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ALUDOSI
DAJIO
CHRISTIAN MISSION
the
«HfiSiik DWGAN FAMILY
APARTADO POSTAL
741
QUERETARO, QRO. MEXICO
FORWARDING AGENT;
MRS. JOE
L.
GREEN
POST
OFFICE BOX
628
YUMA,
ARIZONA 85364
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY
PRINTED
EN MEXICO
MARCH 1977
RADIO UPDATE
In recent months, there
have
come about
several
changes in
the
radio ministry
in
the Bajio.
The
following summary will hopefully
bring you
up
to date on this
vital
part of
the
evangelistic outreach
here in
Central Mexico.
(1) The Christmas spots placed
on
4
stations were
well received—
that
means
that we did not receive
as many requests for the corres
pondence courses as we had hoped,
but that we did hear much favorable
reaction. We feel
certain that
their spiritual emphasis led many
to re-examine
their
spiritual atti
tudes and
to
seek a closer
walk
with
God.
(2) The calendar offer did
achieve fine results, with over
600
requests being
received
for both
courses and
calendar.
(3) We have
been
unable to
get
radio
time
on a
major
AM
station
in
Mexico City; however,
the
brethren there have
placed
the
program
on a
fine
PM
station.
(4) As of
April
1,
the radio
program Dulces Momentos has a new
on-field director—Alberto Gonzalez.
•
A1
has had
much
radio
ejq>erience
For
several years
he used radio
extensively in
the work
in Chile.
We feel certain that he will add a
great deal
to
the quality
of
the
program here. A1
will
be taking
over
the
task
of
announcer
of the
program
and
will
be responsible for
determining format, surveying pro
gram effectiveness
and
studying
possible
new areas
of
coverage, and
answering all incoming radio
mail.
Brother Tgmas de la Cruz, who first
began Dulces Momentos,
will
con
tinue
to
provide all the radio ser
mons,
and Bill loff will continue
as technician^ and program - copy
editor.
(5)
Beginning
this
month. Bill
Hoff and I have assumed full finan
cial
support
for the
radio programs
broadcast
in the
Bajio.
Up
until
now,
radio
time for most of the
stations has been paid for
by
funds
provided by
Clinton
Looney But
with the expansion
of
Clinton's own
radio work in Harlingen, Texas, we
feel
we
should try
to
ease his
economic burden by relieving him of
the $400 monthlYL radio
costs
here.
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Increasingly,
the work in the
Bajio
calls for travel. With Bill
emd A1 working
in
Queretaro,
my
schedule
has allowed
me to
begin
to
reach
out
into the
outlying areas
where
there
are
students
who cannot
be reached
by the
other evangelists
who are without their own
vehicles.
Since Christmas,
then,
I have
traveled
the following routes see
map):
PenjeuRo land
of pigs),
state
of
Guanajuato, Three
trips,
120
miles one way. Visit in prison and
in three other homes in and near
the
city.
^Esperemza land of Aztec
ruins), state
of
Queretaro. Four
trips, 100 miles one way nearly
all
winding,
mountainous
roads).
Visit
with
1
man
who is leader of
congregation—a Leadership Training
by
Extension center. One visit
made with him
to
all other
baptized
believers in cu:ea—2-hour walk one
way.
Tlalpujahuilla and
vicinity
land
of
10,000-foot altitudes),
state of Michoacan. Fo\ir
trips,
100 miles
one
way. Visit with man
in a
second LTE center. Visit
on
remote ranch with
a
large
family,
not
yet
Christian. Distribution of
courses
to 5 other
villages
and
cities
in the immediate
area.
*San Felipe land
of
old, old
ranches and of pottery -
akers),
state
of Guanajuato.
One
trip, 100
miles one way. Visit with new
family
interested
in
obeying and
serving Christ.
*San Miguel de Allende land
of
tourists), state
of
Guanajuato.
One visit,
45
miles one way. Met
with congregation
there.
c*.
