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BUENAS NUEVASFROMPUERTO RICO CHRISTIAN MISSIONS

GPO Box 29A6San Juan Puerto Rico 00935

AS COLD WATERS TO A THIRSTY SOUL SO IS GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY-Proverbs 25:25

SPRING ISSUE 97

O W IL LA LSSSON I/V TRUSTIl^G J/f HIS PROVISIOl^

GO KNOWS HOW TO PROVIDE FOR HIS WORK also he always doesIT IN HIS OWN WAY AND IN HIS OWN TIME SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BRINGTHIS FACT TO OUR REMEMBRANCEIN THIS ISSUE OF BUENAS NUEVAS YOU WILL SEE HOW GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR THE WORK OF THE PUERTO RICO CHRISTIAN MISSION IN CAPARRATERRACE AFTER A FULL YEAR OF LOOKING AND PRAYING WE HAVE BEENPROVIDED WITH A NEW PREACHER FOR THE IGLESIA DE CRISTO ALSO THECHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH A NEW ADMINISTRATOR ANECESSITY THAT CAME WHEN THE PALMERS LEARNED THAT MRS PALMER WILLHAVE TO REMAIN IN THE STATES FOR CANCER TREATMENT

IN ADDITION MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PLANSFOR REMODELLING THE RECENTLY PURCHASED CAMPUS AS THIS ISSUE OFPtjENAS NUEVAS GOES TO THE PRINTER IT APPEARS THAT W HAVE FOUND ALOAN TO BEGIN PHASE I OF THIS IMPORTANT PROJECTTHE PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS FOR 1976 77 SEEM TO BE RESPONDING TOTHE NEED TOO OF COURSE WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE HELP THERE AREA NUMBER OF INTERNS WHO ARE COMING TO HELP WITH THE SUMMER PROGRAMWHO WILL BE AN INVALUABLE HELP IN GETTING READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOLYEAR PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS THE WORK IN CAPARRA TERRACE WITH A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST


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PREACHER HIS WIFE

Robert Gurwell has been in our prayers fo r nearly a year nowas a prospec t ive preacher fo r the Caparra Terrace Church. i sevident that the Lord worked Providential ly to bring us togethera t j u s t the r i gh t t ime. Bob and Dangela came to the i s l and fo r ap re-Eas te r Evange li st ic meeting and to consider coming to PuertoRico to work. After hearing Bob preach in both Spanish and Engli sh the loca l Board recommended tha t the congregat ion consider acal l to him as the i r preacher. The vote of the congregation thefo l lowing Sunday was unanimous to ca l l the Gurwells.This is a big step for the church since they wil l be payingBob more than they have ever before The Gurwells n ee d to r a i s esome ~supple mentary~ support in th e S t a t e s un t i l th e church~ts ab leto suppo r t them comple te lyMr. Gurwell received the Bachelor of Theology Degree a t theOzark Bible College th is Spring. He had been preaching in a s tudent ministry in Missouri and working as the custodia l supervisorfo r the col lege His wife Dangela worked fo r some t ime as oneof the secretar ies in t he Adminis trat ion Building of the college.The Gurwells are anxious to begin working with the church a tCaparra Terrace . Mr. Gurwell i s to be ordained on May 3 in LakeCharles Louisiana. Upon completion of packing the i r belongingsand shipping t h e i r car they wi l l ar r ive on th e f i e ld June 2. Weare a l l praying fo r them as they begin th i s tremendous work. Anypersons in te res ted in cor re spond ing wi th the Gurwells may wri te al e t t e r using our PO Box.


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AND ARE HAPPYTO INTRODUCE OURNEW

AdministratorR i ch a r d York cameor ig ina l ly from Danv illeI l l i no i s . He graduatedfrom Johnson Bib l e Col_lege_ in 19.72 . and heldminist r ies in Kentuckyand Tennessee . In 1971Mr. York was i n v i t ed to

