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ant
May we introduce the Griffiths,
Duncans,
and
KerrsI
O n the left i s N o r - ^
MAN
Duncan,
w i t h
M a r y
b e h i n d him
a n d
H e a t h e r
o n
h i s lap. Norm
is Profe s-'
sow
w'LNffTiSH
AT Aust i n Peay S t a t e Univers i t y, Clarksville, Te n n e s s e e. He
p r e a c h e s at
Wallonia,
Ky, I n Ju n e t h e y w i l l leave t o s e r v e t h e L o r d
in
M exico. On t h e r i g h t is
Charles
K e r r , with M a rg a r e t
Ann
behin d him a n d
Michael Brent on his lap. Charles
Freddie
is
being held
by his
Grandpa
F r e d d i e , with Nola
s t a n d i n g
behind them. Charles
is minis ter
of E d u c a t i o n
AT First
C h r i s t i a n ,
Tuscola,
I I I . , w h e r e
h e also
w o r k s
w i t h
youth.
Every
day we give thanks to
God for
all He
has
done
for our family
THROUGH
His
Son, the L o r d
Jesus
Christ.
O u r
g r a t i t u d e
is being e xp r e s s e d
BY a resolute determination to be faithful
in
worship of and service to
o u r C h r i s t , w h e r e v e r He leads.
The
d e s i r e
o f
o u r
h e a r t i s for e a c h a n d
every family to truly BE
DRAWN
TOGETHER
UNTO
THIS
MARVELOUS
SAVIOUR
AND
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L
ryj^
FFG
"Where
He Leads
I*ll
Follow"
O n S a t u r d a y
m o r n i n o o f
last week N o r m a n , M a r y and
Hea the r p u l l j : © a w a y f r o m the pa rsona ce in t h e i r I n t e r -
N A T I
0 N A I , ^ ^ M ^ P . ) o n t h e i r W A Y
T O
C A L I F O R N I A A N D M E X I -
C O , , - - ^ i i f M E X I ^ j r H E ^ L L / B E
S E R V I N C
T H E L O R O W I T H T H E
^ 1 / i t 6 h >
- L O O N ^ ' ^ ^ I L Y .
Needless to s a y , i t w a s q u i t e d i f f i c u l t t o bid t h em
A D E I U ,
K N O W I N C
T H E Y W O U L D
B E
S O
F A R A W A Y
A N D F O R S O L O N C (5 Y E A R S )
E X C E P T
FOR
RARE VISITS TO
ENSUE,
HOWEVER, WHEN
WE
LED OUR
CHILDREN
UNTO A LOVE
AND ACCEPTANCE O F THE LORO jESUS, I T WAS WITH THE
EXPECTATION THEY
WOULD
SAY
"Where
H e L e a d s I»ll
FollowI"
H a d t h e y
not
been w i l l i n g
t o
d o t h i s we
WOULD
h a v e
felt we
had
failed
o u r L o r d
a n d w e w o u l d h a v e
be e n
m o s t
d i s
appointed.
NEXT Lord's Day i s "Father's Day". Dad, h o w
are
you training
y o u r
c h i l d r e n? W h a t example a r e you s e t t i n g f o r them? Would
y o u
a c c e p t t h e
CHALLENGE
O F LEADING THEM
TO THE LORO
AND PERMITTING THEM
TO CHOOSE
TO
BE
USED BY Him i n His glorious
Kingdom?
bapt
zed
i
nto CHR
I
ST
It WAS A thrill AND JOY
TO
HAVE
RiCK COLLINS
ANSWER THE INVITATION AT
THE Evening service to be baptized into Chris t, Rick
& Eve (grandda ughter
O F
M r s ,
Hummer)
l iv e at 1237 Perr ysville
R o a d ,
Rick has o u s t r e c e n t l y r e
turned HOME
FROM
THE
SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY,
MEMBERSH P
TRANSFERRED
We've been n o t i f i e d t h a t Tex
& S u e
Rudn i cke have pla ce d t h e i r
f e l l o w s h ip
WITH THE
West
Suburban Church, Bellwooo,
I I I ,
This action
was
taken t o
ENABLE
A GREATER
SERVICE
TO
THE
LORO I N THE
COMMUNITY
WHERE THEY LIVE,
WE
COMMEND Tex &
Sue
for
this step.
PRAYER
U
E S T S
LAKEVIEW
-
r a c e y Waggoner. T o n s i l l e c t o m y
on
M o n d a y . Barbara
Pe ck,
s u r
g e r y , Wednesday,
St. ELIZABETH - harles Neal.
