OCCASTOWAL LETTERS OF RALPH R. HARTER ^BIBLE BHAi/AW, BOX 3, P. 0. WAWA6GAWJ, XAWPUR, U.P. 20S-002, IWOIA

JANUARY 1981

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WHAT NEXT?

You and I have both survived to see the beginning of another year on earth but allof us had dear friends who didn't make it. Whenever we begin a new year there Isalways the question as to which of us will be In heaven by this time next year.

For more than a year we have been plagued with the uncertainities of our housinghere in Kanpur. I hesitate to announce future plans because they do not always workout; but let me take a chance at it anyway. During January we want to vacate thefront portion of the house and shift into the back portion. Consequently the rentwill go down from $170 to $105 a month. By the end of January I hope to merge ourbookstore with the one downtown. Moving into smaller quarters has made it necessaryto sell some of our larger pieces of furniture. The three wheeled "Bible Chariot"may also have to go although v/e are hoping that it will continue to be used for Biblework. I have bought a new piece of furniture, a sv^ivel chair, v/hich is proving to bea big help.

What then? 1 do not expect that ! v/ill be entirely out of the book store business,and I would like to develop a tract ministry. There will still be room to take afew needy boys if the Lord sends them our way. My main occupation of preaching andteaching will continue as always both in and outside of Kanpur. There will always behomes to be visited, visitors to be counselled and letters to be written.

Joel, who has done excellently in the bookstore, will now work for the bookstoredowntown with us paying fiis salary (although he will no lonocr be our employee.) Wewanted to work out a similar arrangement with the Swarupnagar Church for employingLawrence Lazarus but they were unwilling to accept the legal responsibility of employing him. Hari the cook is on extended sick leave and we are giving him some compensation. Salim, the caretaker, barely survives from day to day but he and his wife arekeeping us fed, the house clean and the garden green. — "

As far as I remember, this year was the first time In India that I had a lightedChristmas tree. My "tree" vjas a large poinsetta bush. Poinsettas grow as large astrees in this part of the world.

Things with the boys continue about the same. Sushi 1, who behaves well, is nevei—thless falling at school. Next year we want to send him away for training in automotive mechanics. Sanjai, who has behavioral problems, should also study somewhereelse next year. Deenanath, the blind boy, continues to do v/ell In all ways.

The three booklets which I sent to three different printers in September have not-yet been delivered. I have some other printers in mind for my future efforts.

With some help from Tom Rash we have recently supplied an electric sewing machineto a young man who lost both legs hopping a train. Two years ago we helped get himtwo plastic legs to replace the heavier v^ooden ones he had been wearing. During thenew year we will help his younger brother learn cutting so that the two of them canset up shop together. Besides the help we have previously given to our own maincongregation (the Swarupnagar Church) v;e have also made contributions to four othernon-denominationa1 indigenous churches for their building programs and evangelisticwork. We like to help those who are already accomplishing something with their ownresources, they won't be successful with v;hat we give them either.

During December, Joel and I made two booksel1ing-tours, the first by bus and thesecond by Chariot, On the Chariot trip we broke the clutch plate and snapped a gearwire but that was still much better than the bus trip, Joel returned to Kanpur on alater bus than I did, had his glasses smashed, his pocket picked, and he had to standfour or five hours. I forgot my own difficulties when I heard this.

I appreciated very much all of the cards and letters which 1 received for Christmasand my December birthday. By and by you should all receive my Post-Christmas postcard which will feature a picture of me and my beard taken by Prof. Zimmerman. A

gift from the Zimmermans Is also financing the printing and mailing of the postcards.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SEPT.,OCT.,NOV.J982

111.

Ind.

Iowa

1^.

Mo.

N.C.

Ohio

Pa.

Tenn,

Tex.

