowardJOj he is a naughty boy

'~Tomr/^'s lilce the boy vrho called'*V7olf, wolf" when there was no wolf.

Several months ago when I stoppedin Jhansi for a couple of hours tovisit TomjTiy, I was surprised to findthat the people with whom he sta;57edwere all dressed in their Sundaybest, had their house all fancied upand had cooked a special meal. Laterit came out that Tomy had told themthat I was bringing a girl with mewho was interested xn marr^nlng theirson.

During a recent visit to Xanpur hotold a lady that she would soon haveto vacate her house' because thechurch was bu;7lng it to provide aplace for me to live. She rushed tomy house all hot and bothered onlyto find that it was one of Tommy'slittle jokes.

On another occasion, due to a fibTominy told, a man and his daughterrushed UOO miles to sec the son ofthe famj.ly who was said to be seriously !!., At such thiies one doesnot laiow whether to -be hajppy orajigiy. ijeriirny is tho knnd :of chop whomevor^ody loves but whoifi nobody'" contrust. It is too bad that ho feels

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HARTER THROBSNEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER

BIBLE BHAVAN, 3/83, VISHNUPURI, KANPUR 208-002. INDIA(or Box 3, P.O. NawabganI, Kanpur 208-002,India

MAY 1979

SPRING TRIPSAs 1 have mentioned several times

before, hundreds of house meetingsare held in the city of Kanpur during the six weeks before Easter. Although they are held in the name of"Lent," a name unfamiliar to peoplewho are in the habit of calling Bible things by Bible names, still itis obvious that the preaching of somuch Bible in the city has not failed to bring forth fruit. It hasbeen a joy to see people growingspiritually during these weeks. Manyhave preached for the first time,others have leo meetings for thefirst time, and still others haveprayed in public for the first time.Many Bibles nave been sold andchurch attendance has soared. Theword "Lent" is from an Anglo-Saxonword meaning springtime, and what anappropriate time tnat is for renewing one's faithi

During the 42 days, I was happyfor 39 opportunities to teach God'sword, mostly from the first twochapters of Epheslans. It has beenmy aim to teacn Ephesians so thatchildren could understand it. Thereis a challenge for you!

Preparations for the city's annualEaster Dawn Service also occupied agreat deal of my time. Not only were,there the worries of the president-,ship but I also got saddled withjplanning the program and arranging'for busses. About 4000 persons are*expected to attend at 4 a.m. on"Easter Sunday morning. The pepplejthen go home, collapse into bed anddo not stir again until afternoon.^Except for the dawn service, other:,Easter Sunday services are not wieir,attended. One beautiful feature ofthe service is the array of candle-ylight processions of singing saints.[

As usual I will be out of town on.Easter. The annual invitation came^from Kulpahar but not before, I had^accepted one from Allahabad. A thirdinvitation came from the state ofGujarat, a section of India which Ihave never yet visited.

Through the years we have given agreat deal of help to the Christiansof Ragaul, the town where Mrs. ZoenaRothermel worked for fifty years;. Wehave educated and trained many oftheir young people and some of themhave lived in our hostel. This year

we are helping the Christians thereby donating $250 for the reconstruction of their wel1.

Our old printing shop which wasmade autonomous eight months ago isdoing very well.Manga 1 Singh didn'tget along very well with Mahesh Pandey when both were employed by usbut they have since found out thatthey are useful to each other. Bothare once, again working side by sidewith Mangal as employer and Maheshas employee. Mangal has also employed the nephew of our cook.

Encouraged by this we have taken asmall and cautious step toward giving autonomony to our book store. Anadvisory committee of seven of ourchurch members has been chosen tolay the groundwork for this. If theadvisory committee does as well as Ithink they will, they could soonfind themselves the owners of one ofthe finest Christian bookshops innorth India. They would however continue to need financial assistancefrom the mission for an indefiniteperiod.

