THE BEEMANS

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

VOLUME

JANUARY

1975

NUMBER

'anuan

1975

January was really a month fill ed with happiness. We want to share our joy with you with the prayer that your life also has been filled with God's goodness. Oh, how our family is growing both in numbers and age wise. We have 33 now that are above the age
of 13. We've taken three new

her party on the 4th because of the wedding. She had a wonderful party and we were really pleased with ourselves that we had managed to stay on our feet for both big
events.

children in January. Tv70 of our oldest left the nest on January 3rd.

Fidel and

Isalas were

united

in

MERLYN

AND

IBON

marriage on January 3rd by Brother Gil Contreras. Merlyn gave the bride away. Vi played the piano. Don took the pictures and I cried
the usual mother's tears as I saw

We had good help for both events. The Lord always provides for us at
these times and He sent Don's uncle

not just one of my children both my son and my daughter their vows. God had worked specially in their lives the
few months and I feel

but take very last

and aunt,

Claude and

Ruth

Willson.

They helped with everything really do appreciate their

here.

and we being

that because

of His special care they are going to have a wonderful marriage.

Memo gave us quite a scare on January 9th. The sixth grade boys came running home from school to

say that Memo had been

recess. We rushed to

hurt during
school and

found him truly in pain. him into the ABC hospital

We rushed in Mexico

BRIDE,

GROOM and MINISTER

On January 4th Ibon celebrated her "quinceanos" (15th birthday).

She was 15 on the 2nd but we had
THE HONEYMOONERS

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JANUARY 1975

City and were fortunate that our orthopedist walked in just after we did. X-rays were taken and he soon
found himself in a cast from waist

mas we do have 52,325.09 to date and this will be set aside. More is

coming in and when the goal is reach

ed the new VW COMBI will be purchas FOR THIS WE GIVE THANKS

to the tip of his toe.

ITS ilM i l l PiB i

Our 197 5 DVBS kit is new this

year and as always i t is

free

and

need not be returned.

it for future programs.
kit offers a record of

You can keep

This year's
Ninos de

Mexico singing and gives your child

ren the opportunity to

Sing Together!
with our kids in Spanish.
NO MORE FOOTBALL FOR AWHILE

On January 13th Luz Maria

Florido Alfaro came to make

Luisa
Ninos

de Mexico her home. Luz comes a broken home and neither father or mother want her.

from her She

needs love so badly that it almost breaks your heart. With much love and prayers she is learning that
someone does care and that God

that Ninos de Mexico

another source that

along
wishes to

with
not

have their name printed

North American Christian

is offering
of the
Convention

the winning Bible Bowl team

considers her
person.

very

important

Also this moi^h 17_year old Abel

came to us and asked
make Ninos de Mexico

a five day free trip to Ninos Mexico and the surrounding area.

de

if
his

he
home.

could
He

is a beautiful young person and

feel he will make er for our Lord. a

we

wonderful work

One Sunday morning Leonor (Nora) age approximately was brought to

us.
We
them.

She had been abandoned by both

thank God for our new child

parents.

ren and ask your prayers for us and

rsMNiRsnn rsihirt
We are happy to give you a re

LUZ -

ABEL - NORA

port on the VW COMBI.

Even though

yyuick

/I

we didn't reach our goal by Christ-

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The Beemans

The Baders

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

Don and Vi

Associate Directors NIftos de Mexico

Apartado Postal 51 Texcoco, Mexico

Forwarding Agent:
John Jahnssen R. 2 Box 189 Mexico

Telephone No. 9 in San Vicente Chicoloapan,

State of Mexico

Package Address:
NiKos de Mxico 3310B Lane

Marthasville, Mo. 63357

Laredo, Texas 78040

(Formerly BEEMAN'S BULLETIN)

EXTRA

EXTRA

EXTRA

From Shore to Shore in 74

Well, it wasn't quite from shore to shore but we missed it only about one hundred miles. Our tour began last year with our first stop being at the

Southaven Church near Memphis, Tennessee.

east to within about

From there we journeyed farther

east coast as we were per

one hundred miles of the

mitted to take a few days vacation at Disney World. From there we began our information trip. It would take several volumes to tell you all of the great events that happened as we traveled from the east coast to as
far west as San Rafael, California; as far north as Redmond, Oregon; then back east to Missouri^ and ending our trip in Bedford, Texas. We trav

eled over 35,000 miles, taking seven months to make the trip. We found as we traveled, that not only is there southern hospitality, but also northern hospitality, western hospitality, eastern hospitality, central
hospitality in fact everywhere we went we found great Christian peo ple, really excited about the Lord and wanting to do great things for His
Church. It was another year of no accidents. We this trip, no mechanical trouble, and to the best
did not miss a single scheduled appointment.

had only one flat tire of our knowledge, we

READY

TO

GO

STILL

BUILDING

1975

WHERE

DO WE GO??

Dec.

Midwest

A request from
takes.

you

is
to

all

it
share

With the ever increasing cost of traveling we are trying to cut down on the number of miles traveled, by
suggesting areas where we will be and then while in your area, if you would like a first hand report on
the work of Ninos de Mexico we can

We would love

with you in a VBS, summer camp. Faith Promise Rally, a Sunday ser vice, or a week night program with a dual projector slide presenta tion. We have an exciting story
to present of Ninos de Mexico and we want you to hear i t . The above

stop by. We are at this time mak ing this tentative schedule
April & May June & July Aug. & Sept.
Oct. & Nov.

schedule is only could be changed

suggested and by your request.

East

& Southeast

Midwest Northwest Southwest

Write to us here in Mexico (Air mail) or send to our Missouri

address, P.O. Box 287,

63084.

Union, Mo,

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HOW ABOUT OUR OWN KIDS?

EXTRA

PAGE

Permit us to brag just a little bit

if we may, abour our own personal family. One of the stops this past year was at Milligan College in
Tennessee where our tw~ sons, Paul

Now, now, now ...is the time, time, time.

TO ORDER YOUR VBS PACKET

and Keith were finishing their last year. We were very proud and happy
that we could be there for the

IT'S FREE
SEE BELOW

graduation service. At this writing we can tell you that Keith is continuing in a spe cial school preparing for work with an insurance company. When he fin ishes this time of study he will be sent to some place in the U.S. to
work. When asked about where he

NEWS

IN A nutshell:

would like to be sent, his only comment was, "I don't care just as long as there is lots of outdoor space and pretty girls". Well, what else would a single fellow
look for?

Briefly, here are just a few of the many exciting things that 1975 holds for you and for us as we share together. We are going to only list them and let our regular newsletters tell you about them.
1. Our best VBS packet yet, is

soon to be available. I t will include a 36 minute record of

Paul at this time is putting to gether a new musical group and will be traveling this summer for Milli gan College. Paul has always en

our family singing and recit ing Bible verses (all in Spanish). Write for this packet at
P.O.
63084

joyed this type of work

of a show off)
excited Eklasias" about and

(he's sort
are really
Watch for the

Box 287, Union, Missouri

and

we

i t too.

2. Would you like to be a "Nifios

de Mexico Informer"? Write

the group.

They

are
be

called "The
at

will

to us and we
how.

will tell

you

North American Convention other ^pTaces this summer.

and many

3. Did

you

receive

our

1974

Sharon, as you may remember, was working with the Home last year for
a while, but has decided, at least for now, this was not what she felt the Lord wanted her to do, so .she
has returned to the states, St.

Christmas Picture Album?

4. A big area wide Banquet

fall. Watch for it.

this
be
the

5. A FREE LP Stero Album, to

released in October,
offered soon. Newsletter. Watch

is to be

Louis County to be exact, and has returned to her profession of nurs

ing. She has a nice apartment in south St. Louis County and is work ing at Missouri Baptist Hospital, (P.S. SHE IS STILL SINGLE)

6. A trip for five outstanding teenagers. Watch for details.

7. Expansion is happening.
information about June 1.

More

make a move, ^ personal visit

Before you

CONTACT US ABOUT

DON'T FORGET TO WRITE TO US SOON IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR COMING BY AND PERSONALLY TELLING OF THE WORK IN MEXICO. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.

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THE BEEMANS

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

THE BADERS Don and Vi Associate Directors

NII<;iOS de MEXICO

Apartado Postal 51 Texcoco, Mexico

M6xi(x>

FORWARDING AGENT:
John Jahnssen

PACKAGE ADDRESS:
Ninos de Mexico 3310 B Lane

R. 2

Box 189

Marthasville, Mo. 63357

Laredo, Texas 78040

VOLUME

FEBRUARY

1975

NUMBER

GOOD OLD FEBRUARY

February has been unbelievable.
on us God has poured out blessings

On February 19th Brother Conley Silsby of the Traveling Christian

College, Seattle, Washington visited us and proposed that the college

make Ninos de Mexico their
We would love to have them so

until we truly say "our cup runneth

over". We feel so undeserving of all that God has made possible this month. Let me share with you. First of all on February 2nd a lovely young Christian family made
known t h e i r desire to dedicate

head-^
we

quarters for a time in 1976 or 1977. told them yes and are praying that we will have enough of our construc
tion done to be able to accomodate them. We now have most of our office

their lives to evangelism through orphanages in Mexico. They will be

starting June 1st a three month trial period to see if they will be able to adjust to the country,
customs and conditions of this new

and reception room into .except for

ready to

move

WINDOWS

and because we are going into windiest time of the year this
a must before we can move in.

the is
The

work.

Please

pray for

them

as

they make this most important decision. There are other couples on a waiting list and as funds are
available more units of Ninos de

kids are really looking^ forward

floor tile.

to

their library and all that is lack ing for that is two windows and the On February 21st we went Veracruz to see about enrolling
in medical school in his home

Mexico will be opened.

