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Grand -y

Bahama

Islanc

I

va .

v.X

Great

Inania

liland

HAITI

DOM.

REPUBUC

JAMAICA

Forwarding Agents:

Ken va Clark

P.

O.

ox 1362

Eugene,

Oregon

Mon

674

^ ^ ^ o A c u n m /

S p o n s o r i n g Church l d e r s

Elmira

Church

of Christ

Elmira, Oregon

ELDERS:

Douglas

S t i n s o n ,

Evan Mann

Darrei Smith

A p r i l , 1969

Windsor Road,

a s s a u , Bahama,

h. -1730 V o l .

V,No.

D e ar Friends n the

Faith:

TIME

DOES

FLY, u s t a

few

weeks n d we i l l b e o n o u r way

b a c k .

J u n e

1 7 t h ,

B r o t h e r a n d S i s t e r G a r y F r a l e y a n d

f a m i l y

w i l l a r r i v e

I n

N a s s a u . L o r d w i l l i n g on

J u n e 2 3 r d ,

we i l l

f l y

t o

S t . J o s e p h ,

M i s s o u r i t o s p e n d a

few d a y s

w i t h r e l a t i v e s .

L o i s s

f a t h e r h a s

b e e n

i l l a n d

my

a t h e r a l s o l i v e s

n e a r

b y .

THE

FURLOUGH

PROMISES

TO

BE A BUSY

TIME.

F i v e w e e k s i n c a m p s ,

t h r e e r e v i v a l s , a n d many

o t h e r s p e a k i n g

d a t e s , l l

b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s . T h e w i n t e r t e r m w i l l b e s p e n t i n

S e a t t l e ,

t a k i n g s o m e

c l a s s e s

a n d h e l p i n g s o m e i n t h e m i s

s i o n

c l a s s e s

at

P u g e t S o u n d

C o l l e g e o f t h e B i b l e .

A p r i l ,

M a y

a n d J u n e

w e l l b e

b a c k I n

E l m i r a t o

h e l p

w i t h

t h e w o r k

there.

EIGHT NIGHTS OF EVANGELISM AT WEST

END, GRAND

BAHAMA. The

r o w d s

w e r e

g o o d .

S e v e n

r e s p o n d e d

- t o - t h e

i n v i t a t i o n . - T - h e S u n d a y - f o l l o w i n g t h r e e m o r e - f e s p o n d e d r B r o t h e r S h a r o n - O a r v e y r a n a t i v f r i n i n i s t e F j i s

d e i n f - a

g o o d

j o b a t West

End.

He

s a

d e d i c a t e d man

w i t h

a w o n d e r f u l

f a m i l y .

He n e e d s y o u r c o n s t a n t p r a y e r s f o r t h i s

w o r k .

He

f a c e s many p r o b l e m s

i n t h e w o r k t h e r e .

BUILD OR D I E . I t h a s b e e n p r o v e n t h a t when y o u r e a c h 7 5 f t h e c a p a c i t y o f y o u r

b u i l d i n g

y o u c e a s e t o

g r o w .

W e

h a v e

l o n g p a s t r e a c h e d t h i s p o i n t a t

G r a n t s Town.

W e a r e h a v i n g p l a n s d r a w n f o r a 2 8

x

50' d d i t i o n .

The s e c o n d

s t o r y

w i l l

b e c l a s s r o o m s , t h e g r o u n d f l o o r a

new

w o r s h i p room.

The

p r e s e n t

b u i l d i n g w l l l

. b e d i v i d e d

i n t o

t h r e e c l a s s

r o o m s . T h i s w i l l b e t t e r

t h a n

d o u b l e o u r p r e s e n t

c l a s s r o o m s

a n d s e a t i n g i n

t h e

w o r s h i p room. T h i s

i s

why

we

n e e d

a

r e

v o l v i n g fund.

ElMIRA BAHAMA CHRISTIAN MISSION

M a i l e d by

L i b e r t y

C h u r c h o f C h r i s t

4 7 6 4

k y l i n e Road South

Salem, r e g o n 97302

Mission

Service Assn.

Box

968509 W Jefferson

Joliet, Illinois

HUBERT

LOISPRATHER


2/6

A GREAT

F E L L O W S H I P E N J O Y E D .

