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May we introduce the Griffiths, Duncans, and KerrsI


MAN Duncan, with Mary behind him and Heather

On the left is Nor-^

on his lap.

Norm is Profes-'

sow w'LNffTiSH AT Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. He


preaches at Wallonia, Ky,

Mexico.

On the right

In June

they will

is Charles Kerr,

Michael Brent on his lap.

Charles

Freddie

Freddie, with Nola standing behind them.

leave to

serve the Lord in

with Margaret Ann

behind him and

is being held by

his Grandpa

Charles is minister of Education

AT First Christian, Tuscola, III., where he also works with youth.


Every day

we

give thanks to

God for all

THROUGH His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.


BY a

resolute determination

to be faithful

our Christ, wherever He leads.


every family to

He has done for

Our gratitude

The desire of

in

our

family

is being expressed

worship of and service to

our heart is for

truly BE DRAWN TOGETHER UNTO THIS MARVELOUS

each and

SAVIOUR

AND

TO KNOW THE TOTAL JOY HE GIVES.

Would you, Dad and Mom,

please make

every effort

to have your

family

PRESENT FOR BOTH BiBLE SCHOOL


AND WORSHIP NEXT LORD'S DAY. ThE FAMILIES
WILL SIT TOGETHER AS A UNIT AND SHARE IN WORSHIP AND THE PREACHING OF
THE
Gospel by Don Earl Boatman!

NOTE!

Special recognition will be given to the largest family, the family

WITH A CHILD

HOME FROM THE FARTHEST DISTANCE AWAY, AND FAMILIES WHO ^HAVE

someone in THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY]

FFG

ryj^
"Where

On Saturday

He

Leads

mornino of

I*ll

Follow"

last week Norman,

Mary and

Heather pullj: away from the parsonace in their Inter-

NATI 0NAI,^^M^P.) on their WAY TO CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO,,--^iif''MEXI^jrHE^'LL/BE SERVINC THE LORO WITH THE
^1/it6h> -LOON^'^^ILY.
Needless to say,

it was quite difficult to bid them

ADEIU, KNOWINC THEY WOULD BE SO FAR AWAY AND FOR SO LONC (5 YEARS) EXCEPT
FOR RARE VISITS TO ENSUE, HOWEVER, WHEN WE LED OUR CHILDREN UNTO A LOVE
AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE LORO jESUS, IT WAS WITH THE EXPECTATION THEY WOULD
SAY "Where He Leads Ill FollowI" Had they not been willing to do this we
WOULD have felt we had failed our Lord and we would have been most dis
appointed.

NEXT Lord's Day

is

"Father's Day".

Dad,

how are

you

training

your

children? What example are you setting for them? Would you accept the
CHALLENGE OF LEADING THEM TO THE LORO AND PERMITTING THEM TO CHOOSE TO BE
USED BY Him in His glorious Kingdom?
bapt i zed
i nto
CHR I ST
It WAS A thrill AND JOY TO HAVE RiCK COLLINS ANSWER THE INVITATION AT

THE Evening service to be baptized into Christ, Rick & Eve (granddaughter
OF Mrs, Hummer) live at 1237 Perrysville Road, Rick has oust recently re
turned HOME FROM THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY,

MEMBERSH I P

TRANSFERRED

We've been notified that Tex & Sue Rudnicke have placed their fellowship

WITH THE West Suburban Church, Bellwooo, III, This action was taken to

ENABLE A GREATER SERVICE TO THE LORO IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVE, WE
COMMEND Tex & Sue for this step.
PRAYER

U E S T S

LAKEVIEW - Tracey Waggoner. Tonsillectomy on Monday.

Barbara Peck, sur

gery, Wednesday,

St. ELIZABETH - Charles Neal. Daisy Grabbs. Mrs. C.E. Mossbaroer.