REACHING YOUTH
February 9th was my birthday and i t was also a Birth Day for four young adults. Our secretary, Graciela, was married February 1st
to a young banker from Texcoco and

to No^
state

university. were met by

When we returned the nice surprise

we of
with

finding our friends,

the

Popes,

here in their motor home and

on February 9th they both obeyed Christ in baptism. Also, two young poeple from Villa Coapa where Merlyn preaches made their confes sion and were baptized. Praise God for these new Christians and may

them two other couples, the Hubers and the Willoughbys. If you've
ever wondered what would I do i f I

visited Ninos de Mexico maybe

pictures will give you an idea.

these
To

begin with they stopped by our pack

age address at 3310B Lane in Laredo, Texas and picked up several boxes

they let Christ lead

is our prayer.

them

always

that were

waiting to be brought

in

to Mexico and as soon as they got here we put them to work. Besides being grandma and grandpa to a lot

of kids who need lots and grandpas they put

working.

of grandmas in long hours

't ^

REJOICING

WITH THE

LORD

RALPH AND EUNICE

POPE

NIfJOS NEWS

FEBRUARY 1975

PIl.l^uW CASES

Units
Units

1
1

& 2
& 2

Units 1 6 2

TUPPERWARE

M/M WILLOUGHBY WITH RALPH IN HAT

IRONING BOARD IRONING BOARD COVERS

REFRIGERATOR
BUNK BEDS

MATTRESSES

Units 1 6 2

SILVERWARE

(Service for 24)

Unit

In a
MR. AND MRS. HUBER

short time Don and Vi

will

be on the road again.

day dates for f i l l in
Two of our cows had heifer calves this month so our c a t t l e herd is

Following is

a list of their dates up until now. They would really like some week
Ladies meetings or Men's fellow

ships, youth
breakfasts.

groups
an

or
love

prayer
program
to

fast increasing and

have a l l the milk we

we once

again

can drink and

They have

exciting

thick cream for butter, baking, ice cream and whipped cream. We thank God daily for our farm
animals.

this year and we would share it with you.

:Y ! a.ra.

Calvary Christian Church,

Cilcn Allen, Va. rioiinie Urao Cliurch of Christ, Richmond, Vs.

wing. Meetumaid
Ip "lliC (rrlorij oj" C?Ocf

:iort.h3ido Church of Christ, High Point, :i.C. Rinqgolo Church of Christ,

llagocstowni %I. FCC, si loon Sprinqs, Ark. Central CC, U.irtscllc, Als.
Ko;, Anna, iiiinoig dvus

Camp

Sudan, Kansas

Canp = Paducali, Kentucky

We really want to say a thank you for the response

special we have
pays de are
JUL* 2B

Wcstorn lloi<)htu Christian Church,

Carboiidalo, i l l .

NACC = Detroit, :tichiqan

Canp Orcqon, !to. Camp = Warrcnsuurq, Mo.

gotten on memorials. Mexico a high interest rate on time posits and all memorials

placed in this way. At the present your memorials are gaining 10.57%.
Our new Christian banker
care of this for us.

FCC, Bayard, :Jol>r. - UVBS Uost Side CC, DCS Koinos, la. Camp : High Hill, .-lo.
FCC, Redmonri, Oregon
;iouiicain View CC,
riew 'texico

is taking

Las Cruccs,

We have gotten many letters lately asking for suggestions on how you or your group can help.

THANK YOU
for your interest and here list of some things we need: is a

Again, we thank you for helping us to make Ninos de Mexico a reality. We thank you for the privilege of
serving Christ in Mexico.

"BEttlj OlOCks'L COUPONS!

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VOLUME

MARCH 1975

NUMBER 3

WfA ^ -v Greetings to i ) everyone from wild

f
/

fS? is our dry season v. wind and every dayl i t t the blows a le

Mexico.

This

~T^ 1^)
THEN

God will soon send

the rain and the

harder but

we

know

THERE IS MARCH!

earth

will

turn

green. If i t weren't for the bad times we wouldn't enjoy the good times nearly as much when they
come.

way I To begin with Merlyn just opened the phone book and picked a record ing studio. He went to talk to the man in charge who turned out to be an ex-vice president of MGM studios in Hollywood. He informed Merlyn that his was the most expen sive studio in Mexico and Merlyn was thinking, "Oh well, if at first you don't succeed....". But then the man said, "I own this place and

I like what you are

doing

so

you

Outside of been a month

the

wind March has full of wonderful

bring your snotty nosed kids in here and I won't charge you anything to record your record." Praise Godi
Besides t h i s he used his influence

experiences. We praise God as He leads us in all things. We learn from past mistakes and wonder at the way God can use u us in our s i n imperfection.
We spent much time in March

to get the records made at less than half price.

looking for a site for

of Ninos de Mexico.

Unit

No.

2
to

We tried

move only as God showed us how. We came up against closed doors and turned to find God showing us another way. We stood amazed at

Naturally we were going to show him we don't have snotty nosed kids so Karen stayed up long hours into the night sewing pants for the boys and maxi-skirts for all the girls and we took a beautiful group of beautifully behaved kids ini.nto
make the record at one of the

how He led us.

The NEW HOUSE

fanciest

recording

studios

you

is of is We

located in the little village Huexotla where the government building hundreds of new houses. pray that this will be a ripe
to start a new church.

could ever hope to see. Pati started walking

and she is a l i t t l e terror

this month
on two

little fat legs. She is just about the prettiest little thing you've
ever seen but prejudiced. then maybe I'm

field

We beg for your prayers for this new Unit and we especially ask
your prayers for: 1.) the church

work in this village; 2.) family in charge of this Unit;

the children who will find home and Christ in Ninos de

the 3.)

their Mexico

Unit No. 2; 4.) us, Merlyn and Wanda, as we help to coordinate this new Unit? and 5.) the funds
to operate another Unit.

-Vacation 3i$Ce SehoeC

We must sfiare with you the fun
OUR YOUNGEST GIRL NOW WALKING

we had making our record for the DVB5 kit this year. The Lord really did lead and show us the

NIf50S NEWS

MARCH 1975

The 16th of March Villa Coapa celebrated their 1st anniversary with approximately 150 present. The churches in the valley of Mexico
sent representatives and the

there be one here tonight

without

Christ may he decide

to

give
of the

his

life to Him"
and said

and a

teenage

boy
room

stood up near the back

"I've already decided

to

brethren in Villa Coapa served dinner for everyone. It was a four hour service of singing, preaching, special music and much fellowship. The church in Villa Coapa, though still small in number, is a strong working church and we ask your
special prayers for its future
growth. This congregation

give my life to Christ." He went forward and made his confession of

faith before the sermon even began.

I t was the most wonderful week

we have ever experienced here at the Home and we ask you to remember in prayer all these new Christian
brothers and sisters. Most of all

we ask your prayers

was started
testi

for a

teenage
made

girl named Pati

who came and

because of No^ and Petra's

mony in prep school. goal in being here in

This is our this work--

her confession but her parents bid her to be baptized.

I... ^

for

that our children will share their love of Jesus with others and that

together our family can be a real example to all those that know us. The week before Easter was spent

KBVIVAl
We had the Institute Biblico Nacion-

al with us leading our services and going calling with the children.
What a wonderful week it was!

Attendance ran as high as 260 on Friday night and going in with area churches in the valley there were
over 300 for Easter Sunrise Service

of 2 2

WHO WERE BAPTIZED

EASTER WEEK

in our backyard. The ladies of the church here helped Vi and I to

prepare breakfast of scrambled eggs, refried beans, chile sauce, tor tillas, french rolls, donuts and coffee cake for everyone. During the week 11 people made their confession and were baptized. Sunday morning 10 more stepped out to accept Christ and were baptized.
Two of these were from the Jardln

Again, we say thank you for

sible. Just think if

mak

ing the work of Ninos de Mexico pos

i t were not

for your prayers and financial

these people may never
Jesus. Romans 10:14-15:

help
found them And they

have

"But how

shall they ask Him to save unless they believe in Him? how can they believe in Him if
have never heard about Him?

Balbuena congregation and one from Juan Escutia. Four (a whole family) were from the Villa Coapa area, the
other t h r e e were from here in our

And how

can they hear about Him unless some one tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them unless someone
sends him?"

village, a school teacher, the owner of the town drugstore and :a housewife. On Sunday night tears came to our eyes as at the beginnirg of the sermon the preacher said,"if

Thank you for sending us.

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APRIL

1975

NUMBER 4

*1

* 'W'!"
:l^i

April was a busy month.

Vi l e f t for the States and

Don and
the

children were all studying extra hard getting ready for tests. Merlyn went to sleep coming home from Thursday night Bible study in Mexico
City and put the Combi out of com mission for quite awhile. We had
several visitors from the States. We

took
"God is Great, God is Good." The words go over and over in my mind
Please excuse me i f I start the

the

Chicoloapan

youth

group

on two special outings

and Laura

month backwards but

April

30th

of 1975 was such a speical

day. April 30, 1970 our l i t t l e

special
Jaime

became engaged to a very nice Christian young man from Mexico City. The rains started and every thing started looking pretty and
green.

spent his 15th birthday suffering in the hospital. We bought him a new robe and slippers. He had no use for dress clothes or toys. He would never walk again. He was too sick to play. The nurses went to gether and bought him a beautiful
cake. The doctors specialist in Mexico) (the best said i t was

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR

kids. And we were really thrilled when Laura, Enrique and Gaudencio won first places in the regional
track meet and asked us i f we would

like to go with them to the capital to compete in the

state State

Jaime's last birthday.

prayers of thousands of

He

would
the

Meet. Merlyn and I got very burned and popped off all our
tons as we watched a l l three

sun but
of

live less than six months. But God saw f i t to answer

our kids win first places once again.

