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Grand -y
Bahama
Islanc
I
va .
v.X
Great
Inania
liland
HAITI
DOM.
REPUBUC
JAMAICA
Forwarding Agents:
Ken va Clark
P.
O.
ox 1362
Eugene,
Oregon
Mon
674
^ ^ ^ o A c u n m /
S p o n s o r i n g Church l d e r s
Elmira
Church
of Christ
Elmira, Oregon
ELDERS:
Douglas
S t i n s o n ,
Evan Mann
Darrei Smith
A p r i l , 1969
Windsor Road,
a s s a u , Bahama,
h. -1730 V o l .
V,No.
D e ar Friends n the
Faith:
TIME
DOES
FLY, u s t a
few
weeks n d we i l l b e o n o u r way
b a c k .
J u n e
1 7 t h ,
B r o t h e r a n d S i s t e r G a r y F r a l e y a n d
f a m i l y
w i l l a r r i v e
I n
N a s s a u . L o r d w i l l i n g on
J u n e 2 3 r d ,
we i l l
f l y
t o
S t . J o s e p h ,
M i s s o u r i t o s p e n d a
few d a y s
w i t h r e l a t i v e s .
L o i s s
f a t h e r h a s
b e e n
i l l a n d
my
a t h e r a l s o l i v e s
n e a r
b y .
THE
FURLOUGH
PROMISES
TO
BE A BUSY
TIME.
F i v e w e e k s i n c a m p s ,
t h r e e r e v i v a l s , a n d many
o t h e r s p e a k i n g
d a t e s , l l
b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s . T h e w i n t e r t e r m w i l l b e s p e n t i n
S e a t t l e ,
t a k i n g s o m e
c l a s s e s
a n d h e l p i n g s o m e i n t h e m i s
s i o n
c l a s s e s
at
P u g e t S o u n d
C o l l e g e o f t h e B i b l e .
A p r i l ,
M a y
a n d J u n e
w e l l b e
b a c k I n
E l m i r a t o
h e l p
w i t h
t h e w o r k
there.
EIGHT NIGHTS OF EVANGELISM AT WEST
END, GRAND
BAHAMA. The
r o w d s
w e r e
g o o d .
S e v e n
r e s p o n d e d
- t o - t h e
i n v i t a t i o n . - T - h e S u n d a y - f o l l o w i n g t h r e e m o r e - f e s p o n d e d r B r o t h e r S h a r o n - O a r v e y r a n a t i v f r i n i n i s t e F j i s
d e i n f - a
g o o d
j o b a t West
End.
He
s a
d e d i c a t e d man
w i t h
a w o n d e r f u l
f a m i l y .
He n e e d s y o u r c o n s t a n t p r a y e r s f o r t h i s
w o r k .
He
f a c e s many p r o b l e m s
i n t h e w o r k t h e r e .
BUILD OR D I E . I t h a s b e e n p r o v e n t h a t when y o u r e a c h 7 5 f t h e c a p a c i t y o f y o u r
b u i l d i n g
y o u c e a s e t o
g r o w .
W e
h a v e
l o n g p a s t r e a c h e d t h i s p o i n t a t
G r a n t s Town.
W e a r e h a v i n g p l a n s d r a w n f o r a 2 8
x
50' d d i t i o n .
The s e c o n d
s t o r y
w i l l
b e c l a s s r o o m s , t h e g r o u n d f l o o r a
new
w o r s h i p room.
The
p r e s e n t
b u i l d i n g w l l l
. b e d i v i d e d
i n t o
t h r e e c l a s s
r o o m s . T h i s w i l l b e t t e r
t h a n
d o u b l e o u r p r e s e n t
c l a s s r o o m s
a n d s e a t i n g i n
t h e
w o r s h i p room. T h i s
i s
why
we
n e e d
a
r e
v o l v i n g fund.
ElMIRA BAHAMA CHRISTIAN MISSION
M a i l e d by
L i b e r t y
C h u r c h o f C h r i s t
4 7 6 4
k y l i n e Road South
Salem, r e g o n 97302
Mission
Service Assn.
Box
968509 W Jefferson
Joliet, Illinois
HUBERT
LOISPRATHER
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A GREAT
F E L L O W S H I P E N J O Y E D .
