Phillips Alva Janice 1974 Germany

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X l i J i n q W a t e r

I N

t h e ' ^ i d s t

of

a

d e s e r t

Volume

10 Number 1

January • June

1974

FROCHILICHE

WEIHNACTEN

As

t h e

Ch ristm as season

i s

t o o

r a p i d l y

approaching,

our h e a r t s are bubbling over

more

than u s u a l , as we

r e a l i z e

fhot i t ' s solely

because

of Christ Jesus, our Lord,

t h a t we

are

here i n

Gechingen,

W. Ge r m an y ,

serving

Hi m. He mode

ur r e t u r n

t r i p t o Germany the f i r s week

o f June

p o s s i b l e

through

you, H i s f a i t h f u l

c h i l d r e n

and

our

f a i t h f u l s u p p o r t e r s . We

annot

begin t o

thank

God

enough f o r

your

l i v e s and your w i l l i n g n e s s

t o share t h e

message o f C h r i s t .

We also

thank

each person

support

i n g

us

f o r

a l l o w i n g

u s

t o serve C h r i s t here. We love

each

o f

you very

m u c h

and

h o l d

each

o f

you so dear.

Our

prayers

go

up i n h e a r t f e l t fhonksgiving

f o r your

f a i t h f u l n e s s

t o H i s cause and

f o r

t h e g i v i n g o f H i s Son-

f o r

each

one of u s , T h i s i s a

wonderful

time o f

year.

I t

i s our

prayer t h a t

each

an d

every

soul

t h a t you

an d I

c o me i n c o n t a c t w i t h d a i l y ,

w i l l

see C h r i s t l i v i n g i n u s

and

w i l l

make

a d r a s t i c change, by

c o m p l e t e l y

surrender

i n g h i s l i f e

t o our l i v i n g

S a v i o r . T h i s

i s our prayer f o r

each one

who carries

t h e name

'C h r i s t i a n or

one o f

Alva, Debbie and

Janice

P h i l l i |

C h r i s t ' s d u r i n g t h e year

o f

1 9 7 4 . T o

eoch

we wish

a

blessed

C hr is t mas season and a

lered New Year or

1974.

one

o f you

C h r i s t - c e n -

GOD'S MYSTERIOUS W Y

God's

Word i s s o v e r y t r u e ,

when t s o y s , "God

works

i n mysterious ways

h i s wonders

t o perform".

As we

re

turned t o Germany, he f i r s t week of June,

we

h a d no

idea a t o i l t h a t t h i n g s would ever work out as they d i d *

b u t

t h a t ' s because God

worked

t out H i s way.

We had

been having

problems w i t h

Frau Meizig,

our

l a n d l a d y , w h i l e

we

l i v e d

i n

Bergwald

(

new

h o u s i n g

oreo o f Gechingen). So, w h i l e we were i n t h e S t a t e s ,

John ond Nancy

Montgomery

l o o k c a r e

o f

o u r

aportment

f o r u s . The

l a n d l a d y

a l s o

gave

them problems. F i n a l l y ,

she came down t o the l i n e , i n

saying,

t h o t the u p s t a i r s

renters

were moving out, as of March

I ,

1973.

I f

we

wanted to remain i n the h ouse we must rent the whole

house at more than double the r e n t , which wouldn't b e

t h a t

advantogeous.

We s a i d ,

a f t e r m u c h p r o y e r , "No

We won't

pay t h a t p r i c e . Sosheso id l o m ove. We h od

prayed

t h a t

i f God

wanted

us t o move.He

would

show

u s , b y

f u r n i s h i n g u s w i t h

a

house

adequate

f o r

t h e

m is

s i o n ' s

needs b y the end

of

June• s

we arrived the

f i r s t

p a r t

o f J u n e .

W e l l , God d i d

onswer

t h a t

prayer t h r o u g h

R i c k

Deighton,

t h e f i r s t week we

were back.

He heard of

two

opartments i n

a house

which were t o

b e a v a i l a b l e b y

t h e f i r s t

o f

June. So we went t o t h e l an d l o r d ond ex

p l a i n e d

about

o u r

work, t h e y o u t h programs, and o f

o u r

meager e f f o r t s t o

s t a r t a

congregation here I n

Gechin

gen.

He

a l s o s l a t e d t h a t - i f t h e

p r i c e

w a s n ' t

t o o

d r a s t i c ,

t h a t we'd l i k e

t o

r e n t

b o t h

a p a r t m e n t s .

The L o r d

l e d each

s t e p

of

the

way

f o r

the

l a n d l o r d s a i d ,

'We'll

hold

the

a-

p a r l m e n t s

u n t i l t h e P h i l l i p s

come,

ond s i n c e we

l r e a d y

know them,

w e ' l l

r e n t them t h e apartments, f

t h e y

want

them "

I t s

e x t r e m e l y hard t o

f i n d

apartments here,

L i n d a

Dayhoff i s

s t i l l l o o k i n g

f o r an apartment, i n c e t h i s

post summer.

Needless

t o

say, we t o o k t h e two

a p a r t m e n t s ,

which

are.nuLCh

l a r g e r J i n d b e t t e r arranged

thon our former

portment and t h e r e n t i s cheaper. T h i s

c a n

o n l y be

God's d o i n g s . He s

so

tremendous, ond we

t r y

t o

make

Him

so

l i t t l e

and

i n s i g n i f i c a n t .

He

i s

o i l

p o w e r f u l ,

a l l

knowing ond

p r e s e n t everywhere.

For t h i s we c a n ' t

be

g i n to

t h a n k

Him

enough. He i s s o p a t i e n t and l o v i n g

wit h

us.

{Continued on page

2)


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During the f i r s t

f o u r days o f

November,

thecongre-

g o t i o n

w h i c h " m e e t s h e T f e H n - . J ^ e bosement a p a r t m e n t ,

e x

p e r i e n c e d

i t s

f i r s t r e v i v a l . ' i t was so

t h r i l l i n g

t o see t h e

y o u n g p e o p ^ e ^ r w l f l i n g t i e s s t o p a s s o u t i n v i t a t i o n s t o

t h e

revival. There

were

at leost 600

nvifotions

handed out.