With more than normal difficulty,Harinam finally found himself another place to live and process hispig bristles. The severance was agreat shock to him and he has notyet recovered from it. I was therefore very surprised when one of theyoung Christian men of our neighborhood arrived at my door sellingpackets of "Ralph Detergent." Thisis at least an Improvement overRalph Pig Bristles. The instructionssay that you should put a cup ofRalph in a half-bucket of water and

stir vigorously. Also, if you useRalph, you do not have to heat yourwater or add bluing, nor will youhave to dry your clothes in the sun.The manufacturer (Harinam) promisesthat Ralph will save your money andyour hands and that your clotheswill get whiter with less work. Letus hope that all of the ladies willlike Ralph and that once-prettyhands will not want to wring Ralph'sneck.

Sometime during the sunmier many ofyou will receive copies of my latestbook, "lessons from the School ofFaith,"which have been sent to youby seamail. Seamail is taking longerand longer these days.

The traffic police of Kanpur haverecently succeeded in transformingour city into a place with readablelicense plates, and that takes alittle bit of explaining. The situation is that in India we are responsible for making our own licenseplates or otherwise painting thenumbers on our vehicles. Numbers forprivately used vehicles must bewhite on black. In recent years thenumbers in Kanpur have become moreand more artistic and less and lessreadable until the police finallyhad their full of it. Almost everyone in town had to have their numbers repainted, including myself.

The Lord willing, I will be in thehills for a month beginning May 18.As previously announced, three weeksof that time will be spent teachingand preaching at the Sat Tal Ashram.Letters often go astray when I amaway from Kanpur.

CONTRIBUTIONSFEBRUARY and MARCH-1979

Home Church and Area:Clinton First Church $400.00M/M Bill Williams 5.00Orrville Loyal Bereans 20.00M/M P.M. Hawkins v 20.00Southwest Women's Miss. 20.00M/M Walter Handwerk 124.00M/M Walter Swigart 50.00Mrs. Madgalene Bowen 60.00M/M H.L. Drollinger 200.00Mrs. Robt. Meade 10.00Other Ohio Donors:Doris Black 10.00Miss Dorothy Schmale 60.00Old Stone Missionary 40.00Bladensburg Loyal Daughters50.00Linden Womens Guild 50.00Sebring Church 5.00Lewis Holdren 75.00Eugene Close 50.00Bordering States;Oak Grove Church, Pa. 75.00Stanley Vincent, Ind. 20.00West Walnut St.,Church,Ind.45.00M/M Ralph Clary, J^. 50.00Kellie Story, j^. 25.00Other Eastern States:Flora First Christian,ILL. 40.00Leroy 3rd Graders and

Hearthtenders, 111. 30.00Capital City,N.C. 56.87Jennifer L. McMurray,Va. 30.00West of the Mississippi;Neeper Church,Loretta Huntington, IowaWymore Loyal Women,Neb.Miss Nellie Copley,Wash.Wapato Christian Church.Wash.

30.00TOTAL CONTRIBUTED $1768.77

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EXPENDITURESfrom 2-15-79 to 4-19-79

Salary, two months $300.00Audited expenses of Kanpur

Mission Committee 1550.00Restoration Review

(The following expenses arefor four months)

Extra for Education 121.68Extra for sick persons 66.28Committee expenses 17.50TOTAL EXPENDED $2062.46

SUMMARYDeficit on 2-14-79 70.09Amount Expended 2062.46Total Debits 2132.55Less Contributed 1768.77Deficit on 4-19-79 363.78

LATEST NEWSDuring my Easter weekend in Alla

habad, it was my privilege to baptize the 69 year old sister of Mrs.John Zamen. Some years ago, Mr. andMrs. Zamen supervised the Kanpurwork during one of my furloughs. Mr.Zamen is now 79, Mrs. Zamen 80. Thesister was taught and prepared bythem but Mr. Zamen is too weak nowto do any baptizing himself.

As for the Easter Dawn Service,the newspapers reported the attendance at 13,000 but I suspect thatthe figure is highly exaggerated. Inany case, it does seem that itwas the largest number of Christiansto ever assemble In Kanpur, and thatat four in the morning.

