ellett damon leonila 1964 mexico

7/25/2019 Ellett Damon Leonila 1964 Mexico

1/15

E l O b r e r o

The Worker

El

Mante

Christian

Mission

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A p d o .

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Cd.

Mante,

T a m p s ,

M e x i c o

W / y

Damon

and

Leonila

Eliett

The Fields Are White Unto Harvest

January, 19^4


2/15

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A L e t t e r

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h e r e .

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c o t t o n h a r v e s t a n d

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i s

s t i l l w o r k i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n s i ^ f t

e m e r g e n c i e s

a n d

s e e s u p

t o 5 0

p a t i e n t s ^

h o u r s h i f t . B e s i d e s

t h e

e m e r g e n c i e s

s h e

c a r e of

t h e p a r t - t i m e

w o r k e r s w h o a r e

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a s s i g n e d

f a S l ? d o c t o S .

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h a s n t h a d a

h o l i d a y ^f

s i n c e

E a s t e r

a n d

i t

h a s

a b o u t

g o t t e n

h e r

d o w n . T h e y t o o k

a h e m o g l o b i n t h e

o t h e r

d a y a n d d i s c o v e re d s h e

i s

v e r y

a n e m i c .

S h e

h a s

h a d t w o

t r a n s f u s i o n s , b u t

t h e y

d i d n t g i v e

h e r

a s i n g l e

d a y t o r e s t

u p ;

o t h e r


3/15

V / e have the

walls

almdst up on

our

house. It

won t

look

like a picture

oufof

a

magazine,

but

it

'.Till

be roof

over otir

heads. It

is brick

and

concrete and

up

mtil now there is

not

a

stick of

wood

in

it.

The only

v r a o d

w i l l

be

the

doors

and

door.facings.

The

roof wi l l be re-enforced

con

crete, metal windows, and tile floors. It i s sure

cheap

compared

to what a^house would cost in the

States. We f i g u r e it

will

cost

us

about ^3jOOO,

The

church is stil l

coming along. We hope

t o

get

the

floor

i n

by

Christmas and some

of

the

doors

in. S v

-

mon


4/15

Funds received ty the forvarding agent

f o r EL 1 - I i U J T S C l f f i l S T I A J ^

MISSION

.

eptember,

1963

P l e a s a n t

G r o v e C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h M a r t i n s v i U e _ I n d 25.^

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L. H i n t o n

R .

h.

M a r i e t t a

Ohio

2 5 . J O

Alberta

Phinney,

L j n a a n

Nebraska

October,

1963

F a i r v i e w

C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h ,

V / a k i t a ,

O k l a . ^ 4 0 . ^

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C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h

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2

t 4 a r t i n s v i x l e x n d .

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C n u r c h

i n d i a n a p o l i s 1 .

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G l u ' i s t i a n C h u r c h

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C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h E m i n e n c e I,

Lou A n n S t e p p R . 2,

C o l u m b u s

Ind.

w a t a u g a I n d i e s A i d C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h . - / a t a u g a , T 5 . 0 0

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2

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l ^ n e n c e ^ d . 5 0 . 0 0

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M r s B y r a m

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l a r t i n s i ^ i l ^ e , I n d .

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1, S e ^ n n o u r md

tu.w

i > f c r g r e t

V e a l e

I n d i a n a p o l i s

I n d

Deloris Taulman,

IndianapoUs, Ind.


5/15

November,

1963

C h r i s t i a n Church, R. k, Marietta, Ohio 10.00

C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h , l l a r t i n s v i l l e , Ind. 2 5 . 0 0

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5 . 0 0

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A n n S t e p p , R . 2 ,

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I n d . 25.^

i V a t a u g a L a d i e s A i d ,

C h r i s t i a n C h u r o n ,

v l a t a u g a T e n n . 5 . 0 0

Helen

L, Hin to n,

R.

4,

Mar ie t t a, O h i o .