AT HO^E - Mrs. Frye. mother of Edgar Frye tc Mrs, A.R, Duncan, at Dun

can's residence; jay Kleiner, broken arm; Sharon Goodall: Tricia Warren;
Walter Mercer, in services Sunday.
CARLE HOSPITAL - Forrest McMillan, improved but still very ill.

"Who

Is

Your

Father?"

John 8:31-45
SUNDAY

"Why
June

15th

Are You Afraid?"


Psalms 27

1969

third floor of an apartment


building. Once again we were

NO CHURCHES

Many people would say we


didnH go to ''church*' last
Sundayo For we weren't in a
"church*' building all dayo
But I can promise you that we
were with the Church Sxinday in three different homes that

are being
placeso

used

as

meeting

Our first stop was behind


in Queretaro, in a

a home

small rented room

next ^ to a ^

chicken coop . and a goat peno


There we worshipped with the

with the
with.

Churchnot in but

That is how
in much
homes of

And that's the way it should


be. We pray that the day
might come when the Church
will be meeting in homes and
buildings all over the cities
of Queretaro, Apaseo,
and
Celaya.
^May"theday come
when

Christians

Lord's people in Queretaro

Church

their homes

apos

tles' teaching, in the Lord's


Supper, and in prayer

everywhere

will understand that they are

in fellowship,

in the

one worships

of Mexicoin the
Mexican believers.

and will begin to use


and

their lives

to evangelize in their own


neighborhoods and commxinities.

From Queretaro we drove 30

miles, where
with the

we

worshipped
of

the

town of Apaseo el AltOo

Christians

The

Chiirch meets in the home of a

family immersed into Christ


only last Aprilo
In their
front room Sunday
crowded
perhaps 30 worshipers, young
and old. Again we worshipped
as did the Church in the

New

THE BEST-LAID PLANS

"The best-laid plans....''j,


that describes what has hap

pened with us. The Lord does


marvelous ways.
We
came to Mexico with the plan
that Norm would teach and get
working papers. liHien we ar

work in

rived we found that there was

no opening for himj; but there

Testament.

was one for Mary.

On Sunday evening
to another pity i^pr
othor serviceonce
a home, this time

that's why she went ahead and

we drove
yot anragain in
on the

(Maybe

got her teaching degree.)


Mary took the job (it
(Continued on page 2)

begins in September)c So she


will have the school contacts;;
she will bring home the salary<
Thus5 Norm will be freed tos

another car thut had stuck in


loose dirt so that we could

get byo

And at that we had to


follow the road grader through

so he could make a trail

J^take

additional

Spanish

^k)ffer evening
English
classes to reach prospects;
JHieach and evangelize in
the homes;
^cooperate more extensively
with our

other

missionaries

in the areao

thought you might

sights

it

seemed

like a super-highwayo

road

That^s

just one of the

shouldn't

reasons

drive at

one

night in

Mexico o

Transportation methods in
Mexico are interestingfrom
the buses with livestock tied

to the top to two- and threeman bicycles o One mode which

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

interested

for

When we finally got back

on the main

coursesr

We

uso

in

some

which

of

be
the

particularly

impressed us as we traveled

we thought particularly in
teresting was a man with his
latest-model vehiclea three

"burro-power" carto

from the harder

We_werfiL_intriguad by Mexican ingenuityo


We saw the
original drive-in car washo

Queretaroo

Several men had driven

crossing at
San Luis Rio Colorado,
just
south of Yuma, Arizona^ to

(By the way, we

had no trouble
belongings into

getting our
Mexico; for

that we are most gratefulo)


We have never been to

Ti

juana, but Norm says he does


not think he wants to go He
says it must be just one gi
gantic bus station: we know
we

counted

at least 50 in k

days that were heading toward


that border cityo
We learned from

hard

ex

perience that when a sign in


Mexico says Detour- it really
means ito
In one place Norm

had

to

stop

to

help

push

cars and trucks into

low river and were


cleaning themo
V/e

their

a shal

casually
also saw

the original *'sleeper" trucko


A man had stretched a hammock
between the 2 axles of his

semi and was peacefully tak


ing a siesta in the shade
And, ladies, how do you make

a mop vxhen

you don't

have

one? V/hy just get a large


rag, put it in your water,
throw

it

on

the

floor and

push it around v/ith a sticko


V/hen you're through mopping,
just pick up the rag and v/ash
it outo

Works like a charm

FINAIvjCIAL report

Since tnis is our first published accounting it covers the whole time
the Greens have been acting as fon'/arding agents
June 1968 to June

