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January, 1968Happy New Year EveryoneII t i s certa inly t ime to l e t you knowhappening in and around Sandia Chico.there i s almost enough to make a small books tead of a l e t t e r bu t we wi l l t ry to l e tknow a few th ingsWe arr ived in Matehuala from our t r ip to theS. on Thanksgiving Day. We a te our Thang iv ing d inne r in the bus s ta t ion in Matehua t has bo th the c l eanes t and most reasonapriced food . Oh, how thankful we were formany bless ings Please l e t us l i s t athings we were prais ing God for :1 For our safe, and most prosperous t

w have ever taken t^p^^e U S in t heyears on the fie3^2 For the mai^< many gifts , sj fTpliesfoods donated/by the many Chp^tians,fr iends and/relat ives.3 For 1he new recituiJred American heWe now Iwve with us Susan Ogdon RegisteNurse, and Karen Kahl^. know thisis a resul t of your many prayers.4 Again we were thankful to the doctonurses and churches for the medical sup l i e s .5 thanked God, for the wonderChristians in Toledo, Ohio and BlufftoIndiana, who paid for our new water pumSoon we can have running water - oth

THE JABRY CUYLER FAMILYApartado Pos ta l 111

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t h a n when it ra in s . 6) We were t h a n k f u l fo r t h e c a r tha t we were able to o b t a i n to t rin and t ha t b o th vehic les made th e t r ip so w e l l . 7) Especia l ly we pra ised God fo r t h e many w o n d e r f u l Chris t iansothers wh o were and are in te res ted enough in the work here to p r a ygive so generously. Ame nWhen we arr ived a t S a ndia C hic o, th e bless ings were still mult iplF i l e m o n and R o s a r i o and Ch e h a d re m ain e d f a i t h fu l to u s and espec ito th e L o r d s work. Even w i t h o u t means o f m echanical t ranspor ta tthe y managed to h o ld s e r v i c e s while we were gone ), in Pu en tes - appimately s ev en miles from S an d i a C h i c o . Then when we a r r ived in S aG r a n d e , we learned th e Ch ris t ia ns th ere to o h a d r e m a i n e d f a i t h f u l toLord and had Sunday and Wednesday services e a c h week. Oh , ho w e x cwe were to know tha t they w e r e n t depending on u s , b u t went aheadthemselves in the study of God s Word and prayer. Also, the t ra i le rt en t had b ee n w atc he d v e r y w e l l , and clo th ing and e qu ip me nt w er e j u swe l e f t i t except fo r mice and ra t s . But a t leas t t h e r e had beem o r e s t e a l i n g .As fo r th e h o u se, we a r e s t i l l n o t in i t . They a r e working on th enow. Dear f r i e n d s , we need your p r a y e r s i We need them fo r p atieI t is g e t t i n g exceedingly diff icul t to l i v e under these conditions.see, there are a minimum of 14 every meal, and a t times 24, a l l trto ea t in the t r a i l e r . Ki and R ic sit on the f loo r and pu t t he i r plon a box. Some s i t on t h e was t e b a s k e t and h o l d a p la t e . Othe r s sup. Seven can sit at th e table, but i t is terribly crowded. Some mwe can ea t in sh i f t s and on n i c e d a y s , t h e noon m eal can be e a t e ns i d e . Two of our workers a re sleeping in th e t r u c k , the gi r l s sleethe s t o r e room the Cuyler family sleep in the t e n t . The temperahas been a s low a s 10 above 0. None o f us have any a r t i f i c i a l hAgain we ask for your prayers, because i t is getting more and moref icul t to cook. The b o t t l e gas here has so much water i n i t t h aapparently freezes and only one burner on the stove can be used atime. The oven won t work u n t i l four or five in th e a fte rn oo n. more tanks for bottle gas and new tubing - then the stove could be wdirectly. The furnace or the refrigerator in the trailer will noton the gas here. The r ef rigerator w ill work from the generator, buhas been so cold a t night, we don t need to waste the gas for theer tor t o r u n it