Gaudencio won a gold medal in the running long jump. Enrique won a
gold medal in a series of including a 1500 meter run,
two other events. Laura

Christians

and now five years later Jaime is a living testimony that God does
exist that God does answer

tests the
won a

prayers. On April 30 , 1975 we had a special prayer service to thank

God for Jaime's life. Jaime will

throwing of the disk and javelin and

gold medal in the 100 meter dash,
silver medal in the 200 meter

a
and

graduate from secondary school this

June. He is making above grades and he continues to
for Jesus.

average witness

a bronze medal in the

long

jump.

So we have three state champions.' They will be in the National Competition on June 21st.

JAIME AND

HIS

CAKE

LAURA and GAUDENCIO WARMING UP

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PAGE

APRIL 1975

ENRIQUE WINS

As I was helping Maria Contreras serve lunch at the Youth Rally last night and the bean juice was run ning out through the cracks in the plates and dripping down our
arms she said that it sure would

In the middle of the above

ture is a swimming pool

pic
that

filled with

trash.

It

didn't

take the boys

of

long to get to problem.

the bottom

be nice to have some melmac plates for things like this. So I thought maybe some of you would like an excuse to buy that new set of dishes you've been wanting and get rid of those extra plates you've got stuck back in the corner of the cupboard taking up space. What I'm saying is, if any of you have old plates you aren't using the Valley of Mexico Youth Group could sure put them to good use. Just send them to our package address and we'll see that - they get to the Youth Rally.
Ninos de Mexico Unit #2 is

GETTING UNIT NO.

READY

mm,-:-

ON THE WAY
to becoming a reality. We are mak
ing a loan to purchase the property and put the buildings in living conditions. Our kids are doing a lot of the work getting things in shape. The place had been used to dump trash into for a long time and

every one got sore muscles taking out fifty dump truck loads of
trash. I'm sure When i t is a l l finished i t will be worth i t . The

We thank you so much for April. With your prayers and financial help you are making Unit No. 2 a pos sibility. Thank you for caring.

LOVE,

, vvU.fvM'

kids are really enjoying getting a place ready for other children to
have a home, too.

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MAY 1975

NUMBER

BIG

EMPHASIS

UNIT NO.

people that do this for them. Several have written and mentioned

Greetings to all from Ninos for the month of May. Work, work, work was our theme this month. May 1st is Labor Day in Mexico so that is what we used i t for. Everyone packed up and went to work at Unit
Two. Mom and Dad Beeman arrived

the possibility of inviting one of our kids in the future. We ask you
to please give us months of
notice because i t takes a

advance
lot of

May 9th to help get the new ready and our first

Unit

Summer Interns Serving

this year arrived May 15th.
us spent May at Unit Two.
OR
Air.

time to get their passports in order. If you are thinking about this for next summer it would be good to start your plans now so we could get their papers early. Besides the pigs, chickens, dacks, turkeys, rabbits and cows that our

kids learn to take care of we try to

put in a garden each year.
year the hail didn't kill tomatoes once and everything

All of

This
our else are

is really growing good

so we

really injoying fresh vegetables.

UNIT #2 -

LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE

Saturday, May 10th, was Mother's Day and my "day" started at 1:25 a.m. with a serenade at my window and another just before daylight. Then that night the kids gave a surprise party. The girls had made a beautiful heart shaped cake and decorated the house. We played games and had cake and sodas. My gifts ranged from a marshmellow rabbit made by Marcos to a beauti ful lace tablecloth given to me by Fidel and Isaias, our two that were married in January.
Several of the kids will be go ing to the states this summer. They have been invited by their friends or by a summer camp. This

GARDEN

HELPERS

Don and Vi Bader are traveling in the states now representing Ninos de Mexico. They have the latest news of the Home and up to date
slides. They have most of their

weekends filled but are open for quite a few weekdays. They would be happy to speak to your men's
prayer breakfast, ladies missionary group, youth group or whatever. Following is a list of their scheduled stops. Write to Ninos de

Mexico, P.O. Box 287, Union,

souri 63084 for more

Mis

information.

naturally is a highlight for and we certainly appreciate

them the

Don and Vi would love to tell you the story of Ninos de Mexico and how God is using us here in Mexico.

NIROS NEWS

MAY 1975

DON AND VI'S SCHEDULE

The first part of June Jack

and

Marriage of daughter, Sharon, in Union, Mo.

Samaria Christian

Oct.

AM

Knott Ave.

Christian

Vicki Yarnell and their three child ren of Bedford, Texas will be ar riving in Mexico for a three months

Church, Aneheim, Cal.

Oct.
S PM

First Christian Church,

internship.

If after they have had

for

Church, Trafalgar,
Ind. Oct. 13

Westminster, Calif.
Mountain View

Antioch Church of

Christian Church

Christ, H.
Ind.

Lebanon,
Oct.

time to adjust to Mexico i t is their desire to work with Ninos de Mexico

Las Cruces, N.M.

14 Mountain View

they will be the new parents

NACC, Cobo Hall, Detroit, Mich.

Christian Church,
Phoenix, Ariz.
Oct.
19 Mountain View

Flaming Spirit Camp,

Oregon, Mo.
Falrvlew Christian

Christian Church, Phoenix, Ariz.

Oct. 26

Ninos de Mexico Unit Two, This is a great decision to make and we ask you to be in prayer for them.

Church, Carthage, Mo.

Church Camp, Harrensr burg. Ho. Faith Promise Rally,
Central Christian

Story Road Christian

Church, Irving, Texas

Nov.
1

Combined church ineeting Washington and Union,

Missouri AM

Church, Sumner, 111. First Christian Church, Blair, Neb.

Jackson Church of

Nov.

First Christian Church Carmi, 111.

First Christian Church

Nov.

Greenville,
Nov. 7

111.

Christ, Hontezuma, la.

West Side Church of

Rock Creek Christian

Church,
Ohio
Nov.
9 AM

Rock Creek,

Christ, Des Moines,

Iowa

First Congregational

Church of Christ,

Church, Highland, 111.

Nov. 12 F i r s t C h r i s t i a n Church

Ankeny, Iowa Aug. 10-15 Aug. 19-29 Camp, High Hill, Mo.
VBS, The Christian Church, Redmond, Ore.
First Christian Church

Farmer City, 111.

Nov. 16

F i r s t Christian Church

Klowa, Kansas
Nov. 18 First Christian Church

Baker, Ore.

La Cygne,
Nov. 19

Kansas

Silver Valley Christian

Church, Osburn, Idaho
Yamhlll Christian

First Christian Church

Tyro, Kansas
Nov. 23 PM First Christian Church

Church, Yanhlll, Ore.

F i r s t Christian Church Nov. 25-28

Odin, 111.

K- -

National Missionary
Convention,
Missouri

Oakland, Oregon
St. Johns C h r i s t i a n

St. Louis,

VICKI AND JACK

Church, Portland, Ore.

St. Johns Christian

Nov.

30

First Christian Church

Nashville,
Dec. 7

111. Kan.

Church, Portland, Ore. Christian Church, San Rafael, Calif.

F i r s t Christian Church

Countryside Christian
Church, Wichita,
First Christian Church

Dec.

14

Yellville, Arkansas
Dec. 20

Castro Valley, Calif.

Youth Rally. Antioch

Christian Church,
Dix, Illinois

Again we thank each of you make Ninos de Mexico a reality. is because of your prayers financial help that we are able
be here in Mexico and the Lord blessed our work for Him until stand amazed at what He is able

who It and to
has we to
for

We are really behind on our correspondence. We've been working so much getting Unit Two ready that we really do have a stack of mail to answer. We're sorry about this

do through us.
We feel that the decision

Unit Two has been guided beginning by the Lord.

from the We have

and we hope you will forgive us for being behind. We are trying hard to get caught up.

seen His hand daily in

that has been made.

the progress

We" thank Him so

for His goodness.

We also want to thank the Elders of the First Christian Church in

Washington, Missouri who have guided

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CELEBRATION

IN A CHICKEN HOUSE

walked

in.

June was a month of

coming

and

going, visitors from the States and

all over Mexico.

of school and

Our kids got

vacation

out
time

started.

We send

you

greetings
out

from Ninos de Mexico. The f i r s t of June started

with a bang.

We invited
from

a
here

duet
in

from Ecuador to visit us and Merlyn

invited the church

San Vicente Chicoloapan, from Villa Coapa and from Texcoco to worship with us and stay for lunch. We served some over 200 a spaghetti dinner and had a wonderful day of fellowship. On the 3rd of June the group
from Purdue left for the States
and after their weeks of hard work

OUR

6TH GRADE

GRADS

sight seeing. We certainly thank them for all they did.

On the 4th of June Jack

do
and

The Prep school No^ is graduating from had a lovely service the 8th of June. It is what they tall their
action of thanks or "acci6n de

Vicki Yarnell arrived accompanied by Vicki's parents in their motor home. They were able to bring in many of their things to start their
new home and we thank God for

gracias". It was held at a very large Presbyterian church in down town Mexico City. The secondary school had no
special graduation exercise of any

watching over them as they traveled

and crossed the border. Our VW Combi is still
in the

kind this year. The only celebration was a dance given by the parents of one of the graduates which our boys
chose not to attend Jos6 and Cruz. so we will be

garage getting

fixed

from

the

having something special for

Jaime,

wreck Merlyn had

tion of

in April

so

we
to

were really thankful for the

addi

Jack and Vicki's VW van

Merlyn's

folk's pickup that we had

You

been using since the accident.

may have heard the saying "manana" which means tomorrow. Well, that
is what they keep telling us
we

The middle of the month I got very sick and after a couple of days Merlyn took me to the doctor. The doctor was almost ready to operate for appendicitis but when he did a blood test it was not high enough
for that so he sent me home with

when

ask when our van will be done.

