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They flew out of Rio de Janeiro and weBrasilian friends we made last year,former Catholic Seminary studentj andshot in the side and in the heart by asince he happened to be cariying his documents in his left shirt pocketThe small caliber bullet passed througi half a dozen pieces of paper andplastic and embedded itself in his ideitification card just leaving a bigbruise in front of his heart The other bullet is harmlessly embedded inthe fat of his left side. I talked towith the Lord. I think he's beginning

stayed on a couple of da^aji^t^^he; have shared Christ wi^^^&^? alis family. On January wasthief. God was looking after him

him more about his heed to get squareto see that the Lord wants to use his

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f(q Bras'vJUNE 1976

And there were added unto them those who were being saved*"

Dear Friendss

Much time has elapsed and many events occured, since last we visited withyou by mail, Yesterday was a day of rejoicing both here and in heaven.

Shortly after our last prayer letter our Christians had a retreat at Harry'sChacara (small piece of land). That same morning the beautiful 2|- year olddaughter of.Itaj who I baptized at Rio Claro in Septembers died of pneumonia,V/e were all at the Chacara when we heard of her sudden death. We all had prayerand Sandy and I were sent to represent the group and to help in anyway we could,Sandy stayed by Terresa'S side (then Ita's non-Christian wife) the whole day.The funeral was at Jose and Ana's homes Terreza's brother-in-law and sister.The entire group came to share in the Bible reading and prayer before the littlebody was taken to the cemetary. We prayed that the Lord would use the unhappyevent to convict others of their need to become as little children and receive

^Jesus as-Sav-lour and Lpd,-He answeiped-our prayers g thou^r-not- ovemi^tg

Jose and family appeared to be somewhat resistant to our overtures but afterseveral visits they concented to a regular Bible study. Valdoj Ita and I began"Cristo to Chama" (Christ is Calling You)5 a basic study that leads to a decision.At the conclusion I was sure they were ready to respond, they had been coming toour church meetings and Jose had been participating in our men's training sessionsSunday mornings, V/hon we confronted him with the need to decide for Christ hewas unable. Something was standing between he and The Lord, He had smoked formost of his life and to him it was a sin. I told him that whatever was a sin inhis mind was something that he needed to determine to forsake; he needed to showa repentant spirit. The next time I saw him he hadn't smoked for 30 houi's, thenthree days and a week. He also gave up coffee In Brazil?

Meanwhile Terreza had been showing signs of opening up. Ita had been guidingher closer to God and the loss of her youngest child had opened her heart. Itseems a broken hoart affords more inroads for the Gospel.

We pla.ntied a retreat at my Chacara on a National Holiday, 'Tiridentos Day",Ti(tooth pulling), a dentist, was famous for his roll in attempting toJoad a War for Indppendence. He was hung and became a hero of Brazilian Nationalism, We_iiopQd-to have several baptisms and Valdo and I spent an afternoon makinga dam on our creek idjicli gavo n.s al'p'it foot of wator for baptising and swimming.SOUTH lAKESIIOEE CHRISTIAN17^0 South S^i-th StreetTacoma, Washington 984/4^

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The day before the retreat, his mother died, VJhen I met Harry at Geralda^s(the deceased) home, he said, "I guess the Lord wants us to think more aboutdeath than about retreats". After three planned retreats, the first last JuJywhen Anizial died, and three deaths within a few hours of each, we began to^think someone was trying to tell us something. Harry and I stayed up all nightat the "watch and had great opportunities to witness after midnight wnen themovement stopped and the thirty or so, staunch mourners, dug in for e nig Needless to say, the retreat was cancelled.

