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NFWS OF RAIPH HARTFR ON FIJRI nHfiH FRflM KANPIIR. IWniA ?982

Box 393> Clinton, Ohio, 9'i216; Telephone l-216-882-'l^t0i

Forwarding Agent: Florence Douglas, 1111 No. Main St.. Joplin, Mo. 6A8OI

APRIL, 1982

RETURN TO INDIA IN SIGHT

Although a definite date has not yet been set, I am hoping to return to India earlyin August, shortly after the North American Christian Convention in Kansas City. Inthe meantime, I will be visiting Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. Of summer camps, I am presently scheduled to participate at Lake James School of Missions,Camp Wapakoneta and Round Lake Christian Assembly.

As I write this, I am at home in Clinton, Ohio, for a two-week "Easter Break." During the past three months, I have been romping through Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri-r-Of BJbTe Ct5Heges, I ~\risi^ed tincaln Christian College, Louisville Bible College, College of the Scriptures, Kentucky ChristianCollege, Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Colegio Biblico, Ozark Bible College and CentralChristian College of the Bible. Earlier I had visited Alberta Bible College, GreatLakes Bible College and Roanoke Bible College. Coming up are visits to St. LouisBible College and Iowa Christian College.

Using a phrase of Roy Blackmore's, I touched a lot of bases. I visited a number offriends whom I had not seen for a long, long time.

Dr. Norma Sneed Small of Chekotah, Okla., gave me a quick "medical" and found myblood pressure was ok; no cholesterol, no infection, no anaemia, no sugar; and shecharged me no money. I am not, however, without feeling the effects of long smokybus trips, heavy suitcases, irregular habits, advancing years, increasing weight andnervous tension. Despite the enjoyment of many luxuries, I find my hands tremblingand my ears ringing.

My little typewriter has endured the miles better than I have. Three articles havebeen accepted by CHRISTIAN STANDARD,and another is under-.consideration by RESTORATIONHERALD.

The folk in Kanpur are carrying on very nicely during my absence. The boys in thehome are all reported well and happy. One of the employees, 70 year old Salim, hasbeen in the hospital with a heart ailment. The Kanpur church has had to go tocourt to force registration of the land which they purchased some years ago. Theowner of the house in" which I live has aTsO been causing some trouble to the^taff"in an attempt to increase the rent by 50^.

My parents, aunts and uncles have been gone for some time now. Left to me are mysister and her families, and various types of cousins and their families. They areall interesting people and I am the only one who can travel around the country andkeep a tab on them. It has occured to me that parents should do more to see thecousins know each other better. My maternal grandmother required all of her childrento correspond with a different cousin. As a result, my mother corresponded with acousin in Nebraska until the cousin dies. She never met the cousin but I did. Oneinteresting detail about my relations is that all of my great-grandparents are running out of male family name bearers. For example, 1 am the last descendant of mygreat-grandfather Harter to bear the name Harter.

Free copies of my booklets are still available by writingMrs. Florence Atha,300 E.Comet Rd., Clinton, Ohio AA216

The booklets which are available are:Lessons from the School of Faith (biographical)The Truth about Nicodemus

What Kind of a Person Should I Be

Some Things That are Definitely BadSame Story New TwistABCs of the Christian Faith

One other book. The Anatomy and Diseases of the Spiritual Eye, is being reprintedin Madras, India, and will be available in the U.S. in about six months time.

Among the new and interesting sights which I have seen during the past threemonths has been the city of Houston, the Alamo and the canals of San Antonio, andthe Dallas-Ft. Worth airports. At several of the libraries, like Lubbock, Texas, Iwas delighted to find the New Delhi newspaper, TIMES OF INDIA. I also enjoyed theBilly Graham Museum in Wheaton, Illinois.

Miss Douglas has begun her 29th year as our forwarding agent, not 28th as I saidin the last newsletter. Florence does not make many mistakes, and we know you willforgive her when she does. Continual appreciation is also due to Mabel Jeffries,Norman Maynard, Florence Atha, Almonta Markwood, the elders, Mary and Charles Knopf,and everyone else at Clinton who do so much for this missionary enterprise.

