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mail ing
had become absolu te ly prohib i t ive .
I t
was one
o f those
th ings t ha t
you
can* afford
NOT to
do
because
of i t s
news
coverage,
but the
governing
bottom l ine i s when you can t afford TO do
it
We are sorry for th i s
neces
s i ty
which nei ther conforms to
our
des ire ,
nor
i s
i t of
our
making. Thus
we
dec ided , a long
with
Eveljm,
that
each of
us, both
she
and
we, would send
out
p e r sona l
l tt rs
i n th e name o f t h e
Medi t e r r a ne an
Ch r i s t i a n
Miss ion
o f which
we a re bo th a p a r t . There a re s pe c ia l c on ta cts
which
she has made
over
th e
yea r s to
whom
she
sends .
Likewise ,
obviously
th e same is tz*ue
o f
us. There
wi l l obviously be
some overlapping, which i s
as it
should
be, since
we
have
many Christ ian f r iends in common.
This
i s
both
f inancial ly possible , and hope
ful ly , mpre personal
than
KNOW
could
ever
be.
We are f la t te red tha t you
miss
it
and sorry t ha t
you
have to .
We would ask
you
to pray
with
us about a very
s er io u s ma t te r.
A
mission
t ha t has
been
act ive
fo r
a lo ng tim e can become l ike an e lde r ly
person
- put
on the she l f under the euphonic t i t l e of golden years and
be
forgot ten because
it i s an e s tab l ished mission . Over th e y ears and recent ly
we have received a
number of Dear
John l e t t e r s
in fo rm ing u s t ha t
tha t
church s offer ings iwuld
no longer be
forthcoming because they f e l t
we were
an
e s tab l ished
mission
and
tha t they should turn t he i r support to new workers. This i s t h e i r r ight . But
missions
are l ike
churches.
Preq.uently the more es tablished they become,
the
more support i s
required
to keep them fimctioning. We are to ta l ly
in
favor of
the
support of new missionaries. In
fac t, in the
nex t parag raph we wil l
write
abi^ut a couple of
them. But
we think
that the foregoing
will
help you to
appre
ciate the
potential
problem (in our
case, actual) that
such a
way of
thinking
can
c r ea te .
Perhaps
th e words
o f
Je su s are appl icable her e j
• • . .bu t
these
things
ye
ought
to have done, and not to have lef t
the other undone. (Matt.23:23)
Many 0 /
you already know, and
those who don t wil l be
happy to
learn
tha t
our younges t daughter (Valeri) and
her
husband (Steve Herrick)
plan
to
return
to I t a ly
in 86
as
missionaries .
Valer i
spent most of
her
l i f e here
and
Steve
spent
a summer internship
here
in J ta ly ,
so
he knows
what
he s get t ing in to .
We recommend them to your
prayer program
and to you r suppo rt f inancial ly
sh ou ld y ou r hea r t s be moved in t h a t d i r ec t ion . We
a re
a l l
too aware o f the
long emd tedious road involved
in
^gaining
and mainta ining personal and
work
funds. We bel ieve
they
are we l l- q ua li fi ed t o f u l f i l l t h e i r dreams in the
Lord s
s e r v i c e h e r e .
You have read and heard much about the
st rong dol lar
and the weak
l i r e in
I ta ly,
I t i s a l l t rue from a t ou r i s t s viewpoint. What they fai led to t e l l
you i s
that
regarding
the essent ia ls
of everyday
l iv ing,
every time
the
value
of the dol l a r
has
r i sen, in f la t ion
has
pre t ty
well kept
pace with the r i se .
e
thank God for His provision through you and fee l tha t a word to the wise i s
s u f f i c i e n t .
Again, thank you for making oxir
lives
more pleasant in His ser^ee, both
Stateside and
here
in Europe. Keep us in
your
prayers - they are sus ta in ing
and precious to
our
l ives and work. The grace
of
ow
Lord
J es us Chr is t be
with you Let us give
od
glory. Ephesians 3j20, 21). ^
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