Ellett Damon Leonila 1960 Mexico

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C h r l s t L ^ ? / M i s s L o n

newsletter

March

15>

19^0

A

BUILDING

IS

NEEDED:

W e b e g a n h o l d i n g

s e r v i c e s

a g a i n

t h e S u n d a y

ni^t af

t e r w e

g o t

b a c k a n d h a d

40

t o a t t e n d . W e h a d 6 0 a t

t h e

n e x t

s e r v i c e ,

w h i c h ' w a s C h r i s t m a s ,

a n d

37

lor S u n -

d a y S c h o o l l a s t L o r d ' s D a y a n d 5 0 o n S u n d a y n i g h t . ^

O u r b u i l d i n g j u s t d o e s n ' t h o l d

t h e m

a l l a n d w e d o n ' t

have c h a i r s nor

benches

for thon. I

on't

know what

comes

next. We

think

now that w e will build

j \ i s t

an

o p e n s h e d

v r i . t h

a t i n r o o f u n t i l

w e

c a n

d o s o m e t h i n j g

e l s e . V / e

c a n

g e t t h e

p o l e s

for t h e

f r a m e w o r k for j u s t

the

work

it

will take

to c u t and

b r i n g them

in,

and

m a y b e w e c a n

buy the

tin s h e e t - y s h e e t .

YOUTH WORK

- ,

.

We had

anotherJiaptiaa-yesterday

(written . nuary

1 8 ) . W e a l l

p d t

P f t a n d h i k e d t w o

miles

out

t o

one o f t h e

canals f o r

the service.

A b o u t t e n

y o u n g

p e o p l e w e n t a n d o n e o f the

f a m i l i e s

that

lives n e a r there met u s , - and

we had the s e r v i c e

t h e r e .

A f t e r

that w e

h u r r i e d back

to t o w n for the

y o u t h

m e e t i n g .

I t

w a s

t h e f i r s t m e e t i n g o f t h e

Y o u i ^

P e o p l e ' s S o c i e t y a n d

t h e r e

w e r e

a b o u t

2 0

y o u n g p e o p l e

p r e s e n t .

They e l e c t e d

o f f i c e r s .



MEDICAL WORK

. l a has a c o u p l e

of d e l i v e r i e s to

take c a r e

of

i r i n g J a n u a r y (written

D e c e m b e r ^ 3 1 >

1959

and

then

plans to leave

f o r

Mexico

City f o r

one, t w o, o r

I

don't

k n d W

h o w w e

w i l l

get a l o ng vd.th6ut h e r , b u t w e w i l l

manage.

W e

are all w e l l and

giv e

t h a n k s to

G o d t h a t

w e

a r e

r a r e l y s i c k , e v e n

w i t h c o l d s .

NEJ

W e

b egan s e r vic e s

a t

the

t o w n o f

13

d e

Marzo again

and had f f l

-at^ê

first sei^ce.

We

p l a n

to h a v e

s e ] > -

v i c e s

tC^êîyS^^S^^St^hioon*

W e s t i l l d o n ' t

have a native

worker. We did

talk

to one who is

still

ay ai emoon*

We

did

talk

to

in Bi b l e C o l l e g e , and he

has

p r o m i s e d to c o m e d o w n and

h e l p u s

as

s o o n as s c h o o l

is out.

Saturday (written

January

18)

w e

went t o

a

town no t

bo

far from h e r e

w i t h

the th o u^t of

looking

it over

r

s t a r t i n g

a

work there. To get there

you

have

to

Tavei

o ver

a gravel

i r o a ^

v r t i i c h T h a s a ± ot o f TOCk— ,

i o m e of

them

the s i z e

of

o n e ' s - f i s t . As

we w e r e c o m i n g

' b a c k in

t h e

night

on e

o f

t h e - f r o n t w h e e l s

f l i p p e d

rock into the gas tank

and

cut a g a s h in it about

two

inches'l^ng.—as y o u can

suppo'seT^he

g a S '

gushed

out.

