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R O L AND

R I P P L E S

NEWS OF W ILLIAM f. JFAN ROT

AND

MTS ^T v a r t cc to T v n r a

February

I98O

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on

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Let

us draw near to God

Vol. 10,

We

ha ve

visit

of

renewing our residential permits. We

are

happy

be able to report that

they have been

renewed for

.another

year. Previously we had

jus t

one

permit

for

both

of

us. This time they required Jean to

get

a

separate

one,

so

now we

each have

a

permit to

go

along

with our separate

passports .

_ jus t

returned

to B ila sp ur from another

to

Madras.

This

t r ip was mainly for the

purpos

ewing our residential permits.

We

are happy to

Jean

went to Madras

alone,

because we

thought sh

could

get

the

permits and other work done leaving

William

in Bilaspur

to

keep on

with the work. But

William s

signature and the o ld pas spor t were

required

so

after

receiving a wire from Madras he had to pack

quickly and make the t r ip , too.

Besides

the

res ident

permi t s

we

were

ab le to do some

ge t the

1979

accounts aud i t ed ,

prof i t ab le ,

even i f i t

did

take

our work in Bilaspur. We

returned on

extra

busy

trying to get caught

up on

necessary shopping

and

So

the t r ip was very

a

l o t

o f t ime ou t

o f

th e

9 th and

a re

l o s t t ime .

While in Madras we

also

did

some

checking

on

flights

for

our fur lough. As things are working out

here,

it .seems i t will be best to s ta r t furlough in a

o r

June.

The bond on the t ruck and

t r a i l e r

i s due fo r

cancel lat ion in ay and we would

l ike

to get

that

done

before we leave i f

possib le .

As we

consider

the needs

of

the

work here

and other

problems we feel i t will be

best for us

to take just

a

three-month furlough.

This

would put most

of

the f ur lough dur ing

the Ins t i tu te

vaca t ion .

We

would

be

ab le to

c on tin ue o ur

c las ses

without too

much

disruption. It is possible to get a

three month return

visa

stamped n our passports be

fore

leaving

India.

This

will greatly

facilitate

our

return.

We would

not have the

uncertainty and trouble

of

securing return permits and new entry visas. Three

months will make our

time

in

the

States

very

short , bu

we

will

have to

try

and make every day count.

Besides

yvisitlng

relatives in Europe and the

States

we

will

spend

most of the time vis i t ing you who are

supporting

us.

We

want to make a

f i r s t

hand report

of

what we ha

been doing and le t

you

know what we have in

mind

fo r

th e

f u t u r e .

We need your help

to

make

our

tra ve l p la ns. The

following

Is a

tentative schedule

for vis i t ing and

.speaking.

...June.

in..Kansas,

Nebraska.and

Oklahoma.

Jul

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Ohio, Ken tucky and

Virginia .

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maintain an d

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Th e new ins t ructor in this s e c t io n is a young man who g o t

h is

mechanical t ra in ing

during seyen

years

in

th e

army. We are s t i l l working on

th e

a dd it io n o f a section for

pr in t ing .

Jean is

keeping

plenty busy

with

th e children. She ha s a t ot al o f 39 students and

three

teachers in lower and upper

an d nursery. The nursery includes chi l dren of the

Inst i tute

s t u d e n t s who are

cared

fo r

during t h e i r p a r e n t s c l a s s hours.

F in an ci al s ta te m en ts

have

been prepared. I f yo u want

c opie s ple a s e

request

them

from M rs. M i ll e r

a t L a Cro s s e .

We

lo ok f orw ar d

to seeing

yo u

th i s

summer th e Lord will ing.

Do

w r i t e

to

us

soon.

Let

us dr aw nea r

to God

with

a

s incere

hea r t in

fu l l assurance

o f f a i t h .

Hebrews

1 0 : 2 2 .

Our Stateside

address:

521 Poplar

St. ;

La

Crosse

S 675^8.

P le as e c on ti nu e

to

make

checks

payable

to :

FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH;

with

i n d i c a t i o n

in

th e

memo

blank t h a t they

a r e for the INDIA

MISSION

FUND

Ou r

I n d i a

address :

Chr is t i an T r a i n i n g I ns t i t u t e

Kududand;

B i l a s p u r

M.P. k3S 001

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ROLAND RIPPLES

September

I98O

Sing to the Lord Vol. 10,

No. 2

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve th e Lord with

gladness;

come before

Him with Joyful singing.

Ps .

100:1, 2. This is a good

Thanksgiving

verse and though

the t radi t ional American Thanksgiving

Day is

s t i l l

a

couple

of

months away, i t is

a

time

of

special thanksgiving for

us We are safe ly back in Biiaspur after a three-month fur

lough out

of India.

We

have

many

happy memories to cheer

us on our way as we se t t le

back

to

the

work

in

an

environment which

is

sometimes

somewhat

depressing

end

discouraging.

We were able

to

spend two or three days each with our three children and their

families in

Europe,

and a l i t t le more with Dav id 's in I l l inois . We had

the

joy of visi t

ing many of our supporting churches and fr iends. And we were

privileged

to attend

the

North

American

Chr i s t i an

C on ven tio n in

Sea t t l e .

