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FAMILY
APARTADO POSTAL
NO. 57
QUERETARO. QRO.
MEXICO
NEWS
OF
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THE
NORN OUNGAN FAMILY
APARTADO POSTAL
NO. 7 i \ l
QUERETARO/ QRO MEXICO
OF CHRIST IN CENTRAL MEXICO
Published Quar terly Vol.
13,
No.3
Fall 1982
rmCONOMIC scene
While in San
Antonio,
Texas, h i s author heard
much
a b o u t
th e
dangers
a n d
d i f f i c u l t i e s
posed
b y
being in
Mexico,
a n d abou t
i t s
v a c i l l a t i n g economy. Let
the
o b s e r v a t i o n s
of o n e Who s l i v i n g in the country b e
h e a r d .
Mexico,
s e e k i n g t o i n c r e a s e i t s
development
in
industry a n d petroleum, bo r row ed v a s t s u m s of
monies
from
international b anks. Then interest
r a t e s s k s n r o c k e t e d in the U.S. a n d other c o u n t r i e s
a n d Mexico, unatde t o p a y i t s l o a n s
w a s forced
t o
borrow at even h i g h e r i n t e r e s t
l l i i s
put the govern
m e n t
n a
runch. Bu t
h e other jaw
of he nutcracker
w a s
e q u a l l y
as u n f o r g i v i n g - having no onfidence in
t h e i r government,
many
e a l t h y Mexicans
converted
t h e i r pesos into d o l l a r s a n d
n v e s t e d
t h e m
in the
U.S.
an d o t h e r
c o u n t r i e s .
This
r e p r e s e n t e d
a
uge
outflow
of a s h with n o b e n e f i t to
the
developmrat of
the
c o u n t r y .
After a eriod
in
which
the
peso f e l l f iom 46 o a
d o l l a r t o
150
oa
o l l a r t h e
government e t
a n r t i f i
c i a l s t a U iz a t io n of
70
o . At
his
c o n v e r s i o n r a t e l l
normal
banking
c a n
b e
done,
xcept
that
o n e
cannot
b u y d o l l a r s . Th e n
die government n a t i o n a l i z e d a l l
banks in t h e Republic, t o u r d i e r control t h e luctu
a t i o n
of exchange
r a t e s . There
s of o u r s e
a
M a c k
market in d o l l a r s wh i ch
o f f e r s
100
o
1; u t l l t he
. m i s s i o n a r i e s
in
Queretaro r e
soimdly
e j e c t i n g that s
u n c h r i s t i a n
a n d
a r e
n o t
p a r t i c i p a t i n g
in
s u d i
e x
changes.
There
a r e
s o m e unfortunate
events being
r e p o r t e d .
Becau^
M e x i c o s u b s i d i z e s
t h e
c(»t
o f d i e^l
f u e l
s u g a r f l o u r cooking i l a n d other
a s i c
commodities,
Americans
h a d b e e n
taking
advantage of
h e
e xch an g e
r a t e t o b u y t h e s e commodities. The order s
being
h e a v i l y
checked
because
b a s i c food s t u f f s were
u n a v a i l a b l e
to
the
common Mexican
man
i n
the
border
i t i e s
d u e o
the
o r e i g n
d e m an d.
Mex ico h as
taken a
s e r i e s of s t e p s to improve i t s
economic
p o s i t i o n
b u t t h e s t e p s
h av e
hurt: there i s
much u n e mp l o yme n t, a n d many re asking
i f
they
diould j o i n the
ranks of
the i l l e g a l a l i e n s in the U.S.
because
here
th e y can n ot f in d
employmen t. Memco
faces e v e r e b e l t t i g h t e n i n g
for
a couple
o f
years b u t
h as
p o t e n t i a l
for
r e c o v e r i n g . P l e a s e p tay
for
the new
p r e s i d e n t
diat h e
i l l
b e
honorable
a n d a p a b l e .
The f a c t i s that i f e
in
Mexico
has changed
i t t l e fo r
e i t h e r the t r a v e l e r or die
m i s s i o n a r y .
T o u r i s t s
w i l l
b e a l l o w ^ t o
e xch an g e
pesos
for d o l l a r s a s
h e y x i t
the
country,
n d
Mexican i t i z e n s a r e being permitted
t o ch an g e a
maximum f
500
o l l a r s
per e a r .
