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The

Steve

Dunham

Family

^ C y j

Hurteau St, Apt, 202

Dollard Des

Ormeaux,

Quebec

Cann^

H9G 1X4

MISSION MONTREAL

January 1977

Mr.

Mrs, Bill Clark

2105 E. Memorial

Dr.

Muncie, Indiana

U.S.A.

47302

Dear Brothers

and

Sisters

in Christy

Grace to you and peace

from

God the Father and our Lord Jesus

Christf

who

gave himself

for

our sins to

deliver is from

the,present evil

age,

according to

the

will of

our God and Fatherj to whom b© the glory forever

and

ever. Amen.

(Galatians 1: 3-5)

January has been

a

slow month here.

We

haven't heard from any of the

people

we talked

to

on

the phone last month.

We are still

hoping

and

praying we will.

The

lady

we made friends

w i t h

down the

hall

trcke

her

ankle

and

has

been

living

with

her parents

for

a

while. Bible

club

attendance

has

been

down. The

weather

and

flu

have kept children away.

Steve's

been pr eaching again on

Sunday

mornings.

He is

preaching a series of sermons from John's gospel.. W e have

an

appointment to visit

with a young couple

from

Denmark. We met them

at

the hospital. Their son was born

a

few

hours before Jeremy.

We hope

they

will

be

open

to

what we

have to say,

The following is our

f i n a n p f a ) .

report for 1976.

We thank

all of

you

who

have provided our

living

link

support.

Contributions

Salary

Received

Actual

Expenses

Aug.

Sept.

Oct. Nov.

448.38 648.00 8^14,00 807,00

800,00 1024,86 717,00

750.00

-

1753«84

-

826.52 825.72

Dec.

922.00

750.00

810.88

( We

are

listing

contributions

sent to

our

forwarding agents

beginning

with

August, 1 9 7 6 .

Fortunately,

a number of c h u r c h e s and i n d i v i d u a l s w e r e g i v i n g to the

mission long

before

we arrived

here. Their giving

got

us

here

and kept us above

water,

so

to speak.)

u t ^ r e p o r t

b e g i n s w i t h A u g u s t b e c a u s e

n o m o n e y

w a s t a k e n

o u t

o f o u r

a c c o u n t

in

Muncle until then. Ex penses are listed

in

Canadian

funds.

September and October

w e

lost

3^

of

e a c h

salary check,

b u t b y

December

w e

were

g a i n i n g

up to

1 %

on

e a c h

c h e c k . . .

T h i s is

c a u s e d

b y

t h e

e x c h a n g e

r a t e

b e t w e e n U . S . a n d

C a n a d i a n

c u r r e n c y . A l s o , o u r

actual

fxpenses

appear

greater

than

our

salary. Just

a

note of

explanation

here.

This

occured

partially because we

used

up

our personal checking

account

to help

pay our

moving expenses. In_O ctober we

took

money from

our

savings

in

order to

buy

snow tires.

We listed these

in

cur

record

book

for tax

purposes.

The

December expenses however do

not reflect

medical

fees for

Jeremy's birth. That has been paid

from

our personal

savings,


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Again,

we i h

ink

you for your continued fin nci l

support.

We

also want

to

thank

all

of

you

who have

sent

cards,

gifts

and money

for

Jeremy.

We

appreciate

it

deeply

and if Jeremy knew what was happening he would

be

thankf ul, too.

Speaking

of

Jeremy, he's growing

like a

weed. He weighs around

10| lbs.

now.

He's becoming aware of h is surroundings and h e seems to have a special interest

in looking at Dad's books. He holds his head up pretty well

and

is very strong. He's

been

smiling at Mom and

Dad

a lot lately, too. Crying and eating are still his favor

ite pastimes. Fortunately for

Mom

and Dad,

he's

been sleeping

through

the ni^t.

Un

fortunately, Jere^

is

going

to

need

surgery,

probably

in

February.

He

has developed

an inguinal hernia.

It's a

common problem but we still

ask

for your

prayers ^gardlng

him.'

Steve and

Rhonda

seem

to be ©.K.-,

except

for parental

fatique

and bouts

with

the flu.

Please

continue

to pray for our

ministry

here. Be praying for the Danish

•

i

couple we are to

talk

with

and for our

neighbor who broke her ankle

Please be

pray

ing

concerning

Jerem y's operation

t o o , .

Pray with us that people will open

their

minds

and hearts

to

the

gospel

of Jesus

Christ. ^

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with.your

spirit,

brethren. Amen.

(Galatians

6 s 18).

Mr & Mrs. Bill Clark

2105 E. Memorial Dr.

Muncie,

Indiana

U S.A. 47302

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^a:SSION MONTREAL

February 1977

The

Steve

Dunham Family

Mto « Mrs. Bill

Clark

^04 Hurteau St. Apt.

202 2105

E.

Memorial

Dr.

Dollaxd Des

Ormeaux,

Quebec

Muncie,

Indiana

Canada

H9G IXk

U.S.A.

^7302

Dear

Brothers

and

Sisters

in Christ

Grace

to

you

and peace from

God

our

Father

and

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ.

(Ephesians

1:2).

February has

been

a busier month

for

us than January. Praise

the

LordI

We have met with the young couple from De nmark a

few

times now. They have a

Protestant

background

and want to find a church here to get involved with. They

are

open

to

us and

we hope they remain open to the gospel.

They

have

been

living

in

Quebec

for two.

years but

are

not attending

any

church. They

are confused

be

cause of

so

many different protestant

churches

here

as

opposed

to

their homeland.

With a little time, teaching, and love we hope

their

confusion will pass. Also this

month Dennis Dilley has

been

teaching a couple of college-age young people an

intro

duction to the Old Testament. Steve had the opportunity to give them a

lesson

on

the Canon of

the

Old Testame nt, and enjoyed it very much.

Paula,

the school teacher

down

the

hall,

moved back to her

apartment

this month and we've

been

able to spend a little time with hor. Rhonda spent a

da y

with her baking bread during

a

recent Quebec bakers' strike.

She

teaches grade si x

at a nearl y elem entary school. Her class had been discussing the American Indians

and

they

began

talking

about

the Indians' belief

in

an afterlife.

A lot of

questions

were brought up about Christianity, the Bible, God, life after death, and heaven.

Paula couldn't answer some

of

their q uestions

so she got permission for Steve to

speak with the class.

The

children

seemed

to

really

enjoy it.

Most of

them skippe d

recess in

order to

continue the discussion.•

We talked

together

for over

an

hour

and

a

half. Steve

enjoyed it a lot,

too.

Paula is

planning

to

teach

them a few

lessons

on

mora ls and.she hopes

she

can get

permission

for

Steve

to talk with the children

again about moral

teachings

in the Bible. We hope this will

open

some doors to these

young

people

and

their par ents.

They liv e in another

community on the island so it

would

be

great

to get

something

going there.

We are hoping that we

can

get a

Bible

study started in

apartment

building

in J f e r c h We

know

a

few people who may be

interested

in studying God's Word

with us so

hopefully we

can have

a

good

group.

We

are

looking forward

to

Spring too.

We plan to

do some door-to-door

calling

in Dollard

Des

Ormeaux (pop.

38,000)

and


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2

Pointe Claire (pop# 28,000).

This summer we will have

a booth at

the

NACC

in

Cincinnati.

The

dates

are

July 5 He*d like to invite

all

of

you

to attend the

co nve n t i o n

and stop

b y our display.

We'reanxious

to

see

you again and introduce

Jeremy.

We plan to

b e in the

States

during

most

of July.

We

would

like t o speak wit

any of

our

U.S.

supporting

churches

a u i d

anyone interested

in the work

he r e

during that time. We'd

like to ask that any

of

you wanting us to speak with your church please contact us

as to

when

you. would like

us

to come so that we

can

p r o p e r l y schedule

our

time

in

July.

Also,

i f any of our Canadian

churches

would

like

for

us

t o

speak with

them

we w i l l

be

happy

t o

a r r a n g e a

time

t o do so.

We'd

like

to thank the following li^ f our support ers

during

1976.

First Christian Church Anna, Illinois

Christian

Church

Wanatah, Indiana

First

Christian Church

4artinsville,

Illinois

Pleasant Grove Church

of Christ Mt. Gilead, Ohio

Astoria Christian Church Astoria, Illinois

Cornland Christian

Church

Cornland, Illinois

University Christian

Church

Muncie,

Indiana

Avondale Church of Christ Grande

Prairie,

Alberta

Orrville Church of Christ Orrville, Ohio

Orrville Church of Christ, Junior

Dept.

Orrville,

Ohio

Madis^^n Church of Christ Groveport, Ohio

Broadwell Christian Church Broadwell, Illinois

Dorcas

&

Mary^rlartha

C i rc l es roadwell, Illinois

Westway Christian Church eston, Ontario

Mary-Martha

Society,

University Christian Church

- Muncie, Ind.

Mr.&Mrs.

Leroy

Brown

Galesburg,

Illinois

Mr.&Mrs,

Gary

Matter Lincoln, Illinois

lir.&Mrs. Dennis.Dilley Pierrefonds, Quebec

Mr.c&Mrsi.

James Shouse

Pekin, Illinois

Miss Minnie Bryson Cornland, Illinois

Mr.&Mrs.

