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j L L S T T S P L A N N E I ^ W O R K I N l i E X I C C j

T PRES T WORKING IN ST TES

IN

e a r l j r

August Damon and

Mrs*

Leonila

Ell^^r e t u r ne d

to

the States from Saltillo,

Mexico,

with a view

to s tar t ing

a

new work

t h e r e

later . They

wrote:

We

plan

an

extended

stay

he r e

in

the States and I will be working i n secular

work for

about a y

o r mor e. Our fut u r e plans

as

far as the miss ion work

is concerned

a r e

to

buy s o m e

l a n d i n Mexico whe re

we

can build~first a hospital

a n d

l a t e r a

children's

home a n d

s ch o o l ,

When

we have the work

e stabl i sh e d

from

the standpoint

of

property,

we

then

pl

to

appeal

for help in operation of the mission. Since a ll the property will have to

be bought in

Leonila's name

(she is a

exican citizen) ,

and

since

Americans can't

ow

property there , we think that this i s the best plan. We feel that the churches shoul

not

be expected t o furnish us the money for this property, so far this

rea son

I

m

wo

We alread y have

50 acres located,but

we want t o

be sure

that

we

will

be able to

get

b e f o r e

w e m a k e a n ^ | f u r t h e r

a n n o u n c e m e n t s ,

A d d r e s s

i s

B o x 3 6 5 ,

M o r g a n t o w n ,

I n d i a n a ,