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E l
r ^ d v ? )
te
C h r l s t L ^ ? / M i s s L o n
newsletter
March
15>
19^0
A
BUILDING
IS
NEEDED:
W e b e g a n h o l d i n g
s e r v i c e s
a g a i n
t h e S u n d a y
ni^t af
t e r w e
g o t
b a c k a n d h a d
40
t o a t t e n d . W e h a d 6 0 a t
t h e
n e x t
s e r v i c e ,
w h i c h ' w a s C h r i s t m a s ,
a n d
37
lor S u n -
d a y S c h o o l l a s t L o r d ' s D a y a n d 5 0 o n S u n d a y n i g h t . ^
O u r b u i l d i n g j u s t d o e s n ' t h o l d
t h e m
a l l a n d w e d o n ' t
have c h a i r s nor
benches
for thon. I
on't
know what
comes
next. We
think
now that w e will build
j \ i s t
an
o p e n s h e d
v r i . t h
a t i n r o o f u n t i l
w e
c a n
d o s o m e t h i n j g
e l s e . V / e
c a n
g e t t h e
p o l e s
for t h e
f r a m e w o r k for j u s t
the
work
it
will take
to c u t and
b r i n g them
in,
and
m a y b e w e c a n
buy the
tin s h e e t - y s h e e t .
YOUTH WORK
- ,
.
We had
anotherJiaptiaa-yesterday
(written . nuary
1 8 ) . W e a l l
p d t
P f t a n d h i k e d t w o
miles
out
t o
one o f t h e
canals f o r
the service.
A b o u t t e n
y o u n g
p e o p l e w e n t a n d o n e o f the
f a m i l i e s
that
lives n e a r there met u s , - and
we had the s e r v i c e
t h e r e .
A f t e r
that w e
h u r r i e d back
to t o w n for the
y o u t h
m e e t i n g .
I t
w a s
t h e f i r s t m e e t i n g o f t h e
Y o u i ^
P e o p l e ' s S o c i e t y a n d
t h e r e
w e r e
a b o u t
2 0
y o u n g p e o p l e
p r e s e n t .
They e l e c t e d
o f f i c e r s .
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MEDICAL WORK
. l a has a c o u p l e
of d e l i v e r i e s to
take c a r e
of
i r i n g J a n u a r y (written
D e c e m b e r ^ 3 1 >
1959
and
then
plans to leave
f o r
Mexico
City f o r
one, t w o, o r
I
don't
k n d W
h o w w e
w i l l
get a l o ng vd.th6ut h e r , b u t w e w i l l
manage.
W e
are all w e l l and
giv e
t h a n k s to
G o d t h a t
w e
a r e
r a r e l y s i c k , e v e n
w i t h c o l d s .
NEJ
W e
b egan s e r vic e s
a t
the
t o w n o f
13
d e
Marzo again
and had f f l
-at^^e
first sei^ce.
We
p l a n
to h a v e
s e ] > -
v i c e s
tC^^e^iyS^^S^^St^hioon*
W e s t i l l d o n ' t
have a native
worker. We did
talk
to one who is
still
ay ai emoon*
We
did
talk
to
in Bi b l e C o l l e g e , and he
has
p r o m i s e d to c o m e d o w n and
h e l p u s
as
s o o n as s c h o o l
is out.
Saturday (written
January
18)
w e
went t o
a
town no t
bo
far from h e r e
w i t h
the th o u^t of
looking
it over
r
s t a r t i n g
a
work there. To get there
you
have
to
Tavei
o ver
a gravel
i r o a ^
v r t i i c h T h a s a ± ot o f TOCk— ,
i o m e of
them
the s i z e
of
o n e ' s - f i s t . As
we w e r e c o m i n g
' b a c k in
t h e
night
on e
o f
t h e - f r o n t w h e e l s
f l i p p e d
rock into the gas tank
and
cut a g a s h in it about
two
inches'l^ng.—as y o u can
suppo'seT^he
g a S '
gushed
out.