Our three-month visa expired on

August

13th, which

meant

that

we had

to

be back in

India by then or we would be In TROUBLE Our

last

speaking date was Sunday evening August

10 in Virginia with a

church

which

has

fa i thfully supported th i s work since we came In

197^ though

they

had never met us . So i t was

expedient

for us to vis i t them, and that

was the las t possible date we could

arrange

with them. We

had

Monday to drive back to

the

Baltimore

airpor t

to

get

our

f l ight

to

New

York.

We

made

that

comfortably

and

boarded

our plane

a t

New

York. But

then

we sat in the

plane

for 1i

hours while

a

f if th engine

was

fastened

on to be transported to a disabled plane In

London.

That

l e f t

us only 20 minutes

in London to make our

connecting

f l igh t to

India.

If we missed that there would be no

plane which could get us to

India

by our visa

deadl ine .

The a ir hostess on the New

York

to

London f l ight

gave

us no encouragement that we might be able

to

run the mile

from

the

one

plane to the other and

take care of lega l i t ies in London.

She

said th ey c ou ld

not

hold

the

London

plane

up for

us.

So we

had

some

anxious thoughts, oh,

we of

l i t t l e fai th

We should have

known from

so

many past

experiences

tha t God

was in

contro l .

At London

we

rushed to our boarding

gate

to

f ind

tha t

the

London

secur i ty personnel were l a te so the

plane

to

India

was also del ayed about 1i hou rs , g iv ing us ample time for a ll the

necessary

red

tape there . We

should

have remembered what Ezra said

For

I

was ashamed

to request

from the king troops

and horsemen to

protect us from the enemy on

the

way, because we had

sa id

to

the king,

'The

hand

of

our

God

is f avor ab ly d ispo sed

to

a l l

those

who

seek

Him,

but

His power and His

anger

are

against

a ll

those

who forsake

Him.'

Ezra 8:22

Another

pleasant surpr ise

was tha t

the

weather in

Madras, and also

here

in Biiaspur ,

has-been

comparative.ly

mild. A fter the

record-breaking heat we

had experienced most

of

th e

summer in

the

U.S.A. we were

surprised that

a heavy monsoon had cooled things

off

considerably here. Temperature is staying

in

the

BO s

with

humidity near 90^. The

floods

In some areas

a re taking

the i r to l l

of l ives

and

property.

Everything

is

musty,

mouldy

and mildewy,

but we

are

thankful

for

the cool. And we arrived in

the nick of

time

to save some books

(including

two of Jean's favorite Bibles) from the termites. They had

started in one bookcase bu t mostly only

ate th e

edges

of

the pages and

no t

much

of the

t ex t is damaged.

We had been told by the

Import/Export

Officers in Madras that when we returned from

furlough we

would

be able to have th e bond on the Dodge Truck and t r a i l e r redeemed. I t

had been

taken out as ordered by them, for

s ix

years,

so

we were surprised when they

had

told us i t

would au tomatica lly cance lled at the end of five years. When

we

went this

time

to

take

care

of i t they hes i tated

saying the

direct ive concerning

i t

was

unclear and they

would con tac t

us when

i t

was

c l a r i f i e d so I t i s st pending. Please pray

with us tha t

at least at

the

end of th e six years

It

will be released, and not have to be renewed for

another six

years,

which is po ssible according

to

th e original order. The price of

gas

oline

(and

many other

things)

has gone up

again,

so

we use

the

truck

very l i t t l e .

Gas

is about

$2.65

a

gallon

now

in Madras we had

our residential papers

renewed until

February

A, 1981, and

requested

that

our

place of resldence.be

t ransferred

to

Biiaspur .

We

were

to.Ld

to

report to

the

Superintendent

of Police here and

ask

him to w rite to Madras requesting that the papers be

transferred.

Please

pray with us that this

transfer

may be accomplished. The Superinten


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took

2 i days and 2 nights to Athens, and we

were

t i r e d

when we a r r i v e d

about

midnight. We

were

deiighted to see Charles again

and

meet h is w ife, Mary,

and

t h e i r

l i t t l e son, Chad, and

welcome

them personally

into

o ur family .

Charles

and Mary were

married

while

we

were

In

India,

and

Chad

was

born

a f t e r

they

went

to

Athens,

so

we

had

not

seen

them

before.

Most of the time was spent during our two days there j u s t

catch

ing up on

news, though

we did go out

for

a

Grecian

meal and

drive to the ruins of

the

temple of Possidon, and see the

U.S.

Air Force Base. We

also

got

Mary's

parents '

a d d r e s s

s o

we

c o u l d

visit

t h e m i n B a l t i m o r e .

Next

we went

t o

Madrid where Paul

met

us and drove us home

to

Oviedo. Again i t was

about m idnight when we a r r i v e d , but we had to t a l k

awhile .

In the morning we saw how

Jonathan Paul had grown, and saw my Michelle (our

only

granddaughter) for the f i r s t time.