For sometime Harry and I had been alternating weeks at giving dai^ insi^inshots to i-Iarcalina, Anizial's widow. Because of opposition and turmoil withinthe family, we were forced to discontinue the shots. After three weeks withoutinsulin she was swollen from water retention so badly that she could notalk or swallow. V/e continued to visit, to have prayer and Bible reading butwere not allowed to help medically. The tension was great and Satan was wor ingpowerfully through the lives of the three generations of women in that house ifercalina, Maria and Ana I^-Iaria. Sandy has been praying and fasting on Tuesdaysand going there to have a special time of Bible study and prayer, Awee^: agoSunday was Mother's Day and we all went by after our meeting toto the vromen and sing and pray. On Tuesday Sanc^ and Elaine shared toge erwith them and that night Valdo and his wife stayed until midnight, realizingthat Marcalina could not live much longer. At ^sOO A.M., Valdo awoke .^vinghad a dream that he must go immediately to I-Iarcalina. I fear that my faimight be a little weak that early in the morning, with only four hours of sleep.However, Valdo left his home and arrived at Jlarcalina's only minutes before shedied. He immediately took charge and made all the funeral arrangements an ^spread the word to the rest of us. Since she died at 5-00 A.M., she was burieat 5sOO P.M., the same day. It was another open door to preach Christ to manyscores of people. This time a death occurred three days in advance of our nextplanned retreat and we were able to go ahead as planned,

I spent several hours during the week getting the Chacara in shape. We hadbeen warned of poisonous snakes in the creek so I cut away all of the brush fromboth sides (didn't see any snakes), I built a lovely little 'outhouse' and aVolleyball court. I also raised up a large piece of heavy plastic to serve asa shelter from the sun. Sunday morningjafter our men's meeting, I set up our .tent down by the creek to serve as a dressing room for those who were to bebaptized. With a few people that came :^rom a neighboring plantation, we numberedover 80, After a time of preaching on the ministry of John the 'Iramerser" andthe importance of Christian Baptism, we all walked slowly down the trail to thestream, singing, 'Hallelujah, Hallelujah', I waited in the water as one by^one-Jose, Ana, Terresa, Maria Jose, Delicia and Marildes each came to me to be joinedwith their Saviour in His Death and Resurrection. 'Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day,When Jesus Washed Sins Away'. And what a wonderful day it was for those six_new 'babes' in Christ and for all of us who again relived our own baptisms andreaffirmed our faith in Him,

Just a year and we'll be homo for a visit. We hope to arrive on Memorial' Day Weekend and spend our first Sunday at Jssaquah where we will be living during^bur seven month furlough.

While wo are busy here we are also looking to the future. Ti'jo possibilitieshave presented theiusolves for work in qur- second-^ra. Wo have been invited bynnollior wissioiiaiy couple, Bruce and.J.um3 Colson, to help open up a new work inCutaba, in the State of Mate Grosso (dense jungle). Wo plan to make a surveytrip to northern Mate Grosso in July, That is the jumping off place to theTransamazon and the possibilities are great for church planting in every direction out of Cuiaba. Before we received the invitation from Bruce end Juno wo hadbeen praying about the possibi];it,7 of going to Araguari, a small city close toUberlandia. There we would have the advantage of many contacts with relativesof Christians here in Uberlandia. Also our Christian films tfhich were televisedhere were also broadcasted in that city. We would continue to retain a relationship with the Christians here and become an out-reach of this group. The Scateshave also made it clear that they want us to stay and help here or in the vicinity. Pray with us that we will be sensitive to the Lord's leading.

A NOTE FROM SANDYs

We are doing just fine but the children have been having fevers with theircolds, but Praise The Lord, they are bettor now. We're blaming this sickness onthe weather becaiTse it has been cooling off some it's probably down .in thelow 70'sj Mistio is still doing fine at school and last week her school gave alittle program honoring tho mothers - for one number they had Mistie sing,'Jesus Loves Me' in English - she loves performing!

Love in Christ,

Jim, Sandy, Mistie and Corey

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Bruce. June, Sandy and I had time to discuss our plans and feel now that Cuiabais_where we ought to be. VJe concluded that the next ten years wxll be criticalin*The evangelisation of the vast area North of Cuiaba and that the New TestamentChurch needs to get a strong foothold in an area that will soon spawn many largecities and perhaps new States, Bruce and I are planning an intensive suryey^^^^the road system out of Cuiaba after the rainy season next ye^rpprobably-just--before furlough time. We have discussed"the ide^of Sandy and the childrengoing to the States early and staying with her-folks during the month I wouldbe traveling in the interior, I would join her in Oregon the end of May andthen we would fly into Seattle together. Pray with us as we continue to seekthe Lord^s orientation for our future.