D a i s y
G r a bbs. Mrs . C.E. Mo s sbar oer.
AT HO^E -
rs. Frye.
mother of Edgar
Fr y e
t c M r s ,
A.R, D u n c a n ,
at Du n
can's residence;
jay Kleiner,
broken
arm; Sharon Goodall: Tricia Warren;
Walter Mercer, in services Sunday.
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1969
NO CHURCHES
Many people w o u l d say
we
didnH g o t o
''church*'
last
S u n d a y o
Fo r we w e r e n ' t in a
"church*'
bu i l d i n g
all d a y o
But
I
c a n p r om i s e
y o u t h a t we
were with
the Church Sxind a y
-
in three different homes that
are be i n g
u s e d
as
m e e t i n g
pl a c e s o
Our f i r s t s t o p was
behind
a
home
in
Queretaro,
in a
small rented room next̂ o
a
^
c h i c k e n c o o p . a n d a goat peno
T h e r e we
w orshipped
w i t h t h e
Lor d's people
i n
Queretaro—
in f e l l o w s h i p , in the ap o s
tles' t e a c h i ng , i n
t h e Lord's
Supper, a n d in pra y e r»
From
Queretaro
we
drove
30
miles,
w h e r e we
w orshipped
with the Christians of the
town
of
Apaseo
el
Alt Oo
The
Chiirch meets in the home
of
a
f a m i l y
i mm e r s e d
i n t o
C h r i s t
o n l y l a s t Aprilo In t h e i r
front
room
Sunday c r o w d e d
pe r h a p s 30 w o r s h ip e r s , y o u n g
a n d old. Ag a i n we
w o r s h ippe d
as
did the
Church
in
the
New
Testament.
On
S u n d a y
e v e n i ng
we d r o v e
to a n o t h e r
p i t y i ^ p r
yot anr-
othor
service—once
again in
a
o m e , t h i s
t i m e
on
t h e
t h i r d floor of an apartment
building. Once again
we
were
with the
Church—not in but
with.
That is h o w
one
worships
in much
of
Mexico—in the
homes of Mexican believers.
A n d
t h a t ' s the
way it
s h o u l d
be. We p r a y t h a t the day
might
ome
when the
C h u r c h
will be m e e t i n g in h o m e s and
buildings
all
o v e r the c i t i e s
of
Qu e r e t a r o , Apa s e o , a n d
Celaya.
^May
he—day— come
when Christians
everywhere
will understand that they are
Church
and
will begin to
use
their
homes and
their
lives
to ev a n g e l i z e
in
their
own
neighborhoods
and c o mmxi n i t i e s .
THE
BEST-LAID
PLANS
"T h e b e s t - la i d
plans....''j,
that describes what has hap
pe n e d
w i t h us. The L o r d does
work
in
marvelous ways.
We
c a m e t o M e x i c o
w i t h t h e
pla n
that
Norm would teach
and get
w o rk i ng papers. l i H i e n
we ar
rived we found that there was
n o
op e n i ng
f o r
himj;
but t h e r e
w a s
o n e f o r M a r y. ( M a ybe
t h a t ' s why s h e
went
a h e a d
a n d
got her teaching
degree.)
Mary took the job ( i t
(Continued
o n page
2)
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begins in September)c
So she
w i l l
have the
s cho ol
contacts;;
s h e
w i l l
bring home t h e salary<
Thus5 Norm will be f r e e d tos
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FINAIvjCIAL
report
Si n c e t n i s i s o u r f i r s t published
a c c o u n t i ng i t
covers the whole time
t he G r e e ns
have
been ac ting
a s
fon'/arding agents June
1968
t o June
1 9 6 9 o
T h e
n e x t q u a r t e r l y
report will begin on J u l y
1, 1 9 6 9 ? a n d
will
i n c l u d e
Dungans^'
traveling expenses from Yuma
to
Quereta ro a n d a d d i
tional
auto
insuranceo
All
receipts w i l l be reported
a s
t h e y a r r iv e in Yuma
( n o t o n
d a t e
i s s u e d ) ®
P l e a s e
s e n d
all c h e c k s
d i r e c t l y
to Y u m a p
m a d e
out t o
e i t h e r
Norman Dun gan
o r
Mission to Mexico® We vdll
send Dungans*
salary
a n d o t h e r n e e d s by c a s h i e r * s check, r egistered a irma il® ¥e"ve fou nd
i t takes 5 days by
a i r ,
one wa y - o r 10 da y s
for round
trip communica
tion
Receipts®
Ju n e 1968
t o
Jun e 1969
Mrs® Jane
Bedwell, Prescott ,
Arizona $25®00
Central
Christia n
Church,
Bakersfield,
California 38o65
Church of
Christ, Covina,
California 32®2?