P.S. - Apr.13th - Praise The Lord - I just passed my driver's test. Thanks to LucyOtt for the use of her car and advice.

We are very thankful to you and to the Pa. Oak Grove Church $ 75.00Lord for the very loving and generous con W.Va. Hooverson Heights 118.16tributions sent through Jan.,1Feb.,Mar.'82. All God's Children

Contributions received after Mar.26 wi11 and Junior Girls 29.00be listed in the next report. Mich. The Edward Rondas

Gail en Perry15.0024.00

HOME CHURCH AND AREA OTHER EASTERN STATES

Clinton Church $865.00 111. Flora Christian Church 63.00Orrville Loyal Bereans 30.00 Mrs. Bhardwaj Paul 150.00Mrs. Walter Handwerk 330.00 Tenn. Embreeville Church 290.00Mrs. Madgalene Bowen 100.00 N.Car. Capital City Church 425.59Mr. £ Mrs.Harold Drollinger 300.00 WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

The Walter Swigarts 72.00 Okla. East Tulsa Church 25.00Mrs. Robert Meade 10.00 Tex. Arlington Church 50.00Mr. £ Mrs. P.M. Hawkins 20.00 Eagle Pass Iglesia 60.00Rittman Church of Christ 75.00 Ma this Church 25.00Perry Christian Church 10.00 Dr. D.F. Paul 120.00

OTHER OHIO DONORS Neeper Church 55.15Marion Church of Christ 28.00 Liberty Sunday School 68.00Bladensburg Loyal Daughters 60.00 Kan. Mr. £ Mrs. Melvin Hanks 40.00Linden Church 300.00 Wash. Wapato Church 85.00Linden Homebuilders 75.00 Miss Nel1ie Copley 20.00

Bladensburg Church 175.00 Calif. Mrs. Mildred Raynor 25.00Old Stone Missionary 140.00 Jerilee S. Nickerson 200.00

Sebring Church 20.00 Iowa Mrs.Loretta Huntington 150.00Dorothy Schmale 40.00 TOTAL CONTRIBUTED $6969.90The L.Nathan Blacks

Cincinnati Bible CollegeMrs. Pat Mack

Branch Hill Church

15.0060.0075.0060.00

NEIGHBORING STATES

Ind. Portland Singles S DoublesBO.OOA5.00

100.00

300.00130.00100.00

iDO.-ocr

50.0050.00

100.00

ko.oo15.00

100.00

50.00

Stanley VincentGarrett Church

Burlington ChurchKenneth Eade

Osgood Church CircleFr3TTk~R^^?

Kokomo Church of Christ

Worthington ChristianBright ChurchTraders Point Church

New Ross Church

East Union Church

Annie C. McKinneyKentucky Christian College

100.00

Union Christian Church 75.00Horse Cave Church 100.00

Dr. Thomas Omer 25.00Mr. and Mrs.Ralph Clary ^5.00Mt. Carmel Church 50.00Mt. Zion Church 58.00Grange City Church 284.00

EXPENDED FROM 1-1-82 to 4-10-82Salary, three months $ 600.00Mission work in Kanpur 4150.00Kanpur Church Bldg. Fund 3000.00Bibles S Books sent India 167.40Travel within U.S. 536.44Postage £ Telephone 62.08Victor Wal er (Kanpur) 150.00B1ind Ministry 45.00Advance on ticket to India 800.00

TOTAL EXPENDED

WRAP UP

Balance on hand 1-1-82Total Contributed

Bank charge mistakenly reportedin October newsletter

TOTAL RECEIPTS

Less ExpendedBALANCE 4-10-82

$9510.92-

$2541.346969.90

38.00$9549.249510.92

•$ 38.32

Please continue to send all contributionsthrough our forwarding agent:

Miss Florence Douglas1111 No. Ma i n St.