B r o t h e r

J o s e p h

P u t n a m

f r o m C a r b o n d a i e ,

I l l i n o i s c a m e w i t h 1 4 s t u d e n t s a n d

f o u r o t h e r

a d u l t s . T h e y c a m e

t o s t u d y t h e

m i s s i o n w o r k a n d

t o d o

s o m e

s w i m m i n g . B r o t h e r P u t n a m

a n d h i s f a t h e r -

i n - l a w , M r . W i l l i a m M i l l e r s p o k e

a t t h e C o c o n u t G r o v e a n d G r a n t s T o w n C h u r c h e s

d u r i n g

t h e w o r s h i p s e r v i c e s

o n

S u n

d a y ,

M a r c h

2 3 r d . We p p r e c i a t e v i s i t s l i k e

t h i s ;

t h e y

g o

h o m e k n o w i n g o f t h e w o r k ; h e y

c o m e

t o

k n o w t h e

m i s s i o n

a r i e s ;

a n d

t h e y

k n o w w h a t

t h e y

a r e g i v i n g t h e i r

m o n e y f o r . I t

i s a l s o

g o o d

t o

h a v e t h e f e l l o w s h i p w i t h s o m e o n e f r o m

h o m e .

M r s .

M a r t h a R o d g e r s

f r o m S h e l t o n , W a s h i n g t o n i s s p e n d i n g a f e w d a y s w i t h u s t h i s

w e e k

a n d

l e a r n i n g

o f t h e

w o r k .

W e

a r e

s o

h a p p y

t o

h a v e h e r

i n

o u r

home.

CORRESPONDENCE COURSE B R I N G S R E S U L T S . S e v e r a l h a v e

r e q u e s t e d b a p t i s m

a s

a r e s u l t

o f t h e

B i b l e C o u r s e s .

W e

a r e m a k i n g

p l a n s t o g o s t u d y w i t h t h e m f u r t h e r s o t h a t t h e y

c a n

c o m p l e t e t h e i r

o b e d i e n c e t o

t h e L o r d . O n e ,

R o m a n C a t h o l i c , h a s

m O v e ^ t o

F l o r i d a ,

a n d

h a s n e a r l y c o m p l e t e d b o t h o f

t h e

B i b l e C o u r s e s .

S h e d e s i r e s

t o ~ f a e b a p t i z e d .

B r o t h e r G a r v e y

f r o m

W e s t E n d ,

G r a n d B a h a m a

w o r k s

o r E a s t e r n A i r l i n e s a n d h a s

a

p a s s ; h e i s

g o i n g

o v e r

t o s t u d y

w i t h

h e r a n d b a p t i z e

h e r

a n d

g e t

h e r

s e t t l e d

i n

a c o n g r e g a t i o n .

THERE SEEMS T O BE A CONSPIRACY GOING O N . T h i s w o r l d i s

f u l l

o f s u c h t h i n g s . W h e n t h e

S p e n c e r s

l e f t f o r

t h e i r

f u r l o u g h , t h e y

g a v e u s s e v e r a l i t e m s . B r o t h e r R e d m o n a n d m y s e l f w e n t i s h i n g w i t h a f r i e n d . Y o u k n o w B r o t h e r

R e d m o n

i s

q u i t e b a l d ,

a n d h e n e e d s

a

l i t t l e

s u n

t a n

l o t i o n

o n

h i s

h e a d .

S o

h e t o o k

a

b o t t l e p l a i n l y

m a r k e d

S u n

T a n

L o t i o n ,

t o

t h e t o p o f h i s h e a d , o n w h i c h g r o w s a l i t t l e f u z z , b u t

t o

h i s h o r r o r a n d s u r p r i s e , t h e b o t t l e

w a s

i l l e d ^

g l u e ^ ^ ^ ^ o y y - D o h n a ,

w o u l d a d v i s e

y o u t o b e

p r e p a r e d .

R e d m o n

s a y s ,

V e n g e a n c e

i s

m i n e . R e a l l y t h i s

d i d n t s e e o i J i o a t t i ^ c t t h e f i s h

w h e n R e d m o n

w e n t

o v e r b o a r d

t o r e l e a v e

h i s h e a d

o f

i t s

s t u c k - u p c o n d i t i o n .

