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EDÂRDO N EV ARRIAGA, MISSIONARIES IN MmCOMORELOS CHRISTIAN MISSION ^ tB

RIVERTON CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FORWARDING AGENT

NEWSLETTER 21, February 1984'

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D e a r Brothers Sis te r s in Chr i s t Friends

We send you greetings in th e name of ou r Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. My familyand I pray t h at God will keep you bless you d ur in g t he entire year which ha s just begun.You have been very good to u s the missionary work here in the S tate of Morelos Mexico.

We thank you a t the same time dedicate ourselves to work and exalt the name of ou r LordJ e s u s C h r i s t .

God has blessed us greatly in th e past yeeir. Church a tt en d an ce h as increased themembership ha s grown, and there ha s been a number of baptisms. At the end of 1983 on acold Christmas day Dec. 2 5th . four young -people were baptized. On December 2^th we werea b l e to g a t h e r t o g e t h e r in on e pl ace th e members of a l l th e m i ssi o n s where we now s e r v e .

There a re 5 missions now* The purpose o f th e ^ ther ing was to a l l meet t o g e t h e r fo r as p e c i a l Christmas program. I t was a b e a u t i f u l day. The young people presented draunas, th eadul ts sa n g spec ia ls gave t e s t i m o n i e s and a te a d e l i c i o u s evening meal t o g e t h e r . Th e

l ad ie s r ea ll y o u t d i d themselves in t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f th e meal. Th e members o f t h e loca l

church h e r e in C uaut l a pr ovide d housing for thos e who came from ou t o f town and on th e

following day Sunday a f t e r th e morning s e r v i c e s and th e baptismal service t h e y returned

to t ir hom es .

The new y ear 198^» has begun in an ex cellen t manner, fo r which we thank God who de

serves a l l th e ^ o r y . On the e i ^ t h of Ja n u a r y there were f ou r c on fe ss io ns of f a i th a t the

church a t Zacatepec and te n people from th e Non-instrumental Church o f C hris t placed the i r

membership t h e r e . These people had been a t te n d in g s e rv i ce s fo r some time an d we had been

working w i t h them b efo re t he y made t he i r d e c i s i o n off ic ia l .

At Easter we are planning a weeks revival a t the church a t Zacatepec. The evangelistw i l l b e A gu st in O rt eg a a pr of essor a t Colegio Bi bl i co in Eagle Pass Texas. We a r e hold

in g a pr ayer campaign a t a l l th e churches asking God to make th e r e v i v a l a success. The

a du lt s a re forming teams of two, and the young people of a l l the missions are getting together on Saturdays in tesims of four to v i s i t in the homes of p r o j e c t s . We already havea l i s t of 49 prospects and we a ^ that you help us by praying for them.

We have received a g r ea t b l es s in g in those who were added to the Church recently a smentioned above. They a re a ctu al ly four families in one. They are the parents an d the irmarried sons and daughters plus a number of grandchildren. The father df th e family is

-named-JosG—(jioe) Garcia Calderon—andr his-wife's name is Aurora, T4iey-are-the owners- of^sev eral l ar g e t ru ck s an d they have helped provide transportation for the church memberswho have problems getting to the s er vi ce s because of th e lack of public transportation.

The young people of the 5 missions had t h e i r Christian Service Camp in the mountainsthe l a s t week in December. The place was beautiful with warm sulfur springs and a riverwhere they could fish. The young people had the ir Bible classes in the mornings and a devot i onal a t n i g h t around a camp f i re .

Saul Lagunesp th e young man from th e church in Cuautla who is studying a t ColegioB i b l i c o in Eaê Pass Texas was w ith u s during Christmas vacation. He camie home f i l l ed

w ith e nt hu si as m a nd b i g p l a n s fo r h is work here in th e S t a te o f Morelos next summer. We

are thankful for the King family in Birmingham,Alabama, for the help they have been givingSaul. He needs much S p i ri t u a l backing a s well as f inancial help.

