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Dear F r i e n d s of Hexico and Christ:

I t i s w i t h h e a r t s f u l l of p r a i s e to G o d tha t w e l a y b e f o r e y o u t h i s 1932

f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t of t h e B a j i o C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n ,T h e y e a r j u s t e n d e d s a w m a n y c h a n o e sf o r t h e D u n p a nf a m i l y a n d t h e c o u n t r y .

H e b e g a n t h e y e a r w i t h a n e w F o r w a r d i n g A g e n t : B r o t h e r R a y C a r t e rr e p l a c e dB a r b a r a G r e e na f t e r h e r 1 2 y e a r s o f f a i t h f u l s e r v i c e . W es p e n t t h e f i r s t h a l f o ft he y e a r t e a c h i n g a t J o h n s o n B i b l e C o l l e g e , a n d w e r e t u r n e d h o m e i nJ u l y t o f i n dt h e e c o n o m yo f ' i e x i c o i n a s t a t e o f t u r m o i l . We i n i t i a t e d a n e n t i r e l y n e wm i n i s t r y ; a n d w e t u r n e d t w o o f o u r p r e v i o u s a r e a s o f a c t i v i t y o v e r t o o t h e rworkers. But throughout a l l the chan ges, w e were able to h o l d a st eady financialc o u r s e a n d p r o c e e d , " ^ a s t h e L o r d l e d , t o h a n d l e t h e n e e d s t h a t c a m e b e f o r e u s .

O n p a g e 4 y o u w i l l f i n d a d e t a i l e d b r e a k d o w no f h o w t h e M i s s i o n f u n d s w e r ea d m i n i s t e r e d i n t h e y e a r . B u t I w o u l d l i k e t o m a k e a f e w e x p l a n a t o r yc o r n m e n t sabout some of the expenditures and pr actices.

I . The financial renort reflects ALL mission income and A L Lof i tse x p e n d i t u r e s . T h e r e a r e n o o t h e r a c c o u n t s o r f u n d s a d m i n i s t e r e d b y o u r F o r w a r d i n gA g e n t , b y u s , o r b y t h e M i s s i o n , E v e r yp e n n y t h a t i s g i v e n t o u s i s u s e d f o r t h ew o r k , a n d n o n e i s i n a n y w a y s e t a s i d e f o r " r a i n y d a y s , " e m e r g e n c i e s ,f u r l o u g h s o ri n v e s t m e n t . T h e o n l y m o n e yt h a t i s a t a n y t i m e a l l o w e d t o a c c u m u l a t e i s t h a twhich has been allocated for the Building L o a n Fund of the Churches of Christ int h e B a j i o . A s t h e l o c a l c o n g r e g a t i o n s r e p a y t h e i r l o a n s , t h e m o n e yi s h e l d u n t i lt h e r e i s a n o t h e r l o a n r e q u e s t . A s w e a r e p r e s e n t l y p r e p a r i n g t o m a k e a s i z e a b l el o a n e i t h e r t o t h e Q u e r e t s r o c o n n r e g a t i o n o r t o t h e B i b l e I n s t i t u t e , t h e r e i s c a s ho n h a n d i n t h e L o a n F u n d ; h o w e v e r , w i t h i n a m a t t e r of m o n t h s , It i s l i k e l y t h a tthe fund wil l be once again al l out working .

