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Byron Hamm
815 Waynetown Road
CrawfordsviU^, Dl l 7933
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Dear Christ ian Family and Friends,
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Robe r t
IShel ton
Apartado
130
Liber ia Guanacaste
Cos t a Ri c a
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AIR MAIL
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Jxily
1979
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God is
so
good and so f ia thful to
care for
us here and we pray tha t
His
presence
is evident
in the
working of
your
lives
there a t home...GOD K SO GOOD......
We f ee l real ly blessed
to
be a par t of the Lord s work here,
as
i s growing
everyday. Eleven have been
baptized
so far and
there
is now a new
TDody
of Chr is t
a t the
l i t t le
Church
in
San Roque.
e
are
able to observe the Lord s
Supper and
are
now
teaching
such
things as
t i th ing
etc.
There
are
many
attending the services
with attendance on Sunday mornings, a high of 76 children. The night church is
having from 80 to ICQ. Praise
the
Lord We
have
four young people that we hope
wil l
be able to
attend a week of
meetings
on learning how
to teach
children.
We
f ee l i s
very
important to have
Costarican
teachers
and
helpers as soon as
possible .
Roberta and Sally are
fine,
and are ready for a 2 week vacation in
July
(the
middle of their school year). We are hoping to have a few days of V.B.S. for
th e children here
in
our
neighborhood
during t he i r vacation. The
children axe
real ly looking
forward
to
i t as th ey ask
a l l the
t ime when we
are
going to
begin.
Praise the Lord fo r
t he i r in teres t Bob
aad Janet a re
I^ept
busy
with
Bible Studies ,
Sunday School, Church
and
a l l the things involved in making go smoothly. Bob
has not been able to f ly for a few weeks, due mainly to the rainy weather.
We
are
se l l ing
8uid giving away lo ts and lo ts of Bibles.
Praise
the Lord. There i s much
i n t e res t
and we
pray t ha t the Lord w ill r ais e up strong
bel ievers
and
a st rong
church
here in
th is area.
We forsee many problems for
the peoples
of Latin America
in
the
years to come.
Please
pray with us for the
people
here.
We
a l l miss
Sam very much,
but
we know the Lord
i s taking
good care
of
him there .
We have
talked to him on the phone and t ha t
helps a
l i t t l e
When you see him,
give him
a
b ig
hug
rom
us,
okay?
Hal called us
before
he
l e f t the Sta tes
fo r
6 months of sea duty. He will be back in December, Lord willing. Please pray
f o r
Ha l and Sam.
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The war
i s
s t i l l raffing in Nicaragua. We are i^aying fo r an end to t
soon, as
many
lives are being lost
and the whole country
destroyed. Please pray
vrith us on
th is matter. Although
we
are
very
close to the border, vjo
are
safe from
the
bombings and
the
shooting,
but wo
are
not safe
from the
antt-anerican feel ings
and
the
communist
propaganda.
Please
pray
for
us, as
i t
is
hard
a t
times
to
not
say what you are thinking. This is something wo must not
do,
i f we are going
to
be able
to continue working with the people here. V/e love oH ir country and are
very proud to
be
North Americans, but vre must always remember, we love
the
Lord
more and
are
here as His goodwill ambassadors. Do not
ever
forget how really
blessed you
are
by being North Americans and
l iving
in a
free
country. Forget
to complain
and remember
to
praise God
for being
where you
are and who
you
are.
Our
is not very good rigtit new We
do
not know i f i t
nas anything to
do with
the fue l shortage or not,
but
we are t r ec ei vi ng t he correspondence we
were
before. Please
remember
to write as often as you can, t
i s
so very important
to
us
to hear from
our loved ones
there
a t
hom^. A big
thank
you to the
ones
who are always fa ith fu l in th ei r l e t t e r wri t ing.
We
would l ike to ask special prayers
a t
this particular time. Things seem to
be
getting worse as far as the
pol i t ical
situation here in Costa
Rica
and even
though we
try
no t to notice , i t does
affect
us and our
abil i ty to
wcrk
effectively.
Pray that we wil l always remember tha t we
are
safe
in
the hands of our Lord.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a
good
courage; b e
not
afraid,
nei ther
be
thou dismayed; for the Lord
thy
God is with thee whithersoever thou
goest. Joshua 1:9
What a beaut i ful
promise S
Praise
His
Holy name,
we l ove Him s o
In
Jesus* love
and
se rv ice , we love you,
YOUNGS CHftrll
CHURCH OF
CHRIST
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Rob e r t
E . S h e 1 t o n
Apar tado 130
L i b e r i a , C osta R ica
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Byron Hamm
8 l5 vVayrietown Rd
Crawfo rd sv i l l e ,
Ind .
