THE BEEMANS

Merlvn and Wanda

Directors

B9
NiNOS de MEXICO

THE BADERS
Don and Vi

Associate Directors

Apartado Postal 51 Texcoco, Mexico

Mexico

FORWARDING AGENT:

PACKAGE ADDRESS:
Ninos de Mexico

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cowan Rt, 1 Box 310V

3310 B Lane

Washington. Mo.

63090

Laredo, Texas 78040

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JANUARY

1976

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that child. Everyone thought it was a great idea and on Christmas Eve they all voted to take their gifts to the other orphanage on Christmas morning before they opened their own gifts. It was a wonderful time of sharing and a great learning experience for our children.

As we s t a r t a

new year

untouched

and unmarred,

Unblemished and flawless,

unscratched and unscarred,

May we try to do better and accomplish much more

And be kinder and wiser

than in the year gone before Let us wipe our slates clean and start over again.

For God gives this privilege to all sincere men

Vho will humbly admit they have failed many ways

But are willing to try and improve these "new days' By asking God's nelp in all that they do
And counting on Him to refresh and renew

Their courage and failfh when things go wrong

And the way seems dark and the road rough and long
What Will You Do

With This Year That's So New???

The choice is yours God leaves that to You.'

--Helen Steiner Rice

OUR KIDS

LEARN TO

SHARE

Greetings from Ninos

Unit

One. Then home to open gifts I It was

afternoon before this was finished. We had told the children e a r l i e r that their Christmas would be smaller

I'm sorry that all

We had such a

of

December's

news didn't f i t but I ' l l try to get everything in this time.

nice Christmas but

after everything was over realized that he had only

slides and

Merlyn taken
Oh

than usual this year because not

as

no black and white.

many gifts were sent from the States as in the past. No one seemed to
mind and from the presents that were

vjell, I ' l l try to tell you about it.

Christmas Eve we had our tradi

tional "Noche Buena" supper.

Unit

piled up for Merlyn and myself we certainly feel that the children
aren't selfish. Fidel and Isalas

Two joined us and our married

were a l l home. Beto was

kids

home from

gave us all their

went to work at the

furniture
Home in

(they
San

Colegio Biblico and after supper we

all gathered for singing, the nati vity story and prayer. Early in December we had dis
covered an orphanage in Texcoco that is really a sad situation. We want our kids to learn to give as
well as receive so we asked them

Luis PotosI on January 5 and decided

to buy all new when they got there).

I t i s the f i r s t time in ten years

that Merlyn and I have had a bedroom

set. Lauro and Melania gave us

if they would like to get the names of all the children in the orpha
nage and each one draw a name and

two trees for the patio and managed to have them planted without us knowing it. Most of the rest of the children went together in small

groups and bought things for Merlynfe

office or for the house. There was

from their allowance buy a gift for

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JANUARY 1976

everything from pictures and plaques for the walls to napkin holders
for the tables.

New Year's Eve was a special time. The church joined us here at the Home for a lovely service and we were on our knees asking God's

help as the New Year began.

We

started praying at 20 minutes

'til

twelve thinking we would end right after midnight but it was nearly twelve thirty before the last
"Amen" was heard and I served
tamales and atole to everyone.

PABLO AND HECTOR AND

JOHN MARK

ON TOP

MARTIN ON BOTTOM

I'm sure many of you will rejoice with us over the phone call we got last Sunday night, the 25th. No4 called to say that the list of "out of state" students accepted into the University of Veracruz medical schx) 1 had finally been posted and his name
was on it. He started classes a t

7 A.M. the next day. There were many students that were not admitted
PETRA AND JOSE

so we feel very fortunate that

made it. Thank the Lord for

No

PREPARE

"MASA" FOR 400 TAMALES

answer

ed prayerl Noe plans to be a medi cal missionary. " PTea's^remember Tiim

We have 62 children here in Unit one now and we are a l i t t l e short on a few items. We have eleven
in your prayers.
Just before Noe left for the

boys without beds.

kets to cover with came to us but

At least they
blan
are so they like

have a floor to sleep on and

University the church here in the village presented him with a special gift for his desk with a plaque

better than they were before

we would

they
to

saying, "With gratitude Church in Chicoloapan".

served as minister here

from No^
in

the had
the

give them bunks.

more cribs.
the same crib causes

Also,

we

need
If their blan

village since 1968.

