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MORELOS CHRISTIAN MISSION MAR GE D U A R D O AND EVA ARR I AGA

MISS IONARIESA f D O f OSTAL 227C U A K I L A . M U M L t o a

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J anua ry 1985 News l e t t e r I n fo rma t on fo^ tîe rnontli o f 19^4 .j j ear Fr i e nd s and j ^ ro ther s in Chr iG t ,May th e peace of.. our Lord, be with you in t h i s UhriPt T ia r i ij eason , theWew Year and a lways .we a re ve ry happy becau se th e month o f uooprnber wnr- fillrd v i th bler-ni n rsThe week o f Dec . 23 t o 30 we hnd th e f irrt in i.henew~church bu i l d i ng and it v/nr, n i - rent 1 o?^ t iv Tn-y^ of MieLord . The average a t t endance wnp 100 en.n}i ni r^ i t nnd n \va t t en C fo r th e first t ime , Tho n i gh t o f the 24th t h e r e woT-e t?.obap tism s. uu r ing the week the re were tv.o t ranr^fprs of mnmbf^rslii pan d one other con f e s f - i on o f faith Th e r e n re niJ iRj-r v/hnai e ready to be bapt ized Viut they postponed it hpnn r e nf thR poTdwea the r . The Lord wi l l i n g t ;ey v/ i l l be b^ iptiz^d thp ] n f t ounrlnyo f J a nua r y .It was a grea t b less ing to have the group from (volo/ io Kibl ico incharge of t h i s Keviva l . The i r musica l spocialf^ nnd the l ive lysong services t h r i l l ed the con^ T e^ a t ion and ga.x e them much neededencouragement. J ;veryone here in zacatepec is praying tha t the Jjor-dw i l l co nt in ue to b l e s s th e e i g h t members o f t h i s ^ r avp .Also, on the night of the 24th of uecember, tlie young people fromCuautla together with those of Ziacatepec presented a b enutifu l Ch ris tmas program composed of dramas and songs, iviost of these young peopleinc luding our two oldei chi ldren are h irh school age and ha-ê manyt a l e n t s Also- t i i e di^f-feret;-t - c l a s s e s o f the bunda.y-i>choo] bei r-n Wig;with the JMursery C la ss p re se nte d t h e i r programs.The service on the 24th began a t 7: OOPP. . and did nc^t end unt i l nid--nlgrh^ . ê had- the prericliing per-vice then speci-a l numêrn followedtest imonies. V/e ate together a t lOtOOFM and then bt.qd the baptisms.The two poeple that were baptized were mr, Plumber to Calderon andftfirs. j ii va nge li na i \a v a.Two of the young people from the group from colerlo niblico receiveregular small offerings from the church here. unring the progrn:non the 24th these two to ld the church of the i r plans and of the i rac t iv i t i e s as students in an e f for t to cliaJlenge other younr; peopleto also consider the ministry as a l i fe work. we l e f t the buildingthat night tired but happy, filled with joy in the Lord. The testimonies told us what the Jjord had been doing in the livers of sonie ofthe members and th i s was a bless ing and encouragement to many.One Saturday during the month of jjecember the youn[- peo p3of cuau tlaand the young people at Ziacatepec met at the new church building towork, while we were resting for a moment we heard v/hat soundedlike an explosion. we looked in all directions and for a monientsaw not>iing and had no idea what had happened until my son Lalo_looked upward and pointed to something that was burning and moving.We then realized that i t was a man who had received a ft r ical shock on the f la t roof of a two story house aboutfrom where we were. We ran toward the house alonr v;i. th a number olother people who had noticed tlê tragedy. We f ot the ^lan ^^wn r)the roof but nobody wanted to offer to take him to1 ran for my truck. n Mexico i t is a bit risky toof help to an accident victim because the authorities then want todetain you and possibly place charges against you or at the leasi ;,involve you in their investigntion. For that reason most Mexico won t offer tliat kind of help. But ^ 4.; : the Lord and to date lve never been detained wlien I ve offered tîukind of help, even on one occasion when i took a person to the hospital that had been stabbed in a fight. I m thankful that agnin on


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th is occasion i had the opportunity of bein^^ close by becaure thedo c t o r s a i d t h a t a few minu t e s more andl ived . TWO Sundays l a t e r the fam ily ofin church giving thanks to ijod tha t ' thea r en ' t Chr i s t i ans but we hope they soonthem and pray fo r them.