De c e m b e r ,

1963

Lamb s Creek

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

R.

2 , M a i t i n s v i l l e ,

F i s h i n g

F i s h e r s

C l a s s C a n a d i a n T e x a s ^ 1 3 . ^

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L i t t e l l

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1 ,

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_ 1 5 - ^

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C h r i s t i a n

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2 . . O T

B l u f f C r e e k W o r l d

S e r v i c e ,

R . 3 , G r o e n w o o d x n d . 50.^

F a i r v i e w C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h ,

W a k i t a ,

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2 0 . O T

v f e t a u g a

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C h r i s t i a n

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C h r i s t i a n

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R . 2 ,

t j o s p o r t x n d .

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m - r n o r e

C h u r c h o f

C h r i s t ,

\ - i y m o T e N e b r a s k a

50.^

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L.

Hinton, R. 4, Marietta, Ohio

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t h e B u i l d i n g

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S e p t . e c , , 1 9 6 3

S e p t . : L o u

A n n

S t ^ p p R . 2 , C o l u m b u s

I n d . 2 0 . 0 0

Oct.:

Be r e a n Su n day Sc h o o l C l a s s

N ew Taz ewe l i ,

T e n n e s s e e

Lou

A n n

Stepp,

R.

2, C o l u m b u s , t a

d.

l . o v . :

L o u

A n a

S t e p ? , P . . 2 , C o l u m b u s , i n d .

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6/15

RB)CENT

( A

l e t t e r f r o m

D a m o n ,

d a t e d J a n u a r y

7,

1 9 6 4 )

C h r i s t m a s

is

p a s t ;

we

h a d

a

v e r y q u i e t o n e .

On

C h r i s t i r i a s E v e

w e

h a d

t h e

p r o g r a m

a t

c h u r c h . ^ O n

C h r i s t m a s

d a y L e o n i l a

h a d

t o

w o r k ^ .

^s

o n N e w leans

a l so.

So

w e nt ahea d

a s

usual.

T h e y o i m g fellow,

L o r e n z o

D i e z , who

w e n t

to M e x i c a n

Bible

Semin ary got marrie d up there in

Sonora

and

t h e y

a r e b a c k i n

M a n t e ,

H e

w a n t e d

t o c o n t i n u e i n

t h e

Work

and

continue studying.

We

have put

i i i m

to

work

i n

t h e c h u r c h a n d I

am c o n t i n u i n g

ha^Bible C5^ege

t r a i n i n g

h e r e

i n

t h e h o u s e .

W e

a r e p a y i n g h i i ] 1 s l 6

dollars a month, which

is

h a r d l y

e n o u g h

to

live on ,

but

he is living

at

the

c h u r c h

a n d

doesn't

have

to

pay

rent

or

utilities.

We are making

a

f e w p l a z i s to be in Indiana during

the summer. Leonila v d - l l get her v a c a t i o n in J u - i - y .

If

w e

still

p l ; i n

the

Rally

for

i l a y

it

will

g i v e

m e

t h e .

month of J u i i e f r deputation until Leonila c ome s

up to j o i n us in

J u l y .

I h a t e

to

b e away lor v e r y

l o n g ,

b u t I d o u b t

t h a t

t h e R a l l y c o u l d b e p o s t p o n e d

for J u n e w i t h V, B. S . s b e i n g

h e l d

d u r i n g that

time.

We ere n l a n i n g to go ahead with the work out

at

the

Aztecs. Tne two crops v : e p l a n t e d out there b o t h v ; e r e

lost

for l a c k of r a i n .

' W e

p l a n

t o

t i ^ -

i t a g a m a

this

vear. The

evangelical

p e o p l e out there are wanting

us to

g o a h e a d

w m t h

the

c h u r c h ,

A lot

h a s

b e e n

p r o v i d e d

f o r t h e c h u r c h b u i l d i n g a n d w e h o p e t o g e t

some

s o r t of

brush harbor

p u t up b e f o r e the

rainy

season

begins.