I I . W e i n v e s t e d a g o o d b i t o f m o n e y t h i s p a s t y e a r i n a n a u d i o - v i s u a lm i n i s t r y . C h a n g i n g t i m e s i n M e x i c or e q u i r e c h a n g i n g s t r a t e g i e s ; a u d i o - v i s u a lp r e s e n t a t i o n s a r e p r o v i n g t o b e e f f e c t iv e e v a n g e l i z i n g a n d d i s ci p l i n g t o o l s . I no r d e r t o g e t m o r e f u l l y i n t o t h i s m i n i s t r y, w e t o o k , a m o n go t h e r s , t h e f o l l o v i i n gs t e p s : b o u g h t a 1 6 m m m o v i e p r o j e ct o r ; b o u g h t4 s o u n d m o v i e s f o r e v a n g e l i s m ;a d d e d 4 f i l m s t r i p p r o j e c t o r s ( t h e s e w e r e g i v e n t o n a t i o n a l e v a n g e l i s t s i n t h eB a j i o ) ; p u r c h a s e d a d d i t i o n a l s e t s o f s o u l - w i n ni n g f i l m s t r i p s i n S p a n i s h ( t h e s ew e r e a l s o g i v e n t o t h e e v a n g e l i s t s ) ; a n d r e f u r b i s h e d t h e b u s t o a l l o w i t t o b eu s e d a s a p o r t a b l e , m o b i l e t h e a t e r . R e f u r b i s h i n g i n c l u d e d : b u i l d i n g a c o m p a r t m e n tt o house the 2000-wat t oenerator; rebuilding the roof; remodeling the rear bya d d i n g f u l l - w i d t h d o o r s ; a n d a d d i n g a s e c u r i t y s c r e e n b e h i n d t h e d r i v e r ' s s e a tt o p r e v e n t u n w a n t e de n t r y i n t o t h e p r o j e c t i o n s e c t i o n o f t h e b u s . W ea l s o


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BAJIO CHRISTIAN f ^ I S S I O H

NORr^ AND MARY DUNGANApdo. Postal 74 1

Queretaro, Qro. MEXICO

FINANCIAL SUMMARY — 932

Opening Bal ance, January 1, 1982 . 3836.90

Total Income, 1982: *13 churches , 5 groups, 19 individuals .. . 3398.12

*A detailed l i s t i s a v a i l a b l e upon request .27285.02

Total Expendi tur es , 1982 25673.91

Closing Balance, December 31, 1982 , 1611.11

EXPENDITURESB Y CATEGORY PERCENT O F TO TA L AMOUNT

Audio -v i sua l m i n i s t r y 21% 5513.20

Pr in t ing and news le t t e r3% 806.55

Wo r k - r e l a t e d t r a v e l 16% 4069.43

Repair and parts on work vehicles 3% 784.47

Correspondence course and office 3% 859.43

Educational 3%859.57

Evange l i sm, evange l i s t s 19% 4819.09

Includes Correspondence director

Building Loan Fund and Camp 6% 1567.58

Salary and desig nat ed personal 8% 2031.39

[Mortgage payments on house 14% 3600.00

Ph one, Benevol ence, Miscell aneous 3% 739.93

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bought a specia l rear-project movie screen t o f i t the rea r open ing of the bus.The movie ministry w i l l operate as f o l l o v / s : ^ ^ T h e b u s v n ' l l be taken into areaswhere there i s n o C h r i s t i a n w o r k , and pe rmiss ion t o s h o v / f i l m s v ^ / i l l be securedf r o m local au thor i t i e s . The screen and projector wil l be mounted in the bus,and people wil l be invi ted via f lye r and loudsp eakers t o come and see the freeshowing . The audience wi l l be outside the bus, a s m a n y would never have t h ecourage t o g o ins ide to see t he p resen ta t ion . Dur ing t h e p r o g r a m , a gospelmessage w i l l be preached, and coupons inv i t ing peopl e t o enrol l in the Bible-study-by-correspondence course wil l be distributed.' ' 'It h a s taken 4 months t oget the m ach inery i n hand and operat ional f o r t h i s m i n i s t r y ; b u t now a l l t h i n g sare ready, and w e look fon*/ard eager ly t o t he poss ib i l i t i e s . Already w e h a v eshown f i l m s in a number of pl aces, with out the bus, with good resu l t s . Th is isthe work to which I have been devoting the major p a r t of m y spare t ime s ince ou rreturn from the U. S.

