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Couples/Individuals: Louise
was cold and snowy - Anita was thrilled to see it falling. David was not so thrilled mountains, stream, and cabin) and the On the way back we stopped in as he drove many miles through slushy song service was well done. Steve was Kansas City and visited vdth David's dad roads on the way back to Chicago, but we surprised and touched. and his family there for a couple of arrived "without incident. The wedding We are rejoicing as our people step was beautiful, and we were glad to meet nights. His dad has severe health prob lems, so we were delighted to see them, up to serve. One young nurse has her husband and in-laws. and they to see us. played the piano a couple of times, a My word/processor is old and having man led in prayer at the communion May this be a year of growth in the table for the first time. I'm stepping lots of problems, so I am at last con Kingdom. down from teaching in the mid-week senting to get a computer. Cyndy put one Yours in His service, Bible Club and others are showing together that she has been using for a year and that I bought from her. We interest in helping. brought it back with us. Now I will have
The State requires that large-ca
to learn to use it.
ister, Steve Sturm, went off well - the children and adults did their parts, the
Hahn, Norma Small, Martin Marchbanks, L. Keith Phelps, Joyce Bettina's wedding, planned for June, Vance, Dorothy Cottle, Ruth Dunn, was moved up to February 20. When Gerald Medlin, Audrey Alexander, Amy and David decided to go, I decided Rosemary Siefers, H J Durham, to go with them. We flew to Chicago, M.C. Berggren, Pauline Blazer, rented a car, picked up Cynthia in Mishi- Miller/Gardner, William Davee, L waka, and drove to Canton, Michigan. M Holt, Paul Johnson, Kenneth Anita flew to Detroit. So five of Bettina's Martin, Keith Clawson, Thelma family were there for her. The weather Imel, Jean Simpson, Ron Simpson.
pacity cesspools be converted to septic tanks by April 2005, and that includes Waialua Church's. The congregation voted to use our expansion fund to pay the cost and then try to repay the fund. The plan for the septic tank installation has been accepted by the government, and bids are being solicited. There are hundreds of people looking for work ers, so it may take time. My mission
has received several big donations
which can be used if needed.
$2458.13
$12,519.00
To BE Accounted For
$14,977.13
Disbursements: Service VEHICLE
Amy and I were delighted to be tour guides for my niece and her hus band for just one day as they visited on an island tour. Nancy is the daughter of Julien Storms, who helped so much in the developing of the Palolo Valley Church property.
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MISSION SERVICES P 0 BOX 13111
KNOXVILLE
IN 37920-0111
Jean Simpson, L Keith Phelps, Miller/Gardner, Joyce Vance, Kenneth Martin, Pauline Blazer, Paul
Johnson, Melba Hobbs. Our VBS had been scheduled to
program began in the city parks, we changed the date. Of course, that makes us have less preparation time, but it should help us have more children. I think we are making it. A couple of our mother's are inviting their children's Kindergarten classes, so we hope we
have more students.
Several
students
from
William
have his funeral in Kokomo, Indiana, where he had served as elder for many
painted doors and floors in the restroom, cut grass, trimmed shrubs, and planted a hedge around the play areas.
Our church is required to install a large capacity septic tank. The plans have been approved, the contract let,
and the work is due to begin in August.
We are thankful that it will not be done
during VBS. Two young men from our congrega tion have returned after a tour of duty in
Afghanistan. We are so thankful that they returned safely. One will be sta tioned in Gennany after August, the other is a helicopter pilot and will go to
Alabama as an instructor.
and then
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13111
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IN
37920-0111
Couples/INDIVIDUALS: L. Keith Phelps, Joyce Vance, Norma Small, Ruth Dunn, H, J. Durham, Dorothy Cottle, Thelma Imel,
Miller/Gardner, Louise Hahn, Kenneth Martin, Dick Collins, Gloria Mock, Audrey Alexander,
where she was cooking and said "I'm not going to hurt you" and he didn't, but he held her hostage for 4 hours. A
housemate and her toddler were also there. Anita talked the man into let
rains. Supporters have sent several gifts to help with these projects.