The f i rs t week of March my wife and I will be at. th e U.S. border a t Colegio Biblicoin Eagle Pass Texas th e Lord willing. I t would make us very happy i f a t t h a t time someone could send us toothpaste and soap for ou r p er so na l u se . Also,some typing paper carbon

paper pens and p e n c i l s woiild be g r e a t l y appreciated an d make us very happy

Recently f am i l i es from Brownstown Riverton IL sent boxes to the border f o r me an dwe appreciated everything that was sent.^ (Forwarding Agents mote—please do not send boxesto Mexico because they must pay a heavy, ta x th a t they c a n t afford. Always .use the follow

ing address for boxes: Mr. Edua:ô Arriaga, c/o Mr. Harold P. Gibbsî Ctlleglro Biblico, 2 ^Brazos E a^ e Pass TX, 78852.)

Our youngest child Efren ha s been having stomach trouble the doctor ha s prescribeda series of tests and medicine for him. This is going to play havoc with our budget, buto u r m a i n concern is t h a t E f r en w i l l s o o n be w e l l .

Our plans to build a church building are moving r i ^ t ahead. ©——

preparations so the work group planning to be here October 1st r 12th;^lSK^ a taste ofthe famous traditional Mexican hospitality and while they are working:'here will enjoy thebest of accommodations for their comfort and needs. In Cuautla we have large modernhotels but even be tte r we have within 10 minutes driving time from here the largest vac at io n c en te r in the whole country of Mexico, the Oaxtepec Vacation Center

We have a lo t o f work ahead o f us. I n Ap ril th e week o f r e v i v a l an d in October theb uild in g o f the c hu rc h h ou se . We pray th e Lord w i l l help us.

We again thank you, fo r your love an d in te r e st shown to us an d we pray the Lord w i l lb l e s s yo u r i ch ly .

In th e love o f Ch r i s t

si i i

Eduardo C E v a

K l s s l o n a r i e s

We^remaking a l l the



RECEIPTS FOR EDUARDO ARRIAGA - JULY 1 1Q83 - DECEMBER 31. 1983

Building Fund Savings Balance July 1, 1983 ^ 1»523.73Checking Account Balance July 1, I983 ^ 779.36Truck Fund Savings Balance July 1, I983 — 540.08Monthly Support received by Fo3:warcling Agent: July 1,119.28

Aug 963.62Sept. 1,035.21

• Oct. iH5.01Nov. 828.78Dec. 566.59

TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED BY FORWARDING AGENT ^.928.^9

TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE VIA FORWARDING AGENT JULY 1, 1983 - DEC. 3I, I983 7,771.66

Designa ted of fer ings included in above amoun ts fo r TRUCK FUND & BUILDING FUND

Truck Fund Balance July 1, I983 5^0.08

Received ftom River Park Church of Chris t ,South Bend, Ind. 69^.08

Total available for TRUCK FUND l,23il..l6

F. Agent disbursed TRUCK FUND MONEY to Eduardo fortruck repair - Ck 196 6OO.OO

Ck 514.4^ 1.11^.44BALANCE IN TRUCK FUND SAVINGS — 1 1 9 7 2

SUB TOTAL 6,65?.22

Building Fund Savings Balance July 1, I983 — 1»523.73Savings account interest earned 49*96

To ta l avai lab le for BUILDING FUND & BALANCE IN BP SAVINGS— 1.973.69

DISBURSED TO EDUARDO ARRIAGA FOR LIVING LINK & SERVICE LINK EXPENSES:

Ck 182 July support - postdated 500.00i5^84 Aug. support - postdated 500.00 L85 Sept. support - postdated 500.00fj^86 Oct. support - postdated 500.00Jfl.87 Nov. support - postdated 500.00iiO Accumulated funds - travel exp.- feoo.oojj^05 Dec. support - postdated 500.00 201 VBS Supplies purchased 26.68

Designated to purchase VBS

materials for VBS in Mexico 250.00

j5 203 Accumulated funds 300.00 204 Accumulated funds 300.00

Tota l disbursed to Eduardo fo r LIVING LINK & SERVICE LINK EXPENSES 4.076.68

SUB TOTAL 2,580.5'În te r es t credi ted to BUILDING FUND SAVINGS 49.96

TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE IN SAVINGS & CHECKING ACCOUNT AS OF DECEMBER 3I, I983 2.630.50Consist ing of: Checking Account Balance 937.09

Building Fund Savings 1»573«69Truck Fund Savings 119.72

fe.630.60

LIVING AND CHURCH RELATED EXPENSES FOR EDUARDO ARRIAGA

MONTHLY:

