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MAT 196S
Phiyciys Evangefiftm
.- Dear Christian Friends:
"still doing "business at the same old stand"same location, "but new "bi^ldlng, as
yoa
Lowell Megorden, minister, (Prof. Hilhert Fletcher of.DanYer, Olorad/i donated the
cement "patio tile" floor.) The Chapel is huilt of soft "hurnt-adohe" "brick, etacod
inside and out.
The cross on the top is painted with white fluorescent paint, and when
spotli^ted at night, can be seen for many blocks. There are an estimated 3000
people vrithin
Our adopted Mexican son, Oscar 22, and I share the services at the "Chapel of the Cross^^
He has charge of the Sunday Bible School and teaches the youth class, (one of eur young
ladies teach the children's class); also the mid-week service.
evening service (no morning service in this part .of Mexico), and we share the calling,
I am avraiting new literature for the adult class. The average attendance is 30-40,
Oscar performs the weddings and I handle the funerals, I only wish I could convey tO
you my joy in having one of my ov/n children v/orking with me after all these years on
the Mission Field.
etc.
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FROM t h e
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WORLOlSFAIR
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Thanks
financial support.
SUST
S A TIO ISfi A L.
'SISSBOIVSARY
X^^-rmlT-n Ti
'GERALD D.
COIVIVEIMTIOIM
V
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Tf/lW
BQWLIN
I T A
fASSSMBLY HALL
p.S.
daughter, Kathy,
present.
HSi^lSFA I R
THE
Our
TEXAS
Sefld Ail neHef Packages To:
Mrs. Carol Strong. Forwarding Agent W. M.C. Mission
S674 E.Eastland St., Tucson. Arizona 85711 U.S.A.
Telephone 3-61-59
Director
Octo"br
196s
Thus in sweet
to his parents,
(One of the
Oscar.)
In llexLco where a native
meidcan citizen
bom
must, according
Apostle fault
Eiank you who sent financial help, a receipt for which is enclosed. Only as you
honor your pledges month by month, or send a love offering as the Lord prospers you,
are we able to meet our personal needs and continue the work for Christ's Church in
b'ostern Hesico,
Truly
ARE laborers together with God." May God richly bless our joint efforts,
Your^brother in Christ
Gerald D,
Bowiin
P. S, If you have not sent an offering this year, may we have one soon, at least to
cover the mailing costs of pur newsletter? Ttemh"' you,,,,GCB,
drug store; and arain at the garage v/here v/e have our car
and hus repaired.
PL
READ TT^S ATTACFED ?,EPOF;T.
EASE
THEF IP yOU BELIEVE TFIS WOFK
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POSTAL 350
WESTERN MEXICO--I967-66
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As Paul espressos it in the socond chapter of his lottor to tho Sphosian Church so wo too,
in a foreign land are attempting to "huild together an habitation of God throu^ the
Spirit", by living, preaching and teaching the Gospel of Josus Christ, Vmd as Mexicans
becomo Christians wo aro holping build oarthly buildings as noodod for thorn to moot for
f. nm
BUILDING THE CHURCH (BAPTISMN)^During tho yoar 1967 twonty'- soTon baptisms woro
as you woro. This wo fool is a groat stop forward in tho forming of tho iadogonous
Mexican Church, Those young people kaov whr,t its all abou1>--not moroly that tholr sins
arc forgivoa, as happons \"/ith most adult convorts.