Wash,

W.Va,

Flora ChristianGarrett

Osgood CircleNew Rose Church

Burlington ChurchLoretta HuntingtonMt. Carmel Church

Dr. S Mrs. Thomas OmerLiberty ClassesCapital City ChurchClinton Church (for salary)

(for general expenses)Magdalene BowenWalter SwigartPerry ChristianMary-Martha Class (Perry)Mrs. Robert Meade

Lakeview Church

Sebring ChurchLoyal Daughters(Bladensburg)Mr. S Mrs. Nathan Black

Orrville Church of ChristMrs. Steve Dunham

Branch Hill Church

Linden Homebuilders

Mrs. Warren Steiner

Dorothy SchmaleLinden Church

Old Stone MissionaryOak Grove Church

LaVerne RomesburgLancaster Church

Louise B. Rambo

Embreeville Church

Dr. and Mrs. D.F.Peel

NelTie CopT"ey 'Wapato Christian ChurchNina Gassner

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

$ 50.00107.0030.00

^21.00200.00

300.0025.0025.0057.00

hJO.kS675.00310.0090.0090.00

120.00

20.00

20.00

25.00

15.0080.0025.00

598.501000.00

100.00

75.0030.0080.00

300.00

80.0075.0030.00.91.0025.0090.00

165.00l-bOrOO

45.0010.00

$6109.99

The $975.69 contributed in September wasshown in our last report but we did not havethe names of the donors. The $5134.30 contributed in October and November is shown in

the summary.The gift of $1000 from Mrs. Steve Dunham

was given in memory of her parents (and myfriends) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neumeister ofOrrville, Ohio. $500 each was given to twoindigenous congregations for their evangelistic work. Steve and Rhonda and their fam

ily live in Picton, Ontario, Canada.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 W. COMET RD.CLINTON, 0. 44216

"HARTER THROBS"

EXPENDED FROM 10-19-82 to 12-20-82

Salary, two monthsKanpur work througfi KulpaharBibles and books for bookstore

ordered from U.S.A.Train tickets to Agra & return

(for conference)Building fund of Believers'

Group of La Bangla

SUMMARY

Balance on hand 10-19-82Oct. & Nov. ContributionsTOTAL RECEIPTS

Less ExpendedBALANCE 12-20-82

$ 450.001500.00

224.28

17.90

500.00$2692.18

$1465.995134.306600.292692.183908.11

In the next report I will give you a summary of how the funds were expended by theKalisiya Sahayak Sanstha in 1982.

In the meantime I can give you a run-downof expenditures from the "Kulpahar" Fund.$2500 has so far gone into this Fund and itstill contains a balance of $1062. $1438 wasspent as follows;

$105 to one ofhim bui1d

$525

$525$210

$ 73

our converts to helpa house,

to the downtown assembly ofbelievers.

to the Juhi Assemblytowards the building of theboundary wall of the ChakeriChurch.

towards the electric sewing machine of Maurice Lai. To this

was^dded $3rT45 from tlre-Kari-^siya Sahayak Sanstha and $50 fromT.G. Rash.

Our forwarding agent continues to bevery faithful and gracious in her work

Miss Florence Douglas1111 No. Main St.

Joplin, Mo. 64801

Dr. Richard Zimmerman and his wife

Jeanne of Ohio State University havejust completed three months in Kanpurand have returned to Columbus, Ohio.They made many contributions to theLord's work here both financial and

otherwise. The Zimmermans may comeback again next year. Dick comes toKanpur to lecture in the Indian Institute of Technology located here.

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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY

BIBLE 6HAVAN, BOX 3. '-.0. NAWABGANJ, KANPUR, ii-F. 208-002, INDIA

APRIL 1983

THINGS STRAIGHTENING OUT

After months of fuzziness, the pattern of God's will for us is becoming clearer day byday. The book store has completed Its move to downtown and should be open for businessby the time this reaches you. My wavering about the three-wheeled Bible Chariot wasterminated when I drew lots and the lot fell to selling the vehicle to a fine Christiangroup in the state capitol^j Lucknow, for use in their bookstore work. We have reachedsome sort of agreement with the Sv^arupnagar Church by v/hich we will give them a donationof $60 a month and they will pay our former employee Lawrence Lazarus for work he does forthem. Under a similar arrangement, Joel worked for the downtown bookstore for two monthsuntil he got that shop rebuilt and our things moved into it. During the next two monthshe will be busy with university exams and by that time we trust he will know what theLord's future plans are for him. Several days ago he told me that he does not want to workfor the downtown bookstore under the terms they are offering him.

