Arriaga Eduardo Eva 1986 Mexico

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D e a r B r e t h r e n a n d F r i e n d s i n C h ri s t J es us :I m w r i t i n g yo u to l e t you know what God and C h r i s thave done through yo u an d us working t o g e t h e r .May God s r i c h e s t b l e s s i n g s be wi t h you.We a r e a l l w e l l even th ou g h my w i f e h as had someminor health problems but we are thankful t h a t they

h a v e n t b e e n s e r i o u s .The r e a s o n I m w r i t i n g t h e news f o r tw o months tthsame time i s t h a t I wanted to w a i t u n t i l I could r e p o r t toyou that th e wall around the church building is f i na l l ycompleted and the p art in -fro n t has the r a i l i ngs and the

g a t e s i n p l a c e .Also I was very b us y w orking on my pickup truck.Thank you very much for the extra money to help ove rha ulthe motor. I also took th e opport uni t y to do some workon the body and to paint i t . So now my pickup is blue.We have two new babi es in the c o n g r e g a t i o n . One i sthe son of s i s t e r Maria and the other is the daughter ofs i s t e r Evangelina Both mothers and babies are doing finef o r w h i c h we g i v e Go d t h a n k s .Four p e o p l e who had made t h e i r c o n f e s s i o n s o f f a i t hlast year but had no t been baptized finally on th e f i r s tSunday of January completed t hi s part of t h e i r obedience.On th e 1 7 t h day o f F e br ua r y b r o t h e r V i c t o r ManuelRodriguez was finally operated on and a l l is going wellso f a r . P l e a s e pray f o r t h i s b r o t h e r of o u r s .Since l a s t year we have been working on the plans forour revival during Easter week and we are a lr ea dy s ee in gresults. ach member and each family has the responsibilityto invite a person or a family to attend the services andas a r e s u l t th e a tte nd an ce i s growing.I told you in previous l e t t e r s that we have had problemsw ith the wall of the church building ever si nc e th e e a r t hquake last November didn t think there was any rush inmaking th e repairs but the cracks continue to get wider andwider so it is now essential that the repairs be made immediately

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P a g e The members a r e a f r a i d t h a t i f t h i s isn t d o n e s o o n t h e w a l l s mfall. We a r e g o i n g t o p l a c e a total o f e i g h t c o n c r e t c o l u m n si n t h e w a l l p i l l a r s ) a nd a c o n c r e t e r i n g all t h e w ay a r o u n dt h e to p p e r i m e t e r o f t h e w a l l s . T h i s m e a n s w e H h a v e t o b u yr e i n f o r c e m e n t r o d s a n d c e m e n t , a n d t h e c o s t o f b o t h o f t h e s eis v r y h i g h . S o it is g o i n g t o t a k e u s a l o n g t i m e t o g e tit a i l d o n e . W e ll h a v e to do t h i s w o r k a s we a r e a b l e t o p a yfor the materials.

E v e r y d a y t h e w o r k h e r e g e t s larger,c o n t i n u e d p r a y e r s .

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T h e doctor w h o is a m e m b e r of the church here a n d alsoo u r f a m i l y d o c t o r , w i l l b e g o i n g t o C ol e g i o B i b l i c o thisn e x t s u m m e r . I r m a J i m e n e z , o n e o f t h e y o u n g l a d i e s i nt h e c h u r c h a t Z a c a t e p e c , w i l l a l s o b e g o i n g t o C ol e g i oB i b l i c o t h i s y e a r . S h e i s t h e d a u g h t e r o f J o s e * J i m e n e z .

O u r c h i l d r e n . C a r m e n a n d L a l o h a p p il y c o n ti n u e theirs t u d i e s a t C o l e g i o B i b l i c o . We a s k f o r y o u r p r a y e r s on t h e i rb e h a l f . L a l o h a s a ne w p r e a c h i n g p o i n t a n d h e s e n j o y i n gt h e w o r k v e r y m u c h .

B r e t h r e n , t h a n k y o u f o r y o u r s p i r i t u a l a n d e c o n o m i c a lh e l p . May God b l e s s you all.Eduardo

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EDUARDO & EVA ARRIAGACHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN THE STATE OFMORELOS, MEXICO, NEWSLETTERFROM THE CHURCHES OFCUAUTLA AND AZCATEPEC, MORELOSMARCH 1 9 8 6

Dear Brethren and Friends In the faith of our LorHand Savxor Jesus Christ. Greetings.

