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Written, Mimeographed,
and
Mailed by
Ralph
R.
Harter,
Jr.
at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, KANPUR2, U. P. INDIA
{Kanpur sometimes spelled
awnpore
^
January
9 ^^
H A P P Y T P A Y S
The happ ie s t even t o f
th e Yule t i d e j u s t pa s t was
th e wedding of
onr Sani
M,
Masih
w t ICulpahar s
Ros ie Ram.
They
have now
r e t u r ned to Kanpur and a re
l iv ing
in
an
apartment of
t h e I n d i a B i h l e
nstitute
This apar tment was
f ome r -
ly occupied by Andriyas
who
ha s
now
r e t u r n e d
t o
o u r
address
Chr is tmas
Day was
spen t
a t
Ragaul v/here Mrs. Roth-
en a e l
s e rved
fo r a lmos t
f i f t y years . Since
-Mrs .
Rothermel^s depar tu r e ,
th e
people
there
have
heen on
t h e i r own. I am happy to
repor t tha t almost a l l
of
them a re
do i r ^ ve ry
we l l
by
themselves .
Only
one
family
seems
mental ly
in
capable of l iv ing an inde
pendent life I n my sermon
I unwrapped
some Chr i s t
mas P r e s e n t s f rom G od .
Af t e r th e wedding
a t
Kulpahar on the
28th,
I
v/ent
on
th e
29 th t o
nea rby
Howgong
and
v i s i t ed
a
fo r
mer ward, Esra
M,
La i ,
who
v /as
ma r r i e d
last sumi ae r .
On
the 30th,
I -vis i ted
the
famous
tomplos at Kh^^;iara~
ho,
then
spent
the n igh t
w i t h some Ohio F r i e n d s in
Chhatarpur. On the 31s t , I
was back i n
Kulpahar
t o
preach
on,
Renew
My
Joy
in their New Ye a r s morn
ing serv ice . Late tha t
night , I was back in the
s t r i ke -bound
c i t y o f Kan-
pur
The
ma in strike now in
progress i s tha t
of
State
Government
employees v/hich
i nc ludes bus employees fo r
both
c i ty
and
in tex--c i ty
busses
Frank and Mar i e Rempe l
are
expected
to arr ive in
Nev^
Delh i on
January
12 th .
Should
not I have regard for Nineveh; that great c ity,
wherein
are more than sixscore
thousand persons that
cannot
discern between their right hand
and
their left hand;
and
also
much
cattle
? Jonah
4:11
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The Lord wi l l i ng I wi l l
he on
hs-nd
to g r e e t them
a t th e a i r p o r t .
Prom
New
Delh i
I
wi l l
go di rec t ly to the annual
meeting
of the
New Testa
ment Pub l i c a t i o n s Ass n .
wh i ch
w i l l
mee t
in
Al l ah a
b ad
on t h e
14 t ho
Ha r r i s Makunda
is
a new
comer
to our
Boys* Dormi
tory .
He i s
from Ragaul
and
i s
studying Welding in
Kanpur s Industr ia l Train
ing
Ins t i tu te .
He
has
a
part-t ime job with Bro ther
R a s h .
Yoe l
Alb e r t
has
been
do
ing
well in his
job of
d i s t r ibu t ing gospels door
t o door . He d i s t r i bu t e d
479 copies
in
October, 445
copies in November .
and
458
copies
in December.
However, our campaign to
s e l l
Bib l es th rough th e
ma i l
has
so
f a r
been
a
d i sm a l failure
The year
19^6
v/as a ban
ner year for. the book
s to re . t
was
our
f i r s t
f u l l
ca le nd ar y ear s ince I
re tu rned
from fu r lough
and we d id 6235
rupees
wor th
o f
bus i ne s s . Taking
i n t o
accoun t th e
deva lua
t i on
of th e
rupee
l a s t
June, th is amounts to
970s
189
Bibles
were
sold
98
w
Testaments
and
449
Gospels. Gospels
dis t r i
buted f ree a re not
inc lud
ed
i n t h i s r eckon ing .
M i s si o n f u n d s we r e made
available to M r.
an d
Mrs.^
V .N . Bh im a in
a
vain at
tempt
to
save the
life
o f
t h e i r
n ine
yea r
o ld daugh
ter who
was s u f f e r i n g f rom
cirrhosis
o f t h e
liven
She
l o v e d J e s u s
a n d
we n t
to
b e
w i t h Him o n D ecem ber 1 0 t h .
