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C H R I S T I A N D A Y S C H O O L

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Richard D. York Director

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DearChristian Friends. 18,1979Greet^gs frm Puerto Ricc. Suzanne and I are fine aid busy wi.th the work as usual,

l^ere has been a lot of activity since atr last newsletter at Christmas. At the schoolswe are very busy getting ready to finish the year. Supplies and books have to be crdared^ i f s ^ d e n t s for classes lias to be finalized. I have had to turn do^n bet^-.^een:)U /O hol ies this year just for our classes in Pre-Kiiider and Kinder because of lack of

st^^ts the nother begins to cry but w^ just cannottake any morecaif)lctc t;;o nrre claris rcajs t his suniTisr to give ixire space for

^ secOTd^ade Ihis ye^- we divided seccTidgi'udeinto two classes but one of tii^rbas to^ meet m the ^ p e l vinch is not a verj^ good si tuaticn. We have a Puerto Rican airistian

iirso Cintron, who lias been in charge of maintenance at the schcol for seve^-a] yearstS? sorretlMg about everytdiing in constructicn. He is a dedicated worker who liaselped the school ^d church a great deal. He will be in charge of the constructicn.f P^cgram of getting the school children and their farilies involved

The school s nmn p'orjicse is to evangelize and we are trying to do that^ school. \'Je have seen sane productivity outnearly as inuich as we would like. Pray uhat the Lord will use us and

the tMchers o.. the school to plant the seed and work until w e .see a harvest.^ k® tostrating parts of iiy job at the school is dealing vn,th the goverr r.=rral

talhn^n ® involvedm. Redtape in the U.S. is nothingcoiTDar.edto redkrivlfih b ^ to dekl with°? ^2tot.-.arres.Public Insruction,Health,end the Fire Department. All thea e maintain th.e scliool legally in operation.„o,- r ^ involved a school van that was stolen aid has been recovered buttold ^ months of waiting. Ihe police agent in chairge of the casetibr ^ ? f- ® release from an: insurance corrpaiy and the bus vrould be turned o^•pv tosLt-nfabif lately. Tiiatwas LastJ^e andwe are still w.^aiting.Tl,eLordlaist beto S i mesarething^™'^^ becauseI get tire distinct itipressionHeis trying

h? • • ell. Bob Gur:.-cll, the minister, is doing anbelievers. Ve had h three day rerdval last week that resultedto foi^ baptismsfor rfndr we prjiise the Lord. V eteccked out somewalls to enlarge theof tte^vivar ^ people caiifortably. He had that manyon ;o rights

T-Ssionaries on the island are joining together in what we are calling a ITsAM

^ Sd m?rcnfofTk f ^ take three^onir^hn J wr w b Clrui'chesand go door-to-door trying to malsecontact withwSkwf•talW b ® T- ^ible studyor correspondencecourse.Uris lastin -tokSf taparra area tod that haveexpressedscae interestSaftolt thbtorfi -il establish weeklysUidies withthem.next ten years w^-^cT'ftkr see ten newchurchesin thetwu Lcn years wna.cn VTitn God s help rs w ry possible.

One of the_gr^tes^t needs wa have is a Q ;rispian Service Camp. Again, vrLtrh Cod's helpwe vd.ll soon nave one. Tvehave locaLcd a piece of property, six foi^^6,5OO._^0vwcealoans and gifts we alimst have cncogh to bu^^ the l id. Pray that \ 7avdll be aKle^o bu}' i tand put i t to use. Ero^ Paul Grdinn, an eighty year old retiree has been tlie spark of tliec a n p —

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Paul vrorked fo r mmiy years fo r the Post Office i n Indiana and tlisn a f t e r he re t i redhe vent to w rk a t the Lake Janes Qmst ian , Service Canp and in t^t^lve years he helj,Mj:dbui ld tVia.t canp in to one of tiiG best in our brotherhood. He then went on to helpestabl ish the Golden Years I toas tead tnirsing harje in Fort VJayne, Indiana. Paul vent beckto school for a year in order to ge t h is l icense^ to d ir ec t the hare. After f ive yearsthere he catre to l \ :erto Rico and has been an inspiration for us a l l He dearly wants tosee t h i s canp get s t a r t ed vh i l e he i s s t i l l a l ive and h.as invested a grea t deal of t i .oiand energy a nd i mn ey in to i t P lease pray fo r us as v. e t r y and get the program s t a r t ed .I f you or y ou r c hu rc h would liloe to help f inancia l ly, please send a cbecl: to me writtaj}.to Canpainento Crls t l sno Taino,Inc. Your g i f t w i l l be tax-deductable an d V7e can use everyc e n t .