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e l se ; a l l m a t e r i a l s have gone up 300 o r more.We ve also had some successes in the congregation inCuautla. e haven t had any baptisms but a new family hasstarted attending and is very interested. But our biggest

reason for rejoicing is because our doctor Jose Deloya Lopez,is going to Colegio Biblico next fa l l and when he finisheshis studies he plans to return as a medical missionary.A l s o one o f t h e young l ad ies In th e c h u r c h a tZacatepec will be going to Colegio Biblico to begin hers t u d i e s in the fa l l . Sh e wil l graduate t h i s summer fromher s tu d ie s in accounting. This makes a to tal of fivemembers of the churches here that will have begun studyingto become fu ture m i s s i o n a r i e s and p r e a c h e r s ~Dear f r i e n d s we ag ain want to thank yo u fo r th espir i tual and economical help we receive from you.P l e a s e c o n t i n u e to pray fo r us and t h e L o r d s work

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EnUARDO AND EVA ARRIAGACHRISTIAN missionaries IN THE STATEOF MQRELOS MEXICOJ un e 1986 News le t t e r

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Dear Brethren and Fr iends in Chr is t Je sus :News of the church in Zacatepec: On the fourth of May the wifeof brother Humbert Caldeross was baptized. For this we give God thanks

There are two more baptisms pending which are_the resu l t of confession of fai thmade during the revival held Easter week The only thing holding these twopeople back is the pressure from family and friends not to go through vaththeir baptisms e are praying and trusting in God that they will be baptizedsoo

e are receiving wonderful fruits from the revival held during Easter.The members of the church did a great job of evangelism and visitation. Peoplefrom distant places are now attending the services. Every Sunday morningI pick up 28 people (children, young people and adults). I have to maketwo t r ips These people l ive about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the churchand there are no buses that run directly from there to the church. The busesthat do run do so on a very irregular schedule. For this reason, I startpicking up people every Sunday morning at 8;00 a mThis has caused us to do a l i t t le decentralizing of the church activitiesregarding the mid-week services. The main activity during the week continues

to be the Thursday night prayer meeting aii bible study n Saturday the youngpeople have their meetings e are now holding services on Tuesday in thehomes of the people who live a distance from the church n Friday we haveservices at the place where I go to pick up the people about 12 miles away.This place i s ca l l ed N icolas Bravo.

In Cuautla we continue to meet on Wednesday and on Sunday Al l cfthe members there go to the services at Zacatepec They made this decisionbecause they prefer having worship services in a church building rathert han i n t h e i r homes .

Three weeks ago I left the house to go to Zacatepec in my truck.Due to the warm weather I was traveling with the windows down. All of asudden window and struck me in my left eye causingsevere pain I stoppedfor~TlFew m:Mfes Tdngere--drf--ttre--pain-would let up-_and I could go on, but I had to return to the house almost blind becauseboth eyes were f i l led with tears. I went to the doctor and he found thata small piece of metal had scratched my eyeball. Three weeks have passedand my eye is st i l l not completely well I ve had to adjixst to drivingwith one eye. Please pray for rnc

Sister Maria Elena Pulido is s t i l l very i l l so please pray forh e r a l s o

As I mentioned in th e last let ter a young lady from the churchin Zacatepec and a doctor and his fatnily from th e church in Cuautla willbe going to Colegio Biblico to prepare themselves and retu rn to work inthe Lord s vineyard. Please pray for them.


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Friends an d b r e t h r e n I again want to thank yo u fo r your supportan d fo r backing my family and I a re thankful t h a t we ca n be certaint h a t someone is concerned and praying for us.

Ou r c h i l d r e n Carmen and Eduardo have r e t u r n e d from Colegio B i b i i c oto spend the i r sunmer v a c a t i o n working i n th e church. e a r e enjoying t he i rcompany. May God b less o u r ch i ld ren

In August ll have to t a k e a l a r g e group o f s tu d e n ts to ColegioBibiico There w i l l be our two children Saul Lagunes Irma Jimenez andth e d o c t o r an d h i s fa m ily. I m hoping ll have a l i t t l e e x t r a money bythen to help with th is t r ipHy family an d I a re aware o f th e effor t yo u make on our behalf.Once again we want to express o ur t han ks . ay God b l e s s you.

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J u l y 1986

D e a r F r i e n d s :

I send you greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, asking od tosend His b l e s s i n g s on you.

are well for which we give God thanks. Only our son, Efren,has been a l i t t l e sick. He cut his le^ on a piece of glass and had tohave s t i t c h e s to close the wound. y eye is completely well now, forwhich I a l s o give God thanks .

In my l a s t l e t t e r I mentioned a plan of evangelism that wewanted to put into action during the month cf June. The plan consi stedof having services in the homes of the members that lived near the churcha s w e ll a s i n t h e homes o f t k s e who l i v e d f a r t h e r away.

were able to carry out the f i r s t part but not the second.The reason f o r t h i s was the heavy r a i n s caused the only bridge to thea r e a where t h o s e f a m i l i e s l i v e d t o f ll We c o u l d h a v e walked fromthe bridge to the houses, but it i s very very dangerous to leave carsalong the highway unattended. So, we decided i t would be b e t t e r toleave t h i s p a r t of the plan u n t i l the ra iny season passes.