My b icyc le has become
i n c r ea s i ng ly
inadequa te
fo r my mul t i t ud ious
du t i e s
in t h e
f o u r
c om e r s o f
th e
c i t y and so
I am plac ing
my order
fo r
a sm all motor
cyc le . The
dea l e r t e l l s me
t h a t I shou ld
expec t
t o
wait
li
years
fo r
del ivery
o f the
vehicle
Three
parce l s ar r ived
f rom
t h e
U.S .
t o add
t o
th e happiness
o f
the
Ch r i s tma s s e a s o n . Gene r ou s
g i f t s of
cash
were also
r e ce ived .
We
have
no t y e t
spent the cash , bu t some
o f
it
wi l l
go
f o r
a
new
suit
When I complained thatt.
my too ls were always d is
appearing,
one of
the
Peace Gorp
workers
advised
t h a t th e t o o l s be hung on
th e wa l l w ith th e
ou t l i n e s
o f
th e t oo l s
pa in t ed
on
th e w al l . Andriyas brought
a
la rge
mirror
frame
with
red and gold borde r then
he
painted the backing
green.
The tools have
been
a t t a ched and ou t l i ned -
on
this When
a t o o l
is
t a k en
off ,
it
i s obvious at
a
back page,
please)
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CONTRIBUTIONS EECEIVEa) I N
OCTOBER
NOVHCBSE 1966
Illinoisg
lOY
C l a s s , P a i r f i e l d 40,00
I n d . i f \ n a g
G a r r e t t
2 0 , 0 0
Haiomond South . S i d e 5 , 0 0
The
C o l e s t o c k s 7 , 0 0
K a n s a s
g
The Dunahughs 30,00
Mother
Dunahugh
10.00
K e n t u c k y
g
Unity
Christ ian 20,00
M i s s o u r i g
Keeper Church 10,00
L i b e r t y
Biblei
Cls ,
3474
New
Y o r k g
Bii^hamton 46,45
O h i o g
C l i n t o n 120
Bladensburg
L . L . s 20
M a n c h e s t e r
22
M o t h e r Flint 1 0
The
\ 7 a r r e h
S t e i n e r s 5
Sebring 48
Chase
Avenue
(D,S,)
10
L i n d e n Women s G u i l d 25
The
P , M , H a w k i n s 1 5
Old S t o n e 20
B r a n c h Hill
20
No, 2985
50
Perry
C h r i s t i a n 20
Sabina J r s ,
IV
8
Sabina J r s , VI 56
S a b i n a
Church
65
The H a n d v / e r k s
:5
Tennessee g
E m b r e e v i l l e 1 0 0 , 0 0
W e s t Virginiag
F o l l a n s b e e Jr
B e r e a n s 4 7 , 4 9
TOTAL
EECEIVEL
.891,76
. 0 0
00
. 1 8
00
00
00
00
, 0 0
, 0 0
, 0 0
00
00
00
. 7 7
, 6 8
, 4 5
00
EXPENDED
IN
NOVESOER AND
DECEMBER 1966
Salary
Nov. 1 s t and
Dec, 1 s t 300.00
Benevolence 272,18
Hindi
P u b l i c a t i o n s 293,10
P r i n t
Shop
5-95
O f f i c e 19-47
Housing 30,08
Book Store, Library 80,45
C h r i s t a s i a n , H a r t e r
Throbs, Publicity.105-66
Church
39,77
Kalimpong
40,19
B i b le S o c i e t y -
Transportation
33.62
TOTAL EXPENDED 11234,16
. SUMMARY OF REPORT
Balance Forward
2876,18
Contributed 891,76
Total
Receipts 3767,94
Less Expended 1234,16
Balance, Jan, 1 2533-78
Less
Reserve
Fund-
1500,00
Cash i n
Hand
10
33- 78
It
i s very
n o t i c e a b l e
t h a t some o f
o u r
f r i e n d s
i n c r e a s e d
t h e s i z e o f
t h e i r
c o n t r i b u t i o n s
d u r i n g
October and
November, V/e
pray
that t h i s
indiea,tes
t h e
L o r d s
a b u n d a n t
b l e s s
i n g s
on
them,-
We
e n t e r
1967 w i t h
good
health,
a
balance,
i n
the
bank, and
a,
d a i l y p:^^ye
f o r wisdom
t o
e f f e c t i v e l y
and e f f i c i e n t l y
use t h e
funds e n t r u s t e d \ t o
us^
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FORWARDING
AGENT, MISS FLORENCE DOUGLAS, 1111 N. MAIN ST.