t h e nan wou l d not ha '^ 'ethis accident victim v/asvic t im had l i v ed . Theyw i l l b e , a s we work wi th

inuring the month of uecember we were able to pay the cont rac t fo re l ec t r i c i t y so now we vthe church; have our own hook-up. Previouslyour good neighbors were al lowing us to plug in a t th .ei r housn nf:xtdoor. i*low a l l we lack is water but the cont to get tha t hooked upi s very h igh bu t someday with the Lord 's help we ' l l ge t t ha t takenc a r e o f tooDear f r i end s and b ro the r s , we ask fo r your p raye r s as we have somes i ck people in t he c on gre ga tio n, among them i s lister Ce l i a deRod r i guez .We pray t h a t th e Lord wi l l b l e s s you and keep you.

in th e l o v e o f Ch r i s t ,Eduardo and Family

T-EBRUARY KIMA^;C1/\L Rf-^FORT

February 1 , 1985 Checking Account Bnlnnco ' /OT.IBFeb rua ry 4 , 1985 Depos i t o f J an . Receip t s-February 4, -1985-Transfer from Savinf^s Acct. -I:/IOQ-.-QQ,February 4, 1985 Total Checking Acct. Balance 2572.98February 4, 1985 Disbursed to Eduardo ^Truck Expense 169.77Chu rc h Ben ch es 125.00Surgical Expense 400.00Jan. Support 1000.00February 4, 1985 Total Disbursements 1594.77February 4, 1985 Remaining .^Checking Acct. Bal. 978.21

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February 1,,.t 985 Savings Account Balance f j/v/nnFebruary 4, 1985 Transfer to Checking Acct.February 4, 1985 Remaining Savings Acc t. Bnl.

Frances M. BakerBox 332Riverton, IL 6

FORWARD ING AGENTR IV E RT ON CHR IS T IA N

th AND ALLEN DR IVER IVERTON . I LL INOIS

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FORWARDING AGENTRIVERTON C H RI ST IA N C H UR C H

7 th an d ALLEN DRIVE|\P|^ 1 i- RIVERTON ILLINOIS 6356Newsletter for the Month of January 1985D e a r B r e t h e n a n d F r e i n d s

Our prayer to the Heavenly Father is that this l e t t e r finds you well,o u r g r e e t i n g s .Normally the ihbhth oT January is very quiet in comparison to the monthof December which i s anything but quiet . For us the month of December i sfilled with work; and for the people i t s running here and there, with manye^eriences. We thought January would again be l ike other years, but i tdidn t work out that way. I ll wait unti l the end of the l e t t e r to t e l l

y o u why it was d i f f e r e n t .n .the 13th of the month the congregation at Zacatepec organized i t s e l fwith a president, secretary, treasurer and two assistants . Brother VictorManuel Rodriguez Valencia was elected president.Since we s t i l l don t have elders in this congregation to govern i taccording to the ew Testament pattern, this group will conduct the businessuntil that t i m e .

n my calendar of work and activities for this year there is the projectof preparing the men of the church through special classes. They ve alreadyagreed to meet with me two evenings a week for these Bible Classes. y planis for them to know the Bible teachings so well they ll easily recognizeas false those teachings that are not found in i t . We re thankful that wealready have several men in the church of fine moral character. The problem is that some of them can barely read or write. y plan is to beginteaching them slowly be cause even though these men have no experience, andare good Christians and very intell igent. With God s help they should event u a l l y become p i l l a r s i n t h e church h e r e .We actually began giving special Bible classes to the Young People inthe church some time ago. The Young People have more free time that theycan give to this and of course are more accustomed to the discipline ofstudy. We ve had great results with them for which we give the Lord thanks.e have some exceptianally fine young people who are present ly in collegeand not yet independent but soon will be starting their professional careersand w i l l also be future p i l l a r s in the church.