Dan

K r - r ^ p f

irksville, Missouri

Mrs. James Cross Muncie,

Indiana

Mrs.-Mildred Neumeiater rrv-ille., Ohio

Mr.&Mrs. Charles R. Dunham incoln, Illinois

We hope we

haven't

missed

anyone.

Again, we wish to thank everyone who

sent

gifts

for

Jeremy.

All

of

you have indeed

been

a

great blessing to us.

We thank

you

for

your

prayers

concerning Jeremy's

operation. The

Children's

Hospital

in

Montreal

is

super.

They found time to work Jeremy in early

February We

t o ok

him in

e a r ly

i n the aft e r n o o n a n d

had

him

home b y five o'clock.

h e

o p e r a t i o n

t o o k

^ n l y j ^ a j f a n

h o u r . W e

w e r e

g l a d h e d i d

n o t

h a v e t o s t a y

i n

t h e

hospit al overn ight. He came through i t a l l like a ad^le tro ope r and Mommy is

feel

ing much bett er n ow

t o o . Ei^t days l a t e r the surgeon re moved his

bandages

a nd said

he

had healed

very well.

We had a.rough time wit

him for those two

weeks.

He'd


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cry very hard most of the time he was awake and w e had trouble ^tting him to fall

asleep.

Now

though, he s doing

fine. He sleeps 8

to

10

hours

a night, straight

•

through,

and he

doesn t need to

be

fed as often. We enjoy watching him grow. He s

changed a lot

in

two mcnthsf

time.

Steve

and

Rhonda are fine.

We

are anxious

for

spring.

We

haven t been

on

the mainland

of

Quebec since we arrived here in early September.

We

are hoping

to

g e t out

more this

s prin g

to see more of the

city and

the province.

We saw side

walks

in

the suburbs

last

week for the first time since Ihanksgiving. We will be

glad to see the ground

again

ut they say that won t happen for

at

leeist

another

month.

Steve s

been

studying French

again

with

the

Dilley s. Iheir next door

neighbor is

a

French-Canadian and he

is

helping us

learn

the language. We

hope

this

will

become an opportunity to

share

the

Good

News

with him.

Thank you

for

your continued prayers

for

us

and

the work here. Your

prayers are accomplishing much. Please thank God

with

us that we have come to know

the Danish

couple

and

that

they

are

open.

Thank Him also for Steve s opportunity

to speak

with

the sixth graders and

for

Paula s speedy recovery

from

a skiing

accident.

Jeremy s

successful operation

and

recent good disposition are answered

prayers

too.

Please

continue to pray

with

us for

the

Danish cou ple , that they will

accept

what

the Scriptures

teachj

the same

for Paula as

well.

Also, please pray

for

more personal contacts

for

teaching

God s

Word.

N o w

that spring is rapidly

approachingj

we

hope and pray God will flood us

with

opportunities.

Peace be

to the brethren, and

love

with faith,

from

God the

Father

and

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ.

Grace be with

all who love our Lord

Jesus

Chirist with love

undying. (Ephesians

6:23*2^)


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The Steve Dunham Family

^0^ Hurteau St.

Apt.

202

Bollard Des Ormeaux Quebec

Canada H9G

IX^

MISSION

MONTREAL

March

1977

Mr.

Mrs.

Bill

Clark

2105 E.

Memorial

Drive

Muncie Indiana

U.S.A.

47302

Dear

Brothers

and Sisters in

Christ

Grace to you

and

peace

from God

our Father and

the Lord Jesus Christ.

(Philippians

li2).

Since cur February l etter was a bit late, this letter deals with just

a few weeks' work

here.

Steve call ed door-to^door

in

our

apartment

building,

offering

a

Bible

study for

anyone interested.

There

are 110 apartments in this

complex

and

most of them

are

occupied. From

talking w i t h

the people we

thou^t

several mi ght

take

part

in the

study. However, our

nei^bor,

Paula,

was the

only

one who came. She

wants us to

help her

study the

book

of Acts.

So Friday evenings

will be spent in

fellowship w i t h her.

We are

grateful

for her response.

Our fi rst

study lasted a couple of

hours.

She is very

Interested

in

God's Word

and Is open

to it.

She

i s anxious

to

continue

the study and

we are excited about her

desire

to

know the

truth.

We

were saddened

that no

one else came but we were

njt very

surprised.

We

hope and pray that, w hen we gc calling

in

the

nei^borhood and

the

rest of Bollard we will have better results.

There is an Interesting article on Quebec

In

the April issue of N ational

G e o g r a p h i c , v o l . I 5 I ,

no.

4. It

is

e n t i t l e d

One

C a n a d a

- or

T w o ?

(pgs,

436

- 65),

We recommend that everyone read

it. It

wil l give you a good idea of the

conflict

in o u r p r o v i n c e and

the

a t t i t u d e s

of the

F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n s living

here. We w o u l d

c a l l y o u r a t t e n t i o n e s p e c i a l l y t o t h e

w e a l t h

of

i n f o r m a t i o n

c o n t a i n e d

in t h e m a p

o n p a g e 440,

a n d

w h a t t h i s m e a n s

t o

t h e s p r e a d i n g

of

t h e g o s p e l h e r e .

T h e

a r t i c l e

d o e s not i n c l u d e

m u c h of

t h e E n g l i s h p o i n t of v i e w , w h i c h is

b a s i c a l l y

a n t i - s e p a r a

tism, but we hope you'll enjoy this commentary

on

Quebec.

We r e g i s t e r e d J e r e m y

w i t h the U.S. C o n s u l a t e here t h i s month, Ihis

j u s t -

certifies

that he is an American

citizen. Because

he

was

born here, Canada also

considers

him

a citizen and he wil l have to declare a

country

when he becomes an


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The weather

warmed

up for a couple of

weeks

and

much

of the snow

melted.

Then a

four

day flu

hit

the

area. Rhonda

caught it, two days

later

Jeremy had

it,

and

finally

Steve

came

down with

it. It

looks like

we

will be

sharing illnesses for

a

long time to come.

We thank

our

God for your

prayers

for us. We thank

Him for

Paula s

interest in a serious

study

of the

book

of Acts.

Please

continue to pray for her.

Also pray for the Danish

couple,

that we will have more opportunities with them.

We are becoming good friends. Please

be

praying with

us

that God will lead

us

to

new personal contacts. -

Now

to

Him

who

by

the

power

at work

within us is able

to

do far more

abundantly than all that we ask

or

think, to Him

be

glory in the Church and in

C h r i s t

J e s x ^ t o all

g e n e r a t i o n s , f o r

e v e r

a n d

e v e r . A m e n . E p h e s i a n s 3 * 2 0 , 2 1 ) .

Mr. Mrs.

Bill Clark

2105

E. Memorial

Drive

Muncie,

Indiana

U.S.A. ^7302

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MISSION

MONTREAL € >

April 1977

The Stev e Dunham Family ^ Bill Clark

k O ^ r H u r t e a u St.

A p t ,

202

2105

E. M e m o r i a l D r i v e

Dollard Des

Ormeaux. Quebec Muncie.

Indiana

C a n a d a

H 9 G

I X ^ ^ -

U . S , A .

^ 7 3 0 2

Dear Brothers

and Sisters

in Christ

G r a c e t o y o u

a n d p e a c e f r o m

G o d

o u r

F a t h e r . ( C o l n s s i a n s

1 : 2 b ) .

We are g r e a t l y e n c o u r a g e d and

c u r

hearts are u p l i f t e d t h i s month. We

h a d t h e j o y o f ^ p t i z i n g P a u l a S t e i n o n S u n d a y , A p r i l 2 4 = P a u ? ^

i s

t h e

s c h o o l

t e a c h e r w h o

l i v e s ^ d r ^ - t t i T h a l T f r m

u s ,

i n

- ^ r r a p a r t m e n t b u i l d i n g . S h e m a d e h e r

d e c i s i o n S a t u r d a y

r v > n i n g

w i i i l e w e w e r e s t u d y i n g t h e s e c o n d

c h a p t e r

o f A c t s

t w ; -

g e t h e r .

S h e

l o v e s t h e L i r d

a n d

h a s

l o n g

d e s i r e d

t o

k n

- w

H i s

W o r d

a n d t o f o l l o w i t .

W e p r a i s e

G o d

t h a t

s h e

i s

n ' W o u r

s i s t e r i n C h r i s t # W e w i l l

c o n t i n u e

t o

s t u d y w i t h

he r in t h e

Book

f

Acts an d to te a ch her t o observe

all

t h a t Christ

c . - m i a n d e d .

In t h e p a s t , w e h a v e h a d

a d s

c o n c e r n i n g t h e C h u r c h

i n

t h e

M o n t r e a l

t h e

m a j o r

E n g l i s h

n e v r s p a p e r ,

a n d

i n a m u c h s m a l l e r s u b u r b a n E n g l i s h p a p e r . W e h a d

e . n u m b e r of p h o n e

c a l l s

i n q u i r i n g about

it a n d a f e w

v i s i t o r s ( . - n

S u n d a y

m o r n i n g .

