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'orm & ary

Dungan

ApdOo

Postal

#741

Published

Quarterly

January 1970

VJHAT

IN HEAVEN

NAIffi ARE YOU

DOING THERE?

How d o

you go about

winning

a city of

120^000 people

to

Christ?

In the States t here

are

ways# You begin with referrals

-

hrist

ians

who

have

moved to your cityo

You

place a notice

in Standard» o ne

in

the

local

newspapero

You

put

up

a

sign

in

front

of

your new meeting

placeo

You

ask neighbori ng

congregations

to help

in calling•

But

what

do you d o if

you're

a foreigner, if there are

no

Christ-

lana

wiLlUri 200

Mlesri^r^hy'^iir^^tioh tthe entXre state),

f̂

ou can't

s e t u p a

s i g n t h a t w o n ' t

be d e f a c e d o v e r n i g h t , a n d if

99^

of t h e

p e o p l e

have

been

taught that

you're

evil?

You can buy

radio

ti me wherever

you can

find

a station

that

will

accept your programo I n some states

you'll

find one station willingr

in

others n o n e : -

in others,

if

you're lucky, eight. Then

you

hope

that

some

of the

120,000

people

in

your city

will

listen

to

your program.

You can di stribute lit erature on street corners to passers-by,

hoping they'll read it.

You can of fer Bible correspond ence courses by mail

for

those who

fear to be seen

publicly studyi ng the Bible,

You

can open the doors of the

meeting

place

and hope

that

word

o f

mouth will bring the

curious

to study.

You can of f er English classes, hoping to create interest also

i n

spiritual

things.


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begin

a

do or-to-door, perso^

tyo

You

make

friends,

talk

b u t e t r a c t s -

n y t h i n g

t o l o i c

to-person

c a m p a i g n

to

c o v e r

the

e n t i r e

ci -

teach,

sell or g i v e a v j a y Bibles, distri-

ing people to a decision

for

Christ®

yo

u o i f you're i n Queretaro, Mexico,

and

p e o p l e ®

You

don't get discouraged

because

His

Word

will not

return to

Him void®

Yo u

N U E V A S "

/ B w a y n j -

' • g o o d

news,"

o f

course®

I t

words

for -news®" One word

tion one

hears on

the radio

used

to refer to the gospel

These

are

the things

trying

to

reach her

120,000

y o u

r e a d

G o d ' s p r o m i s e s

t h a j b

r e j o i c e t h a t in

t w o

w e e k s y o u ' v e c o v e r e d

f o u r

s t r e e t s ,

s o l d t w o

d o z e n

New

Testaments, distributed

ing

the

Bible with

you

i n

th

i t O O

tracts, and have five new

people

study-

eir

homes®

And

you

pray®

^ I R I T U A L

SPANISH

us New-wave-us/® What i s the gospel? Why

is

'good"

- happy, wonderful, b e n e f i c i a l (

And i t

i s ' " n e w s " - nformation or notices® Spanish, however,

has

two

(noticias) i s used to

refer to the

informa—

or TV or

reads i n

the newspaper® The

word

though, (nuevas)

i s entirely

d i f f e r e n t ®

I t

m e a n s

- n e w

t h i n g s ® " So

t h e

' g o o d n e w s " in

M e x i c o is

s t i l l

^ ' g o o d , " but

it's also " n « ? w "

-

unique, T i r i T T r i t a t e d , — u p = t o = d a t f i _ i n _ e v e r y generaW.©^

The g o o d news is that " ' i n C l b r i s t aU hings are made new®"

UNCUSSIFIEDS

Eight radio stations

a i r

Momentos" (Sweet Moments)

e

ow

carrying

our radio program,

weekly®

The

Dungan family will b

2

and

vfe

would like

to

s

the California-Arizona

around

Illinois,

Kentucky

ly in

the

Texas-Oklahoma

i n

y o \ i r

congregation,

W |

It's V. Bo So planning

materials, we have the

e

i ti

•Dulces

n

the States from September 2

to

October

tart arranging our s c h e d u l e ® We'll

be

in

area

first

(for about a week)i then in and

, n d

T e n n e s s e e

( a n o t h e r

w e e k ) ' a n d

f i n a l -

section®

I f

you'd

like to

have

us

speak

n't you

v / r i t e requesting

a date.

me

again® I f

you're looking for mission

[ i

ollovdng

available

a ® M e x i c o d i s p l a y m a t e r i a l s ( a v a i l a b l e

M a r c h

1)

b o M i s s i o n s t o r y p a c k e t w i t h

5

l e s s o n s

a n d

a c t i v i t i e s ( a v a i l a b l e


3/20

FINANCIAL REPORT

Receiptsg

October

1,

1969

-

December

31j 1969

Merrill

Dungan

and Christi ne, Garden

Grove, Calo $250o00

First

Christian

Church,

Phoenix, Arizona 226ol7

First Christi an Church, Yuma,

Arizona

750oOO

Yuma

Congregation

and Friends Living

Memorials

f o r

Mrso

Anna Hackman

(mother of MrSo Anne Iserman)

20o00

MTo

John

L« Killer (f ather o f

Mrs®

Barbara

Green)

20o00

Clara

Totton,

Danville,

111.