T h e first p r o j e c t t h e new o f f l c e r c s f-na fence around the church property. This is badly needed in order to prot e c t the property and b u i l d i n g . When t h i s i s f inished w e l l continue asthe Lord provides with the Sunday School rooms the benches we lack, auidmany many other things that we s t i l l need to do. I t wil l take, a long timeto get everything done because the church income i s small, but we are certain we can count on the Lord for His help. e know the church will grownumerically and s p i r i t u a l l y .The f i r s t of the year in Mexico the price of gasoline went up again.This not only caused the cost of a l l types of transportation to increase,but every phase of the economy in the whole country took another jump upward. At the end of the year gasoline cost 40 pesos a l i t e r (.71/gal.);now i t costs 55 pesos, or an increase of 15 pesos a l i t e r (.97/gallon).In February the Young People of the Cuautla and Zacatepec churchesare planning a Mini-Revival Meeting for the purpose of getting more youngpeople in the church. The president of the two g rou ps is a 19 year oldyoung fellow named David Garcia Alquicira who i s studying to be a lawyerat the State University of Morelos. They have invited the Youth Group ofthe First Christian Church of Mexico City to help in these meetings withtheir choir. They will also be showing a Christian movie as a part of theprogram. We i n v i t e you to pray for these young people, for t h e i r l i v e sand f o r t h e i r enthusiam i n t h e L o r d s Work.I n March t h e r e a r e two a c t i v i t i e s t h a t I would l i k e t o a t t e n d . OnMarch 2, 3 and 4 the annual meeting of the Graduates of Colegio Biblicoand their families will be held. This meeting i s held every year to encourage fe l lowship between t h e gradua tes and t h e members o f t h e i r f a m i l i e s .The meeting wil l be held in S a l t i l l o Mexico. On Ma rch 5, 6 and 7 theBilingual Convention will be held on the campus of Colegio Biblico in EaglePass, Texas. This convent ion has always been a blessing because of thethemes that are developed by the outstanding preachers and teachers that areinvited to take part on the program. Another meeting of the graduates i sheld during the convention for the purpose of conducting business and planning activit ies for the year- I am the president this year for both ofthese meetings. The distance between Morelos and the border is a twentyhour drive. The city of S a l t i l l o i s on the way about a six hours drive fromthe borderAs I s a i d I would l i k e t o a t t e n d both o f t h e s e gather ings b u t becauseo f t h e c o s t I m n o t c e r t a i n if I ll b e a b l e t o . It w i l l c o s t 150.00 d o ll a r s for j u s t the gasol ine, and I estimate it w i l l cost another 150.00f o r o t h e r e x p e n s e s .


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I have some bad news to share with you. the 16th of January oneof the members Victor Manuel Rodriguez was shot by some unknown assailants.The problon of delincuency is also prevalent in our country. Brother Victortook a lunch to school for his daughter his only child, who is ten yearsof age. i t was 11:00 in the morning. When he went by some young men jumpedout in front of him and demanded money. They shot him six times. Two ofthe shots hit organs, one the lungs and the other the intestines. He is inthe hosptial operated by the state of Morelos. He immediately had to have. pints of blood. A ll the Christians in the area are in shock over t h i sincident. We ask your prayers for our mutual brother in the Lord. As Iwrite this let ter the doctors s t i l l aren't able to make any guarantees reg a r d i n g h i s lifemong the act ivi t ies for next summer I have two invitations to teachin two Christian Service Camps. One i s in the s t a t e of Chihuahua and theother the state of Coahuila, Mexico. These are camps of our churches andof course they do not give any economical help to the participants. Thoseof us who accept these responsibilities do so with great joy, but we musttake care of our own expenses. Since I don't have a fund to cover_ gasolineI-don t know i f I ll be able to attend and take part in these two camps.The c o s t w i l l be about 500.00 d o l l a r s .In spi te of a l l the things that have happened the Christians atZacatapec haven't lost their enthusiasm and devotion for Christ . I v ehad to spend most of my time in the hospital lately, but I haven't nea-lected my visi ts nor the services there. The hospitals a re differenthere than in the United States, Here someone has to be in the room almost a l lthe time to meet the needs of the patient. This is not taken care of bythe h o s p i t a l s t a f f . ^

morelos HRISTI N MISSIONEDU RDO ND EV RRI G

m i s s i o n a r i e sAPDO. POSTAL 22 7CUAUTLA. MORELOS

M E X I C O

Newsletter for the Month of February, 1985

My family and I g r e e t you and wish you th e b e s t . Durinq t h e whole monthof February we have had good health, for which we give God thanks.In t h i s p a r t of the world warm weather has begun. From the news weunderstand that other parts continue to have snow and consequently cold weather. Here, that is a l l over for this year, the people are already going swimming, though it s not r e a l l y t h a t warm y e t .I would l i k e t o t e l l you about th e condi t ion o f Brother Victor ManuelValencia who was shot in January. The doctors say that he is out of dangerbut around the middle of February he had an internal hemorrhage that was verybad. They had to give him eight pints of blood. All of us at the church aredonating blood to cover the blood used from the hospital 's supply.On February 16 17 we had a mini-revival in Zacatepec. On Sunday afternoon we showed a Bible film , and as a resul t of the two days of preachingthere were 13 confessions of fai th, for which we again give thanks to the Lord