HE
ROAD
Lord allowing,all
but the
last
of
these will
be
regular visiting
points, as Leadership Training
Clinics
will
hopefully be establish
ed in
both
San Felipe smd Penjamo.
San
Felipe
San Miguel
Penjamo
Tlalpuj huilla
Past Future
1976
CATEGORY 1977
EXPENSES:
258.25
Literature
300.00
690.71 Printing 800.00
3836.58 Travel 3000.00
449.68 Repair 6
arts
500.00
215.07
CorrespondenceCourse 275.00
96.00 Youth 180.00
734.15
Educational
Costs 750.00
1245.36
Radio Programming
3600.00
3259.80 Evangelists 2500.00
2174.86
Camp
680.00
4231.45
Salary
4200.00
1277.00 Rent 985.00
200.00
Flood
Relief 700.00
877.39 Miscellaneous
800.00
12.32
Bank Charges
10.00
19558.82
19200.00
19648.62 INCOME
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U/ONDER
U/HY—
From time to time we reprint
aludos material
that we
have
written in our monthly letters to
those who financially support the
work
here. The
following appeared
in o\ir January 26th letter;
"Last week all
of
us here felt
a
great burden
to
go at once into a
new area—to the city
of
Penjamo#
in the state
of
Guanajuato, from
which,
city we had received
a letter
from a man in prison. Bill was
tied
up
with radio recording,
so
I went,
accompanied
by
one
of the Mexican
evangelists. Why the inner voice
telling us
to
go that very day? I
translate from a letter sent us by
the prisoner, written
soon
after
our visit:
•..
1
was sad and
i n
despair
to the extent that as but
a
few
hours from
taking my
life. Today,
Thursday, January
20,
is a day I
will never
forget, for
I
was think
ing
that as soon as
visiting hours
were
over I would go
into a
bath
room and never come
out
alive;
but
what great surprise
was
mine
to
hear the voice
of 2
messengers
of
God who
lifted
me
out
of my dark
thoughts
with the words,
Adolfo
Alarcos, we're from Dulces Momen-
tos."'
"The letter
continues:
'Each
word
that
was
spoken
to me
that day
remains
still
in my heart,
especi
ally these— You
are
not alone;
God wants to forgive you.
As
you
read Psalm
51
to me,
I
could not
hold
back the
tears—to
think
that
just
as
God would forgive David, He
can
also
forgive
me.'
Needless to say, it was a
marvelous es^erience
to
be
able
to
share from the Word the message
that God
is willing
to
forgive
even
the worst sinner, on the basis of
that
sinner's
repentance
and faith.
We
continue
to
communicate via
let
ter, and, Lord
allowing, we
will
return
to
the prison for further
study
next week.
Since the above was written,
we
have
visited
the
prison several
times, and it appears
that
both
the
man and his wife, and quite pos
sibly another prisoner
and his
wife,
will be making a decision for Christ
very soon.
In preparation,
we
have
built
a
small,
portable baptistry
fron canvas with
a
steel frame.
Baptisms
will
have to
be
face for
ward, ith the
believer
on his
knees
in
the water ; but we believe
it
will fimction adequately.
HELP
Every
copy of
Saludos
that is
returned
to
us
by
the
Post
Office
co sts us 25^ cents (U.S. money)
Would
ySu
help
us be
good stewards
by
advising us
of
an upcoming
ad
dress
change?
Send all changes
to
our
Forwarding
Agent, Mrs.
Barbara
Green,
P.
0.
Box
628,
Yuma,
Arizona
85364.
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FamHii Affairs
I'm so
glad I'm a
part
of the
family of God. Those
words
are
still ringing in our ears as we re
member
with
joy the
1977 Mexican
Missionary Reunion.
It was the best
attended
of any so far, cmd we
were
especially privileged
to
have
Dr.
David Eubanks, President of Johnson
Bible
College, share with us frcHR
the book of Hebrews. Now, as we
re
member tl^e
thoughts
he shared and
the fellowship we
felt,
we
are
more
encouraged then ev e r
in the joy
we
have
to
share the Good News with
others. When God has done so much,
can we
do
any less?
of her
zoo
now and
is
back to her
old
active
self.