Some of you may have known my
brother, Julien, who passed away two
ting the friend go, and police got the baby out through a window. Later, they got Anita out the same way and used tear gas to oust the man.
We did have VBS - a week earlier
years
Arthur, has recently passed away. He and his wife were visiting their sons in
Maryland when Art suffered a strokelike illness and did not regain con sciousness. They had discussed staying in the East, so Margaret plans to stay there. I'm glad because she doesn't have any close relatives near their California home. At my age, I can expect more and more family members and friends going to be wdth
the Lord. I'm so thankful we need not
than originally planned: June 6-10 and it was a huge success. Our young
mothers invited their children's class
Then the fire came down along our only access highway, which was closed, so staff could not get tliere
from tovm. The fire burned for sev
mates, and they invited their siblings, so every class was bigger than we expected. I had not ordered enough pupils' books, but the teachers man aged. We broke attendance and offering records. Our mission project
was I.D.E.S. We sent over $240 to
eral days before the hot spots were eliminated. One night, Leilani was unable to get home and stayed all night with friends from church. Another day, they opened the mili tary road through Kolekole Pass and she was able to get to work that way. Yesterday, we had the first rain in months, but not for very long. It is dry and hot again today.
Some missionaries have exciting events to report in the culture that surrounds them. Usually in Hawaii we can only report beautiful weather and "life as usual". Our family experi enced stress, however. Amy's daugh ter, Anita, is in California working and taking college classes. On July 25, a man burst into the kitchen
new, insulated walls painted pink; new windows; newly laid carpet; more electrical outlets; a ceiling fan;
and a new arrangement of my desk, computer, and copier. Soon I vdll be moving the rest of the furniture back
inand then should be able to find all
The church septic tank project has been postponed from August to Sep
tember. We dread the mess, but will
I pray this finds you well and happy in the Lord's work. God bless!
Yours in Him,
be glad to get it over with-and hope the roof on the church and the par sonage can be done before the winter
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CHURCHES/Groups: MacedoniaKokomo, IN; Faith-Burlington, lN;Osage Hills, Tulsa, OK;New Point, MO;Judson
Rd.-Kokomo
Couples/INDIVIDUALS; Ruth
Dunn, Louise Hahn, Joyce Vance,Norma S Small, H. J. Durham, Miller/Gardner, Thelma Imel, Linda Mills, Wilma Grimstead, Jean Simpson, Dorothy Cottle,
the special music; his daughter, Rebecca, read the scripture. Refresh
ments were served on the lawn where
HOU! May you have a happy cele bration with family/friends/church as you remember the "best gift." Lord willing, I will celebrate in Cali fornia with my children there taking MOANI with me. I'm happy to report that the church septic system is installed and paid for. Bids are being sought to get the roofs of the church building and parsonage repaired.
I spent most of September receiv ing and recording over 90 registra
tions for our Women's Conference. It was held October 8 at the Sunset
zation yet - she is a 7th grader and will accompany me to California. LETA is still teaching and ad ministrating at the Christian School in Milpitas, California. Her husband, DAVID LECXJITT, got his teaching certificate and is teaching 5th grade. Their daughter, MEGHAN, gradua ted from college, spent 3 months working at a youth facility and is now
home looldng for a job.
husband, DAVID KING, took two months off from his construction jobs to work on my house repairs. Now he
Beach Church. Our speaker was Elsa Lum, a local resident who grew up in Germany during Hitler's reign. She
was brain-washed to think she was a
family to Michigan for the wedding and visited family and friends in the
Midwest. ANITA (Annie to some) is
part of the "super-race" and to hate Jews. Her family was befriended by an American soldier during the occu pation. He married Elsa and brought
her back to Hawaii. She is so grateful
for American fi'eedom and that she is a Christian. She is concerned that
working and taking classes in Califor nia. Last quarter I reported that she was in a hostage situation, but was
not hurt. She seems fine now and is
Martin. His wife, NIKKI, is the stayat-home mom and computer person caring for NATALIE (in 6tb grade)
and ALEC. She loves to do crafts and
he is a budding artist.