B r o t h e r
J o s e p h
P u t n a m
f r o m C a r b o n d a i e ,
I l l i n o i s c a m e w i t h 1 4 s t u d e n t s a n d
f o u r o t h e r
a d u l t s . T h e y c a m e
t o s t u d y t h e
m i s s i o n w o r k a n d
t o d o
s o m e
s w i m m i n g . B r o t h e r P u t n a m
a n d h i s f a t h e r -
i n - l a w , M r . W i l l i a m M i l l e r s p o k e
a t t h e C o c o n u t G r o v e a n d G r a n t s T o w n C h u r c h e s
d u r i n g
t h e w o r s h i p s e r v i c e s
o n
S u n
d a y ,
M a r c h
2 3 r d . We p p r e c i a t e v i s i t s l i k e
t h i s ;
t h e y
g o
h o m e k n o w i n g o f t h e w o r k ; h e y
c o m e
t o
k n o w t h e
m i s s i o n
a r i e s ;
a n d
t h e y
k n o w w h a t
t h e y
a r e g i v i n g t h e i r
m o n e y f o r . I t
i s a l s o
g o o d
t o
h a v e t h e f e l l o w s h i p w i t h s o m e o n e f r o m
h o m e .
M r s .
M a r t h a R o d g e r s
f r o m S h e l t o n , W a s h i n g t o n i s s p e n d i n g a f e w d a y s w i t h u s t h i s
w e e k
a n d
l e a r n i n g
o f t h e
w o r k .
W e
a r e
s o
h a p p y
t o
h a v e h e r
i n
o u r
home.
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE B R I N G S R E S U L T S . S e v e r a l h a v e
r e q u e s t e d b a p t i s m
a s
a r e s u l t
o f t h e
B i b l e C o u r s e s .
W e
a r e m a k i n g
p l a n s t o g o s t u d y w i t h t h e m f u r t h e r s o t h a t t h e y
c a n
c o m p l e t e t h e i r
o b e d i e n c e t o
t h e L o r d . O n e ,
R o m a n C a t h o l i c , h a s
m O v e ^ t o
F l o r i d a ,
a n d
h a s n e a r l y c o m p l e t e d b o t h o f
t h e
B i b l e C o u r s e s .
S h e d e s i r e s
t o ~ f a e b a p t i z e d .
B r o t h e r G a r v e y
f r o m
W e s t E n d ,
G r a n d B a h a m a
w o r k s
o r E a s t e r n A i r l i n e s a n d h a s
a
p a s s ; h e i s
g o i n g
o v e r
t o s t u d y
w i t h
h e r a n d b a p t i z e
h e r
a n d
g e t
h e r
s e t t l e d
i n
a c o n g r e g a t i o n .
THERE SEEMS T O BE A CONSPIRACY GOING O N . T h i s w o r l d i s
f u l l
o f s u c h t h i n g s . W h e n t h e
S p e n c e r s
l e f t f o r
t h e i r
f u r l o u g h , t h e y
g a v e u s s e v e r a l i t e m s . B r o t h e r R e d m o n a n d m y s e l f w e n t i s h i n g w i t h a f r i e n d . Y o u k n o w B r o t h e r
R e d m o n
i s
q u i t e b a l d ,
a n d h e n e e d s
a
l i t t l e
s u n
t a n
l o t i o n
o n
h i s
h e a d .
S o
h e t o o k
a
b o t t l e p l a i n l y
m a r k e d
S u n
T a n
L o t i o n ,
t o
t h e t o p o f h i s h e a d , o n w h i c h g r o w s a l i t t l e f u z z , b u t
t o
h i s h o r r o r a n d s u r p r i s e , t h e b o t t l e
w a s
i l l e d ^
g l u e ^ ^ ^ ^ o y y - D o h n a ,
w o u l d a d v i s e
y o u t o b e
p r e p a r e d .
R e d m o n
s a y s ,
V e n g e a n c e
i s
m i n e . R e a l l y t h i s
d i d n t s e e o i J i o a t t i ^ c t t h e f i s h
w h e n R e d m o n
w e n t
o v e r b o a r d
t o r e l e a v e
h i s h e a d
o f
i t s
s t u c k - u p c o n d i t i o n .