V 7 e c o u l d s m e l l it

so

we s t o p p e d

and

s t u f f e d a rag in

the

h o l e

and f i n a l l y m a d e it b a c k h o m e . Y e s t e r d a y

t h e T r a v e l a l l s t a y e d

in

the

p a t i o ,

and

i e

all

w a l k e j

lurch,

SEASONS ICLXED

W e h a v e

b e e n

c a nn in g t o m a t o e s a n d

j u i c e .

T o m a t o

harve s t

w i l l

s o o n b e

o v e r . It s e e m s o d d t o

b e ^rkir^^

T h e o t h e r d a y I

saw s t r a w -

beridSsin t h e m a r k e t .

lOS AZTECAS



C o n t r i b u t i o n s

to El M a n t e C h r i s t i a n Mssion s i n c e the

l a s t newsletter, published October 25,

1959,

CHURCHES

AND

(feOUPS

Northw es t Christian

Church, McKinn^,

Texas ( 4 )

Fairview

Sunday

School, Wakita, Okl ahoma (3)

Fishing Fishers Clas s, Canadian, Texas (3)

Nashville

Christian

Church,

Nashville,

Ind. (2)

N a p a

C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h , N a p a , C a l i f o r n i a

Christian Church

Missionaiy

Group, Nashville,

Ind, 3)

Pinehurst

Christian Church,

R,

4>

Marietta,

Ohio (3)

First

Christian

Church,

Iforgantown,

Indiana

First

Christian Church,

I 4 o u n t a i n

City, Tennessee

Eminence

Christian

Church Mission

Account,

Eminence, Ind.

Parkview Christian

Church

Missionary

Fund,

Indianapolis

Samaria

Sunday

School,

Samaria,

Indiana

■ ^ ) N u m b e r of contributions

since

October 25, 1959

INDIVIDUALS

I 'h*, S i

Mrs^ Frank L,

Vlatz,

Indianapolis,

Ind,

Mr. & Mrs.

Ora M,

Davis,

Indianapolis,

Ind, 3)

Mr., & Mrs. E.

E. Vachon, Smithvillc,

Texas

Mrs. Laura Wilkins, Smithville, Te? iis

Mr. &

Mrs.

Ernest

E,

Creamer, Indianapolis, Ind.

4)

Janice

Porter,

Morgantown, Indiana 3)

Earle

Veale,

Morgantown, India^ 3)

Augusta Meyer, Morgantown, Indiana

Betty

Westerfield, Morgantown, Indiana 3)

Deloris

Taulman, Morgantown,

Indiana

3)

Margaret Veale,

I fo rgantown,

Indiana

3)

Ihrs. 0,

C,

Worley, Portales, New Mexico

Mr. L. B. VanAntwerp, Portales, New

Mexico

Mrs.

W .

H . Catt, Portales, N e w

Mexico

Annie Mueller,

Morgantown,

Indiana 2)

Mr. & Mrs.

Richard Throckmorton,

R, 5 ^ Martinsville,

Ind

14iss

Helen L,

Hinton,

R,

4^

Marietta, Oh io 2)

Mr.

&

Mrs.

Ernest M. Davis,

Indianapolis,

Ind.

Mrs. Dolores Miller, Indianapolis, Ind,



CHANGE OF ADDRESS

T h e p r e s e n t

m a i l i n g a d d r e s s

for

Ora

M.

D a v i s ,

f or

w a r d i n g

agent

f or El Mante C h r i s t i a n Mission, is

2639

f ' o l t z

Street, Indianapolis

4 1 ,

Indiana.

Any

funds you d e s i r e to

s e n d

to

h i m

for the m i s s i o n

should be sent

to this

address.

ADDRESS OF MISSIONARIES

ON THE FILED

Fersonal correspondence for the

Ellott

family

s h o u l d b e s e n t d i r e c t l y to

them

at

A p d o . I6I,

C d .

Mante, Tamp s ., Mexico.

NEEDS

.

.

Jkfst of

all,

y o u r p r a y e r s for the f a i t h f u l m i n i s -

t r y

of

t h e

V / o r d

of ^ ^ o d by t h e

m i s s i o n a r i e s .