JOPLIN, MO.,
640i
glance what
too l
i s miss-
ing* t i s so a r t i s t i c
t h a t
I
have capt ioned it
Queen
Vic to r i a , commem
ora t ing
Her Majesty s fa s
t i d i ou snes s
i n keep ing all
o f th e c on te n t s o f Windso r
Pa l a c e in their
p r o p e r
p laces^
Two o the r new acqu i s i t
i o n s in the hou s e a r e a
new washbowl, and a
buzzer
on the, roof so I can hear
^the db
orb
e l l
ring
when I
sleep up
there
a t night .
Andriyas
i s
a
very help ^
f i i l
k id
bu t .
he is still
unemployed.
What annoys
me
is
t h a t ,
he is se ldom em
ployed in . looking fo r
em
ployment. in the meajitime,
we mis s h is
s e r v i c e s
i n .
th e books to re .
James , who
replaced
Andriyas
in
the
s tore , does the l ibrary
par t
of
the work
fa i r ly
w e ll b u t
he
does no t know
enough ari thmetic to. be a
succe s s
i n th e
s a l e s de
partment.
I t would no
doub t
be
t o ou r
advan t age
to have Andriyas back in
th e
books to re
bu t
it
is
i n
h is
b e s t i n t e r e s t s t h a t he
f ind a - permanent job in
some f a c t o r y .
Andriyas has
become a
shu t t e r -bug wi th a
camera
sen t me
l a s t
year
by the
Jun i o r s
o f
Sab ina , Ohio. .
He t ake s
much
b e t t e r p ic
tures t h a n I d o . I
suffer
f rom t h e f am i l i a r weak
ne s s
o f
no t
be ing ,
ab le
to
f inish up a reel oif film.
I tcike a few
p i c tu re s
t hen
l e a v e
th e f i lm in t h e cam
era
un t i l it
i s ruine(^.
The army
of mice
that-
had
been
pester ing me has
now been rou ted . , ..The . c o l
ony was pre t ty well wiped
ou t
wi th
some
poison
so ld
to me by a
fe llow miss ion
ary .
.Some t raps- hate now
a r r i v e d
f rom th e U.S .
which wi l l
t a ke ca re o f
the s t r agg le r s .
On
the
.o ther
hand, v/e
have found
th e musk ra t s
to
be
a lmos t
i n d e s t r u c t i b l e . Everyone
says tha t they are harm
l e s s
and
t h a t
I
shou ld
no t
, try to k i l l them. So now I
am concen t r a t i ng on l e a r n
ing
to love the squeaks
. they make as. they tour my
rob i iL .
Although
some par ts
o
Ind i a
a re
be ing
bad ly
h i t
by famine,; there has
been
no food shor tage in Kanpu
t h i s
win te r . Muc'h of th e
v/heat so ld in Kanpur i s
,from the U.S.A. have
had smple ra ins - th is win
t e r ,
so
there
should
be
bumper harvest next Sprin
'Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words
I I
Cor . 9:15
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Written Mimeographed and Mailed by Ralph R Hartcr Jr.
at 112/352 SWARUPNAGAR KANPUR2 U. P. INDIA
[Ratipur soviclimcs spelled Cawnpore
braary
15
19^7
TOW RDS
tr r i z a t i o n
In my l a s t news le t t e r , I
a nnounc e d
t h a t . I v e s
a p p l y -
ing
fo r
a
small
motor
cycle , According to the
i n s t r u c t i o n s
I tedl
r e ce ived
I
deposited
my money
with
a
dea l e r i n Hirzapur . He
r e tu rned my money y/i th
th e
r ema rk s t h a t Kanpur was no
l onger in h is t e r r i t o ry .
Next I
appl ied
fo r a Lam-
b r e t t a Suto-Cyc le , bu t th e
word came b a c k f rom Hew
De l h i
that
t h e s e a r e no
longer being manufactured.