N o t h i n g h a s c o m e o f t h e s e . T h e s e a d s a r e p l a c e d

i n

t h e

r e l i g i - n

s e c t i o n o f t h e

n e w s P e . p e r a l o n g w i t h

a i l

o t h e r

c h u r c h a d s W e t h i n k t h a i m a n y p e o pl e d o n o t

g e n e r a l l y

b o t h e r

t o l o o k t h r o u g h

t h i s

s e c t i ' ^ n . Y e t ,

w e b e l i e v e

- u r a d

i s

i m p o r t a n t

b e c a u s e

it m a y

t o u c h

a

p e r s o n

w h o

is s e r i - u s l y s e a r c h i n g

frr

t h e t r u t h #

j ^ o i ^ d _ l i k e _ d Q - . - d Q ,

i s

p r i n - : -

3 0 , 0 0 0 c i r c u l a r s a n d m a i l t h e m t o ' - h o u s e h o l d e r s r r

o c c u p a n t s .

T i i e s e w o u l d

b e

p r i n t e d

i n

b o t h

F r e n c h a n d E n g l i s h .

I t i s

t r u e t h a t

s o m e of

t h e s e v ; i l l b e t h r o w n

a w a y a s

j u n k .

m a i l .

H o w e v e r , w e b e l i e v e m a n y p e o p l e

w i l l r e a d t h e s e ,

a t

l e a s t

t o s e e

w h a t

it i s all

a b o u t . T h i s s h o u l d b e m o r e e f f e c t

i v e

t h a n t h e n e w s p a p e r a d s a n d s i n c e w e h a v e n ' t b e e n a b l e t o g e t a n y r e s u l t s f r o m

d o o r - t o - d c c r c a l l i n g , m a y b e t h i s

w i l l

o p e n m o r e d ^ - o r s

f

' - p p o r t u n i t y . Th^c^st

t h i s m a i l i n g w i l l

b e

a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 3 5 0 * ^

m a i l e d t h e s e

i n d i v i d u a l l y

it

w o u l d

c o s t $ 1 , 2 0 0 .

S o

y o u s e e ,

t h i r e

i s a

c o n s i d e r a b l e

s a v i n g s .

W e

n e e d

y o u r

h e l p

w i t h

t h i s . If a n y c h u r c h e s , S u n d a y

s c h o o l

c l a s s e s , c h u r c h

g r o u p s

o r i n d i v i d u a l s a r e

i n t e r e s t e d

i n t a k i n g u p

a

m i s s i o n

p^ject, w e a s k t h a t

y o u

c o n s i d e r

t h i s o n e .

F - r t h i s p r o j e c t , p l e a s e s e n d all c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o o u r f o r v r a r d i n g a g e n t s ,

Mr,

and Mrs.

Bill

Glsxk. Please

be sure

to designate th e

a m o u n t t o go

t o our

H o u s e h o l d ^

f e

i l i o s ^ P r o j e c t . - A l l

m o n e y r e c e i v ed

o v e r

t h e

$ 3 5 0

w i l l

b e u s e d

t o

i n c r e a s e

t h e

v o i u m e o f t h e

m a i l i n g .

P l e a s e

b e

p r a y i n g

c o n c e r n i n g

t h i s , t hat m i n d s

a n d h e arts

will

b e

ope n e d

t o t h e f ull gospel.


9/24

Some contributions to Mission Montreal

have

been sent t o

our

former

I l l i n o i s a d d r e s s

i n r e c e n t m o n t h s .

T h e

L i n c o l n

Post

O f f i c e w i l l not

f o r w a r d o u r

mail

m u c h

l o n g e r . So,

j u s t

a r e m i n d e r , p l e a s e b e

s u r e

all m o n i e s a x e sent t o i

Mission

Montreal

c/o

Mr. Mrs, Bill

Clark

2105

E

Memorial Dr

M u n c i e , Ind i a n a

^7302

T h e N A C C is r a p i d l y a p p r o a c h i n g

a n d

w e are g r e a t l y a n t i c i p a t i n g it.

i f e a r e

l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o t h e f e l l o w s h i p w i t h s o m a n y b r o t h e r s a n d s i s t e r s i n

C h r i s t ,

W e

a r e a n x i o u s t o

s e e

o l d f r i e n d s

a n d

m e e t n e w

o n e s . O u r b o o t h

n u m b e r w i l l b e 8 0 6 .

P l e a s e

d r o p i n t o v i s i t w i t h

u s .

O n

a

p e r s o n a l n o t e ,

t h e first w e e k o f

A p r i l

w e w e r e i n O r r v i l l e ,

O h i o

v i s i t i n g G r a n d m a N e u m e i s t e r

a n d

t h e c h u r c h t h e r e .

S t e v e s

p a r e n t s , g r a n d p a r e n t s

and

s i s t e r drove to Orrville

also to

see Jeremy

f o r

the

f i r s t

time. Needless

t o

s a y ,

h e

w a s a b i g

h i t

w i t h

e v e r y o n e . H e

m a d e t h e

t r i p v e r y w e l l . W e

t h i n k

h e is

b e g i n n i n g t o c u t h i s

t e e t h

n o w . H i s m o u t h r e s e m b l e s N i a g a r a F a l l s at

t i m e s

a n d h e

g e t s pretty i i r i t a b l e . O t h e r t h a n t h a t , w e are all doing fine,

Ihe

Lord

is

indeed answering o u r

p r a y e r s .

The

p e o p l e

here are difficu lt

to r e a c h and slow

to

receive

t h e

g o s p e l . The

door,

though,

is

definitely not

c l o s e d .

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o p r a y for p e o p l e s

m i n d s

a n d

h e a r t s t o o p e n t o C h r i s t a n d

for

a

m u l t i t u d e of o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o t e a c h t h e m

a n d

s h a r e

w i t h

t h e m .

P r a i s e

G o d

w i t h

u s

that

we

a l l

have

a

new sist er

i n

Christ, Paula?

and

pray

for

conti nued growth

i n

k n o w l e d g e

a n d

f a i t h i n C h r i s t

for

h e r .

P l e a s e b e p r a y i n g

for

t h e t w o B i b l e c l u b

g i r l s w h o a t t e n d w o r s h i p

w i t h

u s

o n

S u n d a y s .

W e

p r a y t h a t t h e i r

i n t e r e s t

w i l l c o n

t i n u e

and t h a t t h e y w i l l

m a t u r e

and

c o m e t o

k n o w

J e s u s

as t h e i r p e r s o n a l s a v i o r .

We are c o n c e r n e d about a couple of o l d e r

girls in t h e

B i b l e club also. T h e r e

is

m u c h

t h e y do not

u n d e r s t a n d

b u t t h e y

s e e m

e a g e r t o l e a r n about C h r i s t , T h e y n o w

a t t e n d o t h e r c h u r c h e s . P l e a s e

p r a y

for

t h e D i l l e y s

a n d for

u s

t h a t w e w i l l b e

a b l e

t o k e e p

t h e i r i n t e r e s t a n d

c h a l l e n g e

t h e i r t h i n k i n g .

P r a y

f o r

t h e m , t h a t

t h e y w i l l

come to

an understanding and

acceptance of Christ 's gospel. Matthew 21i22.

T h e G o d

o f p e a c e b e

w i t h y o u a l l . A m e n . ( R o m a n s

1 5 ( 3 3 ) *


10/24

,,a'

The

Steve Dunham Family

^ 0 4 - Hurteau St. Apt. 202

Dollard

Des

Ormeaux

Quebec,

Canada H9G 1 X 4 -

JUH.

MISSION

MONTREAL

May 1977

Mrs. Bill Clark

2105 S. Memorial

Drive

Muncie, Indiana

U.S.A.

^7302

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Grace to you and

peace.

1

Thessalonians

1:1b.

In last month's

letter

we

informed

you that we

baptized

Paula Stein

into

Jesus

Christ. She is a blessing to all

of

us here. She told us in early

May that she will

be

leaving Quebec in August.

She

had been hoping to

get

a

teaching position in

the

Northwest Terr itories. The first

Sunday

in May she

was

hired. She

will

be going to

a

small

town

called

Coppermine.

It is above

I

the

arctic circle,

t h ^ i r t y

miles

above

the tree

line. She will

be

there

a

year

and maybe two. Then, she intends

to

move to Alberta, We ga ve her addresses for

our sister congr ega tions there. She is looking forward to g etting involved with

one of them. She

will be

an active

servant

for the Lord, we are

sure.

There

are

no Churches of

Christ

or Christian Churches

in

the Northwest Territories.

The town Paula is going to

has

about 750 Eskimos and

50

others, with a

Catholic

church, Anglican church,

and

a Pentecostal church. Paula has mentioned the idea

of starting a

Christian

congregation while she is

there.

We do know she will

share her faith

with

ethers.

We will

miss

her in Quebec

but

we are

confident

that

God is with her

and He

will be glorified because of her.

We

have

been able

to

share with

the Danish couple more.

They are still

quite interested. They have a sister and her husband living here

also

and they'd

like to talk with us too. We are

excited

about

their interest and desire to

know

God's

will.

We

hope

and

pray they w ill remain open

and

accept

Christ

and

follow Him.

Steve and Dennis have done some

calling in

Pointe Claire,

near

the

Y.M.C.A. where we

meet

for

Sunday

worship So far,

not

much visible

has come

of it.

We intend to keep calling

in

that

area. We

are

praying that God

will

open doors and

hearts and

minds.