The

n i g h t l y

attendance

averaged

27

d u l t s .

Your

i r s t

c omme n t w i l l probobly be, But t h a t ' s n o t

many.

For

here, t h a t ' s g r e a t I t i s o n e w beginning. The h i g h e s t a t

tendance was on

the

t h i r d evening, November

3rd,

i t h

3 4 a d u l t s . Many new c o n t a c t s were mode and s p i r i t u a l

i n t e r e s t

wos

t r u l y s t i r r e d . The L o r d worked

through

t h e

~-evangelist.

Brother

Hopfel, t o reach

i n t o

the h e a r t s o f

many

people t o

r e a l l y s e t t h e m

t o

t h i n k i n g

on s p i r i t u a l

t h i n g s .

P l e a s e

pray t h o t t h e seeds t h o t were p l a n t e d d u r

i n g t h e

r e v i v o l

w i l l

grow and b r i n g f o r t h a f r u i t f u l har

v e s t

f o r

Him.

I t

bos

been

o u r

j o i n t

pray

t h a t

10

s o u l s

would

accept

C h r i s t during t h i s year.

Thus

f a r , only

four

.

s o u l s have

surrendered

t h e i r l i v e s t o

C h r i s t .

P l e a s e

pray

t h a t 1974 w i l l

w i t n e ss 20 victories

for

t h e

Master i n

t h e

l _ » B l a c k F o r e s t

a r e a .

r — — — . r : •

ur h e a r t s w e r e t h r i l l e d b e y o n d w o r d s o n

S a t u r d a y

evening,

D e c emb e r

8,

as the

congregotion met

together

f o r i t s f i r s t " p o t - l u c k " supper and

i t s

f i r s t c o n g r e g a t i o n a l

meeting.

The supper

turne d out

t o

be very

n i c e . Every

one

had p l e n t y t o

e a t

and t h e f e l l o w s h i p

was

so

warm

ond

s p i r i t u a l l y u p l i f t i n g .

As everyone

f i n i s h e d e a t i n g ,

. J l i c k . . D e . i g . t i t o n c a l l e d

t h e

meeting t o g e t h e r . H e

e x p r e s s e d

i t i e d e s i r e t o see

t h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n

r e a c h o u t f o r C h r i s t ,

by

t h e

people

sharing i n

the

expense o f t h e church and

i n reac hing

beyond t o

mission f i e l d s .

T h e

enthusiasm of

t h e s e people was tre mendous. They d e f i n i t e l y wanted t o

t r y and

pay

the

h e a t i n g o i l and

l i g h t b i l l s .

T h e y a l s o

wanted

t o use one

h o l f

o f

t h e i r

o f f e r i n g t o

see

i f t h ey

c o u l d b r i n g i n enough

t o

s u p p o r t

a,Korean orphan. T h i s

was so e x c i t i n g f o r each one p r e s e n t . Then t h e

worship

s e r v i c e

was

h e l d . A f t e r everyone

l e f t the

P h i l l i p s count

e d t h e

o f f e r i n g t o

f i n d

t h a t

the congregation

hod

given

553.60 i n the o f f e r i n g .

Oh was

our f a i t h ever s t r e n g t h

ened.

God i s doing great t h i n g s among H i s c h i l d r e n .

P r o i s e be t o Him from whom l l b l e s s i n g

flow.

Rick Deigh ton leading

S e n i o r

Youth Meeting

Christine Wood,

summer worker Supplies l i n i n g

t h e

hallway


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CHRISTM S N

G RM NY

By

Linda

Dayhoff^

A l t h o u g h ,

o s w r i t e

t h i s , h a v e n ' t s p e n t o

C h r i s t m a s

i n Germany y e t , would

l i k e

t o share some o f t h e t h i n g s

I

ave

observed concerning happenings a t Christmas

time

t h i n k

t h e

f i r s t

t h i n g

t h a t

I n o t i c e d

wos

t h a t

Christmos

i s

n o t

OS commercializ ed h e r e .

D e c o r a t i o n s

and s p e c i a l

a r t i c l e s

f o r

Christmas weren t p u t on d i s p l a y

u n t i l

around

December

and

S t . Nicholos doesn t

p l a y

such

an

impor

t a n t

p a r t

i n the o c t i v i t i e s .

December 6 s the doy

f o r

S t .

Nicholas

t o

come o

see

the

c h i l d r e n .

The c h i l d r e n ore

t o

p u t a boot on

the

window i l l o r o u t s i d e t h e door d u r i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n . On

t h a t evening

there

w i l l

e i t h e r

be

some

andy

o r

a

bundle

o f s w i t c h e s , placed i n the b o o t ,

depending

on whether

they were good or bad.

On

he evening o f

December

6.

Debbie

P h i l l i p s I n s i s t e d t h a t s h o u l d

p u t my

oot

o u t s i d e

the door.

L a t e r on

found

a

pine branch i n i t

w i t h

a few

p i e c e s

o f candy.

I quess

S t . N i c h o l a s

d i d n ' t

t h i n k

I hod

been as ood

a

g i r l

as

should

hove been.

B e f o r e

t h e

f i r s t Sunday i n December each f a m i l y

e i t h e r buys o r makes

on Advent Wreath

mode o f p i n e

branches. Four small candles

are

placed around the

wreath

and a l a r g e r c a n d l e i s p l o c e d

i n

t h e

middle

o f t h e

c i r c l e .

E o c h

Su nday one candle s l i t

and

t h e

a c c o u n t

o f

J e s u s '

b i r t h i s read

from one o f

the

Gospels beginning

with Matthew.

The

four

candles ore

t o symbolize the four

Gospel

w r i t e r s ond t h e middle candle i s t o symbolize

C h r i s t . T h e e n d l e s s

c i r c l e

o f

evergreen branches s i g n i

f i e s the endless love of C h r i s t .

Janice

P h i l l i p s made a

wreath for the families of the

workers h ere, o

we

ould

observe t h e custom

o l o n g

w i t h t h e

Germans.