Disbursed_to Eduardo in postdated checks for LIVING & SERVICE LINK EXPENSES 5OO.OOBudgeted monthly for: Truck gas 200.00

House rent 100.00

gas 10.00electricity 12.00telephone 20.00

Offering to Church 50.00Budgeted monthly expenses S 392.00

Balance budgeted for food, school, clothing, shoes, etc. 108.00Accumulated funds are used to pur chase f ood, clothing, sh oes , sc hoo l ex pe ns es ,

dentist, doctor, and truck repairs (t ires, tune up, etc)

All money received fo r Eduardo i s used fo r h is personal l iv ing expenses and a l l expensesre la ted to h is mission work. No money i s used by the Forwarding Agent fo r phone cal ls

office supplies, secretarial work, etc . These expenses are absorbed by the Forwarding

Agent.



NEWS NOTES FROM THE FORWARDING AGENT

Dear F r i e n d s i n C h r i s t ,

Thank you for your love and prayers concerning the work in Mexico and Eduardo and EvaAr ri aga , Mi s s iona ri e s.

October 1 - I 2 t h i s the building date t h a t World Mission Builders,, which i s paxt ofWhite Fields Minis tr ies, set to put up the church house in Mexico. Ed Thomas, director ofWorld Mission Builders, i s working with us in a joint e f fo r t. He estimates approximately 5,600 for building material. This figure i s based on the cost of l a s t years* building.

The Church this year will be constructed using the same design but using blocks ins tead of brick l i k e the pic ture of l a s t y e a r s building shows.

We have 1,573.69 in the building fund savings account. Please prayerfully considerthe amount that you can give toward the needed ^,000.00

Several people have indicated their desire to join us for this work detail , with eachperson paying his own e3q)enses. Now is th e time to l e t us know i f you are going with us.The Forwarding Agent will be driving, staying in hotel and eating most of the meals out.

The approximate cost for hote l lodging and meals i s m ip

200.00perperson for 2 weeks. This amount is fluxion^l tTiIdepending on the number of reservations etc. Couples will a/uitc cici nohave their own room. Singles will be 6 or more to a room WHITE rlELDoeach having his own bed. Hotel reservations must be made CONTINUES TO BUILDmonths in advance to insure us having them when we arrive. wj 100 of t h i s amount must be sent to the Forwarding Agentby Apri l 1,1984 t o reserve your spot . Transportation costswil l depend on how you go - No f igures are available at^ftie

C L I P & MAIL TOi

NAME

ADDRESS

Joe Turner, P.O. Box 759iRiver ton, IL62561 PH 217-629-7134 for (questions)

PHONE

want to help. Here is as my one time gift,

I will give extra per month for 6 months.Here i s my f i r s t check in addi t ion t o my regular

— s u p p o r t .

I plan to go with you. Here is my 15.00forsingle, or 25.00 for couple deposit due now,

I speak and/or read Spanish.

I w i l l drive in caravan.

I will have room for someone to ride withme a n d s h a r e t r a v e l e 3 q e n s e s .

I would l ike to ride with someone and

s h a r e t r a v e l expenses. .

I will drive with camper or t e n t & prepare my

own m e a l s 9

I desire to have hotel accommodations & eat 2meals a day a t th e h o t e l .

(This must be returned to us by March 1, 1984 . Makeyour t r i p checks payable to Linda Turner for Mexicant r i p . This money will go through a special account,not through Eduardo's account. Your tax deductableg i f t to the Building Fund can be made out as usual,Riverton Christian Church or Morelos Christian Mission)

TheWorld Mission Builders team gathers Infront ofth e new church building they built in Guadalajara,

Mexico .

On July 4-15, 1983, Ed Thomas, Directoro f World Mi ss io n B u il de rs of th e White

Fields ministry, led a team of 23 members to .Guadalajara where they worked withmissi onary F reeman Bump and minister

Hector Gonzaies in constructing a churchbuilding and school building. Hector

Gonzaies, l oc al n at io na l m in is te r, i s also a

m a i n c h a r a c t e r in t h e G o o d N e w s

production of Spanish filmstrips and

casse tt e t ape ministries.