Please send your contributions toMiss Florence Douglas, 1111 N.Main St.Joplin, Mo. 64801. Thanks!

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JULY 1979MID-SUMMER SUMMARY

At the time of writing this I am still in the hills. It will still be very hot whenI reach Kanpur on June 21st but the rainy season will start soon after.

During this "vacation," I preached five times, taught two classes, and served asecond term as "Pharoah" of the ashrom. The "Pharoah" supervises the daily work period (d to 9 a.m.) It remains to be seen how much writing I will be able to do beforeleaving here.

June-5th was full of surprises. At 9:^5 I was called away from hearing a lectureWith the news that I had been chosen to be a member of the Sat Tal Ashram Committee.Before lunch I was chosen to be the editor of the Golden Jubilee Brochure, and afterlunch I became a member of the Executive Committee.

An unexpected invitation has also come from the principal of Hudson Memorial Girl'sSchool in Kanpur. Having heard of the Bible study I hold on Wednesday evenings atthe Methodist High School, the staff at Hudson wants a similar Bible class for themselves. My charge for this service is a free supper, which of course also adds tothe fellowship.

Schools Will be reopening in July. We will mostly be supporting the same twelvestudents as we did last year but one or two cases are undecided.

Deenanath, the blind boy will most likely continue on in our hostel although hismarks from last year are not yet known.

Arvind however failed in one subject and has expressed a desire to learn motormechanics. The possibility of his admission to a training school was beinq investigated. ^

We may also be supporting a student in the Central India Bible College at Bllaspurand another boy in male nursing training, *

Last issue when I reported that we were repairing the well at Ragaul, I did not knowthat Mrs. Rothermel (who worked at Ragaul) had already died on April 7th in Cincinnati.of hlT Plaque at the well saying that the well was repaired in memory

Harinam's product "Ralph Detergent" is not proving to be an honest product, so I amafraid that the chap is headed In a very wrong direction.

In fact I have had enough failures recently to be thoroughly discouraged.Before^ leaving Kanpur; I sent Sunil Desiloa to Shadahanpur to investigate the

possibilities of training there. He returned from half-way saying that he had'beenrobbed while he dozed and that he had lost all of his documents. In the meantime Ihave seen indications that he has not corrected the fault in his character for which Iexpelled him from the hostel in April, 1978. It could well be that God is punishinqhim. ^

The Swarupnagar Church has had some unwanted excitement. Originally the man whosold us the land for our church building sold us 500 sq. ft. and gifted us 350 sq. ft.Later he reduced the gift to 150 sq. ft. and then later he decided not to gift us anyat all. In the meantime, with his permission, a temporary building was built, a corner of which extended over onto the portion he had gifted to us. On May 21st thisfellow demolished that corner of our building. The loss suffered by us is not toomuch and 500 sq. ft. will be sufficient for our needs. Demolishing church buildings,however, is not the sort of activity I would recommend to persons past the age of 70who are soon to meet their maker.

The Sat Tal Ashram is available (more or less free) for youth camps. In the Indiancontext, though, it is necessary to pay all of the travelling and feeding expenses ofthose attending. For persons attending from Kanpur, that would mean about $15 perperson for as many people as you wanted to attend the camp. An attendance of 50 wouldcost $750, or Rs. 6000/-. The question has alsays been, do we want a camp that badly?The program which I attend here every summer is not very suitable for young people,nor for those who do not know English.

If you are hungry for a letter to read, try re-reading the letters you write.The reprinting of the Hindi edition of C.J. Sharp's, "Bible for Youth" is now

finished. The reprinting of the Hindi edition of Lee Carter Maynard's "Helping Hand,"has now been taken up.

The advisory committee for the book store is wanting us to replace Mr. Reuben inthe book store. Mr. Reuben has been an honest employee and has done his work fairlywell. At 70 years of age, however, he is lacking the vim and vigor needed to expandthe book store's ministry. Serious thought is being given to a successor to Mr.Reuben, and also how to reduce the hardship to Mr. Reuben. Mr. Reuben married lateand he still has two children to support. He has been our employee about ten years.