COST

OF L I V I N G

D E M A N D S

AN

INCREASE

I N L I V I N G A LLO W A N C E . W e e c e i v e d a n o t i c e a d i o r t

t i m e

a g o f r o m

o u r L a n d l o r d , t h a t

o u r

r e n t w o u l d

i n c r e a s e

$ 5 0 . 0 0 p e r

m o n

l e a s t

2 0 4 i i U h e l a s t

t h r e e y e a r s . So

t o

b e a b l e

t o

p a y o u r

m e a n s w e w i l l h a v e t o h a v e

t h i s

m u c h

i n c r e a s e f r o m

o u r s u p

i n

g i v i n g

t o

o u r

n e e d s

h e r e .

: h

a s o f J u l y 1 s t .

T h e

c o s t o f

e v e r y t h i n g

h a s

i n c r e a s e d a t

) i l l s ,

we

m u s t h a v e a n

i n c r e a s e

o f $ 1 0 0. p e r . _ m o n t h . T h i s

p o r t e r s .

W e

do a p p r e c i a t e t h e f a i t h f u l l n e s s o f G o d ' s p e o p l e

May

H i s

d i v i n e b l e s s i n g s

b e

y o u r s a s

y o u c o n t i n u e t o

s e r v e H i m .

I n C h r i s t i a n Love,

H y b e r t a n d L o i s

P r a t h e r

FINANCIAL

REPORT:

O n H a n d D e c e j n b e r 1

R e c e i p t s

t o

March 31

Expenditures to March 3 1

Balance

o n

M a r c h

3

1920.51

2527.42

3026.20

1421.73

( P l e a s e n o t e t h e . r o p i n b a l a n c e due t o

s o m e

d e l i n q u e n t g i v i n g .


3/6

< \ Craod -r

Bahama >

IsiandL:^^,

'S

Great Inagua

Uiand

HAITI

amaica

/repubuc

Forwarding Agents:

Ken va Clark

P.

O.

ox

1362

Eug e n e , Oregon

OMon/

^

674

S p o n s o r i n g

Church l d e r s

Elmiro Church

of

Christ

Elmira,

Ore gon

ELDERS:

Douglas Stinson, Evan

Mann

Darrel

Smith

AUGUST 1969

i(diUCfimed^

Rt. 2,

Box 7 4 7 ,

Elmira,

Oregon 97437

Vol. V,

No.

2

Dear Friends

i n C h r i s t :

GREETINGS I N THE

NAME OF

JESUS, who d i e d f o r o u r t r e s p a s s e s ; a r o s e

f o r

o u r j u s t i f i c a t i o n a n d s h a l l come

a g a i n

i n H e a v e n ' s

G l o r y f o r

H i s

b r i d e ,

t h e C h u r c h .

HOME

SWEET HOME, i t h

t h o s e

we

l o v e

s o d e a r l y ,

b o t h

o u r

l o v e d o n e s ,

a n d

t h o s e b r o t h e r s

a n d

s i s t e r s

i n

C h r i s t . What

a

t h r i l l t o t h e h e a r t o f p a r e n t s to meet

t h e i r

c h i l d r e n a n d

g r a n d

c h i l d r e n

a s a

welcome c om

m i t t e e .

We

r r i v e d a t

t h e

P o r t l a n d a i r p o r t June

2 8 t h .

. . h r e e h o u r s l a t e .

FUTURE PLANS.

W e

s h a l l b e i n t h e s t a t e s f o r o n e y e a r . Our

h e a d q u a r t e r s

w i l l b e Rt , Box 747,

E l m i r a ,

O r e g o n 9 7 4 3 7 . W e w i l l b e h e l p i n g a s much a s p o s s i b l e w i t h t h e

w o r k

h e r e u n t i l t h e f i r s t o f J a n u a r y .

T h e

w i n t e r

t e r m w i l l b e

t e a c h i n g

i n

t h e M i s s i o n

C l a s s a n d

t a k i n g

some

c l a s s e s

a t

P u g e t Sound

C o l l e g e

o f

t h e

Blble.^We a r e

noidmg a m e e t i n g

a t

KocKy h o r o ,

Xbloradb

o r T October 12 t h r o F g h t h e T B t f r . Anyone I n i l i a i

a r e a

w a n t i n g t o h e a r o f our work i n t h e Bahamas, n o t i f y u s a t once h e r e

a t

E l m i r a .