Joplin, Mo. 64801

Contribution from Jerilee S. Nickerson was given in memory of her father, Don E.Nickerson,

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 W. COMET RD.CLINTON, OHIO 44216

"Harter Throbs'

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JUL 1 9 1982

NEWS OP RALPH HARTER ON FURLOUGH FROM KANPUR, INDIA

Box 393, Clinton, Ohio 44216; Telephone 1-216-882-4401

Forv/arding Agent: Florence Douglas, 1111 N. Main St., Joplin, Mo.64801

JUNE 1982

LEAVING FOR INDIA AUGUST lOTH

The Lord willing in all things, I will be flying out of Philadelphia for India onAugust 10th. On the way, I will visit some former Kanpur residents who are now living inLondon. Following that, I will spend the weekend with Mary Esther Boonearts, daughter ofV/illiam and Jean Roland. Mary Esther and her husband Henki serve the Lord in Belgium.I am scheduled to reach India on August 18th. My air tickets and my visa for India areall irriiand.

And how do I look back on my past year in the U.S.? No doubt there are some mixed emotions, as there always are, but I do believe that it was all in the will of the Lord—andI am satisfied with that. In answer to the prayers of many both in India and the U.S.,God has granted me safe journeys and good health. I must admit to some dissatisfactionwith preachers and churches who did not answer my letters, and with churches who wereafraid to invite me for fear that it would burden their budget. Then there was the losingbattle v/ith calories and the V'^/aist 1 ine.

Since May 2Ath, I have been driving hundreds of miles around northeast Ohio. A lovely'77 Dodge Aspen has been lent to me by Forrest Fuller, a member of the Clinton Church.

During the past several months I have enjoyed some new experiences such as the Dunes ofLake Michigan, the Tulip Festival at Holland, Michigan, the V/orld's Fair at Knoxville,Chicago's "Magnificent Mile," and the grave of "Praying Hyde of India" at Carthage, Mo.For the second time I enjoyed the flowering crab trees of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Just incase you wondered, pleasure excursions are not financed from mission fund.

I may get to see some of you at the North American Christian Convention in Kansas City.I will not have a booth and so you will just have to catch me on the run. After that, Iwill return to Clinton for my final Sunday with the home church on August 1st. OnAugust 8th, I will speak in Harrisburg, Pa., and on the 9th I will visit with Dr. and MrsVictor Rambo in Phily. I wish it v/ere possible to call all of you up on the telephone tosay goodbye.

The news from India is mostly good. The blind boy, Deenanath, is just finished withhis college exams and it v.'i 11 be some time before his grades are known; but there is nodoubt in my mind but that he will pass and get his B.A. degree. Usevius, Sanjai andSushi 1 have all passed. There is a continuing problem with the owner of our house whichis awaiting my return to India.

Two articles of mine were published in the May 23rd andStandard. Extra copies of these articles, asfree from Mrs. Florence Atha, 300 E. Comet Rd.volunteer from the Clinton Church and is not

Florence Douglas in Joplin, Mo. The second editionSpiritual Eye" has been reprinted in Madras, India,able with Florence Atha. Send your order now!

It does not make any difference to us but for thefor our work in India had best be made out to "Clinton, Ohio First Church of Christ.For India Mission Work, may be noted in the bottom left-hand corner. We cash checksmade out to "Ralph Harter" but we would not recommend that you show your cancelled checkto the IRS. These checks payable to the Clinton Church should still be sent throughFlorence Douglas in Joplin, Mo. The Joplin bank account is the property of the ClintonChurch. The Joplin bank account may eventually be moved to Clinton but we would likefor Miss Douglas to continue as our forwarding agent for as long as God gives her thestrength to do the work.

One more happy memory! My sister Phyllis and I went down to Pittsburgh, Pa. to seeour childhood home in Dormont. We were happy to see that the house is in better shapethan it was when we left it 50 years ago. The neighborhood is still a good neighborhoodalthough the very same houses are still there after half a century with nary a newstructure in sight. We enjoyed riding the trolley as we did when v/e were kids.