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CAMPFIRE
EMBERS
How
can we d e s c r i b e
the
1982 camping s e a s o n i n
Queretaro?
One
p o s s i b l e
way
i s
through
s t a t i s t i c s :
over 250 o t a l attendance; 20 baptisms, plus
addi
t i o n a l r e d e d i c a t i o n s
and c o n f e s s i o n s o f
a i t h ;
campers
from at
l e a s t
7 t a t e s ; Christian book a l e s o f over
$500;
75
people packed i n d o r m s b u i l t f o r
50.
Bu t c a m p i s more than
j u s t f a c t s
and f i g u r e s .
As
I
look back upon t h e e x p e r i e n c e ,
a
number of images
come
o
mind:
* t h e
n i g h t l y f a c u l t y m e e t i n g s , t i m e s o f p r a y e r
a n d p r a i s e . This y e a r s t e a c h e r s
came
f r o m many
walks of l i f e r e a c h e r s , p r i n t e r s ,
m i s s i o n a r i e s ,
d o c t o r s , e d u c a t o r s ,
s t u d e n t s , l a w y e r s , n u r s e s ,
and
bricklayers-and they were counselors as w e l l as
teachers.
*the small knots o f students s c a t t e r e d a r o u n d the
c a m p g r o u n d during
f r e e
times: s i n g i n g choruses a n d
s t rummin g
g u i t a r s , d i s c u s s i n g S c r i p t u r e , praying with
counselors,
memorizing S c r i p t u r e , j u s t
talking
a bout i f e and
t h e
meaning o f a i t h , s h a r i n g testimony
w i t h
an
unsaved f r i e n d , l a u g h i n g t o g e t h e r
in C h r i s t i a n
good
h u m o r , exchanging a d d r e s s e s
with new f r i e n d s ,
shedding
t e a r s o f
sorrow
o v e r a companion's h e a r t
ache
or t e a r s o f joy over a companion's newfound
faith.
* t h e
b a p t i s m s :
t h e a c t i t s e l f t h e t e s t i m o n i e s
from t h e
b a p t i s t r y ;
t h e
t h r i l l o f s e e i n g s e v e r a l youth
b a p t i z e d b y t h e i r f e l l o w - c a m p e r s , f r i e n d s who h ad
i n v i t e d
them to camp,
t a l k e d
w i t h them
a bout
t h e
meaning
o f C h r i s t i a n f a i t h , a n d
who
now
were
s h a r i n g i n the n i t i a t i o n o f the new i f e i t s e l f .
* t h e
e v a n g e l i s t i c
s e r v i c e
on
T h u r s d a y n i g h t
o f
the
second week, a
s e r v i c e t h a t
l a s t e d unta
midnight
because o f
the
t e s t i m o n i e s shared b y dozens o f
cam pers
a n d
adults, because
o f
the
time o f
intense
p r a y e r , b e c a u s e o f t h e spontaneous c h o r u s - s i n g i n g
and
S c r i p t u r e - s h a r i n g ,
b e c a u s e
o f
t h e sweet S p i r i t
o f e s u s t h a t was e l t
b y
everyone p r e s e n t .
These
embers fr om the 1982 camp fire
continue
to glow i n my eart-and i n o t h e r e ,
too,
p p a r e n t l y .
For
a t
a r e c e n t
c a m p
meeting,
t was voted to expand
camp to 3
eeks
next
year
and o undertake s e v e r a l
building-improvement p r o j e c t s .
At
t h e same time,
t h e r e
was an
almost
t o t a l
concensus
t h a t ( j u s t l i k e
every
oth er year)
t h i s
was
the BEST
YEAR
EVER
ND
PROJECTIONS
One
f
the m o s t i f f i c u l t b a l a n c e s
t o
achieve b e s i d e s
my checkbook ) s
the
b a l a n c e between s e e d sowing
a n d nurture. This year Norm a n d
I are trying a
new
a pp r o a c h
t o
a r r i v e
at that balance.
Norm
s
heavily
i n v o l v e d i n mass e v a n g e l i s m through p r o j e c t i o n
o f
C h r i s t i a n
movies, w h i l e
I
am working
w i t h
a a l t e r i n g
church i n a
s m a l l
town. I
am
e e k i n g to s t r e n g t h e n
the elievers so
h a t
the
church
can t a n d on
ts
own
Norm 's m i n i s t r y
i s r a t h e r e x c i t i n g
for the p o s s i b i l i
t i e s i t
p r e s e n t s .