COST
OF L I V I N G
D E M A N D S
AN
INCREASE
I N L I V I N G A LLO W A N C E . W e e c e i v e d a n o t i c e a d i o r t
t i m e
a g o f r o m
o u r L a n d l o r d , t h a t
o u r
r e n t w o u l d
i n c r e a s e
$ 5 0 . 0 0 p e r
m o n
l e a s t
2 0 4 i i U h e l a s t
t h r e e y e a r s . So
t o
b e a b l e
t o
p a y o u r
m e a n s w e w i l l h a v e t o h a v e
t h i s
m u c h
i n c r e a s e f r o m
o u r s u p
i n
g i v i n g
t o
o u r
n e e d s
h e r e .
: h
a s o f J u l y 1 s t .
T h e
c o s t o f
e v e r y t h i n g
h a s
i n c r e a s e d a t
) i l l s ,
we
m u s t h a v e a n
i n c r e a s e
o f $ 1 0 0. p e r . _ m o n t h . T h i s
p o r t e r s .
W e
do a p p r e c i a t e t h e f a i t h f u l l n e s s o f G o d ' s p e o p l e
May
H i s
d i v i n e b l e s s i n g s
b e
y o u r s a s
y o u c o n t i n u e t o
s e r v e H i m .
I n C h r i s t i a n Love,
H y b e r t a n d L o i s
P r a t h e r
FINANCIAL
REPORT:
O n H a n d D e c e j n b e r 1
R e c e i p t s
t o
March 31
Expenditures to March 3 1
Balance
o n
M a r c h
3
1920.51
2527.42
3026.20
1421.73
( P l e a s e n o t e t h e . r o p i n b a l a n c e due t o
s o m e
d e l i n q u e n t g i v i n g .
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< \ Craod -r
Bahama >
IsiandL:^^,
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Great Inagua
Uiand
HAITI
amaica
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Forwarding Agents:
Ken va Clark
P.
O.
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674
S p o n s o r i n g
Church l d e r s
Elmiro Church
of
Christ
Elmira,
Ore gon
ELDERS:
Douglas Stinson, Evan
Mann
Darrel
Smith
AUGUST 1969
i(diUCfimed^
Rt. 2,
Box 7 4 7 ,
Elmira,
Oregon 97437
Vol. V,
No.
2
Dear Friends
i n C h r i s t :
GREETINGS I N THE
NAME OF
JESUS, who d i e d f o r o u r t r e s p a s s e s ; a r o s e
f o r
o u r j u s t i f i c a t i o n a n d s h a l l come
a g a i n
i n H e a v e n ' s
G l o r y f o r
H i s
b r i d e ,
t h e C h u r c h .
HOME
SWEET HOME, i t h
t h o s e
we
l o v e
s o d e a r l y ,
b o t h
o u r
l o v e d o n e s ,
a n d
t h o s e b r o t h e r s
a n d
s i s t e r s
i n
C h r i s t . What
a
t h r i l l t o t h e h e a r t o f p a r e n t s to meet
t h e i r
c h i l d r e n a n d
g r a n d
c h i l d r e n
a s a
welcome c om
m i t t e e .
We
r r i v e d a t
t h e
P o r t l a n d a i r p o r t June
2 8 t h .
. . h r e e h o u r s l a t e .
FUTURE PLANS.
W e
s h a l l b e i n t h e s t a t e s f o r o n e y e a r . Our
h e a d q u a r t e r s
w i l l b e Rt , Box 747,
E l m i r a ,
O r e g o n 9 7 4 3 7 . W e w i l l b e h e l p i n g a s much a s p o s s i b l e w i t h t h e
w o r k
h e r e u n t i l t h e f i r s t o f J a n u a r y .
T h e
w i n t e r
t e r m w i l l b e
t e a c h i n g
i n
t h e M i s s i o n
C l a s s a n d
t a k i n g
some
c l a s s e s
a t
P u g e t Sound
C o l l e g e
o f
t h e
Blble.^We a r e
noidmg a m e e t i n g
a t
KocKy h o r o ,
Xbloradb
o r T October 12 t h r o F g h t h e T B t f r . Anyone I n i l i a i
a r e a
w a n t i n g t o h e a r o f our work i n t h e Bahamas, n o t i f y u s a t once h e r e
a t
E l m i r a .