Earthquakes are fairly common In the Himalayas but I was never so badly shaken asI was at ^:30 a.m. on May 21st. Because we had been swapping tiger stories the nightbefore, many of the ashramites thought that a tiger was either under their bed ortrying to break into their room. As for me, I was saying "Jesus, Jesus," and tryingto find the front door in the dark and without my glasses. Before I could get thedoor open the quaking stopped. I went back to bed and slept soundly for another twohours as though nothing had happened.

There had been rumors of a harmless tiger in the area but he probably fled to aquieter place when the summer rush of tourists began. For several nights we heardthe barking of "Barking Deer," and there are some monkeys around. Otherwise the areais known for its beautiful birds and butterflies, and the lakes are full of fish.

During the last four days of my stay in the hills, I wi 11 visit the small town ofMukteshwar which is at a higher altitude. Because this is my first visit to Muktesh-war, I don t know what kind of a place it is but it must be one of the corners of theworld.^ The road going into Mukteshwar stops there so the only way to get out of theplace is to go back down the road on which you came up.

One of Kanpur's Rotary clubs very generously decided to build a pedestrian bridgeover one of Kanpur's busiest intersections. The work was begun by burying twoeighteen foot steel girders. Sometime during the night following, someone went and"stole the bridge away." The site was within sight of the city's main police station.

At last report, three thousand persons in Kanpur were sick with Jaundice. Pollutedthe cause of this.

my stay at Sat Tal from three to four weeks. It looks ashave to extend it to six weeks. Dr. E.Stanley Jones used to

here.rambling newsletter. Due to bad communications,

there is no financial report this month. There isn't much news from Kanpur either because during the month I have only received two letters from Kanpur. This newsletterlacks organization because 1 don't have a typewriter up here so for these and othersins, I ask your forbearness.

Don't forget the address of our forwarding agent. Miss Florence Douglas, 1111 N.Main St., Joplin, Mo. 6A801.

drinking water is oftenThis year f extended

though next year I willspend three months of every summer

This has been a more than usual

TIME AND ETERNITYMay 1st was one of the saddest days of my life when we buried lA year old Anita

Azod who had died in a traffic accident.It set me to thinking that age doesn't mean as much

think that lA is very young and Sk (Mrs. Rothermel) isal L Jtha-t- much- d-U-fer^snce tc-God.

Since a "thousand years is as one day to the Lord," then one hundred years is onlytwo hours and twenty-four minutes. So when I get to heaven and meet my maternalgrandfather who died in 1901, he is likely to say, "oh, I have only been here acouple of hours myself."

If Anita's mother lives another fifty years, she will only be one hour and twelveminutes behind her daughter.

Or look at it this way. When God says "Wait a minute," He means something likeeight months and ten days.

It is also fantastic to think that Adam was created only six days ago, and it hasbeen only two days since Christ died and rose again. Since God rested on the seventhday and since Christ rose early in the morning on the third day, some believe thatthis is another indication that our era will end about the year 2000.

When we place some of our problems onto the dimension of eternity, they sink andfade into insignificance and disappear.

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NOVEMBER 1979OUR MOTLEY CREW

It must be said for our house that it is usually an interesting place full of interest-ting people.

There is Deenanath the blind boy now studying in the 12th grade. He manages to comeand go around here all by himself and with a pretty quick step. The house resounds withhis tape recorder and talking book and we have had to request him not to play them before 6 a.m. He is visited by many of his sightless friends. Deenanath travels for ithfare and easi1y_finds hIs way to places 1ike Lucknow, Aligarh, Delhi and-Bombay

We recently had a second blind person staying with us when we were visited by ourfriend Samuel Mohan Singh who is an expert musican singer and composer of hymns. Healso canes chairs and tunes pianos and preaches good sermons.

For the past two years our house has been filled with the music of David Morar whoowns an accordian. He receives invitations to play for meetings all over Kanpur and heIs often rushed to get back here before we lock the gate at 9:30 p.m. David is tall,rugged and bearded, and a college student.