Two one year olds in

sleepless

nights for mommy and daddy. they aren't fighting over bottle they fight over their
ket.

NOE

RECEIVES

SPECIAL

RECOGNITION

Again, thank you for helping

start another year.
A

us

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JULIO AND

JORGE

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VOLUME

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JANUARY 1976

NUMBER

NOW 1976!
January has gone, and we still wondering where i t went. has been a busy month here at
2. Let us share some of our

should eliminate

some of

the

con

are This Unit

month

fusion when everyone ready for school.

The
will

is

getting

foundation work has

two houses.

been

with you.
Work has started to connect the

started for the dining room

connect the

which
I t will

middle house on the property

the main house.
the middle

with
in
two

The three rooms

become

be built in the patio area off the kitchen. Our dining facilities are quite small, and i t v/ill really be

house w i l l

a blessing to have the

area.

expanded

boys bedrooms with a bath and

be used as our chapel when we

a
are

large playroom. This room will also

able to hold regular services here in Huexotla. The plastering is all

J
WORKING ON THE FOUNDATION

WORK ON THE MIDDLE HOUSE

One thing that made this month special was two weeks spent with Rodney and Maysel Northrup. Many of you will be familiar with them and
their work in Saltillo, Mexico.

done and nearly dry enough to paint,

There is s t i l l some electrical work

They came to present

conference
The first
1 2.
the

on the Christian Family.

to do, but as soon as the bathroom is finished we can move the boys in.

week services were held at Unit and the second week here a t Unit

The girls will then be moved into the larger bedroom now occupied by the boys and the boys and girls
will each have a bathroom. This

This was more than just a

ence for us because it was

confer
and the

first services held here,

start

of

what we hope will be

the

JACK WORKS ON THE BOYS BEDROOM

FIRST

SERVICES

IN

HUEXOTLA

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JANUARY 1976

church in Huexotla.

We had

between

20 and 30 each evening.

Then Friday

evening we had a film and there were 54 in attendance. Pray with us for a full time Spanish speaking
minister
churches

to
that

serve
have

in the
been

several
in

started

this area. Without someone working full time there is no way to con tinue regular services here in Hue
xotla. The contacts have been made

here in the village, and we will have special services from time to time, but there is such a need for
a full time m i n i s t e r .

While Rodney and Maysel were liere we took advantage of an extra van and took both Units on a picnic. We drove over the mountains, about a 2 hour drive, to Oaxtepec. We enjoy

EVERYONE

IS

HUNGRY

ed a day of swimming
in the sun.

and

relaxing

The fifteen chickens

We were able to get our library organized this month and it has al ready been well used. Right now we
have more volumes in our library

and several gallons of potato salad

didn't last very
hungry people.

long with over 8 0

than the local high school and grade schools have no libraries
all. Since most of our volumes

the at
are

in English, we are trying to add

as

''ft'-.

many in Spanish as we can.

PLAYING

IN

THE

SUN

OUR NEW LIBRARY

VJe thank you for your prayers and support and the love you show us in so many ways. We just couldn't do
i t without you.

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DON AND VI'S ONE AND ONLY

EXTRA

1975
The year 1975 is now history and i t certainly was an exciting one. It is impossible to give you all the details, so let me list just a few. We spent a longer time in the states this year than we ever have before, traveling nearly 52,000 miles and without any major trouble. We trav
eled from as far southeast as Orlan

do, Florida
northwest

to
corner

the
of

very
the

extreme
state of TRAVELING IN THE SNOW

Washington, visiting
at the United States -

the Peace Arch

Canadian bor

der, Blaine, Washington. To our knowledge we missed only two sched uled appearances, one due to a heavy
snow storm while in Nebraska and one

better than ever.