T h e C h r i s t m o s t r e e s u s u o l l y ore n o t p u t up u n t i l

Chri s tma s Eve. The main decoration for the

frees

i s

candles, w h i c h

are

i t

on

C hristmas

eve

and C hristmas

day

( w h i c h , t o

a

German,

s

Dec. 25

and 2 6 ) . They a l s o

u s e

t h e ornament s u c h o s we would

u s e and t h e y

have

some

ery cute wood-corved tree decorations.

One

h i n g t h o l

I

see here

i n t h e

v i l l a g e about once a

week

t h a t

one

seldom

sees i n

t h e

S t a t e s , i s

a shepherd

l i f s f i l

•

V / o r s h i p services

and

a f l o c k o f sheep. R e c e n t l y saw t h e shepherd, w h o

w a t c h e s

t h e

sheep

o f

s e v e r a l ownes here n

Gechingen,

on a h i l l s i d e not for from

where l i v e . Each

lime s ee

them

I am

reminded

o f

t h e

mony t i m e s J e s u s r e f e r s t o

the

sheep

i n H i s t e o c h i n g s

and

h o w He s r e f e r r e d

t o as

t h e

Good Shepherd. T h i s a l l e g o r y i s something t h a t i s

very r e a l

t o the

German

people

and

t h i s

theme w as

u sed i n a eries

of Bible

lessons

for

the German children

t h a t was p r i n t e d by

t h e

P h i l l i p s .

D u r i n g t h i s

t i m e

o f

year am s p e c i a l l y

reminded o f

t h a t p o r t

t h e shepherds

played i n

t h e

Christmas s t o r y .

I f o n l y everyone

were

as eager

t o f i n d

C h r i s t o s t h e

shepherds

were

on t h o t w o n d e r f u l n i g h t t h o t C h r i s t was

born.

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Dearborn,

Michigan 48126

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Route 1 ,

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and

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P h i l l i p s

7261 Stammheim/Calw

P o s t f a c h 1 5 , West

Germany

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qct

April-September

197^

Newsletter

Hollo Dear

Ones in

Christ,

Without your

faithful PRAYERS, SUPPORT,

and CONCERN this summer's ac

tivities would not have been possible. We cannot thank God enough

for

you

We

truly praise Him

and

thank Him

for

using you

to

further His work

here.

The s v a r m e r opened with Miss Leah Moomaw's arrival

on

June

This was

truly an answer to

prayer,

as Leah

was

able

to

step right

in and

help carry

part

of the load. She found

herself cutting stencils

for the

quarter

work

books

(for

the

f o u r - y e a r series), d r a w i n g

up s o n g - w o r d

b o o k s

(visual aids)

for

D«V ,B,S, and

for Bible Hour, helping in the youth programs, preparing

a

D,V,B,S, lesson

in

German

(she

taught

the last day

of D,V,B .S,

for Bill

Ros-

nett a n d h i s

j u n i o r

age

c l a s s ) , h e l p e d

p r e p a r e n e e d e d s u p p l i e s for Lugano,

and

helped Janice around the

house in her

spare time—if she

found any Ha

Leah is a senior at Ozark Bible College, where God is truly preparing

her for his work. Where?

We

aren't

sure—but

we would love

to see

her re

turn to Germany, as she fits into the

Lord's

work so

well

due

to her present

knowledge

of German, Leah, thanks a million for your patience

with each

of

us

and

for the many hours

of

work you willfiilly

put

in for him.

Daily Vacation Bible School

was a real spiritual

success

with

an

average

of ^0 children per day. Our thanks goes

to

Lela

Rosnett

and Alta Beasley,

teacher and helper of

the

Nursery class; Linda Dayhoff and Jackie B rookshire

taught

the

Beginners; Diane Miller and Jill Farmer were teacher and helper

for

the

Primary class;

Bill

Rosnett

and Leah Moomaw

taught the

Juniors; Alva

Phillips taught the Teenagers; Rick Deighton

assisted wherever

needed, Jan

ice Phillips was in charge of the Music, refreshments, missionary

story,

and

overseeing the school,

Jack ie Brook shire was borrowed from Tubingen v r f i e r e

she

was on

a

summer

internship) for two

weeks to

help us

out

in

the hour

of need. She, too,

has

a

good

g rasp of

the

German language. Thank you, Jackie, for a job well done.

You

were greatly appreciated. She also favored us with violin specials.

Miss

Jill

Farmer, a

graduate

of Florida State University, arrived on

June 27 after a "bout**

with

Poison

Ivy,

She

plans

to serve the Lord here in

any

area in which she can

be of help, at

least

for

the next year. She

came

at a very

needed time and

fell right into the

work of preparing

for D,V,E,S,

very nicely. She

has

been

a

tremendous help

in the

background—helping to do

all the little—jobs-^that-make the big-jobe,- pregrams-,

or

tasks become

reality

in

a much easier

way. She

seems v ery

T r f i l l i n g

to attempt

any

task.

For

Jill's

continual help and willingness, we

truly

thank God, She is presently making

plans for language classes,

which

will keep her busy for awhile. Remember

her

and each

of

the workers

as

each tries to

better

his knowledge of the

German language.

In place

of

a

closing program

for D.V.B.S,,

we

held

an open

house.

Many

parents

came out—some whom we

had

not

had

a

chance

to get acquainted

with

yet.

Our hearts

were thrilled when Sister Eberly

went

with

us to

Lugano,

The

Lugano

Retreat

was

a

g reat success with

a

total

of

1^1

present

for

camp. Mrs,

Lela

Rosnett did a

splendid job taking

charge

of

the Nursery-Beginner

group.

She

showed the children

the

"Parables

of

Nature" filmstrips and

made

workbooks

to coincide, Janice

had

charge of the Primary

and

Junior classes. Thanks be

to God there were volunteer teachers for

each

day. Two souls were immersed

into Christ during the camp. Angels were truly rejoicing with each of us over

these victories

for Christ,

German camn

was

the largest ever There were

27 campers who

k ept each

of

the workers

on

the

go. We

were most

grateful

for Mrs,

B rigitte Thomases help


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IN

THE MIDST OF A DESERT

Volume

10,Number 2

June-

December, 974

REJOICING

OVER

THOSE

THAT

EPENT.