During the two weeks that th e team wa s inMexico, they were success ful in building

tw o buildings. The first building, th e churchbuilding, was c on s tr uc te d ou t of native

brick. The building was completed with a *baptistry. Th e team wa s blessed with 13d e c i s i o n s for C h r i s t a nd w as thrilled t o s e e

the n ew b ap tistry u se d white they were

there. In addition to th e church building, th eteam a lso cons truc ted a Sunday School

building ou t of concrete blocks.The comple t ion of these two buildings in

Mexico were buildings 24 and 2 5 that th e

White Fields ministry has built overseas. Allbuildings have been c on st ruc te d an d

dedicated debt-free by th e supporters ofWhite Fields Overseas Evange lism. 6605

Shallowford Road, Chattanooga. TN 37421.

(Submitted by Reggie Thomas. Director ofWhite Fields.)

(Article clipped from Nov '83issue of Horizons Magazine)



MORELOS CHRISTIAN MISSION

NEWSLETTER 22

APRIL i98^

RIVERTON CHRISTIAN CHURCH

FORWARDING AGENT

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OUR MISSIONARY PARTNERSHIP

Dear Brothers S i s t e r s i n C h r is t

I t i s a pleasure to t e l l you what God has done in the places -where we work. My familyand I send greet ings and our prayers are t h a t a l l goes well with you.

Two new memlDers were added to the church, in Cuautla, the beginning o f February. They

are Widelbalalo Ramirez and h i s wife, Graci el a, and they come to us from one of our churchesi n Mexico C i t y .

Also, in the mon tti of March, two more were added, to ttiechurch, in Cuautla. They comefrom the Chiirch of God, and they b ro u ^t th eir families, which are veiy large, and have noty e t been converted.

We have had much sickness, in Cuautla, and some of thas been serious. One example i sMaria d e l Socorro, who i s the wife o f one o f -Oie members Jaime Reyes Morelos, who i s n o t

yet a member. While they were v is it in g in Mexico City l a s t month, Maria del Socorro, suffered a miscarriage. They returned immediately to Cuautla. The dtiurch i n Cuautla has a doctorwho i s a member and does not charge the poor members, of the missions where we serveo Thedoctor 's name i s Jose Nelzahualcoyote Deloya Lopez. When a member of the church i s in need,whether t i s sickness or something else tha t i s a r e a l need, the other members get togetherand give whatever is necessary to meet that needo We haveNîed to teach -ttiem not onlyChristian stewardship, but, also Christian hoîtality, one toVard another. There existsmuch Christ ian love among t he b re th re n.

I want t o mention here what I f a il e d t o mention e a r l i e r . J a i r r e Reyeo Moralex and Mar ia

del Socoirro are both invalids» He had i n f a n t i l e paralysis when he was foxir yea rs o ld . Hei s now 28 and since he was four, one of h i s legs have been completely useless. When Mariadel Socorro was two years old, she was dropped and f ta ct ur ed he r iq?inal column. She i s now29 and can only walk with orthopedic braces. They are very poor. I take them to services

t h e t r u c k .In Zacatepec, we a l s o have some sickness. One of the members, Maria ELer ra Cayares,

has a bad kidney. ELease help us by remembering these people who are sick in your prayers.We've had to enlarge th e p lac e where we meet, in Zacatepec, because we jus t don' t f i t

anymore. We b u i l t a temporary building out of cane and g r a s s W e used t h i s type of materialbecause ti s the cheapest, but even then i t co st us ^,000.00 pesos,( 235.00 dollars), andt h a t s a l o t of money for here. We'll use the building unti l the chtirch building i s finishednext October. On ihe property, where we are going to build, the congregation i s going tobuild a water tank and put in a septic tank for the r e s t rooms. This i s going to take a l l

that we have in the church treasury. We also want to put a fence around the property, butwe won't be able to do this soon. I t i s urgent that this be done as soon as possible, because when there i s no fence,the non-chris tian i s bad about entering t he p roperty and takingwhatever they find, or throw their garbage on the property.

The members a t Zacatepec can't wait \mtil they have their own building. And they arethankful to those of you who have given them this hope, which soon ôuld become a reali ty.

At the beginning of March, we were a t Colegio Biblico in Eaê Pass, Texas, and foundboxes that contained very usefil things for us and the churches. received Sunday Schoolmaterial, kitchen items for my wife, toothbruês paste, pens, pencils, typewriter paper,carbon paper, 2 toxes of shoes, and used clothing. Many, many thanks to everyone who had ap a r t in sending these things. May God bless you a l l .