We plan to make 1976 an even

cancellation because of our daugh ter's wedding in July. We made 102 presentations, worked in 5 camps, 8 Vacation Bible Schools, and shared
in 3 Faith Promise Rallies. We at
tended the North American Christian

greater year than '75 if possible. We want to see as many people as possible and tell of the work of Ninos de Mexico. How about your area? Could ve come by for a visit? Perhaps for one night, or for camp or VBS, or any way we could fit in to your church program. The 1976 tour is now being put together aid we would like to hear from you. We are doing i t just a bit differently this year in that our forwardhg agent is taking care of all of our scheduling. So why not write to
him TODAY.' Tell him how we can

serve you in your ladies' group, men's meeting, church services or other meetings. Write to Ron Cowan Rt.l Box 310V, Washington, Missou r i , 63090. We understand many re
quests are already in.
BREAKING PIfJATA AT VBS
Convention and the National Mission

P.O. BOX CLOSED

For a number of years we have had a post office box in Union,Mo. (P.O.Box 287). Because we feel the need of keeping everything in one central area we are closing the P. O. Box as of April 1. All mail for
us should now be sent to Ron Cowan Please note
******

ary Convention. It was our pleasure to again be invited to be a part of

the Northwest Schools of Mission.

So you can see and wonderful most exciting the reporting in Mexico and

i t was a very busy year. Probably the part of the year was of the work going on telling about our new
de Mexico and

in Washington, or to our Mexico ad

dress. this all

second unit of Ninos

our ever growing

ing 71 children.

family now number

church paper editors.

ThanksJ

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Ninos De Mexico
Informer
What is an informer? Well, a

JUST FOR YOU

Enclosed with this newsletter is a special insert about our 197 6 VBS
program. We think i t is the best

"Ninos de Mexico
haps you. We

informer"
into

is per
1000
their

are looking for

de

yet and we

want you to have one for

this summer. It

persons who will go out

never heard of Ninos

your Bible School

own area and find 25 people who have

Mexico and

includes a taped program for

each about

day's mission

program.

Just think,

sign them up to receive our newslet

you would not have to worry

ter. Now isn't that easy? You are not asking for money or labor, just their willingness to receive our

getting some one to read the mission

lesson because we will be there per sonally {by means of the tape) to

free newsletter.

If you would like

tell you what we are

doing.

Hov;

to become an informer we will send you a large button to wear that

would you like to spend some time at our school and actually hear the
teacher present the school lesson or
go out to the barn and hear the ani

says "Ninos de Mexico - Ask Me", a pamphlet to give to the new friend,
and an enrollment card to mail back

mals, or sing along with us as we go

to church on the
other things.
on the insert.

to us with the name of the new

son. Well, how about it? Want

per
to

Lord's day.

Each

help? If so, send your name to Ron Cowan, Rt, 1 Box 310V, Washington , Mo,, 63090, Won't you help us this
year by finding our 25 new families Re

lesson is 10 minutes in length. There is also a film strip and many

Write to the address

that we can
with through

become better acquaiited

newsletter.

member

we will

not at any time ask

your friends for money.'.'

Special offer
For the 1975 VBS packet we made

Need Some

Help
I am looking
Ninos of de the

a record of our family singing 10 songs and quoting 10 memory verses all in Spanish. We really had a good time doing this and many of
the VBS programs in the states said

for slides of the

Mexico back children in

they had a lot of

these records left

fun
and

trying

to
with of

house of

the early years, 1968 to 1972.

have slides

We
with

sing these familiar choruses our family. We have several

would like

the house in the background but not many of the house itself. Do any of
you who have visited the home have

for you to have one. As long as they last, we will send you one free to add to your library of
Great Moments in Musical History.

slides

of

our

house?

If you

do

could you send them to me, let me make a copy of them and then return them to you? Please send them to our forwarding agent. Thanks so
much.'
k

If you want one just write to Ron (he sure gets a lot of mail doesn't he) in Washington and he will see

that

it

is

sent

to

you.

Hurry

it

though, because there are only a few

ie

left.

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THE BEEMANS

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

ews
NII<gOS de MEXICO

THE BADERS
Don and Vi Associate Directors

Apartado Postal 51 Texcoco, Mexico

Mexico

FORWARDING AGENT;

PACKAGE ADDRESS:
Ninos de Mexico

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cowan Rt. 1 Box 310V

3310 B Lane

Washington, Mo.