V 7 e c o u l d s m e l l it
so
we s t o p p e d
and
s t u f f e d a rag in
the
h o l e
and f i n a l l y m a d e it b a c k h o m e . Y e s t e r d a y
t h e T r a v e l a l l s t a y e d
in
the
p a t i o ,
and
i e
all
w a l k e j
lurch,
SEASONS ICLXED
W e h a v e
b e e n
c a nn in g t o m a t o e s a n d
j u i c e .
T o m a t o
harve s t
w i l l
s o o n b e
o v e r . It s e e m s o d d t o
b e ^rkir^^
T h e o t h e r d a y I
saw s t r a w -
beridSsin t h e m a r k e t .
lOS AZTECAS
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C o n t r i b u t i o n s
to El M a n t e C h r i s t i a n Mssion s i n c e the
l a s t newsletter, published October 25,
1959,
CHURCHES
AND
(feOUPS
Northw es t Christian
Church, McKinn^,
Texas ( 4 )
Fairview
Sunday
School, Wakita, Okl ahoma (3)
Fishing Fishers Clas s, Canadian, Texas (3)
Nashville
Christian
Church,
Nashville,
Ind. (2)
N a p a
C h r i s t i a n
C h u r c h , N a p a , C a l i f o r n i a
Christian Church
Missionaiy
Group, Nashville,
Ind, 3)
Pinehurst
Christian Church,
R,
4>
Marietta,
Ohio (3)
First
Christian
Church,
Iforgantown,
Indiana
First
Christian Church,
I 4 o u n t a i n
City, Tennessee
Eminence
Christian
Church Mission
Account,
Eminence, Ind.
Parkview Christian
Church
Missionary
Fund,
Indianapolis
Samaria
Sunday
School,
Samaria,
Indiana
■ ^ ) N u m b e r of contributions
since
October 25, 1959
INDIVIDUALS
I 'h*, S i
Mrs^ Frank L,
Vlatz,
Indianapolis,
Ind,
Mr. & Mrs.
Ora M,
Davis,
Indianapolis,
Ind, 3)
Mr., & Mrs. E.
E. Vachon, Smithvillc,
Texas
Mrs. Laura Wilkins, Smithville, Te? iis
Mr. &
Mrs.
Ernest
E,
Creamer, Indianapolis, Ind.
4)
Janice
Porter,
Morgantown, Indiana 3)
Earle
Veale,
Morgantown, India^ 3)
Augusta Meyer, Morgantown, Indiana
Betty
Westerfield, Morgantown, Indiana 3)
Deloris
Taulman, Morgantown,
Indiana
3)
Margaret Veale,
I fo rgantown,
Indiana
3)
Ihrs. 0,
C,
Worley, Portales, New Mexico
Mr. L. B. VanAntwerp, Portales, New
Mexico
Mrs.
W .
H . Catt, Portales, N e w
Mexico
Annie Mueller,
Morgantown,
Indiana 2)
Mr. & Mrs.
Richard Throckmorton,
R, 5 ^ Martinsville,
Ind
14iss
Helen L,
Hinton,
R,
4^
Marietta, Oh io 2)
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Ernest M. Davis,
Indianapolis,
Ind.
Mrs. Dolores Miller, Indianapolis, Ind,
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS
T h e p r e s e n t
m a i l i n g a d d r e s s
for
Ora
M.
D a v i s ,
f or
w a r d i n g
agent
f or El Mante C h r i s t i a n Mission, is
2639
f ' o l t z
Street, Indianapolis
4 1 ,
Indiana.
Any
funds you d e s i r e to
s e n d
to
h i m
for the m i s s i o n
should be sent
to this
address.
ADDRESS OF MISSIONARIES
ON THE FILED
Fersonal correspondence for the
Ellott
family
s h o u l d b e s e n t d i r e c t l y to
them
at
A p d o . I6I,
C d .
Mante, Tamp s ., Mexico.
NEEDS
.
.
Jkfst of
all,
y o u r p r a y e r s for the f a i t h f u l m i n i s -
t r y
of
t h e
V / o r d
of ^ ^ o d by t h e
m i s s i o n a r i e s .
Prayer f o r t h e v j i n n i n g
o f
souls.