Rico by Bi l l Lof t o f th e Levi t town work. He r e t u rned to Puerto Rico the following summer as an intern.In February 1973 Mr York moved to Puerto Rico and beganto teach at the Junior High level for the Puerto Rico ChristianSchoo l o f Lev i t t own .While working a t the Christ ian School and church in Levittown Richard met Suzanne Swango who was also teaching at theSchool. They were engaged and were married in May1974 in Suzanne s home church in Irontown Ohio. Suzanne graduated from Milligan College in 1971 and had come to Puerto Ricoin August 1972.The Yorks went to San Jos6 Costa Rica for eight months ofintensive language study and returned to Pu erto Rico in April of1975. Besides teaching in the Christian School In Levittown theyhave been heavily involved in preaching and teaching in churcheson the island. Mr. York has been responsib le for much of the administrative contact with the government for the Christian Schoolbecause of his knowledge of Spanish.

e are pleased that the Yorks have responded so enthusiasti-cally to the need in Caparra Terrace. e deeply appreciate thespirit^ of love and sacrifice which the Levittown brethren haveshown in supporting Richard in this change knowing that he hasbeen such a valuable worker there. His familiarity with Spanishwith the people in Caparra Terrace with Christ ian Schools andtheir purpose and with Pue rto Rico a ll combine to make him anideal choice for Administrator of Christian Day School.Since Mr. York wil l begin full t ime with us on June 1 he wil lnot have time to return to the States th is summer to ra ise moresupport.^ He needs additional support not only because some ofhis previous support has fal len off but also because of the costof living in San Juan compared to Levittown and due to the biggerbeing an Administrator. We wil l need to ra ise about?200 per month to allow for these anticipated expense. e askall our supporters to consider this important matter.


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THANK YOU LORDFOR ALL OF THE FINE WORKERS WE H VE H D THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR. WETH NK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR MISSIONARY TEACHERS FROMALL OVER THE UNITED STATESWITHOUT THEM WE WOULD NOT H VF THECHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL.HERE ARE THE STAFF MEM ERS FOR THE LAST SEMESTER OF THE PASTSCHOOL YEAR:ADMINISTRATOR; HAROLD PA LME RPRINCIPAL: ADELAIDA KUIDLANBOOKKEEPER: BLANCA TORRESSECRETARY; NORMA WAGGONERSPANISH; DIANA MELENDEZ

BEATRIZ QUINTEROCUSTODIANS; TIRSO CINTRONVICTOR CHAPARRO

JEANETTE CHAPARROSUBSTITUTE I BRUNY ORTIZ

PRE KINDER; LEONA ESCALERAKINDERGARTEN: RITA BRANSON I R S T GRADE;SECOND GRADE;THIRD GRADE:FOURTH GRADE: I T H GRADE:SIXTH GRADE;SEVENTH GRADEEIGHTH GRADE;

JOAN HONSBERGERLOI S SCOTT

YOLANDA COLLAZOVICKI DAY

AUDREY MCKEANWANDA LEIGHTY

DENNA G RUBERCONNIE WISLER

PR YWOULD YOU HOLD THESE MATTERS BEFORE THE LORD IN F ITHFUL PRAYER1. New Workers: The Gurwells Yorks and new Teachers.2. ___SuMMER PrograM:__The_Interns VBS and Camp schedules.3. Construction; Remodelling of school and church properties.A Teachers Support: s many work to raise their needs this

s u m m e r

5. Island Churches: s they grow spiritually in months ahead.6. The Palmers: Particularly for Karen Palmer s recovery from

cancer

7. Future Workers: That new missionaries might come to helpu s in this o p e n field

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF OUR WORK HERE


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RICK ND SUZ NNE YORKP SEO DONCELL 1226LEVITTOWN PUERTO RICO 00632May 27,1976Dear Chr i s t i an Fr i ends

