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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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