1969o The next quarterly report will begin on July 1, 1969? and will
include Dungans^' traveling expenses from Yuma to Queretaro and addi
tional auto insuranceo

All receipts will be reported as they arrive in Yuma (not on date

issued) Please send all checks directly to Yumap made out to either
Norman Dungan or Mission to Mexico

We vdll send Dungans* salary

and other needs by cashier*s check, registered airmail

e"ve found

it takes 5 days by air, one way - or 10 days for round trip communica
tion!

Receipts June 1968 to June 1969

Mrs Jane Bedwell, Prescott, Arizona


Central Christian Church, Bakersfield, California
Church of Christ, Covina, California
Norman Dungan, Austin Peay State University salary, June

$2500
38o65
322?
369o38

First Christian Church, Brookport, Illinois


First Christian Church, Nashville, Tennessee
First Christian Church, Yuma, Arizana
Forest Hills Christian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

50GO
13014
42250
5000

I/Ir and Mrs V/illiam Ko Jamison, Ok'lali^a~ City, Oklahoma

T05r00~

Mrs Marie Laputka, Yuma, iirizona j


lockhavcn Christian Church, Inglov/ood, California
Parkcrest Church of Christ, Long Beach, California
Parker Heights Christian Church, Odessa, Texas
Second Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois
Interest earned. First Federal Savings, Yuma

5000
2500
3500
15500

Disbursements

25100
1053

$174957

6/8

Petty cash fund for forwarding agents

1/4/69

International Harvester, 4 door pickup,


dovm payment (plus Norm^'s car)

$1000
48454

6/23/69 Dungans^ salary, July


6/23/69 Expenses (see below)

40000
12500

Mexican Auto Insurance, 1 month


Gas can
Tire Pump
Hydraulic jack, lantern,
light, first aid kit,
patching materials

o.

$84o04
3<.63
10.66

27>94
$1019 o 54

WiT DO YOU MEED?

Icssonso
Parts of stories
are no more useful in Mexico

Uhat do you need?--

This

than they are "up North"

question was asked of us -mar^


tijnes

before

we

left

the

States:- but then there wasn't

really much we could tell any


one because we

didn'^t

knowo

Now that we have arrived,


however, we can tell you some
things we needo

DO

NOT

SEND

THINGS

on them

Send them in envel

opes,. large
send

them

or

air

small,""and
mail

first

class

Most of all we iteed ideas i.

But our most pressing need

You canH imagine how quickly

is

missionaries run out of ideas.

machine

There

You see, they have little ac

missionary

families

cess to materials and are out

immediate area who could

of touch with nev; techniqueso


We particularly need ideas

this to immediate use

for handwork for

VoBoS#

and

IN

PACKAGES, however
If you
do, we may have to pay duty

for

an

off-set printing
are

four

in

our

put
Get

ting literature printed in


Spanish is a long, slow pro-

Sunday Schoolc
If you have
no ideas of your own, why not

the

send some idea books?