I I I . I w o u l d s a y a w o r d a b o u t t h e û s e o f m i s s i o n m o n e yf o r o u r p e r s o n a ln e e d s . Yo uw i l lr e c a l l t h a ^ l m o s t 5 y e a r s a g o , I m a d et h e d e c i s i o n t o b e c o m es e l f - s u p p o r t i ng a n d n o t t a k e ^y a l a r y m o n e yf r o m t h e m i s s i o n . H o w e v e r ,i nt h e t r a n s i t i o n f r o m Te n n e s s e e t o ^ e x i c o i n 1 9 8 2 , I w a s o v e r 2 m o n t h sv / i t h o u ta n y o t h e r s o u r c e o f i n c o m e . D u r i r ^ t h i s t i m e , I d i dt a k e m i s s i o n m o n e yf o r o u rl i v i n g n e e d s . A n d d u r i n g 1 9 8 2 w e c o ^ ^ i n u e dt o u s e m i s s io n m o n e yt o m a k ep a j ^ e n t so n t h e h o u s e i n v ^ f h i c hw e l i v e — i n v / h i c h \ O u r c o - w o r k e r s l i v e d w h i l ev / e were i nTennessee, fr om which the corresoondence^^chool operates, and in which the l o c a lb o d yo fb e l i e v e r sm e tu n t i ll a ^ tO c t o b e r .

comment i s i n order concerning the s ta te of the Mexican economy.A recent Mexican government re lease reported an off ic ia l inf la t ion rate of 98.8%for the year of 1S82. During the year, the Mexican peso w a s devalued f rom i t s1981 ra te of 40 t o the do l l a r t o i t s current level of 1 5 0 to the do l l a r. T h u s ,buying power of the dol lar quadrupled, and the cost of l i v i n g only doubled. S o,in any case where mission money was being converted t o Mexican currency, 1982 w asa b a rg a i n y e a r.

I m i g h t add, however, t h a t m y personal s a l a r y i s paid in pesos ; and interms of buying power, 1 98 2 s a w a reduction f o r m e . T h a t i s , a l though m y s a l a r yincreased by 50%, prices rose by 100% . In t e rms of dollar equivalency, m y1980-81 sa la ry a t the Universi ty w a s $ 6 0 0 ; t h i s year, i t i s the equivalent of$333 and w i l l continue to drop. A n d m y situation i s better than t ha t of mostMexican workers . Pe rhaps by t h i s you can ge t some i dea of w h y Mexico's n ewPresident sa id i n h i s i nnauqura l address: We are in a s ta te of emergency.

PAMUX'.I V. I would l i k e t o spend a moment descr ibing how I spend m y t i m e , f o r I

believe tha t th i s question relat es directl y to a judgment of the mission i t se l f .When w e returned t o Mexico in Ju ly, i t w a s with the s t rong feel ing t h a t w e wereb e i n g

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to teach; i n fact , wehave made a comm itm ent to the college to do s o in September of 1983. For th atreason, I have removed myse l f f r o m leadership in the Queretaro congregat ion, a tthe Bib le Ins t i tu te , and i n the Bible correspondence m i n i s t r y ; and thesel eader sh i p pos i t ions are now f i l led by n a t i o n a l s , n a t i o n a l s t h a t the Mission i ss u p p o r t i n g f i n a n c i a l l y. T h u s , i f s u p p o r t f o r these men and w o r k s can bemai ntained, the mini s tr ies w i l l conti nue alt hough w e are g one. In the meant im e,however, m y secu la r w o r k h a s N O T removed m e f r o m t h e m i s s i o n or f r o m t he mrk ofC h r i s t in the Ba j io . I v » / o r k2 5 hours a week in the classroom a t m y univers i tyjob, and spend very l i t t le t ime in outside-of-class preparat ions. I have a l s obeen teaching 6 hours per week a t the Bible Ins t i t ute; but t h a t teaching load


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C o m p a s s i o n a t e C h r i s t i a n s a n d C h r i s t i a n churches i n t he Unit ed States m a k e it p o s s i b l e for RANCHO DE LOS NINOS to p r ov i d e loving C h r i s t i a n c re for forty-four Mexican boys andgirls. Our staff of dedicated Christian Mexican housepar-

e n t s m i n i s t e r to the m a t e r i a l , physical and s p i r i t u a l needsof these children, teaching and leading them to acceptChrist as their personal Lord and Savior.