In the s e r v i c e s we held i n the homes the f i r s t week, onlyone new person at tended. The second week not one new person came,n o t e v e n t h e o n e who h a d came t h e week b e f o r e . The members w e r e ab i t discouraged. The t h i r d week we had s i x new people and the fourthweek the same s ix r et ur ned p lu s two more. Praise the Lord

The 30th of June we begin our Vacation Bible School and itw i l l end on the 9th of July , Our son, Eduardo, J r . w i l l be thedirector of these a c t i v i t i e s . y wife and our daughter. Carmen, wil lbe teachers along with two other young l a d i from the church. 1*11be t he chauf feur and according to my figures, 1*11 hae to make four ^t r i p s to pick up th e c hi ld re n and four more t o take t h ^ home.

I t looks l ike we are going to have baptism around the f i r s to f th e month o f J u ly .

Friends, we thank you for a l l your help. Things don*talways work out the way they are planned. Some times the work doesn tbear f r u i t as one wishes , nor when one wislBs. But, I can t e l l youwith a l l honesty that God has done great things in t h i s place. Thechurch i s very young. I m under the impression t h a t it i s the youngestcongregation i n a l l of Mexico t h a t r e a l l y c o n s t i t u t e s a church.

The members have learned t o give and t o t i t h e . They paya l l t h e i r b i l l s such as water , l i g h t s and construc t ion c o s t s . Wecontinue bui lding; t h e r e s a l o t y e t to be done. Butibecause o f thehigh cost of ma te ri al s, and |B|prices go up every month, we aremoving v ery s lowly .

Please-continue to pray f o r t h i s place , fo r the members o ft h e c h u r c h a n d for u s .


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July 1986

NEWSIiETTTER FRGM EX>UARDO EVA ARRIAGACHRISTIMi MISSIOSIARISS IN THE STATE OF MOPEIOS MEXICXD

Dear Brothers Friends in Christ Jesus:May the peace of the Lord be with you. I m very h^py to write thisletter God has blessed the work richly. The lord has answered our prayers,1*11 begin by telling you that the first Sunday of this month we hada baptism . This was a lady who had been putting off her b tism for variousreasons but she finally went through with i tSinci this was the first Sunday of the month, and on ê first Sundayof every m; nth, we have a church dinner, we used this occasion to have achurch picnic near a large spring. For your infonration and to f^lînwhy we have our baptiaiis in the country rather than in the church building,since the earthquake last year, we have had scrne large cra^s in the^walls _anSTJiluhe baptistry. Ifs not easy for us to get them repaired qui^ly.We ve had a lot of other experiences. This month we are sending to CoiegioBiblico in Eagle Pass, Texas, a young lady vrtio has b ^ a teacher in theSunday School for three years, and the church is paying her travel expenses.The JDeginning of July we started the Vacation Bible School. Wand our children Carmen and Lalo and two girls from the church, Irma Jiminezand Abigail Hagunes were the teachers. I was the director, the sweeper,

th e h au le r and t he c h au ff eu rThis time we had so many children that I had to ma ce several trips pickingthem up and then taking than back home again vên the classes ended each day.As I mentioned, the vacation bible school I want to thank the groiôf ladies fron the church in Hugoton, Kansas for the box of colors and scissorsthey sent for the schools. Thank you very much ladies.As has been done every year, the members of the church took tiomspreparing the cold drinks and refreshments for the children. The secondSunday of the month we iiad a special thanksgiving service for the youngpeople who had graduatel from the different public schools. had severalyoung people that had finished different levels of their-schooling^rîvJunior High through College. had one young lady who graduated as apublic school teacher


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Our Bible School a tt en da nc e h as grown a l i t t l e fo r which we a re thankful.This y e a r we accaiplished what in o th e r years we ha d n o t been able to^rrosto f th e children -attended Vacation Bible School have continued to a t t e n d .The love o f th e ireitibers fo r t he t hi ng s of C hrist ha s continued to growA ll of the t i t h es and offerings t h at ccme i n are used f or p ro je ct s t h atshow t h i s. One o f the Christian ladies was abandoned by h er husbandan d ru n -o ff from hcxne The church helped-her b u ild a small one room

h ou se an d continued to help her with food unt i l she was able to find work.Turning to another subject we want to thank our good friend an d brotherPaul E Black fo r th e bo x o f shoes t ha t he sent fo r th e rneinbers They a re

always a g r e a t help to u s. Thank yo u and may God b l e s s you.TO c l o s e I want to mention- t ha t in August in a d d i t i o n to o u r c h i l d r e nCaannen and Lalo an d S a u l we a re ta k in g to Colegio B i b l i c o twD ne w s t u d e n t sfron th e church Inna Jimenez a nd D oc to r Jose Ketzahualcoyotl an d h is family.As I c l o s e th is l e t t e r I beg you to resnember us in your pr^e r s Thank

you f o r your siipport. May God b l e s s you r i c h l y .Edua r do

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Eduardo Eva Ar r i a gChristian M i s s io n a r i e s in t h eS t a t e o f More l o s , Mexico