I still continue to
keep busy
trying t o
teach
Engli^^^o. 17 first
graders, eac h morning
and
working as
much as possible in the correspond
ence school. The two make
up
almost
a
full-time
job, what
with
prepar
ation and all. But both are reward
ing,although
I
must say that
I
look
forward t o holidays to catch my
breath.
As
I said at the beginning,
I'm
so
glad I'm
a
part
of
t h e
fam-
ily of God. It's a real cause forjj
Heather
is
seldom
sick, for
which we
thank
God,
but when she is
s h e
r ea l ly
g ets
it. This
tim e
it
was a triple-header -- s t r ep
throa t,
amoebas
and
longworms all
at the
same time. But she
has
gotten rid
rejoicing.
And we're glad
you're/I
a part of
it,
too. It makes
o u i |
joy
even
more complete.
May the
excitement
of this new
Spring be matched by the continuing
Spring of ever-new
life
in Christ.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENT
Balance 9/30/76 (correct ed) $ 452.15 Expenses 10/1 - 2/31/76
Income 10/1
- 12/31/76 5112.27 Bal anc e 12/31/76
5170.41
394.01
FROM;
Bajio Christian Mission
c/o First
Christian
Church
221
E.
26th Place
Yuma,
Arizona 85364
-mi
t E B
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
U.
S,
Postage
PAID
Yuma, AZ 85364
Prmit
No.
86
NON-PFT- ORG.
OH
SEiaVZCES
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FAMILY AFFAIRS
I
guess
the most exciting
news around the
Dungan house
hold
is
that our family
is
going to
be
increased by
one,
come the
end
of
October.Need
less
to
say, it has caused
excitement
for all
of
us
and
a
little apprehension for
me at starting
over after 9
years.
I
think
I
know a
little
of
what Sarah must have
felt
when she found
out
she
was going
to have
a
baby.It's
a miracle
We have had a full summer,
what
with Heather's swimming
classes, helping the Reeds
get
settled,
and receiving
various visitors; but
it
has
been
an
enjoyable
one. Each
time
we
have visitors we're
so
thankful that the Lord
has
given
us
a house large enough
to
entertain them
comfortably.
It
looks like our school
is going
to get
off of
the
ground
(how far,
we're not
sure)
about
the
middle
of
September. We have
a
young
man
coming to
be the teacher,
and at least
2 of us
mothers
have
taken the U-day teacher's
aide
course.
Now it's up to
the dads
to get
the
desks
built
in
time. So far
we have
students
enrolled. It will
be a new experience for
all
of
us,
so please keep us in
your
prayers. We are all very
concerned
that our children
have a Christian
education as
well as a secular one. We
still
have need
of
books for
our library.
If
you have
any
that
are
not
being
used,
please
let
us
know;we'll
tell
you
how to
get
them
to
us.
One more
request:
if any
of you
have silverware that
you
don't need,would
you
con
sider donating it to
the
camp
here? Forks
and
spoons
are
especially needed.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Balance
3/31/77
$ 499.76 Expenses 4/1-6/30/77 6653.36
Income 4/1 - 6/30/77 6758.32 Balance 6/30/77 $ 614.72
PROM:
Bajio Christian
Mission
c/o
First Christian Church
221 East
26th
Place
Yuma, Arizona
85364
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REQUESTED
U. S OSTAGE
PAID
Yuina,AZ
85364
Permit No.86
NON-PFT.
ORG.
GLENDALE HRISTIAN CTHURCH
P.
O.BOX 415 ^
GLENDALE, RIZ. 85311
D D R E S S C O r I e c H D N R Q U S T ^
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9M vmoovs
MAm
The Lord
works
in so many
ways that it is exciting just
to
watch
Him. Recently we
have seen Him work in the
following ways;
f t
A "chance"
meeting between
us
and
the
married
daughter
of evangelist Socorro Soto
led
to
her deciding
to
come
to
camp
"to
take care
of
her
father,"
who had
been ill.