l OoOO

Friends 65-00

Floyce

Haas,

Garden

Grove,

Cal« 25-GO

Sam Hopson, Cadiz,

Ky-,

Christmas

gift

50«00

Mto

&

Mrso

Wmo K. Jamiso n, Odessa, Texo 75-00

Parker Heights Christian Church, Od essa, Texas

I860OO

Second

Church

of Christ, Danville, Illi nois 150oOO

Second

Church

of

Christ, Danville, Illi noi s,

Fifth Grade girls Christmas offering for

Heather

6081

Wallonia Christian Church, Cobb,

Ky» 60«00

Wallonia Christi an Church

Missionary Society, Cobb,

Kyo 15-00

Mr®

& r s i ^ i i i v

i i . « Sanders,"Cadiz^ Ky- 2O0OO

Westwood

Christian

Church, Mad i son,

Wisconsin

AOoOO

First Federal Savings & L oan, Yuma, Interest earned 1969 17-13

Disbursements $1,986oil

Dungan*s salary, three months

$848^02

Convention

expenses, Sabinas, Coahuila,

Octo

7»

S, 9

Gas $60o00

Food $8o00

680OO

Christmas gift 50-00

Memorial gifts

for Spanish

language Christian

literature 40-00

Check Charges,

First National

Bank,

Y x a m a

-80

1 , 0 1 6 - 8 2

a H R I S ' n - i A S PROGRAMS The Christmas

plays

went well-

We

had a number o f

v i s i t o r s at b o t h

p e r f o r m a n c e s

(one in

A p a s e o el A l t o , o n e

in

Q u e r e t a r o ) -

Nearly 100 children were at Apaseo

- we

barely had enough

treat bags f or


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FAMILY

AFFAIRS, by Mary

Santa

Glaus

brought

a

special

package

via American Ai rlines

this

Christmas

-

my Mom and

Bad

(Mr^ and

Mrso

F < . F , Grif fi th, Danville,

1 1 1 . ) -

They left Chicago i n

a

terrific snowstorm

and v j e r e

pleasantly surprised

at

our

70+®

weather

here» 'All i n all,

our

holidays

were much merrier

because of

their

week'^s

presence,

I

Heather enjoyed

her

first "real" Christmas

this year,

too,

I donH

k n o w h o w

m u c h

s h e

l i k e d t h e

j g i f t s , b u t s h e r e a l l y e n j o y e d t e a r i n g o f f

the paper. She wanted to

open

everyone^s gifts.

With the

return

of

P o l c J

Huitron from his s t u d i e s a n d

the

addition

of the Thomas

de la

Cruz family to the work. No rm's travels have been

c u t d o w n . H e n o w t r a v e l s ' t o S a n M i g u e l d e A l l e n d e ( a b o u t 4 5 m i l e s )

t v r i . c e

a

week,

but the

rest

o f his ti me i s spent here i n Queretaro, Al

though I

don't see

any more

bf him, at least I know

we're

in the same

city.

W e

w i l l

b e

m a k i n g

o u r

s L m i - a n n u a l

t r i p

t o

t h e b o r d e r n e x t m o n t h

( F e b r u a r y ) , l i / h i l e

t h e r e N o i r m

p l a n s

t o

h a v e a b u t a n e

t a n k

i n s t a l l e d

in

" t . h e truck; With: all t h e "

traveling he do es t 2 ^ 5 , 0 O C r i i d : l e s

i n ? aonthstv

gas expenses really

mount up.

Butane will cut these costs by about

2/3,

I am

still

plugging a v r a . y at school, hoping that the childrei

l e a r n i n g

a

l i t t l e

E n g l i s h ,

j [ t h i n k

I ' m

l e a r n i n g

m o r e

S p a n i s h

t h ^

are

English, however.

the^

-0

A s y o u

p l a n y o u r

v a c a t i b n t h i s s um m e r , th i n k o f

u s . W e w i u l d ' ' b 6 ( ^

happy

to

have you

visit, and,

even do

some work. We plan

to be hd

s u m m e r (with

t h i e

e x c e p t i o n of a q u i c k

b o r d e r

t r i p

in

J u l y , s o

c o n s i d e r

this

your personal

invitation

to

visit

Mexico, We

make

only

one

re-

quest

- please

let

us

know

when

you plan to come, _

_

—

fWn

rfom

Mission to Mexico

c/o

Mr, & Mrs,

Joe

L, Green

645 9th

Avenue

Yuma, Arizona 85364


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7"^ om

Norm & ary Dungan

ApdOo Postal #7A1

Queretaro, Queretaro

Mexico

Published Quarterly

April 1970

"GOD IS

DEAD"

,IN MEXICO

W h e n

you

t h i n k

of • • E a s t e r , " what

p i c t t i r e d o y o u a s s o c i a t e

w i t h

it?