Regarding

our

Hou^holder_hIaillng

Project. for

all

those

interested

in

taking part,

please

address

all

checks

to

Mission Montreal as usual and

designate

on the

check

that

it

is for

the

project,

Mr. and M rs, Clark are

handling

these funds. We

h a v e n . t s|yted ^printing

yet

but

we plan

to

include how to be

come

a

Christian and give

a

brief description of the Church of Christ.


11/24

During

June

we have to renew

our

visa. We do not foresee any

trouble

in

receiving

new

one. However, the civil servants of Quebec are

on a French-only strike.

That

is, they will speak

only

French. We hope this

will not slow

us

down

in

getting a

renewal

for another year.

At present, the

Quebec

government is trying to make a

law

forcing

all

new

students

to

attend

French schools.

The

only exceptions will

be if a

child's

parents

attended

English

schools

in Quebec cr

if

their parents are trans

ferred

into

Quebec by a business for one year. An English family moving here

from elsewhere in

Canada would have to send

their children to

a French school.

So

far,

this is not very popular with the people.

R e g a r d i n g u s p e r s o n a l l y , w e

a r e d o i n g fihe,

. J e r e m y

l6

l b s . ,

1 > |

o z s .

and 2^: inches long.

is

growing hanging

so q . u i c k l y .

The summer heat

bothers

him

a

lot.

He

throws a

fit

every time we

get

in the

car because

it's

so

hot.

We don t

know

what he'll

be

like travelling to the

NACG.

Rhonda is

fine.

Being a mother keeps her hopping. Steve's grandmother died this month.

Fortunately

she is

a Christian.

We are praying

for comfort

and strength

for

Steve s

grandfather.

In

Luke

18)

Jesus

tells two

parables concerniig prayer.

In

these parables Jesus shows

us that

God

wants us to pray to Him. He

wants

us

to ask for help regarding cur needs. He promises to answer our prayers and

take

care of

our needs.

He

wants us

to pray often,

not

just

^nce

in a

while.

He wants us

to

be humble in our

prayers

and to

take

prayer

seriously.

With

these things in m i n d , c o n t i n u e praying

w i t h u s . B e p r a y i n g for Paula,

that

she

will

continue to grow in

Christ

and

g l o r i f j '

Him in Coppermine and in Alberta.

Thank God for

the

spiritual and mental growth we have experienced because of

her.

Pray

that

the

two

D a n i s h

c o u p l e s

will come to

accept J e s u s Christ soon.

Con

tinue to pray for

t h e B i b l e

Club c h i l ( i r e n ,.that they will

g r o w u p intc

C h r i s t .

Pray for y o u n g p e o p l e

all

o v e r the world. So m a n y h a v e very l i t t l e u n d e r s t a n d

ing of spiritual things. Parents care for t h e i r

c h i l d r e n ' s

physical

w e l l - b e i n g

but

neglect

their eternal existence. Be praying

for us as

well,

that

we

may

be

able to

remain

here and

reach

to

others

with the gospel of Christ. Thank

ycu.

The g r a c e o f o u r

L o r d J e s u s

C h r i s t

b e

w i t h

y o u . 1 T h e s s a l o n i a n s

5 « 2 8 ,


12/24

3x\\

MISSION

MONTREAL

June 1977

The

Steve

Dunham Family Mr. Mrs. Bill Clark

^0^ Hurteau

Apt. 202 2105 E.

Memorial

Dr.

Dollard Des

Ormeaux

Muncie, Indiana

Quebec, Canada H9G IX^

U.S.A.

^ 1 7 3 0 2

Dear Brothers

and

Sisters

in

Christ,

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord

Jesus

Christ.

2

Thessalonians 1:2. The North American

Christian

Convention is

rapidly

approach

ing/and

we

are loo king forward

to

it. We have been busy this

month

preparing

for

our trip to the States. We will

be

speaking with several churches as well as

attending

the

N.A.C.G. Our display tooth is number 806.

If

you are

attending

the convention

be

sure to drop by to see us. We are looking forward to seeing you.

We

have

spent several days

in

these last two

weeks

in downtown

Montreal with

the immigration

office,

renewing

our visa. Our

new

visa

allows us

t.o.remain here

until,June

30» 1978* We

praise

our

God

that we are able to stay.

We see

a

lot of hope and possibilities for

the

near future here, and especially

for our second year.

The

Danish people we have become friends with are interested in study

ing

the

scriptures with us

now. We were able to

challenge

their

thinking

so

that

they want

to know

exactly

what the Bible

says about

Christ

and becoming a Christ

ian.

It

will take some

time

and

a

lot

of

teaching

because

there

is

a

great

deal

they do not understand. We are presently looking for a

Danish

Bible to

give

them

to make their

om

rivate

study easier.

The elementary schools

closed on

June 23•

Students

get

only

8 10

weeks of summer vacation. Many

families

take a vacation trip for most of that

time. Attendance is already beginning to

fall

in Bible Club. It will be cancelled

for the summer and continued

again in September.

Plans are being

made

for a V.B.S.

in August, shortly before school starts. It will

be

held in the Dilleys* neighbor

hood and most

of

the families should be back from

their

holidays by then.

We

are

expecting a good

group

of young people.

At

this

time

we

would like

to thank

Dennis and Debbie

Dilley

for the

use

of

their mimeograph machine and

their

help with

the

printing of our newsletters.

Since we

will

be

in the States during the first part of next month, there

will

not

b e much to report.

You

will not be

receiving

a letter from u s during

July,

Our

August newsletter will include news of our activities during

both

months. It should

prove

to be interesting.


13/24

We are

well. Each one of

us has gotten over a long cold.

The weather

has been warm one

day

then

cool

for

several,

causing

colds

to

linger.

We

do

not

know

anyone

who has

not

been

affected this month. Jeremy is

six

months old now.

He weighs j ust over

19

pounds. He

got

his first tooth on Father's Day. The day

before,

he sat

in the middle of the floor

all

by h i m s e 3 - f . He's growing

so

fast.

( N e e d l e s s

t o

say,

M o m

a n d

D a d

a r e p r o u d . )

P l e a s e

c o n t i n u e p r a y i n g

w i t h u s . Y o u r

p r a y e r s

a r e m u c h

n e e d e d .

P l e a s e

rememb er Paula Stein. She

leaves

for the Northwest Territories at

the

end of

July.

S h a - l s - b u s y - n o w - f l n l s h i n g - t h i s

y e a r s teaching and pack^ r^, getting

ready to

move.

Please

pray for the Danish

couple, that

they will search the

Word

of God and come

i n t o t h a t

s a v i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h C h r i s t . B e p r a y i n g for t h e C h u r c h h e r e t h a t

it

will

grow

physi cally and spiritually.

We

ask your prayers

for

us

as

well,

especially as we travel. Pray

for

our second year here, that the Lord will accomp

lish

much.

The

grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ

be with

you all.

2

Thessalonians,-

chapter

3»

verse 18.

A ^ i s s i o n Montreal

2105E

Memorial

Drive

Muncie, Ind. 47302

/ y j r - . i l i o y i A c j - f I u

Mission

Pox 77

Lpi./i.

tCOH-l


14/24

h f i r g t f t v e

n u n h a i ^ F a m l l v

^ 0 ^ 1 -

Hurteau Apt. 202

Dolla2?d Des Ormeaux

Quebec, Canada H9G IX^

i^vSCION KONTREAL

July - August 1977

Mr. Mrs.

Bill

Clark

2105 E. Memorial Drive

Muncie Indiana

U.S.A.

^ 1 - 7 3 0 2

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Grace,

m e r c y and p e a c e

from

G o d t h e Father

and Christ Jesus our L ord.

1

Timothy

l s 2 b . We h o p e

y o u r summer has

b e e n an

enjoyable one, as o u r s

h a s b e e n .

W e

are

g l a d

to

be b a c k

in Montreal after

all of

our

t r a v e l i n g in July. W e d like

to

welcome

all of

those

new

fr i ends

o f Mission Montreal

wh o

have

been added

to

our mailing

list and.

we hope

you

will

be

enjoying

our newsletters.

T he North Ameri can Christian Co nvention was

a

great

blessing to us. We

h a d a , w o n d e r f u l t i m e . It

w a s

t i r i n g

b u t

t h e e x c i t e m e n t a n d j o y f a r - o u t w e i g h e d t h e

exhaustion. We met a

lot

of

people, made

some new friends

and

visited with

old

f r i e n d s.

W e w e r e blessed

to

be

a bl e

to

talk w it h ot her

m iss i o nar i es

t o o. T h i s was

very infor mative and inspiring. W e had the opportunity to talk briefly

w i t h

some

Canadian brethren - Christians from Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and Alberta. W e

enjoyed that

very

m u c h .

mile we were

i n

the States, Steve

took

part i n his

good

friend's w e d x i i n g , .

c u r

for warding agents' son, Jerry. It was

a b e a u t i f u l o c c a s i o n .

We spoke w i t h four

of

our supporting churches regarding the work here

and

had

a

great time fellowshippi ng

with

them. We visited our family between speak ing engagements. W e were afraid that

J e r e m y

w o u l d

h a v e a d i f f i c u l t t i m e w i t h all o u r d r i v i n g , b u t he w a s

just

f i n e .

W h e n

w e

left

M o n t r e a l , the t e m p e r a t u r e

was

in the low 80 's.