During 1967 our young proachor in tho villago of La Mosa also had his first convorts, Tho
boy's namo was Juan (John) and ho wanted to bo baptized on St, Johns day, which wo
orrangod, On@ of tho villago girls nsmod Juana (Johnnio) hoard about it, loft hor birthday
party to como to Hormosillo to bo baptizod too,
Th^ Box^lin family has somo candidatos for baptism back in tho hills botwooa us and
mmm
BUILDIKG- CHAPSLSThe Chriatian church has four chapels here la Herraoaillo and one in
the country, IThese in the city are located almoat in the north, south, east and west
Here
Pictured is the Maryvale Christian Church, Phoenix, Arizona, "Memorial Chapel" in Colonia
Olivares, (V/estside, Hermosillo)
Completed in 196?. It is called ' "The Chs^el of the
Cross"the spotlighted cross can he seen many blocks at ni^t, \fe estimate there are
3000 persons living in a five hlock radius of this chapeli
The Eanchito (Eastside, Eermosillo) was our first building. Villa de Seris (Southslde,
Hermosillo) was furnished a brick building which seats about 120, The La Mesa (country)
building is about the same sizebut of adobe. In San Benito (Eorthside, Hermosillo) we
built a chapel similar to the one pictured,
Colonia Olivares "Chapel of the Cross," I care for the Sunday evening service (no
morning preaching service in our part of Mexico); Oscar has charge of the Bible School,
teaches the Junior-intermediate class and the V/ednesdE^ Bible Study, Ten persons recently
began a course "The Bible for Youth" which I translated while on the staff of Colegio
Biblico 20 years ago. However, \Je call it "The Bible for Everyone" in Danish, Average
Oscar handles
the Weddings (Ceneva making the cake as a gift and furnishing the punch and coffee) and
Mrs, Alex (Ssther) Julian reports an average attendance of 15 in the eve. ning service and
25 in 3ihle School in Villa de Seris, Our Seminary student in La Mesa has about the
same attendance , Eanchito, v;here members have cared for their o^m services for some
Some have commented on the fact that Alex and 3sther Julians' names do not appear on our
new letterheads,
A letter was sent out but for those who did not see it, Bro, Julian
requested to be released from his duties with Western Mexico Christian Mission and Mexican
Bible Seminary as of Dec, 31t 1966, was accepted by the Board of Trustees, The Trustees
are currently negotiating the transfer of Church, Mission and Seminary properties which
are held in trust# They still reside in the Villa de Saris parsonage. We sincerly v/ish
the Julians well in their ornimental iron manufacturing business, Alex fabricates
steel sash windo\i;s, fences and old Spanish style ornamental grillv;ork for v/indows which
are used extensively in modern Mexico home construction,
v/here there are no interested students at tl^e right age. Other religious institutions
in the city are also affected. The Catholic seminary was reported as being able to
fill only ei^t of the forty vacancies in 1967J
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were forced to move from the house we had rented at a frozen rate we found we must pay
around $125 dollars per month rent for a house adequate for our familyl Thus after
consultation with various of our supporting churches# we thought it hest to attempt to
huild a home, The hrethem
generously supplied money for a lot and a do^m payment on
the house.
We chose our location carefully# with evangelism of the new upper-middle class in mind,
V/e are thankful that the Anerican Churches who support this work realize that missionary
work today is not the "hit and run" or "shotgun" method of the 19th century "but rather a
long range proposition, To our way of thinking a life-time joh# and even then we prohahly
won't see all the fruits of our labors,
MISSION BUILDINGFor several years we had been slowly making cement block in the back
yard of the house we rented. These you see made into a shell of the mission building on
the back of the SOrf.20 ft, lot where our home stands. As you can see# we have only a shell#
V/e need a roof# doors, windows and floor, V/e estimate that $2,500 dollars would coii5>lete
this project, giving us an office, storage space# printing room, and room for a caretaker
to live. We have been robbed txfice since moving inj V/ith this danger we have talcen
turns going to church on Sunday evening in order not to leave our house unguarded.
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who has a small private hospital near our Eanchito "building. He does all our doctoring
and surgery for us fresi practicing the judioChristian concept of his grandfather physic
ian who often came home without a coat having given it to some poor person!
ilrs, Geneva
Bowlin assists vdth the surgical cases and a number of ladies groins are "busy making gauze
pads, etc., T/hen available layettes are supplied to mothers with a Gospel enclosed,
Spanish Hew Testaments have been placed in all the rooms and vanish faster than the
Gedeon hotel Bibles,
Our
former forwarding Agent's husband, George 3, Tinker, one of the most generous men
have ever known, died in this little hospital and friends and family decided to give him"
a living memorial,Most urgently needed was an x-ray unit. This was obtained, finally
delivered last year, and now housed in its own separate room, with adjoining dark room,
"He being dead, yet speaketh, "
BUILDIHG A PAI-ilLY
or as our Indian farmer friend put it "a spring crop and a fall crop" of children.
