FIELD ADDRESS

Mr. & Mrs. William Hoff

Apdo. Postal 57
Queretaro, Qro., Mexico

FORWARDING AGENTS ADDRESS

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baker
P. 0. Box 489

Goodyear, Ariz. 85338

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FEBRUARY 197^

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY

NEW COMFORT

"Your Father knows what you need, before you ask Him." Matt. 6i8. And so
it was the last of October we received news that we had been sent a check

for $1000.

Bill told me that the Lord had a purpose for that money and im

mediately I thought that something terrible was about to happenBut the

last part of November we realized why the check had been sent at that parti
cular time.
had repaired

The truck transmission had given us problems earlier and Bill

it the best that he could in Mexico# but during the National

Missionary Convention in
eral more hours

Oklahoma City it got much worse and

working on it but couldn't

Bill spent sev

guarantee that it would even last

for 50 miles.

Our destination was Phoenix but before that we had to go to Las Vegas, and
so we had several hundreds of miles to travel yet.
Our traveling took as

through rain and snow but we kept praying

that the Lord would see fit to per

mit us to reach Phoenix with this truck, and so He did.

We then had

the choice of major

repairs on this

10-year-old truck

or the

purchasing of a new one.

We were prepared to order a new one but not buy one
just yet, but again the Lord had different plans.
We looked for carry-alls
in Las Vegas and had my father and brother-in-law looking for them in Phoenix.
Finally we found one in Las Vegas that fulfilled most of the specifications
that we were hoping for.
The cost was $4896.
We continued on to Phoenix to
check on our finances and discovered that we were about $1200 short.
We made

a personal loan and as of this writing owe $1000.

towards the truck just mark your donation

towards

If you care to

contribute

"truck fund" and it will be applied

it.

The picture shows our new truck which we are proud of.
It is a deep blue
in color and seats 9 passengers. (We have had 30 young people in it already).

hurts-^Pric^ on^gasoline are u;^

It has an automatic transmission with power steering and power brakes.

Some people have asked us how the gasoline shortage is affecting us here in

Mexico.^ We are paying 46 cents_ a gallon for an 81 octane rating.

The 91
octane is 64 cents a gallon.
Bill is working at putting propane on the new
truck.

We will then pay 32 cents a gallon.

The 26th National Missionary Convention was a

real blessing for both of us.
We greatly enjoyed
the fellowship with the 200 missionaries along
with the many other Christians present.
It was
a time
of much excitement to listen to Reggie
Thomas#

J.

Russell Morse,

Max Ward Randall, and

Tom Thurman, to mention only a few.

You will be
spiritually uplifted as well as thoroughly in
formed on missions if you ever have the opportu
nity to attend a convention.
The picture shows
our display used at the convention.
A

My readers

will

"Dulces Momentos"

remember

that we

broadcast on XEDV,

FAR

have been
a

OUT TRIP

paying to have the

program

small radio station on the border of

the states of Mexico and Michoacan.

This station has brought hundreds of re
sponses and thus we have the responsibility and privilege to visit the homes
of these people and ask them to give their lives to Christ.
This area

is_.located

about 80 miles,

from Queretaro . ..and_-SO_we__had_ueyer

really been able to devote enough time to calling.

But last week Vicente and
I went out early in the morning arid spent all day calling. We had planned on
spending the night and so when the road we were on ended,
we stopped and
spent the night there.
The next morning we were up before sunrise and on our
way to another visit. The visits of those two days took us over 150 miles of
dirt road, but the responses were wonderful.
People received us and the mes
sage. We will be visiting there^ain soon so please pray for a great harvest.
CONTRIBUTORS (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)
Mrs.

M/M
M/m
M/M
M/M
M/M
M/M
M/M
M/M
M/M

G.

W.

Mrs. Wanda Harrington Buckeye,

Brandon-Athens, Ga.