We had several graduates month and we spent a lot of

this time

getting graduation dresses, shoes, pants, sweaters, neckties and all

some medicine that put me back on my feet in a couple more days. It must have been contagious because several others got i t right after I
did.

the extras that go with the special day. The primary graduation dinner
was held in an abandoned chicken

Saturday, the 21st, were the pre-national eliminations for the track meet. We piled everyone from

house and I thought,

"Oh, noV when

at

4th grade up into Merlyn's

folk's

they told me but i t wasn't bad

all decorated with flowers,

crepe

paper and balloons and only

had

slightly funny smell when you first

pickup and the Yarnell's VW van, bought stuff for a picnic lunch and took off for the Polytechnic In stitute in Mexico City.

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Gaudencio was again the smallest to compete in the long jump and he
didn't do as well as he did at the

State meet but he did place

fourth

and we feel that next year he will have a good chance for first place. Enrique did quite well in the
pentathalon and came in in second place. He can really throw the javelin! He will go on to the
national meet which will be held

in Mermosillo, Sonora, the first part of November. Laura excelled again as she took first place in the 100 meter dash,
first in the 200 meter dash and

OUR CHAMPIONS

GAUDENCIO -

LAURA -

ENRIQUE

second in the running long jump. She was immediately approached by trainers from Mexico City to com pete in an international meet that
was to be held but this would dis

plumbing work on Unit Two. Grand ma Beeman kept us all full of cakes,
cookies and cheese cake. She can

qualify her for the

National

meet
it. the

in November so she did In the 200 meter dash

not do she beat

make the best chocolate cookies you ever ate.'

On Wednesday the
a tearful farewell

chip
had

2 5th we
for

Mexican national champion.

Karen Anders,

She completed her term at Ninos de Mexico and returned to the States.
We have never had a worker at

Ninos that is missed as acutely as Karen. She gave of herself so com.pletely and unselfishly all the
months that she worked here. She

willingly gon

did

anything and every

She wa

thing that we asked of her. brought a new Pinto station

(bought with her

she came

own
and

money)
she

with her when

stood the expense of but there was nothing

LAURA CROSSES FINISH LINE

gas that
de

and

re
here

pairs the whole time she was

didn't do for Ninos Mexico

car
and

The 22nd Merlyn's folks left for the States taking Terry David, Greg and Roberto with them. Terry David and Greg will be spending a few weeks with Grandpa and Grandma and Roberto will be visiting his
"friends" in the U.S.

the people of the village. It carried a dying baby to the hospital with a police escort. It carried as many as 24 at one time_to a baptism.
It carried a l l the l i t t l e ones on

picnics. It carried pig feed, gro ceries, straw and probably most any thing you could name.
Thanks so much, Karen. And thanks to all of you who be cause of your prayers and support do make i t all possible.

We were sorry to see them go. They had used their truck constant

ly while they were here

done much of

and

had
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1975

NUMBER

As

we

end

our

first

month

in

Mexico we marvel again at

Lord has worked our decision in our made was

how the
When to

lives.

in Feb.

spend the

summer

as

interns

at

Ninos de Mexico, we thought we had more than adequate time to get ready. But as our departure date of May 18th got closer, months seemed like days.

TRAVELS
We took our two 11, and Michele, 7, girls, Genie, out of school

Fidel painting the apartment

a little early and with Tony (age 2) we tearfully said good-by to our church family at Bedford Chris
tian Church, Bedford, Texas.

mmm

Unit #2

We The Yarnells

were

shown the

facilities

Genie, Jack, Tony, Vicki & Michele

of Unit #2 and our not quite comp leted house. Even with everything unfinished the potential is evi
dent. The main

house
Two

is
other

bed-

After to see parents

We had a

quick

2 week

trip

rooms,

2 baths,

houses

through Missouri,

Kansas and Iowa

relatives, we met my (Virgil and Mary Jane

in San Antonio
trouble free beautiful

Boyer from Bedford)

Texas for the drive to Mexico City

trip and as we made
Mexico City

it

through

rush hour traffic and

on the property w i l l be used as a guest house and apartment. The apartment is now rented to a young couple from the home, Isaias and Fidel. We look forward to having them as neighbors. Our village is small, but boasts an Aztec ruin near the large Catholic church.

finally
Ninos

pulled

into
"God

the yard at
Is So Good"

the chorus

Its very near an agricultural col lege and we hope this might be an
avenue of ministry.

seemed very appropriate.

wasn't very interested in anything else. Wednesday was a large 3

tiered cake (Jack and No^ made

platen and pillars from wood so we could make i t really special). We

decorated it with yellow roses, and the older girls did the dining room in yellow and white crepe
paper. All this preparation was

for Karen Ander's"despedida"(going

away party).
Jim and Peg Hosken

That cake was such a

success we made another for Satur

day to say
Kosken

good-by to Jim and Peg

for a year in the
missionaries and

leaving

States.

We really enjoyed meeting

many of the area

learning of

other work being done

Mexico
We spent the first several

in Mexico.

days showing my folks around Mexico City. We've heard many warnings about the pick-pockets in the Metro (the underground subway system), but i t wasn't until we walked away from one stop and Jack
realized he d i d n ' t have his wallet

that we knew i t could happen to us too. Here again we found "God Is

So Good" as
in it and
drivers

he had only 6 dollars

had just renewed his
l e f t the

The view from our window

license before we

States. In spite of this incident we enjoyed our sightseeing and on

June 10
Texas.

we

said

another tearful

good-by as

Mom and Dad

left

for

Our family settled down temp orarily in one of the apartments here at the home. We made arrange ments for our Spanish lessons in Texcoco and started going three
mornings a week. The kids are

As we look out the window of our apartment we see cornfields

learning so quickly and we get a special kick hearing Tony say everything twice, once in English,
once in Spanish.' I'm learning to

with the
mountains

beautiful
behind

snow
them.

capped
The

Psalmist described
fectly in Psalm 65,

our

view per

we'd like to

do my grocery shopping in Spanish and how to make all the good mexican dishes t h a t the kids well here a t Nihos. like so

close our first news letter by sharing it with you, "He prepares
the earth for his people and sends them rich harvests of grain. He
waters the furrows with abundant

rain. Showers soften the earth, melting the clods and causing seed
The week of June 22 turned out

to sprout

across

the land.
wilderness;

Then
hill

to be party week, and I became the

o f f i c i a l cake baker. June 24 was

he crowns

it all with green, lush

The
flocks

pastures in the
tures are filled

a birthday cake as we celebrated Tony's 3rd birthday with all the preschoolers attending. They brought him a basket of fruit, and as soon as Tony saw the bananas he

sides blossom with joy.

with

pas
of

sheep, and the valleys are carpet

ed with grain. All the world

shouts with joy, and sings."

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Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

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Associate Directors

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VOLUME

JULY

1975

NUMBER

July
I've just come from E^uxring a rinse
on Ibon's hair. She i s now back to her natural color. She had tried

University during July and into Aug ust. Bill Hague and Chuck Shultz
drove the van down and served as

chauf(f"eurs while They stood most running the van Thanks to all the
them be able

they were here. of the expense of during this time. people who helped

t o do t h i s .

hydrogen peroxide
see if

on

her

hair to
Need

she could be blond.

Hermelinda
when she

gave
took a

us

good scare
the

less
well.

to

say

it

didn't work very

nose-dive off

Greetings
Mexico. As

to

all

from

Ninos
is

de

top of a barrel. She got a very bloody nose and i t took a while to get her cleaned up. It was only
after all t h i s t h a t we discovered she also had broken her arm in two

usual there

never a

dull minute here. We thank you, our supporters, for the privilege of each experience, whether they be
trials and sorrows or rewards and

joys. We were thankful for the opportuni ty the First of July to be able to

places. She really was brave and was so proud of her cast when we all autographed i t that I thought she may never want to part with it. She had no trouble at all eating a banana split with one hand.

attend
Sharon

the wedding of Don and Vi's

Sharon. You remember,
for aworked here a t Ninos

daughter,

mm

while. Her and her husband, Gerald Lee, promised to visit Ninos soon so we will have a chance to get to
know him b e t t e r .

Merlyn and I have been able to do a few things together now since we have Fidel and Isaias handy to take care of the Home while we are away.

They have proven to be very trust worthy and get along fine being "in charge" of everything.
The middle of the month we sent the

HERMELINDA

kids off to camp. It is always a really great experience getting twenty teenagers packed up and off
for
tion We

We made our first of 17 payments on Unit #2 the 26th of July. Every

thing is really starting to take shape. We will finish up the re

modeling as funds are available.
MEETING THE CHALLENGE

week.
for all

I t wasn't too hard and

the week was

one of great inspira

of them. without our van and

are

still

The

Yarnells

have decided to work

were very thankful for the loan of the Campus House Van from Purdue

full time with Ninos so they will be returning to the States in Aug.

to

tie

up

loose

ends,

and upon

Navy blue double knit (for pants)

Good used children's shoes

their return to Mexico they will be come "the parents" at Unit #2. They expect to be receiving child ren by September first.

Boy's pants, all sizes,

Jaime was very very sick the whole

month

of

July.
the All

The doctors only

alive. He

Population Boom
Seen in Mexico
Mexico's population will
grow by 2.7 million people Uiis year and will reach 153 iiiillion by Ihe year 2,000 if

marvel that he i s s t i l l

went into July 2nd.

hospital at 2 A,M. they would tell us

In 1930, the average lifespaii

was 37 years and today it is
65,' she said.

is that we can hope he will respond to treatment. The prayers of many

were answered and after a little

present trends continue,

but, she added,public and

private institutions are find*

ing it more difficult to provide the growing population with the basic
necessities ot life. As lor the birth control

Luisa Maria Leal, secretary general ut the National Vupulation Council, said Friday.
Site said there will also be over rtPattv; thiK year, over lialf wliirh will

over a again.

month,

Jaime

is now home

pill, judging by sales, about

500,000 Mexican women are

t^inl'ants. Mrs. Leal spoke

at the First Annual Meeting

Carlos Gual, president of-the

Academy.

using it, accordii^ to Dr.