LORA and GREG PRICE are the
over 6 congregations present. Glen Powell, the designer of the building and her first minister, spoke. His son, Gary, the first pianist, rendered
the West Oahu competition, was second in the all-island meet among the public schools, and among the 175 best runners in the State, he was 15^^ and received a medal. ROBERT plays the saxophone in the marching band.
MOANI is a conscientious student,
computer consultants for the family/friends. Both work in that field. They also host the family for holiday
celebrations.
May 2005 be a blessed year for you and yours in the Lord's service.
Yours in Him,
remember that skinny saints can certainly be ugly also. Now IF the Christian faith is a system designed by God to make its adherents both healthy and wealthy, and slender as well, then surely, surely, it must provide ways to make them better looking too; or at least passable. Remember, ugliness is a serious problem for the poor souls who have a bad case of it - and especially for those who wish to be hired to preach. Seems to me like, getting rid of all these other physical woes from the life of true believers (with the kind help of all these spiri tual entrepreneurs), the Lord would go on and get rid of ugliness too. But alas, at the moment no company is offering the church an "All Saints Beauty Program" guaranteed to make
Christians fashionable as well as faithful. But
CD-BI6
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JUNKMAIt
FROM Oaylon Fmbrey The mail boxes of America are being
living God,"
ce-bii "Jesus Lives!," ce-bi2 "Here's how one foimd God," and
stuffed these days with a lot of junk! Solicita tions, most all of them unsolicited, pour in daily from companies with something to sell. I do not know how you feel, hut personally I
do not mind this. One can learn a lot from
junk mail. Besides, if it were not for these good compassionate companies, some days
no one would write me at all. As it is, when I
it's an idea whose time may soon come. I'll keep my eye on the junk mail for you. Gaylon.
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of the Kingdom." It's Viewpoint study hshoi. And a 64-page booklet, "Were you BURIED with Christ?" It's Viewpoint study cb-qoi.
open the box each day I am always comforted to know that someone cares. But, what many of you may not realize is that Churches get junk mail too. Is nothing holy anymore, not even that "sacred" part of the postal depart
ment?
Other brief Bible studies like this one are also available from Mission Outreach:
In its entirety, a study on PROPER BIBLE UNDERSTANDING can be read at Viewpoint's web site. As a 32-page booklet, it can be
BURIED With Christ?'," cb-b03 "Peter's KEYS Introduced," cd-boi "What Did Jesus Say About Himself?," cd-bo2 "False Teachers," cd-b03 "False Apostles," cd-b04 "Two False Teachings," cd-b05 "We Follow Jesus in TRUTH," ce-boi "We are begotten into new life by God's WORD,"
ce-b02 "We Sinners are invited to
EAY
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Now some of you may not be privy to the "Church Box" down at the post office. I have been for a number of years and, believe me, what comes in is often interesting, a veritable commentary on the spiritual state of affairs in . r. our time. Consider the following: ... i .::Vp!)l5n
Now that you've considered what I'm saying the Bible teaches on this subject, of course you'll want to keep on reading THE BIBLE. Please don't forget that we learn simple truths fii-st, and no inspired later teaching will CONTRADICT simple truth. The Bible is God's written Word to bless and build us up - to prepare us for Heaven where we'll see all and know all. If it were wi'itten for school children to fully understand, wliere would the challenge be for scholars? The Word of God contains some things which challenge the minds of those who know God best. It also contains mostly simple truths which we all can easily see and
understand. The more wc do read the Bible, the more we WILL
understand of God's truth.
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God speaks to us all in both simple and challenging words. We need to not fret about harder parts in His Word. Instead, we realise that we will later know more through our study, and some day we all WILL fully understand.