Robert Legg
Lemon Grove, Ca.
Dean Confer
Mill Hall, Pa.
W. T. MerrickAvondale, Ariz.
Hiram Hunt
Las Vegas, Nev.
Ben Hoff, Jr.Atascadero, Ga.
Richard ShineLas Vegas, Nev.
Richard BakerGoodyear, Ariz.
Ben Hoff, Sr.Atascadero, Ga.
B. W. Ellis
Long Beach, Ca.

First Christian

Reno,

Nev.

Buckeye ChristianBuckeye, Ariz.

GKurchof Christ-Vanderbilt, Pa-

New Hope Christian-Columbus, Ind

First Christian
Phoenix, ArizThe Christian Ch.Atascadero, Ca.
Rachel Circle,1st Chr.-Phoenix,Az.

Ariz.

M/M Ralph Suiter

Parker, Ariz.
Mrs. Leonard Yeager Mill Hall, Pa.
Mrs. Gertrude Wiley- Forest Falls, Ca.

Long Beach, Ga.

Mrs. Lizzie McCreary Long Beach, Ca.

Mrs.

Golda Wolford

Mrs.

E.

J.

Prentice

M/M Kenneth Stewart

M/M John Brodie
M/M David King
Central Christian
Elms Flat Christian

South Gate, Ca.

Honolulu, Hi.

Buckeye, Ariz.
Eugene, Ore.
Reno,

Nev.

Cleo Springs, Ok.

Ridgecrest Christian AIU)uquerque, N.M.
Vegas Valley Christian- Las Vegas, Nev.
Dominguez First Chr. Long Beach, Ca*
Hopwood, Pa.
Chr Ch. of Hopwood
Lake Mount Ch.

of Chr.- 'Rogers,

Ohio

Adult Class, Vegas Valley-Las Vegas, Nev.

Glendale Christian Church

P.O. Box 415

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U.S. Postage

Glendaie, Arizona 85311

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PAID

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Glendale, Ariz.

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Mr. & Mrs. William Hoff

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Queretaro, Qro^ Mexico

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P. O. Box 489

Goodyear, Ariz. 85338

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY

APRIL 1974
WE WERE WITNESSES

"Therefore we have been burled with Him through baptism unto death# in
order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the Glory of the Fat

her so we too might walk in newness of life."

Romans 6i^.

The Spirit convicted a family in Tlalpujahuilla, Michoacan,

through the

radio program in El Oro and they asked Norm to begin Bible studies in their
home.
In Februaryj the mother of this family confessed her faith and asked
to be baptized.

The baptism was held in a lake near their home#

There were

about 25 present as she made her confession of

faith.
Norm and 1 transported
the lake
that they could
tism*

Some of those gathered

brethren

from

the church in

the people to
the bap-

were Christian
San Juan

services are held each Lord's day,

had never witnessed

where

but others

a baptism before.

was a picnic lunch for all

There

following the bap-

tism.

m," "

We

covet

Christian

your

in order

prayers

for

that she will

this

be able to

present a witness to her family that

bring them to repentance and a new life.
THE LORD WAS

During March

new

we had an intensive

will
WITH US

visitation program.

We invited Bro.

Ernesto Fuentes to help us. Ernesto is an evangelist who specializes in per

sonal evangelism.
I hoped his influence would help us to wakeup some of our
students who had never made a decision for the Lord.

The Lord was in this act and because of the "Word" expounded by Ernesto,
we have had three confessions of faith and one transfer of membership.
We
hope to be able to report on the baptisms in the next newsletter.
We praise
God for these results.
We hope you will pray for those people who are still
undecided as to whether

continue to visit

they will give their lives

and encourage them.

Your prayers

to the Lord

for we will

can make our work more

effective.
A RUSH JOB

Our ministry
church development

has many facets.

here in Queretaro

Two of the
and work

most important
on outreach

are work on

all over Mexico

through our tape ministry*

The other day Richard Atkinson, a missionary in
f/Iexico City, arrived at our house at about I13O P.M. and said that he needed

recorded on_^cassette tapes as he could obtain.

selves L?Sre he^had tfiLve!

tle
tic tool.