This, he said, was in ad

ol

the Sjpientii'ic Kesearcn

She said statistics show

Academy. Ihe lite expectancy for

Mexicans nas almost

dition

to

the

number

of

doubled in the last 45 years. No, we can't

women using intra-uterine devices, but he didn't l elease any statistics. care of all of
JAIME'S HOME

take

them but the ones that turn up on our doorstep we don't like to turn away. We know that many of the
children we have taken would not be

As I'm
and

writing
Bible

this

it's

Sunday

afternoon,

Classes are over

alive today if we had not been able

to feed them and love them. These children will be witnesses for our

we've

just

finished our noon

Lord wherever they go. They will bring their country closer to Jesus,

meal. Part of the kids are cleaning up the dining room and kitchen, the little ones are all down for a nap.
Several of the older ones are play ing guitars and practicing for a special song for church service to night. Some of the kids have friends in visiting. Merlyn hasn't gotten back from Villa Coapa where

When Unit Two is complete and paid for we will be ready to start Unit
Three. ready
Your

to

There take

are houseparents over another unit.

concern for Nines de

love and

he preaches on Sunday
look out

mornings.

Mexico is making this a reality. We have a very good carpenter from the church in Villa Coapa working at Unit Two. He is making the Kit Chen cabinets, the doors, closets,
bookshelves and bunk beds as funds

the window and see God's

beauty all around me and feel very fortunate to be alive and serving
Him.

are available to buy the wood.

PROJECTS

Thank you all again for making our work possible. Thank you for your prayers and support in every way.

In answer to the letters asking for projects, we still need the follow ing things;
Towels

Twin bed sheets, flat and fitted

Pillow cases
Iron

2 ironing boards Ironing board covers Soap Shampoo

Hand cream Combs

Iron-on-patches
Buttons

Thread

Red and white hair ribbons White knee socks

"PAPI,

YOU WOULDN'T DARE TAKE

MY PICTURE LIKE THIS,"

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VOLUME

JULY

1975

NUMBER

soon there was a line and a t l e a s t a dozen had haircuts before i t was

time to leave for camp.

July has been an exciting month for

the Yarnells, We're also certain

i t must have been the shortest July in history.'

Goal!
Soccer, or Mexican football is real

Work

slowed temporarily at Huexot-

la

while

Merlyn

and Wanda made a

ly a national passtime. The little boys here at the house can kick a

quick trip to Missouri for Sharon Bader's wedding. This did sever

ball
walk.

almost
To

as

soon

as they can

get from the road to the

al things for us. It gave us a taste of really being on our own and took us deeper into the joys
and troubles of a household with so

house you have to drive through the

soccer field. While coming home from shopping I forgot to use my horn coming through the goal post, and watched a perfect goal sail
right into the front window. is now a project to clear a
field behind the house.

many

children. in

We

knew the time but with the

had come to make our decision about

staying

Mexico,

There soccer

love we i t was
to share.

feel for the people here an easy one. When the

home we had good news
have decided to make We

Beemans came

Mexico our home

for as long as the

Lord wants us here.

r
ir Z.--. ..

After a soccer goal

Giving haircuts before camp.

Getting 22 kids ready for a week at

Each

month brings new experiences.

Xochimilco, on the south side of Mexico City has a large flower mar

church camp is

really interesting.

ket.

They sell about every variety

We

My job was haircuts. We set up the barber shop on one of the porches near an outlet for the clippers.

our

flower,

area.

shrub and tree grown in

spent one whole day

The first few came slowly, not sure

whether to trust

me

or

not,

but

our yard. A lot of work goes into getting the yard ready. We are

picking

just

the right plants for

planning

lots of grassy play areas

Exploring in the mountains.

Working on the yard.

Sunday school. Jack led us as we sang our favorite songs and read
several of our favorite Bible stor

ies.

After more exploring we had a

pic-nic lunch, then headed for home

Future play areas.

Up goes the front door.

July wasn't all work. Early one Sunday morning we loaded our three kids in the van and drove up in the
mountains behind the house. After

As the month ends, Unit #2 has run ning water, one complete bathroom

and a front door, so moving day isn't far away. We'll tell you all
about i t in the August letter.
til then...

some exploring and "rock hounding" we gathered for a mountain side

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Directors

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AUGUST

1975

NUMBER

August
August started out with a visit from the Gene Harrison family of O'Fallon, Missouri. This is the second time they have been able to visit us and we are always happy
to see someone The from the States.

are very proud of No^. He was elec ted as next year's vice-president of
the convention.

On Monday, August 18th, Ninos

Mexico met the Bible Bowl
of the North American

de

cham.pions
Christian

Convention at the Mexico City Inter

national Airport. Dodge City, Kansas.

They are

from

We pray that you

month.

had a

good
and

Lord blessed us

SifeW
FELICIDBDESI

watched over us in every way. Pablo gave us a good scare with a nose bleed that just wouldn't stop and
we had to take him to the hos

pital but he was soon

better

and

just as mischievous as ever. On August 10th we took 41 to the

National Youth Convention in Nueva

FEJf

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DE I
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'<ii){ I-; liiiwi.

Rosita,

Coahuila.

kl, WINNERS ARRIVE

They are truly a great bunch of kids and we really enjoyed having them in our home. They presented
each of our kids with a Boot Hill

T-shirt and a surprise envelope with a special present for each child.

LOADING FOR CONVENTION

It was really a

wonderful con
took that

vention. Fidel and Isaias care of the l i t t l e ones so

Meriyn and I both were able to ac company the teenagers. Two of the young people that we took who are not from the Home accepted Christ
as t h e i r savior. Several of kids rededicated t h e i r lives our to

r
BOOT HILL T-SHIRTS

Christ and one of the girls from Villa Coapa dedicated her life to
full-time service. We felt that it

was a very worthwhile trip and

we

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AUGUST 1975

Also, on the 18th Juan Robles had his 14th birthday. Juan had
roamed the s t r e e t s a l l his l i f e un t i l he came to Ninos de Mexico. When he f i r s t came t o us he had

As many of you already know John and Alice Jahnssen who have served as forwarding agents for Ninos de

Mexico since its beginning

in 1967
to We

horrible nightmares at night and screamed over and over in his sleep, "Don't hit me, pleasedon't hit me." He has been with us since '-'February of 1974 and he sleeps soundly now. He is not a bit shy about putting his arms around me and saying "I love you, mami."

are moving to a new area due John's promotion in his work.

do not have
gratefulness

words to express
to this

our

wonderful

Christian couple who have dedicated the last 8 years and 7 months of their lives to Ninos de Mexico.

They have helped us through all

joys and all our sorrows.

our

The hours

they spent daily in keeping you all informed and all our records comple ted only God can know and only God
can repay.

Thank you is a small thing to say

but

WE THANK YOU
took

John and Alice and thanks to your kids Sherman, Jimmie, and Sandy for
k''

all the times Ninos de Mexico

your dad's time from you.

Announcing
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUAN

As usual God provides for all

of

our needs and before we even knew of

1975 Graduates ...

Merlyn and I were really proud of our graduates. We took them to the ocean for their graduation present from us. They had a won derful time and we got very sun
burned.

John's future plans God had touched the hearts of another couple in the

Washington congregation to help us.

We have known Ron and Jane Cowan

for years.

They

are dedicated
We are both

workers for our Lord.

proud and humbled that agreed to be the new

they have forwarding

agents for Ninos. All funds for Ninos de Mexico Unit One and Unit Two should be sent

to the following address:

NIKOS DE MEXICO Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cowan Rt. 1 Box 310V
) < -

Washington, Missouri 63090 Their phone no. is: 314-239-7495.

We really want to say a big thank you to the Project Challenge . group., from California for the fine job
THE GRADUATES

they did with their work crew summer. They were here the month of August,
Most of

this whole

a l l we want to thank each

The very last of the month we had a wonderful time. For the very

first time we got together with the orphanage from San Luis Potosi and
the one in Quer^taro. We all met

one of you. We had a wonderful month because of your help.

together at a swimming pool outside of Quer^taro for a

just great

please remember Ninos de Mexico.

-prayer time

day of fun and fellowship.

Merlyn

nearly killed himself swimming with the kids all day but we really had
fun.

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AUGUST

1975

NUMBER

United States.

We had a

l o t of

fun

iAe

showing her her first automatic dishwasher, a tour of a Dallas Radio and Television station, and probably most fun for all of us, a day at Six Flags Over Texas.

Moving in.'

On the move is really discriptive of August! August 5 was moving day

at Huexotla, and what a day.' The

whole Ninos crew spent the day cleaning, scrapping, mopping and picking up. The kitchen appliances
consisted of one stove and several

large pots, that's all, but i t was enough to fix a good spaghetti din ner for everyone. Where to clean up was the biggest problem, but the

bathtub did very well as a sink. Wednesday the refrigerator was mov
ed in and Thursday the sink, so the
kitchen now looks like a kitchen.

Because of our dicision to stay

Mexico there was a

in
Elizebet, Genie and Michele

need to make a

Quick

trip back to Bedford, Texas,

make some final arrangements and bring back another load of things.
Besides our own three children we

A day at Six Flags

took with us Elizabet,

from Unit

We

owe

so much to our home church

#1.

It

was

her first trip to the

in Bedford. We visited with m.any friends and on Tuesday evening the

19th the church held a setting apart" service based on Acts 13:1-3 This was a very beautiful service and we're most grateful for the spiritual backing of this congrega
tion .

