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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 ,

    (Continued)

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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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