One day as I was puf f ing
along
on
my
bicycle , the
day dream
came to me tha t
if I
were
t o r e c e i v e some
e x t r a
funds
unexpec t ed ly
and unso l i c i t ed , t h a t I
would buy
one
of
th e
more
expensive
motor
scooters .
Two days l a t e r
the
January
f i nanc i a l r epor t
ar r ived
showing tha t such funds
had
i ndeed
a r r i v ed . With
t h i s encouragement I
have
-now
wri t - t en t h e
Govenmen t
o f
I n d i a
t o
r e l e a s e
t o
me
a Vespa
Scooter
against
payment
in
American dol
lars
The re
is
no doub t
t h a t
my
ac t i v i t i e s
wi l l be revo
l u t ion i sed when I
f ina l ly
ge t motor ized .
In th e meant ime it i s
wonde r f u l t o
have
th e Hem
pels
back.
Dranlc
i s
most
generous
with h is automo
bile which 1 w i l l con t i nue
to enjoy even a f t e r I get
my
s coo t e r .
Mo t o r scooters are mor e
popular and pract ical
in
I nd i a t han
they a re i n
th e
Uni ted S t a t e s ,
I n d i a s
mild weather permits
t h e i r
use every day of the
year
and
they can
be kept in
s ide th e
hpuJe when no t in
u s e .
S c o t e r s
a l s o maneuve
. . -be t ter
in
the
crowds..
Sliouid nol I have regard for Nineveh;
tha t great
city wherein arc
more
than
.si. iscore
thousand persons that car;not discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also
much cattle ?
Jonah
4:11
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On J a n u a r y 1 2 t h I was
in New
D e l h i to w e l c o m e
t h e
Rempels
bade
t o I n d i a
We t o u r ed Nev D e l h i t o g e
ther on
t h e 1 3 t h .
On t h e
14th
I
w a s in A l l a h a h a d to
a t t e n d
t h e
a n n u al m e et i n g
of the New
T e s t a m e n t
P u b
l i c a t i o n s Ass n . Once a g a i n
I
am
the Treasurer
of
the
A s s o c i a t i o n ; but
a c c o r d i n g
t o
t h e
c o n s t i t u t i o n I
w i l l n o t h e e l g i h l e
n e x t
y e a r . P r a n k Rempel w i l l no
d o u h t s u c c e e d m e . In
this
o r g a n i z a t i o n t h e
t r e a s u r e r
i s t h e man who g e t s caught
h o l d i n g
t h e
h a g : t h u s no
I n d i a n
c a r e s
f o r
t h e j o h .
On Peh, 1 s t I was feack
in A l l a h a h a d
for
the
a n n u a l
m e e t i n g o f t h e N o r t h I n d i a
A u x i l i a r y o f t h e B i h l e
S o c i e t y Once- a g a i n
I
have
h e e n elected
as a
m e m b e r
o f
t h e A u x i l i a r y
Committee
a n d
now also a s a m e m b e r
o f
the P i i i a n c e C o m m i t t e e
It v / i l l h e
my
p a r t i c u l a r
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o guard
a g a i n s t
c o r r u p t i o n was te
and e x t r a v a g a n c e i n t h e
N o r t h
I n d i a A u x i l i a r y
The hoys
who work i n t h e
l i b r a r y
have
n e v e r
h e e n
a b l e to m a i n t a i n t h e
b r a r y s r e c o r d s
i n e i t h e r
a l p h a b e t i c a l o r n u m e r i c a l
o r d e r . We hope
t h a t
we
have
now s o l v e d
t h i s p r o b
lem w it h t h e
p u r c h a s e o f a
Remington Rand C a r d e x f i l e
So f a r t h e boys have n o t
f o u n d a n y w e a k n e s s e s in
t h e new s e t - u p .
At
t h e
moment
o f
w r i t i n g
m o s t of
the
strikes
a n d
a g i t a t i o n s
i n our p a r t
o f
t h e
c o u n t r y have b e e n
c a l l e d o f f . The
c i t y
and
i n t e r - c i t y
b u s s e s
a r e
b a c k
i n o p e r a t i o n a f t e r
more
than a
m o n t h of idleness
The
i m p a s s e
b e t w e e n
t h e
S t a t e G o v e r n m e n t
a n d
its
employees c e a s e d j u s t i n
t i m e for t h e
n a t i o n a l
e l e c t i o n s v/hich b e g i n t o
day and
v / i l l be p a r r i e d on
o v e r s e v e r a l
days.-
e r e g r e t t o
s a y
t h a t
Andr iyas is
still unem
ployed except
f o r
a few
c a r p e n t i y jobs he has done
for us
I h a v e
told h i m
t h a t he
w o n t g e t t o r i d e
t h e m o t o r
s c o o t e r until
h e
i s
employed. This c a r r o t
may
have more e f f e c t on
h i m after
the
scooter
h a s
arrived
A f t e r s i x v;-eeks o f
m a r
r i a g e
S a n i
and Rosie seem
v e r y
happy..