An e m p t y t o m b , m o s t

l i k e l y :

o r

p e r h a p s a n

a n g e l

a p p e a r i n g t o

w o m e n a n d

announcing, * ' H e is

risen "

For

Christians in

the

U o So,

Easter means

resurrection,

lif e, and,

therefore,

joyo

Not

so

in

Mexicoo

Here

the

accent

i s

almost entirely

on

death,

L e n t i s o b s e r v e d m o r e

o r l e s s

s t r i c t l y ( m a n y

m e a t m a r k e t s

s^ply c l o s e

their doors during the

40

d a y s ) ® Then comes Holy

Week,

which brings

s p e c i a l s e r v i c e s ? a

T h u r s d a y n i g h t

c o m m u n i o n s e r v i c e a n d a r i t u a l

f o o t -

washing by t h e p r i e s t s , a n d a Friday

ni^t

P r o c e s s i o n of S i l e n c e i

The

Procession

of Silence is most c u r i o u s o At about 6s30 p o

m®,

all

Roman

Catholic

faithful

gather

at

one

of

the

largest

temples®

From

t h e r e

t h e y b e g i n a " f u n e r a l

m a r c h "

f o r J e s u s - - a m a r c h t h a t t a k e s t h e m

all

o v e r t h e c i t y ® In t h e

l e a d

a r e d r u m m e r s w h o b e a t out

a

f u n e r a l

d i r g e ®

B e h i n d

th^

c o m e

m e n

o f

a l l a g e s ,

a l l d r e s s e d i n r o b e s a n d

h o o d s ( j u s t l i k e t h o s e o f t h e K u

K l u x

K l a n ) , a l l w i t h

f e e t

b o u n d w i t h

c h a i n s , a n d a l l c a r i y i n g l a r g e w o o d e n c r o s s e s ® I n t e r s p e r s e d a m o n g

t h e

c r o s s — c a r r i e r s are c o u n t l e s s women and girls, d r e s s e d i n mourning b l a c k ®

T h e y

a r e

c l u s t e r e d

a r o u n d f o u r

i m a g e s ® T h r e e

a r e

o f J e s u s — t w o o n

t h e

c r o s s ,

a n d o n e

in

a

g l a s s e d - i n

c a s k e t , w r a p p e d

in

h i s

g r a v e

c l o t h e s ®

The f o u r t h

is

of Mary,

r a i s e d

on

hi^,

r e s s e d

in

royal

c o l o r s ,

w i t h a

h a l o s h i n i n g a r o u n d h e r h e a d ® W o m e n c a r r y

t h i s

i m a g e ,

a n d

t h e m a j o r i t y

of the "inourners" surround

and

follow i t®

A s M a r y

a n d I w a t c h e d

i t

f o r

t h e

f i r s t t i m e

h e r e in Q u e r e t a r o ,

it

s e e m e d

a

m o r b i d ,

d e p r e s s i n g

p e r f o r m a n c e ® F o r

most,

h o w e v e r ,

it

w a s

a


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The

only time

there

was real reverence

v ; a s

when'

Mary's

image passed,

:l3

'-y

The

death

of

Christ

it is

not the

whole story-

taro» The climax

of

Easter

not

His resurrectiono In

t h e

g r e a t m a j o r i t y o f

p e r s < j )

this

not a strange way to

from Paul's proclamations

is

risen

from the deado"

part

of

the Easter st ory,

of

the

Gtospel;

r shouldn't beo But it was here in Quere-

t feek was

the

remembrance of Christ's death—

fact. Holy

Week ended

on

Saturday

here f o r

: i s » Sunday received

little

attention®

I ls

slebrate

the Resurrection season? How

far

^ ' ' B u t

the

certain faet

is that

Christ Jesus

:

Corinthians 15s20®

NEWS IN BRIEF

We have

had

the p r i v i j A e g e

of

baptizing 7 persons into Christ i n

the past iionth—A

from Apaaso el

Alto, 2 rom Celaya,

and

1 fro m Quere-

taro® Most of these were wp ;

taneous

evangelism, we feel

of dependence o n "the prof e3

n by native

Christian

families

This spon-

indicates real strength and a healthy lack

sionals®"

T h e

T h i r d

Annual

M i s s i p :

March®

Brother

Woodrow

P

iiremendous series of challen

and Ideas

n

f p : : *

e ask your

prayers

ed

in

Monterrey®

There

i p

t i o i i ® But

politics

are

a n o t h e r m o n t h

at l e a s t

b e f ( j > :

stc

We

also ask your concpp

ister the "KLnos de Mexico"

had typhoid

and

hepatitis,

pneiomonis,

and rheumatic

$ 4 j > 0 0 0 ® The normal

orphans

week the home

was without W)

raise nearly $2,000 to

help

ren in the U .S. Would you

er? And

if

you feel led

n

and mail i t to us

here

we i l l

ary

Reunion

was

held the second week of

i i i l l i p s o f San Jose

Bible College

brought a

ges,

really iielpiftg us evaluate our

methods

Bro® Pablo

Pacheco,

who

has

bePn

impris on-

absolutely

no

justif ication

for his

deten-

ong,

and Lo nnie

Pacheco

tells us

it

will be

te

his

father will be "quietly" released®

or the Merlyn Beeman family, who admin-

orphanage i n

Mexico

City® Bro®

Beeman has

and

one

of the children now has hepatitis,

ever®

Medical bills now

amotint

to

over

g e operating fund has been

depleted®

For a

uter

and

lights® The L or d has helped us to

in this crisis—much of it

from

our

breth-

li ft up the Beemans and their

work in

pray-

s e n d an o f f e r i n g ,

m a k e it

o u t to

Merl^

take it personally

to

the orphanage®


7/20

FINANCIAL REPORT

Receipts;

January 1, 1970- arch 31» 1970

Central Christi an Church, Bakersfield ,

Cal« $

4»10

Friends

800,00

Minnie

C.