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work. But in sp i t e of our mater ia l problems, we have so much tthankful for . We are a l l well some are gett ing over a glandular int ion and Karen had tons i l i t i s , but nothing l ike times before.Christmas Eve there was a Christmas play in Sandia Grande. A ll p laexcept Ki were the Mexican Chris t ians . I t went very well . Everyoneinvi ted. When the re are things l ike th i s , we always wait so anxioto see how many people wi l l come. We are happy to say there were200 people the re . The Cathol ics were not ab le to have se rv ices beceveryone came to see the play about baby Jesus* bi r th .Many have been asking fo r our f i nanc i a l s ta tement . t has been impb le un t i l now to publ ish one, bu t now t h a t t he re i s more help hereth e f i e l d . Garne t wi l l have more t ime to be the wi fe and mothersh o u ld b e and wan t s t o b e ,

Filemon i s t eaching c lasses of young boys on how to become Chr isleaders . Please pray for him and h is wife and chi ld .There i s not t ime to go in to more de ta i l now, but please be watchingmore news

Young people who a re In te res ted in coming t h i s Summer, should con tacas soon as pos s ib l e .

Thank you a l l for your love, gi f t s , blessing and prayers.In Chr i s t ,

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F e b r u a r y s 1968Dear F r i e n d s and R e l a t i v e sThe Lord i s co ntin uin g to b l e s s the work herand we t r u s t each of you i s receiving His wod e r f u l b le ss in gs , a ls o. Already t h i s year thLord has added to the Church, 9 new C h r i s t i ai n January a l o n e .The 9th of March we wil l have completed 3 yro f s e r v i c e f o r t h e Lord h e r e i n Mexico.most of you know, we have had many t r i a l s bour blessings have been great , too. We woul ike to share with you the goals we hopeobtain and also what i s being accomplishhere a t Sandia Chico. We want you to kno

and f u l l y u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e s e accomplishments have i n no way been becauseany powers or strengths of our own beingAll c r e d i t goes to our wonderful Lord Gand C h r i s t J e s u s and His f a i t h f u l C h r it i a n f o l l o w e r s and f r i e n d s i n t h e U.S.

GOALS1) Village Evangelism - Evangelize adultand children in surrounding villagesChrist ian Day School - Secular Bib

li l e d u c a t i o nR a d i o w o r kC h i l d r e n s HomeObtain land to be at least partia llself-supporting by farming. , Vacation Bible Schools and amps7) Use medicine to help further Evangei s m .

THE LARRY CUYLER FAMILYApartado P o s t a l 111

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS v1) There is now Evangelism being carried on in 5 different villageAll preaching is being done by Mexican Christians. One village is a

most completely on i t s own. None of the churches o r p reache rs receimoney from. U.S. for preaching or building church buildings. There aChrist ians in 4 of the 5 vi l lages . All of the Christ ians who have beconverted in the pas t 3 yrs . have rema ined fa i th fu l .2 Eilemon Castor, Mexican Christian, working and now living at SandChico, is already teaching Christ ian leadership to two young Christianone a converted student priest). Lord willing, the Fall of this yeaformal Bible classes are to begin for Christian leaders in the followifields? Evangel is ts , Elders, Deacons, Bible School Teachers Sunday aD.V.B.S . .

Concerning the secular education, reading, writ ing e tc .have a Christian g i r l in teachers college. Her name is Yolanda GuajarPlease remember her in your prayers. We have a legal contract with ht ha t we wi l l pay fo r her schoo l ing and she must teach here a t SandChico for 3 yr s . without pay. Her schooling i s very expens iv e, anddespera te ly need someone to help in th is area . I t i s cost ing us an aerage of 50 monthly. She can wri te in Engl i sh , so i f anyone wouldin te res ted in t ak ing on t h i s pro j e c t of h er su pp ort you could correpond V7ith her d i rec t ly . Anyone in te res ted may contact us a t the Mahuala pos t a l address . I t i s very important tha t we have a Chris t is ecula r te ac he r, as many, many Christ ians in th i s area can nei ther renor wri te . This , of course, hinders them from being more effec t ileaders for hrist