NEWSLETTER

D e a r FriendsI pray t ha t you are w ell and t ha t the peace and love

o f Je s u s Ch r i s t be wi t h you . are a l l well, fo r which we a re th an kfu l. I had abad t h r o a t th e l a s t week o f Augus t bu t now I m much b e t t e r .The f i r s t week of August we had s pe ci al s er vic es fo rthe young people of the church. took advantage of our

ch i l d r en Carmen and Lalo and Sau l still be ing h ere be fo regoing back to Colegio Biblico. This great ly encouraged theyounq people of the church as well as the vis i tors that attended.The l as t of August three new young people two gi r l s and a boy)began at tending . Also the o lde s t son of bro ther HembertoCalderon, who in the pas t was very re luc tan t to come to themeetings, is now attending regularly. For th is we praisethe L o r d .

On the 14th of August, I l e f t to take Carmen Lalo, Sauland a g i r l from the church to Colegio Bibl ico . had a lo tof problems and l os t a lo t of time t rying to get a student Visafor th is g i r l . After everything was done tha t could be done shestill d idn* t g e t it and had to r e t u rn home.

I sa id we l o s t a l o t o f t ime because when it was t imeto leave for Colegio Bib lic o th e American Consulate in MexicoCity was closed to Visa service and had been fo r severa l monthsbecause o f t e r r o r i s t t h r e a t s . We t h r e fo re had to go to ano the rc i ty th a t was off our route to try to get th is taken care of.A ll this o f cou r s e , mean t t ime and money .

The church gave some money to help with th is g i r l sexpenses , but I paid fo r the gasol ine and the meals and eventhough the phone ca l l s we had to make to Colegio Bibl icowere co l l e c t ca l l s , the business p laces t h a t l e t me use t h e i rphone charged me 1000 pesos or 1.50 dol lar every t ime Ihad to use th e phone . Of cou r s e t h e r e were o t h e r expensesb u t t h e s e we r e th e b i g g e s t .

The doc to r wasn t ab le to ge t h is Visa e i t h e r . Itseems t h a t t h i s year the Consula te made th ings much mored i f f i cu l t . The gi r l who wasn t able to get her visa i s IrmaJ imenez . She wants to t ry aga in nex t yea r . She r e a l l y wantsto s e rv e th e Lord . P l e a s e p r ay f o r h e r .

This t r i p th e truck gave us more mechanical t r oub l e .I t was nothing really serious but time consuming- At ColegioBibl ico we l o s t t h ree days wait ing fo r pa r ts to repa i r it

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and even started on the t r i p but the truck broke down againa f t e r we had been on the road fo r f ive hours; so t h e r e weremore e x p e n s e s . At t h a t p o i n t my w i f e and I d e c i d e d t o r e t u r nt o the c o l l e g e we had never had t h i s much t r o u b l e with t h etru ck befo re, I guess it i s time to begin thinking aboutasking od for another one. We ve had this one for six yearsand a s you know we bought it u s e d . It s a 1975 model . Whenwe l e f t home the truck had a minor problem with the steeringsystem. I t was not r e a l se^ ous but I wanted to get it fixedas soon as possible. I wanted to take advantage of our being atthe border to buy the parts since they are so much cheaperthere so I called the Middaughs in Riverton, I l l inois to explainthe problem. They sent 357.00 to bu y the steering gear boxwhich was the par t needed. But as I said, we we got to ColegioBiblico the truck quit running completely. After this,problemwas located and repaired the gasol ine pump went out then theignition went bad and had to be repaired. To make a l^n_g story ___short when aTl t h i s was paid for I d i d n t have enough l e f t tobu y the gear box for the steering system. I m saving whatmoney was left i n hopes o f a d d i n g t o it a s we can from o u rregular support u n t i l we can get enough together to buy theneeded p a r t . I t of course w i l l be more expensive here.

October 12 w i l l be the c h u r c h s second anniversary i nthe new building. plan to have a special service includinga specia l meal together a t the church. We always remember withthanksgiving in our hearts the brethren who ma ke it possiblefor us to have a building through t h e i r prayers and money.And we of course always remember with g r a t i t u d e those who camet o w o r k o n t h e construction

S i s t e r I g r a c i a Leonardo f e l l and hur t h e rs el f r ec en tl y.S i s t e r Evangel ina j u s t about l o s t h e r house i n t h e r e c e n t f l o o d s .Her house i s l o c a t e d a t the edge o f a dry creek bed. When theheavy rains caused the creek to overflow the banks by her housefor a time was in ser ious danger. But no damage was done for which

praise t h e Lord.Some o f the b r e t h r e n s e n t boxes o f c l o t h e s t o Colegio^Biblico- .for us ^and^the. church.-. They-also sent -penci l s-and erasers-.Thank you very much.The p e n c i l s a n d e r a s e r s made t h e k i d s at t h e c h u r c hvery happy s i n c e t h e i r c l a s s e s i n the publ ic schools s t a r t inSeptember. Here every p en ci l c o st s 70. pesos which would beabout 10 cents in American money. But Each of these penci lswas considered a r e a l b l e s s i n g . There were e i g h t boxes so eachchi ld received e ight p en cils . Thank you very much to a l l oft h o s e who t o o k p a r t .y wife and I a g a i n thank you f o r keeping us i n yourp r a y e r s . We a l s o p r a y f o r y o u .