Dungan, Tulare,

Cal, 100,00

First Christian Church,

luma, Arizona

750,00

First Chtarch

of

Christ, Covington, Ind, 17#50

Friends 50.00

Parker

Heists

Christi an Church, Odessa,

Tex. 186.00

Second

Church.of

Christ,

Danville,

111.

108,00

V / a l l o n i a Christi an Church, Cobb, Ky, 60,00

Wallonia Christian Church Missionary Society, Cobb,

Ky, 15#00

Mr, and Mrs, E, E,

Sanders,

Cadiz, ky.

15.00

Westwood Christian Church, Madison,

Wisconsin

20,00

Interest earned 1969>

First

Federal Savings & oa n, Yuma 14.52

T , -

u

4 . $2,150,12

Disbursements;

9̂̂

Dungan's salary, three months 1,006.89

Christmas

gift.

Heather ( 5 " t h Grade

Girls,

Danville 6,81

- O f f i c e

supplies and expense,

Yuma

1 6 . 8 9 -

Recorder, two microphones

212,00

San Antonio, c o n v e r t

t r u c k to

b u t a n e gas,

g a r a g e bill 356,00

Gas and butane expense, trip

to

San Antonio

52,00

Microphone *57.00

50 Tapes

101,00

Tape cleaning e q u i j a n e n t , leader tape, Spanish hymn records 21,00

Merlyn Beeman, Ninos de Mexico,

Mexico

City 500,00

Bank charges

(Printed

checks 6.88, check expense ,90) 7,7S

$2,337.37

EXCERPTS

FROM

NORM'S

L E T T E R S : * ' C o r r e s p o n d e n c e

requests

continue to come

i n

well.

We

distributed

another

800

cards yesterday

i n

Queretaro,

I'm

getting behind

i n

the

correspondence

- iling, grading, mailing o f ma

terial,

.Tomorrow

I preach

for a

Mobile

Home caravan stopped i n

Que

retaro. Be

strange

to speak

to

an

English-speaking congregation again

,,,,,,.Good

news.

Folks will be in Queretaro

this

simimer

to help

us

start

an o r p h j ^ n a . g e the area. N e e d is t r e m e n d o u s . Will start

with

^

aximum

o f 25. Add

this

need

to your prayer list, would you? God be


8/20

-

ontinued

Our

di splay materials are now available from MRS*

Wo

Ko

J A M I S O N , ^

3000

IAUREL5

ODESSA, TEXASo

Please

write

her

for

bookingo

The boxes,

2

id entical ones,

contain

a'variety o f objects® Also available

i s an

entirely new program booklet for

VoBoS®

and missions emphasis® I t con

tains

10 stories about the

work

here,

workers, etc® This booklet

may

be u s e d with the display or a l o n e ® Please write for a

sample

of

this

nevf kit®

Several

speaking dates

are

still

open

for our fall trip to the

States, September 2 to October

2 ®

Write us HERE f or

dates, airmail®

'

•

I

FAMILY AFFAIRS, by Mary

A week's vacation from

school fo r the

Easter holidays was

a

wel

come breather

f or

me®

Heather also

benefitted

because

I

finally

had

time

to

make

her some

much

needed clothes® She's

grovJing rapidly now®

Back in school,

we

are

busy

planning a

Mother's

Day p r o g r a m ®

This

i s

quite an occasion in Mexico®

Heather

continues

to amaze

us

with new

things. She is

accumulat

ing quite a vocabulary—including a

few

Spanish words®

She

also loves

to play

with

other children n o v r and squeals

at

the

top o f her lungs

with delight®

One

thing

keeps

us

puzzled,

though® We

can't

figure

out

why she

puts

her

finger

i n

her

ear

when

she

says ^ ' H e l l o ® ' '

Norm continues to be busy with

a

variety of

activities;

and

I spend

most

o f

our time

saying goodbye

to

h i i Q ®

The

t e r e s t a m o n g

p e o p l e in

t h i s a r e a

i n

l e a r n i r ^

a b o u t

C h r i s t ,

how^^r, V

more than compensates for

his

being g o i ^ s o i ^ u A c h y ^ ' . v

g r o w i n f e ^

o

n

Mission to

Mexico

c/o Mr®

& rs®

Joe

L .

615 9th Avenue

Yuma,

Arizona 85361

Green

:::yuma.


9/20

Mom

'70

"FYI

FFG

"On BEiwe A New

Testament

Christian]"

(cONTfNUEO FROM LAST WEEK)

The Catholic Priest

who

pressured the Station mana

ger INTO TAKING NoRM

DuNGAN'S

PROGRAM

OFF

THE

AIR

also

PRINTED^HIS

i n

THE PAPER :

"The Station manager couldn't resist the temptation

EVERY PENNY

HE COULD

SO, REPRESSING

HIS OWN

CONSCIENCE AND DENYING

THE

TOWN

OF ITS

MOST

HOLY

POSSESSION,

ITS FAITH, HE TRAN SMITS EVERY SuNDA Y A

Protestant program that

no

one should be

allowed

to hear. We

Catholics

SHOULD not

allow

THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THAT

SORT

OF TRASH, WHICH

HURTS

OUR

EARS

AND OFFENDS

OUR

DIGNITY AS CHRISTIANS,"

Norman

reports

the Station manager

has received

threats

on his

life

and

AN anonymous letter THREATENED HIS

WIFE

TO

BE "SLIT

OPEN

LIKE A PIG" IF

SHE

WERE

IN

Agreement

with her husband.