I t i s very hot here now, and as a result , we can only visi t very late in the afternoon,because no one i s home a t any other time. Since there a re many rivers, streams and resorts,the people, as soon as they get off work, go to these places to swim. We are having a rev i v a l i n Zacatepec.

My dau^ter . Carmen, i s th e teacher of the 5 to 7 year old Sunday School classo On one

occasion, she asked her students i f they knew the names of the apostles. One boy said yes,that h is mother had t a u ^ t them to him,and he began to reci te: Andrew, John, James, Genesisand Apocalypse.

My wife continues to t rans la te EngpLish materials to Spanidi, to use i n the Sun.Schools.My son, Lalo, i s the treasurer of the young people's group. Efren continues to get goodg r a d e s i n s c h o o l .

We'll have to say,.goodby for this time, hopingc to have good news about the revival, inmy next newsletter. We ask you to continue to pray for us, we are having serious economicalproblems. The inf lation in this country has caused the prices to soar. This month, theyraised our house rent again, and we continue on the same budgeted amount of 500.00 monthlythat we've been receiving for the past two years. We are thankful for this amount and praythat God will somehow provide the additional funds that we so desperately need.

My wife, my children and I pray that God will continue to bless each one of you, who

have a part in this ministry of preaching Christ in the State of Morelos, Mexico,

In C h r i s t Jesus,





E D U A R D O A N D E V A A R R I A G A

M I S S I O N A R I E S I N

M O R E L O S M E X I C O

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Dear Brethren,

T R A N S L A T O R

M A R I A E B E A C H

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Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. By the time you receivethis, we should have arrived in Mexico. Serving ds ambasSddoLa for Chris t, and representingêach supporting church and the Forwarding Agent Church. We are priviledged to be set apart forthis task. (Read about Paul's first missionary journey in Acts 13)

Not only will we share in the physical work of constructing the building, but we will share in the fel lowship of like believers. Tho we might have a language barrier we are not strangers

,,Ephesians 2:18-22, For through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So thenyou are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are ofGod s household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesusn .mself being the comer stone in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into aholy temple in the Lond; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the

. Spirit .

Yes, being part of this building is exciting. The church house will be a wonerful instm-ment to be used for the building of the Kingdom in Zacatepec.

There will be 7 /Of us traveling in the van. They are: Paul Black from West Side ChristianChurch in Springfield, IL, Orville, Frances and David Baker, Joe, Linda and Angela Turner a ll fromR iv e rt on C h ri st in C h u r c h

Here is our itinerary:

Depai't 4 AM, Wcu, 25tu from Iîvcrton, IL £t Lcuis, Jcplin, Oklahoma City, Fort

S an A nto nio —

Ârrive around 5 AM Thursday, Sept 27th, Eagle Pass, TX. We will meet up with Clifford and

Geraldine Dempsay from Satanta, KS and they will drive with us the rest of the way, Eduardo willtake the bus to Eagle Pass an d drive us thru Mexico.

Depart Eagle Pass, AM Friday, Sept 28th.

Arrive at hotel in th e early morning hours on Sat, Sept 29th.

We will arrive a t the building site on Monday, Oct 1st. The cement footings and floor will be

^ready to build upon Thursday, October 11th will be the last working day. There will be ^15 ofj usplus, 11 men volunteers from the area congregation. Some of the World Mission Builders Teamwill leave on Fri, Oct 12th. Also on the 12th, there will be a d ed ic atio n se rv ice for the new

church building.



The Riverton crew will probably return via the same route since it is the fastest

definately be home in time to rest before returning to school, work etc on Oct 22nd.

We w

Ephesians 6:18-20, With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and withthis in view, be on the alert with all perserverance and petition for all the saints and pray onmy behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which 1 am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it 1may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

When you pray;

1. God will be g lo ri fi ed

through th e building effort.

2. The church house will be an instrument used to help win the lost.

3. The bui lding will be a witn ess fo r Christ in that commiunity..

Good health safety will be granted to all travelers workers.

j »•The garce of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

Working for Jesus

Joe Linda Turner

Forwarding Agent Representatives


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Dear B r e t h r e n and T Tiends i n C hr i s t J e s u s

The pr a ye r s o f my w i f e my d a u q h t e r . Carmen; my s ons L alo an d Ef r e n ; and m e ar e t h a tt h i s l e t t e r f i n d s yo u w e ll an d enjoying CkDd's b l e s s i n g s .