L o u i s ,

Ruby

and Eddie

Anderson

The n d e r s o n s

i h c n d e c i d ed t o

s p e n d d l i r i s t m a s i n c u r

h o m e .

\ V c

had a

o n d e r f u l t i m e o f u n and e l l o w sh i p t o g e t h e r . During

(Ihristmas

God

touched

the

Anderson's

hearts

and

started

a

tremendous change i n t h e i r l i v e s . On December

26,

1973,

K d d i e and h i s

f a t h e r ,

l . o u L s . A n d e r s o n a c c e p t e d

J e s u s

C h r i s t a s

t h e i r personal Sav ior. That made a t h e r and son u n i t e d

i n

t l i e

body

o f

C h r i s t . However, h e m o t h e r s a i d

s h e

w a s n ' t q u i t e

r e a d y

t o

t a k e t h i s s t e p .

D e s p i t e

h e r r e p l y t o u s w e t i l l u s e d

every o p p o r t u n i t y

to w i t n e s s t o h e r . On anuary 19, 1974, h e

angds n h e a v e n w e r e c a u s e d t o r ^ o i c e e v e n m o r e , a s

Ruby

made

h e r d e c i s i on and was a p t i z e d i n t o J e s u s C h r i s t .

At t h e

same

t i m e

our

d a u g h t e r ,

D e b b i e , who

made h e r

d e c i s i o n

t o a c c e p t

J e s u s ,

was

a l s o

b a p t i z e d .

T h e r e was h a r d l y

a

d r y

e y e

a r o u n d

t h a t

m o r n i n g b e c a u s e o fs p l r i t u a l r ^ o ic i n g

and

t h e

f a c t t h a t ,

Now

two f a m i l i e s a r e

c o m p l e t e i n t h e I x j r d .

I s n ' t t w o n d e r f u l t h e way God

e a d s

and

does t h o s e

t h i n g s w h i c h

are m p o s s i b l e f o r man o do?

Both the Andersons

and

Debbie are

f a i t h f u l

witnesses for

C h r i s t . They r e s e r v i n g t h e L o r d and a r e

s t r i v i n g

t o b e s t r o n g

o c a m p l e s f o r Him, h e r e v e r o u r L o r d may e a d t h e m .

God l e a d s u s t o v i c t o r y and s h o w e r s u s

w i t h

b l e s s i n g s

^ u i l c o f t e n w e

a r e

reminded of i a l a t i a n s 6 : 9 w h e r e i s

s a y s ,

Be n o t w e a r y i n w e l l d o i n g ; l o r i n d u e s e a s o n s y e s h i i l l r e a p ,

i f ye

' a i m

n o t . "

We

i r s t met

t h e

Andersons

i U

l l e i l h o r n .

W e s t

Cermanv,

where h e y w e r e

s t a t i o n e d i n t h e

I L . S .

.\rmy, e v e r a l y e a r s ago.

T h i s

h o w e v e r , p r o v e d

t o b e a h o r t a c q u a i n t a n c e , u r( i d e S am

soon

translcrrcd them back

home T h a t

in 1972 we had th e

p r i v i l e g e

o f

s t r e n g t h e n i n g o u r

t i e s ,

o n c e a g a i n . B u t i n t h e

summer of 1972,

w c

r e t u r n e d t o t h e S t a t e s on f u r l o u g h an d

a r r i v e d back i n Germany n June f

73.

' r a i s e s b e t o Cod. h e

bond o i i c i l o w s h i p t r u l y b e g a n t o grow e t w e e n a l l

o f

u s

i n

t h e

Lord

-t tA

Dd}bie h i l l i p s


7/13

Teenage

Youth

Group

1

t . - f ; *

Y o u t l i

p r e s e n t a

s p e c i a l Christmas

program

Assembly

time

during C h i l d r e n ' s

B i b l e Hour

C MP IME

One of t h e

e x c i t i n g

t i m e s o f t h e y e a r f o r t h e German y o u t h

i s

camp

t i m e . They comefromaliparts o l t h e s u r r o u n d i n g a r e a

a n d a r e

i l i r i l l e d

t o

b e a b l e t o

h a v e h i s

t i m e

o f f u n and

f e l l o w -

s h i p

t o g e t h e r .

F o r m a n y

of hem

B i b l e camp

a l l o w s

them

t o

be

a l o n e

w i t h God and away from

t h e i r p a r e n t s f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e

i n

t h e i r

l i v e s .

As

h e y

go

through

t h e

a c t i v i t i e s

o f

t h e w e e k s e v C T a l

of h e

y o u t h u s u a l l y b e g i n

t o

t h i n k a b o u t t h e i r

p e r s o n a l

r e l a t i o n

s h i p

t o

J e s u s

C h r i s t . T h e

young

p e o p l e seem t o be

l o o k i n g f o r

ward t o

camp t h i s

y e a r w i t h

a g r e a t d e a l

o f c n t h u s i a m . . A s i n

t h e

p a s t

c o u p l e o f y e a r s , we

i l l

b e h o l d i n g , I x t r d w i l L n g , n e a r

l a k e C o n s t a n c e , w h i c h i s n o t l o o f a r f r o m i u t t l l n g e n , W e s t

Germany, Our m e e t i n g

placeisneartheDanube

l U v e r . G e r m a n

camp i f f e r s a l i t d e from t h e

U . S .

C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e C a m p, n

t h a t i n l l i e a f t e r n o o n s we s u a l l y t a k e so me y p e o f

a

t r i p o r we

g o swimming. We

a r e e x p e c t i n g

about 30 campers t h i s y e a r .

YOUTH

EETING

A n o t h e r

way

we have

f o u n d

t o c h a l l e n g e t h e young p e o p l e

i s t h r o u g h y o u t h m e e t i n g s . Each Tuesday v e n i n g i s f o r j u n i o r

age

y o u t h

and Thursday

I f

f o r

t h e T e e n a g e r s . B o t h o f t h e

y o u t h g r o u p s a r e b ^ i n n i n g t o s h o w s o m e s i g n s o f

p i r i t u a l

g r o w t h .

T h e

t o t a l

a t t e n d a n c e

f o r

b o t h

g r o u p s

u s u a l l y

r u n s

around

25-30.