We still have a dream of starting a new bookstore in the new building of the SwarupnagarChurch whenever it is built. Sufficictit money is on hand to at least make a very goodstart on the church building but legal complications have hindered it. A court case isgoing on between the church and the man v;ho sold them the land. In anticipation of theNew Bible Book Store,v/e are setting aside $2500 In a special Bookstore Building Fund whichwill be separate from the Church Building Fund to v/hlch we have already made generous contributions.

We have now adjusted ourselves to living in the back half of this same house where wehave been living since 197^- Dare I say that this is the smaller half? Anyway, now thatall the moving pains are over, everyone seems to be happy and content about it. The landlord is-also more than-sa-ti s-fied—aircHd—duiI' expect any'Tlors problems t rom'h irT" fbf ~¥?~°l'ong^as he owns the house. The last thing that the landlord's younger brother told him beforehe died was that he should be generous v/ith us. As a result I am now considered as a member of the family. ' '

During March, I preached thirty times in pre-Easter meetings which are a common featureof Kanpur. For Easter, I was guest speaker in Lucknow. On March 7th it was my Joy tobaptize a lady who was formerly a Muslim. She has been attending the Swarupnagar churchsince marrying one of our men more than five years ago. One of our widows, Mrs. E.P. Paul,was a great help in bringing her to a decision. Mrs.Paul has also started a Sunday Schoolin her home. Both Mrs. Paul and her daughter lost their husbands during the past year.

Leonard Thompson and other friends in Madras have arranged for the 1st All India Convention of the Churches of Christ. Lawrence Lazarus and 1 are planning to attend, leavingKanpur on April kth and returning on the 13th. Madras Is a A8 hour train trip costing $12per person each day. That works out to 25 cents an hour. It will be my privilege topreach one of the messages on this historic occasion.

The hostel boys are all well. Even the "bad" boy seems to be doing better. His parentsare now officially divorced, the wife admitting her Infidelity in court. Our caretakerSalim is some better but Marl the cook has now been on "sick leave" for eight months andshov/s no sign of improvement. Salim's wife was cooking for us but her ministrations havebeen temporarily interrupted after breaking both arms when she fell into a deep trench onher way to work.

Mr.E.S.Reuben, our faithful employee in the bookstore from 1970 to 1981, died on Jan.11that the age of yh. Also dead Is the patriarch of our poorest church family. We supporteda daughter of his in school thirty years ago and vje still have a daughter of his in school.The non-Christian husband of the first daughter has expressed a desire to be baptized whenhe visits Kanpur. (We have V'/ritten him our v/illingness to come to him.)

The Lord willing, I will be at the Sat Ta1 Christian Ashram in the mountains May 9th toJune 27th doing my thing.

CONTRIBUTIONS - DEC.'82 SJAN..FEB.1983

in. Flora Church $ I3O.OOMrs.Robt.Walker 50.00Paul S Martha Bhardwaj 100.00

Cal. Jerri lee S.Nickerson in memoryof her father,Don Nickerson 200.00

Col. Grace E. Hardee 25.00Ind. Osgood Circle 60.00

Portland Church 47.00Frank Reas 20.00Kenneth Bade 150.00Portland Singles & Doubles 100.00Garrett Church 65.00Loretta Huntington 200.00Mt. Carmel Church 25.00Mt. Zion Church 50.00East Union Church 100.00