I don't l ike to report bad news but a l l of this is a part of l i f e .A l i t t l e ten year old g i r l named Loudes, the daughter of Maria ElenaPrilido de Bailon, caught her hand in a mill that is used for grinding thecooked corn t o make the dough from which t o r t i l l a s are made. The doctors aretrying to save her hand. We are praying that this g i r l so young with a l l oflife ahead o f h e r w i l l n o t l o s e h e r h a n d .Loudes i s a member o f my daughter Carmen's c l a s s and th e whole c l a s s o fc h i l d r e n i s praying f o r h e r .Thank you for your prayers and your support. We continue t o ask yourprayers

B d u a r d o a n d E v a

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F OR W AR DI Nu gentr i v e r t o n CHRISTIAN CHURCH^ . 7th an d ALLEN DRIVEFrances M Baker erton. ilcnoisNewsletter for March, 1985 0^2Dear Priends, Riverton, IL 62561.

May th e L or d b l e s s youoDuring th e month of March, we have done a lo t of travelingo No, we haven tbeen on vacation but i t has served as a change, even thou^ i t really has been tiring.We attended two important meetings of th e graduates of Colegio Biblico and theBilin g u a l Convention t h a t i s held every year a t Colegio Biblico.The f i r s t meeting of the graduates was held in Saltillo in the Mexican Stateof Coauila; and the second in Ea^e Pass Texas where Colegio Biblico i s located. Iwas reelected president of both groups ajid I hope with God's help to be able to do agood job. The next meeting of th e graduates is in September in Saltillo Coahuila

SQEIZLII I would l ike bo t e l l you our plans for th is summer. Public school here in Mex-ic o is out th e l a s t week in June, and we will have ou r Vacation Bible Schools the f i r s ttwo weeks of July. The third week of July I'm supposed to teach in a young peoples'

camp in the Mexican State of Coahuila, and the fourth week I'm scheduled to teach inanother ceimp in the State of Nuevo Leon. The first week of August will be in the Stat?-of Chihuahua. Diiring a ll these activities we ar e praying the Lord s will will be donein our l i v e s. We d o n t have these extra a c t i v i t i e s figured in our budget we j u sttr ust by f ai th t ha t i f i t be th e Lord s will that we be in service in these places thissummer He will help us. We will need 500.00 American dollars) to cover these exp e n s e s

During th e time that I l l be away th e men of th e church and Saul Lagunes who is amember of th e church and presently studying a t Colegio Biblico will be in charge inmy place. I m having c la ss es f or the men of the church twice r- week, for th e purposepreparing them fo r future elders and deacons. We have had great progress, fo r whichwe g i v e God t h a n k s .Moving on to th e next item, we want to thank, from th e bottom of our hearts thepersons that sent money for the church benches. We now have thGm finishes. We havereceived t he B ib le s t ha t one of th e people who c?3,Tiie to hslp TTith th o construction ofbuilding promised to give to -the church-at Zacat^po^i. -Thank you very much.

We also want to thank you fo r the money s e n t for my operation.Brother Victor Rodrigues Valencia who ^-is shot in January was s^nt to the Centra],Hospital in Mexico City because of complications that the hospital here couldn t handle.