We a r e

fine.

I a v e n t h a d a i ^ y m o r e t r o u b l e (just

b e f o r e Christmas Damon

was

in

the

hospital

for

two

b r i e f

p e r i o d s i . t h k i d n e y s t o n e s d . )

a n d

L e o n i l a


7/15

a r e h e l p i n g a lot. N o w s h e s e e s a r o u n d 20

i s still g r o w i n g

like

a

w6ed.

S h e i s

still

K i n d e r g a r t e n Sh e

i s

s t u d y i n g p i a n o

and I

a m

g i v i n g h e r c l a s s e s in

S h g l i s h

W e

h a v e q u i t w o r k o n

o u r

h o u s e W e w i s h

w e

h a d

finished

f o r our

landlord i s raising

our rent

t h i s

m o n t h W e

s t i l l l a c k

t h e r o o f W e

g e t

c r e d i t f r o m t h e

b u i l d i n g

m a t e r i a l

e s t a b l i s h

t o f i n i s h

it b u t w e

st iU h a v e

to

p a y

la^rers.

we g e t

i t t o the

p l a c e

w h e r e

we

c a n

m o v e i n t o

l e a s t

o n e

r o o m

t h e r e n t

w e pay

w i l l be g e t t i n g

h o u s e p a i d

for

L e o n l l a

g o t

a

n i c e C h r i s t m a s

and we

were

able t o p a y what we a l r e a c t y owed.

least

we have

the

walls up a n d a r e out

of

debt.

we g e t i t

f i n i s h e d L e o n i l a s a y s

s h e is g o i n g

to

w o r k i n g

Damon

y o u r

o f f e r i n g s

to:

El

I t o t e C h r i s t i a n I l i s s i o n

O r a

M

D a v i s

F w d g .

A g t .

R 2

T r a f a l g a r I n d i a n a

n

t

C

e h

o

r h

o u

f i


8/15

Ihxite Christian

Mission

CREEK C H R i S T i A N CHURCH

| N o n - p r o f i t O r s X i iE a t i o n

Permit

iiO

5

Bluff Creek

Cliristian

Church

Greenwood Indiana

Mission Services

B o x 96s

Joliet

Illinois


9/15

ELMANTE HRISTIAN MISSION

Apdo. 161

Co.

Mante,

amps. Mexico

MISSIONARIES:

Damon and

Dr.

Leonila S.

Ellett

FORWARDING AGENT:

Oba Davis

R NO

TRAFALGAR.

ES DUXA

F e b i n i a r y

11

1964

elds Are White Unto

Harvest

he F

Dear

Christian

Friends:

V J e a s k v o u r p r a y e r s

f o r

B r o t h e r

B a m o n

E l l e t t c o n c e r n i n g

a n i l l n e s s w h i c h h a s

a f f l i c t e d

h i m f o r t h e

p a s t f e w

D u r i n g

t h e

l a s t t w o

w e e k s h e

h a s

s u f f e r e d

a n a t t a c k

o f k i

s t o n e s w h i c h i s a r e - o c c u r r e n c e

o f

w h a t h a d c a u s e d h i s b r i e f

h o S t k I z a S o n j u s t b e f o r e t h e e n d o f t h e y e a r . A n

X - r a y

s t u d v

m a d e a t t h e h o s p i t a l i n M a n t e h a s s h o w n a s t o n e

L + - n i

r e t a i n e d

C o n s u l t a t i o n s w i t h t h e

o t h e r d o c t o r s

a t

t h e

h o s p i t a l i n I f a n t e S T O n ^ s h o S L T r e t i m

^ h T S n r d ^ S d a f t o T e i T d e f L T e d e c i s i o n

f o r D a m o n

t o

come to

the

states.