That very

sermons and got 39 of them on cas

fF we have sent
'Js inab.out
the 70
backsermons
countryabout
of Oaxaca
as an evangelis
In all
faith, repentance,
bapChristian living into this area which is so remote that

villages can be reached by vehicle.

hto
Die

^ the Lord's
missionaries
general
use or
equipment and
and in
time.

We also supply recorded

try to make the fullest possi-

A SPIRITUAL FEAST

'^March 20th

was the day that we had been looking forward to

president

mu-

for a lonff

and I (Margy) was the secretary

preparing for thisyear s Mexican Missionary Re-Union.

^

much work

It was

city about 70 miles south of Mexico City.

NnT+hJlt+
s speaker
was Dr.In Alger
Fitch, professor
of
New35 Testament
at
^
Christian
College.
five
messages
he
led
the
missionaries
that were present through a survey of the_New Testament- with greater under-

3 Landing-cnan we h^"d "ever had before.

We all enjoyed meeting new missionaries

was aeiicious.
warLIicloCr

as well as renewing acauaint-

in the big hotel wherr"! al^s^ayed

We had a combination of American and Mexican food.

each othPr^^"\ prayer circle on Saturday morning,

f?om the ^1/2

we all bid farewell to

good-bye but knew that we had benefitted

spirituL feaL^

together.

It truly was a

1,-ro ARMS BENEATH YOU BEHIND

YOU,THAN
HISSUFFICIENT
CONCERN FORFORYOU,
YOU '
HIS
ARE MORE
THE HIS
JOB LOVE
AHEADWITHIN
OF YOU.

CONTRIBUTORS (JANUARY-FEBRUARY)

M/M Ben Hoff, Sr.Atascadero, Ca.

M/M Richard ShineLas Vegas, Nv.

Mrs. G. W. Brandon-Athens, Ga.

K/M
K/M
M/M
M/M

Richard BakerGoodyear, Az.

Robert Legg
Lemon Grove, Ca.
Ben Hoff, Jr.Atascadero, Ca.
W. T. JIerrlckAvondale, Az.

M/M Ralph Sui-tBT

Parker, Az.

M/M Gordon Clifford

-Long Beach, Ga.

South Gate, Ca.
Long Beach, Ca.
Mrs. Lizzie McCreary- -Long Beach, Ca.
Vegas Valley Christian- Las Vegas, Nv.
Central Christian
Reno, Nv.
Lake Mount Ch. of Chr.- Rogers, Oh.
Carson _Christian
^Carson Cty-, Nv.
Chr. Ch. of Hopwood---- Hopwood, Pa.
1st Church of Christ Barberton, Oh.
Church of Christ
Vanderbilt, Pa.
The Christian Church Atascadero, Ca.
Mrs. E. J. Prentice
Mrs. Golda Wolford

First Christian
Grindstone", Pa.
New Hope Christian-Columbus, Ind.
First Christian
Reno, Nv.
First ChristianPhoenix, Az.
Adult Class, Vegas Valley-Las Vegas, Nev.

Glendale Christian Church

P.O. Box 415

BULK RATE

Qlendale, Arizona 85311

U.S. Postage

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MISSIOII SESVICBS

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ZNDIAMR.

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Apdo. Postal 57
Queretaro, Qro., Mexico

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P. 0. Box 489

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Goodyear, Ariz. 85338

JUNE 197^

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY

HOME WITH THE LORD

"The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away,

Lord."

Job.

blessed be the name of the

1*21,

"For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain."

Most of our readers will probably remember

of last year

the

1-year-old Javier Wright

Phil. Ii2l.

that it was on Easter Sunday

left this world

to be with

the

Lord.