During
camp,
she accepted
the
Lord and was baptized. Now
she is witnessing to
her
husr-
band
and teaching her child
ren
^Through the correspondence
courses,
we became acquainted
with
a
man whom the Lord has
since used
in
remarkable ways.
An ex-convict himself, this
brother has shared the
gospel
with
dozens
of
men
in
prison,
several
of
whom
are now en
rolled in the Bible course
themselves. He also ministers
on
inter - city
buses,
dis
tributing
tracts
and courses.
^ t A young
man
who began visit
ing us for English conversa
tion
began
to
attend English
Bible
study also. Now
he and
his sister
are both
active in
the Spanish services; and he
has begun
to
bring
another
friend who
also
likes English.
f t
A psychology student at
the
University,whom
we had
talked
to casually over 2
years
ago
in San Juan del
Rio,
called
us recently
and asked if he
might study the
Bible
with
us.
(Continues
on column
2
f tFrom out
of
the blue,
a
re
porter from the local paper
called to ask if she could
do
an
interview with
us.
We
agreed, not knowing why.
As
a result of the interview and
its
publication a young man
with a s erious drinking prob
lem has
made contact
with us,
asking for spiritual help.
^̂ SMALL TALK^P
(Excerpts from our letters.)
DID
YOU
KNOW THAT
—the V.W. was involved in
a
wreck?
We
ran into an
unlit
tractor
on
a night trip.
—the
new worker in
the Bajio,
Rogelio, is
now
married and
settled in
San Miguel?
He
and
Elia will
concentrate all
their
attention on
that city.
—50%
of
the
population
of
Mexico
is
under
years
of
^
age,
and that 70% is under
30?
—our
new IBM
typewriter
has
already put out 3 courses?
—in
the
cities
of
Mexico,50%
of
those who enter school
fail
to
finish the 9th
grade?
In the countryside,
only
35%
complete
the
9th.
—Normrecently
finished his
first extension course from
the School of
World Mission?
—afterv-^^ears o n . the
field
we
had
oUr Tirst summer in
tern?
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them with us,
along
with Ken,
to an early-summer camp in
the
northern part
of
the country.
Daily I preached the evening
message, taught
a class (ex
temporaneously, because
of
the
unforseen absence of the sched
uled teacher), and
led
a
15-
minute missions devotional.
We
returned home in
time
for the last day
of Intermedi
ate camp
and
all
of Senior
week
here. A total of 190
campers
took
part in the two
weeks,
and
there
were 17 baptisms.
A
record number of
churches
(16)
participated
in
the camp
this
year.
Following camp, we had 1
week
to
prepare for
the
coming
of
26
young people from Phoe
nix,
who were
to
present con
certs in the
Bajio area. It
was
a week of
putting up
post
ers all over town for the
Queretaro
concert,
making all
sleeping arrangements
for the
singers,
arranging for the use
of
the
auditorium
here, and
working out
details for the
concerts
in the 4 other places
in the Bajio where the group
was
to appear.
Then the group arrived,
and the next week was spent
with them—in
San Luis,
in
Mexico City,here
in
Queretaro,
and in
Celaya resenting
5
concerts
in
5 days. The one
in
Queretaro was tremendous.
The
Fine
Arts
Auditorium was
packed
to
overflowing, and the
format
allowed
us to
make
re-
(Continues on
column
2)
marks after each number;
so
both
music and gospel message
were presented
to over itOO
August:
The first week
was spent
in
playing
catch -up
with printing
(3
new courses
were urgently needed), corr
espondence, and auto repair
(2
months
of
hard driving had
t&ken their toll). The second
was
used
up in
breath-catching
and
lawn mowing,
home
jobs
and
Bible
School lesson writing
And the rest of the month
was
finally dedicated to visiting,
course-distribution
and teach
ing.
So
there you
have
it— the
short summer of
77
in a
not-
so-short
summary.