(3) Radio work - Again the Lord has blessed, as we had not even hopto be able to secure radio t ime th i s soon. However, a f t e r hear ing BMorgan, El Paso, Texas, speak at a Faith Promise Rally, we decided onagain to launch out on Faith. Fileraon was able to secure time on tMatehuala radio s t a t i on . This i s th e s t a t ion most l i s t ened to by tvillage people in our area. Now each Sunday morning at 9:30, FreemBump s taped sermons in Spanish are being heard on that station. Tcos t i s about 26.00 monthly.4 The Children s Home also was to be a project of the future. Bthe ways or will of the Lord is sometimes different. Two years agSefa Trejo came to us. She is now a Christian. Now we have Tony, 1 y3 mos. old. And last , but not least, we have Altagracia. She is 13 yold. Both of her parents are dead. She has a younger brother who livwith an aunt. Alta is a cousin of Che (the converted student priestHe asked i f we would keep her at least until April, when she is to goher grandmother in Monterey. anypeople say she will want to stay heIf she can be of greater use to the Lord here than in Monterey, then


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wi l l le t her stay here. Please pray for a l l these young people. We hlearned of severa l more orphans in the area but our f a c i l i t i e s are sttoo l imi ted, and in t ime, perhaps we can do more for the s tarving nele ted hildren here

5 e have been able to buy 1,100 acres of fer t i le land with water.had to borrow the money from the U.S. to meet the l a s t payment of 200The payments on the loan wil l be 115. monthly. With this land we hto complete our home and provide l iv ing quarte rs fo r our fami l iesthe Chris t ian famil ies who work here . Also there i s and wil l be farmdone to help sus ta in a l l hris t ian fami l ies v:ho a re l iv ing on SanChico. Most or a l l of these famil ies wil l be taking unwanted and/orphaned chi ldren in to the i r homes and providing for them physically,wel l as sp i r i t u a l l y6 Already, the land of Sandia Chico has been used for D.V.B.S. Lyear there was one week of D.V.B.S. held here. One day there werepeople and 5 new conversions. In the future, Lord w illin g th ere wil l

camps of various type (youth camps, educat ional camps, missionary cvent ions and hris t ianLeadership camps).7 When we first came to Mexico, we did not intend to get involvedany extent in trea t in g the Mexican people medical ly. Again, the Lsaw different ly, and we found ourselves t reat ing var ious d iseasesdelivering babies. Thanks to a doctor friend in Indiana and Bob OlsToledo, Ohio, many souls were saved because of this medical help.then things began to mushroom, and the demand for medical assis tancegreater than our physical bodies could cope with. e began to praymore help. The Lord provided a nurse, Susan Ogden, and another helpKaren Kahler. e now t reat as many as 45 people daily here at our hoSometimes some of these people must be kept at least one night..t ra i ler home has turned into combination hospital , office, childrehome and restaurant (there are 16-24 people eating here - 15 people lhere, and the others are workers who come to help on the building pjec ts) . The t ra i ler is 19 x 8. e sleep in a 10 x 12 f t tent.boy workers sleep in the trai ler, and the girls 5 of them sleep instore house. Now we are trying to build a combination home and temporclinic. This will be used until sufficient money comes in to buildregular hospital. Labor and bricks will be donated by the Mexican ppie, but money will be needed for cement, steel rods and other equment. e have seen miracles. One day, some people brought a babywas dying of pneumonia. He was gasping and fighting for air. He haterrible temperature. None of us thought he would live very long.did not have any oxygen for him. Susan administered what medical hshe could, and then we called one of the Christian Mexican workersto pray for the baby. In 2 hrs. the baby was well enough to go home.later completely recovered, and his. parents now realize that od is g


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and jus t . These kinds of things are helping to convert souls.many people remain ignorant , and we have a long f ight ahead of us.The chi ldren are a l l wel l and growing. Timmy i s now 1 y r . old

has 3 tee th . Neither Timmy or Tony walks ye t , but Tony things hetalk enough to make up for i t . He likes to play and say tickle, tibut i t sounds l ike De Gualle, De Gualle the way he says iMany have been asking about needs. We wi l l be going to the bin May to renew papers. We urgently need more medicine of a l l kindespecial ly vitamins, i ron, ant ib io t ics , phenabarbi tal and Esakbarb;

we would greatly appreciate a l l types of canned goods & box mixes.Thank you a l l who make the Lord's work prosper here. I f you

writ ten us a l e t t e r , please bear with us - we wi l l answer as soopossible. If you do not hear from us, you can assume your le t te rl os t in th e m ail, although we have been having bet ter su ccess w ithmail la tely. Please remember to pray for us and the workers here.