RANCHO DE LOS NINOS is located on fourteen a c r e s a dj o i n i n ga t yp i ca l l i t t l e Mexican Vi l la ge , EL Porveni r ( 1 6 milen o r t h - e a s t of E n s e n a d a , B . C . , Me xi c o. O u r m a s t e r - p l a n i nc ludes ten homes, k i t c h e n dining building, m a n u a l artsb u i l d i n g , r e c r e a t i o n a r e a a n d a n ei g h t - a c r e g a r d en . T h iw i l l m a k e it p o s s i b l e f o r u s t o p r o v i d e for 130 c h i l d r e n .

YOU ARE I N VITED t o v i s i t R A N C H O D E L O S N I N O S . I t i s onla o n e - a n d - a - h a l f - h o u r d r i v e i n t o Mexico, south of San DiegoC a l i f o r n i a . We a r e h a p p y t o prov ide FREE t r a n s p o r t a t i o nf o r you or your church g r o u p i n our 15 p a s s e n g e r m a x i v a n .

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

VISIT RANCHO DE L O S N I N O S . See f i r s t - h a n d the goothings happening for the children there.

PRAY for this ministry to homeless Mexican children.

SPONSOR A CHILD, A n y m o n t h l y amount you can g i v e willh e l p p r o v i de C h r i s t i a n l o v e , c a r e , g u i d a n c e and i n s t r u c

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August 24, 1983

Dear Friend of Mexican Evangelism:

If you have kept abreast of the work of the Bajio Christian Mission,you know that the Bill Hoff family and ourselves, the Norm Dungans,have for 12 years worked as a team in Central Mexico, involvedprimarily in new-church evangelism. But last month we the Dungans)returned to the U.S. to begin teaching missions at Johnson BibleCollege, and Bill and Marge have remained in Queretaro to continuethe work there.

However, even with the changes, Bajio Christian Mission continuesto operate as before, having the same philosophy and goals. I willcontinue to be involved with the work through speaking engagements,fund raising, and summer trips back to the field. The majority ofthe congregations that supported the Dungans on the field over theyears have agreed to continue contributing to the Mission, and Iwill be sending on to Mexico those funds, earmarked for: 1) theBible-study-by-correspondence ministry; 2) the church building loanfund; P he evangelism-through-film-presentations work; and 4) support for a young Mexican evangelist. These funds will beadministered by Bill Hoff, and I will be reporting to the contributorsconcerning their use.

Our two families have also long collaborated in the production of

a quarterly newsletter, Saludos, which you have been receiving.Until now, we have maintained two separate mailing lists—one forthe Hoffs and one for the Dungans; and you are currently on the Dunganlist. However, with our return to the U.S., we feel it wise tocombine the two lists into one. For that reason, X need your help.To bring our list of names up to date, to correct errors, to eliminatethe possibil i ty of duplications, and to give opportunity for deletions,I am enclosing a card that I will ask you to return to me if you wishto continue on the Bajio Christian Mission mailing list.

IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE RECEIVING SALUDOS, the quarterly newsletter,PLEASE RETURN THE ENCLOSED CARD TO ME, and your name will be placedon our updated, cpmbined l ist . Only those who respond to th is le t terwill continue to receive the publication.

It is neither our desire nor out intention to remove anyone byforce from our mailings; but we do want to give you the opportunityto decide. Remember: IF YOU DO NOT RETURN THE CARD, YOUR NAME WILL BE

DROPPED FROM OUR MAILING LIST. I hope you will want to take the timeto respond. We covet your readership and your prayers.

Your co-laborer in Christ,

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Johnson Bihle College

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November 3 1983

Bear Friends in Christ

It is now a month s ince nine students and I re tu rned from t h e National MissionaryConvention in Bes Mbines. The convention was a blessing fo r both the students and moOur f e l l o v / s h i p en r o u t e ( I8 h o u r s o n e way) was u p l i f t i n g ? t h e m e s s a g e sat the o o n ~ .vention were challenging, and the work shops were informative. W e hope that next year'sc o n v e n t i o ni n P h o e n i x w i l lb e a s e x c e l l e n t ( l w a s n a m e dt o t h e C o n t i n u a t i o n C o m m i t t e e )Two students from the college here made commitments to m i s s i o n a a : y service during th ec o n v e n t i o n(all of t h e o t h e r s h a d d o n e so p r e v i o u s l y ) .