Suzanne and I send you our gree t ings from Puerto Rico. We areboth wel l and very happy in the work t ha t we are doing. There i s a lo tof news t ha t we have fo r our supporters and we are very exci ted aboutit As you can see by the o the r news le t t e r t ha t I have enc losed haveaccepted th e pos i t ion of Adminis t ra tor o f the Chr i s t i an Day Schoolin Caparra Terrace . The present Administrator , Bud Palmer, has tor e t u rn to th e United Sta tes because h is wife i s very se r ious ly illwith cancer . I have had con tac t w ith the work a t Caparra fo r th el a s t f ive year s, even be fo re I came to Puerto Rico. The people of theschool and the Church of Chris t are very lo ving and kind and I amsu re t h a t we wi l l be ab l e to work t oge the r fo r th e cause o f Chris t .This new job wi l l involve a tremendous amount of re spons ib i l i tyf o r me and I am s u r e t h e r e will b e a few h e ad a ch e s and w o rr i e s t o o.I th ink,however , th a t th is w il l be a very rewarding and cha l lengingjob . Please be praying fo r me and for the work a t Levittown. Suzannewill con t i n u e t o t e a c h t t h e Pue r t o Rico Ch r i s t i a n Schoo l s i nLevit town t h i s year and I wi l l be t rave l ing back and fo r th each day.Next summer we wi l l be moving' to th e Caparra Terrace area .There has been good news th i s l a s t month in the churchs on thei s l and . There were three baptisms l a s t Sunday a t the Church of C hris tin Levit town and f ive a t the Church in Caparra. The Lord ' s word i sbeing p re ac he d and re su l t s a re being seen. The Church in Caparra i sge t t ing a new minis te r on June the second and we are expect ing thework to r ea l ly grow.

June Ju ly ^nd August are going to be very busy months fo r Suzanneand I . Suzanne i s in charge o f the summer school program a t theschool in Levit town. She wi l l also be teaching in the Vacation BibleSchool there . I am going to be in charge of two buil^ding pro jec t sone a t the church in Caparra and the o ther a t th e Ch ris tia n Day School wil l be putting in new floors in part of the church building andwe a re having a const ruc t ion firm bui ld two new claissrooms and b .eginprepara tory work fo r the construc tion o f a multi-purpose Auditorium.As you can seee t he re are a mul t i tude o f t h ings to do. There wi l l bes ix in te rns coming from var ious Bible Colleges to help with theconst ruc t ion work and also with the teaching in the VBS's t ha t wewil l have and the summer camps. Plea |e pray tha t . a l l goes well andthat the news of Christ will be hearS by many moreSuzanne and I want to thank you a l l fo r your f inanc ia l help butwe also want to make an appeal to yop and a l l the churchs t ha t receiveour news le t t e r . We need to rece ive 200 a month more than we a rereceiving now. We are l iv ing on only 400 a month and we j us t cannotmake ends meet on tha t amount. I f we could have only ten ind iv idualso r ten churchs give f ive dol la r s a week,our need would be met. Pleasekeep t h i s in your prayers because our need i s very r ea l . Write to usand l e t us know tha t you are keeping us in your prayers. Your l e t t e r smean very much to u s . In Christ, ^