63090

Laredo, Texas 78040

VOLUME

XI

FEBRUARY

1976

NUMBER

Good Old

and Chela's parents,

older brothers and

Hildebferto's
sisters and

February
It is a lovely sunny day in the valley of Mexico. It is warm for February and there is very little wind. It has been a good month and
we have so much to be thankful for.

Merlyn and myself as witnesses. Then at 7 PM Merlyn had the reli gious ceremony^ also here at the house but in our large dining room.
Vicki made Chela's dress and veil

had a wonderful birthday on the ninth. I don't feel thirtyfour but then maybe I don't know what thirty-four is supposed to feel like, No and Petra stayed over until 4 AM to get the kids up to sing "Las Mananitas" and "Happy Birthday" to me and then they caught the 5 AM bus back to the University of Veracruz. Ibon baked a beautiful birthday cake

and Ibon made the wedding cake and Vicki decorated it. Vi played the piano and Millie Shold sang. It was all very beautifully decorated
with cedar
bows. Vicki

and

pink

and

white
the

also

made a l l

corsages and bouquets. The was packed with Hildeberto's

Graciela's families and friends.

room and

Kildeberto is working
Garay in nearby
driver while he finishes

for
his

Casa
truck
school

Texcoco as a

(green to match my eyes') and all day long presents arrived. My nieces and nephews from Unit II brought me a beautiful denim embroidered jacket. It was a beautiful day.

ing. Chela has finished primary and secondary school and has almost completed a secretarial course. Please remember them in your prayers as they start their new life toge
ther.

hr? i
"

OUR SON AND A GIFT FROM UNIT II

HIS

WIFE

On the fifteenth of February Hildeberto, one of our older sons, married a lovely girl from the next

We always appreciate visitors and we really appreciated Mike Wilson's visit. Our washing machine had
been out of order for a week

village.
Mel^ndez.

Her name

is

Graciela
"Chela".

We c a l l her

They had their civil ceremony at 5 PM in Merlyn's office with the town president (mayor) officiating

and nobody could figure out what was wrong. All the girls had blisters on their hands from washing on the
wash board and Mike walked in ask

ed a couple of questions and in

NINOS

NEWS

FEBRUARY 1976

minute figured out the problem. He also spent time in the carpenter shop. Thank you, Mike, for your
visit to Ninos.

.mmr -rm, l

ir

mm
V v.V

THE CAMPERS

Our baby crib situation has de finitely improved. Steve Shold came to build four nev; cribs and three
MIKE WILSON ON THE JOB

youth bunk beds. Gaudencio and Lauro did the finish work as Steve

Don and Vi came the first part of the month and brought us a lot
of belated Christmas.
ness of all of those who

supervised them.
it.
for

Gaudencio has just

and Steve

started carpentry work

assures us that he is very

the new beds.

good

at

We
sent

are
such

We need ten crib size mattresses

really thankful for the thoughtfulwonderful gifts. The kids were

really happy to see "Tio" Don again

and he seldom s i t s down without

=> lap full.

OUR CARPENTERS GAUDENCIO AND LAURO

As the month closes out PABLO, LORENA, TIO DON AND PATI

I'm

mak

ing preparations to go into the hospital for a couple of operations.

I ask for your prayers that I will soon be back with my family. Also, remember Merlyn^..in your prayers as

Our kids love camping and hiking and five of them took off early Friday the 21st to spend the night
up in the mountains behind our

he has to take

care

of everything

house. They packed enough food to feed an army and then had me cook
i t before they left so i t wouldn't take them so long. If anyone has any old boy scout or camping equip ment stored away that you aren't using our kids would really put i t to good use. Since most of our camping includes hiking back packs are a big help and small tents and other items one can carry on his
back.

all alone again. If all goes as planned I will spend the first week of March in the hospital. Thank you all again for all you
do for Ninos de Mexico. We love our

work and we really appreciate making i t possible for us to

here.

your be

The mountains just back of

house go up to 12,000 feet ASL.

our

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THE YARNELLS

VOLUME

II

FEBRUARY

197 6

NUMBER

February has really been a month to give thanks. We've just been over whelmed by His goodness and what He does through you, our friends in
the United States. It's been Thanks

Application has now been made

and

we should be "hooked up" very soon.