Mich. Mr. & Mrs, Lewis Domke 175.00Neeper Church 82.05Liberty Sunday School 61.00Virgil Marshall 100.00Capital City Church 436.07Clinton Church (salary) 675-00

(expenses) 300.00Mary-Martha Class, Perry 30.00Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Drollinger 200.00Keith & Kay Drollinger 100.00Dorothy Schmale 6O.OOBranch Hill Church 100.00

Mr. & Mrs.Walter Swigart 72.00Orrville Church 312.00Mrs.Vyarren Steiner 30.00Ruth Handwerk 200.00

Steve Handwerk 84.00Sebring Church 40.00Linden Women's Guild 150.00Lrnden Church 300.00

Linden Homebuilders 75-00Madgalene Bowen 120.00Bladensburg Loyal Daughters 40.00Old Stone Missionary 40.00Mrs. Robert Meade 10.00

Mr. S Mrs. R.D.Mack 85-00Paul S Leona Blythe 50.00Mr. £ Mrs. L.Nathan Black 15-00

Okla. Mrs. Mary Bonawit 25.00Pa. Mrs. G.Romesburg 30.00

Lucretia Nicholson 20.00

Oak Grove Church 75-00Term. Embreeville Church I8O.OOTex. Donald F. Peel 69.00

Mr. & Mrs. Aden E.McTeer 25-00

Wash. Miss Nellie Copley 40.00Wapato Church 40.00

THREE MONTHS' CONTRIBUTIONS $5768.12

Iowa

Ky.

Mo.

Neb.

N.C.

Oh i o

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 W. COMET RD.CLINTON, OHIO 44216

HARTER THROBS

(Missionary News)

Correct Address Requested

, r* r.»^ •.-

EXPENDED FROM 12-21-82 to 3-11-5?

Salary,three monthsAudited expenses in KanpurV.VMlter stipend for I983Books from U.S.A.Come to Christ ConventionJehanabad Church S SchoolDowntown BookstoreExtra for transportationExtra for Benevolence

TOTAL EXPENDED

SUMMARY

BALANCE 12-20-82

ContributionsFrom Kulpahar FundTOTAL RECEIPTS

Less ExpendedBALANCE 3-11-83

$675.006850.00

150.00298.89110.00

250.00500.00

38.5032.50

$8904.89

$3908.115768.12350.00

$10026.238904.89

$1121.34

KULPAHAR FUND

In our last report this fund contained abalance of $1062. Of this $512 v/as givenfor a church building on the Nepal border(v/here I spent Christmas) $200 was given tothe believers' group in Lucknow and the balance of $350 was returned to us and deposited in the Kanpur bank account. The arrangement with Kulpahar was terminated atthe advice of the auditors. During thetime that It existed it served a good purpose and accomplished a lot of good. Ourspecial thanks to Leah Moshier for beingsuch a good and willing helper.

AUDITED KANPUR EXPENSES

As per the lav/s of India,are audited by a charteredand the report submitted toment. The. report verifiesi ng expend!tures

O'JI

accountant

the govern-the follow-

Rupees Do 11 a rs

Hostel,education 21,301.11 $2307.81Benevolence 4,384.00 474.97Housing,electrIcity 18,750.32 2031.45Transportation 5,207-31 564.17Salaries(Nationals) 20,246.12 2193.51Postage,stationery 1,834.00 198.70Bank Charges 207-45 22.48General Charges 560.00 60.67Audit Fee ^ 1,500.00 162.51-Books tore,Press 4,096.94 443-87Legal Expenses 6^0.00 71-51TOTAL 78.747-25 $8531-65Balance on hand in Kanpur on 12-31-82 wasRs. 12,666.56 or SI372.32

no?; 2-427

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RALPH HARTER'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 198.2

RECEIPTS

Balance on hand, Jan. 1st, 1982Total contributed, twelve months

$25A1.3^$29515.81$32057.15

The names of contributors along with the amounts they contribute appearregularly in the newsletters.