Many
o f o u r
e v a n g e l i s t i c
t h r u s t s
have
been l i m i t e d because o f a
lack
o f l i t e r a c y among he
people with
whom
we
work.
Now
as
Norm
t r i v e s
to b u i l d a f i l m m i n i s t r y ,
we
ave a n outreach
which
permits
teaching a n d preaching to hu ndreds without
. r e q u i r i n g
o f them the
a b i l i t y
t o read a n d write.
In
o r d e r
to
f a c i l i t a t e the
m i n i s t r y ,
we r e
c o n v e r t i n g
o u r
old
b u s to s e r v e
b o t h
as a
people
c a r r i e r
a n d
as
a n a u d i o - v i s u a l u n i t
which
w i l l f e a t u r e a
b a c k - p r o j e c
t i o n
screen
a n d a powerful p u b l i c
address
system.
This
w i l l
e n a b l e
us to
p u l l
i n t o
a town
and
p r e s e n t
a
movie
w i t h
a m i n i m u m of s e t - u p time and n o danger
o f
d am age
t o
the
p r o j e c t o r
o r screen f r o m
r a i n
o r
wind.
I t
w i l l also
provide
for a base f r o m which a
long-term campaign can be launched.
One
s u c h
campaign
w i l l
be
in San
Jua n
d e l
L l a n i t o ,
the v i l l a g e i n
which
I am working. T he church
there
h a s
suffered much
persecution
b u t
there
are
s t i l l
i n t e r e s t e d
b e l i e v e r s .
With
the
help
o f
Norm
a n d a
couple o f
the
I n s t i t u t e
students, I w o u l d
l i k e t o
organize
a
campaign
t h e r e . P l e a s e pray
for these
opportunities a n d
needs.
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FAMILY
AFFAIRS
PERSONALGLIMPSES
I t ' s been only t h r e e short mon t h s s i n c e we r r i v e d
"back home and already Knoxville seems l i k e a
p l a c e
I only dreamed about. Things have
been
f a s t
and u r i o u s
since
we
rrived.
We
spent the
f i
r s t
10 days
j u s t
s o r t i n g
t h i n g s
and
p u t t i n g t h e m
away-things we ad
e f t h e r e ,
t h i n g s we
had brought b a c k , ,
and
t h i n g s
the
Hoffs t i l l had in
the h o use-so we
ould
get t o
the
beds and kitchen.
T h e n t was eeks of
camp.
"I want
to
g o
t o the
green house Which
hou se
i s that? Is
i t t he
h ou s e where Nathan i s , or w h e r e
Dutton (our dog) s ,
or
the
Mack's h ouse?
fter
r e t u r n i n g from ou r
six-week s t a y
in
San Antonio,
Rebecca d i d n ' t
know
where home
was. T h e Dungans
were now occupying the house
where
we
ad
spent
a
year; our constructed
house
was not ready
t o
occupy; s o we were given th e loan of
Telford and
Erma ack's
house.
T h e l a s t of September we
egan
the p r o c e s s of moving.
A
wo-week
break
a f t e r camp allowed us some ime
t o get organized and
then
we
l l s t a r t e d t o
school.
Norm s t e a c h i n g
3
l a s s e s at
the
B i b l e
I n s t i t u t e
an d
4
t
the
U n i v e r s i t y .
He
s
a l s o
the
Senior
C l a s s
coun
s e l o r at the
B i b l e
I n s t i t u t e and the s p o r t s
d i r e c t o r
at
Heather's
sdiool.
Heather i s a fies hman t h i s year;
and
b e s i d e s
her
r e g u l a r school
c o u r s e s ,
she
i s
taking
French
(in Spanish )
t
the
U n i v e r s i t y
and piano
l e s s o n s . Nathan
i s
a t t e n d i n g a Mexican n u r s e r y school
e a c h morning and i s r a p i d l y r e - I e a m i n g S p a n i s h ( f o r
t h e
t h i r d
t i m e ) . And
me-I
t r y
to
keep
t r a c k
of
e v e ry o n e ' s s c h e d u l e s and s e e t h a t
they
g e t something
t o eat and have something l e a n t o
wear.