The Lord introduced a whole new element to our house when He sent us sweet 12 year oldUsevius, also known as Kuku. We have not often kept children in our dormitory and it requires a change in the style of living. It of course has its rewards as we benefit fromthe freshness of a child's mind. "What are you going to do tonight?" I asked him once."I'm going with you" he answered, when hehad no idea where i was going. Some times hemust regret having gone with me such as the night he had to endure a two hour meeting ofthe Cemetery Board. Kuku's father died two years ago and he had not been in schoolsince then. As a result he had to be put back into the Second Grade when he should havebeen in the Fifth.

Then there is a new convert named Ranjlt. Ranjit had been in training to become anelectrician but his father stopped It because he was reading the Bible too much, andlater his father made him leave home. Ranjit is a quiet, meditative type. We are notyet sure what we are going to do in his case. His father is in Kanpur but his motherand sisters are in Calcutta.

The latest arrival is that of lhayat Mis iTi who sort of collapsed in on us. Born inl^npur, Inayat was raised in Kulpahar and trained to be a tailor. Recently he wanderedback to Kanpur where he lived In one of our dirtiest neighborhoods and soon became sick.We are fattening him up and sending him to his brother's home in Bokoro.

If these characters are not enough for you, there is Salim, the wily Musalman who ishere every day except Friday. Sixty-year-old Salim is both houseboy and property manager. Unable to read or write, his advice on worldly matters is mostly reliable. He isan avid supporter of Indira Gandhi. He works as hard as his precarious health permits,keeping the house clean and the garden full .of blooms. He is not as near to beingbaptized as he was.

Harl, in the kitchen, is interesting chiefly at mealtimes.In the bookstore, aging Mr. E.S. Reuben and young Joel are also not what you would

cal colorful characters but you would appreciate their devout and evangelistic way offulfilling their ministry.

Sitting in the middle of the house you will find Lawrence Lazarus who is in charge ofpublications. Sometimes you will find him typing out a translation on the Hindi typewriter, and at other times you will find him visiting with his friends. In the middleof the day, if you find him at all, he is likely to be stretched out on a row of foldingchairs.

At the end of September, I made my first visit to Kulpahar since Christmas. The foodand fellowship there are so enjoyable that it is almost as good as a visit to the U.S.I was very happy to see the big strides forward being taken by all of the missionariesthere.

The traveling to and from Kulpahar was not all that enjoyable. At the beginning wewere delayed H hours because our train was looted by robbers just before we got on.We came back to Kanpur on a bus so crowded that I had to hold Kuku on my lap for threehours. That was the day before his 12th birthday and his last ride by half fare. As weentered Kanpur, some smart kid celebrated his special year by throwing a brick at theentered Kanpur, some smart kidbus smashing a window.

There was an almost completehere was an almost complete failure of our rainy season this year. This has resulted in a very serious drought which the government is tackling on a v/ar footing. Ourelectricity is cut off from Ato 6 hours a day and we must close our bookshop an hourearly. Prices are rising and deisel oil is hard to get for trucks and busses. It willbe illegal this winter to use electric heaters.

should help Indira Gandhi get back in power in the national election whichIS due to be held early in January, It has often seemed that the weather helps Mrs.Gandhi.

CONTRIBUTIONSAugust and September.1979Home Church and Area:Clinton ChurchEast Sparta ChurchM/M Eugene CloseOrrville Loyal BereansRuth HandwerkM/M Walter SwigartMrs. Robert MeadeOrrvi1le ChurchSebring ChurchMadge line BowenOther Ohio Donors:Doris BlackBladensburg Loyal DaughtersM/M Lewis HoldrenPat MackDorothy SchmaleNeighboring States:Stanley Vincent,Ind.Jerry & Patricia YoungOak Grove Church, Pa.Sylvia Rosser, W.VaTHooverson Heights ChurchMissionary GroupOther Eastern States:Capital City, N.T^Flora Church, 111.West of Mississippi:Wymore Women, Neb.Minnehaha Church, Wash.Wapato ChurchNeeper Church, Mo.

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