This April

the Lord took tv/o more

of the Queretaro members

home to be

with Him.

Hermana Juanita, as everyone knew her, waa.79 years old^V For about a
month and a half she had very yellow eyes and then her skin turned yellow
also.
The church offered to pay for her medicine if she would go to see a

doctor.

The doctor would only charge her 3 pesos or 2^ cents because she was

very poor. And so she did go to see him and seemed to be helped by the medi
cine.
But awhile later she got a little worse and her son-in-law who lives
with her took her to a quack doctor who said her only problem was that she
wasn't eating.
We took food and drink to her but she steadily grew worse.
When we offered to pay for hospital expenses if we would be permitted to take
her to a hospital,
the son-in-law said he could take care of her himself.
And so she eventually passed away, without anyone really knowing what disease
she had although we suspected hepatitis.
The church members were very unwelcome
in the little shack.
It was
filled with crucifixes and candles
by the son-in-law.
It is customary for

the family to stay up all night praying that the soul will not pass into pergatory.

The other church member wa&-Bro. Soto.

I^e was also -79 years of age.' -He

had just celebrated his birthday and praised the Lord for a long life.
Any
one who has seen one of our slide presentations since we have come to Mexico,
has probably seen Mr. Soto's picture.
He illustrated the Bible stories that
he told with beautiful colored drawings.
Mr. Soto was the father of .18 children. They all live in Mexico City or
Queretaro and are well educated.
He owned a weaving shop that produced beau
tiful rugs, sarapes, etc.
He suffered a stroke

the first part of the month and gradually grew

worse.
Norm spent many hours
in the hospital with him and Bill was also
there quite often.
Just when it seemed that he would soon be released,
he

contacted pneumonia

and three days

later

passed away.

This was only five

days after rtermana Juanita left this life.

Both the Dungans and us are friends of the family.
We visited the fun
eral home to pay our respects.
As all the family is Catholic, he was taken
to a Catholic church.
At the cemetary both a Protestant minister and a

Priest presided-

The members

of the church here

sang his

favorite hymns.

His wife was quite willing that we do so.

We miss these two fine people in our services but know that they are
with the Lord. Their testimony.was strong. We now pray for their families.
WE THANK THE LORD FORi

English-speaking services

that are now being held

each Sunday morning in

Queretaro.

the Christian Coffee House for young people that will open the 31st of May

in San Juan del Rio.

the two cottage meetings

that are held weekly in outlying subdivisions of

Queretaro.

the more than 35 responses

received

from the city-wide campaign

San Miguel de Allende the middle part of May.

held in

* the Youth Retreat held during Easter week and then another during school
vacation in May.
Both times the young-people enjoyed- swi-mm-i-ng and recrea

tion,

games,

Bible-oriented sessions

and a time of devotions,

prayer around a bonfire, and a

treasure hunt.

received from our X/k page ad

the more than 25 responses

singing and

that was placed

in the Queretaro newspaper on Easter Sunday.

* the congregation in the village of Tlalpujahuilla, Mexico, which continues
to be strong in the face of ostracism and persecution.

* the place that Norm found three families who have joined together, built a
meeting house, and are studying the Bible three times weekly.
*

allowing me to recover my toolbox

at 500 a.m.

v/hile it was parked

ment for the band

night

after someone had broken into the truck

in Mexico City.

and two of the players

of the campaign in

arrived at about 3*30 a.m.

San Miguel.

I had brought the equip

back to Mexico

This was a

following the last

^-hour drive

At 5*00 one of the guys

and we had

and I heard a noise and

we rushed outside to see a man running from the truck.

and he dropped my toolbox as he fled.

We chased after him

CONTRIBUTORS (MARCH)

M/M Ben Hoff, Sr.Atascadero, Ca.

M/M Gordon Clifford

Mrs. G. W. Brandon-Athens, Ga,

Mrs. E. J. Prentice--South Gate, Cal.