Norman
Dungan, Austin Peay
State
University
salary, June 369o38
Fi r s t
Ch r i s t i a n Church, Brookport ,
I l l i n o i s
50®GO
First
Christia n
Church, Nashville ,
Tennessee 130®14
First
Christian Church,
Yuma ,
Arizana
422®50
Forest
Hills
Christian
Church,
Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 50®00
I / I r » and Mrs® V / i l l i a m
Ko
Jamison, O k ' l a l i ^ a ~ City, Oklahoma T05r00~
M r s ® M a r i e L ap u t ka ,
Y um a , iirizona j 50®00
lockhavcn Christia n Church, Inglov/ood, California 25®00
Parkcrest
Church o f
Christ,
Long
Beach, California 35®00
Parker
Heights
Chris t i an
Chu r c h , O d e s s a , Texa s
155®00
S e c o n d
Ch u r c h
of Ch r i s t , D a n v i l l e , I l l i n o i s
251®00
I n t e r e s t e a r n e d . Fi r s t Federal Savings,
Yuma
10®53
D i sbu r s eme n t s
$1749»57
6/8
P e t t y c a s h
f u n d
f o r
f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t s
$ 1 0 ® 0 0
1 / 4 / 6 9
I n t e r n a t i o n a l H a r v e s t e r , 4
o o r
p i c k u p ,
dovm payment
(plus N o r m ^ ' s c a r )
484®54
6/23/69 Dungans^ salary, July 400®00
6/23/69 Expenses (see below)
125®00
M e x i c a n
A u t o
I n s u r a n c e ,
1
o n t h
$84o04
Gas can
394
$1019 54
.
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WiT DO YOU MEED?
••Uhat d o you need?-- This
que s t i o n w a s asked of u s -mar^
t i j n e s before we
left the
States:-
but then
there wasn't
r e a l l y m u c h
we
c o u l d tell a n y
one
because we
d i d n '^ t
knowo
N o w t h a t
we
h a v e a r r i v e d ,
h o w e v er , w e c a n t e l l y o u s ome
things
we
n e e d o
Most of all we i t e e d ideas .
Yo u canH
imagine how quic kly
missionaries
run out
of
ideas.
You see, they
have little
ac
cess to materials and are
out
of t o u c h
w i t h
n e v ; te chniqueso
We p a r t i c u l a r l y
n e e d
i d e a s
for
handwork for
VoBoS# and
Sunday
S c h o o l c If you
h a v e
no ideas of y o u r own,
why not
send
some idea books? Books
can" bo sent to Mexico
duty-
f r e e , a n d w e^r e a l w a y s l o ok
ing for
n e w o n e s o
If
y o u a r e
artistic,
why not
make
us
s o m e
f l a n n e l g r ap h
f i g u r e s
f o r a
Bible s t o r y ,
o r l o o k
around
y o u r c h u r c h building
to see
if
there are lessons
t h a t arenH
being u s e d t h a t
could be used down herce But
p l e a s e
s e n d
only c omple te
Icssonso Parts
of
stories
are no more useful
in
Mexico
than
t h e y a r e
"up
N o r t h ® "
DO
NOT SEND THINGS
IN
PACKAGES,
h o w e v e r ®
If
you
do, we may
h a v e
to pay duty
on them® Send them in
envel
opes,
l a r g e o r
small,"
a nd
send them air mail first
class®
But our most pressing
need
is
for
an off-set
printing
machine® There are four
missionary families
in
our
i mm e d i a t e
a r e a
w h o c o u l d pu t
this
to immediate use® Get
ting literature printed in
Spanish
is
a
long,
slow
pro-
someone
else does
Newsletters
are
a month
in the
works when they~'must'~'be
'
ent"
away
f o r printing® M a t e r i a l s
are urgently needed; very
l i t t l e
is
a v a i l a b l e
in Spa n
i s h ®
W i t h
o u r
own
m a c h i n e ,
c o u l d be pr o v i d i n g
it.
cess
when
the
work,
sometimes
Please
consider
these
needs
when
planning...a class-
or c h u r c h proje c t ® You can
be
sure they
will be
used.