He

has been forced to carry a

PISTOL FOR PROTECTION OF HIS LIFE,

ThE

MANAGER

WROTE

NORMAN

"ThE

LYING

FATHER HAS

STIRRED

U P

THE WHOLE TOWN,

I

WOULD

BE

READY TO FIGHT HIM,

BUT

HE HAS

DIABETES

AND I F

ANYTHING

HAPPENED

TO HIM

AND

HE

DIED,

WE'D

SURELY

HAVE THE WHOLE POPULATION

UPON

US."

FvFR WnripgR_WHAT IT WOULD

BE

LIKE I N

USA

I F

ROMAN

CATHOLICS WERE IN THE

MAJORITY?' •

PRAYER

REQUESTS

L akeview: Cindy Maid en,

medical, Mrs.

Paul Cook, surgical.

St.

Elizabeth: Abbie Forker. Bill Ricketts. & Bill Hacker, medical.

CoNNtE MlDDLETON. Mt. Verhon,

PAUL

CooK.

WA, A T

HOME:

Art

Harkhess.

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Scott. Mary Hosch.

Ruby

Helton.


10/20

BAJIO

CHRISTIAN hISSION FACT

SHEET

WHO

?

WHERE ?

WHAT ?

Norman,

Mary,

and

Heather Dimgan,

Queretaro, Qro.,

Mexico

Clinton and

Melba

Looney, Quertaro (moving to Micheacan)

Mrs, Hazel Rathbern, San Miguel de

Allende

Polo

and Glenna Huitron, Celaya

Tomas and Elba

de

la Cruz, Native

Preacher,

Queretaro

Robert and Beverly

Vlright

(announced coming to Queretaro

i n August)

1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

5

Congregations

(l established this

year);

lA

baptisms

since October

5 Regular preaching

points (no

baptized believers, but

many prospects)

Visitation

in over 15

other

cities, towns, and villages.

Includes

Bible

correspondence

card

distribution. Over

5000

pieces

of literature have been personally distributed

in

2

months.

Since January,

1970, a

weekly l5-minute radio broad

cast "Dulces

Mementos," has been

made

and

i s now on

lA stations,

Tomas

d e

la

Cruz

i s

the sp eaker.

Bible Correspondence

courses;

in

connection with the

broadcasts.

Over A O O

students are

currently

enrolled

from

50

cities in 10

states.

Several excellent prospects are

contacted, but workers are desparatelj'" needed to culti

vate these contacts.

Christian Service Camp began July 6th, We have over

100 campers

this first

year. Over one third of

them

are non-Christians,

7, Orphanage

work to begin

in Qugust, v;ith

the Bob Wrights

directing.

HOW

MUCH

NEEDED ?

$25.00 wil l buy a month of radio time on

one

station

$25»00

will send out

1,000

Bible Correspondence Courses

$25.00

will buy and

send out lOj^OOO

tracts

$175.00 monthly will support Tomas de

la

Cruz, native preacher,

and thus keep the radio work going

$150»00

monthly will provide the remainder

of the

Living

Link

" needs for the Dungan family

WHY ?

BECAUSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF

PEOPLE IN THIS /iREA /iRE


11/20

7?

om

Norm

&

ary

Dungan

Apdoo

Postal #741

Queretaro , Queretaro

Mexico

Published

Quarterly

Summer

1970

ME

GET

LETTERS

I want to share with you portions o f

just

a f w letters we have

received

recently

from our radio listeners—letters that

request the

Bible correspo ndence courses which we

offer#

I

hope

that

you'll

be

able to

catch

some

of the sense

of

longing to

know the

Word

of

G o d

vMch these letters reveal;

greatly desi re the opportunity

to read the Bible# •

#

so

that

I

ight

be

able

to get out

of

the

darkness

in

which

I

ive# < >

#1 am

from

Central

America; I ave

no

family here# Only Christ "visits"

me#

Please

come

and

teach

me#"

(Queretaro prison)

^'Please

send

me

the second co urse#

I

am

enclosing the

f irst

one

completed# I studied

it

thoroughly, and it has been a real bless

ing#"

(Queretaro)

'1

greatly enjoy

your program,

and I

thank you

for

sending

the

course I

equested.

However,

I must

ask

you not to send any

more

literature

to my

home# My family

has

threatened

to d o many evil

things to me i f

I

continue

to

study the Word

o f

God." (San Mguel#

The congregation

there i s

trying to reach the young man personally.)

heard

your program

this morning,

and i t

moved me

deeply.

I was

thinking o f i t

as

I

later walked,

and

as I passed

a

temple

where

mass was

ending, a

lady asked me, 'Why are you

crying?'