It

rained

most

of our time

in

Spain

and

th e c hi ld re n

were disappointed

not to be

able

to

take us

to

the

beach for

a

p icn ic o r

swim. We were

nearly as

happy

to stay

home and

v i s i t ,

though

we

did

drive

around to see a l i t t l e of the area. e d iscu ssed t he p rogress

and plans of the work In t he area- -Spain and Portugal. No decision had been made

yet

as

to what Paul and

Helen

would do

since

Crosleys

were

no

longer there to help . Since then

they have moved to

Lisbon,

Portugal as

t h e i r

advising

Elders

in Indiana had recommended.

They are to work

with and

learn from Lew and

Vida

Cass

and

get thei r help in

surveying

Spain for

a more promising

area

to work. In a

year

they

will

have a

short

furlough and

hopeto recruit helpers

to a s s i s t in the work .

From Spain we went through France and then

crossed the

English Channel

by

Hovercraft

in 35 minutes; then on

to

London

to get our plane

to New York; and on

to Chicago

on May 31

David and Glenda and boys met us and again

I t

was around midnight

before

we reached the i r

home in Beason.

How Boomer

had grown and

how

good

to see

Ben

face to

face for

the

f i r s t

time Besides

visiting with them there was some l egal busine ss to do in

Lincoln

and

Springfield. The week

there

soon

came

to an end, but

not before the

Boonaerts family

arrived

and we

could

have a day

together.

They had been

planning

a

short

furlough

when

we were in Belgium but the plans were not finalized until after

we l e f t .

With the children

scattered in so

many

countries

i t

was impossible to have a real

family

reunion with all

together, but

at

least we did have a day with both David's and Mary Esther's families to

gether,

too.

Of course, we looked

at

and showed pictures and slides. The day after

this

reunion

we went by Amtrack

to Chicago

and

flew

to Kansas City; and from there by car to

Bison,

La

Crosse and Hays.

For

four

weeks we were In this area.

During our month in Kansas we were house guests

for

a

week

each in

the homes of friends

These and . -) ther fr iends

invited

us for mea ls wheneve r we were not out of town speaking,

shopping

or

taking care

of

other business. With La Crosse as our headquarters

we

went

out to numerous churches

in

the area to show s l i d e s and report on the work. In

t h i s

way

we.were able

to

v i s i t

most of our supporting

churches

in that

area.

Our last Kansas

date

was in

W i c h i t a . A f t e r t h a t

we

f lew

to S e a t t l e f o r t he c on ve nt io n.

The

North American

was

not as well

attended

as some, both because o f d is ta nc e,

and be


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And now, in

spi te of the hardships

and

frustrat ions,

i t is wonderful

to

be back

teaching God's Word and doing our best to make possible an increase in the family of God,

We

see great

need on

every

hand. Not

jus t th e phys ic al

and material

need, but

the

spiritual

need

of

those In darkness and ignorance and sin.

On every

hand

idolatry,

pagan practices and superstit ions are evident. How we yearn

to

draw t he se sou ls

to the

loving

Savior.

Please pray

earnestly

and

diligently

for

us and

for our students.

Sing

to

the

Lord a new

song; sing to the

Lord,

a ll th e earth. Sing to the Lord, praise

His

name;

proclaim

His

salvation

day

after

day.

Declare

His

glory

among

the

nations,

His

marvelous

deeds

among

all

peoples.

Psalm 96:1-3.

Our

stateside address:

521

Poplar St.; La Crosse,

675^8.

Please continue to

make

checks

payable

to FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

with

Indication

In

the

memo blank tha t they are for the

INDIA MISSION

FUND

Our

I nd i a

add r e s s :

Chris t ian Training Ins t i tu te

Kududand; Bilaspur

M.P. 495

001

INDIA

Some

of

you

asked

about our specific needs

for

the

work.

The following

is

a

part ia l

l i s t We

hope you

can

help us with these by taking one

or more as a personal ,

class

or church project ,

or

by

sending

a

special gift .

Your prayers

for

the

supply

of all

our needs

are requested.

1. Student scho la r sh ips :

single

student

15

pe r

month

for

10

months;

-

married

student = 25 per month

for

10 mon th s

2.

Workshop/Classroom

construct ion

and

repair

- - = 5,000.

3. Well and

water system

=

1,800.

4. Bench grinder = 250,

5. Drill

press = 480.

6.

Bench

v i se

=

20.

7.

Hindi typewriters = 460

each. We

need s x

8.

Mimeograph =

560.

Our

old, old

one

needs

to be

pensioned.

This

is an o ld b uild in g on the

Kududan

Compound

which

we want to use for work

shop

and

classrooms.

The end wall

is

bulging

and

pull ing

away from

the

main

par t making

extensive repairs necessa

The plan is

to

remove

this

wall and

bu

on a

20 foot

extension tha t wil l give

space

for the

Auto Mechanics workshop.

rough

e stimate o f

the cost

is

5,000.

do

not

have money for the

project .

Ca

you

help us?

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