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D e a r F r i e n d s a n d F a m i l i e sI t d o e s n t seem p o s s i b l e t h a t a n o t h e r moh a s s l i p p e d b y . March i s h e r e and o hgoodness an d b l e s s i n g s it b r i n g s .Our h e a r t s are b u b b l i n g ove r w i t h gbqd neThere have been 6 new C h r i s t i a n s alread y ty e a r . The new est ones w ere the- Lugos. Mo f you w i l l rememberwetol


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as we have 2 cows In milk and we are ge t t ing some eggs from the renegchickens. The chickens have been given as gif ts for the medicine.)real ly need your prayers. As you know there are between 15 and 25us a t a l l meals . This i s a d i f f i c u l t t ime fo r a l l people here becathe supplies from l a s t harves t are a l l used up, and of course the Sprcrops have not come on yet. Even the grocery sto re s don 't have supplfo r sa le We have been very discouraged a t t imes, but the Lord dprovide the milk and eggs, which helps make up for the lack of otth ingsThe.house and c l in i c a re beginning to go up. We have moved in ethough there are still d i r t f loors and bare adobe walls . Two bedrookitchen, and part of the dining room have cement floors the restd i r t The two bedrooms have plas te red wal l s We are' ' 'rying very hto ge t ready by the t ime r ec ru i t s ar r ive in the summer. We have t rnot to make too many special pleas for the byu-lSing projects , but nfr iends, we honestly admit-we need_Jielp_ __ We are trying to buildchurch and class rooms fbf Tfi '^Bible classes to begin th is F al l Alconstruct ion is s ta r t ing on an adequate g i r l s dormitory. (The presone wi l l become the boys dormitory.) Below are a l i s t of our urgneeds

1. Kerosene lamps - 1.60 each2. Cement - 1.28 a 120- lb . bag3. Paint - 5.20 a gallon U.S. money)4. Bot t l e Gas Tanks - 12.00 (65 lb tanks)5 B o t t l e Gas Heaters - 16.00 each

Anyone wishing to help with any of th es e items , please send check byg i s t e r ed mai l a t the Matehuala address Please ind ica te what you wyour money to be used for . .As fo r th e C l i n i c th e Mexican peop le a re doing q u i t e w e l l i n bu i ldit They have furn i shed much of the l abor beams fo r ce i l ing and wthe money they have given fo r medicine, we have b een able to purchth e f l o o r tile and have ordered a l a rge cab ine t to s t o r e m ed ica l spl i e s These people have come a long way. We are so thankful , too,the nurse Susan Ogden, who labors so hard to care fo r t h e i r physills and a l so he lps them in t he i r s p i r i t u a l ones .Now a little about our young people. We could not be more proudthem if they were our own c h i l d r e n We want to thank you all whopraying and who are helping us teach them. Altagracia , ( the orphan


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years old has already become a Chris t ian . She i s a handful and caher share of teen-age problems, bu t she i s improving and respondinglove. She had the problem l ike most of the others did) of believt ha t a l l Americans a re very r i ch and t ha t we could and should buyall her wants as wel l as needs . Sefa f ina l ly convinced her t ha t we honly what the Chr is t i an bre thren and f r iends give us and althoughmanage on it we a re by no means f inanc ia l ly r i ch . In fa c t a t tt ime, with so much bui ld ing wages, and so many mouths to f e e d in greater f inanc ia l need than ever before . We must be hojietft andthat our support has doubled this year over l a s t ^ and this exmoney much more has been accomplished for our Lord .^..^t beloved breren and f r iends we really_.need..at- l eas t 200.more per month. Plepray and he lp f i nanc i a l l y if you can.All of us here are gra te fu l for the many Chr is tian f ri ends and re la t iwho a re making th i s work prosper as it i s .We a re a l l f i ne and the chi ldren a re growing. No one would ever gutha t Timmy and Ki had been so s ick . Thank you a l l again for your prayand he lp . .