The new Christians are showing real spiritual growth. All are active in^ourmeetings and many are sharing their faith with others. The women's meetingshave been packed^ and the men are taking increased leadership responsibility.Jose was baptized at the chacara and recently took charge of leading the^Communion portion of our worship service. He is a natural teacher even if helacks formal education. He taught Ita and Thereza, as well as his wife Anna,how to read, when they were still living out on the farm. He shows real potential in the area of Christian Sducction but is not the 'forceful leader' type.Vie pray the Lord will help him to discover and use all the gifts God has givento him.

The day of the six baptisms at the chacara we had some visitors from a neighboring plantation. About two weeks later, Antonio, who was there with his wife,Lazara, showed up at our afternoon meeting. I made a visit on them afterwardsand found that he had been immersed but his wife was not a believer. I hadtalked to them both at the chacara and she had requested special prayer for hersmoking problem, I- That turned out to be the least of them. She is a very forceful person and has trouble respecting her husband's roll as leader in the home.He,.has not been able to maintain the best Christian example either. I beganregular Bible Studies with them some time ago and I am confident that Lazarawill soon come to Christ, I have seensome real hostility during the first ca

a real change in her since she was showing11s. The Holy Spirit is hard at work.

1"ha/ehad hopes"for two other couples we have, been getting to know. Eucleztnawas our maid during our first eight months in Brazil. VJe have continued ourfriendship with she and her husband, Cererino. He is a salesman for a manufacturer 0.L professional uniforms. VJhile visiting in their home one evening we metGeraldo and his wife, Cirlene, both of whom were-working with Ceverino. Onenight we had the two couples over for dinner and I was going to see if we couldn'tget a Bible Study started^ but the timing didn't seem right and I said nothing,(sometimes Our desire not to scare people'away, by moving too fast, can becomean excuse for our own lack of trust in the Holy Spirit's power to prepare hearts)Ve made several calls after that but Geraldo was traveling a lot and we couldnever find him at home. He had expressed interest in our Christian films and wasgoing to arrange to have them shown to all the workers at their factory.

Last Thursday, on 'Family Night', we decided to make it a family project to goand call on Geraldo and Girlene since their daughter, Neila, had missed threeweeks of Sandy's Sunday School. She had been coming regularly and bringing 5 or6 friends. They had not only moved, but we were shocked to find that Geraldohad died of double pneumonia, while on a sales trip to Rio, just two weeks before,VJe found out that Cirlene and Neila had moved to Girlene's parent's house, notfar from us, and we visited.her there. ' She was still in a daze from the loss ofher husband and we sought to conifort her. We pray that we can be used in thesituation to help accomplish God's will.

A couple of months ago we were invited to join a group of seven other couples,all of whom are Catholic, in bi-weekly meetings called the 'Christian FamilyMovement'. They knew we were Protestant Missionaries and wanted to learn more.'of our thinking. We too looked upon it as an opportunity to-learn more aboutCatholic- thinking as well as sharing our Bible-centered beliefs.

After several meetings in the homes of rthers, we had the opportunity to hostour own last week. The most promising thing that we had seen within the groupwas the desire to read the Bible and discuss it at eveiy meeting. I!feny werereading God's Word for the first time. Unfortunately, as was confirmed lastweek, most do not accept the Bible as much more than good philisophic literature.

I composed several discussion questions all dra\m from John l-lOj such as^How can we be authentic Christian in our society? Miat is a real Christian?and several other basic questions of Chriso.ian faith. The leader of thegroup 'blew mind' when he explained his 'Christian philosphy like thiss'Life is like a little bird flying in through a windowj taking a couple ofturns around the room and then back out again; not knowing where he came fromor where^he is going. That's Christianity? That's NothingismM Vie spentthe evening demonstrating the importance of God's revelation and the hope wecan find in God's plan. We are looking for fruit from these challengingmeetings.

Steve jyloreland should have our latest slide and movie programs,him for use of these materials.