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am c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h e b l e s s i n g s o f t h e Lord J e s u sC h r i s t a r e upon youAs a l w a y s it is a p l e a s u r e t o w r i t e you and tell you

a b o u t t h e t h i n g s t h a t a r e happening h e r e .T h i s has been a v e r y slow month a s f a r a s a c t i v i t i e si n t h e church a r e concerned It has been r a i n i n g a l o t andt h e r e have been some bad s torms So t h e people h a v e n i t been

a b l e t o g e t o u t o f t h e i r h o u s e s . The r i v e r s h a v e o v e r f l o v / e dt h e i r banks and some roads have been cover ed with water Longs t r e t c h e s o f t h e road between C u a u t l a and Zacatepec a r e j u s ta bo ut c om p le te ly d e s t r o y e d . B e f o r e t h e r a i n s t h e r o a d sw e r e n t v e r y good Now t h e y a r e t e r r i b l e .

You may remember t h a t i n a n e w s l e t t e r some t i m e b a c kt o l d you about a little g i r l s i n t h e church th e daughtero f s i s t e r Maria Elena Pulido got her hand mangled i n atortilla making machine Her name i s Lourdes and she i s 12y e a r s o l d . A f t e r t h e a c c i d e n t s h e was o p e r a t e d on and a f t e rs e v e r a l skin g r a f t s her hand seemed t o be f i n e . But r e c e n t l yh e r f i n ge r s began t o grow more and more crooked and b e n t . Twoweeks ago they o p e r a t e d on h e r hand a g a i n and it i s still t o osoon t o know what t h e r e s u l t s w i l l b e . We ask you t o praywith us f o r t h i s g i r l s . S h e s missed many o f her c l a s s e s i nschool and its beginning t o look l i k e she may l o s e t h e wholes c h o o l y e a r .

new young c o u p l e t h a t b a p t i z e d a b o u t e l e v e n y e a r sago when was still up n o r t h moved i n t o t h e a r e a n e a r t oZ a c a t e p e c a n d h a v e begun t o a t t e n d t h e c h u r c h t h e r e . T h i sc o u p l e now h a s t h r e e c h i l d r e n and a r e now l i v in g i n a townn e a r Z a c a t e p e c .

Our young p e o p l e s group h a s been growing g r e a t l yr e c e n t l y f o r which we a r e v e r y t h a n k f u l . T h e r e a r e a l s oa number o f new people who have been a t t e n d i n g t h e r e g u l a rchurch s e r v i c e s . They have been a tt end ing regu la rl y for solong t h a t we no longer consider them v i s i t o r s bu t theyhave n o t y e t been b a p t i z e d .We a r e r e a d y f o r t h e a n n i v e r s a r y c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e

c h u r c h b u i l d i n g . It w i l l be on t h e 1 2 t h o f O c t o b e r . We haver e c e i v e d n o t i c e that a n u m b e r o f o u r c h u r c h e s i n t h e a r e aa r e planning t o j o i n us on t h a t day a s w e l l as s e v e r a lC h r is ti an f ri en d s who w i l l be t r a v e l i n g longer d i s t a n c e s .I t looks l i k e it s going to be a wonderful day May it a l lbe t o C h r i st s g l o r y .


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Our ch i l d r e n , Carmen and La lo a re f i n e . We know t h i s from th eletters we r e c e i v e from them a t Co l eg i o B ib l i c o . We a l s o knowt h a t they a re happy. We ask you to pray fo r them because theya re f i ne young people . I don t say t h i s because they a re ourch i l d r en , bu t because they have j u s t been f i ne young peop leand I pray wi th ll my h e a r t t h a t t hey migh t always be .