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Dear Friends in Chri s tThe Lo rd h as c on tin ue d t o wa t c h o v e r u s ev enmany t r i a l s have befa l len us . Che one ofworkers borrowed the t ruck one Sunday mornto pick up chai rs which he had bought withown money to use in th e se i rv ices . Sefa andge l i na who was baptized the preceding Sunwent along to help him. Because of the bad cdi t ion of the roads they unfortunately ran ia mesqui te t r e e . Che su f fe red a bruised lSe f a a b roken nose and numerous l a c e r a t i o n s

the face; and Angel ina a broken j awloss of 3 t ee th a f rac tured sku l l andmerou s l cer tions on e o f wh i chthrough her forehead and cu t the te ard ucher eye. We quickly rushed them toneares t good hosp i t a l which i s 160 milesway. The t r ip took 6 hours . One of the dto rs th ere i s an exper t in p la s t i c su rgeand was a b le to fix th e l cer tions beth an a ny th in g we had hoped or expected. Swas in the hospi t a l 2 days and Angelinadays . Thanks to our wonde rfu l bre th renwere ab le to pay the hospi t a l b i l l uponpar ture . Damage to the t ruck was about Suf f ic ien t funds were rece ived to paya b o u t h lf o f th t We we r e a b l e t o bo rthe r e s t from the bank and wi l l be needto pay t h a t back by the 20th of Ju ly .

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The d ay t ha t we g ot the t ruck out o f th e r e pa i r s h o p we had a t r e m e nra in s torm; and as we were r e t u r n i n g home from Matehuala by way o fa r r o y o t h ro u g h which we have to p ass th ere was up to 3 i n c h e s o f wflowing i n i t . I t i s im pos sible to t u r n around in th e arro y o ; conseqt ly we had to co n tin u e on. As we came to th e p l a c e o f e x i t ^ we ftha t t had been washed o u t so much tha t t was in pre t ty b ad sha pe .s t o p p e d fo r a word of prayer an d th en p ro ce ed ed o n . We w e r e out ofa r royo e x c e p t fo r o ne of the b ac k w h ee ls . The t ruck s l id b a c k d o w nt u r n e d o v e r on i t s s ide and began f i l l ing w ith w ate r.. Although twere 10 o f u s p l u s b o x e s su i tcases and a bo t t l e g as ta nk in th e t rabsolute ly no one was hur t - which g i v e s u s cau se to pra i se th e Lordagain. I ha d to search through the w ater fo r my bi l l fo ld and the kethe ca r and was f ina l ly a b l e to l o c a t e them. a l l got o u t and wab ack up to th e highway where we had l e f t th e car . d r o v e th e 50 mback to Matehuala to spend th e n i g h t . returned the n e x t day tot h a t the w ater .was a l l gone and although t h e r e was some mud i n the trthe re was ve r y l i t t l e damage done to th e fo o d c lo thes and t ruck. Swa s a b l e to keep th e 3 doz . eggs from b r e a k i n g a l l through th e a c c i dbut as we were r e t r i e v i n g some of th e t h i n g s G ar ne tt s te pp ed i n tAbout 30 men came by i n a truck and we were able to g et the truckr i g h t and push t out o f th e arroyo and proceed on. I n c i d e n t a l l y 3were t r a v e l i n g in th e arro y o w ith t he i r .ca r t which wa s p u l l e d by-3 b uThe f o r c e o f th e w ater wa s so strong that t began washing th e car tb o r r o s down th e a rro y o b u t th e men were a b le to escap e. Th e n e x t ming they found t h e i r burros an d cart^ mile down the arroyo. h ncame back to get ou r truck we found them skinning out their dead burso that they w o u l d n t be a t o t a l l o s s . They were a b l e to s e l l th e hf o r . a b o u t 6 a p i e c e .A f t e r we arr ived a t S an dia C h ic o we found tha t much o f o u r l a n d hadflooded and was up to 4 or 5 inches deep In places. But l ucki l yh a d n t flowed into th e house. After the water c l e a r e d we found t h ahad done very l i t t l e damage to th e crops; b u t quite to the contrary crops were helped tremendously by th e w a t e r . I t looks as though weg e t a crop from aJmost a l l 10 a c r e s of co rn . cu t th e b a r le y fo r acro p j u s t pr io r to th e ra in and t wa s good enough tha t we w i l l b eto f e e d o u r a n i m a l s with t t h r o u g h o u t th e win te r .The work of the Lord i s s t i l l progressing extremely we l l . Therebeen 24 new Christians so f a r this year and 3 more people are serioconsidering becoming Ch r i s t i a n s th is coming Sunday. In the 3 v i l l awhich we s t a r t e d work this year they are averaging around 50 i n a t t eance p er s e r v i c e . We h a v e been i n v i t e d to ho l d s e rv i c e s i n an o th e rlage this week. I t is a v i l l ag e where missionaries and other people