EXPENDITURES

Salary of Ralph Harter (contributed by the FirstC1inton, Ohio)

Salaries of National HelpersChurch building fundsOther contributions to churchesHostel (care of boys)Book Store and PublicationsHousing and electricity (in Kanpur)Travel in U.S.A.

Travel to India

Transportation in India (including gas and upkeep of vehiclesBenevolence

Commun i cat ions

Audi tor

Bank and General chargesMary MuppetTape Recorder

TOTAL

SUMMARY

Recei ptsExpendi turesBALANCE 12-31-82

In JopIin BankIn Kanpur BankIn Kulpahar fund

532,057.1526,534.71

$ 5,522.44

$ .3,908.111,264.33

350.0055,522.44

Church of Christ

$2300.002343.518906.501250.002669.812222.732031.45

922.811311.67634.12762.15737-49264.02

97.4532.0049.00

$26,53').71

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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY

BIBLE BHAVAN, BOX 3, P.O. MAWABGAMJ, KANPUR, U.P. 208-002, INDIA

• AUGUST 1983

QUIET POWER

As I begin the thirty-seventh year of my ministry in north India,of God's quiet pqv;er. The world does not_believe that qui^etness andbut then God's way is not man's way.

Not that I'm always quiet. There was a recent sermon I preached in the middle of afierce thunderstorm with torrents of rain pounding the tin roof. ' The people sitting inthe back row said they could hear me and from their comments I could tell that I got mypoints across: but I was worn out afterwards.

It has been four months since I last published Harter Throbs although many of you gotletters from me written from the hills. The two day train trip to Madras in April tookthree days due to a missed connection but the convention was great. Now I am planning togo again at the end of September to participate in the 25th anniversary of the EnmpreChurch established by William and Ethel Gulick.

As usual I spent most of May and June at the Sat Tal Christian Ashram. There was a twoweek session in Elglish followed by a two vjeek session in Hindi. After that I had nineteen boys from Kulpahar for a week. During the Hindi session we had sixteen girls fromKulpahar together with four adult escorts and their four children. V/e were all saddenedby the death.of a Kulpahar boy, Satish Shukla, earlier in the summer. Satish had spent ayear with us in Kulpahar nine years ago. .

Our "bad boy," Sanjai got caught stealing on the last day of school and so he spentthe summer with his grandmother. When his application came for further help we were notwell disposed toward it because he had not shown any signs of repentance. We solved theproblem by drawing lots and Sanjai lost. His father has now taken him to a cheap boardingschool on the oppos i te s ide of the state. We have hopes that he will turn his life around,but not if we reward him for his mischief.

We want to send the "good boy" Sushi 1 for motor mechanics training in the Punjab (thesame place where Satish died,) but the school has not yet processed the applications. Theschool is wanting boys who have passed the Xth Class and Sushi 1 has only passed IXth.None of us think Sushi! is smart enough to pass Xth.

Deenanath (the blind boy) has passed all the tests for a railway job but they have notemployed him so far. He has been invited to work for a Christian organization but he prefers the better salary and perqs of. a railway job. He also has a tendency to be criticaland Inconsiderate of others.

On July 6th I spent an hour at the hospital getting a mole removed from my arm. Otherwise, by the grace of God, my health continues excellent.

I have memorized the twenty-five verses of the epistle of Jude and these will providesermons for the next several months. The series could be entitled THEM. Ilike what BobStacy has written in the RESTORATION HERALD that we must be Gospel preachers and not justBible preachers.

The rainy season should provide some time for writing. One Hindi booklet is at theprinters and one other Hindi article of mine was recently published./ Several articles inEnglish have been submitted to publishers. During the summer I started to v^rite a seriesof short (110 word) devotionals but that project has not yet developed properly.

My preaching circuit continues as before:

I have the impressionpower can go together

First Sunday of every month:

Sfecond Sunday of every month:

Third Sunday\ of every month:

Fourth Sunday of Jag.., March, .July, Sept. e Nov.