Books

sometimes

can" bo sent to

duty-

works when they~'must'~'be 'sent"

free, and we^re always look


ing for new oneso If you are
artistic, why not make us
some
flannelgraph figures
for a Bible story, or look
around your church building

away for printing Materials


urgently needed;
very
little is available in Span
ish
With our own machine,
could be providing it.

to see if

that

Mexico

there are

arenH
send

only

But

complete

someone

work,

else does

Newsletters
a

month

in

are
the

are

lessons

being used that

could be used down herce

please

cess when

Please

consider

these

needs when planning...a classor church project


You can
be sure they will be used.

the

sletter of

OBl'l AND MARY DUNGAN


Field Address-

Forwarding Agentss

Apdoo Postal #741

Ifro and Mrs. Joe L. Groon

-Queretaro, Queretaro
/
/

"Mexico

645 Ninth Avenue

Yuma, Arizona 85364

Mexico

Published Quarterly

October 1969
A LAND OF THE -

September is always a gala month in Mexico^ and this year has

been no exceptiono Military men walk taller5 the "tricolor*' (flag)


higher3 politicians talk longers the common folk appear hap-*

pier It is a month of patriotism and parades, pageantry and pride.


For September is Independence month On the 16th, Mexico honors
her heroes, commemorates the overthrow of oppression, and rededi
cates herself to continued liberty It is an impressive and mov
ing nationalistic observance

But there is, at least to the thinking of this outside observ

er, a great paradox in Mexico's "Independence" celebration For

although she proclaims her liberty, she and her people are yet in
bondage to the Roman Catholic church
In his book, A History of Mexico

eludes one significant chapter;

Mexico is not free!


Henry Bramford Parkes con-

The Churriguerresque ^ style of architecture7 churches


were the one valuable legacy bequeathed by . Catho

licism to modern Mexico Except in its architecture,


the Mexican Ch^ch represented little that could
be called civilization

Its doctrine was a barbaric

compound of ritual and legend

Its ideal - or that of

many of its clergy - was a despotic government, a pri


vileged priesthood, and an ignorant laity

Parkes is speaking in this excerpt, it is true, of 19th centu


ry Romanism

But experiences in our short time in Mexico have led

us to conclude that much of his evaluation still applies;

a) Roman believers, at least in Queretaro, must still receive


official permission before they can own or read a Bible The cler

ic marks with a seal the Bible that has been approved The possess
ion of an unstamped Bible constitT^tos '"sin'"'

b) The Christians in Apaseo

l Alto cannot, it seems, please


The town's Roman priest ha s informed his parishioners that
within the home where the Iglesia d e Cristo meets there dwells phys-

anyoneo

ically the devil, and that all the se who attend the services there

are Communistso

On the other haird, the outside of the meeting

place has recently been ''painted^- y\^th the words, "lANQUIS, GO HOME"'^
and "HO CHI MINH*' - both Communis-li slogans - all in redo

c) A nei^bor girl, when asli<;ed why she could not attend an


English class one evening, replied, that she was going to the temple
to give an offering and pray to oi^e of the locally important Virgins
to the end that she might receive t!he Virgin's help on an English
proficiency exam at school the next day.
Certjad nly the Roman church has done some
But it is no exagiIteration or falsehood to say that
Romanism still holds Mexico in bqndage - a bondage of ignorance.
fear, and fanaticismo
^'A Land of the Free"?

good in Mexico o

REPORT AFP REQUEST


We have been '"stretched" recer.tly by the leaving of two of our
co-workers - one to continue his eelucation, the other to be near an

aging grandmothero

Naturally we

nass

fields according to a recent study


testants in the entire

state of

each one who must leave the


there are fewer than 200 Pro-

Queretaroo

We

certainly

can't

claim that the field is overworked

V/e are humbled by the faith pi' the Christians here

In

many
They
endure exclusion bravely, they witj ess faithfully, they return love
for persecutiono Would I "keep the faith" if faced with their problems? God willing, we hope to see the day when no Christian family
shall have to be alone in a city
cases there is but one non-Catholic; family in an entire city