PLEASE NOTIFY US

OF

' changes^Aof .

address

June 6th issues of Christianwell as copies of my books, are available

, Clinton, Ohio ^i^2l6. Florence Atha is ato be confused with our forwarding agent

of 'Anatomy and Diseases of theand free copies will soon be avail-

purpose of your income tax, checks

the U.S.

i but Ions

. Thanks

for your1 enter

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and re-

May 25 th

Although I did not como toin order to raise funds, contrhave been at an all-time highto each and everyone of youfellovjship In this spirit uaprise. The Contributions list-were for April and Hay, 1982,ceipted by Hiss Douglas up towhen she left on vacation.

HOME CHURCH AMD AREA

C1 inton Fi rst Church

Mrs. Madgalene BowenMrs. Robert Meade

Orrville Loyal BereansMrs. Warren Steiner

Mrs. Walter Handwork

Mr. Walter SwigartMrs. Lewis Smith

Mrs. Paul BlytheOTHER OHIO DONORS

Mrs. Don Nickerson

Richard Zimmerman

Sebring ChurchMiss Dorothy SchmaleMrs. Nathan Black

Mr. £ Mrs. Robert ByrnsLinden V^omen's Guild

Branch Hill Church

Linden Church

Bladensburg Loyal DaughtersMrs. Bob Mack

Orrvi11e Church

NEIGHBORING STATES

$500.0060.00

5.00

10.00

10.00

130.00

73.00

12.00

50.00

100.00

100.00

10.00

6o, no

10.00

50.00

150.0060.00

300.00^lO.OOBo. 00

312.00

Ind. Nev; Ross Church 100.00

Stanley Vincent 30-00Pa. Oak Grove Church 50.00

-- _ l-U.c_r-e.tJ_a _Nichol son 20,0.0Ky. East Union Bible Sch. 58.08

Mt. Carmel Church 25.00OTHER EASTERN STATES

111. The now married 50 yrs.Mr. & Mrs.Glen Valbert 25.00

Mrs. Robert Walker 20.00

Flora Christian ChurchAlS-OOLaHarpe Christian Ch. 50.00

M.C. Capital City Church 2^3*83Tenn. Embreeville Church 90.00

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Colo. Grace E. Hardee

Iowa Hampton ChurchLoretta Hunt i ngtonPearl E. Bond

Mason City ChurchColette Cady

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

25^5 WEST COMET RD.CLINTON, OHIO AA216

"HARTER THROBS"

25.00

125-00100.00

2^.00

163.001.25

Kans. Nortonville Church 50.00Mr. £ Mrs.Melvin Hanks ^0.00

Tex. Dr. Donald F.Peel ^0.00Mrs. Aden McTeer 50.00Randolph Christian Ch. 35-00Houston Second Chrlsian56.60

Wash. v/apato Christian Ch. 70.00Hellie Copley LO.OO

Mo. C.C.C.B., Moberly 50.00Liberty Church SClassesSl.00Bill Kribbs 20.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED ^276.66

EX'pITdeD" FROM L-lO-"fT2 to 6-11}-82Salary, tv/o months $^i00.00Mission work in Kanpur UiOO.OOMore on travel to India /}31.76Bus Travel 199-75Gas /tl.57Kirkbride Bible Co. (255) 71.20Postage £ Telephone 51.80

TOTAL EXPENDED $2596.08

wp-^HpBalance on hand ^-10-82 38.32Contributions ^276.66Total Receipts 't3lA.9SLess Expended 2596.08Balance 6-1^-82 1718.90

The payments to Kirkbride Bible Co.are monthly payments of usually $71.20.In order to avoid confusion, I am putting the check number in parenthesis.

Please continue to send your contributions to our forward agent

Miss Florence Douglas1111 N. Ma i n St.Jopl in. Mo. , 6^j801

THE MANLY VIEW

The names of ladies are particularlynoticable in this financial report. Itdoes seem that much of the mission movement of the 19th and 20th centuries hasdepended on women. It has recently oc-cured to me that one reason for this isthat the ladles take a more spiritualview of missions while the men are stuckon what appears to them to be intelligent and logical. The manly attitudeis to think of missions as ignorance andnonsense. It still remains that our main

concern as missionaries is to do the

will of our father in heaven. Nothingelse matters.