We a sk yo u t o continue to r em em be r h im in your pr ayer s .The l i t t l e girl Lourdes, who almost l ost her hand in a co m mill has now begun

to move her fingers. They had to do some g ra ft in gj b ut th e doctor says that other thansome scu:s sh e sh ou ld r egai n f u l l use of h e r handoWe have just about finished building th e fence aro\ind th e church property a t Za-catepee. The footings for th e fence or wall across the back i s finished. Then a ll welack is th e wall along one side of the property. I e build as we have funds. We havea few more people now and most of them ar e faithfully f u lf il li n g t he ir responsibilities

t o th e Lord in ste wa irdship.Several baptisms are planned for Easter Sunday. That week we l l have servicesevery n i g h t an d specisQ. s e r v i c e s on Sunday.Maria Elena Pulido Lourdes mother, i s expecting a child around the middle of

April. She has had a very di ffi cul t pregnancy. The doctor has quite a b i t of concernf o r t h e ba by. We a s k you t o p r a y f o r h e rThe hot weather has begun with fervor a t Zacatepee. I t has already been up to100 degrees. One good thing i s that in the State of Morelos there is ple nty of water

a n d for th t w e a r e t h a n k f u l

Dear brethren and friends9 thank you again for your prayers and your support. MayGo d b l e s s y o u .

I n C h r i s t s l o v e Bduardo Ev a

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MORELOS CHRISTIAN MISSIONE D U A R D O A N D E V A A R R I A G A

MISSIO N A RIESNewsletter f o r A pri l 1985

MEXICO

D e a r Friend s in th e f a i th o f Jesus Chr i s t :y wife my children and I send you greetings and we pray t he Lord that His blessingand peace will be with you. e ar e all well for which we give thanks to odThis time of year in this part of the world is very hot. The average temperatureis 95 but there ar e days when the temperature gets up as high as 100. But at th esame time i t is very beautiful here this time of year. All th e fields ar e covered withflowers and there is f r u i t in aboundance. They have j u s t begun the mango harvest.In the state of Morelos we have a bo ut twenty-five different kinds of th is f r uit .Sister Maria Elna Prelido had he r baby and in spite of some problems with he r health

everything went fine for which we a ga in thank th e Lord. The baby and th e mother ar eboth doing f i ne. Thank you f o r your prayers.During th e month of April there is a national day in honor o f c hi ld re n. In th echurch we celebrate t h i s special da y with cake and g am es.e have extended the lengt h of th e roof of the church building to p rov ide a shadedarea where the children s Sunday School classes can be held. At the same time i t is veryuseful when we have special services. This of course is ju st temporary until we get more

c lass rooms bu i l t

e have just about fin is he d t he fence at th e back of t he b ui ld in g and at th e fronta ll we lack is a metal railing that we plan to place there on th e low back wall. Thegrates are more expensive however and i t will probably be some time before we ll haveenough money to bu y them.

The members have planted banana trees on the property and i t looks like we re soongoing tojbe eating bananas.During th e month of April th e young people have been in charge of the order of th eworship in the church services. They precided le d the singing and t oo k c ha rg e of a llth e other things in a worship service. Our attendance has also grown considerably for

w h i c h we a re th an k fu lI have some good news to t e l l you a t least i ts good news for us. Our daughter.Carmen has made the decision to go to Colegio Biblico at Eagle Pass Texas. She hasn t

sent he r application in yet so we don t know if sh e l l be accepted but this is herdecision and as her parents we are praying for he r and asking you to pray fo r her also.Our b r o t h e r Victor Marruel Rodrigue continues to improve. The doctors arepreparing him for two more operations which he s t i l l needs.We ll be close to the b or de r d ur in g the summer and will have an opportunity to v i s i tColegio Biblico. So if you should have anythi ng you would like to send us or the churchwe ll be able to pick i t up at that time if you send i t to the Colegio Biblico address.In Ma rch we received several boxes with shoes and clothes which were a big help to th e

church members he r e . B r o th er Paul E Black o f I l l ino is s e n t some boxes c o n t a i n i n g verygood shoes which were well received by the Christians. The church a t Delta Coloradosent c l o t h e s . e are very g r a t e f u l to a ll who have helped in th is way.

e need supplies fo r the of f ice and f or th e Vacation Bible Schools. We d be verya pppr e c ia tive i f yo u could help us with t h i se are thankful fo r your spiritual and economical support and pray the Lord willcontinue t o bl ess you.

In th e L o r d s workEduardo an d family


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M O R E L O S C HR IS TIA N M I S SI O NE D U A R D O A N D E V A A R R I A G A

NEHSIETTER FOR M Y 1985 MISSIONARIESBrothers and Friends in Christ Jesus,

A PD O. P OS TA L 2 2 7C U A U T L A M O R E L O S

M E X I C O

God ha s been with us and we t r u s t and p r ^ that He is with you also.The Angle of the Lord camps around those who rear Him and He derends themIn Mexico, Mother s Day falls on th e lOth of May no matter what day ofth e week that date falls on. This year on that date we had a special day ofthanksgiving. The young people of the Church organized a special program honorin g theiv mothers which included a special meal.