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would be impossible to ever e n t e r . But, thanks to the desire andf a i t h of our young preacher boys, we w i l l be entering t h i s vil lage Sday. wil l be holding DVBS in 5 different vil lages, and we are makprepara tions for that now. Our summer recrui ts have come and are helpus. They are: Kathy gy from G ob el s, M ichig an; Walter Cindy^ and Missa Bowery and Carol Butler from Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Mo

have the medical work to thank for many of the doors that have openPeople have been a t the threshold of death , and t h e i r l i v e s have bspared. Pains have been re l ieved and sores healed as Susan, our nurhas been working dil igent ly in the Clinic, She has averaged around 2l iveries a week. People come f ro m far and from near, and the othershe t r e a t e d 83 people, one of whom was a del ivery. want to take t h i s time to thank a l l of you who sent food-stuffs, ashas been a tremendous help to us. Many of the things t h a t were sen timpossible to purchase here and many of the things we are able to buyfar too expensive. And those of you who sent clothing, we want to thyou because we were able to use the c l o t h i n g to pay fo r work. We canways use more food and c l o t h i n g . And from the bottoms of our h e a r t swant to thank a l l of you who are supporting t h i s mission with f inan-and-with your p r a y e r s .

As many o f you know, because of the demand f o r f u l l - t i m e C h r i s t i a n woers we w i l l be s t a r t i n g a Bib le Tra in ing School a t Sandia Chlco in Stember. We expect to s t a r t with about 10 boy students . One ofChrist ian boys who was converted i n January , was planning to study hwith us u n t i l t ragedy b e f e l l him. One evening a man was alone withi n a b u i l d i n g and s h o t him twice i n the c h e s t and l e f t him locked i nbuilding to d i e . The next day, when the door was opened, the boydead In a large pool of blood. However, he d i d n t die i n s t a n t l y forhad t r i e d to dig h i s way out of the building with h is fin ge rs. Hel e f t bloody handprints upon the walls as he searched for a place tocape. We hope t h a t each of you r e a l i z e t h a t l i f e l a s t s only a shor t tand t h a t each one of us must do our p a r t to lead t h i s world to C h r i s t .Please contin ue to pray for us t h a t we might do our p a r t to lead the ppeople h e r e i n r u r a l Mexico t o C h r i s t .

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P.S.S. wish to announce the marriage of our f or wa rd in g a ge nt ;Her name is n o w Erma Van Wagoner

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August 1968Dear Fr iends and FamilyFina l ly th ings h ave slo wed down enough to wanother l e t t e r . This summer was a very busyprosperous o n e .

