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CHIIC'S

O M N C e

o r

CHRIST

A

R O D G E R L I N D A

P R O N G

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C o r r e o 21

S a n t i a g o , Chile

C O R R ES P O N D IN G A G EN T

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L E S N I E W I C Z

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A G E N T

KEVIN K A N E

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M P R S S S t O N S

The p l a n e t r i p wa s u ne ve n tfu l, th e

s t o p o v e r s J u s t

t h e

r i g h t l e n g t h ,

and

o u r

'v lugga ge was a l l

here

when we a r r i v e d In

\ San

Jose, Costa

Rlcal

There

was even some

lone

at

the airport to greet us, squeeze

y

a ll

our luggage in his tiny car and whisk

\

u s

t o

th e

p l a c e

we

w o u l d

c a l l

home

f o r

t h e

n e x t

e i g h t

months.

T h in g s

c o u l d n t

have

lieen g o i n g b e t t e r . We

oould

s e e G-od s

hand

a t

work e v e r y w h e r e . The house

o u r

f r i e n d s

i n

t h e

s t a t e s had b e e n p r a y i n g

f d r was l a r g e s p a c i o u s and even ha d

h o t

'

w ater i n th e s how er only) What luxury

G od

had

p r o v i d e d compared t o t h e crampe d,

r u n

d o w n q u a r t e r s

we

h3,d

b r a c e d o u r s e l v e s

for

B u t

it was n o t l o n g

b e f o r e

we

had no

^doubts we were

l i v i n g i n

a f o r e i g n

country,

h e re

i s

s o m e t h i n g

a b o u t

l i v i n g

t h r o u g h

two e a r t h q u a k e s

o n e

v o l c a n o

e r u p t i o n

three

cases

of i l l n e s s

and a power

failure

i n

tw o

weeks to make

yo u

s u s p e c t t h a t

t h i s

I s

n o t going t o be an y th in g l i k e

th e

s m a l l

t o w n yo u

left

i n O h i o

Then you go

out

to buy loaf

of

bread and the cashier looks a t you

l i k e

you

re

crazy

a f t e r you ve

used

your best,

and

o nl y S pa ni sh ,

He then

proceeds to

f i r e

back

a few l i n es of

very

rapid

and

completely

u n i n t e l l i g i b l e

Spanish (which you have

no

hope of understanding) and

a t l as t

very slowly

repeats

th e

p r i c e o f the

bread and something

else

you h a v e n t q u i t e figured

o u t .

At

t h i s

p o i n t

yo u

a r e

t u r n i n g

p urp le w ith

embarassment

and

hold

o u t

some money

only

the Lord and

t h a t

c a s h i e r know

what

i t s

worth).

As the

man

p i c k s o u t

a

fe w o f th e c o i n s ,

yo u a re d es pe ra te ly

hoping

he i s

honest

as both you and he realize

a t

this point that you wouldn^t

know

the differenie

i f

he d id

ta ke a

little

e x t r a .

A t t h i s

p o i n t

you

b e g i n

to s u s p e e t

t h a t

a d a p t i n g

to a f o r e i g n c u l t u r e

m i g h t

j u s t b e a little m o r e d i f f i c u l t t h a n

you

ha d f i r s t

a n t i c i p a t e d . You a l s o r e j o i c e

t h a t

God c a n do ll t h i n g s

a s

yo u a re a bs ol u te ly p o s i t i v e

t h i s

i s one t h i n g you have no hope

o f

e v e r

b e i n g

a b l e to h a n d l e o n y o u r own.

B u t l e a r n i n g t h e l a n g u a g e and

a d a p t i n g t o t h e

c u l t u r e o f

L a t i n

A m e r i c a

a r e j u s t

w h a t t h e s e

e i g h t

m ont hs

i n t h e S p a n i s h Lan g u ag e

I n s t i t u t e a r e

ll

a b o u t .

T h e r e

i s so

much

l e a r n i n g t h a t n ^ e d s to b e d o n e b e f o r e we c a n

even

begin

communicating

the gospel to the

people

o f

Chile

wWn we

a r r i v e

t h e r e i n A u g u s t ,

B u t

we

have

b eg u n and we

know

t h a t w i t h t h e h e l p o f

Our LOPI and th e

p r a y e r s

o f o u r f r i e n d s we w i l l be read y l

I ca n do a l l t h i n g s through Him who s t r e n g t h e n s me.

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i i^PRESSIONS

I

LOVE Tm MOUNTAINS that surround us. . .

Blushing

rosey

pink

with

the sun d first warming touch

Ifezy

blue

through

a

vei l

of mist

Singing l ife in a

soft, lovely green

frock

Black si lhouettes against crimson

. . . showing my MASTER'S AMAZING

CREATIVITY

ILOVE

THE

M N

that come

to worship,..