THAT
ALL MIGHT UNDERSTAND; we w i l t b e d r a w i n g o u r l i v i n g
a l l o w a n c e
from t h e M i s s i o n
Fund f o r
t h e
y e a r we
a r e
home. B r o t h e r
F r a l e y ' s
l i v i n g
a l l o w a n c e i s p a i d
b y
t h e E l m i r a C h u r c h . H i s m i s s i o n e x p e n s e s
w i l l b e $ 1 5 0 . 0 0
p e r
m o n t h ,
p a i d
o u t o f o u r m i s s i o n f u n d . So we
a r e
i n n e e d o f
y o u r
c o n t in u e d s u p p o r t
t h r o u g h t h e y e a r a t home.
The
l a s t two m o n t h s h a v e d r o p p e d
o f f
s o m e . W e d o
a p p r e c i a t e
t h e
f i n e
way
y o u h a v e s u p p o r t e d u s d u r i n g t h e t h r e e a n d o n e - h a l f y e a r s o n t h e f i e l d . W e s a y t h a n k you
a n d may
God
b l e s s you r i c h l y .
A SWEET
FELLOWSHIP WAS
ENJOYED,
t h e
l a s t
week
we w e r e i n
t h e Bahamas w i t h
t h e
F r a l e y
f a m i l y .
Th e
more we
t a l k e d a n d v i s i t e d ,
t h e more we
l o v e d a n d
a p p r e c i a t e d them. They a r e a
w o n d e r f u l
d e d i c a t e d f a m i l y
a n d t h e y n e e d your
p r a y e r s
d u r i n g
t h i s
y e a r o f e x c h a n g e .
OUR FURLOUGH
STARTED
OUT
I N
A
RUSH. T h r e e f u l l weeks o f camps a n d
two
d a y s o f
f a m i l y
camp
a t
t h e
G r o v e Camp i n C o t t a g e G r o v e , O r e g o n .
What
a b l e s s e d f e l l o w s h i p
w i t h b r o t h e r
a n d
s i s t e r s
i n C h r i s t
ELMIRA
BAHAMA HRISTIAN MISSION
M a i l e d
by
L i b e r t y Church of
C h r i s t
4 7 6 4 k y l i n e Road South
Salem, Oregon
97302
9i58
erson
N o n - p r o f i t
O r g .
U.
. o s t a g e
HUBERT LOISPRATHER
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WEDDING
BELLS
AGAIN.
Our d a u g h t e r
S u s a n w a s u n i t e d i n m a r r i a g e t o M r .
Howard
M a x f i e l d , s o n o f M r .
a n d M r s . G o r d o n M a x f i e l d o f S e a t t l e We w e r e
s o
g l a d t o h a v e a p a r t i n t h i s m o s t h a p p y a f f a i r We h a v e
one more t o go and a l l e i g h t o f
o u r
c h i l d r e n
w i l l
b e
e s t a b l i s h e d
i n homes o f t h e i r o w n.
O u r
c h i l d r e n
a r e
a l l
a g r e a t
j o y
t o o u r h e a r t s . We a r e e n j o y i n g
t h e
s p o i l i n g o f o u r e l e v e n
g r a n d c h i l d r e n .
When we h a v e
them
g o o d a n d
s p o i l e d ,
w e
s h a l l
r e t u r n
t o t h e
Bahamas
a n d
l e t
t h e i r
p a r e n t s
s w e a t
i t
o u t .
FROM THE
FIELD. B r o t h e r F r a l e y r e p o r t s ; h o t , h o t ,
h o t
w e a t h e r , a n d good V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l s . The
p l a n s f o r t h e
new
a d d i t i o n o n t h e G r a n t s T o w n b u i l d i n g h a s b e e n a p p r o v e d . The G r a n t s T o w n c o n g r e g a t i o n
i s
s a v i n g
f o r
t h i s b u i l d i n g
T h e y
h a v e $ 5 5 9 . 0 0
i n
t h e
b a n k
{ t h i s
v ^ s
two
m o n t h s
a y l n g s ) d r a w i n g 6 ^ 2 % i n
t e r e s t ,
compounded
q u a r t e r l y .