4 7 9 3 3
Octobe r , 1979
Oree t ings in the name of our Lord
Je sus ,
What
a
promise
and pr iv i l ege we
have
in
prayer , And
whatsoever ye
sha l l
awSk
in
my
name,
t ha t
wil l
I
do,
t ha t
the
Father
may
be
g lo r i f i ed
in
the
son. John
14:13 V e
f ind
our
prayers being
answered da i l y . . . . . .
July
was
a very
busy
month with a week o f spec ia l t r a in ing fo r 6
of
cur
young people from
San
Roque
Church . They
had c l a s s e s and
p r ac t i c e
in
howto teach chi ld ren .
This
was so good as
now we
are ab le to
use
them as
he lper s
in the Sunday school c lasses . We a l so had a
beautiful week
of
revival . A di f ferent speaker each night and a
big
sp i r i t ua l
blessing fo r
the
people
of
the Church
and
fojr
us
a
we l l .
S ev e r a l came f o rwa rd and made commi t tmen t s
wi t h six
bapt i sms making th e t o t a l , up to now, 17
bapt ized
be l i eve r s .
PRAISE THI3
LORDi i
We
f e l t we
were
also
especia l ly blessed
daring
the
month
of
July
with
v i s i t o r s from home. David , Dorma and Nathan i e l Finch were here to
v i s i t
and
help
with
the work. I t was
a good
month fo r a l l of us.
Thankr
you
David ,
Dorma and San f o r coming . . . . We a l so had a f r i end from
Puer t o
Rico
who spent a
week
with
us in
August.
Alma Zue l l i
i s
h ere s tu dy in g a t the
Language School
in
San Jose and we
hope
she wi l l be
back
again soon.
The
Church is growing
and
is
a blessing
to
a l l .
We have
4 Sunday' school
c lasses now
with work
books,
t ables
benches,
etc .Every th ing
i s r ea l ly
beginning
to f a l l
in to
p lace . Although
we
never r ea l ly thought of
ourse lves
as Church Plan te r s , it
seems
t h a t
th i s i s
the
na tu r a l r e su l t o f te ac hin g
and
shar ing
Gods
word
and
love w ith those abou t
you.
PRAISE
THE LORD a
church
f o rms . . . .N igh t Church i s g r e a t . The peop le
love to
sin.'-;
and pray and
h e a r God*s word p r eached
Ano the r r e a l b l e s s i n g i s
th e
Youth Group t h a t has f o med
on
F r iday
I nights. There are
20ar:d
more yqung people
attending.
Roberta and Sally
are very ac t ive in he lp ing
it
go and grow.
Tuesday
n igh t Bible
s tudy ,
Thursday n igh t
praye r meet ing
and Sunday n igh t Church
plus
Bib le
correspondence
cour se s , keep
Bob
busy. . .wh i l e
Janet , does
dlT I planning
of the
Sunday School and has a Saturday afternoon
^ Ladies Bible Study.. . .
The
f ly ing
min i s t ry i s still more or
l e s s
a t a s tand still because o f the
r a i n s , p lu s th e
l a ck of t ime . . . a s we a re g iv ing
more
and
more
t ime to th e
San
Roque
Church. yy They
have decided
to s t a r t
praying and planning
toward
bu i l d i n g ,
and
i s becoming
a c em e n t block
or 25jz^ U.S.. .
i s a b ig s t ep
$3,000.oo
matter
Once
we
little by
little
as
th e
bu i ld ing
we a re now us ing
i s
on ly
r en ted
very
i n ad equ a t e . . . . . s o each
member
has
pledged
every
15 days . Each
b lock
co s t abou t 2 co lones
Nowthat
may
seem sm all to you, bu t
to
.them it
ou t on f a i t h .
We
f igure
it wi l l
take
about
to
buy g round , so
p l e a s e
pray
wi th
us
on t h i s
have th e ground bough t . . . . th e
r e s t
wi l l
come.
We
have
a very
sp e c i a l p ro j e c t
going
r i gh t now.
We rece ived
92 smal l , wooden do l l s from
a
ca r ing person
a t
Woodland Heights
Chr i s t i a n Church and
we a re
now
in th e process
o f
pa in t i ng
and
assem.bling
them
fo r our Christmas t r ea t
fo r
th e chi ldren a t
th e Sunday School in
San Roque . . .Thank
you
very much Harry Sper ry
and
a l l who were involved from Woodland
Heigh t s .
God b l e s s each
o f you . .
Tiiank you a l l so much .-.or
your
fa i th fu lness in your prayers , l e t t e r s
and suppor t of
the
Lord*s
work here in
Costa Rica. . . .We wish
you
could a l l
come
down
to
see
what
the Lord i s doing
he r e J i i
We pray always fo r the
wo r k there at
h ome
We
l o v e
you
i n J e s u s ,
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The Shel
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