Oscar 22, as mentioned in engaged in youth evangelism in our city and country. Bob 21 is
in California going to college part time, awaiting his second, and he hopes, final, ear
operation, Xathy IS, lives with our forwarding agents, The Ray Strongs, in Tucson,
Begins her 3rd year of Hursing Science at the University of Arizona in September,
if"
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Yolanda Geneva (Veva) 7 ajui ELiza"beth (Becky) 6i vill both begin first grade in a Mexican
school in S^tember, They graduated from 3 years of Xindergarden this June,
do graduate,get a diploma ^dth picture and everything])
(They really
BUILDIITG THS CHURCH OP TOMOREOWAs I believe our U.S. Christians are well aware, there
is no "Standard Publishing Company" in Latin ijnerica. Thus hrs, C-eneva Bowlin spends long
hours of her time desigiing the lessons for our Sunday School and Vacation Bible Schools,'
Thru the years she has acquired quite a library of Anerican Bible Story books containing
outline drawings of Bible events, and is thus usually able to find illustrations for
the lessons.
The lesson leaflets she prints (Cestetner silk-screen process) and distri
She has
3 years of Children's Sunday School lessons now and also k years of Daily Vacation Bible
School materials.
She also arranges for Christmas sacks'for all our Sunday School Children,
San Benito-Colonia Olivares groi:5)s also got sweaters, (Thanks to Mrs, Gene Sandburg, a
Tucson, Arizona school teacher])
Geneva, Oscar and I believe we are building a"habitation of God in the Spirit" here in
our city, Hermosillo, State of Sonora, in Western Mexico, V/e also believe we are setting
the residents of this city and our Christian brethem an example of Christian living,
service and charity.
Wa firmly "believe that we, in our lifetime will see a fully oelf proyogating OhriBtian
dhurch in the Hermoaillo area of V/eatern Mexico.
V/e invite you to share in this
building program,
because it it is Christ* s)
Send an offering
'
Gerald D, Bowl in
Western Mexico Christian Mission
TRUSd^EES!
P, 0, Box 1^365
PHOERIX, ARIZOHA,
85033
benevol"b:nce
WESTERN MEXICO CHRISTIAN MISSION
FINANCIAL SDimRY--1967:-
March.
January.
FebruaryMarch.
April.
May.
Jun e
July . .
August .
Sept ember
October.
November
Dec ember
594.63
1,414.30
April. ^
20.00
944.96
2o.:bo
May.
Jiine I
July . I
1>399.42
2,279.86
1,069.76
53v00
August I
490.27
50.26
September
October!
133!00
Noverabei?
86.00
4o;oo
89.70
December
918.00
1,052.35
1,087.25
1,483.43
. . . .
14,091.57
. . . .
14,720.81
Total Receipts
sub-Total
Total Receipts
629:24
^1,357.34
January.
February
491.96
Living Link:
4266.8 5
Christmas Children
Exchange of funds.
Printed checks
26.20
25.00
$2,400.00
Gegeva s.
2,400.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Oeb ar. |.
Veiv^ .
Becky. .
I^iihi'yr^. .
5^83
Gerald D.
600.00
600.00
Construct Miss
Exchange of funds.
X-Ray Machine. .
Freight, X-Ray Machine
XRay EQuipt . .
.
1,952.98
Re
House Payment
Utilities f. .
Medical Pulid.
531.00
. 300.00
i 24050
. 28.55
997.96
612.11
295.20
276.59
266.80
Christmas "1967
Auto Repaii .
Moving Expenses
DEPUTATION FUND;
Printed Checks
5.83
. . . .
Jf
<5{r
s 5
-it
. Reht..Hou.d^
M A,R Y ,
i 1,217.32
.491.96
1,709.28
Total Dlsburs ements-1967 t! ;-
Benevolence Fund
......2ACU00
3^..88
5.83
120 ;55
110.00
64.80
52.00
35.86
24.00
11.20
6.40.
Legal FeeS;! . . .
Passports i,
Publicity j| . , .
AutorFeder^l Tax.
Travel.
AutorLic.Inspection
. ;- G<3natr uc t T errelce
Exchange
funds
259.08
258 .50
279.52
6.52 14,590.15
130.66
CONT*D.