W e d o w a n t , h o w e v e r , y o u r p r a y e r s t h a t t h i s a f f l i c t i o n

^ y

b e

r e m o v e d , ^ i f ^ t h e

^ r d ^ ^ l l , ^ t h o u t

C S v e n r L o v e r y a n d p e m n i t t e d t o c o n t i n u e

h i s

s e r v i c e f o r

our Lord Jesus Christ.

i r

T T -

t e - P u l f o r

y o u r c o n t i n u e d

f a i t h f u l

s u p p o r t ,

a n d e a ^ s t ^ f e s f r e y o S f e l l o w s h i p i n t h i s

n e e d e d

m i n i s t ^ .

Yours in

Christ,

Ora M. Davis


10/15

E l O b r e r o

The

Worker

El

Mante

Christian

Mission

Apdo.

161

Cd. Mante,

Tamps, Mexico

Damon and

Leonila

Elloft

The ieldsAre White Unto Harvest

May, 1964

ELLETTS

IN

imi CO

CITY FOR 1 - l E D I C A L CARE

( L e t t e r

f r o m D a m o n ,

v n - i t t e n A p r i l

19

I

hall start this

tonight and

finish it

tomorrow

after

have

some more

news

We

arrived here Thursday night an d

a s i t

was

lote

we

went to

a

hotel

to

stay, but on

F r i d a y w e c a m e to l o o k up

the

B o r a j a s , W e

had

b e e n h e r e o n

a c o u p l e

of

other o c c a s i o n s

and

were invited to

stay w i t h them.

Their

son i s ^

F r a n c i s c o B a r a j a s

w i i o

t e a c h e s at C o l e g i o D i b l i c o .

T h e y l o a n e d

u s

a o n e r o o m e d a p a r t m e n t

w h i c h

t h e y

have

i n

back of t he i r house and here we

a r e,

very

contented

N i l a went

to

see a b : > u t her appointments on Friday


11/15

if I

could be

taken

care of too. So, it

is

a l l

a n d I nave a n

appointment

t o mo rrow

st

t b e

s a m e

h o s p i t a l

at

e i g h t ,

v f e v / i l l p r o b a b l y b e

in t h e

sam e

hospita l

a t

th e

sam e

t i m e .

On

Saturday morning we left

the

c a r parked o n a

q u i e t s i d e s t r e e t n e a r

t h e

o f f i c e s

of the S o c i a l

Security,

W i i i l e we v e r e g o n e

a thief b r o k e

into the

c a r a n d s t o l e

Niia s

ov e rni gh t case, shoes, sw e a t e r ,

c a m e r a a n d o t h e r s m a l l things. A l l

w o u l d

c os t

a r o u n d > J l O O

t o

r e p l a c e .

Mexico City has certainly changed, T l i e r e is a

t e r r ib l e a m o u n t

o f

traffic b u t

it

d o esn t t a k e l o n g

t o buzz t h r j i o g h .

It

used

t o b e

a

horrible

experience

f o r me t o drive here,

b u t

it

seems easy

with t he

C h e v y II

Sandra

will stay

with Leo nila s bro ther s

family

t o m o r r o w . W e

w i l l

have

t o

g e t

u p

e a r l y

a s it

is

a

l o n g w a y dovm thi*ou^ the heart of t o w n,

I

a u s t

c l ose f o r now; 5 n i , w i l l a r ri v e t o o

s o o n ,

(a

l a t e r

p o r t i o n a d d e d

A p r i l

2?)

X w r o t e the

a b o v e o v e r

a w e e k a g o

.^nd h a v e

n o t h i n g

t o

a d d

o f im p o r t a n c e .

L as t w e e k w e s a w d o c t o r s

a n d

h a d X - r a y s ,

b l o o d

t e s t s

and

u r i n a l y s i s

made,

W i l a

s a w three

s p e c i a l i s t s

v h o r u l e d out what v ; c i i a d feared

b u t no definite diagnosis has

b e en ma d e.