Our aveiSigB attendance dropped a little during May due mainly to a lot ofsickness, espicially with th e children. These hot and rainy months are very dangerous because of so much stomach sickness y and also due to a fly that carriesa serio us disease t h a t on o c ca si on s c au se s even death. Those who are affectedmost by the sicknesses ar e the children, because even though there is an abundanceof ripe fruit they insist on e at in g t he fruit that is s t i l l green, fhey especially like to ea t green mangos with salt and lemon juice but this causes diarrheathat can be very dangerous. I t s very easy for the children to get t he f tr ui tactually around here a ll they have to do is reach out their hands.

We have had people who are highly qualified in this feild come to the children on special days and talk to all the members of the church who attend andteach them how they can avoid these risks and in this way we have made someprogress in t h i s constant fight.We are making plans fo r a special revival to be held the week of October7t h to the I3th , which is the date we will be celebrating the congregationsanniversa ry. We ll be inviting an evangelist for th e week.We have a f ul l schedule o f work for t hi s summer, beginning with the monthof July and that is just a month away. We begin our Vacation Bible School thefirst week of July. The second Sunday of July we are having a spe ci al ser vi cein honor of a ll our graduates. Then we ll be leaving to f u l f i l l our cooanitments

a t C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e Camps.Brofeher Victor Manuel Rodriguez Valencia will undergo surgery th e 20th ofJune. We as k for your prayers on his behalf.Since th e beginning of th e year t he c hi ld re n in th e Sunday School classeshave been seding their offerings to some of the young people in Colegio Bibicowho have visited th 8 church hei^e. These offerings are sent every month and wehave been pleased to see how they have grown. I t makes us happy to know that anew generation of Christians is growing up that will enjoy the responsibility ofsupporting the Lordf^s work. Dear friens and brethem th e Lord s work continues.We as k you for your prayers. Thank you for your spiritual and economical support.We clfflse i n t h e name o f J e s u s C h r i s t o u r L o r d

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M O R E L O S C HR IS T IA N M IS SI O NEDU RDO AN D E V A RRI G

MISS ION RIESNEWSLETTE5R - J u n e - A u o u s t 1985 apdo. postal 22?^ CUAUTLA MONGLOS

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Dear Brethren and FriendsGreetings in the love of Christ. We are all in good health fo r which we give Godthanks and we hope this le t ter finds you well also.The month of July was the last month of vacation fo r th e yoving people who ar e attending college so we try to take advantage of this by planning picnics and o th er Outdoor activities. The young people of the church use some of their time during the va- .cation to clean up and do other jobs around the church building.We continue the preparations for the celebration of the first anni^yersaiy of the construction of the church building when we plan to have a jrevival with an evangelistinvited to preach. pray that odwill make this meeting a succefes and we ask youto join us in these prayers.July was a difficult time for th e l i t t le children. I t has rained a lo t and th e water supply has become contaminated causing diarrhea and other stomach problems amongthem. The government has made medicines available which has helped some.We also ask your prayers for our children Carmen and Eduardo Jr who are attending Colegio Biblico this year along with Saul Lagunes. Saul is entering his thirdyearo August was a very busy month as we took a l l three to border to school. We wereaway from- home fo r a week but i t was not a vacation. We arrived a t the border on Sun-I day and attended church services and ijnmediately I was asked to speak at the servicesthere that same nighto The following Sunday I spoke at two different churches one in

one a t night. I n a dd it io n I spoke two different times to th e studentsat Colegio Biblico during t h ei r chapel services.During our absence the young people of the church at Zacatepec were in charge ofth e p ro gr am s a nd ac t iv i t i e s f o r th e week.We ve had so much rain that i t has caused damage.passable and some fainners have lo st their crops.Brother Romulo Segura was made sick by a weed killer that he was using in his comfields. He is much better now but hi s headaches and paralysis of h is mouth continue.We ask your prayers f o r him. have just about finished smoothing the walls of the church building and as soonas this is finished we re going to paint them with the paint that was provided by a manthat is an elder of Riverton Christian Church the church that serves as my forwardingagent. The church a t Zacatepec thanks him in the name of Jesus.Oct. 12thp we celebrate the f i r s t anniversary of the construction of our churchbuilding and we have special services planned including a church dinner. There willalso be several baptisms^ along with possible others from seirvices that day. Again weas k f o r your p r a y e r s .Again we thank you and pray God will bless your lives as you work for JesusCh rist. In the Lord love.

