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now we

aiQ^wfiiting,

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g.ood y.ean. poAt and

the New

j/ea/i

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bAing.

gou

mang.

bdeAAuigA, i^ lXke the

Aong, that AagA

. ' m& sou CAN T SLCjCP, COUIU dOUn BLCSSIN(^S INSTCAd OF

SHCCP ...

lUe have had rmng bieAAuigA

th

uL

poAt gean and

enough

dLAappointmeniA to keep UA thank^uL.

CHUIJTfMS.

.Outi

^oAten-daughteA, Kathg

^unweJ-d,

heA

huAband ChaAdeA,

theiA daughteji

Debbce and UebbLe A two LtttLe gLA-iA weAe-

wLth

uA

^oa ChAiAtmaA and to wedcome /^88>

It

woA

a

bdeAAing

to have

them hejie.

1388 BWUQIfT TNL FLU, the dinge a mutation of. the odd

'AAlatic fdu',

cadd it what

gou dike, (the favoAlte. heJie la 'gouA-motheA~in-daw'A~beaA-hug'J. It hit moAt

eveAgone

heAe.

CeAAg

adwagA

picIiA

up

the

'bug'

that

La

going

aAoand

and

I

poAA

out

medlcationA

and

IngectionA

OA

pAeACAcbed

bg the DoctoAA to

famidg, fAlendA and

nelghboAA,

RFCFp] OZIFL AND OZICL DAdld took a woAking vacation and houAe and kid Aat (theg

aAe no dongeji

babieA) foA Kathg and Bade'a thnee whide theg vacationed with Bade'a fodkn

in

Southenn f']eKico, and

viAited

miAAionaAieA

in and

aAOund (Mexico

Citg.

Add

conceAned

had

a

wondenfud time, Ogied'a fiAAt viAct

to

OAegon. He doved it

SUHQCdld

hCR

^FdlCVA to coAAect

heA

hAoken

wAiAt.

I

fedd

Nov. 1, 1^87 and

beoke

mg

deft wALAt. Jwo

tnipA

to the

opejiating Aoom and about $1000 doddaAA

and

mg WAiAt

Ia

functionaode

and

no

pain,

even

tho the

wAiAt

Ia

cAooked

KATHjJ S FllBBLL CHILB, F311KA flew to iacAon in une, Ide-

picked

hen up thejie and Ahe

Ataged with

ua

until oua CngdiAh-oA-a-Aecond-danguage teacheA,

Veva

finiAhed

heA

Achood

geaA and took heA home whene

Ane

vacationed until time to AtaAt teaching again.

QFUCiCd

HNB CCnCVA

finaddg got

thein act togetheji

and Ataeted on

a vacation the

doAt

paAt of 5^L.g. We. we.Ae bdeAAed to be

able

to viAct mang

fniendA

and AedativeA. Among them

mg

85

geaA odd

motheA and

mg Oklahoma

ALAten who Apent

the

AummeA

with heA.

AIao coualoa,

not

bg the

dogenA, but Aevenad,

Aome

I had not Aeen in

mang mang geanA.

We picked bdacJi-

beAAieA

at the end of the Atneet whene Kathg diveA

and

made bdackbeAAg

gam

to eat and to

give

to fniendA add the wag back

home. Anothen

bdeAAing to be

able

to

Ahane

Auch goodieA.

OHk BOB

ANB

HIS tAHlILH

woa

oua

fantheAt

deAtination. What

a Ahock to

Aeadige

that

OUA

oddeAt gAond-daughteA woa

Aeadg

foA

college

We had

a

wondeAfud

viAit

and an.e con

vinced that each of

oua

7

gAandchiddAen

Ia the woAdd'a CDSl...

Of

the 7 dach

one

Ia

different

and each

one

wondenfud.

HlIICllCANC OlLBFIki. .

.We

wene bdeAAed

bij.

a

wondeAfud

tAip - veAg engogabde viAiting

with fAierjiA and AedativeA. lietuAning to ChanddeA,AZ

on

t/ie dag that HuAAicane OiibeAt

AwiAned nil tail oua wag,

we

met with high windA. Ike next monning QeAAg found a odiiteA

at

the

Aidewadd

of the deft

neaA

tine.

We

counted

onotheA

bdeAAing.

. the bdiAten didn't

blow whide we weAe on

th

InteAAtate.

WC HAFfd TO

B HOF,

AOMN with oua famidg

and

doved oneA heJie. Beckg'A babg

Ia

the

ondg :^'and

child we have had the

bdeA-iing

of helping l?)