We a r e a s k i n g
t h e C h u r c h e s a n d
f r i e n d s
h e r e
t o h e l p
u s
b u i l d a r e v o l v i n g fund
w h i c h
w i l l e n a b l e
u s
t o p u r c h a s e new c h u r c h s i g h t s . T h i s w i l l
n o t b e
g i f t s t o
t h e
p e o p l e ,
b u t
w i l l
b e
j u s t
what i t i s
c a l l e d ;
a R e v o l v i n g F u n d . The p e o p l e t h e r e w i l l
p a y b a c k
e v e r y dime t h e y
u s e
i n b u y i n g p r o p
e r t y o r c o n s t r u c t i n g
b u i l d i n g s .
T h i s w ay I t w i l l
b e
a c o n t i n u e d f u n d t o s p r e a d t h e
L o r d ' s
C h u r c h t o a l l t h e
i s l a n d s
B e l o v e d b r e t h r e n ,
a s
i n A m e r i c a , i t t a k e s money t o s p r e a d
G o d ' s
Word a n d t o g e t t h e c h u r c h e s t o
t h e p l a c e where t h e C h u r c h i s c o m p l e t e l y
s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g , s e l f - g o v e r n e d ,
a n d
s e l f - p r o p a g a t i n g .
T h i s i s
a must
i f w e
a r e
t o b e
g o o d
s t e w a r d s o f o u r t i m e
t h e r e .
PLEASE.
And may God
b l e s s
y o u .
I n
C h r i s t i a n
Love
Hube rt a n d Lois
Prather
-U.-
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Balance
A p r i l 1
Balance
J u l y 1
Reduction
of m i s s i o n b a l a n c e
1421.73
1131.66
290.07
( P l e a s e
n o t e
t h e d r o p i n b a l a n j c e o f m i s s i o n g i v i n g The
P r a t h e r s
w i l l
c o n t i n u e
t o
d r a w t h e i r
s u p p o r t
f r o m t h e
B ah a m a
M i s s i o n
Fund.
I t
i s i m p o r t a n t t h a t w e
wiU
a l l
keep ou r
c om m i t ments
a n d
continue
to support t h e i r
w o r k w h i l e o n f u r l o u g h . )
V,
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Grand
Bahama
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?
Great
Inasua
Island
HAITI
RU U
JAMAICA
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Agents:
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Eugene,
Oregon
S p o n s o r i n g Church & l d e r s
Elmira Chj^^h o f
Christ
E j f t i i r a , Oregon
ELDERS:
Douglas
Stinson,
Evan
Mann
Darrel S m i t h
Sept,
1969
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Vol. v.. No. 3
Dear
Christian
B r e t h r e n :
Greetings
i n
the name o f Jesus
our
Lord and Saviour.
A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION HAS
EEN
MADE. After many hours
of
prayer, me ditation
and
discussion with
a
minister friend
and t h e
eiders
h er e
at Elmira, Lois and /
have
decided
not to return to the Bahamas to
labor.
This
decision
was reached
the w e e k of S e p t e m b e r
19th.
We have
t r i e d
to
c a r e f u l l y
consider health, Lois
f e e l i n g , p o l i t i ca l
uncertainty
as expressed by
Gary Fraieyin
one l e t t e r and
other~cundiiicms
rr die f i e l d . In meking-
the - decision:
S u p p o r t
w i l l b e needed
u n t i l
we can locate
i n a church
here
i n the
S t a t e s . It i s ou r prayer
that we s h a l l b e able to
find
a place to labor i n
the
very near future.
Just as
soon
as
we
a r e l o c a t e d , w e s h a l l
l e t our
s u p p o r t e r s know.
Pray
t h a t He might lead us t o
His
chosen f i e l d
of
lab or .
Deep
g r a t i t u d e and a p p r e c i a t i o n f i l l s our heart for you wonderful l o y a l
support through
our
s t a y i n
t h e
Bahamas We pray the
good
Lord t o b l e s s you
f o r
your l o v e and f a i t h f u l n e s s .
In Christian
Lov e,
Hubert and Lois P r a t h e r
ELMIRA
BAHAMA
CHRISTIAN MISSION
M a i l e d b y
L i b e r t y
C h u r c h o f
C h r i s t
4 7 6 4
k y l i n e
Road
South
Salem, O r e g o n 97302
f tlssloB Srvie Assn.
B o x
968
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Joll*t
Illinois
60 434
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Oregon
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