York Rick Suzanne 1983 PuertoRico

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De a r Christian F r i e n d s ,Greet ings once again from Puerto Rico. We hope t ha t you a l l a re wel land t h a t th e Lord i s b les s ing your l iv es r ic hly . Our family i s f ine and weare e njo yin g our work with the people in San German. Our most exci t ing newsi s t h a t we began church se rv i ces he re on December 1 2th w ith 19 p re s en t . Weare exc i t ed about the prospects fo r growth and the i n t e r e s t shown by severafami l i e s . Our h ighes t a t tendance has been 23 and we are expec t ing a goodcrowd fo r Eas te r Sunday. We a re hoping to see th e church grow in numbersand matur i ty over th e yea r s un t i l it reaches th e po in t o f where th e Puer toRican peop l e can assume all o f th e work and we wi l l be ab le to move on t oano ther a r ea . That d ay , however, wi l l only come a f t e r a lo t o f teaching andp reach ing and knock ing on doo r s .Our co -worker s , Lonny and Vanessa Smith a re a lre ad y bu s i l y invo lvedin th e work. Lonny is in charge o f th e youth a c t i v i t i e s and has a l r eadyplanned some t h i ng s t h a t th e k id s have r e a l l y en joyed . e and I took a grouo f e igh t young people camping l a s t week-end with se ve ra l o th er churchesfrom around th e i s l a nd . There were abou t 55 all t o g e t h e r and e ve ry bo dy h ada g r e a t t ime . There is very little fo r th e k id s in San German to do soa c t i v i t i e s i n th e church a re we l l r e c e i v ed . One o f ou r young peop l e , Pa t t yPabon, is t e ach ing th e beg inne r ' s c l a s s a t church and i s a l so in th eNat iona l Honor Soc ie ty a t he r school so we a re very proud o f he r .I h av e mentio ne d th e camp p rope r ty t h a t th e churches on th e i s l andpurchased abou t four yea r s ago fo r $25,000 . The p rope r ty has been pa id o fand s e v e r a l month's ago we s p en t a bou t seven thousand do l l a r s f o r excava t i onand l e ve l i ng o f th e l a nd . The p rope r t y is now r eady to be b u i l t on w ith w aand l i g h t s a t th e p rope r t y . We a re meet ing on Apr i l 16 to beg in pu t t i ngdown some i d e a s fo r a mul t i - pu rpo s e bu i l d i ng t h a t w i l l somehow con t a i na k itc he n, d in in g room-rec rea t ion room, and l i v i ng qua r t e r s all in one a scheap ly a s po s s i b l e . We a re going to need more money than we have in th ecamp f und . If you o r you r chu rch would l i k e to he lp in t h i s p r o j e c t we allwould g r e a t l y app r e c i a t e it We have had to use , bor row, o r r e n t o t h e rfacilities fo r many yea r s and it su r e wi l l be n i c e t o have ou r own. The camis a t a x - f r e e co rpo ra t i on so any gift would be t a x deduc t ab l e . If you canhe lp make you r check ou t to Campamento Cr i s t i a no Ta ino and send it t o usand we wi l l g ive it to th e t r e a su r e r . We wi l l keep you in formed as to th ep rog r e s s o f th e b u i ld in g p r o j e c t .