••«the
Field Address-
O B l ' l AND MARY DUNGAN
sletter of
Forwarding
Agentss
Apdoo Pos t a l #741
-Queretaro,
Queretaro
/
"Mexico
/
I f r o and Mrs.
Joe
L.
Groon
645 Ninth Avenue
Y u m a , Ar i z o n a 85364
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Mexico
Published Quarterly
October
1969
A
LAND
OF
THE
S e p t e m b e r
is a l w a y s
a
g a l a
m o n t h in M e x i c o ^
a n d
t h i s y e a r h a s
b e e n n o e x c e p t i o n o M i l i t a r y
m e n w a l k
t a l l e r 5 t h e
" t r i c o l o r * '
( f l a g )
h i g h e r 3 p o l i t i c i a n s t a l k l o n g e r s t h e
c o m m o n
f o l k
a p p e a r
h a p - *
p i e r © It is a m o n t h of p a t r i o t i s m a n d p a r a d e s , p a g e a n t r y a n d p r i d e .
F o r S e p t e m b e r
is
I n d e p e n d e n c e m o n t h ©
On
t h e
16th,
M e x i c o h o n o r s
h e r h e r o e s , c o m m e m o r a t e s
t h e
o v e r t h r o w of o p p r e s s i o n , a n d r e d e d i —
c a t e s herself to
c o n t i n u e d l i b e r t y ©
I t
is
an
i m p r e s s i v e
a n d
mo v
ing nationalistic o b s e r v a n c e©
But
there i s ,
a t
least to the
thinking
o f this outsid e observ
er,
a great
p a r a d o x in M e x i c o ' s "Independence"
c e l e b r a t i o n © For
a l t h o u g h
s h e p r o c l a i m s h e r
l i b e r t y ,
s h e a n d
h e r
p e o p l e a r e
y e t in
bondage
—
to the Roman
Catholic
c h u r c h ©
Mexico
i s
not
free
I n his book, A
Hist o r y
of Mexico©
e l u d e s one s i g n i f i c a n t c h a p t e r ;
Henry B r a m f o r d Parkes con-
T h e
C h u r r i g u e r r e s q u e
^
t y l e
of
a r c h i t e c t u r e 7 c h u r c h e s
were the
one
v a l u a b l e legacy b e q u e a t h e d
by
© ©
.
a t h o
l i c i s m t o m o d e r n M e x i c o ©
E x c e p t
i n i t s a r c h i t e c t u r e ,
t h e
M e x i c a n
Ch^ch
©
©
©
r e p r e s e n t e d l i t t l e
t h a t
c o u l d
be called c i v i l i z a t i o n © Its doctrine was a
barbaric
compound
of
r i t u a l a n d
legend©
I t s i d e a l - r
t h a t
of
many of its c l e r g y -
a s a d e s p o t i c
g o v e r n m e n t , a pri
v i l e g e d
p r i e s t h o o d ,
a n d an i g n o r a n t l a i t y ©
P a r k e s i s s p e a k i n g in t h i s e x c e r p t ,
it is t r u e ,
of
1 9 t h
c e n t u
ry R o m a n i s m © But e x p e r i e n c e s
i n our short
time
i n Mexico
h a v e
led
u s
t o
c o n c l u d e
t h a t
m u c h
of
h i s
e v a l u a t i o n
s t i l l
a p p l i e s ;
a) R o m a n
b e l i e v e r s ,
a t l e a s t i n Q u e r e t a r o , m u s t s t i l l r e c e i v e
official permissi on befor e they can
own
or read a B i b l e © The cler
i c
m a r k s
w i t h a s e a l
t h e B i b l e t h a t
h a s
b e e n
a p p r o v e d © T h e p o s s e s s
i o n
of a n unstamped Bible constitT^tos
' " s i n © ' " '
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€l
) The
Christians i n
Apaseo
a n y o n e o
The
t o w n's
Roman
priest
ha
within the h o m e
where
the
Ig l e s i a
d
ically t h e d e v i l ,
a n d t h a t
all
t h e
are
C o m m u n i s t s o O n the
o t h e r
h a i r d , the
o u t s i d e of
the
m e e t i n g
p l a c e h a s
r e c e n t l y b e e n
p a i n t e d ^ -
y \
and
"HO
CHI MINH*' - oth Communis-li
^t h
the wor ds, "lANQUIS, GO HOME
Alto cannot,
it
seems,
please
s
i n f o r me d h i s p a r i s h i o n e r s
t h a t
e C r i s t o
me e t s
t h e r e d w e l l s phys
^
slogans - ll
in r e d o
c) A n ei^bo r girl, when a s l i <
Eng l i s h
c l a s s
o n e e v e n i ng ,
replied,
t o g i v e an
o f f e r i n g a n d p r a y
t o o i ^ e
to
the
e n d
that she might
receive
t
p r o f i c i e n c y exam at school the
n ex t
; e
^ ' A Land of the Free"? Certj
go o d
in
M e x i c o
But it is no
exagi
Romanism still
holds Mexico
in bq
fear, a n d f a n a t i c i s m o
a d
-
se who attend the
services
there
d why
s h e c o u l d
not
a t t e n d
an
that
s h e
was going to the
t emple
of t h e l o c a l ly i m po r t a n t V i r gi n s
h e Virgin's
help
o n a n English
day.