Prayer f o r t h e v j i n n i n g

o f

souls.

Living s u p p o r t for the Ellett family.

Money

for.a

p a y . i . i e n t

o f

^105.00

a

m o i i t h

on the

T r a v ^ ^ a i l . ^ —-

_

.

—. .

.

F . L n d s to

provide a building

in

îch the congre

g a t i o n c a n m e e t . M o n e y for t h i s

s h o u l d

b e s o . .

d e signa t e d .

u.s.WposT

El Mante C l V i s t i a i v l i J - s s i o r ^

Apdo.

1 6 1

C d . I4ante,

T a m p s . ,

Mexico

«e

WAR

15



f

CI

/A a

t e

Christ

an

NSMSLETTEa

June

1 0 ,

i960

Missionaries: P v / d g » Agent:

Damon a n d Dr . Leonila

El l e t t O r a

M,

Davis

Apdo.

161

2 6 3 9

F o l t z

St ,

Gd,

I - I a n t e , Tamps

I n d i a n a p o l i s

Al, Ind.

Mexico

S U l - I i - l E R

WCRmS

A veiy great help to the mission

for

the summer

m o n t h s

will

be t h r e e y o u n g

p e o p l e

from Bib^.e C o l l e g e s

v A i c

are

coming to Mante to \ x . ' r K ' ^ r l t h

the

Ellotts,

Th e s e

a r e

i ' l i s s

Deana

'lorne

f r o m

C r an e ,

Te:a.s,

w h o

CTaduated this year from Dallas Christian CoiLlege

{she m a y

s t a y l o n g e r t h a n

the s ^ J i m e r ) a n d Miss

A l t a

Tanner,

. . s t u d e n t

at C o u t h e r n

Chih. oian

C o l l e g e ,

Th e

two ' i r i s a r e s u p p o s e d x - o

a r r ' ' e at tfante a b o u t

J u n e

20, a n d w i l l

h ej p

in Vq.cp^' Bi b l e S c h o o l s

in

the

. . car b y

villages

and p o s s i . second

school

this

y e a r

in Innt e ,

Th e

t h i r d youiio j . o r s o n is Bro, Mariano

F a ria s ,

a

Mexican preacher

w h o

h a s

s t u d i e d

a t

C o l egio

Biblico and then

a year

at Dallas Christian

College,

H i s

h o m e

is in t h e tc^m

o f Hamos-Arizpe v r h i c h

is t e n

miles

east

of Saltillo on

t h e - .

ro' 4 d

to

Monterrey,

It

is t h e h o p e o f t h e

m i s s i o i t c v i ' i e s

tna o

w i t h h i s

h e l p

the work in the

Aztecs

can be gotten xmderway,

A

d i l i g e n t

e f f o r t

is

being

made

to

find

a house

or

rooms for

the

tvro girls

l u i d

a plsce

for

Mariano

to

l i v e . T he El l e t t s h o m e is t o o s m Ar l to

p r o v i d e

t hi s

l o dging.

H o w e v e r , thc-y w i l l b e eat ing their m e a l s

w i th the

E l l e t t s ,

an d e y t r a f u n d s e r e d e s p e r a t e l y



V. B,

S.

Last w o e k (dated

May 29)

w e

had

a we e k of B. S.,

b u t

v / b

had

it

here in t o v m . (Originally it

w a s

plan

ne d

f o r

' = t h e

Aztecs )#

Since

t h e

p u b lic sch o o l s

are

crowded

and

since the

girls

go in

t h e morning

and

the

o y s in the

a f t e r n o o n

w e h e l d t w o c l a s s e s a day—f or

the

b o y s

in the

m o r n i n g and

for

the g i r l s

in

the after

n o o n . It w o r k e d o u t w o n d e r f u l l y w e l l . O i

c o u r s e ,

w e

o n l y h a d to

p r e p a r e

o n e

l e s s o n for

e a c h day a n d v d t h

our l i i r d t e d facilities w e weren't over-crov/ded. We

had

a t o ta l

enrollment

o f

105

and the la s t

d a y

w e had

a b o u t

95

in

a t t e n d a n c e . H a r o l d

G i b b s

( m i s s i o n a r y

in

Saltillo)

and

a

graduate o f

Colegio

Biblico,

Rebeca

S a u c e d o , w e r e

h e r e tc

h e l p

u s .