And I an

swered, 'Because this morning I have heard

the

beautiful Word of Go d

preached#'

Please,

if it isn't too much trouble, send me the

co r

respondence course

you

announced." (Michoacan)

"In a n s w e r t o p r a y e r , w e h e a r d y o u r p r o g r a m

t h i s

m o r n i n g # N o w ^

wish

to a sk you to send

4

f the boo klets you mentioned#

There

are


12/20

sells

and we

will

see if

visit

us,

it would be a wonderful thing

now

h a v e r e g u l a r

Bible

s t u d y w i t h us on

v i s i t i n g days.)

We continue to receive

now

heard

15 times a week

willing to

underwrite

the

Although I've been

you to

know that every

requestedo We thank

yo u

generosity

on behalf of

t

erated

on

and

that

' ' m O j S t M

at

the B o r n e nowo Merlynj

to assume

full

responsibi

last

word

we can buy

one,

And if you could come

to

(Celayao These 4

nmates

an

average

o f

5

letters

a day—and

we

are

on

14 stations®

Just

recently a

5000

watt

s t a t i o n w a s a d d e d ® W o u i i i y o u p r a y w i t h us

t h a t w e

m i g h t b e

a b l e

t o

find

indi viduals, Bible

School

classes and congregations

v r i i o will be

costs of these

programs?

POTPOURRI

I n

response

to

our

request

for

help,

many

of you have sent off er

ings

for

the Merljm Beemaas-either to

them

personally

or

through

us®

unable to thank

each

o f

you

personally,

I

want

offering

mailed to us has been sent o n as

all for your great outpouring

of love

and

t i i s need® As nearly

as I

an f i gure, over

$4000

in

special gifts have been sent as

a

result of the p l e a «

I'm h a p p y

t o

r e p o r t

t j i a t J a i m e (the boy w i t h c a n c e r ) h a s b e e n op-

o f

the

malignancy

was

removed®

He

is

back

is

gaini ng strength, but will not

be.

able

lity

o f

the work

f o r several months

yet®

A t

,

e

was l o o k i n g

for

s o m e o n e to help out tempor^ily, s o

that Wanda,

his

wife,

could

get a well-deserved rest.

Pancho Villa's

followers

live againX That

was

the

headline

for

us

recently,

as

an

elderly

faith

in Jesus

Christ

anc

with

Pancho Villa

in

I ^ c

" r i d e ' »

w i t h

J e s u s

C h r i s t j

time to taste the joys o f

couple, both

i n

their 90's

confessed their

were bom

gain®

Both o f these fo lks rode

rthern Mexico years

ago®

No w they want to

Our prayer i s that

they might have the

Christian

living

before their Father c a l l s ®

What was,

to my

k n o w l . e d g e ,

the first

Christian

camp

i n this part

of

Mexico

was held

in

the state of Jalisco during the second week of

J U l y ®

O v e r 1 1 5 y o u n g

| p e o p l e a n d

a d u l t s f r o m c o n g r e g a t i o n s i n 5

states were

present®

There were 6 confessions

of

faith®

I t was

a

great

week

for the

congregation i n the village

of San Luis Soyatlan,

l o c a t e d j u s t a

few k i l o n i < i t e r s from

t h e

c a m p s i t e ®

F o r , o n l y a few

there underwent severe persecution fro m the

Roman churchj finally, government

troops

had

to

be called i n to pro

tect

the property

and lives o f the Christians including

the

Looney


13/20

FINANCIAL REPORT

A p r i l

1,

1970

- une 30,

1970

Receipts;

First

Christian

Church,

luma,

Arizona

750,00

Friends 160,00

Mr, and Mrs, W,

K,

Jamison, Od essa, Texas 50,00

Parker

Heights

Christi an Church,

Odessa,

Texas 186,00

Second

Church of Christ, D a n - v i l l e , Illinois 242,06

Wallonia

Christian Church, Cobb, Kentucky 60,00

Wallonia Christian Church Missionary

Society

15,00

Mr,

and

Mrs,

E, E,

Sanders

15,00

Westwood Christi an Church,

Madi son, Wisconsin

20,00

First

Federal

Savings

&

oan, interest January to June 29ol4

Di bur

einent

s:

.,527o20

Dungan's

salary, three

months 1,006,89

Baptist Book Store, Nashville

-

Spanish hymn records

28,65

Directory o f

Ministry 5,00

Cook Stove 175.00

Convention

Expenses, Missi onary Reunio n 3/20/70

Registration $15, Lodging $6,96, Gas $8

Songbooks $14 ' -

43,96

Second hand

Elliott Addresserette 20,00

Second hand Gestetner Dupli cator 40,00

Expenses for mission

-work,

April and May

Rad io contracts, Thomas' salary, building rent 200,00

Four

Truck Tires

206,00

Two

radio station contracts. May

40,00

Supplies -

tracts,

envelopes,

radio

tapes,

tents

for

camp

330,00

Household furniture -

ed $48,

Refrigerator $80

128,00

First and L ast Month's rent.