We completed 4 weeks of D V B S ins tead oweeks as planned T here w ere near ly 500 pein a t tendance . We wish to thank a l l of youcontr ibuted both supp l ies and f inances to msuch a successful Bible School We a re especihappy to r e p o r t a l l our t eachers were MexNationals They did an outs tanding job of tea

ing and preach ing . They enjoyed it very mand a l l a re looking forward to nex t year .CuylerSy Susan Ogden Karen Kahter^ andsummer recrui t s planned lessons and hc r a f t ; b u t our Mexican co l abore rs d idth e te ac hin g. V e had an es p ec i a l l y en jo ysum m e r w i t h o u r recruits

We are pleased to t e l l you t ha t one ofr e c r u i t s l iked working he re so w e l l shecided to stay longer Her name i s Carot Bl e r She i s from Jasper Missour i anda t tended Ozark Bible Col lege She w i l lh elp in g w ith s e c r e t a r i a l du t i es and also whelp Susan with th e C l i n i c . We f e e l vf o r t u n a te t o h a v e her

Kathy Agy from Gobies Michigan hopes toturn ag ain nex t summer We ap p rec ia ted

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work K athy d i d . Sh e p a i n t e d th e k i t c h e n and u t i l i t y room and diningan d also h e l p e d prepare t h o u s an d s o f c o o k i e s fo r V.B .S .Wattev and Cindy Howrey were a g re a t a sse t to this summer s work. Wi s an e x c e l l e n t mechanic, and he worked on th e sm all e lec t r i ca l p l a ngot i t running again. He a l s o fixed th e refr igera tor which two ree r a t i o n e x p e r t s in th e United S t a t e s were unable to do. He a l s o pthe kitchen drain among o t h e r things. His wife, Cindy, helped preco o k ies and c a n d i e s , e t c . fo r V.B.S.There were s e v e r a l more new Christians t hi s summer which brings the tbap t ized to 46 in 1 9 6 8 .Construction is coming along very well on the church building i n SChlc.o. A ll work and finances a re being done by th e Mexican C h r i s tThe work on the gi r l s dormitory ha s stopped, due to lack of moneytime. However the land i s clea re d fo r i t and i t w i l l resume.wi l l i ng a t a l a t e r da te .Bible c l a s s e s w i l l be s t a r t i n g in September. There a re already 10den t s to a t te nd . T h r e e of these a re marr ied with f ami l i e s . Pleasemember t h e s e B i b l e c lasses in your p r a y e r s . Th e B i b l e School i s to tan d p rep are lea d ers fo r th e l o c a l co n g reg atio n s. These wil l incpreachers, elder s , deacons and teachers. This y e a r , only male studw i l l be accepted. Eventually we hope to have classes for gir ls sucV.B.S. teaching, an d Bible teaching of children. P l ea s e u n de rs ta nda re n o t h av i n g a B i b l e C o l l e g e , a s s u c h .The house i s b eg in n in g to ge t more and more l ivab le . Tile i s down inCl i p i c , an d Hector grouted i t las t week. We re a l l y appreciate our Meco-workers. know many things could not have been accomplished - no t f o r t h e i r l o v e a n d z e a l f o r th e Lord .T h e r e a re no w 1 8 - 2 0 a t e a c h m e a l . This i nc ludes both M e x i c a n s and Acan help. wish to thank a ll of you who are making each meal possWe especial ly need your p r a y e r s . Th e ne w co rn h a s n o t be e n h a r v eye t . The old harvest is a l l used up. Corn ca n not be bought anymThis i s a ca tas t rophe f o r o u r Mexican bre thren. T h e i r meals cons ico r n t o r t i l l a s and b e a n s . With no c o r n , the i r d ie t i s even more l imPlease pray for them and us. Since there have been so many of us anl i t t le food, i t is d if f ic ult to fix meals. Even in grocery stores inarea, there is no food such as: corn, meat fresh or canned eggmilk or nuts. The nearest place to buy some of these things is Mont180 miles away or Sal t i l lo 165 miles away. ome supplies ca n s t i l