One

t h i n g w h i c h

has

t r u l y t h r i l l e d u s

about

t h e o l d e r

y o u t h

g r o u p I s

t h e i r

w i l l i n g n e s s

t o d i s c u s s

some

o f

t h d r

p r o b l e m s

w i t h

u s

a n d a l l o w i n g

u s

t o

t r y

t o h e l p

t h e m f i n d

a

o l u t i o n t o

t h e i r p r o b l e m s t h r o u g h s p i r i t u a l

g u i d a n c e .

CHILDREN S

BIBLEHOUR

Howe\er, C h i l d r e n ' s B i b l e Hour has b e e n very

e f f e c t i v e

i n

opening

many doors and h e a r t s

t o

u s . F . a c h Wednesday a f t e r

no o n

we

have

t h e

joy of

t e a c h i n g

fro m

30-40

c h i l d r e n

about

J e s u s

C l u i s t .

any

of

them l e a r n

t h a t J e s u s l o v e s

and

c a r e s

a b o u t t l i e m p e r s o n a l l y .

Th e

B i b l e s t o r i e s and v e r s e s become

more

t h a n

j u s t p r i n t e d w o r d s . They

a r e

e x p e r i e n c e s

w h i c h

t h e y

can have through C h r i s t t h e m s e l v e s .

More and m o r e

p a r e n t s

a r e

s t a r t i n g t o

ask

us i n t o t h e i r

h o mes

and seem

t o

want t o

know

more about his C h r i s t whom we e r v e .


8/13

wm imm

One

t h i n g , w h i c h t h e German c h i l d r e n t r u l y a p p r e c i a t e

and

w i s h

t o e x p r e s s

t h e i r

t h a n k s t o

e a c h

o f you f o r ,

a r e t h e

many

^ s u p p l i e s

s e n t and g i v e n

t o u s . T h e s e

e n a b l e

u s

t o

h e l p t h e m

p i c t u r e

t h e s t o r i e s

I n

t h e i r

minds

and

t o

show

them

t h a t s e r \ - i n g

G h r i s t

i s a r e a l j o y . As t h e y make i l i n g s q u i t e o f t e n

t h e y

r e a l i z e w h a t

a

b l e s s i n g i t i s t o m a k e

a n d

s h a r e t i l i n g s o n e w i t h

a n o t h e r .

M a y G o d b f o s e a c h o f y o u w h o h a v e h a d a p a r t i n

p r o v i d i n g u s

w i t h t h e s u p p l i e s

w h i c h we s e .

SPECI L

CHRISTM S

PROGR M

C h r i s t m a s

h a d

a d e e p e r

m e a n i n g f o r s c w e r a l

c h i l d r e n and

a d u l t s t h i s p a s t y e a r .

T h i s

w a s e s p e c i a l l y t r u e f o r t h o s e who

a t t e n d e d

i l i e

C h r i s t m a s

program t h a t

t h e

c h i l d r e n from

c h i l d r e n ' s

B i b l e Hour p r e s e n t ^ f o r t h e i r p a r e n t s . Some

o f

t h e m

l e a r n e d

w h a t

t h e

r e a l

meaning o f

C l i r l s t m a s I s

and f o u n d

o u t ,

i t

i s

more

t h a n

J u s t exchanging

g i f t s .

They

d i s c o v e r e d

i t

was

/ a c c e p t i n g

G o d s

g i f t

o f

l o v e

a n d

a l l o w i n g

H i m

t o

b e

t h e

r u l r

o f

t l i e l r l i v e s . A l l of

s w e r e c h a l l e n g e d

t o g i v e C h r i s t more o f

( h e h o n o r d u e Him

and

a c c e p t

l e s s o f t f o r o u r s e l v e s .

B e g i n n e r c l a s s

during

C h i l d r e n ' s B i b l e H o u r

Janice P h i l l i p s t e a c h i n g Primary

c l a s s

P l t . A V FOU

t h e

y o u t h

t h a t

t h e i r i m e r c s t i n His w i l l

f o r

t h e i r

l i v e s c o n t i n u e s t o grow. H

K x t r a f i n a n c i a l h e l p i s n e e d e d t o h e l p m a k e C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e Q

Camp

o s s i b l e . I n t h e p a s t we

have

a r e l y l c e n a b l e t o make H

ends meet along h i s

l i n e . H o w e \ - c r ,

i n c e

l a s t

years camp many

t h i n g s , w h i c h we

must

buy have

d o u b l e d i n

p r i c e , i ' r c s e n t l y .

w e m u s t c h a r g e

1 4 . 7 0 p e r

w e e k ofcamp.

We

h a v e t h o u g h t

a b o u t r a i s i n g t h e p r i c e

n u t p r e f e r n o t

t o . I f

we

r a i s e t h a t

w i l l me an

s o m e of t h e youth

w o n ' t

be a b l e t o a t t e n d c a m p .

T h i s

w e

d o

n o t

w a n t .

\

t

I

As

we f a c e t h e

r e s t of

h i s y e a r we

s e e

a

c i i a i l e n g e b e f o r e

u s

to lead more

and more

o u ls o

Christand

to nuture t l i o s e

i n

the

I x j r d who

have c c e p t e d H i m . I n orderio

d o wc n e e d

your

p r a y e r s .

I ' r a y f o r

more

p e o p l e t o

open t h e i r

h e a r t s and t h a t

G o d w i l l g r a n t u s

t h e

w i s d o m

t o

l e a d

t h e m t o

a c l o s e r

w a l k B i l l R o s n e t t l e a d s

B i b l e S t u d y

f o r T u n i o f c l a s s

with

Him.


9/13

LIVING IN GERMANY

By L i n d a Dayhoff

I am f t e n

a s k e d , n V h a l ' s

i t l i k e t o l i v e i n ( l e m i a n y ? I f i n d

l i v i n g I n ( i e r m a n y s n o t m u c h

d i f f e r e n t

f r o m i i v i n g i n t h e S t a t e s .