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is for liability coverage on the minister in case he gets sued for giving some poor soul a piece of foolish wisdom. Actually liability insurance on the preacher is not a bad idea when you get right down to it. Some preachers are indeed a liability, and others are "liable" to say and do most anything. Of course, fund raising projects come in regularly. They often come from professional fund raisers who make a big business out of making money for the Lord. I am sure He is grateful since He is always in need. Then there is one company (at least) that sells a filtering system for the baptistry, to get rid of all visible impurities. Yet so far, to date, no one has come up with a way to cleanse baptismal waters of the sins left there by recently baptized sinners. Perhaps this is because sins "washed awa/' in the waters of baptism are not seen except with the eye of
faith.
wonder what kind of business this company thinks churches are engaged in. Then it dawned on me, again, what has hap pened to rehgion in recent years. With the passing of time, the world of churches has become noticeably less spiritual and noticeably more secular both in nature, and practice. The activities of modem churches distinctly reflect this change. Certainly no one can blame an enterprising hotel supply company for taking advantage of this circumstance. After all, if churches are in a business requiring a cash register, someone
needs to sell them one.
"exciting new diet program for believers." (Presumably, this is a diet that will not work on
fat sinners.)
Now at the present time most churches still use a few Bibles, and hymnals also; but one day these may give way entirely to ice shavers and nacho warmers. As I say, you can leam a lot fi:om junk mail.
But wait. Just as I was about to throw the last
piece of "junk mail" into my religious trash can, in comes yet another solicitation too good not to pass along. This may be the best one in a long
time. "NOW YOUR CHURCH CAN OFFER THE
Now all you skeptics hold on. There is no question about whether a program of this sort is "according to the Scriptures," for the great prophet Isaiah (chapter 61:3) declared plainly that the coming Messiah would replace the "spirit of heaviness" with something better. And Jesus himself plainly said, "Come unto me, all you who labor, and are HEAVY..." Does this not clearly indicate that the Lord wants to take the load of fat off his disciples? Why else would the Bible encourage the practice of fast ing? Besides, we all know by this time, after listening to radio/tv evangelists over the years, that God does not want any child of His to experience sickness, nor does He want any of them to be poor. But now we learn, praise the Lord, that God also wants every Christian to be
slim and trim.
The most interesting solicitation to come in lately, however, was one from a hotel smd res taurant supply company offering a complete line of products, including the following items: ice cream scoops, meat grinders, meat sheers, food mixers, food blenders, ice shavers (for snow cones), popcorn poppers, hot dog steam ers, nacho warmers, char broilers, griddles and deep fryers. Oh yes, and cash registers! Upon reading this advertisement, I thought sure the church had gotten on the wrong mailing list. I could see how a congregation of God's people might need bread for the Lord's Table. But popcorn? A collection plate would have made a little sense. But a cash register? Surely the church had received a local restau rant's mail by mistake. But no. It was no mis take. Evidently this literature was sent out to
all the churches in the land. It made me
ANSWERS," proclaims the ad. Answers? To what? Why the answers not only for "struggling Christians" who are lazy and/or depressed, but
for those who are also FAT.
Yes. dearly beloved. The time has now come when "believers can experience fireedom from the bondage of eating problems." No doubt there is more rejoicing in heaven over one pound lost, than over nine pounds in need of losing. Anyway, what is offered to the church by this advertisement is a new dynamic "3-D" pro gram of Discipline, Discipleship and DIET. Apparently over 12,000 Churches already have "found" tltis program to be an ideal way to reach out and offer a "spiritual dimension" to this rather large problem.
trying to find ways of feeding those who were hungry, rather than trying to keep hungry folks from eating. But times have changed, I guess. In any case, at least now true believers who are ten pounds beyond perfect can use a diet they can have full confidence in, knowing that it comes sponsored by the "divine" institution. Overweight members simply need to have faith in the Scriptures, which positively say, "they
looked on him and were LIGHTENED."
(Psalm 34:5)
While I realize there are many heavyweight Christians around who need help, weight is surely not the worst problem of this type that some have to face every morning. What about those disciples who are downright UGLY? A few extra pounds may indeed be "ugly fat," but