Aoine and we ane engaging

him:

Beckg

Ia teachingCngdiAh to k geaA oddA in a new Achood.

Ogled

Ia teaching

pant

time and

adminiAteiA the

famidg uphodAteAg nhop. We aAe

ALL teaching 'the kid' both

Fngluih and

Spaniih.

Beckg and Ojied aAe both woAkin:^ on thein theAii. We count them oa

bdeAAingA.

iHC. LOZD S WORK hene

::iveA

ua mang cleAAingA - one wca when an olden man accepted

the

Lor.:

C-:

FaiaUif

Sunmcn.

Cam:,

on

iAe

ieacA

a

KUio

Bao.

Ne

necuenUd

baptUm

U

iAa

ba^.

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He/Aaid that Kla Bibie.

Aaid

that hui

paAt

auia

woaLd be.

bunied in. the dee.peAt Aea and he

believed it About a wejek Laten. hiA wife.

oAked

to be taken to Kino to follow hen huAband

in

bapiiAJTu Othe^tiA wene.

baptised

at

the. Aome.

time,

Odli dOUH^ f/DfLK,

hoAted

the tni-Atate. y.oath convention a

week befone

ChtiiAtmoA. /hey.

planed and eKecuted the whole

thing,.

Ihene wejie about 6

viAitonA.

UJhat a bleAAing, to

Aee,

ou/i

young, people

cannying,

on

what

we Atanted with oun Lond'a

bleAAingA kO yeanA

a:g,o,

Ol/k

iMiKUl

HKAlKSl

BL J

waA

nepained and

blew

agjainj

the hot

waten

pipe into the

kitchen Apnung. a leak, the gjiound outAide the bathnoomA

Akowed

dampneAA

then boom

the waten pipe

gave way.

So both bathnoomA and the kitchen had to be ne-plumbed. All thlA

within a

few dayA, Oun

of

oun diAappointmentA

came the bleAAing. of finding, a

Aupen-

excellent

plumben

and

mone

functionable

bathnoomA

andkitchen,

AHOlH l DISAfWIH/Ki&ff woa to leann that oun

miniAten,

^caua

Amaya'a

bnothen-in-

law,

(Cuca'A

olden bnothen)

La

Auffening,

with a veny advanced lung, malignancy. He haA

had nadiation tneatment and

La

now

home

with

hiA

family, a wife and 7 childnen - 12 yeanA

and

unden, iheAe childnen

a/iked

to be a/lowed to

call ua Hana and

lata , Ihey do not

have

biolog,ical

g.nand

panentA

ao we ane happy

to be

AubAtitute oneA,

IHe

have penAonally

been

bleAAed by being, able to

miniAten

to thin family in matenial wayA,

IHe

ank youn pnayenA

fon

them.

TH miCAH ecomm La completely out of contnol Ihe coAt of living,

doubleA

and

tniplcA eveny fewimonthA, the lateAt notice

adviAedidJiat poAtagje,

telephone,

waten

and,

electnicity would double, Pleat, milk,

oygA

and goAoline went up a few

weekn

ag,o.

iUe

count anothen

bleAAing,

in the Qod hoA pnomined to cane

fon

ua

thnough

you.

m

NSB

mn na?...ui/eh

ave

Atayed on the fob

we

Atanted many yeanA aga (^2 to be

exact)

wonking.

with the

PexicanA,

teaching,

them

to teach

othenA.

We

have

by

no

meanA

wonked ounAelveA out of a fob,

fuAt

neached out a bit in Apneading, the ()ood HewA. We

depend

upon the Lond and HOD to keep ua on'ihe fieZd. IhiA La liot a Let-() ng,e-do-it

plea, fut youn

name

and

ounA

in the ChonuA PlakeJfZ a

BleAAing,

to SOPl )HL /

oday , and

Aend an offening. to

oun

honwanding. Ag.ent: WKSTZHH PlSXlCO CHUISTIAH MSSIOH

fomenado

ChniAtian

Chunch

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PleoAe nememben

ua in youn

pnayenA and with youn offejiingA

-

and

youn lettenA

today.

H

SO, OH N&

sm s &e,

with oun neigJibonA,

befone

dinnen, we

obAenve

the Spaninh

cuAtom

of

eating.

12 g.napeA at the Atnoke of

midnight,

thanking ()od fon the bleAAingA of

each of the poAt 12 monthA

and

oAking HiA

bleAAingA

on

each of the coming

12

mantJxA-

nealiye

we

have many, many bleAAingA to count and

we

pnay that you too will COUtfl

m p

i s s sms ihstrad

o f shsz/p.

m Biess sou,

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