Sharlott© Ray

Mission Sarvlcas 2kt7

5790^

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mRTER TliRBBSBOX 3, P.O. NAWABGANJ, KANPUR 208002, INDIA

SEPTEMBER 1982

GOD BROUGHT ME BACK AGAIN

Thanks be to our Father in heaven that It was well pleasing In His sight to bring meback safely to India again. The Lufthansa DC-10 winging me from Frankfort touched downin Delhi right on time, 5 a.m. on a very hot and muggy Wednesday August l8th. I spentthree days in New Delhi partly recovering from Jet lag, then came on jto Kanpur byjlxalnon Saturday August 21st. My visits to England and Belgium went well and I preached InBelgium on Sunday morning August 15th.

All in all, I believe that my American Sabbatical proceeded in the will of the Lord.My purpose was to give and not to take, and many people told me that they were spiritually helped by my visit. In return, everyone gave generously. I did not seek that gene-osity but the Lord had His purpose in it. During the next two weeks we will be makingsome very important decisions which may be expensive.

We are going to have to vacate at least half of the house in which we are living andwe may vacate it altogether. Different possibilities are being considered. This willnecessitate making some new arrangement for the book store. V/hatever is decided,I amsure that the end result will be beautiful.

I thoroughly enjoyed the North American Christian Convention at Kansas City althoughI found out that it is no place to visit with your friends. Some of you were there andI didn't see you at all. I rode the 800 miles to Kansas City with Norman and NormaMaynard of the Clinton Church, and I returned to Ohio with Kevin Crago and the BibleBowl team of the Manchester Church.

Thanks.to Forrest Fuller of Forrest Motors, Akron, Ohio, I had the use of a good usedcar for two months toward the end of my furlough. I was shaky at first but by thesecond thousand miles I was catching on. I drove on the Ohio Turnpike and Interstatesof different numbers. Thanks again, Forrest, for the fun I had. If anyone is in themarket for a used car, I recommend our brother Forrest.'The August 22nd issue of CHRISTIAN STANDARD contained my article, "Oh to be Truly Hungry." Louise Rambo received her copy on the morning before I was to eat supper at herhouse, so you can imagine that she read it hurriedly. The supper was delicious. Hopefully to appear soon are "Up the Back Staircase," and Hindu is a Six Letter Word."

New experiences included visiting the birthplace and other museums of Milan, Ohio, andthe home of Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont, Ohio. Downtown Philadelphia is one of themost interesting and cheapest places in the world to shop. The twelve hour bus ride fromBuffalo to Harrisburg was long but beautiful.

The rainy season is in full swing here in north India and there are floods betweenhere and Kulpahar with roads inundated and scores of vehicles stuck in the mud. At thesame time there is a shortage of water being supplied to us in the city of Kanpurthrough the pipes.

I am proud of our blind boy Deenanath who seems to be making progress both spirituallyand educationally. Sani Masih did fairly well in managing the household during my absence.The performances of the other staff members were not particularly remarkable but they didalright. Hari the cook and Salim the caretaker have both been sick.

And now for the worse news. Twp of the younger boys have been indulging in some heavystealing. It doesn't hurt their conscience to steal from a blind man in order to gambleand buy lottery tickets. A third boy has also not applied himself properly to his studieswhich is unfortunately the way with most Indian Christian boys.

I have been appointed to write a short play for the centennary of D. E. Stanley Jones.Other plans include having a commemorative postage stamp issued by the government of India,and having a road in the mountains named after him.

Harter's Law Regarding Jetlag: The body cannot normally tolerate the traversing of morethan one time zone in one day. If you do, count on one day of Jetlag for each extra timezone you cross. From New York to New Delhi, you cross ten time zones and so it will takeyour body nine days to adapt to it. That means that if you come on a ten day tour of India,you are Just beginning to adapt when it is time to go back again. It is easy to figurethese things out when you are only sleeping every third night.

Thanks again to all of you who made my furlough so happy and successful. Cousin Mary andher husband Chuck who made their home my home; the Maynards and all the members of theClinton Church; the staff of the Clinton postoffice; all the Clinton townspeople who stillown me as one of their own; Mabel Jeffries for her secretarial help; Florence Douglas,Florence Atha, Almonta Markwood and many others whose rewards await them in heaven.

