western .MEXICO CHRISTIAB KISSIOS SE P 6 1983 1 ® 5f^ N. Vinarreal S t. Or. Gerald D. Bowlin Kiss Geneva (Veva) I 3 {Ksliin^ Addrees) APAHTiUX) PCSm 3 H2imS3XI0, SCKORA, HSaCO SU^ ER 19@3 i Tel. ir-3019 Mrs. Geiieva S. BowUn Kies Elisabeth (Becky) Dear Loved Ooes i n Christi As ceae to Kid-year 1963 C^eva end I wlah to thesik yott again fw ywsr faithfulfiaanciai support asd ysmr daily prsy^, W e hope that la aiite of the ecoEO ^ in the thsitedStet^ycsivdllbe tdUlag to ccatlaaewith vwep gifts tlsru these trying tJaee. W 2 was a year of treia^dous probloiaa i a t oarbelo ve d aifeptod ccsmtry, Mexico, asI«b yen are msre r m readiag your daily ae ws pi ce r. newEsnagaadnes ^ watching the news T,7. Inilafcicaa wa s lOO^g for the year as ^jposed to35-W the previoae 10 years, i.e., per year. The dtevdluai tiott of the peso, 150/1, t.s. the U.S. Dollar has been disastrous for the workdiS aws. mces soon skyrocket with oOy a 25-305 iasreass in the eixdrnm wage. (BOtet This i s wiiy Mexico i s tcated as a I^Ksrist® s Drea^ -« « the labor fector i.e., low wages of the hotel and restssir snt wor ke r s) . Our situaticsk i s soaje^ afc dlfferext as we, thjaaks t o jtatCMst imi rece^ ow mcsiey in U.S. <kjllar-8 (salary, plus sasll housiag allowmce, allowaicef auto- «- A total of $5tX)«C0 erary two we^s). ^wever, as prev^sly optioned, the Berchants sooii readjustedtheirprices inward, sothat ^ the fiaaa analysis e n we d© i s carry PS^ bins ^.d.tfe ax extra sero or tw o on tto. I t takes 3,000 peso to fill the car gm tssk fit themdofthewe^, i.e. 520.00 U.S. Dollars. We are fortunate er->ugh to catch the t^ocacaay ® <» the bounee** oece last fall aad seke much needed house- repairs - - a new roof si d o f the d^w^k for the evaporative coolers. (Tod^ IsnHtoo bad, as samser d » s go-— ^ fe-the ^se 100® F« <m the back pcapch, BETT thefeaidlty i s 855 - - - about the Texas 0ilfcoast,calytheta^erettsrs goes to 115^120® F. here. md their worst weather i s what t h ^ csll 90/90, 90^ K 90 ^ huraidity, . W e do Go d that the loan csa our houeo wa s paidoffin June of 982, for our hoo^ng ollowance i s now needed for repair©- - « plasteas plaabing. renlaceseestte o f steel eaeh uindmm ^ e h haw beyoSd repair, ^ looking t o God in th e ^dat o f theByrldprdbleea f ^ «nr preachers have retortedbaptiaasregularly i n the f an md sj^g. mom however ccntinno to look t© man md b«b»s ^f era Bsatfor th e soluticDs a has h^^pened aU thru th e ages freeE theEoeai amir© thru t l » social welfare eysteiisof the U.S., Csaade, Frenc© aod OteatBritain, ^ ^ United States, Oaieva, Becky (21) ^ Mexico eoEitinue t o lock t o God i a 1983 to SOITCr A2X TOSH (COR) HKSDS ACCCBmKG TO HIS EKSES JM QhCmi BT CHHIST C^our aissica^^g to old Mexico A p MaOJT^ celebrated our WOddtog ikolversay, JUly 20, mdour year ?mwAR0i:;G agstti POHSHADO CHRISTIAN CHURCH P. 0. BOX 121, ESCONDIIK), CA 92D25