Living s u p p o r t for the Ellett family.
Money
for.a
p a y . i . i e n t
o f
^105.00
a
m o i i t h
on the
T r a v ^ ^ a i l . ^ —-
_
.
—. .
.
F . L n d s to
provide a building
in
^ich the congre
g a t i o n c a n m e e t . M o n e y for t h i s
s h o u l d
b e s o . .
d e signa t e d .
u.s.WposT
El Mante C l V i s t i a i v l i J - s s i o r ^
Apdo.
1 6 1
C d . I4ante,
T a m p s . ,
Mexico
«e
WAR
15
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f
CI
/A a
t e
Christ
an
NSMSLETTEa
June
1 0 ,
i960
Missionaries: P v / d g » Agent:
Damon a n d Dr . Leonila
El l e t t O r a
M,
Davis
Apdo.
161
2 6 3 9
F o l t z
St ,
Gd,
I - I a n t e , Tamps
I n d i a n a p o l i s
Al, Ind.
Mexico
S U l - I i - l E R
WCRmS
A veiy great help to the mission
for
the summer
m o n t h s
will
be t h r e e y o u n g
p e o p l e
from Bib^.e C o l l e g e s
v A i c
are
coming to Mante to \ x . ' r K ' ^ r l t h
the
Ellotts,
Th e s e
a r e
i ' l i s s
Deana
'lorne
f r o m
C r an e ,
Te:a.s,
w h o
CTaduated this year from Dallas Christian CoiLlege
{she m a y
s t a y l o n g e r t h a n
the s ^ J i m e r ) a n d Miss
A l t a
Tanner,
. . s t u d e n t
at C o u t h e r n
Chih. oian
C o l l e g e ,
Th e
two ' i r i s a r e s u p p o s e d x - o
a r r ' ' e at tfante a b o u t
J u n e
20, a n d w i l l
h ej p
in Vq.cp^' Bi b l e S c h o o l s
in
the
. . car b y
villages
and p o s s i . second
school
this
y e a r
in Innt e ,
Th e
t h i r d youiio j . o r s o n is Bro, Mariano
F a ria s ,
a
Mexican preacher
w h o
h a s
s t u d i e d
a t
C o l egio
Biblico and then
a year
at Dallas Christian
College,
H i s
h o m e
is in t h e tc^m
o f Hamos-Arizpe v r h i c h
is t e n
miles
east
of Saltillo on
t h e - .
ro' 4 d
to
Monterrey,
It
is t h e h o p e o f t h e
m i s s i o i t c v i ' i e s
tna o
w i t h h i s
h e l p
the work in the
Aztecs
can be gotten xmderway,
A
d i l i g e n t
e f f o r t
is
being
made
to
find
a house
or
rooms for
the
tvro girls
l u i d
a plsce
for
Mariano
to
l i v e . T he El l e t t s h o m e is t o o s m Ar l to
p r o v i d e
t hi s
l o dging.
H o w e v e r , thc-y w i l l b e eat ing their m e a l s
w i th the
E l l e t t s ,
an d e y t r a f u n d s e r e d e s p e r a t e l y
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V. B,
S.
Last w o e k (dated
May 29)
w e
had
a we e k of B. S.,
b u t
v / b
had
it
here in t o v m . (Originally it
w a s
plan
ne d
f o r
' = t h e
Aztecs )#
Since
t h e
p u b lic sch o o l s
are
crowded
and
since the
girls
go in
t h e morning
and
the
o y s in the
a f t e r n o o n
w e h e l d t w o c l a s s e s a day—f or
the
b o y s
in the
m o r n i n g and
for
the g i r l s
in
the after
n o o n . It w o r k e d o u t w o n d e r f u l l y w e l l . O i
c o u r s e ,
w e
o n l y h a d to
p r e p a r e
o n e
l e s s o n for
e a c h day a n d v d t h
our l i i r d t e d facilities w e weren't over-crov/ded. We
had
a t o ta l
enrollment
o f
105
and the la s t
d a y
w e had
a b o u t
95
in
a t t e n d a n c e . H a r o l d
G i b b s
( m i s s i o n a r y
in
Saltillo)
and
a
graduate o f
Colegio
Biblico,
Rebeca
S a u c e d o , w e r e
h e r e tc
h e l p
u s .