Occational visits:

Swarupnagar Church - 8 a.m.Union Mission Girls' School - l|:30 p.m.Govindnagar Church - 7 p.m.Juhi Church - after 10 a.m.

Indian Institute of Technology - 5.*30 p.Cantonment Church - 8:30 a.m.Chakeri Church - 10 a.m.

Union Mission Girls' School - ^:30 p.m.

m.^

KulpaharRagaul, Hamirpur, Jehanabad and Palia Kalan,

CONTRIBUTIONS " March, Apri1 S May 1983The June contributions are not included

due to Miss Douglas's Vacation.

111. Flora Church ; $60.00Ind. Osgood Church Circle $130.00

Garrett Church 150.00Iowa Mrs. Loretta Huntington 100.00Mo. Neeper Church 88.25

Liberty Sunday School 70.00N.C. Capital City Church 269.08Ohio Clinton Church 1300.00

Ruth Handwerk 385.00Mrs. Walter Steiner 10.00Orrville Church 180.00Mrs. Robert Meade 15.00Bladensburg Loyal Daughters 60.00Walter Swigart 60.00Dorothy Schmale 60.00Mary-Martha Class, Perry 30.00Branch Hill Church 100.00

Madgalene Bowen 60.00Linden Church 300.00Linden Homebuilders 75.00Sebring Church 10.00Verna G. Bergenholtz 50.00LaVerne Romesburg 30.00Oak Grove Church 75.00Luc retia Nicholson 20.00

Dr. Donald F. Peal 160.00

Wapato Church AO.OONellie Copley ^0.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED $3927.33

OregPa.

Tex.

V/ash.

EXPENDED FROM 3-12-83 to 7-11-8TSa1 ary: March,Apri1,May £ June $ 900.00Audited expenses in Kanpiir 3800.00Books from U.S.A. 212.50

~Gat Ta 1 ChrtsTlan'AshraTn 110.00

Unaudited Benevolence 12.85TOTAL EXPENDED $5035-35

Balance on 3""! 1"83Contri but ions

Total receiptsLess ExpendedBalance on 7~11-83(With the receiptsreported.)

$1121.3^3927.3350i+8.675035.35

$13.32for Juno ?• July pot yet

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

25^5 WEST COMET RD,CLINTON, OHIO

"HARTER THROBS"

1It is very difficult for any of us to be

quiet for very long. We have some psychological quirk that "demands noise all the time.We heed noise to cover up our sins, and wedon't vvant to give God a chance to "get aword in edgev^/ise." Sometimes God would likefor us to stop, shut up, meditate and listen. We will learn nothing from God as longas we are busy with our own noise. Let uslearn to treasure periods of silence in ourprivate reflections, in our family devotions, and also in our public worship services. When we get quiet, we will hear Godspeaking to us.

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Jesus gives us living water which flowsfrom our innermost being. This water isnever stagnant. It is fresh, bubbling,invigorating, refreshing, 1ife-giving.Thiswater is the true fountain of youth becausethe Spirit-filled believer in Christ alwaysstays young. Whenever we find ourselvesgetting stale, vje had better stop and findout what has stopped the flow of the livingwater. The pipe has become clogged some-v^here between our ins ides and our outs ides.

The dirt needs to be cleaned out with a

strong dose of repentance, prayer, and thewashing of the word of God.

Ill

Our best is not good enough for man butit is good enough for God because God ismore understanding than man. After v;e havedone our best, the world both complainsabout our product and suspects our motivesibulr~God ~tharrks~as";—blesses us—and eucourages us. God also has a way of quietlymaking up for our deficiencies through HisHoly Spirit. He finishes what v^e have hadto leave undone. It is not for us to grieveover our failures. God wants us to turn our

failures over to Him and He will take care

of them.