The h o u s e s l o o k

a b o u t

t h e

same

e x c e p t t h a i

a l l

hom« b u i l t

h e r e i l l r e c e n t

y e a r s

l i a v e

b a l c o n i e s . M o s i

a m i l i e s h a v e

t h e

m o -

d e r n

c o n v e n i e n c e s i n t h e i r h o m e s

b u t some

t i l l

c o o k

o n c o a l o r

wood

t o v e s ,

[ h e m a i n

i f f e r e n c e n t h e h o u s e s

t h a t w ? : e s p e c i a l l y

n o t i c e i s t h e a b s e n c e o f b u i l t - i n c u p b o a r d s , l o s e t s o r

s t o r a g e

s p a c e o f

a n y k i n d .

A n y t h i n g

o f

h i s

t y p e m u s t

b e b o u g h t a n d

p l a c e d

i n t h e

r o o m s .

A n d a l m o s t

w i t h o u t

e x c e p U o n t h e k i t c h e n

a n d d

i n i n g r o o m a r e c o m p l e t e l y

s e p a r a t e

r o o m s

a n d t h e k i t c h e n

i s v e r y s m a l l

a n d

i s

n o t u s e d a s

a n

e a t i n g r o o m .

I n

( l e c h i n g e n ,

t l i e s m a l l v i l l a g e w h e r e I l i v e , t h e r e a r e

n e w

h o u s e s b e i n g b u i l t

a l l

a r o u n d

u s .

I t

i s

m u c h

m o r e

e x p e n s e

to

b u i l d

a

h o u s e

h e r e

t h a n

i n t h e

t a t e s . M o s t h o u s e s a r e m u l t i - f a m i l y d w e l l i n g s

s o t h e

l a n d l o r d w i l l p a y f o r t h e h o u s e b y e n t i n g t h e

a p a r t m e n t s i n i t .

As

one o o k s a c r o s s

t h e

l a n d around

t h e

v i l l a g e i t

r e s e m b l e s

a

p a t c h w o r k

u i l t .

T h i s

s

t r u e

b e c a u s e

o f

h e

f i e l d s

b e i n g d i v i d e d

i n t o s m a l l p l o t s w h i c h d a t e s

b a c k

to

t h e

f u t i l e s y s t e m . One

f a r m e r s p l o t s o f a n d

may

e m i l e s a p a r t

a n d

t h i s l a n d

i s

p a s s e d

d o w n t h o u g h

t h e

f a m i l y f r o m o n e

g e n e r a t i o n

t o t h e n e x t .

] ' a r n i i n g i W i i s r e a i s o n f y

a

p a r t - t i m e j o b

b e c a u s e t h e

m a n

i n

t J i e f a m i l y ^ s o h a s a

j o b

a t

a

n e a r - b y f a c t o r y . I b i s

i s n ' t

t r u e

t h r o u g h o u t h e w h o l e

c o u n t r y b u t

d o e s

a p p l y

i n

t h i s

a r e a . M o s t

l a r n i e r s

h a v e

a t r a c t o r

a l t h o u g h

onemay

e s h a r e d w i t h

a n o t h e r

f a m i l y .

A n d o c c a s i o n a l l y

w e

s e e

a

f a r m e r u s i n g a h o r s e t o d o

t h e f i e l d

w o r k . A

a m i l y

m i g h t

own

o u r

o r

f i v e

c o > v s a n d t h e y

a r c k e p t u n d e r t i e a t h t h e h o u s e a n d a r e n o t l e t o u t t o g r a z e

i n

t h e

f i e l d s . The m i l k

f r o m

t h e cows

s

s o l d t o t h e

d a i r y

and

f o r h a l f

a n l i o u r e a c h e v e n i n g

h e

m i l k s

o l d t o t h e

p e o p l e i i t

t h e

v i l l a g e .

I n e a c h v i l l a g e o n e

c a n

a l w a y s i n d a c h u r c h .

J t

w i l l e i t h e r

h e

C a t h o l i c

o r l . u t h e r a i i . t h e r e c o g n i z e d s t a t e d u i r d h . To m o s t

p e o p l e t l i c c h u r c h r e p r e s e n t s a p l a c e

i n

w h i c h t o b e b a p t i z e d . a s

a c h i l d , t o b e

m a r r i e d ,

a n d to h a v e a u n e r a l , ( i e n e r a l l y t h e

c l m r c h i s

n o t

a

p l a c e

i n w h i c h t o r e c e i v e

s p i r i t u a l

i f o u r i s h n i e n l .

I . v c r y o n e

i s r o q u i r e d

t o

p a y c h u r c h a x e s a n d h a s n o

s a y

a s t o

l i o w

i l i e

m o n e v

i s s p e n t .

B e c a u s e - t h e y

p a y

t h e i r b h u r c l i t a x e s

a n d ; u e

c o n s i d e r e d

members

o f

h e

c h u r c h , h t y

c a l l

t h e m s e l v e s

C h r i s t i a n s a n d f e e l t h a t n o t h i n g

e l s e

i s

n e c e s s a r y . ' I ' l i i s

i s why

w e a r e s t r i v i n g s o h a r d

t o t e a c h t h o s e

w i t h w h o n ^ w e c o m e i n

c o n t a c t

t h e t r u t h a b o u t w h a t t h e

c h u r c h i s

and w h a t i t means t o

[ > e a C h r i s t i a n . I t I s e n c o u r a g i n g t o

s e e

t h e

l e w

( k ^ m a n C h r i s

t i a n s t h a t m a k e u p

t h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n

h e r e ,

g a t h e r : e a c h I x j r d s

D a y

m o r n i n g

f o r

t h e

a p o s t l e s d o c t r i n e a n d f e l l o w s h i p , b r e a k i n g

o f

b r e a d

a n d

p r a y e r s .