PrayO/ve

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR JUNE AND JULY. 1982 EXPENDED FROM 6-1A-82 to 8-2A-82

NORTHERN OHIO Salary, two months $ AOO.OOClinton First Church $510.00 Mission work in Kanpur 800.00Sherman Church & Mrs.Bowen 125.00 Travel In U.S.A. ; IA5.O5Sebring Church 122.00 Travel in India 52.05Kenmore Church 75.00 Postage including 6 parcels andMr. & Mrs.Eugene Close 50.00 three bulk bags of books 157.91Ruth S Steve Handwerk A31.00 Bibles for India 256,258,I3A I8A.6OMrs. Lewis Smith 10.00 Printing of receipts 127.38Mrs. Warren Steiner AO. 00 Office supplies 16.53Mrs. Robert Meade 5.00 Muppet 32.00The Walter Swigarts A2.00 Tuning Instruments for blind man 16.67Rittman Church 20.00 Tape recorder A9.OOPerry Christian 60.00 Film 25.00Barberton Southwest 50.00 Bank Debit (possibly due to variationBarberton First Church 125.00 of exchange rate between time weOrrvllle Loyal Bereans 10.00 give to Kanpur bank and its arrivalMrs. Linda Bower 15.00 in U.S.A.) IA.30Pat Simmons 30.00 TOTAL $2020.A9Wadsworth Northside 50.00Mr. £ Mrs. Wm. Wowra 10.00 WRAP UP

OTHER OHIO DONORS: Balance on hand 6-1A-82 $1718.90Old Stone Missionary AO. 00 Contributions AA6A.12Pat Mack 100.00 Refund on ticket to India 53.00Miss Dorothy Schmale AO.00 Refund from YWCA, New Delhi 25.00The L. Nathan Blacks 5.00 TOTAL RECEIPTS 6261.02Betty Deem 50.00 Less Expenditures 2020.A9Linden Homebuilders 75.00 BALANCE 8-2A-82 $A2A0.53Round Lake Christian Assembly 229.57Bladensburg Loyal Daughters AO. 00 Yes, It Is a large balance, seeing thatBranch Hill Church 60.00 1 am just fresh back from 11 months in

OTHER EASTERN STATES the good, old U.S.A. Don't worry. It willInd. Garrett Church 186.00 all go quickly enough. It Is not that

Bright Christian Church 190.92 there is no place to spend it; but we

Pate Memorial Fund

(May be used for a new—cef r igerator)Osgood Church CircleThe Stanley VincentsMunster Southside

Mt. Carmel Church

Oak Grove Church

LaVerne RomesburgBryn Mawr ChurchCapital City ChurchFlora Church

must spend it wisely and in the Lord'swill. Pray for us even when we have a fatbalance because that is often when we needyour prayers the most. ~

Our forwarding agent continues to beMiss Florence Douglas1111 No. Ma i n St.Joplin, Mo. 6A8OI

Penn.

N.C.

111.

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Mo. Liberty ClassesNeeper Church

Iowa Lola Orth

Loretta Huntingtonlowp Christian College

dutreach MissionTexas Dr. D.F. Peel

V/ash. Wapato Christian Church- TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 W. COMET RD.CLINTON, OHIO A4216

HARTER THROBS

^5_00.00

30.0015.00

259.8525.00

150.0010.00

10.00

298.2363.00

62.00

89.5520.00

20.00

100.00

TOO.00

65.00$AA6A.12

Both the YWCA

Mew Delhi and

all as at other hotels,the YW during hot monthsditlpning), and the YM inA single room is now $13includes breakfast.One trouble with the

and YMCA run hotels in

occupancy is available toI usually go to(for the air con-the cold months,

per night whichMeals cost $3 each.

YW is that there isno elevator and I am tuckered out when Iget to the fifth floor. The $25 refund wasgiven because they did not cash the checkwhich I sent In advance.