A NOTE FROi'I SANDT;

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We continue to Praise The Lord for sending us to this beautiful country withits wonderful people. The children are speaking Portuguese like 'Magpies'and have become quite Brasilian, (Corey has even learned to fight with theneighbor girl in her ovm language). Histie is doing well at school and islearning how to read and write. Her teacher is a former nun and we werequite shocked when Mistie started repeating a prayer to Mary instead of herregular bedtime prayer vre immediately explained the importance of puttingJesus first. I have a Sunday School in ray home and have been averagingaround 20 students. These young people come from the upper lower class andI feel that it is a privilege to be planting seeks, I pray that these seedswill take root and grovr, Wej Elaine Scates and 1; have also started aWomen's Group and it is truely exciting to see the Lord working here,A major part of the meeting is sharing about prayers that have been answeredand blessings received. Our wonien believe in Answered Prayer and when they praythings happen!!

Yours for Him.

Jira> Sandy, Mistie and Corey

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TO PRAY FOR AMISSI0N.4PY ('^ i9cted)_^Pray for us, not askin?r t.h.'-.f"- ever^'th:ipg come easily, as this asks God to

make us self-sufficient r'j Ih.un Goci--:'.';.::er.der.t, Pray that we will rely onHim to overcome all obstacles vvJ. that He will give us an unconquerable determination to go all the way Him,

Pray for essentials, Ic Is not so i^v'^rtart that you ask God to give usgood health, but rather the ir.easure of he'^lth that will best glorify Him. Vfehave a God who can give us perfect peace and joy in all circumstances.

Pray that we will have the right priorities. It is easy to be too busyto pray or get side tracked on unimportant things.

Don't pray that God will bless our activites, but that we will do whatGod wants us to do, for it is easy to spend time and energy on things not inGod's perfect plan.

Please do not pray for us as though we were saints living on a pedestal,because we are tempted just as you are. Satan tries to hinder our testimony,rob our livesjDfjpower, and make our witness futile. Vfe need your prayersthat God will give us" grace and strength to resist temptation. "

Please remember that missionaries become lonely and discouraged. We canbecome irritable, sharp, impatient. So we need your prayers that our heartsmay be aflame with a passion for the lost, and that wo may reflect the gloryand ].ove of Christ.

Dear Friends g

We pray you are drawing nearer to The Lord each day and that He is revealing more and more of His great Love and Power,

We are excitedly awaiting the return of the Jim Sturgeon family who havebeen on furlough since December, They plan to return this month and rejointhe team here in Uberlandia. Praise God for workers I

In the last letter I mentioned that gas was almost $2 a gallon. Afterthinking that through, I've realized it is onlj" a little over $1.50 now. Webuy it by the liter and I hadn^t run it through the pocket computer.

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Receiatlyj Hariy^and I joined several colleagues in Goiania and traveledby Northern Goias. The bus "wisked' us to our destination in just over 2^ hours. Our missionaries from all over Brazil met topray and discuss theThe three days of mee^irigs'^^^ a real'^hspifation and the men are behind

Church growth that ajT beings apglie^already showing fruit in some areasthe new plan for discipleship that is

Praise God!

rtly after our exhausting trip home, we boarded another but forian^..^here we met for a day of fasiing and prayer with the leaders of the

ral Brazil churches, -Thating thinp was that the meeting was initiatedand led by Brasilian leaders. Even with a large missionary representation, thenational leaders still out numbered ti|e 'furiners'. This was about the healthiest sign that I've seen of missionaries taking their proper roll5 sitting back'and letting the leaders, they trained] lead.

Sandy^ T anH nhildrfm spent-a--raos-t -rowarding-l^G-daysin-j^tu4acity about 70 miles west of Uberlandia. We were invited to show films-pastor of the 'Brasil para Cristo' (Brazil for Christ) church there. Evenwith the problem of no electricity about half the time, we shared in some verydynamic meetings. I testified and prayed and Sandy and I and Mistie sang (notreally our gift.) On Sunday morning I spoke on a radio program and read someScriptures. A total of fourteenjeople-made decisions for Christ in the several meetings in which we participaiedj The Life of^hTisfand Moody films aregreat tools for teaching the eternal truths of God. We praise Him that we canbe used to help the whole body of Christ grow in Brazil.

