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386 APDO. POST.
MEXICO
Dear Brethren:
"This letter comes to you Tf/ith the purpose of greeting you in the Lord, knowing that when you receive this into your hands, you will be
found enjoying the blessing of the Most High.
helping in the work here. I also \jant to thank those who sent personal offerings at Christmas time ... they were very helpful ... especially
after my marriage.
"I am always glad to hear from you, and from the churches ^^rho are
ture. These things would be very helpful in our work, but we can get along without them. As long as we have food and clothing, let us be
happyI
"y of you getting well our along finances, the kind offerinr^ that all sent along us. We are with getting withwith our food and clothin-". Our needs at the present are for a typewriter, and a desk and some furni^-
"VJith regard to the work, I have both good and bad news :
lady found out about the meeting, she asked us to leave the house and fxnd another one. She gave us 15 days to find another house. V7e are hoping that one of the families we have been teaching will open their home for the meetings until we get another place to meet.
01 town.
"The good news is that we had our first meeting, and had one family and several children. The following day (the bad news), when the land
"I thi^ the best thing to do will be to buy a lot in the west part There are lots for sale near downtown, that are already urban ized (water and sewer in, lights available), for about ^^0.00. Then you
of town that I have in mind needs the gospel very much, as there are
"I have been vorking with a lawyer named Fernando Cantacho, and I do want you to pray for him. We have had several talkE> and he seems to be open to the truth. He knows of all the injustices and persecu tions that the Catholic Church has been guilty of, because of his
position as a lawyer.
school teacher I told you about). And, Mr Domingo Saiicedo is very prone
to accept the Lord, but his v;ife is the one who is not very receptive to the word of God. I also have been working with the neighbors.
"I bought Gospels of John to pass out, and some New Testaments.
They are sold in Mexico City for 25 cents (American money), but I do not give these gospels and New Testaments to everybody ,.. only to the ones that I see are interested in the Word. First I visit them, and
see that they are interested in the Lord, and then I give them one.
we can plan for this coming year, and also plan some improvements for
the camp grounds.
San Luis Potosi, and spend the day in calling. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are used for calling in the city (and for preparing sermons, classes, etc.) On Thursday, I go i;here ray wife works, and hold services there,
Friday we return to San Luis Potosi together, and Saturday is spent together, and in getting ready for the Lord's Day. "We need your prayers that we might find a permanent place to
meet, and also, please pray personally for the ones I have mentioned: Fernando Camacho, Ines Sisneros, and Doningo Saucedo and his wife. Pray that the Lord may work through the Word to convince and convict
them for Jesus.
schedule for the week is about like this: On Sunday I hold services in San Luis potosi. On Monday, I take my wife to work (she teaches in a small town about 70 miles from here), and I return to
/s/Moises Saucedo .
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Jfeny of you know him personally, and remember him as a happy, enthusiastic young man, with Christ on his heart.
We ask you to join with us in seeing this work for Christ go forward. Why not take this work as a special challenge for your class, or throufh
Lord willing. Will you be a part of its beginning? Please write to us, and send your contributions, c/o Christian Church
Fowler, Kansas 67844.. '
lishment of a new congregation in San Luis Potosi before long ... the
dollar do the work of four or five? We are looking forward to the estal--
your missionary giving in the congregation? V/here else can one American
} Our IMx of Guadalupe - On December 12, people from all over the couvilr' lupe stands, to pay homage to Our lady of Guadalupe, It is a sacred plico, for didn^t the Virgin appear to Juan Diego, and in token that she was real
journey to the Hill of Tepeyac, at the foot of irfiich the fesiiica do Gv.c.dD."-
were awed by the picture of the Virgin they saw on it. This same picturo
of the Virgin is seen at Villa De Guadalupe ^ the church the Virgin dir
spot where nothing grewl And when he opened his robe the church authoriti-
ly the Virgin, didn't he follow her directions and pluck roses in a fcarron
^ should ^ built, that ste might watch over her people. (Emphasis minVj
Fiesta for ^ Dead - November 1st &2nd, This celebration, reminisr.o^ '
cious foods, of which the 'substance' is eaten by the spirits,
of preconquest days, is in honor of dead souls that come back to earth ach year. Altars may be seen in many homes, laden with dTi;.-
(No wonder Ivfexican people often 'eat, drink, and are merry'
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386
APDO. POST.