Mrs. Lizzie McCreary
Long Beach, Cal,

M/M Richard Shine--Las Vegas, Nev.

M/M .Bichard Baker--G.oodyear, Ariz.

M/lvi Robert Legg
Lemon Grove, Ca.
M/M
M/M
M/M
M/M

Ben Hoff, Jr.Atascadero, Ca.

W. T. MerrickAvondale, Ariz.
Ralph Suiter
Parker, Ariz.
R. W- Hoff
Rome, Ga.

First Christian

Long Beach, Cal.

Vegas V-alley Christian-Las Vegas, Nev.

Lake Mount Ch. of Chr.-Rogers, Ohio
Chr. Ch. of Hopwood
Hopwood, Pa.
Church of Christ
Vanderbilt, Pa.
The Christian Church
Atascadero, Cal.
New Hope Christian--Columbus, Ind.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Adult Class, Vegas Valley-Las Vegas, Nev.

Gtendale Christian Church

P.O. Box 415

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Glendale, Arizona 85311

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PAID

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Glendale, Ariz.

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Queretaro, Qro., Mexico

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P. 0. Box 489

Goodyear, Ariz. 85338

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AUGUST 1974

DUNCAN'S RETURN TO STATES

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It was Friday evening, June 14th and we were in the Dungan's home sitting around their kitchen table.
been back from our border trip to the States

We had only
three days.

This was our first good opportunity to talk to Norm and Mary
since our return.
As we v;ere eating. Norm said that he had
something to tell us.
My first thought was that they were
returning to the States, and we were sorry to hear that I

sHLi

' "jljjfe

After five years in Mexico, they felt that they wanted a

break and after much thought and prayer, it seemed as though

Lord

agreed.

Norm was

given a

teaching position

at

Bible College teaching English and Missions for one

Shockedthe only word that describes how we felt at that

decision was if we were willing to move into

the Dungan' s house or if it was necessary to rent a place
to store their furniture and move the correspondence school
and
Sunday school materials into.
After much thought we
decided to move into their house.
It would be cheaper for
both

families

involved.

Other changes had to be made.

Both Bill and I have had to take on added responsibilities.
We now prepare
for children's lessons each v;eek.
Bill also prepares for two adult lessons
and a sermon
(when he goes to San Juansee article on "VJere we killing his mother?"
Two
lessons are taught by a girl in San Juan.
Every other week there is two Bible studies held in the same day.
One is in the state of
Michoacan and
Norm

one is in the state of Mexico.

This is about a 3-hour drive

from Queretaro.

used to conduct the studies but now Bill has taken them over.

The girl
corrects

who used to work for us

the more difficult courses

is now working
and reads

in the correspondence school.

and answers

all the letters.

Vicente

He is also a

tremendous help to us in other ways.

l#ien he isn't v/orking v;ith correspondence, he is call
ing, conducting services, or working in the coffee house.
It is impossible to continue all the work that the IDungans did as well as our own, but
we are able to continue all the services.
And although we miss them very much,
stand their leaving for this period of time and await their return next year.

we under

"THE CARPENTER'S HOUSE"

In the last newsletter we mentioned that Norm and I hoped to open a Christian Coffee House
in San Juan del Rio.
In the first days of June "the Carpenter's house" opened and since then

we have had few nights

conversation.

when there hasn't been

30 or more young people

for free coffee -and

I have avoided spending much time there as Vicente and the young people of the church
w^anted the responsibility. It has been a great blessing to them for they have had to search

the Scriptures to find reasons for their faith.

people who have sought to know about Christ.

And it has been a blessing to many young

The coffee house is very near the preparatoris

(a junior college) and a high school.

What is a Christian coffee house?" Well in our case it is a rented room about 17' square
with a table in one corner where the hot water and instant coffee are kept. The room is
painted dark blue and is lit by ultraviolet light. The light makes things flouress. The
walls have flourescent pictures of Jesus and Bible verses painted on them to help stimulate
conversation about the Lord. The music comes from either live groups or a tape recorder.