We have been cfuite busy w ith much work a t t h e church i n Z acatep ee p re pa ri na f or t h e

e v a n g e l i s t i c campaian b ein g h eld d u r in q C hristmas v a c a t i o n t h a t we a re having w ith th e

g r o u p coming from C olegio B i b l i c o . There a r e 3 c o n f e s s i o n s o f f a i t h . F o r t h i s we p r a i s e

t h e L o rd. P ix o t h e r o eo o le show a d e s i r e t o do th e same and we b e l i e v e t h a t through t h e

L o r d s h e l D t h e r e w i l l b e more. A ll t h e s e p e o p l e wan t t o b e b a p t i z e d a t o ur C hr is tm as Fve

program on th e 2 4 th . At t h a t t im e w e l l be using our new b a p t i s t r y for th e f i r s t t ime.

We a r e working-on-C hristmas pla ys th e young oeopley ^rom t h e C ua ut la c h ur ch p r e s e n t

e ve r y v e a r . This vear t h e churches w i l l meet t oget her in th e new bui l di ng in Zacateoec so

t h e v o u t h o f both c o n g r e g a t i o n s a r e working t o g e t h e r on t h e s e dramas. Th e work p i c k i n a

the people for the parts practicing and ail the rest of the work, that goes into putting aPla y t o g e t h e r i s completely in th e hands o f my w if e .

Ou r a t t e n d a n c e a t Z acatep ec h as grown c o n si d e r a b l y . During th e p r e v i o u s months it

dropped a l i t t l e but new people a re caning an d some o f them a re coming from o u t s i d e our

neighborhood. This p ast Sunday, we d i d n t have near enough benches for a l l to s i t so somehad to stand during th e serv ice. Fo r a l l of this we are thankful to o ur h ea ve nly Father.

We f e e l th a t with th e L ord s h elp w e l l soon have th e new building completely f u l l .

I t s l ikely t h a t soon w e l l have families from some denominational groups that have been

v i s i t i n n our services t r a n s f e r t h e i r membership. They a re from th e Je s u s O nl y C hu rc h an d

th e Universal Church o f C hris t. They are good people an d ready to l e a r n . We a re havina

B i b l e S t u d i e s w i t h t h e m .

Last Saturday we o f f i c i a l l y began th e Young People meetings in Zacatepec From th every be ginning thev have taken on th e c ha ra ct er o f a r e g u l a r a c t i v i t y o f th e church

program. Thev are between the ages of 16 22, and th e ir names are: Trma Jimenez Alicia

Jimenez Judith Recendiz, isac Recendiz, Eleasau Vaiton Cregorio Vaiton Ricardo RodriguezJ u a n C a l d e r o n .

In the meeting las t Saturday 16 young people were no t vet Christians. The f i r s t pr oj e c t of th e young people t h a t are Christins i s to lead these others to Chr i st . Next Sat ur -

-day^ these young rôpe vrill a l l together in Zacatepec a t Zacateoec to v crk on thenew b u i l d i n g and t o do some v i s i t i n g in th e afternoon. That night they v/ill have t h e i r

m e e t i n g o u t d o o r s a r o u n d a b o n f i r e .

The Cuautla youth have more experience as Ch ristin s and a re very a c t i v e . They ha d alot to do with the evanaelistic work at Zacateoec, when th e work was started there and theyar e th e ones, with th e help of some aduts which pretty much take charge of th e Sundaya c tivit ie s in Cuautla. They will be teaching th e Zacatepec youth how to organize and how todo evangel i st i c work. I taught them an d now we are seeino th e s ee ds b ea r f r u i t on e hundred

f o l d a s t h i s new group i s t aught .

The church in Zacatepec with i t s new building requires more atten tio n an d more ofour time. The members were not used to having services on Sundav afternoon. ^-Then we s t a r t

ed them th e attendance was very low, but t h i s problem i s now being solved. y wife and jnow siênd a l l day Sunday a t Zacatepec not returning home u n t i l ni ght .

Sugar cane is now being harvested in Zacateoec, and th e tonwn has new l i f e because onceagain ther e is work. The harvest la sts 7 months, from November to May and then there aref i v e months when most o f th e p eo p le a re unemployed.

