ellett damon mexico 1954

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gac^^Adult missionary

should complete one of

these forms

and

send by

regular seamail

t o :

Mission Services -

Box

968 - J o l i e t ,

I l l i n o i s

PERSONALFILE

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Name n full

LciJion i.c.rl h'ilett

Sex.

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Complete address

on f i e l d Obre^-on

Sur 526j. SsltillOj

Coaiiuila exico

Complete home f o r forwarding) address

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.^65, ^yforgantovni, Indiana

Name nd

a d d r e s s

of hometown

npwapappr The

Franklin Evenini^ v^tar. Franklin,

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Names and a d d r e s s e s

o f

o t h e r n e w s p a p e r s w h i c h

m i g j i t c a r r y s t o r i e s o f y o u r

work...

Tap M f i r t . i n^vi 1 P T r p y n o n r p i t j n.gvi j r Tnb.

Place of

irth,

i-iooresvlxle

inaiarifa

Day.

Month

V^ar

192t

Where

baptised?.

f epecrsvilie inaiancr

What ge?,

ia

On b a c k o f

p a g e

p l e a s e d e s c r i b e any

s p e c i a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s

r e g a r d i n g c o n v e r s i o n .

M a r i t a l s t a t u s :

M a r r i e d S i n g l e i v o r c e d Widowed a r r i e d

a t w h a t

a g e ,

L i s t c h i l d r e n by

f u l l

name i v i n g

p l a c e ,

day, month, and y e a r o f b i r t h ;

Name

Place

Day Month

Year

Schooling(High School and

o n ) :

Name

nd Location

of School

Number

f Years

Major Degrees with date

Tra.raiK-ar

ii.B. Trai'aigar

JoanBon

Pibie Colio^re

Bible A.B 1951

Kiracerlin

iielgntSj Tenn

Pi&tte

Valley B.C.

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Missionart/Meci. CMB 195S


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Personal File

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Name, ^

What

t h i n g s i n f l u e n c e d you t o

become a

missionary? Your own s t o r y i n some d e t a i l mi^t be

i n f l u e n t i a l i n

l e a d i n g

o t h e r s i n t o f u l l t i m e s e r v i c e (use a s e p a r a t e sheet f you

need

more space)?

While in Bible College was cnallengea laany

tiiae

by visiting missionary

speakers, kas part o i a

mission group

within

the

College and made plans

to go to

Alaska.

While

in Platte

Valley

Bible College

came

into contact

with

Mexican

mission work

there

and

be

acquainted with

Elva Garoiaand

Elisa Ramos,

graduates of Colegio Biblico,

who w ere also -studying there.

The

following

s u m r t i e r

met Rodney

Nortnrup

in

a

Sximaer

Camp wnere

I

talked

witn

him

concerning

all

aspects of tne Mexican work.

Several

-inontns later

deciaed

aefinately tnat I w o u l d come to

Mexico

to w ork witn tne

Nortarups.

Describe

b r i e f l y in outline

form

the nature

of

your daily

duties. Act

as doctor

and

nurse

wnen

Holding services in tne outlying villages. Play the accordion in tne same

services, w rite

letters

and nelp witn

general

of ice vorit. Trans -ort

worke

from

Saitillo

to preacxiing points,

i r i o l d a private

Eibie

Class tnree

nignts

Which of

the

following

terms most early describes your missionary status: weeK.

Evangelist. Bible College teacher ublic School teacher Home maker..

Doctor X Nursek ocial worker ' h Office worker

Other.^_

F a t h e r ' s name and home address

i f

l i v i n g ) : B ' r e a j - m j - e t t ,

R.

o.

- - o r t - , a n t Q V . ' i i .

iiiaiana

His occuaption.^Re^tirea fancier I s he a C h r i s t i a n ?

What positions

of

leadership

has

he

held

in

the local

r V m r f - h ?

Mother's f u l l maiden

name.

r ' 4 r P

E'lwtn I s she l i v i n g ?

Is

she

a Christian?

Her

occupation i f employed

outside

of home.

What l e a d e r s h i p p o s i t i o n s has

she

h e l d i n t h e l o c a l Teaciier

Name

f

forwarding agent- ilQUS

Address,

Telephone,

What

re

his

or her duties :

Should money

be

sent

to

forwarding agent - i y ' ?

In

what form?. I f

i t can

be

mailed to

you

p l e a s e i n d i c a t e how i n

what

i - i a y be

sent

by cnfcck.

c u t p r c U e i ' c .

. i , y py

Registered Meii,

Does

your forwarding

agent serve

without salary?

What problems

do you need

help with ,

t h a t

Mission Services might provide?