Sea-Tac on the Friday of Memorial Jlay

Furlough time, is fast approaching. To discourage Brasilians from traveling al5r6a'dna"hd^*Teaking dollars from the economy, the Brazilian government hasplace a 12,000 cruzeiro 1000 dollai's) tax on every person leaving the counV"try. This is paid as a deposit and will be returned in about a year. However,with the inflation it will only be woi'th about half when it comes back. Wepray that The Lord will work it out so that our family can be exempted frompaying, but one way or the other we plan to be home, hopefully, arriving at

Weekend, ,J

Pray with us that The Lord will continue to make clear His plans as toour-fut-ure work and the move to Cuiaba. " .

A NOTE FROM SANDY

The Lord is so good to us and we Praise Him for helping us love Brazillike we do it's such a thrill to be able to visit our friends and tounderstand what they are talking about!

Our health is reasonably good we've been scratching for some time nowand blaming it on the cats for givingDoctor said we. had 'scabbieis'^ and for

us fleas. We were quite shocked when thethe last two weeks we have had to pour

boiling water over pur clothes and bedding and after taking hot showers we hadto put smelly liquid all over us UGbut we're not quite in the clear yet.

H! The treatment seems to be helpingEven the we're still scratching, we can

still count our blessings because our worm checks turned out NEGATIVEi

I have been calling on Tuesday with a lovely Brasilian ladys^ySreia.^.' Shewas won to Christ after losing her husband tow years ago. She really sSihes forChrist and has been a remendous witness to her family who are not Christian.She has two sons, 10 & 12 and sometimes they have been quite a handful for her.Do keep Marcia in your prayers as she |is serving our Lord with such a wonderfulsweet spirit.

What do you thing of a husband whScorpion and a pet Tarantula Spider?!?

MISTIE'S MOMENT

Hi, Everybody! I'm studying at Pand lots of toys to play with, and sanTia Darcy Roas and her's so good for us.

o would bring home to his family a petllay The Lord Protect us as we serve Him!

ica-Pau Amarelo. And there's a fun school,d too, and I have a teacher that's called

I was a Mermaid in the parade. I was laying down on a truck, and I waswaving my tail to all the people - they liked me being a Mermaid.

Do you like Jesus? I love Jesus 'cuz I love Him, and He's so good for us.Goodbye everybody, I like this letter I did. Somebody come and see us someday.

Yours for Him,

Jim, Sandy, Mistie and Corey

BUNCHES CHRISmS NEWSLETTER 1976

For unto us a child is born; unto us a Son is given;and the goverment shall be upon his shoulder. Thesewill be his royal titles; 'Wonderful', 'Counselor','The Mighty God', 'The Everlasting Father', The Princeof Peace'. His ever escpanding, peaceful governmentwill never end. He will rule with perfect fairnessand justice from the throne of his Father David, Hewill bring true justice and peace to all the Nationsof the world. This is going to happen because theLord of heaven s armies has dedicated himself to doit,' Isaiah 9:6-7 (The Living Bible)

Praise you God for your Word and especially for your Word made flesh our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Dear Friends;

Season's Greetings in His Wonderful Namel We rejoice that we have our Bibleand that the words of Isaiah, penned over 700 years before the birth of Christgive testimony that God indeed became flesh and dwelt among men. We pray thatall of you receive the presence of Jesus for all time.

We were thrilled a couple of weeks ago when-two_new-soul6'were added to theKingdom. It was beautiful as Harry and Ita (one of the men I baptized overa year ago) went into the water together to receive Alice and Divina as theycame in obedience to be joined with the Lord. We decided that the best wayto get our men's -feet wet' at baptizing was to let them do it jointly withus, Ita was really excited to participate in these new births. However,it's the first time I've ever seen someone baptized.face down. Divina isscared to death of water and couldn't stand to be lowered baciward into thewatery grave. We usually bury people laying on their back, but that position

-r iis not .sacjQd,yBQn Joha^a,--I-bel-i-evex-^q^^&ted-4^- be-buried. ctanding up. -^ His humble nature would not allow him to take up more of the floor space in

Westminster Abbey than he thought necessary, Alexander Campbell was baptizedby his still uniramorsed Fresbytorian father from a tree limb. Praise God,even for unusual additions to His Kingdom.