R i c k an d S u zan n e


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Dear Chrlsti/sm Eriends, , UGUST25J976Gree'ings from Puerto RicoIWe pray that the Lord has cqntinued to bless youAS He has in the past and that the work that you a l l are doing will glorify theLord. W e are eager to share with you soic of thej/ictories and also scme of theproblems we have been having here . BDsy,busy,busYv that is what we have been. With a ll the programs that we hadGOING THI;.. summer AND TRYING TO GET THE SCHOOLS READY FOR THE NEW YEAR/THINGS HAVEBEEN EXFREMifLY BUSY. We WERE PLEASED TO HAVE SEVEN STUDENTS TOOM DIFFERENT BiBLECOLLEGES HERE FOR THE S KR TO SERVE ON INTERNSHIP PROGRAf IS.ThEY TAUGHTSunday Schcxil cusseSjPaintp_and scrapeDjcleaned and did a thousand other jobs^fit: wtRE AB'.i TO COi- BINE WiTfi THE PROGRAjm IN LEVTiiCr 'i QN SEvTRAL OUTINGS AjND~.Ti-1ESUK lER CA^r AT^D IT WAS V ERY REWARDING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE THOSE YOUNGPEOPLE WH O WERE SO FULL OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE LORD,We began THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST WEEK AND THE LOPJD HAS SURELY BLESSED US AGAIN.As YOU KNav 1 AM WORKING WITH THE CHRISTIAN DaY SCHOOL AND SuZANNE IS STILL TEACHINGWITH THE SCHOOL IN LeVITTOWN SO WE HAVE A DOUBLE SHARE OF THE JOYS BUT ALSO TWICETHE hfjada:he:s, The school in Levittown has 130 students this year and the schoolI'm WITH :has 250 students this year.Things were not nearly as heciic as I was afraidthey were going to be but I'm sure the Lord was watching over us.ihere is a greatPOTENTIAI. among the famil ies t h a t are represented in our student bodies AND thereason we .ARi: HERE IS TO REACH THEM FOR ChRIST.The Iglesia de Cristo in Caparra is growing and ^ve are very thaniûl to haveA full TIÊ preacher NOW. BoB GuRWELL AND HIS WIFE DaNGELA CAME FROM OZARK DIBLEAllege ;,n June and they are doing a great job. Bob is bilingual and alreadybegun to work very hapd with the church and resu l ts a re b ein g s ee n we have hadTHREE baptisms IN THE UST SIX WEEKS, Ke ARE LOOKING FORWARD AND PLANNING ONHAVING A STRONG CHURCH THAT IS LED BY PUERTO RiCANS SO THAT THE CHURCH CANCONTINUE TO GROW IF AND WHEN WE LEAVE. SuZANNE AND I ARE PLANNING ON STAYING HEREFOR SEVE/ÂL MORE YEARS BUT W E C tÎ NEVER TELL WHAT THE FUTURE wIlL HOLD. I WASTALKING TO CÊ OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH LAST SUNDAY WHO IS FROM LUBA. HiS FAMILYWAS ALLCIVED TO lEA'/E AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF WAITING AMD THEY HAD TO LEAVE MOSTOF THE RELATIVES THERE. He TOLD ME THAT THE CONDIJimS HERE ARE ALMOST LIKE THEY. iRrnr tm P ir.->.A nr r r r nr *n ir .m-tam yijATtrx/no i.iAnnrMC tm t t jc ci m id c urr> XI X ./ I -.U. I : IL. . \ _ t I IW A f II M- . f L.I \ I u*ll I C-l i . . > 1 C I i^l .V V ImAT God will care for l^s.Suzanne aiiD I are s t i l l in need of two hundred dollars a month support ThePRICES OF everything HAS RISEN IN THE LAST YEAR AND V REALLY NEED MORE SUPPORT.The TR0U3LE IS THAT WE ARE SO BUSY THAT WE CANNOT TAKE TIME OFF AND RETURN TO THEStates to raise the additional support so we are having to contact you a l l throughTHIS meaj-js. Please keep us in your prayers and fention us to your mission groupAT church. We really whould appreciate i tWe have several prayer requests that we want to share with you this month.Please pi; praying for us as we work and for God's wisdom to make the right decisionsTHAT HAVE TO BE MADE. Be PR/AYING FOR THE GURWELLS AND THE ChORCHS HERE ON THE ISLANDTHAT THEY MIGHT GRCW. Be PRAYING FOR DoN AND JaN J IeRRIMANÔUR FORWARDING AGENTS^ WHOHAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP TO US. fesT OF ALL^ BE PRAYING FOR THE MILLIONS OFPEOPLE WHO H\VE NOT YET BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT CHRIST. I'LL CLOSE NM. WRITE TO USi

In Christ


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C H R I S T I A N D A Y S C H O O LG .P .O . B o x 2 9 4 6Sa n Juan Puerto Rico 00936

Te l . 7 8 3 - 2 2 0 0

Richard D. York Director Adelaida Kuidlan Principal

i D e c e m b e r 7 , 1 9 7 6D e a r F r i e n d s i n C h r i s t ,

A f t e r tw o mo n th s o f much a c t i v i t y , I m f i n a l l y t a k i n g t i m e t o sit downa n d w r i t e t o y o u . We a r e b o t h f i n e a nd ha pp y w ith o u r work h e r e , a l t h o u g ha t t.imes we g e t t i r e d o u t . B u t w e r e young a nd g e t r e st e d q u i c k l y .