August 22 i t was "on the move" again as we headed back South. Two days in Seguin, Texas with Jack's folks, then across the border on
the 24th.

m)

Grandma says "good-by" as Jack loads

the car.

It was so good to get homel A lot of progress had been made at Huexot la. With the help of a Project Challenge group the house was paint ed and many small projects complet ed. The two days after we arrived we spent in the bodega (pantry). Everything was "stored" on the din

Jack uses the new "telephone".

the boys from Project Challenge was able to help Jack hook them up, and are they handy I Unit #2 is far from complete, but

ing room table while a lot of paint ing and cleaning went on in the bodega. We now have a beautiful place for kitchen supplies.
In our village there is no tele phone service, so communications
with Unit #1 were difficult. While
One of

we

are

ready.

Ready and waiting

we know the Lord

for the children w i l l send.

in the States we
two citizen band

were

able to get

radios.

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THE BEEMANS

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

THE BADERS
Don and Vi Associate Directors

Nif^OS de MEXICO

Apartado Postal 51 Texcoco, Mexico

Mexico

FORWARDING AGENT:

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f getting ^ ll "ready
^^forj^chool
It is the time of year when the air is crisp and every morning the
snow capped mountains shine across the s t i l l green corn fields. We thank God for the privilege of be ing alive and serving Him. We hope you had a busy blessed September. We didi Greetings from Ninos de
Mexico.

nical school. Two are waiting for the results on their applications to the University of Veracruz. We are so proud of our kids. They
have such a desire to better

their lives.

Jaime brings tears

to

my eyes every morning as he eats an extra early breakfast and catches

the 6:15 a.m. bus to Mexico City. He doesn't get home until between
5 and 5:30 in the afternoon. It is

really hard on him but he does with a big grin as he limps off
catch the bus with a "Hasta

it to
la

tarde, mami".
has eaten a

When he gets home and

(main mea])

late "comida"

and done his homework he then helps Merlyn balance the Home's daily books. How many of us would do this if we had had cancer for five years
and two crushed vertebra and one

September 2nd was a busy morning for Merlyn. Twenty-four had to be registered in primary school. This is a complicated process because
each child must have a certified

paralyzed vocal cord? We were surprised and happy

the 6th to have a visit from

on
Ted

birth certificate
report card.

and

last year's
five first

and Wanda Murray. They are seldom able to get away from their Home in
San Luis Potosi at the same time

We have

graders, six second graders, two third graders, two fourth graders,
five fifth graders and four sixth graders. The idea is to try to get all of each grade into the same
classroom so that homework is

but they had a very special reason for coming. Ever since Fidel and Isaias (two of our oldest kids) were married last January they have
expresseJ a desire to have a Home

of their own.

Our plan has

been

easier to check. You don't just walk into an office and say I have 24 children to register in school. You have to start early, fight for
a place in line and convince the

to put them in to Unit Three.

director that you have the smartest,

cleanest, best behaved and most deserving children. There are close to a thousand in our village that will not go to school because there is not enough room and the parents do not care enough to make the effort to get them enrolled. That was only the beginning. We then put two in kindergarten, seventeen in secondary school, one in the National School of Physical Education, one in accounting school, one in preparatory and one in tech

J
%, FIDEL AND

'
i ISAIAS

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SEPTEMBER 1975

Financially we cannot start another Unit yet and Ted and Wanda are looking for a couple to take
over their work load. Our kids

classes and this meant

brown

and

white checked pinafores instead of blue and white that they use in the

have decided to give it a try. Please be in prayer for this ven ture that God will give them wisdom and patience as they work together.
The middle of the month we

morning classes. The afternoon wear beige pants instead of blue. We patched all the blue pants and hope they will
until Vicki has time
ones.

boys navy navy last

new

to make

had a lovely visit from Norman and Mary Jean Kernodle from Los Alamos, New Mexico. They were very handy to have around and we are very grateful for their visit. We hope

they will come again real soon.

AFTERNOON FIRST

GRADERS

Remember Antonio from Villa Coapa who Merlyn baptized last February?
BROTHER KERNODLE PAINTER

Praise God for

a state

his

faith and witness.

He and some

Antonio was preaching this summer in

south of here.

friends""had'"gone into a "cJa:ntin'"a"""^o

talk to the men about Jesus. One man told him he did not like what he

was saying and

pulled

out a

knife

and stabbed Antonio in the side. Antonio f e l l to the floor but con tinued to t e l l the man that Jesus

loves him. Instead of fear or hate he showed t h i s man God's love. Antonio's friends took him to the

hospital to have stitiches

week the man who had
MARY JEAN AT TYPEWRITER

and that
him

stabbed

brought his whole family

more of this love.

to

learn
the

Before

Challenge Unlimited arrived on September 10th. They come from the campus ministry at the Univer sity of Cincinnati in Ohio. Seven girls and six boys dedicated 12 days' to painting, cleaning, loading dump trucks, cleaning septic tanks, etc.. They were a wonderful group and we want to give a special thank you to their group leader. Bob Clarke, for the fine job he
did of handling such a large group.
work I t was one of the finest crews we have ever had.

special services were over the and his family accepted Christ were baptized. Thank God
Christians like Antonio who

man and for

are

examples of God's love instead of just telling about i t . Pray ..for Christians all over the

world that we might Tive bur

faith

instead of just talking about it. Thank you for helping to make it possible for us to live for Him
here in Mexico.

"DISTRIBUTING SCHOOL
UNIFORMS"
was really a problem this year. Lack of funds made i t impossible to buy new uniforms for all. First graders had to be put in afternoon

P.S. SPECIAL NOTE: As this is ing written {October 8) Wanda

come down with what the doctors

be has
have

diagnosed hepatitis. Because of complications she has been hospital

ized. We ask your prayers for her.

THE BEEMANS

Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

THE BADERS
Don and Vi Associate Directors

Ni^OS de MEXICO

Apartado Postal 51
Texcoco, M6xico
M6xico

FORWARDING AGEMT:
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cowan Rt. 1 Box 310V

PACKAGE ADDRESS: Ninos de Mexico

3310 8 Lane

Washington. Mo.

63090

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1975

NUMBER

The rains have stopped here in the Valley of Mexico, but the Lord con tinues to shower down His blessings. Unit #2 is proud to announce the
arrival of its first children.

clothes and all. The only thing he managed to save from a soaking was
his new Bible that hand. I've noticed he had in t h a t while his Jack

Nestor, 11; Mario, 9 and Hector, 7 came to us on Saturday the 20th of September, about 10:30 AM hungry for food and love. We gave them

is teaching the boys what i t is like to have a real papi - he is learning how to kick a soccer ball
from his new sons! Seems like a

pretty good deal.

HECTOR,

MARIO & NESTOR

GETTING TO KNOW THEIR NEW SISTERS

Well,

IWe started in the middle

of

the month but we wanted you to know right away that Unit #2 is really started. As I said in Aug ust, far from complete, but on its way. When the boys came we had only two beds for them. The carpen ter has completed two sets of bunk beds so now every boy has a bed. We s t i l l are heating our water on
the stove for baths, dishes, etc.,

but through your continued help the Lord is providing and we should be
FIRST SOME GOOD FOOD

taking hot showers sometime in Oct.

Now for the first part of

Septem
of clean

both and already see a return on our investment. The younger one is
getting a l i t t l e less food than

ber.

There

is

still

lot

up to be done at Unit #2 and thanks to the help of a group from Cincin

nati , Ohio much of i t was done.

love'. It's very difficult to eat dinner v>ith just one tortilla. He's given us many "adventures". For in
stance the first time we visited

all the "cousins" at Unit #1,

Hec

tor took a "swim"

tank.

in the

septic
shower

Papi put him in the

They loaded truck after truck full of debris. They did a lot of shov eling and a lot of painting. It was a pretty tired bunch that left here each evening. We really ap preciate ail this group did.

play
oure

z\'^

i
After a hard days work. September
off to

found

Genie and Michele

Since this was to

school.

the local village quite an adventure.

school i t was No one at the

school speaks English

is often slow

and homework
as we

and d i f f i c u l t

translate Spanish

to English, find
well,
"Theater-infe-ho Maze --

the answer and re-translate -

you get the idea. The girls are doing very well and- we are very
proud of them.
School meant school uniforms. Be

tween Unit #1 and #2, 10 girls need ed new ones. The old sewing mach ine went to work. With the help of several visitors sewing hems and buttons, we completed 8 checked pinafores, 4 secondary jumpers and
6 white skirts in a little less

We had a maze while i t dried, mind t h i s a t a l l .

for

about

weeks

The girls didn't They took advannailed boards to

tage of
make a

all

the

puppet

theater.

When the

boards came down the r e s u l t s were well worth the confusion.

then 2 weeks. Everyone has at least one apiece now, and the wash ing machines work overtime during school to keep them clean.

As finances permit we continue with

construction. This month we were

able to add the front porcu.

gives a lot

This
Our new look.

of protection to our

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Merlyn and Wanda

Directors

THE BADERS
Don and Vi

Associate Directors

NII^OS de MEXICO Apartado Postal 51

Texcoco, Mexico
Mexico

FORWARDING AGENT:

PACKAGE ADDRESS
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VOLUME

OCTOBER 1975

NUMBER

10

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Each month all through nearly nine years Wanda has these found

until

she

can be

back to work
And

with
that

us again.

something

is
soon

the time to write our newsletter to

you.
so

I have

written a couple
that been that

but
I

few times has

rsOMffff!#? KiMissm
parents.

Wanda.

As

as she felt up to- the trip

Wanda went
to

can't really remember how many. Once

again, though,it is my turn. Greetings to each and everyone
of you that read NINOS NEWS. We

back

Missouri

where

she

is

now with

my

She can rest so much better

are so indebted to

you for

your

there.

