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God s Fellow orkers
Steve
Petty/Mike Dummitt
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UPDATE LETTER
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AN
1991
It is V 7 i t h
mixed
feelings
that
I wr ite this
update
letter. We have dee ply
a p p r e c i a t e d y o u r f i n a n c i a l
a n d
p r a y e r s u p p o r t o v e r
t h e p a s t s e v e n
y e a r s
that we have bee n in France. God has richly
blessed
u s through you a n d
t h r o u g h o u r
e x p e r i e n c e s i n
F r a n c e a n d
H e
h a s
b l e s s e d
o u r e f f o r t s as w e l l .
We have expe rienced both great discouragement a n d gre at Joy.
D u r i n g
t h e
p a s t t h r e e y e a r s , w e h a v e
w a t c h e d
t h e c h u r c h i n P o i t i e r s g o f r o m
z e r o t o a s t i l l s m a l l b u t v i b r a n t
c o n g r e g _ a t i o n
a v e r a g i n g i r ^ t h e twenti^
_ _
in attendance w ith
a
larg er cohtact
group. For a resistive field
like
France,
this is consider ed
a
tremendou s accomplishment. We
obtained
l e gal status
for the church with the gov ernment which sho uld facilitate
matters
for other
workers who will follow us. Twenty-two interns
joined
us d uring
our
time
in
France, of which
six
are
pl anning their re turn
to France. The se new workers
w i l l , w e p r a y ,
r e p e a t
t h e p r o c e s s
a n d
e s t a b l i s h o t h e r c o n a r e q a t i o n s . T l i e
work
in
Poitiers still
stands
as
the
only work
from the C i r i s t i a n churches/
churches of Christ
We
thank God f o r allowing u s
to have taken
part in these
ev ents. It seems
that
the work
in Po itiers is
at a
point of explos ive growth.
A
few
key
conversions
would
start this
explosion.
This
is
why
I said
earlier that
I
have
mixed
feelings b e c a u s e w e h a v e d e c i d p d to r < ^ ^ i ] r n f . n i - h p T T n - i t ^ ^ n q t R t a s s p v e r a l
r e a s o n s b r o u g h t a b o u t
o u r
r e t u r n a n d I w o u l d l i k e
t o
s h a r e s o m e o f t h e m w i t h
you
From t h e beginning, s e p a r a t i o n
from
family
was
d i f f i c u l t for
Joni
b u t t h e n
there were no children and we \ / e r e able to cop e. In 1986, Zacharie
\ m s
born,
followed
by
Rachelle and the difficulty
of
be ing away from family became
a n u p - h i l l
c l i m b .
N o w , a t h i r d
c h i l d
i s o n
t h e
w a y { d u e
i n
A p r i l ) so
t h e
hill.has become a
mountain.
The family issue
is
a
struggle for all who
choose
to work s o f a r f r o m ho me. Fo r s o me, it causes no real p rob lem but fo r
other s,
a tremen do u s amount o f str e ss can be invo l v ed. T his added st r e s s t o th e
a l r e a d y
s t r e s s f u l
m i s s i o n a r y
l i f e s t y l e
c a n
b e c o m e a n e n o r m o u s
s t r a i n
i n
t h e
l i f e
o f
a family. C.P. Wagner,
n o t e d
m i s s i o l o g i s t , has s t a t e d that o n l y
1
of all
Christians are gifted
to work
cross-culturally. That seem s awfully
limiting
to me but it de finately illus trates the d ifficulty
involved
for
t l i o s e who try. And try she did,
in
fact she would've been ready to return
much sooner but acknowledged the need
o f
staying until
the church
would b e
abl e
to
continue.
F o r
u s, the
is s u e
wa s not th e cultur e b ut th e
separation
and
distance
fro m family
that
is
involved.
Then, the financial
crunch
came
as explained
in the
last up date a n d
later i n this
one
which just
added to
the strain already b e i n g experienced.
So,
for the be nefit of the family
we
decided to
return.
What will happen to The Chucrh
in
Poitiers?
We f e e l confident
that
it will continue to
g r o w .
T h e Hanson
family
(Ozark
Bible College ) have
been
working
with u s and have be en in
France fo r three
y e a r s so Mike is n o w c a p a b l e of t e a c h i n g a n d p r e a c h i n g in Fr ench. K a r e n
Richardson (Roanoke Bible Coll eg e) is also working with the church not to
mention the
oth e r
m e m b er s , tho s e w h o accepted
Christ ove r
the past
thr e e
y e a r s .