It

is selected for its ability to bring conversations around to the subject of salvation. There
IS only a bench and mats on the floor provide sitting room for most of the people who come.

We try to have personal witnessing and a short Bible study.

V7ERE WE KILLING HIS MOTHER?

The work in San Juan has temporarily been hampered.

The first part of June a crippled man

He left rejoicing, but

accepted Christ and was baptized by a young man in the congregatioiT

his family was far from happy.

Sunday, July 14th, I was picked up by the police in San Juan.

They took me to the chief,
a brother of the cripple.
He said that his brother's conversion was killing his mother (she
is 90 years of age) and threatened me. I decided to avoid San Juan for a few days. Vicente

conducted

the Wednesday evening Bible study.

police and spent the night in jail.

After the services, he was picked up by the

No charges were brought against him so he was released

the following morning. Then on Friday night as he closed the coffee house^ he was grabbed
by the police again and was beaten along with Bro. Jack Gilson who happened to also be there
at

the time.

In spite of these problems,

we are continuing with services and Lord willing a mediator

will be able

to solve the problem without us filing

the strife.

Please keep this problem in your prayers.

a legal complaint which would further

CONTRIBUTORS (APRIL-MAY-JUNE)

M/M Richard Shine

Las Vegas, Nev.

Mrs.

Mill Hall, Pa.

Buckeye Chr. Ch. Miss. SocietyBuckeye, Ariz.

Adult Class, Vegas Valley
Las Vegas, Nev.

M/M Ralph Suiter

M/M W. T. Merrick
M/M Ben Hoff, Jr.

Parker, Ariz.
Avondale, Ariz.
Atascadero, Ca.

Rachel Circle-lst Christian

Central Chr. Church of Reno
Vegas Valley Christian

M/M Richard Baker

M/M Robert Legg

Goodyear, Ariz.
Lemon Grove, Ca.

Lake Mount Church of Christ-

Rogers, Ohio

Christian Church of Hopwood-

Hopwood, Pa.
Columbus, Ind.

Laurabelle Yeager

Mrs. G.

W. Brandon

M/M Ben Hoff, Sr.

M/M Gordon Clifford

Athens, Ga.

Atascadero, Ca.
Long Beach, Ca.

Mrs.

E. J. Prentice

South Gate, Ca.

Mrs.

Lizzie McCreary

Long Beach, Ca.

New Hope Christian

Buckeye Christian

Buckeye, Ariz.

The Christian Church

First Christian
Church of Christ
Orviston Christian

Phoenix, Ariz.
Reno, Nev.
Las Vegas, Nev,

Atascadero, Ca.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Vanderbilt, Pa.
Orviston, Pa.

Glendale Christian Cliurch

P.O. Box 415

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Qlendale, Arizona 85311

U.S. Pottago
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Glendale, Arix.

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Queretaro, Qro., Mexico

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OCTOBER 1974

CAMP IN A NEW LOCATION

Summer camp

for the young people in our

area this year was held fran Aug. 5th un

til August 10th.
We were able to enjoy a
full week of camp as there was little rain
to disturb the activities.
Bob Wright

graciously offered the use of his^property

with various facilities for the camp.
There were ^0 in attendance.
In the mornings the young people had
classes concerning the Bible and Christian
life which were held in the open spaces.
In the afternoons they enjoyed a time of
sports which included their favorites,volley
ball and swimming.
The evenings were divided into three parts.
The f i r s t

was an hour of

social activities.

The young people performed for the first four

evenings and then the last evening the teach
ers and
leaders performed for the young
people.
The evening of dramas included the
"Rising of Lazarus" and the fight between
"David and Goliath"

pictures.
Following

as can

the social

eveingelistic service.

hour

be seen

in

the

there was

the

^ij^young people made

their confession of faith

and were bapti

zed as a result of the challenges present

ed at this time.
The evening closed with
a prayer circle held around a bonfire.
Praise the Lord for this year's camp and
the

six new Christicuis that are written in

the

Lamb's Book of Life.