Hov7 for sore per sonal nevrs. I m very sorry to report that father,Coy York, diedon February the 18th a t Carle Clim.c in U:-:bana, I l l i n o i s Dad ba d cancer t ha t was discoveril as t sunmsr. He v.'as a lo\dng latsband and a great fa ther viio wil l be missed very muchby a l l of us vh.o ha d the hxnor o f Inowing bum. I was able to get home in tlriS fo r trjefti-iera?i. 'evcr i' tlTOup,iT~»d.>i f l iy;ht drrXit ' aii Jr-cu Lo IndihLiciji'jXie \voxs civ.vertcu

' - d e a t h v^as n e tor th C a r o l i n a an d I v^as s t u c k t h e r e f o r ^ 1 8 boui .s i n a sncsvstorm. Dada shock but s t i l l Wcis: very d i f f i c u l t for a l l c f us. Please ra-nemb r iry Kci.'i in your

prayers as sh e begins to adjust to her new l i f e alcna.Good nevvs I s smole an d t h a t i s in th e form o f nv wife: who i s now in h e r eighth incaUli

of pregnancy. Suzsnne has been in excel lent health fo r which we give thanks to the Tord.I wi l l hopefully be able to be with her cK-ring t he d el iv er y WTrl.ch should be qui te anexperience. Both of the prospec t ive grandto d-iers are o x i t e d btit especiall.y Su2<'^'ne'sneither,The.Jma Sv7av:go, of Ironixu,Chio because I t wi.ll be her fi-rst gxaidchiLld. I t e l l i:yfr iends t ;hat we i;.re not b.aving a baby, ^vs sx e hnvir.g a graTidiT>other

U^r-nl-: you aJ. again for making th e Ditids ..'i-varl-:;ble so tliat vx can wo?:k here. Vqdepend on you and V7e pray that Gad wi l l bless you for being so gexxrous i:c us. Plesi-n'iT-Trite us a note you can, wu vTculd lor^e to hear from you. Tins pr ice of airfare toCan Juan i s not too Iiigh yet so why not cafrs and^^islt the vxrk and see arc beautifiui s l a n d ?

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S e a s o n ' s g r e e t i n g s f r o m P u e r t o R i c o e h o p et h a t t h e L o r d i s b l e s s i n g y o u d u r i n g t h i s p a r t o ft h e y e a r t h a t w e r e m e m b e r t h e b i r t h o f C h r i s t . W ea r e b o t h v e r y b u s y w i t h o u r w o r k a t t h e s c h o o l sa n d c h u r c h e s . H e r e at C a p a r r a we a r e p r e p a r i n g f o r IG C h r i s t m a s p r o g r a m f o r t h e p a r e n t s o n D e c . 1 5 .

A ^ l o t o f work h a s b e e n p u t i n t o t h e p r o g r a m byt h e t e a c h e r s a n d s t u d e n t s a n d w e h o p e t h a t a l l w i l l

g o w e l l . T h i s y e a r , f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , t h em i s s i o n a r i e s f r o m L e v i t t o w n a n d C a p a r r a a r e get t ing

t o g e t h e r t o s i n g f o r the i r P u e r t o R i c a n b r o t h e r sa n d s i s t e r s . W e h a v e b e e n p r a c t i c i n g t h e H a l l e l u j a hC h o r u s a n d s o m e s o n g s i n S p a n i s h .

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j u s t s t a r t ed i s c l a s s o n P e r s o n a l E v a n g e l i s mf o r t h e t e a c h e r s o f t h e tw o s c h o o l s . e a r e w o r k i n go n w a y s t o b e g i n t e a c h i n g t h e p a r e n t s tha t w e comein c o n t a c t w i t h a t t h e s c h o o l s . T h e p u r p o s e o f t h es c h o o l s i s t o c o n t a c t p e o p l e f o r C h r i s t a n d we a r et r y i n g t o l e a r n t h e b e s t w a y s t o d o that

e w e r e t h r i l l e d t h i s l a s t We d n e s d a y e v e n i n gw h e n o n e o f t h e p a r e n t s f r o m s c h o o l , C h a r l o t t eC h a r o y w a s b a p t i z e d . S h e w a s c o n v e r t e d b y o m e o fo u r teachers R a y P r a g e r . e a r e s o h a p p y f o r h e ra n d a l s o f o r R a y w h o w a s u s e d b y t h e L o r d .

s C h r i s t m a s d r a w s n e a r w e c a n n o t h e l p b u tt h i n k o f t h e b i r t h o f C h r i s t a n d what s a c r i f i c e w a s f o r h i m t o l e a v e t h e g l o r y o f H e a v e n to b eb o r n in c o l d , s m e l l y s t ab le e h o p e a n d p r a yt ha t t h i s c o m i n g y e a r w e wi l l a l l b e m o r e t h a n k f u lt o G od f o r h i s g r a c e a n d f o r g i v e n e s s .