If you remember I once said that our children come in "3s". Well, we've done it again but this time two of our "orphans" have 4 feet and fuz zy ears. General and Scaredy Cat
took a back seat as we welcomed #10 to Unit 2. His name i s Tomlis Jos^.

giving all month long.

First things first, though. Febru ary has had beautiful sunny cfeys and some crisp cool ones. On one of those clear days we took the 9 kids
to Xochimilco for a f l o a t down the

He was 8 months old February 2 has a ready smile for everyone.

and

river and a picnic. With us some special friends, John Bonita Pryor now working with neer Bible Translators. They

were and Pio were were

FIND A

HOME AT UNIT

Tomas was left in the hospital

November.
FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER

in
of

There

i s no record

on their way to Jungle Camp for four months but stayed with us for several days before heading south. They made a big hit with the kids and sang for us several times be fore they had to leave.

either parent. We knew he was there and had inquired about him and the possibilities of getting him. One Wednesday moring we went to Spanish lessons where we received a message to go to the hospital for the baby. When we arrived home we
called a l l the kids to the car and

"gave" them their new baby

brother.

The only problem has been Leticia (4 yrs.). Everytime we drive in, she wants to know if we brought her another babyI

BONITA

&

JOHN

SING

FOR THE

KIDS

One special day this month brought word that our electricity has been
taken care of. A check arrived for

the entire amount and thank you is very inadequate for how we feel.

TOMaS MEETS HIS BROTHERS

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FEBRUARY 1976

NESTOR & GENIE IN THEIR UNIFORMS

TOMAS ENJOYS HIS BATH

The 25th Nestor celebrated his

Genie and Nestor have been involved

12th

with a week of competition at school.

The older kids from 6 or 7 area

schools compete in everything

ley ball. Their school didn't champions but we think we have

from
end a

birthday. He picked a special birth day dinner and invited "Tia" (Aunt) Wanda and "Tio" (Uncle) Merlyn and a friend from school. As a special
treat "Tia" Vi and "Tio" Don
were here, too.

track events to basketball and vol

(Bader)

couple of winners anyway.

f-

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY NESTOR

EVERYONE CHEERS THEIR SCHOOL

The love of friends, a new baby, the start of another year for our son,
how could such a short month hold

so much? We can only marvel at what the Lord might have in store
for MarchJ

A <.-

NESTOR JUMPS

IN

THE

BROAD JUMP

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THE BEEMANS

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors ?v -

^
-"

ilf
NINOS de MEXICO

THE BADERS
Don and Vi Associate Directors

Apartado Postal 51
Texcoco, Mexico
Mexico

FORWARDING AGENT:

PACKAGE ADDRESS:
Ninos de Mexico

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cowan Rt- 1 Box 310V

3310 B Lane

Washington, Mo.

63090

Laredo, Texas 78040

VOLUME

XI

MARCH 197 6

NUMBER

MARCH
Well, I can't say March was one of our happiest months but the Lord
did take care of us and for this

we give Him thanks.

The first week of March I spent in the hospital with very good re sults. I thank the Lord again for watching over me. Also, a special thank you to all who wrote and sent
cards.

MEMO AWAITS

SURGERY

him. He's mean, won't obey, he steals, he lies, he runs away. I tell her we don't normally accept children with parents and she begs and begs that I take him. She tells
me t h a t she doesn't care an animal what I do

with him.
room like

"Just lock him up in

because

a
he

doesn't understand anything else", she tells me. I asked her, "you
WANDA IN THE HOSPITAL

Before I got out of the hospital we found out that Memo's leg was getting worse and as the doctor had feared over a year ago when he pulled his leg out of socket he needed a steel insert in his leg to overcome the part of the bone that is dying. He went into the hospital the week of the 17th. The operation was very successful and
the doctor assures us that he

can't love him?" She tells me, "you can't love him. He doesn't respond to love." I assured her I couldn't take the boy without Merlyn's consent so she would have to come back when Merlyn was home. She came and talked to Merlyn and we now have a new son, Julio Vargas, age 11. He is one of the most loving little boys I've ever seen. It's funny how any normal little boy responds to He was sitting out in the with me today and he said
EXCUSE ME, MOMMY" patio

should have no

further

trouble.