Jose is still growing in the Lord, He is witnessing to two men that workwith him. It is really a joy to see the way the Gospel has got into him;he is really filled with the Love of God. Ana, his wife is also comingalong in her Christian walk.

are showing- the entire iLiTe of Christ' series of nine films on thetelevision, every Saturday at about 12:30, V/o started in October andwill end up on Christmas Day with the Crucifixion and Resurrection ofChrist. The Federal censorships on most of the films will run out bythe first of the year so we thought it best to get them to the largetelevision audience once more. Our local network is just about all thereis for several good size cities. The cast--of television time is high,18,000 cruaeiros or a little over 1500" dollars. We pray that many willbe led to Christ through the powerful influence of the films. We are^vi^ng the cost between us with our mission paying $500*

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"Jim and Cardl Sturgeon at^.b^-ck frrm their ten month tolough. Sandy anddrove Harry's Volkswagen bus to Brasilia and brought them and their air freightback* We had a real load. They"afe settled now and we are again enjoying theirvaluable contribution to the work here,

Elaine's folks are down for the Holidays and my dad will also be.visiting. Welook forward to a wonderful, Christ filled Christmas.

Recently Sandy and I took the children to the city Of Ituiataba^ 9^j,000population) where we spent three days with a fast growing church. X-don.vtremember ever working so hard, I was preaching, leading Bible studies,talking on the radio and showing several films. There were morning, afternoon and evening meetings and when we weren't meeting or eating, we werevisiting. About 50 people made first time decisions for Christ in the meetings where I was participating. The radio l^oadcasts helped to draw attentionto our meetings and we averaged bGtwe^L.-3-or 5 hundred in the evening sessions.It was a real thrill to share again with that growing body of Christians.

-Our-annua^.rllssipn^ry Conference is set for Belem in January, The theme willinclude emphasis on Spiritism and also, to counter balance, we're going toemphasize prayer, Ben Alexander, former Medium, will be joining us^ from theStates. We will also have a Brazilian who is also an authority on this fastgrowing religious movoraent.

I have been researching a paper on the position of Roman Catholicism in regardsto Spiritism here in Brazil, I have Jjiterviewed a number_-of Catholic leaders,including the Bishop of this part of"bur State. I will share some of the conclusions of this research in a later letter,

ifey God bless and keep each one of you, making this a very meaningful. Spirit-filled birthday for our Lord, Jesus the Christ.

A NOTE FROM SAITOXs

Here it is the Christmas Season and 'I'm so thankful that I'm God's child and Irejoice in the true meaning of Christmas and the Hope that it brings.It seems impossible that another year has flown by and before you know it we'llbe back in the States again. It'll be nice to see you all again, and 1 imaginethat we'll be quite snprjsod because of the changes. We do want to thank youall for your prayers that have lifted us up over these last 2 3/^ years.

This past year has been filled with )^les3ings and we'va been many friends, hereand there, drawing closer to our Savior. It thrills me to see how Jesus acceptsus all regardless of race or rank.

Wo were happy to witness the baptisms of two of our fine ladies. It alwaysgladdens the heart to see this act of obedience. Another one of our ladieshad a serious stroke but because of prayer she is recovering much faster thanthe doctors expected and we Praise The Lord for this.

May the Lord truly bless this Christmas Season and the events of the comingNew Year.

MISTIE S MOiNT;

Hi, eveiybody. And my birthday was good too. And 1 like it. And I got a lotof presents. Did you guys know that it was my birthday? Do we do letters foryou? Corey has 2 and 1 have 6, And I like to go to United States, And it'sfun there. 1 like to do letters.

Grandpa's coming the day from Christmas and Grandpa likes me that's my Daddy'sDaddy. ,

Christmas is fun cuz Jesus was born.i I'm going to. sleep on the couch and forSanta Glaus to give me a candy when he puts the presents on the Christmas tree,

I have a lot of friends. We went toj a farm and Toddle put his hand on a cow.Mommie her rode the horse and me tool

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Sunday School is coming up because eyerybody is knowing about Jesus. And Jesusdied on the cross for our Salvation,!

.'lerry Christmas 11

Jim, Sandy, {distie and Corey