Warm,

dark

ebony

faces

rich

with-lVory smiles

Gleaming,

glowing Oriental gold ^

Shining sapphires

placed

in

rich settings of pearl

Bright

burnished

oo,pper reflecting Ithe l ight

V .i.showing my SAVIOUR S M RV LOUS

. . LOVE

PROGRESS ions

God answers our

.prayers

There are

many

of

you who have

been

praying

for us. fa i thful ly and we*d

l ike

to

share

with you some of the

w.onderful

ways

God

has answered

your prayers.

1.

We

are here complete with lugc^age nnd no outstanding

bl l l s l

2. Our Big Brother .and

Sister

got-us a house about two weeks before

. we,

l e f t

the s t a t e s . We

. love I t i

'

3- Things ..continue to move in a raarvelous way in

Chile.

4,

GTint'^s

schooling

has worked

out perfectly

and he

will

be starting

the

f i r s t grade in May.

5. We have s tar ted

our s tudies

and

are beginning to be

able to

comin-unicate with, some of

the

Spanish people here.

There are

s t i l l

many

things

we would

l ike

to have you pray for.

1 . We have no

Churches o f

C h r i s t i n

Cos ta Rica. . .

We

bel ievfe t h i s

i s

a

mat ter t h a t

n^eds

your

prayers ' .

2.

We wil l

continue

to need your

prayers

fo r

f inanc ia l support .

One thing we would especially

l ike to

have your

help with

is

.

pray ing t h a t God w i l l he lp us find '

a

work

to do

fo r

Him' whi le

we a re here . This I s^espec ia l ly d i f f i c u l t

with

the

language

: f

barr ie r .

*

: . .

4.

.Please be

praying tha t

God wil l continue to give

us st rength

Iri

eve ry phase o f our ad jus tm en t here . Many

miss iona r i e s

have

developed

emotional and menta l

problems

due

to

the

pre ssure s

of adjustment.

Some

have

even gone home s ince

we've

been

here .

j :

We

thank a l l

those

who have

cared

enough

about us

and

the

people

we are

goin^

to try to reach with the very best news a man could

have,

t h e

n ews that

God

l o v e s us

NEW

ADDRESS

Rodger and Linda

PRONG

Apar tado 10240

San

J o s e

Cos ta Rica

entral

A m e r i c a

REJ0I3

IN THE LORD ALWAYS,- AGAIN I SAY REJOICE

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A.T

lAST

~

last I We arrived the second of August, and

the whole trip was just an amazing example of Ood^s provision and

S^f*

thank

you with all

our

hearts for

your prayers

for

our

trip,

the preparation

of

our papers, our support, and Sod s prepara

tion of a work for us here. Sod has answered a l l those prayers in

v e r y s p e c i a l ways .

Everything worked

out

just perfectly with our visas and a l l the

other

papers

we

needed to have In

order

to leave as

we

had

planned

on the thirtieth of July. We arrived a t the

airport

two hours before

the scheduled departure time to discover that

a ll other

TACA

flights

t ^ t

day had been cancelled as the planes

were

being held

up

in

E1 Sa^v dor__by._astrike

there.Allo- ^herf-l-i-ghteuo

Panama(-w^iere

we were

to catch

our

plane to Chile)

were full,

of

course.

If

you

have y6r planned and prepared to go someplace for nearly two years

you will know exactly how we fel t . There was a

oossibility

that,we

might get out that night, though.

TACA

was going to borrow a plane

from COPA and

see

If they couldn t sneak the ir f light on through

*

f

This,

of

course,

was

going

to

take a l i t t l e

extra

time.

u - ^ f

hour set-back

from

the

scheduled departure time and they were s t i l l not certain they could

actually

do

i t .

In the

meantime

God

did a very

interesting

thing.

One

of the young Costa Rlcan

women

fi^m the

church

we

attended

had

come to the airport to see us off.

Now this

may not

seem

especially

surprising

unti l

you

know we hardly

knew each other.

As

the time

passed sne of those

who

had come to see us off had to leave, and

by a combination

of circumstances,

Linda found

herself

alone with

this woman for nearly an hour. What God did in thla hour

was

amazing

-.2

vom rx had been a Christian nearly three years,

out. r e i t like she and most of

the

other young

adults

weren t

doing

aything

for

the Lord. What followed was a

discussion of

how each

Christian

has his

own task

and

how he

must seek God s

wil l

to find

out what that task i s . They talked of how a person can find God s

will,

prayer, and

a l l

the

possibilities there really are

for service*

She

became

so

excited

and

a t

l a s t

said

that

she

knew God had

sent

her to

the

airpor t to

ta lk with

Linda.

She

d i d n t

know what the

Lord

would have for her

to

do,

but

she

did know

she wanted

to

begin by

telling the

other

young people

in

the church about the things she

had

learned.

Our

plane finally did come

and we sighed

In

relief

and f o r

Joy

as we began our

Journey

to Chile.