New

Apartment

for

Dungans

192,00

Trip

to

border,

June

- Gas $40, Rooms 6 days $80 120.00

Expenses

for

mission work June

130,00

Bank charges, checks 1,30

$2,666,80

Barbara A, Green, Forwardi ng Agent

The work here in the Bajio

of

Mexico

was

carried to the North

American Christ ian Convention in the

f orm o f

a

booth

in the display


14/20

(--r-

r


15/20

orman,

Mary, Heather Duncan

APDO

Postal

741

Queretaro, QRO

Mexico

HELPBRING

TO

MEXICAN

B

Y:

RADIO,

LITE

teaching,

PRE

CHrjSt'

THE

HOPE OF

meXico

ACTS 26:18 I

send

you

to

open

the

r

eyes

and

turn

ai?kness To L ght —

^-August 8,

1970


16/20

of Hiis.

.

.

. . orm

and

Mrs. Mary Dungan

report

from

Queret^rdT'Mexico t h a t t h e a d d i t i o n o f

^

^? I

a

5 , 0 0 - w a t t

s t a t i o n

n o w

h a s

t h e n - i p r e a c h i n g

t h e

G o s p e l V ' 1 5

t i m e s w e e k l y o n 1 4

s t a t i o n s ^ "

T k e t j

• a a a d

r e c e i v e a n a v e r a g e

o f

f i v e ^ ^ a i l ^ l e t t e r s ^ e q u e s t i n g a d d i t i o n a l

i n f o r m a t i o n

o r c o p i e s

of

the Bible correspondence courses. Funds are needed for

broadcast

and printing

costs.

Addressr Apdo. Postal #741, Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico. . .


17/20

I .

Norn

& ary Dunrjan

A p c ' p o

Postal

? : 7 A 1

Cli-eretaro

Qiieretaro

k^exico ^

P\:"blished

Quarterly

Oqtober

197^

HS-UAY IT

IS ^

f

'

^

nnnber

of

people have told us they-d

like to

know

more about

our

day-to-day

a c t i v i t i e s o

There follows, then,

as

nearly

as

I can recon-

s t : i ^ u c t itj the

^month of August as

I

spent itp i a ' c h

of

a inissionary-s

life i s not very di ff erent from,your own^ and I won't include the usual

d a i l y

e v e n t s s u c h as c a r r y i n g o i r t trash, e a t i n g p s l e e p i n g j j p l a y i n g lith

Heatherp

etco;

but

you

may

rest

assured

that

I

did

plenty

df

each

First

V/eek

'Finished i r i o v i n g into n e i :

house Sent

out "Thank you"

letters to supporterso Caught up

on

correspondence

course . g r a d i n g ^ f i l -

in^p

and i u a i l i ^ i g - about 100 behind at start

o f

I ' c e k o j

Second

l e e k r .

Packed, picked up young

people,

and left for Youth

Convention i n I . d n t o r r e y o Hit

a . bull

on wayo Turned right fender i n

side o uto

Broke

headlights

N o

injuries—except

to

the

bulls

Conven-

Boys slept

Had a

flat

t ± ^ n w a s

g o o d p

b u t v e r y h o t s

. / e

t o o k 11 a r o u n d 2 5 0 in a l l ^ .

o n ^ f l o o r . I j a s c o w a r d — t o o k m o t e l r o o m w i t h 5 o t h e r m e n o|

0 1 1 * 0 on

t r i p

h p m e o

J a c k

b r o k e o Lost Ip h o u r s w o r k i n g o n i i t — r u i n e c . a

t > a i r

of p a n t s o It was d a r k " w h e n we g o t home—had

o n l y

1 e a d l i g h t s a n d -

it-nas raining, T l i N S I O N HEADACHE

Rested

a day;

w ^ o r k e d

in yard—over-

^ j i - p w n

with w - e e d s c No tools .

I

: h i r d

- . . e e k ^

H a d e m a s t e r t a p e s

f o r

r a d i o p r o g r a m— ^ w i t ^

T o m a s ,

T h e n

e r l i s e d old

p r o g r a m s

from copies

a n d r e - r e c o r d e d

with

n e w

material. Five

Webks in September—that's 75 c o p i e s , at 15

minutes

each

.is

??

h o u r s -


18/20

F n U N C I A L

E S P p n T - J v l f 1, 1 9 7 0 t o O c t o b e r

3 1 ,

1 9 7 0

Receipts

I . ; / : :

O o

B o

A d a n i S p

Odessaj Texa

A l l e r t o n G h v . r c h o f C h r i s t y A l t l j -

I - A - S o

. i l l i e

B r i d g e S s f o r

Hoa^

C h r i s t i a n M e n - s A s s o c i a t i on i i j a

Church

of Christ W o n i e n ' s

Felic

l l i n n i e C o D u n g a n j

T \ . a a r e ^ C a 3 | *

First Cliristian Churchy C l a r k ,

First Christian

Church

C " . . F , Cl

First

Christian

Churchy l u u a a

A Friendc for

Kary

Friends (7) ,

Garden Grove Church

o f

Christ

l i / l l "A K o J a i n i s o n o O d e s s a , . Te

Northeast

Christian

Churchp S

Parkcrest Church

of Chris

L i

Second

Church

o f Christ,

Danu

i - ^ 4 l

) J e

Fo Sanders C o b b .

hallonia Christian Church..

CO

e

D

r t o i i p Illo

er

st Central Illinois

v 7 s h i p p

i v c b s t e r

Cityp l o u ^ a

fo

villSp

Tenno

.arksvillep Temio

riaora

Garden

Grove.