nly
the
Roman church has done some
I t e r a t i o n or falsehood to say
that
ndage
-
bondage of
ignorance.
REPORT
AFP
REQUEST
na
We
have
been
'"stretched" recer.
co-workers - ne to c o n t i n u e his e e l
a g i ng
gra ndmothe ro
Na t u r a l l y
w e
fields
according
t o
a
r e c e n t s t u d y
testants
in the entire state of
claim
that the field
is
overworked«
tly by the l e a v i n g of
two
of our
•uc a t i o n,
t h e
o t h e r
to be
n e a r an
ss each one who must leave
the
there are
fewer
than 200 Pro-
Qu e r e t a r o o
We
c e r t a i n l y c a n ' t
V / e
a r e h umbled by t h e f a i t h
p i '
cases there is
but one
non-Catholic;
e n d u r e e x c l u s i o n
b r a v e l y ,
t h e y w i t j
for
pers ec u t i o n o
W o u l d
I
keep
the
l em s? G o d w i ll i ng, we h op e t o s e e
shall h a v e t o be a l o n e in a c i t y «
We c o n t i n u e
t o a s k f o r a p p r t j j
needs continue to be met®
Of
com
if we h a d
gr e a t e r
r e s o u r c e s s but
u s
such faithful,
concerned
s u p p o r i f
or
used Bible
School literature
o
for Bibles a n d p o r t i o n s ,
t o
be
evangelism
(about
40^ per
Bible):
the
Christians
h e r e « In many
family in an e n t i r e city© They
e s s f a i t h f u l l y , they
r e t u r n l o ve
faith"
if
f a c e d w i t h t h e i r
prob-
the day
when
no Christian family
n of y o u r
p r a y e r
t im e« Our
s e t h e r e
a r e t h i n gs
we
c o u l d
d o
e
t h a n k our F a t h e r f o r p r o v i d i n g
erso
We
continue
to
ask
for
new
Primaries and Juniors5 money
distributed in our door-to-door
i mp r o v e d
pr i n t i n g e q u ipm e n t o
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FINANCIAL
REPORT
Receiptsa
July
1« 1969 through
September
30*
1969
L a n d i e
and
M o
Ro Dnngan, Port erville, Calif,
$
50,00
Norman Dun gan, salary
from
Austin Peay State U, 738o76
First Christian
Church,
luma,
Arizona
750,00
Mto
&
rso Wm, K , Jamison, Oklahoma City,
Okla, 225,00
Parker Heights Christian
Church,
Odessa,
Texas
248,00
Parker Heights
Christian Church Women's
Fellowship, Odessa
25,00
S e c o n d
C h u r c h
o f
C h r i s t ,
D a n v i l l e ,
1 1 1 , ( 6 / 2 2
t o
^ 3 0 / 6 9 )
2 2 0 , 0 0
Wallonia
Christian Church, Cobb, Ken tucky
60,00
W a l l o n i a
C h r i s t i a n
C h u r c h M i s s i o n a r y
Societ y, Cobb, Ky, 15,00
M r s ,
Elaine
B,
Sanders,
Cobb, K y , 10,00
W e s t w o o d Christian
Church, Madiso n, Wis,
(James
Halpin)
5^00
D i s b u r s e m e n t s $ 2 , 3 4 6 , 7 6
7 / 1 0 / 6 9 D u n g a n s '
e x p e n s e s ,
Y u m a
t o
Q u e r e t a r o
6 / 2 6 - 7 / 3
Motels,
gas,
food,
miscellaneous
131,84
7 / 2 4 / 6 9 G e n e Ruch &
s s o c i a t e s , Yuma,
A r i z o n a
Mexican
auto
insurance
premium, 1
year 333o70
7 / 2 4 / 6 9 D u n g a n s ' s a l a r y
- J J D O ^ O O
Dungans' Cash Contingency Fund 100,00
8 / I 8 / 6 9
P e t t y
c a s h
e x p e n s e s - t a m p s ,
o f f i c e
s u p p l i e s ,
certified check f e e s , registered letters
18,98
8 / 2 6 / 6 9
D u n g a n s '
s a l a r y
4 0 0 , 0 0
Trip
e 3 q ) e n s e s to border to renew
6
months visa a
30,00
Trip
expenses Tenne ssee
to Arizona 72,42
9 / 2 6 / 6 9
D u n g a n s ^
s a l a r y .