L e o n i l a d i d n ' t

g e t

to

h e l p this y e a r as S a n d r a d e c i d e d

to

h a v e m e a s l e s

all

week.

THE TRAVELALL

It w a s necessary f o r the Ellet ts t o ccme t o t he

b o r d e r

of

t h e

Unit e d

S t a t e s

to

h a v e

the

p a p e r s

re-

r t f a w A d

for

the Trovelall

on

J\me 8. and

on

this

trip

some needed repairs

t o

the car were

made*

Part

o f

the

expense

w a s covered

b y

the

guarantee

bu t the

Elletts

had

t o pay ̂ l6 .00 o f t his bill. They retume

to

Mante on the

9th.

T h e

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

t h e

T r a v e l a l l ( & L 0 5 e a c h )

have b e en

a s s u m e d b y Damon's

mo ther,

M r s ,

Pearl Ell ett

o f

Franklin,

Indiana, This will lightoi

the

finaneial

l o a d o n t h e mis sion f i i n d s a t t h e

pre s ent

t i m e , a nd t h e

money can

b e

returned t o her

in

analler monthly pay

ments.

/

W r i t t e n

A p r i l

25)

W e a r e

t w o m o n t h s

b e h i n d

o n o u r

-rent^^SO.

(Three

months

now).

We are

t w o

months

behind o n our

washer

payments—$20.

Our li^t bill

is

overdue,

(Writte n May 18) We are

expecting

Harold Gibbs here



Contributions

to EL Mante

Christian

Mission

since the

last

newsletter

was p u b l i s h e d .

CHURCHES AND GROUPS

Northwest Christian Church, M c I C i n n e y , T«^s (3)

Pinehurst

Christian

C h v u r c h , R.

k .

Marietta, 0. (4)

Senior Glas s,

Christian

Church, Booker, Texas

I t i s s i o n

Stud y Group. Jennings C h v i r o h

o f

Christ

J enning s,

Mo,

F i s h i n g Fishers Cl ass,

C a n a d i a n ,

Texas (2)

Missionary

Group,

Christian C h i u ' c h , Nashville,

Ind.(2)

Fairview

Sunday

School,

V / a k i t a , 0 ? < l < ? b o i i i a

(2)

Napa C hristian C hurch, Napa, Califo niia

F a i r f a x C hri s tian C h u r c h , lnvia;iapolis,

Ind.

Jr.

Youth, E.

I6th

Street Christian Chu rch, Indianapolis

Christian

C h u r c h , Spcars-^nll Indiana

Friendship C las s, First C h r i r t i s : : Church,

liourilain C i b y ,

T e n n e s s e e

Samp.ria

C hri s tian C h u r c h , Tra fr lgar, Indiana

M a r s Hi l l

Church

o f C hri s t ,

Indianapolis, Indiana

irJDIVITUAlS

Miss Helen

L. H i n t o n ,

R, 4 , i ^ ^ r i e t t . ,

Ohio

(3)

M r .

& M r s , E.

E.

Vachon, S n i i t h v i i : .,

e x a s

M r s , Laura WHkins, Sirithville, s

M r .

&

Mrs. S. E.

C r e a r u e i ,

I n d :

lis,

Ind, (3)

is.

Ind,

Janice Porter, Indianapc3-ls, Ind.

Annie

Muel le r, Indianapol is, Ind.

M r s , Addle C , Davis, Ind,

¥ ] t »

S .