Her e on campus, we have been encouraged about the missions p rogram. O ur missionsinterest group now numbers around students? over a dozen students have, already begunp l a n s for a c r o s s - c u l t u r a l i n t e r n s h i p next s u m m e r ?and p l a n s a r e moving a h e a d t o w a r dan outreach to international students at the University of Tennessee.

The Hoffs report that t h e M e x i c a nNational C o n v e n t i o nin A u g u s t was well a t t e n d e d ,v / i t h about 30 going from the B a j i o area. A t t e n d a n c ein s o m e of t h e s e s s i o n s , in fact,nearod the on e thousand mark.

Bill also reports that he made a trip to the state of Mexico recently to discuss

with some o f the bre thren there the need fo r a restorat ion o f the churches among thepopulation in that area. There was also discussion of the possibility of some Biblec o l l e g e e x t e n s i o n c l a s s e sfor t h o s e who a r e u n a b l e to leave t h e i r homes for e x t e n d e dstudy at a located Bible college . This would be particularly help ful to married me nwith families and jobs. The problem, as always, in the personnel to be the " circuitriders." Pray for this needed ministry which the Mexican Christians themsel ves haveasked or

Bill also reports that five persons have been baptized into Christ in the Bajioin the past month. A d d i t i o n a l l y , Francisco (the director of the c o 3 ? r e s p o n d e n c e — c o u rpr ogram) has baptized nearly a dozen more students in several cities just outside theBajio. All of us have b een p raying about adding a new evangelist to the team to workwith one newly-opened city. By the end of this month, if the Lord p ermits, a manshould be in t h e f i e l d T h e G o s p e l h a s not lost its p o w e r

From the Nat iona l Bib le Inst i tute, H u m b e r t o Rami rez r e p o r t s tha t t h e r e a r e21 students presently enrolled? 1 J + of these are new students. Also, two teachershave been added to the staff. One o f these is doing full- t ime evangelism in a nearbycity and the other will be working in the printing ministiry in the city o f Queretaroin addition to their teaching duties at t he Inst i tute. There are now th ree congregations meeting in Quere t a ro—one at the Bibl e Insti tute, one at the mili tary subdivision, and another in t h e g e n e r a l area where it has long been meet ing .


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Hunberto also reports tha t the. and w ln o w a l m o s t d e b t f r e e « A p p r o x i m a t e l yS 2 0 0 l |on the 1 5 0 0 s q . , f t , site. Plans are unde:soon as poss ib le .

ich the Insti tute purchased in August isis sdl tha t is needed to pay off the loany to begin cons t ruc t ion on the site as

In a recent conversation with the coo:

t h e B a j i o e v a n g e l i s t s , I e a r n e d t h a t inco^

going to have to rece ive a reduced salary$2,000 which the Lord had graciously giventhe last two months, and the need has been

: p l i n a t o r of t h e g r o u p t h a t s p o n s o r s f i v e o fhas dropped recent ly and tha t the men were

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ent to him nearlybo the miss ion in extra gif t s from you over

;net.

The Lord works in so many exciting w a;par t in the Mexico work , I n especia l lyadd two new Mexican men to the ovsngelistipthe Lord has provided for their l iv ing nee (I s

We-^praxsc-^od-^foiryou who cont inue toof challenge- a r i d opportunity. Please contI will includb the names of the workers bn

your in te rcess ions

Bill Hoff

Humberto Ramirez

Prancisco Ramirez

A1 Gonzalez

Gil Calderon

Juan Avina

I it is a pr iv i lege to have a continuingbrilled to see that v+e have been able to

harvest team in the Bajio and to see how

Thank you for sharing? and nay you reupon you.

s tand-by the Mexico work ; These^ ara daysi aue to lift up the work in your prayers-—

bhe field so tha t you can be speci f ic in

Hermilo Gasoa

Higinio CarreonChon Avalos

Ikancisco Avina

Jose M̂uel Cortez

Paculty tudents at the. National Bible Institute.,

egnize God*s blessings as He showbrs then

Christ's Name.

Nom Bungan

dungan norman mary 1983 mexico

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