She went t o

a Cardiologist

this morning

a n d

since

she hasn t

returned yet

I don t

know

what the

verdict is. I

a m

to

s e e

a s p e c i a l i s t t o m o r r o w

to

f i n d o u t w h a t

t h e X - r a y

p i c t u r e s

s h o w e d . S u r e a

lot o f w a i t i n g a n d

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d u r i n g

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1 9 o 4

( N o t e : T h i s d o e s n o t

i n c l u d e

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s e n t

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to

the Elletts

in Vlante,)

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Mr. I - i r s . J a i a e s G i b b s ,

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Kr.

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Adams,

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writ c h e c k s .


14/15

( L e t t e r f r o m D a m o n ,

w r i t t e n I ^ a y 6)

-

I ll try

to bring you

up

to

date on

us

again. We

g o t

b a c k

h o m e

l a s t

T h u r s d a y n i g h t . O n T u e s d a y o f l a s t

week

I saw

the specialist again.

He

said that all the

tests a n d

X - r a y s s h o w e d

that I v / a s

p e r f e c t l y

well

again.

T h e s t o n e had p a s s e d

and

I

could

g o ahead l e a c i . a g

a

normal life. He gave me a date for the 15th to come

b a c k

for a check up

a n d we

felt

v e r y

h a p p y .

As for

N i l e . ,

t h e y h a v e n t f o u n d

o u t as y e t

t h e c a u s e o f l e r

t r o u b l e . The t h e o r y

now

is that

it

is

a

v a s c u l a r dis

o r d e r , Hor X - r a y s s h o w e d that t h e v e r t e b r a e w a s n t the

cause.

Then she wont

to

the

norve speci alist

and he

a f f i r m e d

that it was not

a

n e r v e

disorder, Thoy wanted

t o p u t

h e r

i n

t h e h o s p i t a l f o r f u r t h e r s t u d i e s ,

b u t

t h e r e

w a s n t

a

p r i v a t e r o o m s v a i l r . b l e a n d

t h e y

. v o u l ^ t

let her

b e

in a

w a r d .

T h e y

t o l d h e r t h a t t h e r e

w o u l d

b e a

r o o m

b y t o d a y a n d s h e

d e c i d e d

t o c o m e h - c k w i t h m e

a n d t h e n g o b a c k .

N o w

s h e s a y s t h a t at

w o r k

t h o y

w o u l d n t let her l e a v e b e c a u s e there are four d o c t o r s

t a l d n g

g h e i r

v a c a t i o n s ,

b u t t h e

r e a l r e a s o n

i s t h a t

s h e

d i d n t w a n t to g o just

y e t .

As for me: To continue the

storywe

got b > c k

T h u r s d a y n i g h t .

O n F r i d a y

m o r i r h i g I

h a d a n o t h e r a t t a c k

of w h o knows what

and finally

got s o m e r e l i e f about

naa-

n i g h t S a t u r d a y n i g h t . T o d a y t h e l o c a l s p a c i c - l i s t l o o k e d

into t h e b l a d d e r to s e e

if

the

s t o n e was

t h e r e end

c a u s i n g

t r o u b l e ,

b u t i t i s n t .

H i s

a d v i s e

w a s

t o

t a k e

it

easy

and

not

take

any

long

trips,

W e

h a v e g i v e n

u o

t h e

i d e a o f

g o i n g

t o

I n d i c ; U i n t h i s

summer. Even though

we

flew

up

it

would involve over

24 h o u r s o f c o n s t a n t t r a v e l . S o w e w i l l s t a y h e r o a n d

try to

keep

c o o l .

W o h o p e to g e t m o v e d n e ; c t - j e o l : .

T h e

p l a s t e r e r is

f j j i i s h i n g

t i - o

r o o m s - a

b o d

r o o m

a n c i

t h e k i t c h e n a n d w e

o l a n

t o live that

v j B y

until we

get

s o m e

of

o \ i r

d e b t s

paid j . 4 . 4 .