We continue to ask for a pprtjjon


needs continue to be met

of your prayer time


Our
there are things we could do
e thank our Father for providing

Of com se

if we had greater resourcess

but

us such faithful, concerned supporiferso


or used

Bible School literature

for Bibles and portions, to

be

We continue to ask for new

Primaries and Juniors5


distributed

in

money

our door-to-door

evangelism (about 40^ per Bible): improved printing equipmento

FINANCIAL REPORT

Receiptsa July 1 1969 through September 30* 1969

Landie and Mo Ro Dnngan, Porterville, Calif,


$ 50,00
Norman Dungan, salary from Austin Peay State U,
738o76
First Christian Church, luma, Arizona
750,00
Mto & Mrso Wm, K, Jamison, Oklahoma City, Okla,
225,00
Parker Heights Christian Church, Odessa, Texas
248,00
Parker Heights Christian Church Women's Fellowship, Odessa
25,00

Second Church of Christ, Danville, 111, (6/22 to ^30/69)

220,00

Wallonia Christian Church, Cobb, Kentucky

60,00

Wallonia Christian Church Missionary Society, Cobb, Ky,

15,00

Mrs, Elaine B, Sanders, Cobb, Ky,

10,00

Westwood Christian Church, Madison, Wis, (James Halpin)

Disbursements

7/10/69

$2,346,76

Dungans' expenses, Yuma to Queretaro 6/26-7/3


Motels, gas, food, miscellaneous

7/24/69

Gene Ruch & Associates, Yuma, Arizona

7/24/69

Dungans' salary

131,84

Mexican auto insurance premium, 1 year

333o70

- JJDO^OO

Dungans' Cash Contingency Fund

8/I8/69

100,00

Petty cash expenses - Stamps, office supplies,


certified check fees, registered letters

8/26/69

5^00

18,98

Dungans' salary

400,00

Trip e3q)enses to border to renew 6 months visa a


Trip expenses Tennessee to Arizona

9/26/69

Dungans^ salary

9/3/69

First National Bank, check charges

30,00
72,42

374,50
^50
$1,861,94

FAMILY AFFAIRS

We have finally settled in a permanent location, having moved


to a 2-bedroom furnished apartment at the end of August, This
frees the house where we were living for worship services and also
provides office space for Norm and for Clinton Looney, The apart
ment was made available to us because Mary is now teaching at the
John F, Kennedy School, It is private (provided by the U S, in

dustries here), and it conducts its curriculum in both English and


Spanish, Thus Mary teaches 3rd grade in the morning and 4th in the

afternoon both in English, The other ^ days are taught by a Mex


ican teacher, Mary has several non-English-speaking children in

her -classes, vdiich provides quite an experience,

(Continued)

Norm stays busy with the church work

He travels to 3 cities

for services, in addition to the service here^ he spends about 2


hours a day in Spanish study^ and he continues to teach English
classes 2 nights a week

We now have our own personal hurricane Heather will be a- year


old on October 27 She took her first steps on September 22 and is
tlirilled by her new independence

V/e're sure our house will never

again bo the same

It seems we have just taken turns being sick since we've been

here, V/e get a little careless and eat something we shouldn't.


But at present we are all well and are beginning to feel very much
at home in our new house and our new country

SPIRITUAL SPANISH

SIN - ''Sin'* is very common in Mexico.

However, it is pronounced

/seen/, and means, not *wrongdoing" as in English, but 'without."


But the Spanish word is not really, so far in meaning froa the.same
English word. For, indeed, sin (English word) does leave one "with
out'" - without God's love, without hope, without peace.

fESUS - "Jesus," pronounced /lay-soos/, is also common - one of Mex


ico's most popular names There is real paradox in the frequency
of the terms ior although Meadco has many "Jesuses," her people do
not know as personal Saviour the one Divine Being of that name. Of

that man, and that man only, can it be saids "Truly He was sin (Span
ish word) sin (English word). It is because of sin - 'withoutness'" -

that the Gospel is so desperately needed - in Queretaro, in Mexico,


to the uttermost parts of the world.
asPOSTAGE

^cludoi

6<J-

Mission to Mexico

c/o Mr & Mrs Joe L,

Green

645 9th Avenue


Xuma, Arizona 85364

niAWKUN D.ROOSCVCLT

Miseion Services

Box 368

JoXiet, Illinois 60434

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