The roads are practically im-

Eduardo Aggiaga.


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NTO ^LrTTPR: September - O c t o b e r 1985D ea r P ri en î s in C hr is t J e s u s

^ fMORELOS CHRISTIAN MISSIONEDUARDO AND EVA ARRIAGA

m i s s i o n a r i e sA PD O. P O ST AL 2 2 7CUAUTLA. MORELOS

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^reetinqs best wishes to a ll of vou, By th e t ime you receive this vou v/illhave hearr^ a l l about the t e r r i b l e earthquake in th e c a p i t a l o^ our countrv.T ha ^ th e honor bein^ p a r t o f th e f i r s t cjroup o f eneroencv v/orkers formed bv th eT?ed Cross in Cuautla. T usef^ picks anr^ shovels a lo na w ith th e Bible to t r v to o f f e rconfort. T cane across some very saequra is now doinq well fo r which we aret h a n k f u l .êar ^riends m^/ truck needs new t i r e s an d I m not able to bu v them out o f th erenuiar supnort we receive. Last ûqust T qot a loan from th e bank in ^âqle PassBrother Harold cibbs was m^/ co-siqner) to fix th e diferential on the truck. T alsobouqht a fuel pumo and a few other oarts that needed to be renlaced. T qo t the loanoecause I m not able to qet that much nonev toqether a t one time. Brother Gibbsthen makes th e mmonthlv pavments to th e bank ou t of our reqular monthlv support.For th is reason I m askinq vou the favor of helninq me bwv the t ir e s for the truckIf vou send money to Prances Baker fo r this nlease state that i t s for th e t ires.Tires here cost the equivalent of each. Thank vou in the name of th e Lord.T close wishinq vou the best th e Lord jesus ca n qive to those who love Him ands e r v e H i m .

T^ d u ard o A r r i a q a


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3C/yOctober, 19R5 - January, 1936

Dear Prienrls i n C h ri st J es usPlease a cc ep t ou r q r e e t i n q s Vfe continue workinn for the My w ife has been al i t t l e side because of her bloo^ pressure, anti as a r e s u l t she has continuous hea aches.

iTxcept fo r t h a t she i s f i n e . T am f i n e for l^*hich T am thankful .Before t he c ons tr uc ti on o f the church bui ldinq, we were serving i n s i x places;Yecapixtla , Chatcalzinqo, Cuautla , Meian


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'k* have finished the wall around th^? church nror^rtv. ^low we have to two wallsin thj? biiil linq to rxit in concrete colunns wh^re the walls cracker iûcinq thoearthquakes. are qoinq to have to fV> this soon because the cracks continue to qetwide r .

T*n a l i t t le sari about r?/ truck, Tt seernes like i t iust waite^^ until the enr^ of theyear activities were over an'^ then i t went to nieces, T've taken the heaii oT^ the enqinean?^ it a conolete over haul. T brounht this enqine with o^ferlnqs fron von al i t t l e over 3 vears aqo an^ i t nw/ has 1^0,000 niles on i t . The renairs will cost about 3S0,0n.

In reqar s to -t act ivi t ies in qeneral T woul'^ l ike to le t vou know that in.êpterber T v/as n^ne l the nre~i ent of th a t t json^ ?fren*s school. TtiOecenb-;?r, I /a:^ invlto-^ by f:he overnor of the s tate t-^ be a oart of a iroun ofprofessionals tha t are vôrkinq on the drur a fi iction nroblen anonq /ouno r>eo 7le. Thesethings '.i on't take too riuch oF iiv tine ani I feel a responsibilitv to do som thinqs liketh i s . The governor -doesn t rv?,v anythinq for this^ i t ent i re lv voluntarv,

Wo are verv qrateful to th e ioany frienii-^ who recentlv sent boxes of real 'ôof^ shoesand clothinq to lê îstrihiite

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