This i s a g r e a t
relief to me s i n c e
I
w a s
p a r t l y r e s p o n s i b l e
f o r t h e
match
My d u t i e s
i n
t h e l o c a l
c h u r c h h a v e b e e n i n c r e a s e d
nov/ that I h a v e b e e n
c h o s e n
a s e l d e r
a n d T r e a s u r e r .
I
had
h e l d t h e s e p o s i t i o n s
i n
some
previous
years
but
l a s t
year I had not held
any
p o s i t i o n .
The a n t i c i
pated
motor s c o o t e r
w i l l
be a g r e a t h e l p i n v i s i
tation
v / o r k .
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COITTRIBUTIONS EECEIVKD IN
DEC. 66 AND
JAN.
6 ?
California:
Jorilee Nickerson
Illinois:
Mr. Mrs . Haynes
Eairfield
J . O .Y .
Indiana:
P r a n k
Re a s
Garrett
U niv . C hurch ,
Muncie
M r.
M rs . C o le stock
Kansas:
R i v e r l aw n Christian 200
Ken t u c k y ;
M r.
Mr s , Ome r
M t. Z i o n Chu r c h
M t. Y em e n Christian
Uni ty Chr i s t i an
Missouri:
S25 .00
5
40
60
15
75
6
15
16
30
20
Keeper
Church
30
Libe r ty B. Classes 32
Oh i o :
Clinton
C h u rc h 1 2 0
No r t h Te r r a c e
9
Man c h e s t e r
Chu r c h
1 0
Manches te r M'y.
Soc,
20
Bladensburg
L .B . s 20
Sebring Church 56
Mrs . Ze i g l e r 5
B r a n c h Hill
20
Mo t h e r Flint
1 0
Mr.
Mrs . S t e i n e r
10
Mr.
Mrs . Handwe rk
15
Sab ina
J r s , VI 68
Sabina
Church
68
Berry
Chr i s t i an 24
Highview
Chris t ian
196
Ei t tman
M'y. Guild
10
B r i n k h a v e n
Chu r c h 25
Mon t a n a ;
Dona l d P .
P e e l
1 0 . 0 0
O r e g o n :
West
Sea t t l e 18 .00
. 0 0
. 0 0
. 5 3
. 0 0
. 0 0 .
. 0 0
. 0 0
. 4 3
. 0 0
. 0 0
.6 5
.6 5
.4 0
. 0 0
2
Wes t V i r g i n i a :
. .. ,
P o ll a n s be e L a d ie s 45 . 0 0
TOTAL RECEITOD 1330.68
e k p en d ed mm
jan
ist
to
FEB. 14th , 1967
Salary
(Jan.
1;
(Dec. 1s t )
Benevolence
H i n d i Publications
Office
Hous ing-
Library , Book
Store 213.00
Chr i s t a s i an ,
Har t e r
Throbs , Pub l i c i t y
Ch u r c h
Kal impong
Bib l e
Soc i e t y
Tran spo r t a t i on _
TOTAL
EXPENDED
a n d
300 .00
120 . 8 8
104 . 7 3
6 .62
32.56
39 . 5 1
1 5 . 5 1
20 . 09
9.56
1 4 . 9 2
877.37
SUMMARY
OF REPORT
Balance
Forward
2533.78
Contr ibu t ions
1330.68
Refund-
on
d e po s i t
fo r s coo t e r 33.62
Total
Receipts 3898.08
Less
Expended 877.37
Balance,
Feb. 14 3020.71
Less Reserve Fund
1500 . 00
Cash i n Hand
1520 ,71
A
book le t
en t i t l e d ,
Kanpur;
OUr
Nineveh
on the
Ganges,
su i tab le
fo r
use
in
Daily
Vacation Bible
Schools ,
wi l l
reach you
about May. 15th . Anyone who
c anno t wa i t that l o n g ,
may
(af ter
March
15th)
obtain
a copy from Miss
Florence.