BROADCASTING CHRIST
Bajio stations carrying program 7
Programs
broadcast monthly
Cost per month in dollars 400
Responses
monthly
30 to 50
Stations outside Bajio
carrying program
8
Number of active students in
200
Bajio in Bible Course
Every copy
of Saludos that is
returned to
us
by the Post
Office
costs
us 25
cents
(U.
S.
money)
Would
you help us be good
stewards
by advising us of an
upcoming ad
dress change?
Send
all changes to
our Forwarding Agent,
Mrs.
Barbara
Green,
P.O.
Box
628, Yuma, Arizona
85364. Ihsmk you.
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I
BAJIO
CHRISTIAN MISSION
THE
APARTADO
POSTAL
741
QUERETARO/
GKO.
MEXICO
PUBLISHED
QUARTERLY
VOL.
LUDOS
FOR^/ARDING AGENT:
MRS. JOE L.
GREEN
POST
OFFICE
BOX
Y U M A ^ A R I Z O N A
8 5 5 6 4
NO. 3
SEPTEMBER 1977
The
summer
of 1977 was
just
what
we
anticipated
it
would be—hectic, activity-
filled,
nd too
short
to accom
plish
everything
we'd have
liked. It was also,
we
feel,
a summer of progress and re
sults, particularly among the
youth.
In
Mexico, summer is a
hard
time
to
get a
handle onJ
For
there is
no
uniformity of
school schedules. Just
in
our
immediate area, while several
schools
ended
their terms by
June 30,some closed
as late
as
August
1.
Then again, on the
other end,
although some will
open as
late
as
September 1 5 J
o t h e r s
r e o p e n e d
for r e g i s t r a ^
tion as
early as
August s J
Added
to
this
lack of uniform
ity is the fact that Mexican
schools
offer special exams on
specific dates in the summer--
"F-removing" exams,
entrance
exams,
proficiency
exams, etc.
The result
of the
above
is
a jamming of summer activf
ities into a
period of
about
f
weeks,
with
those
in charge of
(Continued on column 2)
̂
77
planning having to
try to out
guess the school systems and
schedule
dates by "dead reck
oning" and past experience.
Unfortunately, past
experience
has taught that our reckoning
will
miss the 3 or
4 days
that
almost everyone is free; so
we have
resigned
ourselves to
the inevitable
comments of a
number
of
students
to
the
effect that because of school-
schedule conflicts they cannot
share
in
our summer programs.
With
this
gloomy beginn
ing, then, let us share with
you
the results
of summer
'77.
June:
Ken Howard our
summer
intern),
Doug
Reed,
Steve
Shold,
and I spent
many
hours at
camp, installing win
dow frames and panes, laying
concrete,
clearing away
brush,
and hauling
fill dirt ta im
prove the
passability
of the
camp road
for
the
upcoming
rainy
season.
July: We spent
time
with
the
SWIM
interns, led
by Dean
Gary. Then we took several of
(Continues on page
2,
column 1)
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Brith. nnoun ement
A
S o n N a t h a n
A n d r e w b o r n to N o r m a n a n d M a r y D u n g a ^
Missionaries
in Queretaro Mexico October
25th
Mary daughter of
Neddie
and Nola Griffith came
t o
Quincy Illinois
for
the
birth.
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C)
ALUDOS
BAJIO CHRISTIAN MISSION
THE NORM DUNGAN FAMILY
APARTADO
POSTAL
741
QUERETAROy
QRO.
MEXICO
FORWARDING
AGENT:
MRS. JOE
L. GREEN
POST OFFICE BOX
628
YUMA,
ARIZONA 85364
PUBLISHED
QUARTERLY
VOL.
9, NO. 4
DECEMBER
1977
A Time
To
Sow..
A Time To
Reap
Much of our time in Cen
tral
Mexico
has been
dedi
cated to trying to
open new
spiritual
fields and
to pre
pare them
for the
sowing
of
the Gospel seed. At times it
has
seemed as
if the
seed
were
falling
on
non-receptive
soil; the
religious
tradi
tions
and
the
distrust
of
outsiders
run deep
within
the
people. But the very diffi
culty of
the
sowing makes
the
reaping
more
precious
when it
does come.