Non-ProfIt Org,U.S. Postage

PAID

CLINTON, OHIOPERMIT 7

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MSssion 5;ory!c©s Sox 2k2y

s'rsOiiv! 7?; 379

OCCASIONAL LETTEJ^ OF RALPH R, HARTER ^BIBLE BHAl/AN, BOX 3, P. 0. NAWABGANJ, KANPUR, U.P. 2Q&~002^ WVIA

NOVEMBER, 1982

SOME MISADVENTURES

next door to us died after a

/ Among my things stolen washave been thinking of arpwinq

On October 13th, I was up in the liills delivering a mimeograph machineto the Sat Tal Christian Ashram when at 7:15 p.m.,while 1 was in anotherbuilding correcting a proof,a thief broke into my room and stole much of

f/what I had v^ith me on the trip. The l.oss was sufferable but the thief11 took my Registration papers and for that reason I had to report theII matter to the police. The burglar also took our financial report forf l^September and some addressed postcards by which it is possible that some^ of you could be contacted by unsocial elements. If any of you receive

any suspicious correspondence from India, I would appreciate hearingabout it.

^On August 29thwhen I was coming home from church on n3y_^cooter, Igot_ knocked down by a water buffalo. I happily escaped any serious in-

(i-" jury but a few small souvenirs of the encounter still remain.Our cook, Hari, has been on "Sick Leave" for more than two months,and

Salim, the custodian, is suffering from a chronic heart condition thatlimits his activity. His moods also sometimes present problems to us.At the moment he is in a good mood but vje are watching our step. Salimhas been a very honest, faithful and hard working man.

y/ Sani Masih vjho stays here lost his father, Mangi, Masih of Ragaul ,^early in October. Mangi worked for Mrs^ Rothermal in the olden days,^ sometimes as cook and sometimes as gardner. He liked to joke and was

always good for laughs. Our house owner lost his younger brother whowas a very good friend of mine. Four days before he died vje enjoyed aIj hour visit with each other. The great-grandmother (Hindu) livingnext door to us died after a long Illness.

/ Among my things stolen was my electric shaver. For several years I^ have been thinking of .grpwing a beard and now I am pursuing It, scratch,/ scratch. Thirty years ago 1 had a beard that looked pretty good.

y / I am aiming to vagate the back half of our house by Dec. 31.st at they^latest, and then I wl11 see about the front of the house. I am selling// some of our less used possess ions,and I want to merge our bookstore with

/ one downtown; but the downtown store also has its problems and is not in/ [ an immediate position to absorb us. After the merger, I want to continue\ wi th a Bible Study Centre v;herever 1 happen to reside.

For the time being, 1 get the impression that the Lord wants me tojjstay in Jianpur and not move anywhere else. I had an idea of returning

; to Hamirpur from whence I came In 1952, but the church members there/ are engaged in a court case with the pastor. Several have urged me to

/ move to the Sat Tal Ashram but I don't see much challenge there atI this time. I may decide to spend more time there during the summer.I

keep trying to find an easy viay to travel from here to there but iteludes me.

During September, I wrote.-J:hr.ee, pamphlets and sent them to three different printers. The printers do^h't knov/ it but they are in a contest.I have been correcting proofs for tv/o of the pamphlets but the thirdhas not been heard from. It. could be that much of my future ministrywill be in the publication of_pamphle,ts in English and Hindi.

Now for the boys^: ""i When I last wrote, 1 was under the impression thatUsevius (Kuku) was in school across the state. As it was, he had beengiven new clothes and the money for his train ticket but he never lefttown. He has a small job downtown given to him by our next door neighbor, and he Is living with his sister; so that turned out about as goodas could be expected for a kid who v;as so far behind in school. He andhis mother still come to church, and he often visits here at the house.His mother seems to have given up some of her beggarly habits. Sani,and the rest of us, have had some problems v/ith his boy Sanjai who has

V a weakness for stealing and lying. We like to think that v;e are mak-'^ing some progress with him. Sanjai's mother lives in Bareilly but is

sometimes seen In Kanpur with her paramour. Divorce proceedings arein progress.

peenanath, the blind boy, received his B.A.degree with top marks, andhe fi" now working on his M.A. degree. The other boy living here, SushilLewis, has a good character and a sv^eet and helpful temperment; but heis not very smart at books. We are thinking that next year we may sendhim for a training course in automotive mechanics.