I Care!
what do you do when a woman comes and says, "I want to give you my son"? I asked her why and
she t e l l s me he is so bad that

"When do we

leave

here?"

said,

"Why,Julio, do you want to leave? Do you want to live someplace else?" He

put his arms around me and said, "No, I never want to leave, that's why I was asking." So I assured him
that for b e t t e r or worse this is his

there is nothing she

can do

with

NIf50S NEWS

MARCH 1976

home always.

in an extra oven, too.

For those of you who know the Yarnells personally you may want to
send a memorial

IN MEMORY
of Jack's mother, Mrs. Ethel Yarnell, Ninos de Mexico's memorial fund was

established several years ago and draws over 10% interest with only the interest being used for further
OUR NEWEST SON JULIO

expansion and needs of the work here

in Mexico.
Did I tell you that Petra is in nurses training in Jalapa, Vera cruz? She is very very happy 16ving every minute of i t . She and her brother, No^, share a teeny tiny little apartment and both come home every chance that they get. It is so wonderful watching our kids making their dreams come true.

In this way the memorial

has

truly lives on.

At the end of the month Pati

the mumps and I imagine i t won't be long before others begin to swell. So we should be having fun. Our pump burnt up and we are carrying water. That always makes

for a fun time.

kids a bath?

Did you
We decided

ever
it

try
took

to carry and heat water to too long so we put on our suits, went out in the yard
threw buckets of cold

give 6 2 swim and "is

water on each

other.

I can't exactly say i t

fun but it sure does wake you

The kids seemed to enjoy i t
than I
a nice

up.
more
in
the

did,
hot

think.

don't believe

you get quite as clean as you do

bath.

Don and Vi

left

the

end

of

month with one of their first big stops being the wedding of their
oldest son, Paul. We sure would

PETRA

IN WORK CLOTHES

Unit II is really progressing and for this we thank the good Lord and you wonderful folk who make it happen. We know you will -rejoice "With us in"~the fact that
l a s t week we made the ninth of

like to be there but i t just isn't going to be possible. To Paul and his wife to be, Tempa, we wish the very best God has. Don and Vi will then be with many of you bringing you up to date on the work here. If you would like them to drop in where you are just send our forwarding agents a note
and let them know.

The month has had its problems but progress has still been made and we realize that problems make
one stronger when he is able to over come. Thus, we are determined to
overcome.

seventeen payments on the

Unit Two

property.
One of

We are over half way.'

the main needs now is a

Eight payments to go. larger stove. Vicki has just about reached her limit cooking for fourteen to twenty on an apartment size stove three times a day but we hope to get a larger one as soon as possible. The carpenter has some of the kitchen cabinets made and we hope to get them installed before long. Because so much of our cooking is

With you backing us we know this is possible. Thanks again for making one month a reality.

that more

done in the oven we plan to build

THE

YARNELLS

VOLUME

II

MARCH 1976

NUMBER

March was quite a month bringing accomplishments, happiness and sad

ness to Unit #2.

been a small garden. Outside the cement was being mixed in large "batches" by a crew of boys from Unit #1. The cement is then put in

Two new junior beds and two cribs replaced our makeshift beds in the nursery. Getting the cribs around
the corner into the room was a real

problem.'

By taking out some

nuts

and bolts everything went in fine.

5 gallon buckets and carried up the roof via a "slanting ladder

rips
c e m e iIt

a own

is

pporl: beams
rain

forest

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MARCH

1976

On March

20th we received word

the

Lord had taken Jack's Mother,

and

so we prepared for a flying

home to be with the rest of his

trip
fam

ily. We so appreciate all the ex pressions of sympathy that we have received during this time of loss.

p.;

While we were gone the electric company finally came to hook up our
electricity so our current is much better. Hopefully we won't lose any more washing machine motors.

Hector celebrated birthday number 8 and Tony, Arturo and Firedy cele
brated new overalls.

Another month is gone, and so say again thank you, until April.

IL

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