EVANGELISM FTJND;
March.
581.22
443.24
445.23
April
May. . . . . .
June
July . . . . .
August . . . .
September. . . .
October. . . .
November . .
December .
Total Receipts.
.......
Magazines, Evangelism.
393.39
322.50
558.78
.....
614.15
569.88
426.04
133 13
120.00
52.35
34.00
33.63
15.83
5.70
5.00
EvangelismYouth. . .
Bldg. Rund Col. Olivares
354.15
postager. . .
284.25
750.67
362.24
408.54
330.59
Misc .
5, .
1.76
^
SUMMARY
5,234.80
1^981.63
5>234.83
7,216.48
Salary Bookkeeper* . 1
Rent Office. . . .
Construct Office .
.
.
Insurance Auto . . . .
Utilities Office . . .
Publicity.^ . . . .- .
.
Repairs Auto
'
'
' A
....
Supplies Office. . . .
Stamps . . . .
Auto Lie. Inspection.
Books.....
....
33*9.52
V2'?3.20
72.57
$ 2^737.72
-Sf *
-Jfr
24.00
18.25
14.64
Exchange of funds. . \
P.O. BOX Rent, Arizona
General Fund
Seminary
1>933.15
Evangelism
2,011.46
6,682.33
BALANCE ON HAND, DECEMBER 31, 1967534.15
' 168.63
164.25
73.77
730.50
456.00
359.60
224.60
107.84
5 . S . S. and D.V.B.S.
* *
90.15
65.00
40.00
3i- Publicity
10.00
9.00
8.00
8.00
7.79
. . . . . . . . . . 120.00
.
953.83
SEMINARY FUND:
1,577.15
Salary Director. . .
Exchange of funds. .
Sem. Property Taxes.
Postage . . . .
202.00
83.00
51.00
Tranarer of funds.
20.00
.CXiNTiD
196 T68
Uonthly paynonts
House (15 year nortsaGo)
-$110.15
butane (Sunr.ior)"
C-^intcr)'
20,00
- 30.00
("inter ,6no,)
25.00
Hec!:ly 3:rpcnGe
.$20.00
!Iastard
Apples-
,50
Apricots (ih. )
,^5
,HH
1,00
Pananas ( i h , , 1 0
Ib.'bjr food-'-'^,18
Pread Sn, sandv.'ich**-^.- ,22
.H2
,5^
Bacon (ih, ) -
Beans
Pinto (l"b,)
1,10,
,12
6H
average^
,32
,22
Crackers- 25
V--;
L-J
,HS
,6s
(reg)-
1,13
Car::pjell's Soup-
Cloro"' (ct,)
Detergent (2 l/2 IPs)-
,22
,32
,95
Coffee
Instant
Deviled neat w , 1 2
,23
,60
Pryers (ih, )
Hour (20 ih, sack)
Hone^'' (16 03.)
Hanhurgcr (ih)
Ice crean (gal)
,51
,52
1.20
,75
.56
1.72
Jello
Juices (sn Can)
.12
.lo
.53
IHeenox (200)
Hra.ft .1.^. Cheese (ih)
Lettuce (hoad)-
kayonaiSG (nt, )-
5.00
Ho,00
'$10,00
Water( Sumer )
" ('Jin tor)^
-22
1,22
,2H
l.HH-
.r $ ,31
,12"
,22
ntir.^garino (ih)
.Ha
..>I!ill: 'freshCrtj
'
.23
liazola.68
Ilacaroni, spagetti (ih,).
^20
iTihlet's Corn
,31
Olives (/ 2 can)--
,36
,l6
Oranges (ih.)^-
,15
Onions (ih)
,12
?c. k d p e a n s , 3 S
Pudding*--"*""*^"'
*11
Potatoes (ih)
.16
Plunhs (i"b)
,25
Pineapple
,53
Peaches {f2)
1,56
#30
,15
.80
,30
,33
. Rlc e {l\ )
g
Sugar I'risp (sn. )--Scuash (lo)
20
,28
,10
,30
^26
Scott tissue -
,10
Sugar (ih)-
,07
Salani (ih.)
Shortening (ih. )
Soap (face)
,95
.36
,10
,31
,40
. ^5
.20