We've had some s ick ness in th e congregation including our daughter. Carmen. She wassick fo r about 2 weeks with debngue, a virus infection caused by a mosquito bite. Apparent-

-J^y^^there is no rsedicine for treatment. Carmen was sick on he r birthday November 5th. Other church-̂ -nembers had various sicknesses bu t we are thankful that none have been r eal seri o u s .

IirL]jjTentin^--the fact mv truck was broken into while parked on th e street andeverything of value was stolen, incuding my tools: jack, lug wrench battery cables, moneyt ^ l s for cutt ing lumber, and everythina thev considered valuable. They didn t take theBibles and church literature. The things I miss most are the tools because of the longtrips I make over very bad roads. Now I don't have so much as a screv/driver to carrya l o n g s h o u l d I h av e t r o u b e .

y wife, children and i have alv;ays worked in the Lord's work,beause of our faith inorder that souls might be saved. We ar e also convinced the only way we can show our gratitude to th e Lord is through th e work we do fo r Him. The same is true in order to show ourgratitude to you, my brothers and friends fo r your love an interest that you have sha-/n fo rus and the work here in Morelos, we can only tell you about our work But we can t alwaysreport success. Many times there are failures people who came to church and became membersand then later niturn to the v/orld e can sincerely say, however, that for a long time we

haven't had this kind of failure. But the road to success in the Lord's work in this partof the world, is slow. I t requires much work, much patience and much tact. We plead withyou not to withdraw your love, nor your interest nor your patience. You and our family isbeing used by the Lord that e might be glorified and many might come to kneel before Him.

Once aqain, my dear brethren, our prayer is that the Lord wil bless an keep you.

In C h r i s t J e s u s Eduardo A r r iag a



RECETPTR FOR FDTJARDO ARRTGA - .rJLY 1, 19R4 - DRCRMBRR 31, 1934

Buildinq Punr^ Savings Balance JULY 1, Q75 52Checking Account Balance Julv 1, 'llR*n3Truck Punr^ Savings Balance Julv 1, 1984 ^ 74*50Monthlv SuDport receive<i bv Forwarding Agent: Julv- 2,026.76

August 1 316.82

.September- 2 682.22October 1 544.08

November—5 834.75

rtecernber— 256.66TOTAL AMOTNT RECEP/HID BY FORWARniNG AGFWT 29TOTAL FUI ^DS AVAILABLE VIA FORWARDING AGENT JULY 1 - December 31, 1984 11^92q 34

Designated offerings included in above amounts for TRUCK FUND &BUILDING fund

Truck Fund Balance Jan 1 1984 c; 74^50Received ^rom River Park Church of Chr is t- 352.54

Total avai lable for TRUCK fund 427.04Forwarding Agent disbursed TRFTCK fund riONFY TO eduardo

for truck exnenses durina neriod 3S2 54 <; 352 54)BALANCE IN TRUCK FUND SA^rTNGS JUNE 30,1984 S 74[50 *

Building Fund Savings Balance Julv 1, 1984 f?3,075.52Received from contributors 2,800.47Building T?und Savings account interest 50.18

Total available for BUILdinc 5^925,17Forwardina Aqent disbursed to Eduardo '

for cembent blocks goo 00Forv/arding Agent disbursed Ed Thomas

for building costs 4,000.00Excess funds used to apply on cost of copv maching

taken to Mexoco for Eduardo

795.OO ( 5,595 00)BALANCE IN BUILDING FUND SAÔINGS DEC 31,1984 331.1?

DISBURSED ^ EDUAP^ÂRRIAGA FOR LIVINGJ ™ &SER^qCE, T TJ^TK .FXPPMSEQj. _^•ê'^signated'Tiving link— —— ^794 j_~3

Undesignated accumulated funds Sl,noo no_ Designated for bibles ? 125.00Total disbursed fo r LmNG LINK & ^—

SERVICE LINK EXPENSES 4,919.13 ( 4,919.13)

Plus interest credited to SAVImgs 5q

TOTAL FlJlÎDS A^ÂILABLE IN SALTINGS &CHECKING ACCOFW AS OP DECEÎBE^ 31, 1984 1 112 85Consisting of: Checking Account Balance 707.18 — * Building Fund Savings 331.17Truck Fund Savinqs 74 .*50

1 112.85


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