O u r a b s c e n c e
w i l l
b e n o t i c e d but just u n t i l others have f i l l e d our
s p o t s .
We
b y n o m e a n s f e e l t h a t w e h a v e
f a i l e d c o n s i d e r i n g
t h e
a c c o m p l i s h
ments
of
the
time
spent. The
church
will continue
and
multiply.
What
about the PETTY family?
W e stil l ne e d y o u r su p p o rt.
We
ask
y o u
t o p l ea s e continue
y o u r
su p p o rt both
financially and prayerfully as we go through this difficult time
of
re-location.
The ge neral
pr actice amo ng
our churches is to support the returning
missionary
until
h e f i n d s
o t h e r e m p l o y m e n t and r ecu p e rate s any mission and
p e r s o nal
l o s s e s .
T h i s is u s ua ll y f o r
a
p e rio d
o f
three
months
b ut can
b e s ho rt er
if employment is found sooner
This is wh at we reque st of you: to continue y our su ppo rt throug h Apr il (meaning
that your last check
would
b e for
the
month of
April
and support would
terminate
in
May) . I am
p r es ently
s eeking
e m p l o y m ent and
will
notify y o u
as
s o on
as o u r
situation stabilizes .
W e h o p e to
find
a
ministry
in the
Ky/Ohio area.
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God's
Fellow Workers, Ir
1989
Total
1990 Income
1990
exi^enses
1,656.78
+46,843.88
-50,087.51
ic.
Financial
Report 1990
1990 Total
-1,586.85
Still
QV7ed
to
Pettys
lor
personal salary
losses
$2,563.48 for
1990.
Eicpenses
1990:
Re-imbursal Pettys
Petty salary
Housing
Medical Ins.
Life,
retirement
Gas,meals,transpo
Car i ns/tajyupkeep
Postage
Pr
n
t ng/cop
Total
Income Breakdown:
Petty
personal
5,506.30
Contributions 30,061.61
Interest 118.57
Sale (books & goods)897 19
Rent
deposits 1,097.72
Sale
of
car 7,095.61
Car ins. re-imb'l
881.68
house ins. re-imb'l
105.20
Car
rental
1,080.00
5,228
16,790
6,107
2,841
5,430
2,990
Total Income
46,843.88
Telephone
Miscellaneous
Education Mat.
Evangelism
Visa'gov't
fee
Shipping
Bank chgs
Exchange loss
Work fund ren -
4,
523.78
151.57
3.76
446.57
113.29
250.00
41.22
105.20
283.15
50,087.51
As e:cplained in the last update letter, ^h e
mission
budget
had
out-gro^m
the income.
This
^^s
due to the
rise
in
the
already hi gh cost of living
i n
F r a n c e (3 t o 4 t i m e s h i g h e r
t h a n
t h a t j o f C o l u m b u s , O h i o ) a n d t h e d r o p
of the
U.S.
dollar
on european money exchanges (from
10 francs to 5 francs
o n t h e
d o l l a r
o v e r
o u r
s e v e n
y e a r s t a y - i m a g i n e
l o s i n g
h a l f t h e i n c o m e
w h i l e
the
budget
increases). Due to this situati on,
we
have personal and salary
l o s s e s
o f 2 5 6 3 . 4 8
t o
b e
e x a c t w h i c h w a s
| s p e n t
o r
n e v e r t a k e n
t o
m a k e e n d s
m e e t f o r t h e m i s s i o n . W e w o u l d
l i k e
to
r d c u p e r a t e t h e s e l o s s e s i n o r d e r
t o
re-establish
our
fami ly. We ask for your
understanding
and cooperation through
this
ordeal.
We
have
temporarily located
i n
Zanesvillc®, Ohio,
Joni's
home
t o ^ i m .
If
you
would
like more
information or
would li ke to sched ule
a
visit to
your
congregation
you can
contact
us
directly
at
the following
address:
Steve PETTY
1620
Maple Ave. 2
Zanesville,
Oh.
43701
ph. (614) 454-3824
(Continue se nding support to)
God's Fellow
workers.
Inc.
Mike Duinmitt/Steve
Petty
10028
Feeble
Creek
Cincinnati, Oh.
45247
God's
Fellow Workers,
10028 Feeble Creek
Cincinnati, OH.
45247
Inc
Mission
P.O. Box
Knoxvill
Bulk Rate
U.S. POSTAGE
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Permit No. 7278
Cincinnati,
OH.
ervices Resource Dept.
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