In
the past
three
months,
we here
in
Queretaro have had
the privilege
of sharing
in
the spiritual birth of 4 new
souls and seeing
the
church
established in a new commun
ity. This is unusual for us;
for with Mexican
evangelists
in most of the area of our
work,
the
baptisms and re
sponses come without our
direct involvement. This is
as
it should be,
for
the work
of
evangelism and
church
Continues on
column
2)
growth
needs
to
be increas
ingly
the function of
the
National
church. However,
there is still
one
section of
country here where
there is
no Mexican worker and no
strong established
church to
reach
out. So when
a
Bible-
correspondence course student
in
the area
requests
baptism,
it
is we
who have
the joy
of
going and baptizing.
Such was
the case with a
Bible student recently in
an
Indian village. Our
first
contact with the village gave
little
promise,
for it
took 2
trips
and
much
questioning to
even
find it;
and
when we
did
finally
find
the
place,
the
student
we were looking
for
was
not
home. So we
left
our
card
and went on our way.
Two weeks later,
early
one
morning, someone
came
to
our
door here in
Queretaro.
I
did not
recognize the face,
but
when
the
man told
me his
name,I realized that this was
Continues on page
2,
Col. 1)
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SOWING
AND
nsAPING, ONTINUED
the man we'd tried to reach.
Somehow
(God alone
knows
how)
he had found
us—and
was
hungry for the
Word.
As
we
shared
together
that morning,
it was clear that here was
one who was
ready to
receive
Christ and
who
needed only
to
be shown
what
the
Scriptures
teach. Leonardo confessed
his
faith
that
morning,
and
a
date
was set for
his
baptism.
We both
felt
that it would
be
well
to
have
the
baptism
in
or near his own
village.
On
the
agreed
date, we
discovered
that
our student
had been sharing his new
found faith and knowledge; 2
other adults immediately upon
our
arrival
asked
if they
might be
allowed to^ confess
their faith in Christ and
be
obedient to Him. It became
quickly clear that
Leonardo
had
taught
well,
and
that
both candidates knew
what,
they were requesting.
And
so
Brother
A1 Gonzalez
baptized
the three of
them
in
a beauti
ful
lake about
10
kilometers
from
their village, in the
presence
of
around
15 members
of
their families.
The
other baptism
in
which
we
shared
came from one
of the
most
closed
villages
in
which
we've worked. For
over 3
years there
has been
but one Christian family ip
the
whole town. The brethren
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column
2)
there
have
been
diligent
in
their witness, both
in word
and life; but no responses
had ever been detected. Then
a few weeks ago, on one
of
my
visits, I was greeted with
the
news that a neighbor lady
had
made a decision to accept
Christ. Carmen came
that day
and shared in our
Bible study
and
expressed
her faith
in
Christ as the
Son
of God.
Again, a date
was
set
for her
baptism, and much
prayer was
offered up
for
her
and
her
family, for
her
son is very
rebellious
and an
alcoholic.
On
the
day of the bap
tism,
we
encountered Carmen
on the road leading into town.
I as
startled; .
but we
learned
that she'd
left
home
early
to meet
us because her
son
was in an
uproar, speak
ing
of
evicting her
flpom
the
home, etc.
I
asked Carmen if,
in the light of these devel
opments, she still wished
to
obey the Lord.
Her
answer
was a simple, Yes, I cannot
turn back now.
Praising
God,
we gathered up
the Christian
family
and
traveled
a few
kilometers to another beauti
ful
lake,
where Carmen
was
born of the water.
Just 4 baptisms—yet they
have
meant a great deal to
us,
as we see again the
power
of God
and the impact
of the
Gospel
upon those who recog
nize their spiritual need.
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$'S AND SENSE
For years we have talked
about
having a Christmas
re
treat.