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l o t o f w o r k i s b e i n g d o n e f o r t h e L o r d h e r ei n P u e r t o R i c o . We w a n t to l e t y o u k n o w w h a t i s

g o i n g o n i n s o m e o f t h e o t h e r w o r k s . I h a v e b e e np r e a c h i n g a t t h e c h u r c h i n L e v i t t o w n f o r t h e pas t

th ree m o n t h s . T h e c h u r c h the re n e e d s a bi~ l ingua l

p r e a c h e r s o p l e a s e b e p r a y i n g f o r t ha t

T h e m i s s i o n a r i e s o n t h e is land a r e now get t ingt o g e t h e r e v e r y t w o m o n t h s f o r a n evangel i s t ic

c a m p a i g n o n different par ts o f t h e i s l a n d . T h i s i st o e n c o u r a g e t h e w o r k a n d c h u r c h e s t ha t a r e a l r e a d yes tab l i shed a n d t o b e g i n n ew w o r k . We w i l l b e g o i n gto the C h u r c h of Chr is t i n M a y a g u e z o n t h e 2 1 2 3o f t h i s m o n t h . P r a y tha t we l l b e a b l e t o m a k en e w c o n t a c t s f o r t h e L o r d t h e r e T h e c h u r c h i s

g r o w i n g v e r y w e l l t h e r e a n d t h e y h a v e se t a g o a lo f h a v i n g 2 0 0 m e m b e r s w i t h i n t h e n e x t t h r e e y e a r s .We h o p e t ha t o u r w o r k w i l l h e l p t h e m r e a c h t h e i r

g o a l .O ne o f t h e grea t n e e d s t ha t we h a v e i s a g o o d

p i e c e o f l a n d f o r a c a m p g r o u n d . A l l o f t h e p e o p l ea r e l o o k i n g h i g h a n d l o w b u t n o n e h a s b e e n f o u n dy e t . We h a v e r e n t e d d i f f e r e n t c a m p s i n t h ep a s t b u t we r e a l l y n e e d o u r own l a n d . P r a y t h a twe c a n f i n d s o m e l a n d a t a p r i c e tha t we c a na f f o r d

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i s l a n d w i d e n e w s p a p e r o r n e w s l e t t e r tha t t e l l sw h a t i s g o i n g o n a t t h e v a r i o u s c h u r c h e s a n d o t h e rm i s s i o n w o r k . We a r e t r y ing t o s h o w t h e p e o p l ein t h e v a r i o u s t o w n s t h a t t h e y h a v e brothers a n ds i s t e r s a l l o v e r the i s l a n d a n d a l l o v e r the w o r l d .

s y o u c a n s e e we h a v e a l o t t o b e p r a y i n gf o r a n d we h o p e tha t y o u w i l l j o i n u s a s we t ryo u r b e s t u s i n g t h e b e s t m e t h o d s t o b r i n g t h em e s s a g e o f C h r i s t t o t h e s e p e o p l e .

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When a l l o f y o u a r e s i t t ing down f o r a n i c e m e a lo f t u r k e y o r h a m m o s t o f t h e P u e r t o R i c a n s w i l lb e e a t i n g LECH<^ ASM 0 L e c h o n A s a d o i s S p a n i s hf o r r o a s t p i g . T h e p i g i s u s u a l l y b u t c h e r e d o nC h r i s t m a s E v e a n d a p i t i s d u g f o r a c h a r c o a lf i r e . E a r l y o n C h r i s t m a s m o r n i n g t h e p i g i s p u t

o n t h e spi t t o r o a s t o v e r t h e f i r e an d i t m a k e so ne o f t h e b e s t m e a l s I k n o w o f .

PA S T E L E S a r e ano the r t r a d i t i o n a l C h r i s t m a sf o o d . They a r e made f rom c o r n m e a l m i x e d up w i t hp o r k o l i v e s p o t a t o e s a n d I d o n t know w h a t e l s ea n d a l l b o i l e d inside o f a b a n a n a l e a f . S o u n d g o o d

t o y o u ?

PARANDAS a r e n o t a f o o d b u t a c u s t o m . D u r i n g t h em o n t h o f D e c e m b e r g r o u p s g o a r o u n d t o w n c a r o l i n ga t t h e h o m e s o f t h e i r f r i e n d s . T h e o n l y d i f f e r e n c ei s t h a t t h e g r o u p u s u a l l y c o m e s t o y o u r h o u s e a b o u ttw o o c l o c k i n t h e m o r n i n g . T h e p e o p l e i n t h e homea r e e x p e c t e d t o g e t o u t o f b e d a n d i n v i t e t h e g r o u pi n f o r m o r e s i n g i n g a n d r e f r e s h m e n t s .

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Wi s e Men T h e d a y f o r the i r c e l e b r a t i o n i s J a n . 6a n d i t s a l m o s t l i k e C h r i s t m a s a g a i n . T h e c h i l d r e nr e c e i v e g i f t s a n d o n t h e n i g h t b e f o r e t h e T h r e eW i s e M en c o m e t h e c h i l d r e n p u t s t r a w b e n e a t h t h e i rb e d s t o f e e d t h e c a m e l s .

As y o u c a n t e l l C h r i s t m a s i s a l i t t l e b i td i f f e r e n t h e r e w e m i s s b e i n g in t h e Sta tes f o rt h e h o l i d a y s b u t we h a v e r ea l ly c o m e to l o v et a k i n g par t i n t h e c e l e b r a t i o n o f Chr i s t s bi r tht h e w a y t h e P u e r t o R i c a n p e o p l e d o .

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