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n i e . )

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a d d r e s s i a i

Damon EUett

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Saltillo,

Ooahuila

Mexico

T h i s

i s

J a n u a r y 2 6 t h

L x n d

I h a v e b e e n

i n

M e x i c o a s a m i s s i o n a r y f o r

j u s t

f o u r

days.

When

I

eft

Scottsbluff, I didn't realize I ould arrive here i x i the middle

o f

t h e f l u e p i d e m i c v r h i c h

h a s

n e a r l y a l l t h e M e x i c a n

C h r i s t i a n s

s i c k , o u r

o f

v i o r k ,

and

conseqiiently

h ^ i n g r y .

I

o t o u r t h e b l a c k c a s e , a h a n d - m e - d o > / n f r o m

D r . Paul

B a k e r , f i l l e d it w i t h m e d

i c i n e s a n d e q u i p m e n t a n d s t a r t e d o u t m a k i n g c a l l s i n t h e N o r t h r u p M i s s i o n c a r r y v

a l l , a c c o m p a n i e d b y

M r s .

N o r t h r u p M h o a s s i s t e d m e v r l t h ; ^ y ^ o s

a n d

t r a n s l a t i n g ,

R i t a S a n c h e z , o n e of

t h e

C h r i s t i a n w o m e n i n

t h e

p u e b l o o f A r t e a g a , a s s i s t e d us in

our calls. Her

husband

has leprosy and also is

a

Christian,

Abra su boca,

p o r

f a v o r . (Open y o u r

mouth,

p l e a s e . ) I t a r t e d out my f i r s t

Spanish lesson

learning something

p r a c t i c a l while working. Those few words worked

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

a n d r e c o r d e d

In my L i t t l e B l a c k

Book.

With

so many

g e i m i s

running or

flying

around,

^ e

wore v / h i t e masks a n d

' . r e r e

extra

careful

in using our equipment.

I began

my

p r a c t i c e by t r e a t i n g R i t a ' s m o t h e r t - J h o

was

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

a n d lack of s l e e p .

S h e

h a d s o m e r a g s t i e d a r o u n d her h e a d a n d her b e d was a v e r y

hard

s t r a v ; mat on w eak saggy springs.

She had

one

covor over her a n d

her p i l l o v r

v / a s

about as soft a n d

f l u f f j *

as

a sack of Nebraska potatoes. Since everyone w as

s i c k

in t h a t

h o u s e , t h e i r

d i r t

f l o o r

h a d n ' t

b e e n s v r e p t t h a t d a y ,

H o v r e v e r , w e

s e t

up o ^ l ^ t e m p o r a r i r

clinic in

that room and treated

all of

the family. This included

a

set

of

t ^ f i T i S .

expectant

mother,

a

small

baby,

two

men

and

the

grandmother.

From there v f e visited the homes of other Christians and gave more pills and more

injections. I n some homes the patients v r e r e sleeping on the dirt floor. Wo gave

out o r a n g e s a n d l e m o n s

c m d

f o u n d out s o m e w e r e so p o o r they w o r e

m a k i n g

tea f r o m

t h e o r a n g e

p e e l i n g s .

They

h a v e a s a y i n g d o v m h e r e : T h e ^ d a y my

h u s b a n d

d o e s n ' t

w o r k v ; e

d o n ' t

e a t . O n e

o f

t h e f a m i l i e s h a d n ' t e a t e n a h i ^ h i n g f o r t w o o r t h r e e

days, so we

arranged

a plan vdth the native minister

so

that they have

aid

until

the bread

i f i n n e r

is able to go

back

to

work.

The ordinar y w orker earns about

four or

five pesos a

day

^ T h i c h

is

a r o u n d

fifty

cents

in our money. This

doesn't

stretch

e n o u , q h to meet

the needs

of

a

large family

for foodtoucH less

for

medicine,

shoes and clothing.

One of my

' ' p a t i e n t s v r a s wearing

v / h a t

looked

like

a piece of automobile

tire

fastened

on

his

feet with straps.

My degree

from Platte Valley Bible

College entitled Bachelor of Christian

Missions

had

a

little more meaning to me when we totaled up our three days wik as

recorded

in

the L i t t l e Black Book, We h a d m a d e

o v e r

twenty one calls, t r e a t e d t v r o n t y four

patients

a n d had given eighteen injections. pHmM, Although v r e a k ,

nearly

all

the p a t i e n t s v r e r e in

c h u r c h t h i s l a s t L o r d ' s

Day v d i i c h - w a s i r y

f i r s t Sunday

in Mexico.

During the services

I as I n t r o d u c e d a n d i n s t e a d

of standing, they

had

me remain

seated

while

the rest

of

the

congregation

stood and gave me their welcome,

I

said

a few words

in English

v i h i c h

v r a s translated

into Spanish, then

after

the service everyone shook hands. Some of the children.vrfio

had

received one

of

the penicillin

shots even shook hands

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