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Dear Christ ian Family and Friends,

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Cos t a Ri c a

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God is

so

good and so f ia thful to

care for

us here and we pray tha t

His

presence

is evident

in the

working of

your

lives

there a t home...GOD K SO GOOD......

We f ee l real ly blessed

to

be a par t of the Lord s work here,

as

i s growing

everyday. Eleven have been

baptized

so far and

there

is now a new

TDody

of Chr is t

a t the

l i t t le

Church

in

San Roque.

e

are

able to observe the Lord s

Supper and

are

now

teaching

such

things as

t i th ing

etc.

There

are

many

attending the services

with attendance on Sunday mornings, a high of 76 children. The night church is

having from 80 to ICQ. Praise

the

Lord We

have

four young people that we hope

wil l

be able to

attend a week of

meetings

on learning how

to teach

children.

We

f ee l i s

very

important to have

Costarican

teachers

and

helpers as soon as

possible .

Roberta and Sally are

fine,

and are ready for a 2 week vacation in

July

(the

middle of their school year). We are hoping to have a few days of V.B.S. for

th e children here

in

our

neighborhood

during t he i r vacation. The

children axe

real ly looking

forward

to

i t as th ey ask

a l l the

t ime when we

are

going to

begin.

Praise the Lord fo r

t he i r in teres t Bob

aad Janet a re

I^ept

busy

with

Bible Studies ,

Sunday School, Church

and

a l l the things involved in making go smoothly. Bob

has not been able to f ly for a few weeks, due mainly to the rainy weather.

We

are

se l l ing

8uid giving away lo ts and lo ts of Bibles.

Praise

the Lord. There i s much

i n t e res t

and we

pray t ha t the Lord w ill r ais e up strong

bel ievers

and

a st rong

church

here in

th is area.

We forsee many problems for

the peoples

of Latin America

in

the

years to come.

Please

pray with us for the

people

here.

We

a l l miss

Sam very much,

but

we know the Lord

i s taking

good care

of

him there .

We have

talked to him on the phone and t ha t

helps a

l i t t l e

When you see him,

give him

a

b ig

hug

rom

us,

okay?

Hal called us

before

he

l e f t the Sta tes

fo r

6 months of sea duty. He will be back in December, Lord willing. Please pray

f o r

Ha l and Sam.


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The war

i s

s t i l l raffing in Nicaragua. We are i^aying fo r an end to t

soon, as

many

lives are being lost

and the whole country

destroyed. Please pray

vrith us on

th is matter. Although

we

are

very

close to the border, vjo

are

safe from

the

bombings and

the

shooting,

but wo

are

not safe

from the

antt-anerican feel ings

and

the

communist

propaganda.

Please

pray

for

us, as

i t

is

hard

a t

times

to

not

say what you are thinking. This is something wo must not

do,

i f we are going

to

be able

to continue working with the people here. V/e love oH ir country and are

very proud to

be

North Americans, but vre must always remember, we love

the

Lord

more and

are

here as His goodwill ambassadors. Do not

ever

forget how really

blessed you

are

by being North Americans and

l iving

in a

free

country. Forget

to complain

and remember

to

praise God

for being

where you

are and who

you

are.

Our

mail

is not very good rigtit new We

do

not know i f i t

nas anything to

do with

the fue l shortage or not,

but

we are t r ec ei vi ng t he correspondence we

were

before. Please

remember

to write as often as you can, t

i s

so very important

to

us

to hear from

our loved ones

there

a t

hom^. A big

thank

you to the

ones

who are always fa ith fu l in th ei r l e t t e r wri t ing.

We

would l ike to ask special prayers

a t

this particular time. Things seem to

be

getting worse as far as the

pol i t ical

situation here in Costa

Rica

and even

though we

try

no t to notice , i t does

affect

us and our

abil i ty to

wcrk

effectively.

Pray that we wil l always remember tha t we

are

safe

in

the hands of our Lord.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a

good

courage; b e

not

afraid,

nei ther

be

thou dismayed; for the Lord

thy

God is with thee whithersoever thou

goest. Joshua 1:9

What a beaut i ful

promise S

Praise

His

Holy name,

we l ove Him s o

In

Jesus* love

and

se rv ice , we love you,

YOUNGS CHftrll

CHURCH OF

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Byron Hamm

8 l5 vVayrietown Rd

Crawfo rd sv i l l e ,

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Octobe r , 1979

Oree t ings in the name of our Lord

Je sus ,

What

a

promise

and pr iv i l ege we

have

in

prayer , And

whatsoever ye

sha l l

awSk

in

my

name,

t ha t

wil l

I

do,

t ha t

the

Father

may

be

g lo r i f i ed

in

the

son. John

14:13 V e

f ind

our

prayers being

answered da i l y . . . . . .