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I MEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISjSIGNARY

BIBLE BHAVAN, BOX 3, P.O. NAWABGAMJ, KANPUR, U.P. 208-002, INDIA

OCTOBER 1983

THE BOOK STORE RIDES AGAIN

Last year we had to throttle our book store when we vacated the front half of this house;but the book store refused to die. People kept coming and we kept selling and new merchandise kept arriving. Our bookstore Is no longer a place to browse but the essentials arehere. We have also made good preparations for the yeai—end rush. We no longer employ aclerk but I have some good helpers, and we are soon employing an errand boy. The downtownbookstore Is languishing due to the lack of a clerk. Our former employee Joel, who was tohave worked there, has taken a better paying job elsewhere. There Is a growing possibilityof starting a bookstore In Juhl where we have a small church.

Usevlus, also known as Kuku, Is also riding again. A year ago he chose the School ofExperience In preference to regular school. Now he Is more mature and we have enrolled himin a Driving Training School, and we are feeding him during the training period. We alsogive him some pocket money for running errands.

We have enrolled Sushi 1 Lewis and Goodwin Dass In a training Institute In Punjab State,six hundred miles from here. Sushi 1 will be there one year learning Tractor mechanics whileGoodwin, who did better in school. Is taking a two year course In general motor mechanics.Both boys are from our old mission station at Hamlrpur, and both are fatherless. Goodwin wasbaptized before leaving here but Sushi 1 has yet to bring his decision to completion. Sushlllived here with us for two years but we only had Goodwin for about a month. Both are decentboys.

Deenanath, the blind boy. Is still with us. He has appeared for several Job Interviewsbut without success. He has nov/ gone to south India to see If Jerry and Heather Lacson canijsejhim In their school. Deena prefers English to any Indian language which Is an anomolywhich the Lacsons may be able to make use of. Like Joel, Deenanath may be too overly concerned with the amount of pay, and for this reason we could have difficulty getting himafloat.

Our "bad boy" Sanjal Is In a boarding school In a small town on the Bihar State border.He writes often and we reciprocate. Wetinues to be of Immense help to me herefactory.

Through the years we have had problems with the mechanics of giving financial help to thesick. We have tried all sorts of things but still some people succeed In making it a regularsource of monthly Income. In the end, someone who needs help doesn't get It. This responsibility has now been turned over to Lawrence Lazarus whose salary we are paying through theSwarupnagar Church. He has made a good start at It.

My circuit of regular preaching appointments has again been enlarged and I am now preaching seven times a month In six different churches plus six times In three different schools.Besides this, I preach every other month at Kulpahar and Rath; and there are other places togo when the opportunity presents Itself. 1 have recently adopted an Indian custom of having

trust he is Improving. Sanjal's father;In Kanpur where he works as a tailor in a

San I , con-Government

a "Day of Silence," eachtaken any vow to do thisrequire It.

The rainy season ended with heavy floods between here and Kulpahar. Ius had some sickness during the two months that It lasted. During the

week when I am home. In my caseand so I do not hesitate to break

It I

the

s the Lord's

sIlence when

Day. I have notthe circumstances

treatment of the Epistle of Jude which I have namedI also wrote four articles: "Thank God for Death,"eousness and Religion," and "The Once-DelIvered Faith."Returns," which Is not about death but about morals and

DuringKotagIrl.

"Them."

"How to

Mow

good

think

rains.

that all of

I wrote a

Madras.

"Rlght-"No One

This Is being printed InStrike a Soft Bargain,"another one Is forming:advice for young people,

the first part of October, I will be In South India preaching In MadrasDuring my absence from Kanpur, my rooms will be repainted. When I get back

and

to

Kanpur on October 12th, It willthis year will be at KulpaharGandhi's home state. It will be my59th birthday and enter the sixtieth

be time to inaugurate the year-end sales campaign. Christmasfollowed by a week In the state of Gujarat which Is Mahatma

In the meantime I will pass myhealth Is good but I notice that

first visit to Gujarat,year of my sojourn. My

I am not as strong as I used to be. Still I get around, as you see.