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OUR MISSIONARY PARTNERSHIPD e a r F r i e n d s ,G r e e t i n g s i n t h e name o f t h e L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t , I w a n t t o b e g in w is h i n gy o u a M e r r y C h r i s t m a s a n d that t h e New Y e a r w i l l b r i n g y o u m a n y s u c c e s s e s .T h e r a i n s s t o p p e d just t h r e e w e e k s a g o a n d it l o o k s l i k e t h e w e a t h e r isc h a n g i n g . U s u a l l y t h e last r a i n s i n this a r e a come i n S e p t e m b e r , b u t n o tt h i s y e a r . T h e y h a v e left a n e p i d e m i c o f r e s p ir a to r y s ic k n e s s , s u c h a sf l u , c o u g h s , b r o n c h i t i s e t c . I was a l s o s i c k a s w e l l a s o u r s o n , E f r e n . t w a s n o t h i n g s e r i o u s , just v e r y b o t h e r s o m e .T h e y e a r is just a b o u t o v e r . T h e m o n t h o f D e c e m b e r b r i n g s t o a c l o s e t h ework t h e c h u r c h and I p r o g r a m e d a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f 1986We w e r e a b l e t o c a r r y o u t mos t o f t h e n l a n s , b u t u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e w e r ea f e w we w er e n t a b l e t o a c c o m p l i s h .One o f t h e t h i n g s we d i d n o t a c c o m p l i s h , was t h e p l a n t o e l e c t d e a c o n st h i s y e a r . We w e r e n o t a b l e t o do t h i s b e c a u s e t h e men d i d n t r e g u l a r l ya t t e n d t h e s p e c i a l c l a s s e s we h e l d f o r t h e m . Some w o u l d a t t e n d o n e c l a s sa n d o t h e r s t h e n e x t , and t h a t s t h e way it was a l l y e a r . S i n c e t h e c h u r c hw a n t s t r a in e d l e a d e r s we p l a n t o c o nt i n u e t h i s p r o g r a m a g a i n n e x t y e a r .We s e t a g o a l o f r e a c h i n g 5 new f a m i l i e s d u r i n g t h e y e a r a n d t h e L o r de n a b l e d u s t o r e a c h 6 f a m i l i e s . T h e y h a v e n o t b e e n b a p t i z e d y e t b u t w i l lb e early in t h e New Y e a r .The Young P e o p l e s D e p a r t m e n t p ro g r e s s e d g re a tl y d u r i n g t h e y e a r . T h i sy e a r t h e y w i l l b e p r e s e n t i n g t h e i r p a r t o f t h e C h r i s t m a s p ro gr a m a l l bythemselves

I n S u n d a y S c h o o l, t h e C h i l d r e n s D e p a r t m e n t , t h e a tt e n d a n c e i n c r e as e dc o n s i d e r a b l y . T h e r e a r e t h r e e g r o u p s o r c l a s s e s t h a t i n c l u d e t h e s m a l l e s tc h i l d r e n up t o t h e I n t e r m e d i a t e s . F o r t h e s e g r o u p s we a r e p l e a s e d t o h a v ew e l l p r e p a r e d and v e r y c a p a b l e t e a c h e r s . The C h i l d r e n s D e p a r t m e n t is t h eo n l y one t h a t i s 100 m i s s i o n a r y . All o f t h e i r o f f e r i n g s go t o s t u d e n t sat C o l e g i o B i b l i c o .I n t h e A d u l t D e p a r t m e n t , we h a v e a p r o b l e m w i t h m i s s i o n a r y p r o j e c t s . Them e m b e r s w a n t t o f i n i s h t h e p r o j e c t s h e r e a t t h e c h u r c h first S i n c e it ismoney t h e y have g iven i t s t a k i n g a l o t of work t o change t h e i r t h i n k i n g .I a l w a y s h a v e t o p l a c e much e m p h a s i s on t h i s . One o f t h e p l a n s f o r t h ecoming y e a r i s t o g i v e a c e r t a i n p e r c e n t a g e of a l l o u r o f f e r i n g s t omissions

We h a v e now been a c h u r c h , i n an o f f i c i a l s e n s e , f o r two y e a r s and we h a v ea f i v e y e a r c o n s t r u c t i o n plan We have f i n i s h e d t h e work o f b u i l d i n g awall around th e church p r o p e r t y which was n e c e s s a r y i n o r d e r t h a t we mighthave some s e c u r i t y . Our plan of c o n st ru ct i on c o n si s ts of t h r e e c l a s s r o o m s ,a k i t c h e n , a n d a m u l t i p u r p o s e room We t r u s t i n t h e L o r d t o make t h i spossible


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The whole church i s preparing for Christmas. I t s a day when a ll themembers want to a t t e n d . Neighbors and f r i e n d s t h a t haven t been able tog e t o u t a l l y e a r l o n g w i l l b e p r e s e n t on C h r i s t m a s .Our children. Carmen and Lalo, along with Saul, will a r r i v e on December20th from Colegio Biblico. Saul will be preachig the Christmas sermon ando u r s o n L a l o w i l l p r e a c h New Y e a r s E v e .Changing the subject, we are infini tely grateful for the way the Brethrenhave responded to the campaign to r a i s e funds to buy us a new t ruck. Wet h a n k y o u i n t h e l o v e o f C h r i s t .As we bring t h i s l e t t e r to a close our prayer i s t ha t the Lord will blessyou

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NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER 1986Dear Brethren in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,In the midst of the treraendous crisis through which ny country is passingw had a very enjoyable time worshipping the Lord during the Christmas andN e w ear season