^Next year,the construction of

dormitor

ies. for lOD young people, is planned on the

same property

but at the foot

of a moun

tain which overlooks a beautiful valley.

Please pray that the Lord will provide

the funds to make this possible as he did
for

the camp this year.

M
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2 CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

DANNY WRIGHT BAPTIZING AGUSTINE FROM THE "HOME"

PRAYER CHANGES THINGS

I want to thank all of you who have been praying for the problem

we have had in San Juan

del Rio.
We can now change our prayers of request to prayers of praise, because the Lord
has resolved the problem there, and the brethren in San Juan again have peace.
Antonio (the cripple) has been able to return to the church meetings,and his brother (the

chief of police) has said that there will be no more trouble.

We liave been^le to reopen

the coffee house once again, and hold meetings without fear.
Our prayers

are now that Antonio

will be able to reach

strengthens one's faith to see the Lord caring for his own.

his brother with the Word.

It

Praise the Lord!

OUR CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR NEXT NEWSLETTER.

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KISSIOH SERVICES
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FIELD ADDRESS
Mr. & Mrs. William Hoff

Apdo. Postal 57
Queretaro, Qro., Mexico

FORWARDING AGENTS ADDRESS

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baker

P. 0. Box 489

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Goodyear, Ariz. 85338

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DECEMBER 1974

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY

A FUTURE MISSIONARY

We would like to introduce you to Mark Gabriel.

September 29th at 3:30 a.m.

(He is the 8th person born in
September in Margy's immediate family.)
He weighed 6 lbs. and

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He was born

^2 ozs.

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at birth but now at 8 weeks of age

his weight is 10

lbs. 7 ozs. He was 19 1/2 inches long and has grown to 22 1/2
inches.

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Bill was able to watch the birth.

^ believe
believe

He said that he couldn't

that anyone who has seen the birth of a child could

that life is an accident, or that man is just a dis-

tant relative of an ameba.

Mark has been a very good baby.

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His father

and mother are

3 learning how to take care of him and we all seem to be surviv-

'I I ing.

He never gets a chance to cry during the weekdays, be-

\ J cause

when he begins

tells

to cry one of our workers immediately

me about him or hurries to take care of him.

He is very popular here in Mexico.

Everyone asks if he is a boy or girl and when we say
a boy they respond that it is wonderful.
(It is definitely preferred here to have a boy
first.)
The second question asked is how many children do you have. When we respond that
he is our first, they are even more elated that he is a boy.
Then they tell us that the
next one will be a girl,

we will seel

We obtained Mark*s Mexican birth certificate here in Queretaro v/hen he was two weeks old.

(It isn*t automatic here.)

Then when he was 6 1/2 weeks old we went to the embassy in Mex

ico City for his U.S. birth certificate. He has duel citizenship until he becomes 18 years
of age and then he must decide to which country he will belong.
In Proverbs 22:6 we read "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old,
he wil,l not depart from it." This is our goal with Mark.
SWEET MOMENTS FOR MORE PEOPLE

The month of November brought growth to the radio program we produce, "Dulces Momentos,"
(Sweet Moments).
Four different people decided that they wanted to put the radio program
on in the city in which they live. And so we had several visitors who asked about the pro

gram and how it could be best used and adapted to fit in their situation.
Each area required a special announcement inviting the listeners to write in asking for a

free correspondence course or for more information about the Word of Life.
self was drawn from our library of over 500 pre-recorded programs.

The program it

It was necessary to re

cord the special announcements and add them to the program, but it was time well spent be
cause in four more cities people are now receiving the Word.
We are told that through the
foolishness of preaching men will be saved and a radio program takes the Word into homes of
those who would never enter a church.