Why Christmas? Well,
for
one
thing,
everyone
has
Christmas
vacation; and
for
another thing, the weather is
always
nice
and warm, with no
rain
to
worry about. That's
what
we said, friends.
So
this year, we acted.
As it turned out, we were
right about vacations—in
fact,
we
had
almost twice
as
many
campers
as
we
had expec
ted 70
instead
of
40). But
we were dead wrong about
the
weather--a cold snap hit Mex
ico and dropped morning tem
peratures here
into the upper
20's. Have you ever slept
through a
20°
night
on
a con
crete floor in
a
dormitory
room, with
virtually
no heat
and with a 6-inch airspace
between wall and roof?
It
was
teeth-chattering
time on the
campgrounds,
believe me
However,
in spite of it
all, things went reasonably
well. Our hayride wagon
was
crammed, but since
it
was so
cold, nobody cared. And our
6
a.m. prayer walk to a near
by
dam
brought
some
spiritual
warmth to
a
frosty morning.In
short,
it
was
a
beginning;and
the
planners
learned a lot.
I believe there will be other
retreats
in
the months
ahead.
But I suspect there
will
be a
heavy
run on
blankets just
before things begin next time,
just in
case
In
many
ways, Mexico's
economy
stabilized during
1977.
However, with the
sta
bility has come
the
specter
of
inflation.
Consumer prices
rose
36% in the
year, and the
relaxation of government
con
trols allowed many firms
to
hike
prices.
In the work
of
evangelism
in
the Bajio, the greatest
crunch
has been to radio.
Prices
have
risen
drastically
(over 50%) at 4
stations, and
these
unprecedented
increases
have
caused
revisions
to
be
made in the mission's budget
ing. Nonetheless, praise God,
we have not had to cut back
on
any
of our programing. At
the same time, we have been
assured that we will soon be
allowed to broadcast here in
the
city. We do not know
what,
the
cost
will be;
but
we are praying
that when the
door
opens we
will
be ready
to go through
it.
ODdS
October: First-ever
Hallo
ween party for the youth here.
35
screams
and 5 "no-go-ins"
to
the
Spook
House.
November: A
great Thanks
giving: Reunion with Mary
and Nathan,as well
as
with my
Dad and
sister,
in
Texas.
December:
3
major programs;
retreat;23
for
Christmas meal;
made
radio tapes;TV
football.
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1
Tox.
I
uess
you can tell
what the
big
news is in our
family
at
the moment. We
are
so
grateful to
God
for
sending
us
such
a
beautiful,
healthy baby
boy (just
like
his Daddy
ordered).
And
I'm
personally
thankful
that
he's such
a good
baby—he
sleeps through
the
night
and
has
since
he
was a week old.
Believe
me,
that was high up
on
my
list of wants.
The only
bad
thing a-
bout
this whole adventure
was having our family sepa
rated. Norm
and Heather
stayed
in
Mexico while
I
went to be with my parents
in Illinois for Nathan's
birth,
so it is hard for me
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column 2)
to tell
you
about
the fami
ly
since
I'm
not
sure
what
all went
on in
the other
half
of the household. Norm
seems to have managed fairly
well, though. He sent
Heather to school
each
day
with
brush and comb and the
teacher s
aide fixed
her
hair (he
didn't
say how he
managed week-ends)
and
he
organized a birthday
party
for
her. And Heather only
lost two pairs of
shoes
while I was gone, so
I
guess
things
didn't
go
too
badly.
But now, thanks
to co
operative doctors, Enfamil,
and
the
Wright
brothers,
we
are
back together
as
a
fam
ily—disorganized,
but happy.
And for this we are also
grateful to God.
We
are
also
grateful to
you who shared in our ad
venture
with
your cards,
letters, gifts,
and—most
of
all—your prayers. It
has
made
our joy
even
greater to
know
that
you share it also.
Balance 6/30/77
$
614.72
Income
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10/30/77 6544.55
Expenses
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926.55
$
232.72
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