In

Panama we

were to catch

a

non-stop f l i g h t to Chile. We w i l l

always remember Panama. I t was

there

we learned

they

were going to

charge us ^^1,500.00

for

our luggage

and that, by

the

way,

they

had

ove rbook^ our

f l ight and

the plane

would

not

be

taking

on

anyone in

Panama. Now to

get

the ful l

impact

of

this

you

must

know

that i t

was

three

o

clock

in

the

morning,

and no

one

had

yet

been

to

sleep.Well , we

f i n a l l y

decided t h a t

t h e

tord had decided we needed a

v a c a t i o n .

We spent two days i n a

beaut i ful

hotel w ith a l l

expenses

paid i n the

n i c e s t

par t

of Panama

City.

During

t h i s

time

Lan Chile, the a i r l i n e

t h a t had overbooked t h e i r f l i g h t

was having

t h e i r

own

problems. They

couldn t find

a

space for us

on

any

of t he ir f li gh ts .

They

finally

put us on a Branlff fl ight to Lima, Peru af ter

scheduling

us for

^ -.-l ht that flew to Chl.e

via

Ar^gen.tina (whl sh ^

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V/e

s tayed ove rn ight

In Lima

and

a t last

arrived

In Santiago

the

second

of

August (two

days

la te)

to find

no

one waiting fo r us a t

* * ^^^1^ V w * A V* Vl U W '

they had

changed

their

telephone

number

(we

tried to call to get

someone

to come

ge t

us)

and had

met every

plane

coming

In from

we

f i na l ly

got

here

to

di scove r

God's o t h e r answers .

Q^od works

th ings

ou t j

PRAXER LIST

Tha t

God

wi l l

work In th e hea r t s

of these people and conver t them.

That

a Church may be establ i shed

hore In th i s area by Chris tmas.

t dod wil l

supply,

through

o

t lg. gHILDHgN*3

CORMER

Only a Boy

Like Oavld

Clint was

a

bright

s ix-year

old

with

suxiny yellow hair and two tee th missing

r ight In front . His family had moved from

the ir

home In

Ohio

to far-away Costa Rica,

where

his parents

were

new

miss ionar ies ,

Clint bad f e l t sad

leaving

his friends and

grandparen t s ,

bu t he t r i ed to

be brave

because he knew other boys and gi r l s

needed

someone to tell them

abou t

Je su s too l

Clint was In

the

f i r s t

grade

a t his

new

s choo l

In

Costa Rica

and C l i n t

had

a

problem# One day he ran In to the

house

crying

What 's

th e

mat te r Glin t? asked h is

mother

se t t ing down the needle and thread

0b

been

using

to sew on one of

hla

b u t t o n s ,

I

don't

want to go to school anymore^

Mother,* said Clint, as he wiped a big fat

t e a r

o f f

h is cheek

and

blew h is nose

hard

Into the handkerchief she

had gl1?en

hlm>

I thought you

l iked

your new teacher

and being In

f i r s t

grade,

said

Mother

putt lnj j

a

comforting

arm around him.

T do, but 1

don t

have any f r iends here

like

I did at my old School. All the boys

and gljrls here speak Spanish. When

they

t a lk , I c a n t understand them#

ho ^

ILZ

Mother

thoughtfully^

that

airport.

We

found

this

strange,

Is

a

big

problem

Do

you

remember

the

as we had sent four telegrams

keep-

Bible |story we

read

sometimes

of

another

them Informed

as to

what was boy

with

a giant problem?

hfiippenlng.

We

later found out that Xus,. that^s the story of David and

Qollath,

i t s one

of my

favourites#

'That^s

right,

answered Mother,

he

bad

a big problem too,

just

l ike you do Hs

only f ive l i t t l e

stones to use; but he

?^ma

Blnce Monday.

Because'of the had something much

more

Imi^ortant, too

? ^lPjione number they

He

bad Qod^s help. I think

maybe

he was

ot

vry

telegram late, and never afraid, too* but he asked

Ood

to help him

^ ^iylng In and Ood

did

aod wants to help

you

too.

rom

Peru. Well,

we

decided our Glint looked up Into Mother's face Do

22 ^ really thlxik I could be

like David???

e

wero the only passengers left from he asked hopefully.

If surrouned

by

Xes, (Hint, I do. Let's ask (Jod'to help

oinnirf drivers

left

at the you now. Together Clint and his mother

airport

(which

were really quite a asked God to help hlra

be

brave

like

David.

^re

through with t h e i r prayer ,

OentQr was.

We

mother smiled and

said, Now you will

need

ftnS looking through five stones, your five stones can be

five

ur briefcases uhat all the mission-. Bible verses you've learned about how Ood

mailing addresses

on loves and

cares

for you.

When

you feel sad

rf At las t we found about not knowing what the other

children

another missionary s leaflet

that

are saying. Just take out one of your

h^d pv

Rddrese

on^lt.After that ' stones^-arsl remember (3^ Is^^plng

you

make

friends

and

leam

Spanish.

Then

try

your

bes t to be f r iendly and kind cjod

' , ^ .w i l l help

you.

He

provided us with a per-

The

next day Clint

came

running into the

I

a \^ ohurch

touse with a great big grin

on

his face.

n

the

neighborhood In which

we are Ybu :