L e o n i l a d i d n ' t
g e t
to
h e l p this y e a r as S a n d r a d e c i d e d
to
h a v e m e a s l e s
all
week.
THE TRAVELALL
It w a s necessary f o r the Ellet ts t o ccme t o t he
b o r d e r
of
t h e
Unit e d
S t a t e s
to
h a v e
the
p a p e r s
re-
r t f a w A d
for
the Trovelall
on
J\me 8. and
on
this
trip
some needed repairs
t o
the car were
made*
Part
o f
the
expense
w a s covered
b y
the
guarantee
bu t the
Elletts
had
t o pay ̂ l6 .00 o f t his bill. They retume
to
Mante on the
9th.
T h e
f i n a l t l . r . e p a y m e n t s o n
t h e
T r a v e l a l l ( & L 0 5 e a c h )
have b e en
a s s u m e d b y Damon's
mo ther,
M r s ,
Pearl Ell ett
o f
Franklin,
Indiana, This will lightoi
the
finaneial
l o a d o n t h e mis sion f i i n d s a t t h e
pre s ent
t i m e , a nd t h e
money can
b e
returned t o her
in
analler monthly pay
ments.
/
W r i t t e n
A p r i l
25)
W e a r e
t w o m o n t h s
b e h i n d
o n o u r
-rent^^SO.
(Three
months
now).
We are
t w o
months
behind o n our
washer
payments—$20.
Our li^t bill
is
overdue,
(Writte n May 18) We are
expecting
Harold Gibbs here
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Contributions
to EL Mante
Christian
Mission
since the
last
newsletter
was p u b l i s h e d .
CHURCHES AND GROUPS
Northwest Christian Church, M c I C i n n e y , T«^s (3)
Pinehurst
Christian
C h v u r c h , R.
k .
Marietta, 0. (4)
Senior Glas s,
Christian
Church, Booker, Texas
I t i s s i o n
Stud y Group. Jennings C h v i r o h
o f
Christ
J enning s,
Mo,
F i s h i n g Fishers Cl ass,
C a n a d i a n ,
Texas (2)
Missionary
Group,
Christian C h i u ' c h , Nashville,
Ind.(2)
Fairview
Sunday
School,
V / a k i t a , 0 ? < l < ? b o i i i a
(2)
Napa C hristian C hurch, Napa, Califo niia
F a i r f a x C hri s tian C h u r c h , lnvia;iapolis,
Ind.
Jr.
Youth, E.
I6th
Street Christian Chu rch, Indianapolis
Christian
C h u r c h , Spcars-^nll Indiana
Friendship C las s, First C h r i r t i s : : Church,
liourilain C i b y ,
T e n n e s s e e
Samp.ria
C hri s tian C h u r c h , Tra fr lgar, Indiana
M a r s Hi l l
Church
o f C hri s t ,
Indianapolis, Indiana
irJDIVITUAlS
Miss Helen
L. H i n t o n ,
R, 4 , i ^ ^ r i e t t . ,
Ohio
(3)
M r .
& M r s , E.
E.
Vachon, S n i i t h v i i : .,
e x a s
M r s , Laura WHkins, Sirithville, s
M r .
&
Mrs. S. E.
C r e a r u e i ,
I n d :
lis,
Ind, (3)
is.
Ind,
Janice Porter, Indianapc3-ls, Ind.
Annie
Muel le r, Indianapol is, Ind.
M r s , Addle C , Davis, Ind,
¥ ] t »
S .
Mrs, F r a n k L, Wats,
I n d L a n a p o I i s ,
Ind, (2)
Mr,
Maurice
David, R, 2,
Morgantown,
Ind,
Figure
in
the
p a r e n t h e s i s
i n d i c a t e s n u m b e r
of
c o n >
t ri b uti on s
since
l a s t
n e w s l e t t e r ,
March 5»
,
nd,
(2)
■
2
2
2
Ind
2
Ind
2
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f
Last fall w h e n
we
w e r e
in
D a l l a s we s t a y e d
i r j
the
C o l l eg e s e c re t a ry ' s
apartm ent. In the
course o f o u r
visit
she asked
us
of
our needs
and we
remarked
that
it
w o u l d
b e
nice
to
h a v e
a
p o w e r d r i v e n
chain
s a w
t o
help
in the clearing o f the land.