15/15

EL

im

CHRISTIAN MISSION

Apdo. 161

Cuidad Mante, Tamps.,

Mexico

December, 1964

Dear Christian

Friend,

W e s e n d u n t o

y o u

g r e e t i n g s a t this s e a s o n

as

w e r e j o i c e i n

t h e

r e p e a t i n g o f t h e C h r L s t r a a s m e s s a g e , G l o i y t o G o d i n t h e h i g h e s t ,

and on e a r t h peace, g o o d will

toward

men,

W i t h

t h i s m e s s a g e

is

a l s o s e n t o u r

v e r y g r a t e f u l a p p r e c i a t i o n

f o r

y o u r

f a i t h f u l s u p p o r t i n p r a y e r

a n d

o f f e r i n g s t h r o u g h t h e

y e a r .

W e a r e in m u c h b e t t e r h e a l t h . A s e r i e s of V i t a m i n B - 1 2 s h o t s

h a s

h e l p e d

L e o n i l a

t o

f e e l b e t t e r . D a m o n i s f r e e f r o m s u f f e r i n g

f r o m

t h e

k i d n e y s t o n e s w h i c h c a u s e d h i m s o m u c h m i s e r y a b o u t a y e a r

a g o .

S a n d r a

i s

i n

t h e S e c o n d G r a d e a n d

is

d o i n g

f i n e i n

t h e s c h o o l

w o r k . S h e i s

g r o w i n g r a p i d l y . A

d o l l a n d

a b i c y c l e a r e

h e r

r e q u e s t s

for Christmas.

T h e

w o r k

w i t h

t h e

c h u r c h

is

g o i n g a l o n g

v e r y

w e l l , and th e

a t t e n d a n c e c o n t i n u e s t o

i n c r e a s e . A

p a r s o n a g e

h a s

b e e n

b u i l t i n

b e h i n d the c h u r c h b u i l d i n g , a n d

n o w

w e n e e d a m i n i s t e r

to

live

in

it and serve

the

congregation.

T h e i n t e r i o r o f o u r h o u s e i s a b o u t

f i n i s h e d

c o n s t r u c t i o n - w i s e .

T h e

f l o o r s a r e

a l l p o l i s h e d a n d i t

f e e l s

g o o d

t o

l i v e

i n

i t .

L e o n i l a is c o n t i n u i n g h e r d u t i e s

a t

t h e h o s p i t a l . T h e n e w

h o s o i t a l

h a s

b e e n o p e n e d

a n d

i s a i r - c o n d i t i o n e d a n d m o d e r n ,

s o t h e

w o r k i s n ' t

a s

h a r d

a s

b e f o r e . A n o t h e r d o c t o r i s n o w w o r k i n g i v i t h

h e r

i n E m e r g e n c i e s .

S h e g e t s h e r

v a c a t i o n

a b o u t t h e f i r s t o f

D e c e m b e r . W e

a r e

p l a n n i n g

t o g o

t o

S a l t i l l o , i i a g l e P a s s , a n d t o

S a n A n t o n i o ,

T e 5 S ,

a n d t h e n

b a c k t o M e r c e d e s

a n d

h o m e . L e o n i l a

s

f a t h e r i s

v e r : /

s i c k ,

a n d w e

i r i l l

a l s o m a k e a v i s i t t o h e r f a i m i l y .

D a m o n ' s

m o t h e r

is

i n

v e r y p o o r

h e a l t h , a n d

i s

a

p a t i e n t

i n

a

nursing home

in

Franklin, Indiana.

P l a y

G o d ' s

b l e s s i n g s

b e

w i t h y o u a n d a l l

y o u r s

a t

t h i s

C h r i s t m a s

time and

a

11 through

the

year.

Yours in

Christ s

service.

ellett damon leonila 1964 mexico

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