FORWARDING AGENT

Miss Florence Douglastin N. Math it.Joptin, He. iiSOt

CONTRIBUTIONS—June, July, August, 1983

JJLL. In memory of Mr. Rex Evans andMr. James ShepherdFinance Committee of FloraChristian Church $^0.00Mr. S Mrs. Robt Walker 10.00Flora First Christian 160.00

Ind. Garrett First Church 106.00Munster South Side 155.26Portland Singles & Doubles 119.92Osgood Christian Church 30.00Ci rcle

Frank Reas 50.00Bright Christian Church 100.00

Iowa Mrs. Loretta Huntington 300.00

Mo. Neeper Church 55.55Liberty Sunday School 81.00

N.C. Capital City Church 563.13

Ohio

Pa.

Clinton First Church 1025.00Mrs. Ruth Handv/erk 60.00Miss Dorothy Schmale 60.00Mary-Martha Class Perry 20.00Mrs. Minnie Smith 10.00Mrs. Doris Black 30.00Sebring Church 15.00The V/alter Swigarts 66.00Magdalene Bowen 60.00Bladensburg Loyal Daughters 60.00Mrs. V/arren Steiner ^0.00Linden Church 300.00Branch Hill Church 100.00Ord Stone Missionary A^O.OOMrs. Robert Meade 10.00Mrs. Pat Mack 80.00

Mrs. LaVerne Romesburg 35.00Oak Grove Church 75.00Mrs. Lucretia Nicholson 20.00

Tn. Embreeville Church

Tx. Dr. Donald F. Peel

Wash. Miss Nellie CopleyWapato Church

90.00

80.00

80.00'lO.OO

$A166.86

EXPENDED FROM 7-11-83 to 9-13-83Salary, July and August $450.00Audited expenses in Kanpur 2500.00Publication of "Them" 400.00Educational help I8O.OOBooks from U.S.A. 95.95

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 WEST COMET RD.CLINTON, OHIO 44216

"HARTER THROBS"

Juhi Church 200.00National Missionary Convention 2.5 00Downtov/n Bookstore

Other Benevolence

\ • TOTAL EXPENDED

SUMMARY

Balance 7-1I-83ContributionsTotal ReceiptsLess ExpendedBalance 9-13-83

FROM THE DAILY NEWSPAPER

280,00

22.iS5$4153.(^0

$13.A166.

4180.IS4153-60

26.58

The fiscal year ending June 30th was abad one for the Indian economy. Agriculture output and industrial growth declined while money circulation expanded.In order to keep wheat prices down, theGovernment imported 650 million dollarsworth of wheat from the United States.

A million persons are expected to attend a National Unity Rally in New Delhion Mahatma Dandhi's birthday, Oct. 2nd.

Fifty Indian teachers are being recruited to teach in the colleges of Ethiopia.

A week-long conference on World Energyv/as held in New Delhi in September with1500 foreign delegates and 1000 fromIndia. 209 came from the U.S.A., 203 fromBritain, 162 from France and 11 fromRuss ia.

India's foremost journalist, KhushwantSingh, scolded the Russians badly for theKorean pl^ne-d i-sa^s^ter. —

Many non-Christian Japanese coupleslike to be married in Hawaii by Christianrites. Now some are beginning to come toIndia to be married according to Hindurites with a honeymoon at the Taj Mahal.

Due to its inability to get enricheduranium from abroad, India is planning touse Plutonium-Uranium (natural) carbidefuel in its Fast Breeder Test Reacternear Madras. This vjill place India amongthe few countries which have establishedfast breeder technology. The process isadmittedly full of risks.

A comprehensive scheme is being prepared for the decongestion of Old Delhiwhose civic problems have assumed staggering dimensions. This v/i 11 require theshifting of larges masses of people. (Youbetter believe it). Old Delhi is adjacent to New Delhi and is an old city.New Delhi is 70 years old and is one ofthe world's most beautiful capitol cities.

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