The list of contributors for Septemberhas been stolen. 1 have written to Miss

Douglas for a duplicate copy which wehope to give you in our next newsletter.The amount contributed is known and is

shown in the summary in column two.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AUGUST,1982

NORTHERN OHIO

Clinton First Church

Mary-Martha Class,PerryEast Sparta Christian ChurchMrs. Warren Steiner

The Walter SwigartsSebring Church

OTHER OHIO DONORS

Linden HomebuildersLinden Church

Wakatomlka Christian CampBladensburg Loyal Daughters

OTHER STATES

111. Flora Churchind. Portland Singles £ Dbls,

The SwayzesHazel Shel1enbergerJon Buckles

Stanley VincentOsgood Mission Circle

N.Car. Capital City ChurchPa. Oak Grove Church

Capital Area ChurchjPauline FraserLaVerne RomesburgLucretia Nicholson

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

$225.0030.00

300.0010.00

2^t.005.00

75.00300.00250.0020,00

50.00

100.00

25.00

10.00

25.0015.0030.00

96.8025.00

76.2625.00

10.00

20.00

$17^7.06

Another very generous contribution gaveus more sorrow than joy because it signalled the .4&?^se of an old friend, theCentral Christian Church of East Orange,N.J. THls v-jas a historical church~which

ave much help to missionaries In the olddays when missionaries used to travel byboat. The $^18^ which they have sent ushas been handed over to the building fundof the Swarupnagar (Kanpur) Church.

A new item in our list of expenditures,"Kanpur Work through Kulpahar," ushers ina new era of cooperation with the KulpaharMission. The purpose of this is to gradually decrease the liabilities of the Kanpur committee shown as the Kalisiya Saha-yak Sanstha. We may even be able to dismantle the K.S.S. completely by Dec. '81^,that is, my sixtieth birthday.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 W. COMET RD.CLINTON, OHIO 44216

"HARTER THROBS"

EXPENDED FROM 8-25-82 to 10-19-82Salary, two months $^50.00Kanpur work through Kalisiya

Sahayak SajiBtha 2000.00Kanpur work'through Kulpahar 1000.00Church Building Fund (from

Camp Wakatomika) 250.00Kirkbride Bible Co. 142.00Repairs to downtown bookstore 500.00Subsidy for publication of a very

powerful book, "Fulfilment of theVedic Quest in the Lord JesusChrist," by P.P. Titus.(Subsidyto be repaid with free copies)500.00

Cook's salary for one year when hewas cooking for boys only. 362.00

Cook's medicine 23.30Calendars for 1983 ($1 each which

includes postage) 256.00Artwork for one pamphlet 31.58Help to poor 24.21

TOTAL EXPENDED $5539.49

SUMMARY

Balance on hand 8-24-32 $4240.53August contributions (listed) 1747.06Sept. contributions (unlisted) 975.69Refund on a Bible (Check No.134) 42.20TOTAL RECEIPTS $7005.48Less Expenditures 5539.49BALANCE 10-19-82 $1465.99

In our last nev^sletter we suggested thatwe might use the $500 from the Pate Memorial Fund for a nev7 refrigerator. That proved to be unnecessary and we have used themoney instead to repair the bookstoredowntown. I will have the old frig painted

- when colder .weather—comes..

We suggest that you make your checkspayable to "Clinton, Ohio First Church ofChrist," with "For India Mission work" Inthe lower left-hand corner. Send thesethrough our forwarding agent.

Miss Florence Douglas1111 N, Main St..Joplin,Mo.64801

Some of you may have seen Florence at/ /the National Missionary Convention in^bexlngton, Ky.

Please pray for our dear friend Mrs.Aden McTeer (Ruth) formerly of Wichita,now of Ft. Worth, who is undergoing those

which are proving more and more. She and Aden live in a beauti-

and need beautiful health to

treatments

successful

ful placeenjoy it.

NON-PROFIT ORG,

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

CLINTON, OHIOPermit 7

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NOV 2 3 1982

HORIZONS

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