A n d

t h e y a r e r e a c h i n g o u t

t o o t h e r s

b y

A

BIG STEP FORWARD

G o d i s b l e s s i n g

H i s

w o r k

h e r e

t h r o u g h y o u r

s a c r i f i c e s a n d

p r a y e r s . T h e c o n g r e g a t i o n h e r e

i s b e g i n n i n g t o r e a l i z e w h a t

a

j o y i t i s t o s e r v e

C k i s t . S o m e

f t h e m

a r e

e x p e r i e n c i n g f o r t h e

f i r s t t i m e , e a l

t r u e C h r i s t i a n

f e l l o w s h i p . One

t h i n g

w h i c h h a s

h e l p e d

t h i s s p i r i t

o f

o v e

a n d

f e l l o w s h i p t o

g r o w

a r e

t h e

m o n t h l y

m e a l s

w e h a v e t o g e t h e r . T h e y

h a v e h e l p e d e v e r y o n e

t o

r e l a x a n d

c o m e

t o

^e

o n c l u s i o n t h a t

C h r i s t i a n s a n d

m i n i s t e r s a r e j u s t

n o r m a l

p w l e t r i v i n g

t o w a l k

i n C h r i s t s f o o t s t e p s .

O u r

p^ts

h a v e b e e n

t h r i l l e d b y

t h e d e s i r e o f h e c h u r c h

t o h e l p w i t h e x p e n s e s h e r e b u t n o t t o f o r g e t t h a t t h e t a s k o f

e v a n g e l i s m

r e q u i r e s t h a t w e

r e a c l i

o u t t o o t h e r l a n d s

a s w e l l .

T h e y a r e n o w

p a y i n g

s o m e p r i n t i n g n e e d s

a n d

t h e

e l e c t r i c

a n d

h e a t i n g

b i l l s .

A l o n g w i t h t h e

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T h e v e r y f i r s t I m p r e s s i o n

I

had

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w a s , h o w

c o l d

t h e

e a t h e r w a s . I t w a s s u p p o s e d t o

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u s e d t o t h e w e a t h e r , b u t t i s n e w

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t h e

f

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a r e

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I

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t h i n g s t h a t

a r e

d i f f e r e n t ,

b u t a r e so common

t h a t

you

c a n t

h e l p n o t i c i n g t l i e m

r i g h t

away. F o r

T i l l Farmer

« a i n p l e , h e d o o r k n o b s n G e r m a n y

• d o n open t h e

door.

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l a c t ,

they

w o n t

t u r n a t

a l l .

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day

from 12:00

t o

2:00

i n

t h e

a f t e r

n o o n c \ e r y t h i n g

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s u p p o s e d

t o b e q u i e t .

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s t o r e s ,

p o s t

o f

f i c e a n d b a n k

a r e

a l l c l o s e d d u r i n g

h i s

t i m e a n d n o o n e

i s

s u p

p o s e d t o

make

any

l o u d

n o i s e s , l i k e vacuming

t h e

r u g ,

mow

i n g

t h e lawn,

o r

washing c l o t h e s . I v e

a l s o l e a r n ed

t o

go down

t h e

s t e p s a n d

s h u t

t h e d o o r s q u i e t l y .

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d o n t , I m l i a b l e

t o

h a v e

t h e l a n d l o r d

a f t e r

m e . R e a l l y ,

h e

a n d

h i s w i f e a r e v e r y

n i c e p e o p l e . T h e n ,

o f

c o u r s e , t h e r e s t l i c

b i g p r o b l e m o f l a n

g u a g e ,

a

t h i n g I t h i n k

I l l n e v e r l e a r n . I m l o o k i n g f o r w a r d

t o

t h e d a y 1 ca n understand w h a t s being s a i d .

Germany i s a voy b e a u t i f u l

c o u n t r y

and t h e p e o p l e seem v e r y

f r i e n d l y

a n d

k i n d , f h e y

a l s o

s e e m

t o

b e

a

f a i r l y

h a p p y

p e o p l e .

I t i s

r e a l l y

i n t e r e s t i n g t o me o s e e

t h e German women

d r i v i n g

t h e

t r a c t o r s

o u t

t o t h e f i e l d s . On Sunday, h e

Germans d o n t do

any

U ^i

Doris, Uli

a n d S uz a n n e Binkele.

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c o n s i d e r i n g g i v i n g h e r l i f e

o C h r i s t .

manual work. Most

of t h em

take

walks with t h e i r

families. It

may o t

be

work t o them b u t i t

sounds

l i k e work

t o

me .

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w e l l t o g e t h e r . I v e

made

many

f r i e n d s i n t h e

c h u r c h h e r e and t h r o u g h o u t

Germany a n d K u r o p e ,

s o

t h a t

i t

d i d n t

t a k e

l o n g

f o r

me

o

f e e l

l i k e

I

was

p a r t

o f

a

b i g

f a m i l y h e r e . I m l o o k i n g f o r w a r d

t o

1975 and w h a t i i w i l l b r i n g .

M e r r y C h r i s t m a s , H a p p y N e w Y e a r .

J

l l F

SHOULDASINGLEPERSONGO OTHE

MISSIONFIELD?

T h i s q u e s t i o n i s b e i n g a s k e d by

many C h r i s t i a n

young p e o

p l e

t o d a y .

I

c a n t

g i v e

a l l

t h e

p r o s

and

c o n s

on

t h e

s u b j e c t i n

t h e

l i m i t e d s p a c e

I

h ^ a v e , b u t

I w a n t t o

g i v e s o m e o b s e r v a t i o n s

a s one who s

s i n g l e

and w o r k i n g

on

a

m i s s i o n f i e l d .

A l v a and J a n i c e P h i l l i p s h a v e had

s i n g l e

p e o p l e w o r k i n g w i t h

t h e m s i n c e 1968 and

f o u n d

t ,

f o r

t h e m o s t p a r t , t o

b e a

s p i r i t u a l

b o o s t t o t h e L o r d s work, as w e l l a s t o t h e m i s s i o n a r y . S i n g l e

w o r k e r s , w i t h t h e i r

g o a l

b e i n g • - t o s e r v e C h r i s t ,

i n

any way,

d e f i n i l d y l e s s e n s t h e m i s s i o n a r y s l o a d and

h e l p s t o

b r o a d e n t h e

c a u s e o f C h r i s t h r o u g h

d e d i c a t i o n i n

a h o u s a n d l i t t l e

w a y s . T e n

young

p e o p l e

h a v e come o a s s i s t t h e m w i t h t h e work h e r e i n G e r

many

i C f y

m a i n

d u t y

s

t o h e l p

b y

t y p i n g

s o m e

o f

h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e

f o r t J i e P h l l l i p s e s . M i s s i o n a r i e s do have a

l a r g e amount

o f c o r

r e s p o n d e n c e and i t t a k e s

much

t i m e

t o

k e e p

up

w i t h

i t .