Mrs, F r a n k L, Wats,

I n d L a n a p o I i s ,

Ind, (2)

Mr,

Maurice

David, R, 2,

Morgantown,

Ind,

Figure

in

the

p a r e n t h e s i s

i n d i c a t e s n u m b e r

of

c o n >

t ri b uti on s

since

l a s t

n e w s l e t t e r ,

March 5»

,

nd,

(2)

■

2

2

2

Ind

2

Ind

2



f

Last fall w h e n

we

w e r e

in

D a l l a s we s t a y e d

i r j

the

C o l l eg e s e c re t a ry ' s

apartm ent. In the

course o f o u r

visit

she asked

us

of

our needs

and we

remarked

that

it

w o u l d

b e

nice

to

h a v e

a

p o w e r d r i v e n

chain

s a w

t o

help

in the clearing o f the land.

She

says, I ave

a b r o t h e r -in- l a w

w h o might fix y o u u p . So, a b o u t

t h re e w e e k s

kgo

t h e Gibb s

w r o t e t h a t a b a s k e t b a l l t e a m

had

come

d o w n from Dallas Christian

to

play the

team

t h e r e

at C o l e gio Bi b li c o

a n d s o m e o n e

h a d

b r o u g h t

a

chain

s q w f o r

u s . W e

s t i l l

d o n ' t

k n o w . r f i o m

to t h a n k ,

b u t

we feel

that

the s e c r e t a r y is

mostly

responsible

s i n c e s h e w o r k s

at

Sears

o n

Satxirdays

e n d

the

saw

is

a

Sc a r s

s a w . It is b r a n d

n e w

a n d is the

ii200 m o d e l .

You d o n ' t k n o w

h o w

o v o r j c y o d we are a b o u t it.

Slides of the mission

may

be

obtained by writing

to

M r ,

a n d M r s . Prank W a t z ,

3 3 1

M . Lynhur st Dr.,

Indiana

p o l i s Al>

Indiana, a r e

f i e l d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

for

the

mission.

EL Mante Christian

Ora M. Da vi s , F w d

2639 F o l t z Street

Indianapolis / f l .



T

t

EL

MANTE CHRISTIAN MISSION

Apdo . 1 6 1

C d .

Mante Tamps,

e x i c o

missionaries;

Damon and Dr. Leonila S. Ellett

FORWARDING AGENT:

Ora

Davis

2639 F o l t z Street

I n d i a n a p o l i s 41,

I n d i a n a

The

f i e l d s a r e w h i t e unto

h a r v e s t .

Dear Chris tian F r i e n d s :

W o u l d

y ou

i n v e s t $ 5 . 0 0

a month

i n

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

Gospel i n Mexico?

The

c h u r c h

i n El Mante, Mexico,

s

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

n e e d of a

n a t i v e

m i n i s t e r .

A r e a c h e r i s

no w a v a i l a b l e ,

but t h e c h u r c h i s so s m a l l t h a t

i t

cannot

pay

h i s

s a l a r y . He i l l n e e d $60.00 a m onth p l e d g e d

support

and

w e mu s t c a l l on our

C h r i s t i a n b r e t h r e n to h e l p .

WE NEED THAT

HELP NOW

We a v e

$ 2 0 0 . 0 0

p l e d g e d t o w a r d

a

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

h a s

o u t g r o w n

t h e p r e s e n t

b u i l d i n g . A n o t h e r

$ 3 0 0 . 0 0 i s n e e d e d i f

a

b u i l d i n g i s t o

b e

c o n s t r u c t e d and t h i s

i s

n e c e s s a r y i f the church i s to grow i n

a t t e n d a n c e

and i n

c o n v e r s i o n s .

This b u i l d i n g m u s t be

c o n s t r u c t e d

immediately.

S h a l l

w e

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

t o

l i m i t

o u r s e l v e s

o n

our

d a i l y

b r e a d so t h a t

t h e s e

n e e d s may b e met,

and

t h e n , only s o m e d a y i n t h e f a r f u t u r e ?

Or,

won't

y ou

h e l p us n o w s o t h a t

the m i s s i o n w o r k may b e e x t e n d e d .

C o n t r i b u t i o n s

may

be

s e n t

d i r e c t l y

to us

b y

p e r s o n a l check or to our for

warding a g e n t .

H o p e f u l l y and

p r a y e r f u l l y y o u r s .

The Elletts

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Ellett Damon Leonila 1960 Mexico

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