In
a d d i t i o n ,
I s e r v e 1 week out of every
5
s a t e a c h e r ' s aide
at H e a t h e r ' s s c h o o l . So
a r
t h i n g s seem to be working
pretty smoothly. r a i s e t h e Lord
for
a r s
You l r e a d y know
of
the
r e c e n t
peso
d e v a l u a t u i o n .
Now what we need s a time devaluation"to
enable
us
to have
more hours i n
which
to g e t e v e r y t h i n g
done.
But
w e ' r e
c o n f i d e n t
t h a t each
n e c e s s a r y
t h i n g
w i l l
be
a c c o m p l i s h e d i n H i s t i m e ;
a f t e r a l l , our God
h a s promis ed to s u p p l y
ALL
eeds
a c c o r d i n g
to
H i s
r i c h e s . " We
e r t a i n l y
c a n ' t ask more
than
h a t .
Joyfully,
Our
tay
in
San
Ant oni o
wa s
a mixture of wo rk and
p l e a s u r e . I t
took B i l l and
me many hours
of w r i t i n g
and t y p i n g
to complete
h i s t h e s i s . Bu t
t h e
rough
d r a f t
was
sent
t o
C i n c i n n a t i
the
day
before
we
e
t u r n e d to Mexico.
Some of
our
time
was
spent i n
shopping;
v^ous
t h i n g s were brought
back for
our
house.
We
l s o did
t h e u s u a l g r o c e r y s h o p p i n g .
We n j o y e d
t h e v i s i t s
of
both
B i l l s and
my
a r e n t s w h i l e
at t h e
KOA. We
d i d
a
l i t t l e
s i g h t s e e i n g
but
s p e n t
most of
t h e
time
working
or
r e l a x i n g
i n
the
shade. Mark became a
f isherman (a c r e e k r u n s t h r o u g h t h e c a m p g r o u n d ) .
We l s o took a d v a n t a g e
of
t h e
swimming
p o o l and
ni^tly
"Walt
Disney" movies.
T h e Eastwood C h r i s t i a n Church, o c a t e d a few m i l e s
from
where
we
w e r e
s t a y i n g ,
was
v e r y
g r a c i o u s
t o
u s .
We
e l l o w s h i p p e d
w i t h
them
and enjoyed t h e i r
s u m m e r s o c i a l s . T h e kids r e a l l y f e l t
at
home
h e r e .
Mark
i s
back
i n
s c h o o l and a l r e a d y e x c i t e d
t h a t
h e
h a s
two b i g
s t a r s
( f o r lO O ' s on
h i s
e x a m s ) .
The ir s t
v e r s e of h i s memory work f o r September
i s
my
c h a l l e n g e
to
y o u — P h i l . 4:4 " R e j o i c e i n t h e Lord
a l w a y s : and g a i n
I
a y .
R e j o i c e . "
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GOD KNEW
The Lord d i d i t a g a i n J u s t when we hought l l was o p e l e s s , He
nswered. School
at . B . C .
was
over and
we were within a couple
of
weeks
of e a v i n g
to return to
Mexico without
having
found
a
teacher
for
the
Christian s ch o o l
where
Heather attends here. But God knew who
that teacher
was. And we d
i k e
for
l l of
you
o
meet her
as
well.
J a n i c e Crowder i s
from
M a r y v i l l e ,
Tennessee—just a
s t o n e ' s throw
from
K n o x v i l l e . She is
a
g r a d u a t e
of
J . B . C . and t h e
U n i v e r s i t y of T e n n e s s e e
i n t h e f i e l d of d u c a t i o n . She s a l s o accomp-
r, l i s h e d
m u s i c a l l y
h a v i n g s u n g i n m u s i c a l g r o u p s
i n
c o l l e g e ,
taught
both
v o i c e
and
p i a n o ,
and
l e d
the
c h i l d
r e n ' s c h o i r i n her home hurch.
She has an x c i t i n g
year
planned
for
the students—including
Christmas and
Spring musical programs.
We
a r e
d e l i g h t e d that
Janice i s w i l l i n g
to c a l l Mexico
home
or a while. She
has
already
been a b l e s s i n g to
the school, and
she
s
e a g e r l y
r e - l e a r n i n g her high school
Spanish
i n
order to be more a c t i v e
i n
the church here
as
well.
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