As

t h e

w o r k

h e r e

w i t h

t h e G e r m a n y o u n g p e o p l e n v o l v e s y O u t h m e e t i n g s

and

t h e C h i l d r e n s B i b l e Hour,

t n e r e

i s much p r e p a r a t i o n e a c h

week f o r t h e s e a c t i v i t i e s ,

as

s t e n c i l s

need

t o b e made, essons trans

l a t e d

o r w r i t t e n up from t h e b e g i n n i n g , e c a u s e

t h e r e

a r e no u s e -

a b l e ,

p r i n t e d m a t e r i a l s a l r e a d y

i n

German,and

h a n d i c r a f t p r o j e c t s

p r e p a r e d .

I n

s i x

t o

e i g h t m o n t h s , one a n l e a r n t h e l a n g u a g e

w e l l

e n o u g h

t o b e a b l e t o t e a c h a h i l d r e n s

c l a s s .

S i n c e November,

I

h a v e b e e n h e l p i n g

i n t h e C h i l d r e n s

B i b l e Hour

by

t e a c h i n g

a

c l a s s

o f

s e c o n d

g r a d e r s .

I t

p r e s e n t s

q u i t e a c h a l l e n g e

t o

me

and

I

t h a n k

t h e

L o r d

l o r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y .

T h e r e

s

a l s o

t h e p o s s i b i l i t y

i n G e r

many, a s

w e l l

a s i n

o t h e r

c o u n t r i e s , o r a

s i n g l e

p e r s o n t o b e an

E n g l i s h

t e a c h e r t o m i s s i o n a r y

c h i l d r e n .

T h i s l i g h t e n s a b u r d e n f o r

t h e p a r e n t s and s an a d v a n t a g e f o r t h e c h i l d r e n .

The a d v a n t a g e s o f b e i n g a

s i n g l e

p e r s o n

on

a m i s s i o n

f i e l d

a r e f a i r l y o b v i o u s . Not h a v i n g t h e

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f

a f a m i l y l e t s

a p e r s o n g i v e a l l

t h e

l i m e e a s i b l e t o h e

w o r k

o f h e

m i s s i o n .

O f

c o u r s e ,

an

a p a r t m e n t

f o r

o n e

s

a l w a y s

c h e a p e r

t h a n

f o r

a

f a m i l y .

They w o u l d

a l s o b e more

a t

l i b e r t y

t o t i a v d a n d s e e t h e c o u n t r y

i n

w h i c h t h e y a r e s e r v i n g , a l t h o u g h t h i s d a r e n o t b e

t h e

p u r p o s e

f o r d e c i d i n g t o go

t o

a m i s s i o n

f i e l d . A s

a s i n g l e

p e r s o n ,

o n e i s

f r e e t o go

t o t h e o t h e r p a r t s

o f

t h e c o u n t r y

t o

h e l p m i s s i o n a r i e s

when c a l l e d upon t o

d o

s o .

A f t e r

l e a v i n g a i l f r i e n d s a n d

f a m i l y

a t home and

g o i n g t o

t h e

m i s s i o n

f i e l d a l o n e .

t h e r e i s

more of

a t e n d e n c y t o e x p e r i e n c e

h o m e s i c k n e s s .

There w i l l b e c u l t u r e

shock

t o

e x p e r i e n c e

and

d i s -

a p p o i n i i n e n i s t o l a c e . B u t

a s

soon

a s

o n e f i n d s o n e s p l a c e

i n

t h e

work and g e t s t o

know

t h e

p e o p l e

on t h e f i e l d , t h e r e i s no

t i m e

for

homesickness.

I t h i n k t h e main

p u r p o s e

f o r

a

s i n g l e

p e r s o n t o go t o

t h e m i s

s i o n f i e l d ,

Germany

i n p a r t i c u l a r , w o u l d

b e

t o b e a b l e

t o l i g h t e n

t h e

l o a d

o f t h e m i s s i o n a r y on t h e f i e l d

and

t o b e

a b l e

t o w i t n e s s

f o r

C h r i s t t o t h o s e around t l i e m . I t I s c e r t a i n l y

a

t h r i l l i n g e x p e r

i e n c e t o b e

a b l e

t o t e l l p e o p l e

i n a f o r e i g n c o u n t r y ,

i n

t h e i r

own

l a n g u a g e ,

h a t

you l o v e

t h e

L o r d and

t h e n e x p l a i n t h e

g o s p e l mes

sage o

them.

I f y o u

a r e a s i n g l e p e r s o n , a n d

f e e l t h a t

y o u

w o u l d l i k e t o

s e r v e

on

a f o r e i g n

f i e l d , b u t a r e n o t s u r e i f

t h i s

i s what

t h e

I x ) r d

would

have you t o

do,

why n o t w r i t e t o

a

m i s s i o n a r y t h a t you

know

or

t h a t

i s

recommended

t o

you,

a nd

ask about

t h e

p o s s i

b i l i t i e s o f your h e l p i n g them f o r

t h r e e months

t o a y e a r ? Many

m i s s i o n a r i e s would a p p r e c i a t e t h e h e l p , e s p e c i a l l y

from

young

men,

as

t h e y

can

make

c a l l s

w i t h

them a nd

h e l p

i n

C h r i s t i a n

s e r v i c e

camp programs.

May h e L o r d g r a n t

you wisdom

i n your

decision.

Linda Dayhoff


13/13

FINANCIALREPORT

- OCT. 974

T r a v e l , Car

n s u r i i n c e e p a i r

Insurance

Postage

T e l e p h o n e

O f f i c e s u p p l i e s

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u p p l i e s '

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E x p e n d i t u r e s

S a l a r y f o r \ O s s l p i i

Gilts

Mission

Income

B o r r o w e d for ca r

S a l a r y

f o r

P i

J a n . - O c t . ,

1974

h l l l l p i

4,370.77

685.94

155.23

382.57

166.46

2,415.09

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