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the next service, which was Christmas, and 37 for Sun day School last Lord's Day and 50 on Sunday night. Our building just doesn't hold them all and we don't
have chairs nor benches for than# I don't know what comes next. We think now that we vd.ll build just an
else. We can get the poles for the framework for just
the work it will take to cut and bring them in, and
'
We had another baptism yesterday (written ^'anuary 18). We an put on our walking shoes and hiked two
youth meeting. It wa? the first meeting of the Young People's Society aiid there were about 20 young people
present. They elected officers.
The other night we hnd four young people to dedi cate their lives to fiOl-tivae OJirirti-nr service. Two of them will yrobe*bly eiitsr Bible this fall, and the otners when they finish Grcvimuer School.
MEDICAL WORK
three months of study in the General Hospital. I don't know how we will get along without her, but we will
manage.
We are all well and give thanks to God that we are rarely sick, even with colds.
NE.; \^DRK
We still don*t
in Bible College, and he has promised to come down and help us as soon as school is out.
some of then the size of one's fist. As we.were coming back in the night one of the front wheels flipped a rock into the gas tank and cut a gash in it about two inches long. As you can suppose, the gas gushed out.
VJe could smell it so we stopped and stuffed a rag in
the hole and finally made it back home. Yesterday the Travelall stayed in the patio, and vie all walked
to church.
SEASONS i'UXED
Tomato
on Sunday, ('iThe Aztecs" is ai new homesteading com munity about 30 miles out from Mante, and the ELletts
V.-1 ' -rnt of land there.)
Northwest Christian Church, McKinn^, Texas (4) Fairview Sunday School, V/akita, Oklahoma (3) Fishing Fishers Class, Canadian, Texas (3) Nashville Christian Church, Nashville, Ind, (2) Napa Christian Church, Napa, California Christian Church Missionary Group, Nashville, Ind.(3) Pinehurst Christian Church, R. 4, Marietta, Ohio (3)
First Christian Church, Morgantown, Indiana First Christian Church, Mountain City, Tennessee liiminence Christian Church Mission Account, Eminence, Ind, Parkview Christian Church Missionary Fund, Indianapolis Saiuaria S^onday School, Samaria, Indiana (5'-) Number of contributions since October 25> 1959
INDIVIDUALS
(3)
Mr & Mrs. Ernest E. Creamer, Indicinapolis. Ind. Janice Porter, Mbrgantovm, Ind:.^'" (3) Earle Veale, Morgantown, India (3)
Augusta Meyer, Morgantown, Indi ..a
(4)
Betty V/esterfield, Morgantown, Indiana Deloris Taulman, Morgantown, Indiana I-Iiargaret Veale, Iforgantown, Indiana
I'irs. W. H. Catt, Portales, New Mexico
l-irs. 0. C. Worley, Portales. New Mexico 1^, L. B, VanAntwerp, Portales, New Mexico
(2)
(2)
^313.33
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
First of all, your prayers for the faithful minis try of the V/ord of ^od by the missionaries.
Prayer for the vanning of souls. Living support for the Ellett family
Travelail.
Fvnds to provide a building in "wBich the" congre gation can :neet. Money for this should be so ..
designated.
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NEWSLETTER
Christian /V|5Str>,
June 10, i960
Pwdg. Agent:
Qra M Davis
Missionaries:
Damon and Dr. Leonila EUett
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Mexico
SUi-a-IEa WORKERS
A very great months will be Vvtic are coming These are I'Ess graduated this
help to the mission for the summer three young people .from Bible Colleges
to liante to work irdth the EUetts* Deana Home froni Ciwie, Texas, who year from Dallas Christian College
(she may stay longer than the ersrme-j.^) and Miss Alta
Tanner, 1. student at Southern Chri tian College The two sirls are supposed to arr /e at Mante aboivt June 20, and will help in Vac*'' Bible Schools in the nearby villages and possi. .t second school this
year in l-i!inte. The tl^d youii^, person is Bro, Mariano Farias, a Mexican preacher wiio has studied at Colegib
Biblico and then a year at Dsllas Christian College. His home is in the tovm of Ra'aps--ft.idzpe which is ten miles east of Saltillo on thw ro-^d to Monterrey. It
A diligent effort is being to find a house or rooms for the two girls haC. pl::.ce for Mariano to live. The Elletts home is too anall to provide this
lodging. However, they^ will be eating their meals with the Elletts, and extra fun^s are desperately
needed to supply this food.
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but WG had it here in town. (Originally it was p^^ned for "the Aztecs"). Since the public schools are crowded and since the girls go in the morning and the noon, It worked out wonderfully well.
boys in the afternoon we held two classes a dayfor the boys in the moming and for the girls in the after
only had to prepare one lesson for,each day and with
about 95 in attendance, Harold Gibbs (missionary in Saltillo) and a graduate of Colegio Biblico, Rebeca
week,
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Of course, we
our liinited .facilities we weren*t over-crowded. We had a total enrollment of 105 and the last day we had
Saucedo, were here to help us, Leonila didn*t get to help this year as Sandra decided to have measles all
THE TRAVELALL
the expense was covered by the guarantee but the Elletts had to pay !l6.00 of this bill. They returns,
The final three payments on the Travelall CvlOp each} have been assumed by Damon's mother, Mrs, Pearl Ellett
NEEDS
rent$50." (Three months now). We are two months behind on our waaher payments*-jf20 Our li^t bill
is overdue,"
(Written May 18) "We are expecting Harold Gibbs here Sunday for the VBS next week and I dcai't know what we
willlgive him to eat, nor the expenses of the VBS, I guess we coiald sell one of the earner^. They arenH
worth mudi, but we have to eat."
Contributions to El Mante Christi(3n Mission since the last newsletter was published,
CHURCHES AND GROUPS
Northwest Christian Church, McKiimey, Texas (3) Pinehurst Christian Church, R. Marietta, 0^ (4)
Senior Class, Christian Church, Booker, Texas Mission Study Group, Jennings Church of Christ
Jennings, Mo,
Fishing Fishers Class, Canadian, Texas (2) Missionary Group, Christian Church, Nashville, Ind,(2) Fairview Sunday School, Wakita, Oklahoma (2)
Napa Christian Church, Napa, California
Fairfax Christian Church, Indianapolis, Ind,
(3) (3)
Oo-is, Ind,
(2)
Total receipts.
Gollejo s..:crct:t32-c.pn.T*:'a:.nt,
visit chcj aSiied us of our ncto.s =Uiu './o ronir^rlced that it wouJ'.d be nice to have a pc-'tir dri/*iin ch?.iLn saw to
but we feel that the secrotary is i.iOi:>tly responsible since she works at Sears on Saturdays end the saw is a Scars saw. It is brand new and is tho 1^200 model. You don't know how overjoyed we are about it."
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