THAT

ALL MIGHT UNDERSTAND; we w i l t b e d r a w i n g o u r l i v i n g

a l l o w a n c e

from t h e M i s s i o n

Fund f o r

t h e

y e a r we

a r e

home. B r o t h e r

F r a l e y ' s

l i v i n g

a l l o w a n c e i s p a i d

b y

t h e E l m i r a C h u r c h . H i s m i s s i o n e x p e n s e s

w i l l b e $ 1 5 0 . 0 0

p e r

m o n t h ,

p a i d

o u t o f o u r m i s s i o n f u n d . So we

a r e

i n n e e d o f

y o u r

c o n t in u e d s u p p o r t

t h r o u g h t h e y e a r a t home.

The

l a s t two m o n t h s h a v e d r o p p e d

o f f

s o m e . W e d o

a p p r e c i a t e

t h e

f i n e

way

y o u h a v e s u p p o r t e d u s d u r i n g t h e t h r e e a n d o n e - h a l f y e a r s o n t h e f i e l d . W e s a y t h a n k you

a n d may

God

b l e s s you r i c h l y .

A SWEET

FELLOWSHIP WAS

ENJOYED,

t h e

l a s t

week

we w e r e i n

t h e Bahamas w i t h

t h e

F r a l e y

f a m i l y .

Th e

more we

t a l k e d a n d v i s i t e d ,

t h e more we

l o v e d a n d

a p p r e c i a t e d them. They a r e a

w o n d e r f u l

d e d i c a t e d f a m i l y

a n d t h e y n e e d your

p r a y e r s

d u r i n g

t h i s

y e a r o f e x c h a n g e .

OUR FURLOUGH

STARTED

OUT

I N

A

RUSH. T h r e e f u l l weeks o f camps a n d

two

d a y s o f

f a m i l y

camp

a t

t h e

G r o v e Camp i n C o t t a g e G r o v e , O r e g o n .

What

a b l e s s e d f e l l o w s h i p

w i t h b r o t h e r

a n d

s i s t e r s

i n C h r i s t

ELMIRA

BAHAMA HRISTIAN MISSION

M a i l e d

by

L i b e r t y Church of

C h r i s t

4 7 6 4 k y l i n e Road South

Salem, Oregon

97302

9i58

erson

N o n - p r o f i t

O r g .

U.

. o s t a g e

HUBERT LOISPRATHER


4/6

WEDDING

BELLS

AGAIN.

Our d a u g h t e r

S u s a n w a s u n i t e d i n m a r r i a g e t o M r .

Howard

M a x f i e l d , s o n o f M r .

a n d M r s . G o r d o n M a x f i e l d o f S e a t t l e We w e r e

s o

g l a d t o h a v e a p a r t i n t h i s m o s t h a p p y a f f a i r We h a v e

one more t o go and a l l e i g h t o f

o u r

c h i l d r e n

w i l l

b e

e s t a b l i s h e d

i n homes o f t h e i r o w n.

O u r

c h i l d r e n

a r e

a l l

a g r e a t

j o y

t o o u r h e a r t s . We a r e e n j o y i n g

t h e

s p o i l i n g o f o u r e l e v e n

g r a n d c h i l d r e n .

When we h a v e

them

g o o d a n d

s p o i l e d ,

w e

s h a l l

r e t u r n

t o t h e

Bahamas

a n d

l e t

t h e i r

p a r e n t s

s w e a t

i t

o u t .

FROM THE

FIELD. B r o t h e r F r a l e y r e p o r t s ; h o t , h o t ,

h o t

w e a t h e r , a n d good V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l s . The

p l a n s f o r t h e

new

a d d i t i o n o n t h e G r a n t s T o w n b u i l d i n g h a s b e e n a p p r o v e d . The G r a n t s T o w n c o n g r e g a t i o n

i s

s a v i n g

f o r

t h i s b u i l d i n g

T h e y

h a v e $ 5 5 9 . 0 0

i n

t h e

b a n k

{ t h i s

v ^ s

two

m o n t h s

a y l n g s ) d r a w i n g 6 ^ 2 % i n

t e r e s t ,

compounded

q u a r t e r l y .

We a r e a s k i n g

t h e C h u r c h e s a n d

f r i e n d s

h e r e

t o h e l p

u s

b u i l d a r e v o l v i n g fund

w h i c h

w i l l e n a b l e

u s

t o p u r c h a s e new c h u r c h s i g h t s . T h i s w i l l

n o t b e

g i f t s t o

t h e

p e o p l e ,

b u t

w i l l

b e

j u s t

what i t i s

c a l l e d ;

a R e v o l v i n g F u n d . The p e o p l e t h e r e w i l l

p a y b a c k

e v e r y dime t h e y

u s e

i n b u y i n g p r o p

e r t y o r c o n s t r u c t i n g

b u i l d i n g s .