When

v f e

arrived in Cincinnati,

it w a s n e a r 1 0 0 d e g r ee s . N e e dl e s s to s a y , w e k e p t J e r e m y

i n

t h e a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g as

much as

possible.

(M o m

and Dad too J)

After

returning

to

Mo ntreal July 21, w e

visited

w i t h

Paula

Stein o n several

occasions. Then,

July

2 8

we

saw

her off

at the

airport. She's now

living

in

Coppermi ne, Northwest

T e r r i t o r i e s .

She

is

teaching

e l e m e n t a r y

Eskimo children

in

the

g o v e r n m e n t

s c h o o l

t h e r e .

She's

a l r e a d y h a d

s o m e

e x c i t i n g a d v e n t u r e s ,

not

t h e

least

o f

which

was

giving her white husky a

b a t h

after

he'd

played in some dead

f i s h , *

Sh e

m isses Montreal

and the Church here

and we

sure

miss

her.

W e h a v e

been

able to tal k

with

a f e w

Chr ist i an

p e o pl e w h o left t h i s

congregation

some

time

ago.

It

looks hopeful that

a

couple o f

them

will return to

work and worship

with

us. We

praise

our

Lord

and

ask

His guidance f o r

them.

W e

have

tried to contact several other

people

but they are away on their holidays. School


15/24

"begins after Labor Day

so

Montreal s hould

g e t

back

to

a

gen eral routine again and

we will b e

able

to

talk

with these people then.

We have

had

the pleasure

of g e tt i n g to know

the

Richard

Kitchen family

recen tly. They live here i n Quebec a b o u t 65 miles n orth of Ottawa, Ontario,

just

a three a j i d a

half hour

drive

from

Montreal. They are a fine Christian

family.

Richard

and

Louise have two daughters,

Tina

who i s 9 and

Shemaine, age

5* (Richard's

father Melvin S.

Kitchen was

the founder and

first president of Eastern Christian

College,

Bel Air,

Maryland.)

They are hopin g to

lead

a

couple other familie s

to

a fuller understanding of

Christ

and worship together with them. We met together

with

the

Kitchens and other members of their

family

o n e

Sunday

for worship an d

fellowship and we all received

a great

b l e s s i n g

and

uplifting. We

look forward

to

more

fellowship

with

them

in the future.

We have also come to know Mr.

Philippe

Laferri er e.

He

accepted Christ

i n 1976 and

was

immerse d into his

Lord

by Richaxd Fordyce

i n

Newto>m,Connectiout.

(Mr. Fordyce i s a member of the

"Go

Ye Chapel"

mission.) Philippe,

a French-

Canadian, returned to Montreal this

Fe"bruary. He

rece ntly contacted Den ni s

just

as he

and

his. family were leavin g for

a

trip

to

the States. D e n n i s r ef err ed h im

to

us

and

we

met with him. He is an older man,

about

51* a s i n c e r e p er so n w ho

deeply

loves

his Lord. We praise God concerni ng him. He has "begun worshipping

.at a

Bethel Baptist

church

near

his home. He

likes it there

for

now b ut we

hope

he-will,

i n

time, work and worship

together

with us.

V / e

hope to fellowship with

him as frequently as possible i n the days ahead. Philippe

lives

i n

the Sa int

Laiarent area

of

Montreal, not too far from us. He has asked that we keep hi s

family

in our prayers as h i s wife and children

are

not Chr i s t ia n s .

We

reported in June

that we

were

g o i n g

to

take

part i n a Vacation Bible

"School tnrAugusirdir the"Dilleys^—nei ^buiii oud,—but" this was canceiledT"^

However^

s ev eral

new

familie s

have moved

i n to their nei^borhood this

month.

So the

Dilleys intend to call on them

i n

hopes of getting the children

to

attend

Bible

Club. We will

pro"bably

be assisting them in

this

regular

program

again

i n

the

fall.

Person ally, we are do i n g fine. It's b e e n a very busy,

enjoyable

summer. We took a day to go to "Man and His World," the former Expo '67.

We

spent

an entire day there and still

didn't

s e e

it all. It's i n great

shape

for b e i n g te n

years

old.

We also

took a

Sunday

drive

into

the

Lauren tien Mountains

"up north." It

was

"beautiful but we were

surprised

to s e e the leaves changi ng already.

It must

b e

colder

up

here

than

we realise Jeremy

i s

eight months of age n ow and weighs just

over 23

pounds.

H e ' s

b e g i n n i n g

to

crawl an d h e ' s so

curious

But

h e ' s

a

good

baby

and we

are

really proud

of

him. ( i n case you hadn't noticed.)


16/24

V

Thank you

for your prayers for

us, especially during our

travels this

summer.

Please keep

us in

your

prayers. Remember Paula Stein, that

her

faith

and

knowledge

in Christ

will grow and she will actively

share Christ

boldly.

Pray for

the Kitchens, that they

will

be

able

to

build

up the Church in the^ area. Thank

God

with

us for the fellowship we

will

be

able to

have with

them. Please

put

Philippe

Lafarriere

in

your prayers

too, that

he will continue to grow

in

Christ

and

be an active laborer

for

the Lord here in Quebec.

Please pray

that his

family

will come to

accept

Christ

as

well. We*d

like to

ask especially that you

pray for

God's

guidance for

us as we reach out

to those who used to belong to this congre

gation, to e n c o u r a g e them to unite w i t h

us

in C h r i s t

In September

we

will

have been

here in Montreal for

one

year,

so

in

our

next

newsletter

we will

reflect

on

o i h ?

past labors and

outline

our

plans

for

the

coming

year.

Thank

you

for

your continued interest and

support

of our work

for the

Lord

here

in Montreal.

Your

prayers

for us mean

more than

we can

say

Grace be with you. 1 Timothy 6:21b.


17/24

MISSION MONTREAL

September 1977

T h e ^ t e y ^ D u n h ^ F a m i l y . . r ™ M r & M r s B i l l C l a r k

^0^ Hurteau Apt. 202 ' 2105 E. Memorial Drive

D o l l a r d Des Ormeaux Muncie, Indiana

Quebec, Canada H9G

IX^

U.S.A.

^7302

D e a r

B r o t h e r s

a n d

S i s t e r s . i n

C h r i s t ,

Grace, m e r cy , a n d p e a c e from G o d the Fa t h e r a n d C h r i s t Jes u s o u r L o r ^ .

2 i m o thy

lj2b .

The l a s t

f i v e weeks h a v e

be en a busy

t i m e

fo r

u s .

The l a s t

we ek

e n d

in

A u g u s t

we

a t t e n d e d t h e 75'th a n n i v e r s a r y c e l e b r a t i o n of th e Church of

Chr4st

i n

O r r v i l l e , O h i o .

This i s Rhonda' s ho m e

c o n g r e g a t i o n .

Ne had a

g r e a t t i m e

a n d

we

praise

G o d

for His people

there.

At this time Steve also attended

his

b r o t h e r

Tim's wedding. The

nex t

weekend we spoke with two

o f

o u r supporting churches

i n

Ohio

r egard ing ou r work. We enjoyed

this

fellowship

t o o . W e

c a n n e v e r

get

enou^.

Aft e r

Labo r

D ay

we d r o v e t o

T o r o n t o

t o

v i s i t o n e

o f o u r

church

m e m b e r s ,

M a l c o l m

Ross, who i s a t t e n d i ng

O n t a r i o C h r i s t i a n

S e m i n a ry

t h e r e .

H e i s

e njoying s c h o o l

so

fa r

a n d wants

t o

g e t

i n v o l v e d

i n

full i m e

m i s s i o n a r y w o r k .

We

p r a i s e G o d

fo r th a t .

We were impre ssed by the school . Even though

i t

is s m a l l (7

ull-time

students)

i t

has

a lot

t o o ffe r

for

a ny o n e

d e s i r i n g a g o o d

C hr i s t i a n e d u c a t i o n . W e

t r u s t the

Lord will continue to lead the school in growth and outreach.

When we r e t u r n e d t o M o n t r e a l , S t e v e w e n t t o M c G i l l U n i v e r s i t y t o f i n d

Pr o f e s s o r W i l l i a m

T a l l e y . A b r o t h e r a t t e n d i n g

th e N . A . C . C . ga v e

u s h i s n a m e . We

w a i t e d u n t i l s c h o o l b egan b efor e s e e i ng h i m b e c a u s e he s p e n d s much o f hi s s u m m e r i n

the States. Mf. Talley was a charter member of the congregation here but he

is

p r e s e n t ly

l i v i ng a b o u t

forty m i l e s f r o m

u s .

We had

a n

i n fo r m a t i v e d i s c u s s i o n a n d

a r e t o h a v e

lu nch t oge the r

s o o n . We hop e t o f e l l c i eh i p with him a n d his wife in

the n e a r f u t u r e . W e r e c e n t l y a t t e m p t e d

t o

h a v e the D i l l e ys a n d M r s . C a r o l i n e Ross

over t o our apartment to

meet

M r . Philippe Laferriere^ (See last month's newsletter. )

We had to

cancel

this because of

an

electrical b]p , ckou t . Nearly the entire province

l o s t its

e l e c t r i c a l p o w e r

when a key

p o w e r

s t a t i o n b r o k e down

in

n o r t h e r n

Q u e b e c .