Towards the end of the month we were reaching a crisis.

to record.

We had run out of tapes on which

The probl^ ended when the Lord laid a burden on the hearts of Christian breth

ren.
They sent us 100 new tapes and almost as many boxes containing empty reels on which
to put tape. Believe me the boxes really suffer from being transported on buses here.
Another very important addition to the work sent by the same brethren was a bulk eraser
for tape. Every tape must be erased before being reused.
I used to spend about 2 minutes
on each tape to erase it.
Now it tcUces just 4 seconds and the tape remains in its* box
The tapes are laid on a conveyor belt which takes them across the magnetic field of the
eraser and then they fall off in a neat stack at the other end. This is a great time-saver
as you can imagine. We praise the Lord for meeting our every need.
DAY OF THE KINGS

We would like to tell you about the Day of the Kings.

Reyes"

(dee'ah day los ray'-ess).

In Spanish it's called "Dia de los

This day is the 6th of January.

Now, how many of you

like Christmas presents? Well, in Mexico most of the people don't give presents on Christ
mas. When the kids go back to school after Christmas vacation they don't ask each other
what "Scmta" brought them.
They don't get ANYTHING for Christmas.. .BUT they DO ask each
other, "What did the kings bring you?" Parents amd friends buy gifts for the children, but

"many^f the^texican children tell.e\^tHat~theni^^^ brin^these gifts.

The tradition is
that during the night the three kings, or what we call wisemen, pass by each house and if
the child has been good the wisemen will leave him a gift, just as the wisemen of long ago
took gifts to the baby Jesus.
Before each child goes to sleep, they leave their shoes at
the foot of the bed and expect to find some goodies in them in the morning.
SELECTED

CONTRIBUTORS

Mrs. Lizzie McCreary

-Long Beach,

Mrs.

-South Gate, Ca.

E. J. Prentice

Ca.

(JULY-OCTOBER)
Central Chr. Church of Reno

Reno, Nev.

Church of Christ
First Christian

Vanderbilt, Pa.
Phoenix, Ariz.

M/M Gordon Clifford-

-Long Beach,

Mr.

-Atascadero, Ca.

Buckeye Christian

Buckeye, Ariz.

-Athens, Ga.

The Christian Church

Atascadero, Ca.

Lemon Grove, Ca.

New Hope Christian

Columbus, Ind.

M/M Richard Baker

Goodyear, Ariz.

M/M Ben Hoff, Jr.

Atascadero, Ca.

M/M W. T. Merrick
M/M Ralph Suiter

Avondale, Ariz.
Parker, Ariz.

Christian Church of Hopwood

Lake Mount Church of Christ
Vegas Valley Christian
Adult Class,Vegas Valley

Hopwood, Pa.
Rogers, Ohio
Las Vegas, Nev.
Las Vegas, Nev.

Las Vegas, Nev.

Women's Co\ancil,Dominguez

Long Beach, Ca.

Rome, Ga.

Pleasantview Christian

Lisbon, Ohio

Mrs.

Ben Hoff, SrG.

W. Brandon

M/M Robert Legg

M/M Richard Shine

M/M Robert Hoff

M/M Houston Farmer

Mr^5.-^A.

Ca.

First Christian

Rome, Ga.

W. &tahl^^-=^^^-Clymer,

M/M Dave Confer & CarolOrviston, Pa.

M/M Paul Pratt

M/M Richard Albertson

Mr.

Japan

-Bloomington, In.

John Patrick

Elm-Flat_Christianr~~The First Church of Christ

Junior Bible School Class
The Church of Christ

Grindstone, Pa.

-Cleo Springs, Ok^

Barberton, Ohio
Atascadero, Ca.
Deer Island,NB

Columbia, Mo.

WE WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

Glendale Christian Church

P.O. Box 415

Olendaie, Arizona 85311

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