July

was

a very

busy

month with a week o f spec ia l t r a in ing fo r 6

of

cur

young people from

San

Roque

Church . They

had c l a s s e s and

p r ac t i c e

in

howto teach chi ld ren .

This

was so good as

now we

are ab le to

use

them as

he lper s

in the Sunday school c lasses . We a l so had a

beautiful week

of

revival . A di f ferent speaker each night and a

big

sp i r i t ua l

blessing fo r

the

people

of

the Church

and

fojr

us

a

we l l .

S ev e r a l came f o rwa rd and made commi t tmen t s

wi t h six

bapt i sms making th e t o t a l , up to now, 17

bapt ized

be l i eve r s .

PRAISE THI3

LORDi i

We

f e l t we

were

also

especia l ly blessed

daring

the

month

of

July

with

v i s i t o r s from home. David , Dorma and Nathan i e l Finch were here to

v i s i t

and

help

with

the work. I t was

a good

month fo r a l l of us.

Thankr

you

David ,

Dorma and San f o r coming . . . . We a l so had a f r i end from

Puer t o

Rico

who spent a

week

with

us in

August.

Alma Zue l l i

i s

h ere s tu dy in g a t the

Language School

in

San Jose and we

hope

she wi l l be

back

again soon.

The

Church is growing

and

is

a blessing

to

a l l .

We have

4 Sunday' school

c lasses now

with work

books,

t ables

benches,

etc .Every th ing

i s r ea l ly

beginning

to f a l l

in to

p lace . Although

we

never r ea l ly thought of

ourse lves

as Church Plan te r s , it

seems

t h a t

th i s i s

the

na tu r a l r e su l t o f te ac hin g

and

shar ing

Gods

word

and

love w ith those abou t

you.

PRAISE

THE LORD a

church

f o rms . . . .N igh t Church i s g r e a t . The peop le

love to

sin.'-;

and pray and

h e a r God*s word p r eached

Ano the r r e a l b l e s s i n g i s

th e

Youth Group t h a t has f o med

on

F r iday

I nights. There are

20ar:d

more yqung people

attending.

Roberta and Sally

are very ac t ive in he lp ing

it

go and grow.

Tuesday

n igh t Bible

s tudy ,

Thursday n igh t

praye r meet ing

and Sunday n igh t Church

plus

Bib le

correspondence

cour se s , keep

Bob

busy. . .wh i l e

Janet , does

dlT I planning

of the

Sunday School and has a Saturday afternoon

^ Ladies Bible Study.. . .

The

f ly ing

min i s t ry i s still more or

l e s s

a t a s tand still because o f the

r a i n s , p lu s th e

l a ck of t ime . . . a s we a re g iv ing

more

and

more

t ime to th e

San

Roque

Church. yy They

have decided

to s t a r t

praying and planning

toward

bu i l d i n g ,

and

i s becoming

a c em e n t block

or 25jz^ U.S.. .

i s a b ig s t ep

$3,000.oo

matter

Once

we

little by

little

as

th e

bu i ld ing

we a re now us ing

i s

on ly

r en ted

very

i n ad equ a t e . . . . . s o each

member

has

pledged

every

15 days . Each

b lock

co s t abou t 2 co lones

Nowthat

may

seem sm all to you, bu t

to

.them it

ou t on f a i t h .

We

f igure

it wi l l

take

about

to

buy g round , so

p l e a s e

pray

wi th

us

on t h i s

have th e ground bough t . . . . th e

r e s t

wi l l

come.

We

have

a very

sp e c i a l p ro j e c t

going

r i gh t now.

We rece ived

92 smal l , wooden do l l s from

a

ca r ing person

a t

Woodland Heights

Chr i s t i a n Church and

we a re

now

in th e process

o f

pa in t i ng

and

assem.bling

them

fo r our Christmas t r ea t

fo r

th e chi ldren a t

th e Sunday School in

San Roque . . .Thank

you

very much Harry Sper ry

and

a l l who were involved from Woodland

Heigh t s .

God b l e s s each

o f you . .

Tiiank you a l l so much .-.or

your

fa i th fu lness in your prayers , l e t t e r s

and suppor t of

the

Lord*s

work here in

Costa Rica. . . .We wish

you

could a l l

come

down

to

see

what

the Lord i s doing

he r e J i i

We pray always fo r the

wo r k there at

h ome

We

l o v e

you

i n J e s u s ,

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