MEXICO
Dear Brethren:
I hope this letter finds you well, still working in the service of the Lord; and praying that the Lord has been with you and your whole family, as He has been with all of us unto this day.
I received your letters, and am very glad to know that you all are standing with me in prayer, and that you know all of my problems. I
have contacted several people for the Lord, but do not have a place to
invite them. Don Domingo Saucedo continues to be interested in the
Gospel. I return thanks to all of you who have been praying for Fernan do the lavjyer. He is shox/ing definite interest, and I have given him a
house where I can start freely holding meetings. If you knev; some of the circumstances that I am facing, you would pray harder. The work
here in Mexico continues to be difficult.
a home before you can teach anyone, and we must teach them. We want conversions; not just baptisms people who are convicted; not just
following convenience. This is the kind of soil into which we wish to
per month (I understand he pays $4-0.00 per month for the house). We have moved in, and are still arranging things and putting them away. My books are still on the floor, but we are getting some lumber, and building some bookshelves soon. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to hold worship meetings in this house at the present time. There isn't room for it anyway, but it would be better than nothing. I wish th^t some church or group would furnish $40..00 per month' in ordor that we could purchase the. house ourselves, and then we would be i-ble" to hold our meetings in our home. Even an additional $25.00 per rvonth, cbuplod vath our rent, v;ould make it possible for'us, to purchase e home. If you know of anyone who might be interested..in,".helping us:in
the Lord's work, plqase tell them of this needl
; I lave been meeting with a sir.all group that I previously told you about. They meet in a sinall coimiunity outside of Ssfn Luis Potosi. i
am hoping that I can lead them into simple New Testament Christianity
from the confusion of the Pentecostal beliefs that they h^ve previously
])eld.
Bible Society costs about $1.25 in American money, and a New Testament
similar to the American Bible Society translation (Today's English Ver
ture portions, which are quite inexpensive. I never give, them,out "wholesale", but only give to those who show an interest. If anyone wishes to give money for the purchase of additional literature, : it would be appreciated as well.
Teresa is still te^iching, and makes about $100.00 per month. Most . of her inceme goes to support her parents. (She only keeps back enough
to pay-for our transportation from here to the little town where she
teaches. ) .
(Note:
vance., of Lent, which seems about the same as the way it is celebrated
they.(the Catholics) have th^ir religion only forty days per yearI
rNow I.close my letter in Christian love, knowing that you are .praying for,us. . '
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U. S., but nothing similar to that which Moises, and other Bible be lieving Christians and missionaries
have found in other lands.
The picture at the left, though not clear, represents a statue of Christ
that is found in front of an unfin
ished Catholic church building.
Although the Catholic church would claim that its followers do not vjorship idols, this statue is a denial
of that statement, l^hile the remainder of the statue is covered with
dust from the construction in progress around it, the feet of the statue are white and dust-free, because countless superstitious pea sants (and some well-to-do neople) have kissed the feet of the statue,
the darkness among those who are kept from the Bible, and from a siinple' faith in Jesus as Saviour. (I borrowed the picture and the facts concerning the statue from one of the old missionary newsletters in my files, and cannot recall who first used it ... nevertheless, our thanks to them.)
^-/hile you are thinking about this, let me ask you ... Are YOU doing
your part to help our Christian missionaries to spread the Good News
in Mexico?
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It's only 922 miles
Our Mexican missionaries are inviting Christians from all over the U.
S. to come visit them in Mexico before or after the 21st National
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FORVAFX'ING CHURCH:
gi^rantee additional support to Moises, and has been doing so regularly since t)iat time. The Buruell Christian churchy Burwell, Nebraska, and
the West Side Christian church of Denver, Colo., have made contribuBut so much more needs to be doneL tions_ toward this work $ well.
some support for Moises? Isn't there room in your church budget for
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