The church in Cuautla and two churches in Cuernavaco were with us in ourservices at Zacatepec on Christmas day. The Christians here know thatnothing can separate us from the love of Christ. Rom 8:38-39)The congregation at Zacatepec served as host church for the specialservices because the other groups still don t have their buildin>sfinished. The visiting churches did provide their own food for the mealwe ate together. This was the largest attendance we ve ever had. Themembers of the Church at Zacatepec with their friends plus the three othervisiting groups made a really large crowd. This serves to show the othersin the community that the church is large and that w have a different wayo f w o r s h i p p i n g o u r Lord a t C h r i s t m a s .

s church that are studying at Colegio Biblicospent Christmas vacation with us. Saul preachejJ the message at theChristmas services and Lalo preached the message at the Vew Year s EveohinHt to the young people on the rd of January^e area Youth Rally was held at Zacatepec* want to thank all our dear friends that have shown love for us. Your

I work is evident. hope to show our appreciation byu r e f f o r t t o win s o u l s f o r C h r i s t .on tHe next main activity of the church,which is the revival in April. ask your prayers for this project.

end this letter praying that the Lord will bless you richly.E d u a r d o


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JANUiVRY, 19B7Dear Fr iends ,

Christ. ereetlngs anfl best wishes in the name of our Lord JesusTh?\ January has been very slow and quiet. The cold weather hitall a littlf V / previous months had not been cold at1, a little cool at times, but nothing more. Usually in this area thetemperature doesn t drop as low as i t did this year.

rarel7 ôn^b^ ^he temperaturebelow^h V / ê^rees fahrenheit, but this year It has dropped aactivity -erybody considers it very cold so there i^veryP1 I n>e because 20 years a?o I Graduated' g^^-oted in 1967v b^t IVe reallr bie,?he Lord as His minis te r s ince 1964. aerviug

Jûary of 1964 and during the summer of thechurrh^rt .Yta^â^^^MeîcrlsleY t^^tlfe h^fVuce ^r / r iv j :The f i r s t summer of my minis t ry holds a spec ia l place in my hear t . By theend of summer, 1964, and by the grace of God, I had baptized 11 people.The f i r s t exper ience in th e ministry w ill never be erased from my memory.As t ime went by Bro t h e r Ausu s t i n e moved to a n o th e r chu rch and I became t h em i n i s te r o f the Chu r c h t Al t am i r a .The Women s group a t the church a t Brownstown, I l l inois began helping mewith the i r offer ings in 1964. Thank you very much, lad ies . I would l i keto take advan t age o f t h i s oppo r tun i t y to t hank th e church a t Brownstownfo r the i r Christmas offer ing. Thank you very much and may God bless youyou. My wife and I were married in the summer of 1965 and t ha t same yearthe church in Riverton, I l l inois began sending us offer ings .Rubye Jones, who i s now dead, began sending me a par t of her missiongiving in 1964. Paul E. Black of Springfield , I l l inois began helping mein 1 9 6 5 .

These churches and brethren have co lla bo rate d in th i s missionary work inMexico fo r more t h an 20 yea r s . My be loved wi fe and I con t i nue in th e t renches of the Lord s work and soon we will complete 25 years as manand wife. I owe a lo t to my wife. Next to my salvat ion, she i s the mostp rec ious t h ing t h a t th e Lord has g iven me. We l l con t i nue he r e in th e s ug a r cane j ung l e .Turn ing to o t h e r th ings , we want to l e t you know t h a t Luz Chanez hademergency surgery . She i s a member of the church a t Zacatepec . Also,Siriaco Gusmin from the church in Cuautla was operated on. He i s 84 yearsold. Both are doing well and recovering sat isfactori ly from the i roper tions


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February will be very busy with much work for the church a t Zacatepec.The members will form two groups and go calling two days weekly Thursdayand S a t u r d a y . This wi l l a ll be in p r e p a r a t i o n f o r th e r e v i v a l w e l l behav ing in pr i lThe end of January the Young Peoples Group organized a short three dayr e v i v a l . The purpos e wa s to e n c o u rag e th e young pe opl e tha t a re a lre a d ymembers and to win new ones to Christ. Both goals were accomplished, fo rwhich we praise th e Lord. I might ad d he re t h a t th e young people a tZacatepec who a r e n o t C h r i s t i a n s ha ve many a l c o h o l re l a t e d problems whichr e su l t s in many othe r p r o b l e m s . Our Young Peoples Group i s se arch in g fo rwa y s to win them to Chr i s t On e o f th e y o u n g men o f the c h u r c h i s d e e p l yinvolved in l o c a l p o l i t i c s , an d i t looks l i k e he has been able to a c qui reu se of a pi e c e of p r o p e r t y to be used fo r s p o r t s , games an d o t h e r yout ho r t h e y o u t h . P ray w ith us th a t th is may become a rea l i tyA.nother e x c i t i n g th in g to mention, r e l a t e d to th e work, is tha t in Jan u ar yth e church a t Zacatepec had the i r election of o f f i c e r s . David Lagunes wa snamed Youth Minister, Erroc Lagunes Sunday School Super intendent,Guillermo Leorrardo Mission S ecretary, Trma Jimenez Church S ecretary,a nd A s i s Gus mi n w as p l a c e d in charge o f cons t ruc t ion In add i t ion tothese church of f i ce r s t h e re i s a lso a C h u r c h t r e a su r e r and S u n d a y S c h o o lTeachersDear f r iends and brethren i n C h r i s t , we t h a n k you ag ai n f o r y o u r sp i r i tua land economic su p p o r t. Please c o n t i n u e to pray fo r us. May God b l e s s yourichly