We were without electricity

for

only five hours. We had a cold

supper

but we

e njoy e d

t h e candleli^t. W e a r e

still p l a n n i n g to h a v e

t h e

g e t - t o g e t h e r

s o o n .

This m o n t h also,

we began publishing

a

bi-weekly church

newspaper, The

Christian Chronicle. This is

being

sent to the members of

our

congregation here,

form^

e mbe rs, p r osp ects, a nd othe r int e r est ed p e rsons.

I t

cont a ins

a

e c o r d

o f

e a ch

S u n d ay ' s a t t e n d a n c e ,

offerings, and s e r m o n ,

a

a l e n d a r

o f c o m i ng

e v e n t s ,

a nd

a r t i c l e s

o f

s p e c i a l

i n t e r e s t t o

th e p e o p l e h e r e . I n i t i a l r e s p o n s e

t o

the p a p e r h a s

been

favorable

and several

of

our

members who have

left

the Montreal

area

have

greed

t o

c o n t r i b u t e a r t i c l e s

for it

o n o c c a s i o n . W e h o p e t h i s

m i n i s t r y w i l l

he l p u n i f y

the Christians

in

Quebec and

let

us get

to

know one

another

b e t t e r .

Just

r e c e n t l y

we

e x p e r i e n c e d a gr e a t weekend

i n

G r a c e fi e l d , Q u e b e c .

The

Richard Kitchen

f a m i l y i n v i t e d

th e

c o n gr e g a t i o n o v e r

fo r

a

weekend

c a m p o u t . M r s .

Ross,

th e D i l l eys, t wo fa m i l i e s

o f

the ir f tr i e n d s a n d o u r s e l v e s t o o k p a r t . Highli^ts

of the weekend included the

beautiful

view of the

autumn

leaves in the mountains, a

horse drawn hay

ride,

a bonfire/weiner roast,

singing,

Sunday morni ng worship a nd

wonderful

fellowship.

We

p r a i s e our

God for

the

Kitchens and we

look forward

to more

fellowship

w i t h

them

in

t h e future.


18/24

W e

h a . v ^

b e e n i n M o n t r e a l f o /

a y e a x

n o w V : >

' ^ i s

y e a r h a s h e e n

a

g r e a t

l e a r n i n g

e x p e r i e n c e

f o r

u s

f o r

w h i c h w e ' a ^ e

v e r y

t h a n k f u l . W h e n w e a r r i v e d

h e r e

l a s t

S e p t e m b e r

o u r p l a n s f o r

t h e f i r s t

y e a r

w e r e

t o o b s e r v e

a n d l e a r n a b o u t t h e

p e o p l e , t h e i r s o c i e t y ,

t h e i r

t h i n k i n g a n d t h e w o r k h e r e . W e

p l a n n e d

t o a s s i s t

t h e D i l l e y s

i n

t h e i r w o r k

a n d

t h e n a t t e m p t t o s t a r t a n o t h e r c o n g r e g a t i n n

i n

a n o t h e r c o m m u n i t y . B e c a u s e o f

t h e

p r o b l e m s

t h a t h a d

- . b e s e t . t h e

W e s t I s l a n d

C h u r c h .

c f

C h r i s t , w e l a t e r d e c i d e d t o h e l p

t h e D i l l e y s

b u i l d u p t h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n b e f o r e

m o v i n g ' o n .

D u r i n g t h i s f i r s t y e a r

w e

t a l k e d w i t h s e v e r a l f o r m e r

m e m b e r s

o f t h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n ,

S t e v e d i d

m u c h o f t h e p r e a c h i n g o n S u n d a y m o r n i n g s ,

a n d

w e h e l p e d

w i t h

t h e D i l l e y s * B i b l e C l u b . I n A p r i l , S t e v e w a s p r l v i l e d g e d

t o

b a p t i z e

P a u l a

S t e i n i n t o C h r i s t . S h e w a s t e a c h i n g s i x t h g r a d e i n a n e a r b y e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l

a n d S t e v e

h a d

t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o

s p e a k w i t h h e r

c l a s s a b o u t G o d .

S h e i s n o w

l i v i n g

i n

C o p p e r m i n e , N o r t h w e s t T e r r i t o r i e s .

W e

l e a r n e d

a

g r e a t

d e a l f r o m h e r

a n d

w e m i s s

s h a r i n g

w i t h h e r . S t e v e

a n d D e n n i s

d i d

s o m e

c a l l i n g t o g e t h e r

b u t

n o

i m m e d i a t e r e s p o n s e w a s s e e n . W e o f f e r e d a B i b l e S t u d y f o r o u r n e i g h b o r s i n t h e

a p a r t m e n t

b u i l d i n g

b u t P a u l a

w a s

t h e

o n l y p e r s o n

w h o r e s p o n d e d . H e r b a p t i s m c a m e

a s

a

r e s u l t

o f s t u d y i n g t h e s e c o n d c h a p t e r o f A c t s . W e t a l k e d w i t h s e v e r a l p e o p l e

o n t h e p h o n e w h o r e s p o n d e d t o a n e w s p a p e r a d . D e n n i s r a n b u t n o t h i n g t h a t w e c a n

s e e

c a m e o f t h a t . W e * v e l e a r n e d

a l o t

a b o u t , t h e

p e o p l e

a n d

t h e p r o b l e m s

h e r e . W e

a r e c o n f i d e n t w e

c a n

w o r k w i t h t h e s e p e o p l e a n d d e a l w i t h

t h e

d i f f i c u l t i e s so w e a x e

excited

about our second year

I n r e f l e c t i n g

o n

o u r p a s t

y e a r a n d ' p l a n n i n g

for t h i s y e a r ,

w e

m a d e

s e v e r a l d e c i s i o n s , e ' ^ b e l e i v e i t i s e s s e n t i a l f o r u s t o c o n t i n u e w o r k i n g w i t h t h e

W e s t I s l a n d C h u r c h o f C h r i s t . T h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n c a n g r o w s o w e a r e g o i n g t o w o r k

hard

to see that

it

does. We

will be doing

door-to-door calling

in one area

c o m m u n i t y , t r y i n g t o r e a c h e a c h

h o m e - f i v e ,

t i m e s i n t h e p e r i o d

o f

a y e a r ' s t i m e .

S t e v e

is

w o r k i n g

o n s o m e

t r a c t s to

u s ©

in

t h i s

c a l l i n g .

We

a r e

still

p l a n n i n g t o

s e n d

out

a

mass

h o u s e h o l d e r

mailing

to

reach 10,000 homes

for the

p u r p o s e

of

i n t r o d u c i n g C h r i s t

a n d

H i s C h u r c h . W e a r e a l s o c o n s i d e r i n g u s i n g m a i l i n g s t o

r e a c h a p a r t m e n t d w e l l e r s t h a t

w e

c a n n o t - r e a c h b y d o o r - t o - d o o r m e t h o d s . W e i n t e n d

t o u s e n e w p a p e r a d s g e a r e d t o g e t t i n g p e o p l e ' s a t t e n t i o n a n d i n t e r e s t

r e g a r d i n g

t h e C h u r c h a s w e l l . A n o t h e r i d e a w a s g i v e n

t o

u s

b y

b r - » t h e r

R i c h a r d

K i t c h e n . T h e

f o r m e r m e m b e r s o f t h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n a r e C h r i s t i a n s a n d t h e y

n e e d

C h r i s t i a n f e l l o w

s h i p .

W e h a v e

a g o o d

r a p p o r t , w i t h

t h e m

a n d t h e r e f o r e w e h o p e t o s t a r t

a n

i n f o r m a l

f e l l o w s h i p

t i m e

i n c l u d i n g

p r a y e r , B i b l e s t u d y , a n d c o m m u n i o n - a p a r t f r o m t h e r e g u l a r

c h u r c h s e r v i c e s .

W e

h o p e t h r o u g h t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y ,

t h e y

w i l l r e a l i z e t h e i r n e e d t o

b e w o r s h i p p l n g

w i t h

t h e l o c a l c o n g r e g a t i o n a n d t o

w o r k

t o g e t h e r i n t h e L o r d t o

s t r e n g t h e n H i s

c h u r c h i n M o n t r e a l . W e

i n t e n d t o . h a v e m o r e a c t i v i t i e s

f o r

t h e c h u r c h

as well so that there

will

he

more fellowship

f o r

the

purpose o f building one an

o t h e r

u p a n d

e n a b l i n g

u s all t o w o r k

t o g e t h e r

i n r e a c h i n g t h e l o s t . A l s o , w e a r e

l o o k i n g

a t

a

f e w

c o m m u n i t i e s

o u t o f t h e W e s t I s l a n d a r e a w i t h t h e i d e a o f s t a r t i n g

a

s b c o n d

c o n g r e g a t i o n . S i n c e w e

d o

n o t l i v e i n t h e s e c o m m u n i t i e s w e

d o

n o t

k n o w

if this will b e

feasible b u t

w e

must try. The L o r d

will l e a d u s in

the w o r k

H e '

has

for us


19/24

w.