It is hard to really

rest

part in the work cf Ninos de Mexico. Perhaps you can remember our January, 1970 newsletter. In it

when you have 54 childrenJ

was the announcement I won't forget.

I came down with hepatitis. It

Thank You All!

We got the word out to many of you through letters and other means

kept me down for many weeks.

on Tuesday,

Well,

October 7th, Wanda came

took her initial

down with hepatitis.

The doctor

and we

are so grateful

for
I

your
am

prayers on Wanda's behalf.

symptoms and siagnosed typhoid as her sickness. She was being treated with antibiotics and get
ting worse instead of better.
a n t i b i o t i c s were bad on her On the 11th Wanda had to

happy to report that she is

doing

much better and the doctor has told her she can s t a r t to resume normal

The

life activities again

taking it

liver. be

hospitalized and laboratory tests showed hepatitis. The treatment? Only rest. There really is no
treatment other than rest for some

slowly at first. I sort of feel like the picture here of our dog "SultSn".

four to eight weeks.

iirV-

' 'V-.

SURE
WANDA VERY SICK

IS

LONELY

HERS.'

I hope that those of you that have been praying for her will con
tinue to do so and that many more

I will be joining

Wanda on
we

the
will

13th of November and then

probably be returning
around the 24th.

back

home
to

will join us in prayer for

Wanda

John Mark accompanied Wanda

NIf?OS NEWS

OCTOBER 1975

the states and is practicing his English with grandma and grandpa.
While in the states I will be

with the brethren

Missouri

at

Ferguson,
November,

on the 16th of

fellowshipping with our sponsoring congregations Washington, Missouri and also meeting together with our new forwarding agents, Ron and Jane Cowan. I will end up my
visit to the States with the bre

thren

in

Los Alamos,

New

Mexico

sharing with them in Faith Promise Rally.

But that is

their

Second

a l l November news.

As you can see in our NEWS 2 section Unit 2 is growing. It was on October 1st that l i t t l e fernando,
Arturo and Leticia were added to

WE HAVE PROJECTOR AND TEAM WORKERS

Brethren, films are not

cheap.

the Ninos de Mexico family. This is only possible beeause of you friends. We are so grateful for your backing. We do want to say thanks for more things, too. One of those is the fact that we now have many new chairs. This is such a big help at the tables in the dining room and at the kids study desks in their rooms. Because of rising prices we did a lot of the work
on the c h a i r s .ourselves in order

They run on the average of 200 U.S. dollars per film but I really feel they are worth it. People here in
Mexico will go to see a free
We have had 500 here at the

movie.
house

for films in the past with very little announcing of the showing. I
visualize our young people going out

in sponsored teams to through this medium.

reach I

many hope

we can soon see this program in action. If you would like more information please write me direct

to not go over the six dollar, fig ure that they used to cost.

here in Mexico-, Any- -offerings for

this project can be sent to our forwarding agents. Our farm program continues to provide in many ways for the Home. Once again this month i t was time

to kill a couple of hogs.

day.

The boys

have gained much experience over the years and the job is done in one

No^ has been in charge of

pigs but will soon be leaving medical school. Gonzalo, brother, will be taking over
section of the barn.

the
for his

this

V70RKING

ON

NEW

CHAIRS

And because of the e f f o r t s

of

the Fourth Christian Chapel

in

St. Louis, Missouri Ninos de Mexico is now the proud owner of a new Bell and Howell 16mm movie projec tor. This is the first step in us having a visual aid evangelistic

team to go out reaching and teach ing. But now we lack just a few things.... films for our film library.

RENDERING

LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO

Friends, once again thank for sharing. \

VOLUME

OCTOBER 1975

NUMBER

"After"

OCTOBER 3X3
Three seems
for Unit #2.

to be the magic number

We started with three
r'S'

of our own,

added the three boys in

September and now. October has brought us three more children. To the delight of Genie and Michele, one of these is a girl. It started as a normal Wednesday evening, head
ed for
we

services
we

at Unit
found a

#1.

When

arrived

mother with

her 3 children.
out food or

They had been with

shelter for several
Leticia

days and she

simply could not care

for them

any

longer.

We

added

these three very, very dirty and unhappy children to our growing fam ily at Unit #2. Leticia,4, Arturo, 2, and Fernando,16 months, had a lot to get acquainted with. Six brothers and sisters for one thing,

baths, good

food and lots of loveJ

-U'

I ' l l let the "before and after" pic

tures t e l l the rest of the story. When we see these children as they

are now, we praise God for our work

here in Mexico.

Arturo

The first Saturday

in

October

we

a l l celebrated the installation of the hot water heaters with hot

baths.
the

Boy did it feel goodi

favorite

Bath

time is a

time of day for

l i t t l e ones.

Tony and Leticia share a

trycicle

Fredy and Arturo enjoying a bath

The door to the baby's room some times catches on the , closet door and can only be opened from the in side. One morning this happened while Jack and I were in town, and Fredy was in bed. There was no way
to reach him as the window was

We were happy to have the Lawrences and friends of Bluefield, W.V. here
for a short visit in October. It's

always

nice to

have

visitors and

get

to

know

some of you who help

make our work possible.

We ended October with a Fiesta. Hal loween i s celebrated here as "Dia

latched.

Nestor,

our oldest

boy,

de los Muertos" {Day of the Dead). They do many of the same things as
in the States and we used i t as an

quickly removed a pane of glass from the window, opened i t and res cued Fredy. When we returned Nest or had replaced the glass and the carpenter had fixed the door against future incidents.

excuse

for

party.
of a

We made our
"calabasa"

Jack-O-Lantern out

or squash and ate our little Mexi can sugar skulls with American pop corn balls. Everyone had a good
time, even if we did eat too much.

Our kids
school

keep
work

pretty

busy

with

and household chores,

but they find plenty of time to use the big pile of- sand in the yard. They also love soccer, volleyball, and put about 100 miles a day on the 2 bicycles and tricycle.

jritUr A
! . -il !i; -I,

Mexican Spooks I October has gone so quickly. We mar vel daily at the work of the Lord, and thank each of you for your help in giving these children a home.
Fun in the sand

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Mexico

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1975

NUMBER 11

Novembe
As I write the November news to

ed with crepe paper and posters

there was a

and

beautiful cake decorated

by Vicki. They also had popcorn and sodas. The kids gave him presents
and I think he had a wonderful

you all i t is the second

December here in Mexico

day
and the

of
sun

thirty-second birthday.
V

is shining and the flowers are blooming in our patio. We greet you from Ninos de Mexico. It is so good to be back home again. I'm rested up after my trip to the States and just praise the
Lord that I'm able to be back with

my family in Mexico. Everything went very well while I was gone except for a few minor mishaps such as Morris, our cat,
had kittens.
he could do

- - r

a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

j.

(We didn't know

t h a t when we named

that
her

Morris) Chucho and Juan blew up the gas oven on the kitchen stove.
The stove is fine and Chucho will

be when his eyebrows grow back and his nose stops peeling. No damage
to Juan.

We d i d n ' t know how in the

world

we would get the children's

Christ

mas presents from the package

in Laredo this year in time Christmas but the Lord always
vides and we are so thankful

house
for pro
to

Merlyn's folks for taking time off from their work to make the long trip not once but twice to bring in sup
plies and Christmas. Uncle Glen and

Aunt Merlee Beeman are taking careof things while Merlyn's Mom and Dad
are
come

here.
down

We

thank them so much

for

this and for helping us to

here.

load

to

CHUCHO HIDES

BARE

SPOTS

The 10th was Merlyn's

The kids sent him on

birthday
in

and he tells me he had quite a day.

errands

the

afternoon

and

when he returned

home they met him outside and blindfolded him. When they brought him into the house everyone had a ballon blown up and they popped i t just as they took off his blind fold. The dining room was decorat

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NOVEMBER 1975

I also want to say

big thank

you to everyone at the church at Washington, Missouri for the won derful way they treated me while I was resting at Merlyn's folks. Thanks for the visits by Brother
Jack and his wife and for their

we were thanking God for all He does for us and asking Him for what we

need. He interrupted to say, "O.K., teach me. I want to pray, tooV

John Mark and Stevie both volunteer

ed to teach him and he learned

quickly to talk to God. He

very
does

wonderful help in getting trailer and truck packed to

to Mexico. Thanks to all

the return
those in

get Bible reading and prayers mixed up and keeps his eyes tight shut during both but then I figure
if we shut our eyes to talk to

the church for the special visits and phone calls and flowers and
when I was able, the invitations to dinners and picnics. Thank you so much. I love you all.
On November 2 7th while we were

God it's O.K. to shut our

eyes when

eating Thanksgiving dinner we heard

a noise and a l l rushed out to find

He talks to us through His word. God is so very good to us. We have so much to be thankful for. I am so thankful to be home again with my children. Merlyn's folks were

very good to me and took

very

good
I I

the road grader working on rhe road in front of our house. You may not think that is anything great unless you have visited Ninos de
Mexico and know that this is the

care of me while I was there but certainly missed the kids and

first time a road grader has touch ed our road in the nearly eight years we have lived here. The road
has been so bad t h a t in one week we ruined three t i r e s on the trash

believe they missed me. There was a big sign on the door and a Welcome Home cake and lots of hugs and kiss es -when I got here. Isaias and
Petra and taken off from work and

many of the kids had

Thank you all for de Mexico a reality.

stayed
making

home
Ninos

from school to welcome me home.

the neighbors throw in

in the road.

the
road

holes
in

Besides the

front the grader opened up driveway up the middle of

property to our house
drive in. -

new the
de

so Ninos

Mexico now has a new look

as

you
-

The church in Kiowa,

Kansas

is

buying a used school bus for Ninosde Mexico. Can you imagine what this
would mean to the Home? We could

all go someplace at the same time

shopping, youth rallies,

picnics,

conventions. We could ust i t for a church bus. If the bus is donated to the Home we have been told we

will be able to import it legally. If you want to help the church

reach their goal of $4,000.00 your offering marked for the
de Mexico Bus

send Ninos

to:

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NEW ENTRANCE

220 S. Kiowa,

7th Street Kansas 67070

Right after. I went to the States in October to rest, a woman came to

Merlyn and asked if he would

care of her three little for a week while she went

take
Books in Spanish Toothpaste
Soap
Socks

children south

Diapers

to visit her mother

is

who was

very

Un Underwear

sick. This was now December 2

and we

in October and i t are s t i l l

babysitting. After six months the children are legally abandoned so we may have three more children. They are the cutest little ones you ever saw and as I was having prayer with them at bedtime the other night the oldest (about five) said, "Listen, what is this thing called prayer?" I carefully told him

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Boy's

White Tennis Shoes Size

Flat

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HAVE YOU REMEMBERED THE CHILDREN'S HOME IN YOUR WILL?