T h i s w ay I t w i l l

b e

a c o n t i n u e d f u n d t o s p r e a d t h e

L o r d ' s

C h u r c h t o a l l t h e

i s l a n d s

B e l o v e d b r e t h r e n ,

a s

i n A m e r i c a , i t t a k e s money t o s p r e a d

G o d ' s

Word a n d t o g e t t h e c h u r c h e s t o

t h e p l a c e where t h e C h u r c h i s c o m p l e t e l y

s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g , s e l f - g o v e r n e d ,

a n d

s e l f - p r o p a g a t i n g .

T h i s i s

a must

i f w e

a r e

t o b e

g o o d

s t e w a r d s o f o u r t i m e

t h e r e .

PLEASE.

And may God

b l e s s

y o u .

I n

C h r i s t i a n

Love

Hube rt a n d Lois

Prather

-U.-

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Balance

A p r i l 1

Balance

J u l y 1

Reduction

of m i s s i o n b a l a n c e

1421.73

1131.66

290.07

( P l e a s e

n o t e

t h e d r o p i n b a l a n j c e o f m i s s i o n g i v i n g The

P r a t h e r s

w i l l

c o n t i n u e

t o

d r a w t h e i r

s u p p o r t

f r o m t h e

B ah a m a

M i s s i o n

Fund.

I t

i s i m p o r t a n t t h a t w e

wiU

a l l

keep ou r

c om m i t ments

a n d

continue

to support t h e i r

w o r k w h i l e o n f u r l o u g h . )

V,

'

y


5/6

Grand

Bahama

S ^ s l a n d ^

?

Great

Inasua

Island

HAITI

RU U

JAMAICA

\eUon/

/674 ^ ^ ^ o A a m a ^Ci:y

Forwarding

Agents:

Ken va

Clark

P.

O.

ox 1362

Eugene,

Oregon

S p o n s o r i n g Church & l d e r s

Elmira Chj^^h o f

Christ

E j f t i i r a , Oregon

ELDERS:

Douglas

Stinson,

Evan

Mann

Darrel S m i t h

Sept,

1969

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R o u t e

2 ,

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Vol. v.. No. 3

Dear

Christian

B r e t h r e n :

Greetings

i n

the name o f Jesus

our

Lord and Saviour.

A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION HAS

EEN

MADE. After many hours

of

prayer, me ditation

and

discussion with

a

minister friend

and t h e

eiders

h er e

at Elmira, Lois and /

have

decided

not to return to the Bahamas to

labor.

This

decision

was reached

the w e e k of S e p t e m b e r

19th.

We have

t r i e d

to

c a r e f u l l y

consider health, Lois

f e e l i n g , p o l i t i ca l

uncertainty

as expressed by

Gary Fraieyin

one l e t t e r and

other~cundiiicms

rr die f i e l d . In meking-

the - decision:

S u p p o r t

w i l l b e needed

u n t i l

we can locate

i n a church

here

i n the

S t a t e s . It i s ou r prayer

that we s h a l l b e able to

find

a place to labor i n

the

very near future.

Just as

soon

as

we

a r e l o c a t e d , w e s h a l l

l e t our

s u p p o r t e r s know.

Pray

t h a t He might lead us t o

His

chosen f i e l d

of

lab or .

Deep

g r a t i t u d e and a p p r e c i a t i o n f i l l s our heart for you wonderful l o y a l

support through

our

s t a y i n

t h e

Bahamas We pray the

good

Lord t o b l e s s you

f o r

your l o v e and f a i t h f u l n e s s .

In Christian

Lov e,

Hubert and Lois P r a t h e r

ELMIRA

BAHAMA

CHRISTIAN MISSION

M a i l e d b y

L i b e r t y

C h u r c h o f

C h r i s t

4 7 6 4

k y l i n e

Road

South

Salem, O r e g o n 97302

f tlssloB Srvie Assn.

B o x

968

509^

Joll*t

Illinois

60 434

N o n - p r o f i t0

U. . P o s t a g e

1 c aid

Oregon

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HUBERT


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