Another p r o j e c t t h a t a church in th e S ta t e s migh t l i k e to unde r t ake t ohe lp our chu rch he r e is purcha s ing a van fo r t r a n s po r t a t i o n . Many o f th ef ami l i e s t h a t we a re working with do no t have ca r s Lonny and I j u s t havesma l l c a r s so ge t t i n g peop l e t o church and k i d s t o activities means pack ingpeop l e in ou r c a r s and o f t e n making two trips We a r e hop ing to r a i s ebe tween 3000 and 4000 to buy a u sed van he re t h a t can h a u l a t l e a s t 12p eop l e . We r e a l i z e t h a t th e economic c ond i t i o n s i n t h e U.S . a r e no t t h e b e sb u t ou r need is r e a l and we would l i k e you r he l p , if a t all po s s i b l e . We habeen in Puer to Rico now fo r 10 yea r s and we have no t had to ask fo r moneyf o r a p r o j e c t l i k e t h i s b efo re b u t we need t o now. Any gift s e n t shou ld bei n th e name o f th e I g l e s i a Cr i s t i a n a de San German and marked Van f und . Vapp r e c i a t e you r he l pOur girls Emily and Lau r i e a r e bo th a s a c t i v e and a s he a l t hy a s canbe . Emily wi l l be f ou r in Ju ly and s t a r t i n g p r e -k i nd e r i n August , whichha r d l y seems po s s i b l e . She knows h e r ABC's and can coun t ve ry we l l and isa lways s u r p r i s i n g u s w ith t h e amount o f Span ish sh e knows. There is on l yone Engl i sh TV program t h a t is on r e gu l a r l y and t h a t is Sesame S t r e e t , whic


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News fromThe Yorksin Puer to Rico

Dear Christian Friends, June 1963Greetings once agadn from Puerto Rico, V/e hope that you andyour fel l ies are well and that the Lord has ctmtînuec to bles-s-your lives iie are so thankful for our faithful supporters thathave continued to back our efforts year after year. I t hardlyseems possible but we are now in our eleventh year of serviceTn2i S? how ignorant I was when I first arrived in SanT patient and kind however, and SvLZBnne andX^Joyed our work here and consider this our home, at eawL I or a fev/ more y e r sOur. plersed v/ith the work in the church in Sen Geraen.attendance has been 28 and one of the nost encourarinGcoMn. o ehnr.^ro ^ Setting in the habitifin^ oo church. One of the laoies told Lonny and I recently thatth^f perr'ôf^L; SnndSsf eour carnort so that wl v finished pouring concrete to extendc?^wth Twf + u hsve some more classroom space for futurerowth. There is not much work that is harder than mixinc concretewhen^the teaperature is about 95 and the huiidit? is ebourthat

V/e shared in a great week of camp June 13-18. V/e were able totto feven people from the church in San German and the totalaoout 100. V/e had a wide variety of kids that went.One of our young ladies Bere Llantin is working on her Master sh-d fLr^vo.moîr University here in San German. V/e alsonext year P wait until..n s'-Jj ^fsM-lSkt of camp, as in most camps, was the vesper serviceBiblleo^^w^s th Gonzalez, a third year student from Coleaioone invit-tio^ speaker and did a fine job. Ke only offeredp JTiday, anc 16 young people went forward. V/e^9 5


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are plrnn inc to take c shor t fur lough in the spring of nextyeer Lord wil l ing . I wi l l be writ ing to our support ing churchesi n the near fu ture to arrange speaking da t e s . are look ing forv/ardto see ing a l l of you aga in .One of the ha rdes t pa r t s about being smiss ionary i s being separated from your fami l i e s in the U.S. One ofmy deares t aunts Carmie Lawless of Lanvi l le has been ser ious ly and in the ho sp i t a l . Please keep he r in your p r aye r s .

Our g i r l s a re bo th grov/ ing l i k e r o s e s . I v/ould say th ey a regrov/ing l i ke weeds but they are too pre t ty to be compared to a v;eedlLaurie i s 15 months old and Emily wil l be four next Sunday Ju ly 3Emily can r e a l l y hold her own j abber ing v;i th the neighborhood kidsin Span i sh . Laur ie r e a l l y keeps us hopping and th e on ly qu i e t t imearound our house s v;hen she i s s l e ep ing 1Thanks again fo r your praye r fu l suppor t . Please v/ri te lP.O. Box 1071San. Gori.aan P.R. 00753

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News fromThe Y orksin P u e r t o R i c o