W e r e s e n d i n g y o u ll t h e C h r i s t m a s n ew s l e tt e rs o f t h e tw o s c h o o l s t h a tS uz a nne I a r e w o r k i n g w i t h . T o g e t h e r t h er e a re a b o u t 400 s t u d e n t s i nt h e tw o s c h o o l s t h a t a re l e ar ni n g d a i l y o f C h r i s t . F a m i l i e s a r e b e i n gr e a c h e d a n d t h e s e e d i s b e i n g p l a n t e d . I n t h e I g l e s i a d e C r i s t o i n C a p a r r a wea r e p r e p a r i n g a p l a n o f E v a n g e l i s m f o r t h e n e x t t h r e e y e a r s . t i n v o l v e st he p re p ar at io n o f t h e p r e s e n t members f o r l e a d e r s h i p a nd t h e r e a c h i n g o ft h e community a r o u n d t h e c h u r c h w h i c h i s h e a v i l y p o p u l a t e d . Our jo b h a s a l w a y sbe e n an d w i l l c o n t i n u e t o b e , t h e p r e a c h i n g a n d t e a c h i n g o f t h e G o s p e l .

C h r i s t m a s i s r a p i d l y a p p r o a c h i n g a n d we t h o u g h t w e d tell you o f someo f t h e t r a d i t i o n s we h a v e h e r e i n P u e r t o R i c o . Whi l e you a l l a r e b u s y s l i c i n gu p t h e t u r k e y o n C h r i s t m a s D a y P u e r t o R i c a n s a r e b u s y r o a s t i n g a y o u n g p i g .Lechon a s a d o r o a s t p i g ) i s t h e t r a d i t i o n a l m e a t o f C h r i s t m a s . t i s e a t e nw i t h r i c e an d b e a n s , a n d b o i l e d b a n a n a s b u t t h e f ood i s n o t t h e o n l y c us t omt h a t i s d i f f e r e n t from u s . Beg i n n i n g a b o u t tw o w eeks b e f o r e C h r i s t m a sf a m i l i e s s t a r t v i s i t i n g one a n o t h e r f or c ar ol i n g . The c a r o l i n g i s c a l l e d ana s a l t o a n d t h e y a r e v e r y l i v e l y . The r e a l d i f f e r e n c e from a s a l t o s a n d o u rt r a d i t i o n s o f c a r o l i n g i s t h a t h e r e th e s i n g i n g i s done v e r y l a t e a t n i g h t o r e a r l y i n t h e m o r n i n g . The first C h r i s t m a s h e r e we w e r e a w a k e n e d a b o u t2:30 A.M. by an a s a l t o n e x t door . The pe opl e came w it h tr um p ets trombone st a m b e r i n e s a nd s a n g f o r s ev er a l m i n u t e s . The c us t om d i c t a t e s when a gr oupcomes t o y o u r h o u s e yo u m u s t g e t up a nd let them i n an d p ro v id e r ef re sh m e n ts .

By f a r t h e m o s t u n u s u a l c us t om f o r u s i s t h e e m p h a s i s p l a c e d o n T h re eK i n g s Da y J a n u a r y 6 t h . T h i s i s th e day th e C a t h o l i c Church ho ld s a sb e i n g th e day t h e Wise me n v i s i t e d th e Baby J e s u s . Most p a r e n t s w a i t and g i v et h e b e s t g i f t s on t h i s da y s o t he c h i l dr e n g e t tw o s e t s o f p r e s e n t s w hi c hth e y e n j o y v e r y much.

S u z a n n e a n d I a r e h o p i n g t o b e a b l e t o g o b a c k t o t h e s t a t e s n e x t N ove m be r .We h a d h o p e d t o come home n e x t summer b u t p lcu is a r e a l r e a d y b e i n g made f o rt h e summer an d we w on?t b e a b l e t o g e t away. H o p e f u l l y w e l l b e home f o rC h r i s t m a s .

We a p p r e c i a t e y o u r l o v e f o r u s and y o u r c o n t i n u e d s u p p o r t . P l e a s ec o n t i n u e t o p r a y f o r us a n d a l s o t a k e t i m e t o w r i t e .

I n C h r i s t ,


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ST FF AND FACULTY OF THEIGLESI DE CRISTO AND THE CHRIS

N DAY SCHOOL WISH YOU A VERYCHRISTM S AND A H PPY

W YE R W PRAY THAT THE LOVECHRIST WILL BE ABLE TO SHINE

HROUGH YOUR LIVES THIS NEXTAS W PAUSE TO REMEMBER

BIRTH OF OUR LORD JESUSLET US TAKE TIME TO

HANK GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGSHIS LOVE FOR US

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