Gal.

cas

an

Ant oni o p Texas

akeuoodp Calo

d l l e p l i l o

• J a l l o n i a C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h

N i t

h ' e s t n - o o d Christian Church,,

Parker

Heights

Church of Chr^

t


19/20

First N a t i o n a l

B a n l c

b a l a n c e ^ July 1, I970

Used

refrigerator unavailable^ return to account

R e c e i p t s

f r o m c o n t r i b u t i o n s J u l y

t h r o u g h

O c t o b e r

i r a n s f e r r e d from s a v i n g s

for

offset d u p l i c a t o r

$5A2o01

80,00

622,01

3,051o20

350,00

i ' ,023,21

3,892,61

130,60

1 0 3 . 3 / } .

Please

send

checks,

changes o f

address^

etc,^

to the

Greens

in

Yuma, Arizona

Less total

e : - c p e n s e s

July through O ctober

First N a t i o n a l B a n l c . b a l a n c e O c t o b e r 31,

1970

First

Federal Savings

&

oan

balance

Total funds i - i i s s i o n to K e j c L c o IO/31/70

Forwarding Agents

tir,

and lOrs, Joe

L, Green

6A5

9th

Avenue

Xumaj

Arizona 8536A

.

report

above

our

' sunplAi^^^" no l o n ^ ^ e r ,

i n

f a c t , e x p e n s e s r i s h t n o w a r e $ 1 5 0

per/feonth^l^an p l e d g e d

i n S o m g

t ' o ^ e m b e r v n t h

n Imrnnrr for o n e

m o n t h ( d u r i n g t r i p ) a n d 02 2 1 . 2 3 f o r ovMKlins, c l e a n i n g , r e p l a c i n g

r o l l e r s , p a c k i n g a n d

s h i p p i n g

t h e

offset

d u p l i c a t o r ,

~ o w e v e r ,

\ i e h a v e no p l a n s

t o . u t b a c k . n n _ t h e , o r l c , _ H e

a r e _ _ t X 3 i s t i n p -

i n

G o d

a n d

in

o u r b r e t h r e n

^o

r e

l e d

by

H i m t o

s u p p l y

t h e n e e d s ,

II0T5 FROi:

I I A R Y

I ' v e l e f u

• • i u e r e t a r o

A i . i g u s t 3 1

o n

o u r

s p e a k i n g

t o u r , t r a v e l i n g 9 , 0 0 0

mles t o p o j n t s i n

A r i z o n a ,

C a l i f o r n i a , O k l a l i o m a , K e n t u c k j ^

T e m e s s e e ,

^

i e x a s , I / e

t h o r o u g h l y

e n j o y e d it all (yes, e v e n c a m p i n g

in

o h e r a i n

f o r

a

v r c e k ) .

It w a s w o n d e r f u l to

v i s i t

v j i t h o l d f r i e n d s ^ a n d

t o

m a k e s o m a n y n e w o n e s . T h e t i m e p a s s e d e n t i r e l y t o o q u i c k l y ,

l i e

h a d

a

l i t t l e

t r o u b l e g e t t i n g b a c k i n t o

K e ^ d L c o

-

h e o f f i c i a l

at

SI

P a o s a i d

w e w e r e n - t

c a r r y i n g e n o u g h

m o n e y t o

w a r r a n t a s i x - m o n t h

s

permt.

So we d r o v e t o Del

Rio,

s e v e r a l h u n d r e d

miles

f u r t h e r south.

There

v / e went

r i g l i b throu.gh, v/ithout even

a

look at the off set press,

I ' l i i a e o g r a p h machine,

and

tape

recorder we

were

carrying.

Or the

30

quilts and '3 boxes of used clothing. You can see we vfere fortunate.

We have pliinged iiimediately

back

in t o the v/ork of catching up,

and

have new plans

and

ideas, and new zeal to get to irork on

them

- ut

still have

many

n o r . l e n t s iiien v r e reflect o n the

love

and generosity

you

have

displayed

toward

us, Lay

v r e

once

again

sa^' •TH/ITK YOU ,

- ) « 5 R e v i v a l i n Lueretaro - ecember 6-13» Intensive calling, preaching


20/20

rQ

( C o n t i n v i e c l f r o j n P a g e 1)

Fovxth \-eeki Frjced

tru

o r i o Delivered tapes

to

statio

—got a c k ,

home

at

2

o i H o

3

100

miles in

another

directi

Kacrn'rest of

v/eek

to prepare

s p o n d e n c e c o u r s e

g r a d i n g ^ ; f i

OL Veiy Peek?:

Po st o f f i

t i L ^ e " s ' - - s t i l l

n o

o t h e r t r e a s v j r

b a s k e - t b a l i : in a o m o y ^ y o u t h 1 : t

l O L ^ i i e l

(be

s u r e T o m a ' s

g e t a t c

—service in

Oueretaro

|(j

i r o r s h i p s e r ' ^ / i c e i n San k i g i i e

tiJQv. '

c C e 2 d a y s g e t t i n g p a r t s a n d p u t t i n g

t h e m

( Q s s 1st day—400 m i l e s. 2 n d day—SCO m i l e s

(ây—120

m i l e s out

a n d

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