A

number

of people asked us

this

past summer about our association with

t h e Dilleys - re w e o n e m i s s i o n since w e h a v e the same name, M i s s i o n M o n t r e a l , or

are

we

independent? Here's

just

a word of explanation. The Dilleys came to

Montreal

five years a^o-under the title Mission Montreal . When we decided to

come we

used

the

same

title

a s

a point of

reference

only. We never changed this

a l t h ou g h w e p r o b a b l y s h ou l d h a v e . W e

a r e

a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e D i l l e y s i n t h a t e a c h

of u s c a m e

w i t h

t h e

p u r p o s e

of

p r o c l a i m i n g t h e W o r d o f G o d t o t h e lost a n d b u i l d i n g

u p C h r i s t ' s C h u r c h . W e w o r k i n r e g a r d t o t h e

s a m e

c o n g r e g a t i o n , t h e W e s t I s l a n d

C h u r c h of

C h r i s t .

H o w e v e r , e a c h of

u s _ i s i n d e p e n d e n t .

W e

a r e

n o t an evangelistic~N

o r g a n i z a t i o n . W e e a c h h a v e o u r o w n f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t s a n d s e p a r a t e f i n a n c i a l

s u p p o r t , a s w e l l a s d i f f e r e n t

v i e w s

r e g a r d i n g

e v a n g e l i s t i c o u t r e a c h .

W e a r e

allowed to

remain i n

Canada

on

a

year's visa

which

can

b e

renewed each June.

H o w e v e r , t h e i m m i g r a t i o n o f f i c i a l s c a n r e f u s e t o r e n e w t h i s a t a n y t i m e . W e

b e l i e v e

t h e L o r d w i l l a l l o w

u s

t o

b e

h e r e

a s l o n g

a s H e

w a n t s

b u t t h i s

m o t i v a t e s u s

t o

w o r k

a s

m u c h

a s

w e c a n w h i l e w e a r e a b l e . W e b e l i e v e t h a t if w e w o r k h a r d at

s e r v i n g

C h r i s t ,

H e

w i l l b l e s s o u r

l a b o r s . I f w e d o

t h e b e s t

w e c a n

a n d p r a y

c o n t i n u a l l y

( a n d

y o u

w i t h us) C h r i s t ' s C h u r c h w i l l g r o w h e r e .

I f t h e r e

a r e a n y

i n d i v i d u a l s o r c h u r c h e s w h o w o u l d l i k e

t o

r e c e i v e

t h e i r o w n c o p y

o f

o u r

n e w ^ e t t e r ,

p l e a s e

s e n d u s t h e i r

n a m e s a n d c o m p l e t e

m a i l i n g

a d d r e s s e s a n d

w e w i l l a d d

t h e m

t o

o u r m a i l i n g l i s t . A l s o ,

if

a n y

c h u r c h e s w o u l d

l i k e e x t r a c o p i e s t o

h a v e o n

h a n d f o r t h e i r m e m b e r s ,

p l e a s e

l e t u s k n o w . W e

c o n s i d e r e a c h

o f

y o u

a v e r y

i m p o r t a f i t p a r t

o f

M i s s i o n

M o n t r e a l a n d

w e

w a n t y o u

'tb bV informed about the work h e r e .

T h e

s ummer i s

g o n e n o w a n d

a u t ^ \ ^ i s , d e f i n i t e l y

h e r e . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e

i s c o o l a n d a l l t h e l e a v e s a r e r a p i d l y c h a n g i n g . W e ' v e h a d

a

l o t o f r a i n , t o o .

J e r e m y h a d

a

b a d

c o l d f o r

a b o u t

a

w e e k .

H e s c u t t i n g

m o r e t e e t h ,

t o o .

I t

l o o l s

a s t h o u g h

h e h a s

f o u r u p p e r t e e t h c o m i n g i n a t t h e s a m e t i m e . H e

s t a n d s

n o w a n d

l i k e s

t o

v a l k

a r o u n d f u r n i t u r e . H e

u n d e r s t a n d s

c e r t a i n

w o r d s

a n d

p h r a s e s

r e a l

w e l l t o o .

W e r e

t r y i n g t o t e a c h

h i m

a b o u t p r a y e r

n o w .

S o f a r a l l w e v e

a c c o m p l i s h e d

i s a b o u t t h i r t y

s e c o n d s

o f a ^ i e t , i n a c t i v i t y .

I f

t h e

p r a y e r i s

l o n g e r t h a n

t h a t ,

w e l l . e

is

r e a l l y

a

j o y .

P l e a s e

c o n t i n u e t o

p r a y f o r

u s , e s p e c i a l l y

i n

r e g a r d

t o

t h e l a b o r s

w e

h a v e p l a n n e d .

P r a y

f o r t h e s a l v a t i o n o f p e o p l e h e r e a n d g r o w t h f o r C h r i s t s C h u r c h .

K e e p

t h e f o r m e r

m e m b e r s of

t h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n h e r e i n y o u r p r a y e r s , t h a t

t h e y

w i l l b e

w i l l i n g t o w o r k t o g e t h e r w i t h u s

in

s e r vi n g C h r i s t . P r a y

f o r

G o d s

g u i d a n c e f o r

M a l c o l m

R o s s a n d

O n t a r i o C h r i s t i an S e m i n a r y . C o n t i n u e

i n

p r a y e r f o r

M r .

L a f e r r i e r e ,

h i s s p i r i t u a l

g r o w t h a n d

h i s

w i f e ' s

a c c e p t a n c e

o f

C h r i s t .

P r a i s e G o d w i t h u s f o r

t h e

R i c h a r d

K i t c h e n f a m i l y , f o r t h e i r l o v e

a n d

t h e

f e l l o w s h i p

i n

C h r i s t w e

h a v e

w i t h

t h e m . R e m e m b e r P a u l a S t e i n , t h a t h e r

w i t n e s s

a n d C h r i s t i a n g r o w t h w i l l

c o n t i n u e .

W e a l s o a s k y o u r s p e c i a l

p r a y e r s

f o r M r .

a n d

M r s . B i l l C l a r k a n d t h e i r

f a m i l y .

D u r i n g S e p t e m b e r

t h e i r b r o t h e r - i n - l a w , s e v e r a l f r i e n d s ,

a n d M r . C l a r k s

f a t h e r p a s s e d a w a y . W e a r e s u r e t h e y

w i l l

d e e p l y a p p r e c i a t e a l l o u r

p r a y e r s

o n

their behalf.

T h e L o r d b e w i t h y o u r s p i r i t . G r a c e b e w i t h

y o u .

2

i m o t h y

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MISSION

MONTREAL

October 1977

/ p '

The

Steve

Dunham Family

Mr.

& Mrs.

Bill

Clark

404

Hu r t e a u

Apt. 202 2105 E. Me mori al

D r i v e

Bollard Des Ormeaux Muncie, Indiana

Quebec,

C a n ad a H9G 1X4 U.S.A. 47302

Dear Brothers and Sisters

in

Christ,

Grace and

peace

from

God

the Father

and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Tit us 1:4b. October

w as

a ch al l e ngi ng

mont h

for

u s , but

it was

packed

with

bles s

ings. Because

of

this our

spirits a r e high

i n

regard to Christ s Chu rch

h ere.

Among

t h e b l e s s i n g s

of

t h e m o n t h w a s t h e opportuni ty to

go

t o T o ro nto.

S e p t e m b e r

30

Ontario

C h r i s t i a n S e m i n a r y h e ld

i t s

open house a n d

convocation

b a n q _ u e t o S t e v e

took two former s tudent s

of

O.C.S. along

for t h e occasion. T h e

long drive

provided

a great time of discussion.

S t e v e

had

a

great time th ere.

Seeing and meeting s o m a ny

Ontario brethren

was exciting. He met more faculty

a n d staff me mbe rs

a n d s t u d e n t s . It

was a bl e ssi ng t o vi si t with friends Malcol m

Ross and S k ip a n d

Lynda

Daniels a s well. We praise our

Lord for these opportuniti es

for fellowship w i t h

God's people.

Zh e f i r st

we e k

i n

October,

D e n n i s D i l l e y began a T h u r s d a y

n ig h t

pray e r

meeting.

We

h a v e been

able to continue it

each

week

si nc e t h e n

and

we

a r e

m a k i ng

it

a

regular weekly s e r \ i c e of th e church. Also,

S t e v e

became t h e t r e a s u r e r

fo r

the W e s t

I s l a n d

C h u r c h

of

C h r i s t . A b u d g e t h a s b e e n set u p to gove rn

t h e

offerings.

We

a r e happy

t h a t

a

good portion

of the

offerings

w i l l

go toward mi ssions.

A

budget

is

i mportant e ve n

though we

a r e

few in

n u m b e r .

Giving i s an

i mp o r t a n t

part of a

C h r i s t i a n s

l if e a n d

T h e r efore of t h e

c h u r c h . T h e

Lord s

m o n e y ,

n o m a t t e r

w h a t

the

amount,

must

be handled properly.

This

congregation

will

grow s u i d

i t

i s better

for a new me mbe r t o e nte r a congregation tha t Is doing th i ngs

t h a n

one t h a t do e s

nothing for Christ's kingdom.

Also, during

October

we had a church

bowling

and pizza

party.

Five

guests attended besides our regular

membership.

Our Danish friends, Ejgil

a nd

Kirste n, came along. l b was a great ti m e for fellowship, food, an d sore muscles.