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THE YARNELLS VOLUME I

NOVEMBER

1975

NUMBER

November always starts with a fies

ta at our house because it is

Michele's birthday. Number eight this year, and we didn't have to in vite the neighbors to have a crowd, but we invited a few anyway. We all enjoyed ourselves and our kids had mashed potatoes and gravy for the first time. They thought i t
was ok, but a lot better with hot

chilies. Chilies taste of anything.

will improve the

Nestor

and Mario

Every morning about 10;00 while the big kids are at school all the l i t tle ones have a snack. One morning after getting some cookies I found them all lined up in "age" order. It was too good an opportunity not to get a picture.

Michele

and cake

In several of

our

newsletters you

have seen pictures of our fireplace

It helps take the chill out of the air in the cool mornings and even ings. But the kids favorite use for i t is toasting "Bon bons" (marshmallows). All evening they patiently took turns roasting and eating. When the marshmallows were all gone Mario told us he really didn't like to eat them, but he
sure l i k e d to toast them!

Fredy, Arturo, Tony and Leticia

^lanksgwimj
November, the month of Thanksgiving Since this is an American holiday, i t is not celebrated in Mexico, but
not so a t Ninos de Mexico. We have

so much to be thankful for,

and for

this special day three big turkeys browned in the ovens. Ev^.ryone helped bake fresh bread, dressing, pumpkin pies and all the good trim mings. As many of the area mission aries that could, came bringing more food. We all enjoyed a day of good fellowship and sharing.
Genie and Hector

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NOVEMBER

197 5

The

older

kids enjoy playing with

ones,
time

the l i t t l e
victim this

but sometimes ac

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

cidents will happen. wheelbarrow

gone

Fredy was the

when he and the

We

are

often asked if we have any

took

spill.
are about

His
all

bruises and now.

scratches

special needs and right now Unit 2 has a very special need. Our elec tricity is supplied by one #14 wire coming into our property. From

this
us

we

take
the

the electricity for

apartment and the

our house,

carpenter's workshop.

This

gives

a high fluctuation in pov;er and

often

no power

at all.
goes,
two

Eating by
so goes our

candle-light is

romantic, but when

our electricity
gone through

water as the pump is electric. Be cause of the fluctuation we have

washing machine
constant con

motors and there is a

cern about the refrigerator and oth

er small appliances. In June we

asked
Fredy after his accident

the electric company to hook

Af

us into the larger power line.

ter much time and several "surveys"

the results are finally in. To sup ply us with sufficient electricity
they Things took a real "turn" at Unit 2 this month when Jack put in our
first doorknob. So far this is the

want

connection

fee

of

$21,410 Pesos, that's $1,712.30.' We

ask
this

your concern and prayers about

matter.

only one. way and

The rest are on their sometime in December we

them on all the doors.

should have

" "IT!

Jack points to our power source

Jack and Tony putting in doorknob

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1975

NUMBER 12

when

he

wandered

off

playing

the father just didn't bother to look for him until nearly a month
later when the mother came home and missed him. When they came to get
him he ran out of the house
December went to the extremes

crying,

"I won't go.

I won't go".
out

Merlyn
in the

in happiness and sorrow.

We thank.
gives share

had to chase him down

God for each moment that He us to live for Him. Let me

yard and carry him crying to the car.

Naturally it broke our hearts to was.
found

with you our December. The first part of December David and Marilyn Brunck of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee made their first

see him go like that

I were crying as hard
His burns had healed

and Merlyn and

as he
and we

out that an older brother had thrown

anniversary trip to Ninos:

Bruncks have made this a

Marilyn
family

gasoline on him and

burned

him.

has been flying to Ninos about once a month for the last year. The

project and the money

they

make

from making ornamental candles is used to make these trips to bring in things that people in that area

The next day the social workers made the family com.e back and thank us for keeping Felix. When they drove up he jumped out of the car screaming, "I'm back kids. Look,
I've come home." I t was quite an ordeal when he had to leave again.

give for the Homes. They have brought us everything from door knobs (donated by a nearby factory)
to turkies for our Christmas Eve

We were really happy the middle of

the month to be able to pour floor in the library. This the will

supper.

David works for

Marilyn flies she can

Eastern
on a

give the kids a wonderful place to study. All that is lacking noware
the windows. They cost a tiny bit
over 100 dollars.

Airlines and

pass so she is not limited

amount of baggage
Thank God for their help.

on

the

carry.

LIBRARY FLOOR BEING FINISHED

THANK YOU DAVID AND MARILYN

The little boy we called

was reunited with his
month.

Felix
this

family

The mother children here was sick came is the mother

that left three of her in October while I back this month. She of Gerardo and Luis

The mother had been in the

hospital according to what they told us and being one of ten children

whom we have had since the summer of 1968. Since Gerardo and Luis's
father left her she has been living

NIfJOS NEWS

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DECEMBER 1975

with another man and has had seven more children. This man has been

dead and that the body was

coco. able, What we found was He had been dead

in

Tex-

drinking so much that

he

doesn't
The

unbeliev for three

know what he is doing anymore.

days and was thrown,

naked, on the floor of

more than half

the back

reason she hadn't come to see about the children was because he had

gotten mad and thrown her down

stairs and she was unable

the

to walk.

room of the hospital. We found that i t was our duty to pick up the casket at the casket
store (The store donated the because the children are in box our

She has decided to give us all the children as she put it, "Before
he kills them all."
i s a l l united for
here a t Unit I.

So the family
first time

the

Home), take it to the hospital and Merlyn, Noe and T. David had to put the body in the box and carry i t to
the police wagon that took i t to the cemetery. Merlyn said he knew now

what the phrase

"By this time

he
four

stinketh for he hath been dead

days" meant.' The boys then carried the box to the grave site and Merlyn and the boys dug the grave. They
dug out a skull, a tooth, a shoulder

blade and several other parts before we decided the hole was deep enough and the box would fit. Merlyn then
had a brief graveside service and we used two ropes to lower the casket
HECTOR LORENA JORGE

into the hole. Mrs. Arce then took a shovel and threw the f i r s t .shovel

of dirt onto the box. Our boys helped finish filling the hole and mounding up the dirt and we placed
flowers on top.
When we finished
I cried for

realized that I
couldn't

was the only one who had shed a tear.

the wife who

cry for the man who had beat her

so

often and was more often drunk than sober and I cried for the children

who have been permanently

damaged
with his

because their father slept his money in his boot so that

MONICA ROCIO CARLOS RICARDO

wife wouldn't steal i t to feed their

Everybody else was busy set up for the Christmas

getting program
Pati

starving children. I cried for the baby who did starve to death before

the mother brought the other six

us.

to

and the dishes had been left setting

for a little while so I guess

thought she should use her talents, too, so she pulled up a couple of
chairs and got busy.
took t h i s .
V

She

was

really throwing plates when

Merlyn

ARCE MOTHER AND CHILDREN AT HEAD OF CASKET

I ' l l have to tell you about

r e s t of December and Christmas

the January Ninos News. Thank you for everything.

PATI TAKING CARE OF THINGS

On the 23rd we got word that the

father of the Arce children Juan, Ramon, Hermelinda, (JosS Norma,

ojJ-

Martin and Pablo) had been

found

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YARNELLS

VOLUME

DECEMBER

NUMBER 7

his
We tmas

b
w

nth
le to

found
have

We

ted

aking

ck trip to
ur famil-

with gain

it
e f

#1
bea our

birt

packages
We were

kids.

i
^ Ch ristmas Customs

& Traditions \
Christmas ready morning everything was

The best way we know to tell you all Merry Christmas and thank each of you for your part in our Christ mas is to share our holiday in pic
tures. So; here at Unit #2 we;

strung popcorn

and

decorated

the

and we were all up early

/
We made decorations for our bedroom
doors.

Some of us
onJ

wondered what was going

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PAGE

DECEMBER 1975

r
T r\

J:}*'

0^

But
gift.

mostly

we

just

enjoyed each

and

when

i t broke there was a mad

scramble.

It was a very special day.

For the

three littlest ones they received their first Christmas gifts. Again
we want to thank each of you, and
say Merry Christmas.

^uitdin^ ^o^etlier
Construction
we try to

has

started again as
more room for more

make

children. There are so many who need a home and still things are needed for the ones we already have Fredy's bed is an old playpen with
a quilt for a mattress. And we

Papi helped ._put

ball net.

up, the_ new volley

S.

^
- .i"

^ i

Fredy in his

"bed".

have 5 beds without mattresses,

so

the needs go on. We ask your pray er and concern about these things.
We look forward
and Him. Later we broke the pinata,

to

1976

with you

Happy New Year.

iVaclv

Vi(-k

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