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b o u g h t i n M a t e hua l a , 65 m i l e s away.We h a v e a l l b e e n w e l l f o r w h i c h we a r e t h a n k f u l . We h a v e n t b e e n wout our usual excitement. Sebastian the man who helps with the farmh a s k i l l e d s e v e r a l r a t t l e s n a k e s a nd b o b c a t s on San d i a C h i c o . On e bden was only 150 feet from Filemon s house. Rosario, Filemon s wifea c a t g e t on.e o f t h e i r c h i c k e n s . Some o f t h e w i l d c a t s a r e a b o u t 2t a l l and about 3^ feet long. Sebastian was able to capture someones a l i v e . Carol saw the baby wild c a t eating a baby chicken.grabbed the cat by the neck, trying to make i t l e t go of .the chickencat wouldn t give the chicken up , so Carol choked the cat until i t po u t . Susan pulled the dead chicken o ut of i t s mouth. The c a t j u swith i t s t on gu e h an gi ng out. Carol kept saying, LaAAy wilZ bJM mk.iZ^Q.d hJj Cti, I kJitZ Q hJji coX Susan began administering artifr e s p i r a t i o n on t h e c a t . The c a t r e v i v e d a n d s o d i d C a r o l . We t o l dno t to choke the horse, because we c oul dn t imagine Susan giving it i f i c i a l r e s p i r a t i o n .We a l s o have a tame c a t named Tippy. We t r i e d to g e t them to l i v eg e t h e r , hoping t h a t our tame c a t would help tame th e wi l d c a t .s t r a n g e s t thing happened. The wild c a t began to g e t tame, b u t Tippwild. Tippy k i l l e d the w ild c a t . There was nothing Susan could dos a v e t F r i e n d s , we b e l i e v e t h i s s t o r y can b e a p p l i e d to humans. Many t iwhen we asso ciate ourselves with wild crowds and people, we find thep l e may become a l ttl n i c e r ; b u t we must be c a r e f u l t h a t we d o n q u i r e t h e i r w i l d and wo r ld ly h a b i t s .Al so, a new v i l l a g e has opened up. Th e roads a r e too bad to go by t rs o we m u s t t r a v e l 20 m i l e s b y h o r s e o r 30 m i l e s by b i c y c l e . WeSunday a f t e r n o o n and come b a c k Monday a f t e r n o o n . H e c t o r and Conchosoon be a b l e to ha ndl e t h i s work w i t h o u t my going along. We a r eproud o f t h e s e young boys . They a r e p r o v i n g . to be good l e a d e r s i na r e a . I t a l s o h e lp s to have them, b ecau se o t h e r than t h e i r preachingt e a c h i n g a b i l i t i e s t hey a l s o f a r m , do mason work, m echanic work,many o t h e r t h i n g s .P l e a s e c ont i nue to pra y f o r u s , a s we a l l tr y to work her e t o g e t h e rH i m . .

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We wil l be in the States from June 15th to August 10th, next summer,we wil l be avai lable for speaking engagements much of this time. I f yowould l ike for us to come and speak, please l e t us know.

Please note the insert page^ giving a l i s t of needs of the Cuyter famand the address to which they should he sent.

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NEEDS o f t h e UYLER FAMILY Mexico

These can be sent in manila envelopes to Mexico or in boxes to EagleP a s s Texas . The Texas ad d re s s is:

L arry Cuy ler264 Brazos S t .Eagie Pass Texas

The Mexican address to send suppl ies In manila envelopes i s :

2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 ;8 .9 .

1 0 .1 1 .

Package o r can soupsC a r n a t i o n Instant BreakfastY e a s tK o o l a id I n s t a n t cerealsPe l t t i p pensCake mixes and f ro s t i ngsP a n c a k e a n d biscuit m i x e sPowdered eggsWhipped topping mixesP o w d e r e d m i l k

Larry CuylerApartado Postal Matehuaia S.L .P . Mexico

MEDICAL S U P P L I E S :

2 .3 .4 .5 .

A l c o h o lTapeV i t a m i n sA s p i r i nDisposable sy r inges

T h e r e h a s b e e n much s i c k n e s s in o u r a r e a d u e t o lack o f f o o d a n d b a dwate r . Susan i s a lmost c omp le te ly ou t of medic ine Please pray fo r has she works to help save the phys ica l s ou l as we l l as th e s p i r i t u a l

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