3 7 4 , 5 0
9 / 3 ® / 6 9 F i r s t N a t i o n a l B a n k , c h e c k c h a r g e s ^ 5 0
$1,861,94
FAMILY AFFAIRS
We
have finally settled i n a permanent location, having
moved
to
a 2-bedr oom furnished apartment
a t
the
end o f August, This
frees
the
house
where
we
were li ving
for
worship services and also
provides offic e space for Norm and for Clinton Looney, The apart
ment was
made
available to u s because
Mar y
i s now teachin g a t the
John
F,
Kennedy School,
I t
i s
private
(provided
by
the
U «
S,
i n
d u s t r i e s h e r e ) , a n d it
c o n d u c t s
its c u r r i c u l u m
in b o t h
E n g l i s h
a n d
Spanish, Thus Mar y teaches 3rd grade i n the morning and 4th i n the
afternoon
— both i n English, The
other ^
ays are
taught
by
a
M ex
ic an
teacher,
Mar y has several non-English-speaking children i n
h e r
- c l a s s e s ,
v d i i c h p r o v i d e s
q u i t e
an e x p e r i e n c e ,
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Norm s t a y s busy w i th t he church work® He travels t o 3 cities
for
services, in addition t o the
s e r v i c e
h e r e ^ he spends about
2
hours
a
day
in
Spanish
s t u d y ^
a n d he
c o n t i n u e s
t o
t e a c h English
c l a s s e s 2 ig h t s a week®
We
n o w h a v e
our
own p e r s o n a l
h u r r i c a n e ®
H e a t h e r will
be
a - y e a r
old
o n October 2 7 ® She took
her first steps
on September 22
and
i s
tlirilled by h e r n e w independe nce® V / e ' r e
s u r e
o u r
h o u s e w i l l n ever
again bo the
same®
It
seems
w e
have
just taken tur ns being
sick since
we've been
here,
V / e
get a little careless and eat something we
shouldn't.
But at present
we
are all well
a n d
are beginning t o feel
very
much
a t
home
i n our
new house and our new
country®
SPIRITUAL SPANISH
SIN
-
' S i n ' * i s very common i n Mexico.
However,
i t i s pronounced
/ s e e n / , a n d m e a n s , n o t » * w r o n g d o i n g " a s i n E n g l i s h , b u t
' w i t h o u t . "
But
the
Spanish
word i s not really, so
f ar i n
meaning f r o a the.
ame
English word. For, indeed, sin (English
word)
does
leave
one"w i t h
o u t ' "
- without Go d's love, without hope, without peace.
f E S U S - J e s u s , " p r o n o u n c e d
/ l a y - s o o s / ,
i s a l s o c o m m o n
-
o n e of
M e x
ico's most
p o p u l a r
n a m e s ®
T h e r e
is
real
p a r a d o x
in
t h e
f r e q u e n c y
of
t h e
t e r m s i o r a l t h o u g h
M e a d c o h a s many " J e s u s e s , " h e r p e o p l e do
not know a s personal
Saviour
the one Divine Being o f that name. O f
t h a t
man,
a n d
that man only,
c a n it be s a i d s
" T r u l y
He
was s i n (Span
ish
word) sin (English
word).
I t
i s because o f
sin -
w i t h o u t n e s s ' " -
that t h e G o s p e l is s o d e s p e r a t e l y n e e d e d - n
Q u e r e t a r o ,
in M e x i c o ,
t o
t h e u t t ermos t par ts
of
t h e
w o r l d .
^cludoi
Mission
to Mexico
c/o Mr® & Mrs®
Joe
L ,
645 9th Aven u e
Xuma, A r i z o n a
85364
Green
as
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