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RIVERTOM CHRISTIAM CHURCH

fR MK LEWIS Minister

7t h and Allen Box 651Riverton Illinois 62561

December 3 1985Office 629-9443Home 629-9837

D e a r P r i e n d s i n C h r i s tT w r i t e on beh alf^ o f Eduardo and Eva A r r i a q ai n t h e S t a t e o f M o r e l o s Meicico. R i v e r t o n C h r i s tt h e i r F o r w a r d i n g Agent Cor s e v e r a l y e a r s . n

p e o p l e h a v e tak^^n c a r e o f t h e r e c o r d k e e p i n g and kn e v ; s l e t t e r s . Randy and Connie Middaugh mostc a p a c i t y d u r i n g 1986. The Middaugh f a m i l yR i v e r t o n t o V i r g i n i a a e a c h V i r g i n i a and c a nf u n c t i o n . We r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e t h e work Randy anda n d will m i s s t h e m .

C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n a r i e sian C h u r c h h a s served asu r i n g t h i s t i m e s e v e r a le p t you i n f o r m e d t h r o u g hrec^^^ntly s e r v e d i n t h i sh o v ; e v e r h a s moved f r o mno l o n g e r fulfill t h i s

C o n n i e did in this area

Tn o r d e r t h a t v/e can k e e p t h e f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t f l o w i n g t o Eduardoand 5 v a T am a s k i n g you t o b e g i n s e n d in g your f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t t oM i s s i o n Chairman, R i v e r t o n C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h P.O. Box 6 5 1 R i v e r t o nIllinois 6 2 5 f i l . Y o u r c h e c k s h o u l d b e m ar k e d t o show it is f o r E d u a r d o o rMorelos C h r i s t i a n Mission, however, should be made payable t ^ RivertonC i r i s t i a n Church. I appreciate your cooperation coiic-^faing this request .

E d u a r d o s s u p p o r t h a s b e e n d i m i n i s h i n g o v e r th e paw h i l e i n f l a t i o n in Mexico has s k y r o c k e t e d . If a i t h f u l l n e s s and a p p e a l t o you t o c o n t i n u e yourMexico i s a c o u n t r y t h a t c o u l d v e r y e a s i l y go Com:nunist h e most o f o u r o p p o r tu n i t y t o s p e a d t h e Good Nev7s o fwe c a n . You c a n b e a p a r t o f t h e G r e a t Commission\ r r i a g a s a s t h e y l a b o r f o r t h e Lord. I f you a r e not cut h i s work, I urge you t o p r a y e r f u l l y c o n s i d e r t h i s mi^ny amount you c a n s e n d w i l l be a p p r e c i a t e d .

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f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r tt a n d we m u s t m a k eJesus hristwhileby s u p p o r t i n g t h er r e n t l y s u p p o r t i n gs si o n a r y o u tr e a c h .

You s h o u l d h a v e r e c e i v e d a n ew s l e t c ^r d a t o d O c t o b e r 1 19fi5 a s k i n gf o r y o u r h e l p t o r a i s e f u n d s f o r a nev/er v e h i c l e f o r t h i s m i s s i o n w o r k .Some funds have been r e c e i v e d and t h e r e i s c u r r e n t l y 1 ,722 i n a s p e c i a ls a v i n g s a c c o u n t . At l e a s t t w i c e t o t h r e e t i m e s t h i s amount is n e e d e d t obuy a newer v e h i c l e t o r e p l a c e th e 1075 model now being u s e d . The r o a d si n Mexico where Eduardo m in i s t e r s a r e t e r r i b l e and v e r y hard on t h et r u c k . I can p e r s o n a l l y a t t e s t t o t h i s as my w i f e d a u g h t e r and I had t h ep l e a s u r e t o v i s i t Mexico i n th e f a l l o f 1984, and h e l p b u i l d t h e c h u r c h i nZ a c a t e p e c . I c a n a l s o p e r s o n a l l y a t t e s t t h a t t h e m is s i o n work d e s e r v e sy o u r s u p p o r t a s ny f a m i l y and I l a bo re d d u r i n g th e two and h a l f weeks wew e r e i n M e x i c o .

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