She
says, I ave
a b r o t h e r -in- l a w
w h o might fix y o u u p . So, a b o u t
t h re e w e e k s
kgo
t h e Gibb s
w r o t e t h a t a b a s k e t b a l l t e a m
had
come
d o w n from Dallas Christian
to
play the
team
t h e r e
at C o l e gio Bi b li c o
a n d s o m e o n e
h a d
b r o u g h t
a
chain
s q w f o r
u s . W e
s t i l l
d o n ' t
k n o w . r f i o m
to t h a n k ,
b u t
we feel
that
the s e c r e t a r y is
mostly
responsible
s i n c e s h e w o r k s
at
Sears
o n
Satxirdays
e n d
the
saw
is
a
Sc a r s
s a w . It is b r a n d
n e w
a n d is the
ii200 m o d e l .
You d o n ' t k n o w
h o w
o v o r j c y o d we are a b o u t it.
Slides of the mission
may
be
obtained by writing
to
M r ,
a n d M r s . Prank W a t z ,
3 3 1
M . Lynhur st Dr.,
Indiana
p o l i s Al>
Indiana, a r e
f i e l d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
for
the
mission.
EL Mante Christian
Ora M. Da vi s , F w d
2639 F o l t z Street
Indianapolis / f l .
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T
t
EL
MANTE CHRISTIAN MISSION
Apdo . 1 6 1
C d .
Mante Tamps,
e x i c o
missionaries;
Damon and Dr. Leonila S. Ellett
FORWARDING AGENT:
Ora
Davis
2639 F o l t z Street
I n d i a n a p o l i s 41,
I n d i a n a
The
f i e l d s a r e w h i t e unto
h a r v e s t .
Dear Chris tian F r i e n d s :
W o u l d
y ou
i n v e s t $ 5 . 0 0
a month
i n
t h e p r e a c h i n g o f t h e
Gospel i n Mexico?
The
c h u r c h
i n El Mante, Mexico,
s
d e s p e r a t e l y i n
n e e d of a
n a t i v e
m i n i s t e r .
A r e a c h e r i s
no w a v a i l a b l e ,
but t h e c h u r c h i s so s m a l l t h a t
i t
cannot
pay
h i s
s a l a r y . He i l l n e e d $60.00 a m onth p l e d g e d
support
and
w e mu s t c a l l on our
C h r i s t i a n b r e t h r e n to h e l p .
WE NEED THAT
HELP NOW
We a v e
$ 2 0 0 . 0 0
p l e d g e d t o w a r d
a
c h u r c h b u i l d i n g , a s t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n
h a s
o u t g r o w n
t h e p r e s e n t
b u i l d i n g . A n o t h e r
$ 3 0 0 . 0 0 i s n e e d e d i f
a
b u i l d i n g i s t o
b e
c o n s t r u c t e d and t h i s
i s
n e c e s s a r y i f the church i s to grow i n
a t t e n d a n c e
and i n
c o n v e r s i o n s .
This b u i l d i n g m u s t be
c o n s t r u c t e d
immediately.
S h a l l
w e
m i s s i o n a r i e s c o n t i n u e
t o
l i m i t
o u r s e l v e s
o n
our
d a i l y
b r e a d so t h a t
t h e s e
n e e d s may b e met,
and
t h e n , only s o m e d a y i n t h e f a r f u t u r e ?
Or,
won't
y ou
h e l p us n o w s o t h a t
the m i s s i o n w o r k may b e e x t e n d e d .
C o n t r i b u t i o n s
may
be
s e n t
d i r e c t l y
to us
b y
p e r s o n a l check or to our for
warding a g e n t .
H o p e f u l l y and
p r a y e r f u l l y y o u r s .
The Elletts