We plan

to

have one such activity

each month

for the church for fun an d fellowship

and outreach to everyone's

friends

and

n e i g h b o r s•

Through the concern

of

a young man

i n the

Toronto

ar e a Ste ve

received

t h e

n a m e

a n d a d d r e s s of a Ch ri sti an young man l i vi ng i n Montre al who h ad l i ved i n

Toronto

previously and atte nded church th ere. S t e v e called on h i m one eve ning. He

seemed

interested in the West Island Church

of

Christ. However, he lives

about

t e n mi l e s a w a y a n d

h a s

no car of

h i s

own. He said some ti me h e migh t give u s a

c a l l


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and

come to worship with us.

We

hope we can get him to

take

part i n

some

of t^e

,

church activities and in

closer fellowship

with us

Rhonda's mother, Mrs. Mildred Neumeister,

c s u n e for a week's

visit.

We

showed

her some

of

the

s i ^ t s

in

Montreal. Rhonda's parents had

spent

part

of t h e i r ,

h o n e y m o o n h e r e

some

t h i r t y - o n e y e a r s ago. M o m m a r v e l l e d at h o w t h e area has changed.

She b a h y s a t

J e r e m y

a

c o u p l e n i g h t s

so we

could attend

a

p r a y e r m e e t i n g and visit

some former members of this congregation we had never met

before.

This family is

p r e s e n t l y a c t i v e

in a

B a p t i s t c h u r c h n e a r d o w n t o w n M o n t r e a l .

S t e v e h a d

t a l k e d

with

them

on

the

phone

a

couple of

times and

they invited us over to

visit them,

Their

church w a s .

having

a

75th anniversary celebration

that weekend and

we were*

invited to attend the Friday night supper and festivities. We had an informative

a n d

e n j o y a b l e c o n v e r s a t i o n .

We

a r e

i m p r e s s e d w i t h t h e m

a n d

a r e s a d d e n e d

t h a t

t h e y

a r e n o l o n g e r

m e m b e r s o f t h e

W e s t I s l a n d

C h u r c h

o f C h r i s t .

W e

a t t e n d e d

t h e i r

e v e n i n g

p r o g r a m a n d t h e

r e v i e w

o f

t h e i r

p a s t 75 y s a r s w a s

< i u i t e i n t e r e s t i n g

a n d

i n f o r m a t i v e . It g a v e u s s o m e i n s i g h t s i n t o t h i s

a r e a .

W e h o p e

to

k e e p in t o u c h

w i t h

t h i s

f a m i l y

as

w e l l a s w i t h

t h e o t h e r f o r m e r m e m b e r s i n h o p e o f f u t u r e u n i t y

i n

l a bo r ,

fellowship and

w o r s h i p .

In t h e n e a r b y s u b u r b

of

P o i n t e C l a i r e ,

a

B r e t h r e n c h u r c h a n d an

/ U i g l i c a n

c h u r c h h a v e t e a m e d u p to s p o n s o r a c o f f e e h o u s e in t h e A n g l i c a n

c h u r c h

b a s e m e n t .

T S i e y

h a v e it o n c e o r t w i c e a m o n t h

f o r

h i g h s c h o o l a n d c o l l e g e a g e y o u i J i . S t e v e

has attended the

last

two and Rhonda and

Jeremy

accompanied hi m

t q .

the latest one.

The

entertainment

is good, Christian folk

music and it has given

us

more

o p p o r t u n i t i e s

t o t a l k

w i t h a

f e w

o f

t h e

f o r m e r m e m b e r s o f

t h e

c h u r c h h e r e a n d

t o

meet other people. _

A n

a n s w e r e d p r a y e r , K i r s t e n

(see above) c a m e

t t

o u r

w o r s h i p

s e r v i c e .

r e c e n t l y . S h e s e e m e d t o e n j o y i t . W e

p r a y

n o w o u r D a n i s h f r i e n d s w i l l s o o n c o m

pletel y accept Christ a s their S a v i o r .

A l s o , t h i s m o n t h w e

• p u r c h a s e d

a G e s t e t n e r

^00

m a i u j ^ j i u p l i c a t o r . T h i s

w i l l h e l p

u s

b e m o r e e f f i c i e n t

i n

o u r p r i n t i n g . W e

a r e

n o w p r i n t i n g

o h

a

r e g u l a r

b a s i s

t h i s m o n t h ly n e w s l e t t e r ^ a s w e l l a s t h e W e s t

I s l a n d

C h u r c h o f C h r i s t ' s b i

w e e k l y c h u r c h p a p e r

T h e

C h r i s t i a n C h r o n i c l e .

W e

p l a n

t o

p r i n t b r o c h u r e s ,

f l i e r s ,

t r a c t s , a n d p o s t c a r d s . W e h a v e b e e n u s i n g t h e D i l l e y s ' m a c h i n e in t h e p a s t

a n d

w e

t h a n k t h e m for t h i s .

But

t h i s a r r a n g e m e n t w a s

b e c o m i n g

i n c r e a s i n g l y i n c o n v e n i e n t

for b o t h f a m i l i e s a n d w e felt t h e i n c r e a s e in

o u r u s e

o f p r i n t e d m a t e r i a l s w a r r a n t e d

t h i s i n v e s t m e n t . We t h a n k all

o u r

s u p p o r t e r s w h o h a v e m a d e t h i s p u r c h a s e p o s s i b l e .


22/24

Personally, we are fine aside

f r c m

the

usu^.oolds.^

The Indian

summer

h e r e t h i s y e a r

h a s been fant astici

Steve got back f r o m T o r o n t o

o n Oc t . 1

a n d

w h e n

he walked i n t o

o u r ap a r t m e n t , J e r e m y t u r n e d ^ound, waved, a n d s a i d "hi

Dad "

T a lk

ab o u t

t w o surprised parents Oct.

10th

w e

c e l eb r a t e d

Canadian

Thanksgiving.

R h o n d a

r o a s t e d a

duck

f o r u s .

It

was great Sh e d i d r e a l

w e l l

for being her

f i r s t o n e .

Jeremy

e nj o y e d

t h e d a y , e s p ec i a l l y

Mom's

s w e e t p o t a t o e s

a n d

cranberry m uffins. T hen

h aving Mom

N e u m e i s t e r

h e r e

w a s

a

real

j o y .

We

d i d s o m e s i g h t s e e i n g

b u t

w e

t h i n k

she

e nj o y e d

t h e

baby

m o s t o f a l l . J e r e m y' s e y e

t e e t h

a r e

i n

n o w

but

h i s t w o u p pe r f r o n t

t e e t h h a v e n ' t popped

t h r o u g h

y e t .

He

l o o k s l i k e a vampire - u s t in t i m e for

Halloween

He really

got

e x c i t e d

when we lit his first

j ack-o~l a n t e r n .

November promises

t o

be a h exciting a n d b u s y m o n t h

for

u s

as

w e l l .

We

p r a i s e

God

f o r

His giiidance a n d encouragement through Montreal Christians, Richard

s i n d

L o u i s e Kit c h e n , a n d Bi l l a n d Fr a nc e s

Cla rk.

We thank

y o u

f o r y o u r p r a y e r s r e ga r d i n g t h e r e q u e s t s

w e make

each

m o n t h .

Your prayers

are a great

help and e ncouragement.

Please

continue praying for

u s

i n o u r

w ork

t h a t w e w i l l

be open

t o

t h e

Lord's

guidance

a n d

people's

n e e d s . P r a y

for the

former mem ers of

the

West

Island

Church

of

Christ that they will unite

w i t h u s

f o r

Ch r i s t . P r a y

f o r

Mr. Philippe

L a f e r r i e r e

i n

r e ga r d t o t h e p r i s o n

ministry

he has

just begun. Keep Paula

Stein in

your prayers

too. She is beginning

a Bible study with friends in

Coppermine,

Northwest Territories, Praise the

Lord

Thank

G r d

for His

never-changing

love.

G r a c e

b e w i t h y o u

a l l . T i t u s

^

Mr, Mrs,

Bill

Clark

Mission Montreal

2105 E. Memorial

Dr.

M u n c i e ,

I n d i a n a ^7302

U.S.A.

I J t i n t e d

i n

C a n a d a

i

M f


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y

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

November

December

1977

The

Steve Dunham Family Mr, Mrs.

Bill

Clark

i l 0 4

H u r t e a T i ' A p t . 202

2105

E,

Memorial Drive

D o l l a - r d Des

Ormeaux Muncie,

Indiana 47302

Quebec, Canada H9G

1X4

U.S.A.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

''Grace to

you

and peace from God our Father and the Lo rd Jesus Christ."

Philemon 3.

V / e

opcjogize icr being late with this

letter,

) i a d planned to send

you

a Cliristmas

picture and g reeting along

with this

letter.

H o t i e v e i -

it seems

the photo developers may have l o s t ,

our

picture and negative. So

w e

hope you can

look forward

to

this in our

New iear's

letter.

The

last

h a l j f

o f November

and

the

first

week

o f

December

have

been

hectic.

Winter finally arrived. We've had

t l u ' e e

snow

storms

so.far. x w? this iirst w eek

o f

December.

Lengthy

colds hit a

lot

of

people.

Appointments a n d ' schedules were

rearranged -r canceled. At times we didn't know if we were-comir.g

or

going. P o o r

Jeremy w on dragged

out into

the co ld quite

a bit; but re.

oved

i t - .

N'.Vrmber was a

busy month w ith

a lot of g o o d

accomplished

for

the church

h

dunham steve rhonda 1977 canada

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