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Dear Christian Friends,

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at work in

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Robert

E^S ielton~^

Apartax3 o

Liber ia , Guanacaste

os ta

Rica

Formrding Agent:

Byron

Haiam

8I5

l/aynetovm

Rd.

Crawfordsville, BI ^7933

Well, here vre are at long last, moved and set tled in the new location

in

Costa

Rica

where we

feel the

Lord

will have us work

Happy I977

and

pra ise the

Lord

for

liis. living grace toward

us.

The

town

of Liberia is about ^ hours north of Ban Jose and only 1 hour

ftcan the border of Nicaragua.

It

is very hot

and

dusty here since we

are in the middle of the dry season, with no rain in

sight

for

at

least

another

three

months.

e

are finding

i t

a

very

different

w y

of living than we have yet experienced in our 5 years outside of the

U.B.

e are right

on

the

edge

of the

undeveloped

back country, but,

also

on

the

edge

of progress. There are

ox

carts and

oxen, men on

horses, people walking, riding bicycles, also,

cars

and trucks

that

pass our house every day.

t

is really quite a

contrast,

but an

ideal

place fo r us to

work

fo r

the

Lord.

Bob has access to the San Carlos Valley, plus many more areas than he

has

even

dreamed.

e

has

been going out for 2 or 3

days

at a

time,

passing out portions of the Bible a,nd tallcing to the people about Jesus e are just finding more and more to do all the tijire, so please

continue to keep

us

in you prayers, as

we

will need lots of

love

fdr the people,

^well as lots of wisdom and knowledge to be able to work effectively for the Lord.

iic y that we will aliiays

be

tuned to the directing of the Holy Spifit in our lives,.

^

m^y of

you

know,

the

Lord

blessed

in a really

bieautiful

wajr

by

adding

to

our

in^ied in liay

and

Janet was able to be in Indiana for the

wedding,

Please

keep nal and his new family in your prayers too.

Hell

as you might have

^ Costa Hica to play iiothet as well as Father

aM

with

the

help of

Sam, Hoberta

and Sally...they

did

a super job of

handling

hugs

and Idsses,

iiom

could

tell

she was really missed

^

brougH^a

lot of gdodies from the

U.S. and

brought back with

her

were Carolyn

Branham

and :

f+

^ beautiful week of

ftih and

sharing

and

were really

lasted a little longer. .Thank

you

so much for

coming

sharing a part of yotir lives With usiU

And

thank

you

Lord

for sending them...

^

Janet wasn't able

to visit,

tallc and share ixith everyone she

Wanted to, but Lord

J;

coming

home

as a family the

summer

of 1978 and .:ill

have

plenty

^ time then to visit with all of

you. Please

keep this in your prayers and any

ws

to

come

to your Church, etd. please let us loiow plenty ahead so

that we will be able to

plan

buT time

well,

this is June and July I978) v will

be looking fon-jard to sharing with all of

you

then.

T?^ ^ school

and their

tests for this

eri^. It won t be

long before

they will have their 2

Treek winter

vacation.....

sounds

st^nge

doesn't

it???

It

is just baclcuard to

the schools

in

the

States.

It

IS ^ to hear Roberta and Sally out on the porch, playing the Mlitar and

s3ng^ tdth the

kids of

the

neighborhood

1

They

have

the

whole

neighborhood

^Tengo

Un

i\migo

^

He

Ma