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Deer Friends i n C h r i s t ,G r e e t i n g s once a g a i n from P u e r t o R i c o . Our f a m i l y i s f i n e andwe thank the Lord f o r His continual care . Our g i r l s , Emily and Laurieare growing so big and are g e t t i n g p r e t t i e r every day. Not t h a t t h e i rLad i s b i a s e d I We pray t h a t the Lord has cont inued to b l e s s you i nyour e f f o r t s f o r th e kingdom. We a r e r e a l l y enjoy ing ou r work i nEsn German. The p e o p l e h e r e a r e g e t t i n g i n t h e h a b i t o f coming t ochurch which f o r most o f them i s the f i r s t t ime i n t h e i r l i v e s t h a tthey have at tended a church r e g u l a r l y . One o f the most impor tan t s t e p sf o r us i s t o e s t a b l i s h r e a l f r i e n d s h i p s w it h t h e people h e r e so t h a t t h e ycan l e a r n to t r u s t us. We came here as s t r a n g e r s , foreigners r e a l l y ,and it i s good t o see t h a t t h e people are l e a r n i n g to confide i n u s .The p a s t t h r e e months have been f i l l e d w i t h a v a r i e t y o f a c t i v i t i e sand t h e months t o come promise more o f t h e same. The l a s t o f J u l y wewere able t o go t o San Juan f o r t h e 1 2 t h Car ibbean Missions C l i n i c . Bro .L iden N utt was o u r s p e c i a l s p e a k e r an d t e a c h e r . Ziden i s working w i t hGood News Product ion I n t l . i n J o p l i n . and has been dedicated f o rmany y e a r s t o p r o d u c i n g m a t e r i a l s t h a t m i s s i o n a r i e s a l l o v e r th e worldcan u s e . He r e a l l y u p l i f t e d a l l o f us and t h e t i m e o f f e l l o w s h i p wasa b l e s s i n g , as always. We are o f t e n asked w hat we miss most about theU.S. and f o r me it i s m i s s i n g t h e c o n v e n t i o n s and o th e r o p p or tu n it i esf o r l e a r n i n g and growth .One o f t h e r e a l b l e s s i n g s f o r the church was t h e purchase o fa van f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . Lonny and I have been making t r i p s on Sundaybecause a l o t of people do n o t have c a r s . We had saved enough money f o rthe dov/n payment on a 1977 Ford 12 passenger Van. While we were i nSan Juan f o r the Missions c l i n i c , one of our old f r i e n d s came to v i s i t anspeak a t the c l i n i c and o f f e r e d t o help make the payments on the van.P r a i s e the Lord f o r His providing people l i k e t h a t . I t w i l l be payed f o rw i t h i n a y e a r and a l r e a d y we have used it f o r y ou th e ve nts as w e l las f o r Sunday s e r v i c e s .Lonny and 1 p a r t i c i p a t e d , along with s i x of our youth in a r e t r e a tt h i s p a s t week end up i n the mountains. Even though Puer to Rico i s at r o p i c a l c o u n t r y , it still g e t s c o o l up i n t h e mounta ins . We wereinvolved with th e p rea ch in g and teaching and the kids had a g r e a t t ime.For many it was the f i r s t t ime t h a t they had ever been camping ors l e p t i n a t e n t . One o f o u r k i d s t o l d me t h a t it was t h e b e s t t i m e hehad ever had i n his whole l i f e . Some of our youth in most of the churcheon the i s l a n d , come from poor backgrounds where they have never had thechance t o get out and see Puerto . l ico and do t h i n g s t h a t most Americanstake f o r granted. When we have an a c t i v i t y they r e a l l y enjoy itOne of our young men J e r r y Lugo i s thinking ser ious ly aboutgoing t o B i b l e College i n the S ta te s. J e rr y w i l l graduate t h i s yearfrom High School and i s r e a l l y a f i n e young man. He speaks good Engl ishso we a r e e n c o u r a g i n g him as much as we c a n . He d o e s n t have m uch m oneyb u t i s w i l l i n g t o workl 1 t o l d him t h a t when I . w e n t t o J o h n s o n B i b l eCollege in 1968 a l l 1 had was ^75 to my name and 1 made it through sohe could t o o . Please be praying f o r him an d i any of you would l i k eto help him l e t me know


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