Douglas, 1111
Main
St . ,
Joplin, Mo., 64801.^
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JOPLIN, MO., G i m
A
funny t h i n g happened a t
t h e
c e m e t e r y
t h e o t h e r
d a y .
When I
g o t
t h e r e ,
t h e r e
w a s n t
any
body
t h e r e .
You
c a n
r e a d t h a t a g a i n ;
t h e r e
w a s n t any
b o d y
t h e r e .
R o b i n rancis h a d
c o m e
at
1 2 : 5 0 p .m.
t o tell u s
t h a t
h i s
2
month o l d girl
had d i e d o f
s m a l l p ox a b ou t
a n
h o u r -
b e f o r e . A l t h o u g h
h e a n d his
w i f e c l a i m s o m e
s m a l l c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h
o u r
c h u r c h , t h e y a r e n o t
mem
bers h e r e . He
d e n i e d
t h e
r u m o r that h e w a s a
C a t h o
lic o r a
member
o f
a n y
o t h e r
c h u r c h .
I g a v e him
2 t o h e l p
him w i t h
f u n e r a l
expenses., and
I
agreed t o
c o n d u c t the c o m m i t t a l
ser
v i c e
a t .6 p.m. But
v/hen
I
a r r i v e d
a t
t h e
c e m e t e r y ,
t h e r e
was no s i g n
o f t h e
b e r e a v e d ,
and t h e
c a r e t a k e r
further i n f o r m e d me
that
he had n o t r e c e i v e d any
i n
s t r u c t i o n s t o d i g
a
g r a v e .
The
n e x t
morningwe l e o r n e d
that
t h e
child v / a s
st ll
a l i v e ,
though b a r e l y s o .
Now t h e p a r e n t s d i d what
t h e y
should
have done
i n
t h e first
p l a c e : t h e y
t o o k
t h e
c h i l d
t o K a n p u r s e x
c e l l e n t
C h i l d r e n s H o s p i
tal
Hov/ever,
it was t o o
late
a n d t h e
c h i l d
e x p i r e d
t h e n e x t d a y .
W h e n
I r e a c h e d t h e c e m e
t e r y t h e second
t i m e , I was
s u r p r :
sed and
e m b a r r a s s e d
t o
f i n d t h a t t h e P r e s b y t e r
i a n
p r e a c h e r had a l s o a r
r i v e d t o
c o n d u c t
t h e
s e r
v i c e . Having r e a c h e d
t h e r e
ahead o f me, he had a l r e a d y
f i l l e d
out
t h e r e g i s t e r s .
t
turned
out
that
h e
h a d
also m a d e
a contribution
t o t h e f u n e r a l e x p e n s e s .
Anyway^ my
P r e s b y t e r i a n
f r i e n d r e q u e s t e d me t o
p r o c e e d . V/ith
h i s f a t h e r l y
h e l p , t h e
s e r v i c e was
con
summated.
a s
t h o u g h
n o t h i n g
w e r e a m i s s .
A f t e r t h e f u n e r a l , we
r e t u r n e d
t o f i n i s h
u p
some
d e t a i l s
i n
t h e r e g i s t e r s .
W h e n
the
father
w a s
a s k e d
t o
produce t h e . d e a t h c e r
t i f i c a t e , he
m i s t a k e n l y
- p u l l e d
out
a s l i p o f p a p e r
b e a r i n g -
t h e s i g n a t u r e o f
P r a n k
Rempel . When t h e
p a r e n t s had approached
F r a n k
f o r
money
f o r
medi
c i n e ,
Frank had g i v e n them
a
letter to t h e d o c t o r
gua.ra ,nteeing
t h a t
he
would
pay
all
e x p e n s e s .
T h i s
was
still i n h i s p o c k e t .
T h e d e a t h certificate
stated
that
t h e
child h a d
d i e d
o f p o s t s m a l l pox
e n c e p h a l i t i s ^
Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words
I I
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Written, Mimeographed, and
Mailed
by Ralph R. Harter,
Tr
at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, KANPUR2, U. P. INDIA
{Kanp^j^mHmn spdlM Caivnpore .f.ct
JUL29W
^ r i l
29,
19^
INDIAN GOYDEmTKNI AILOTS SCOOTER
The I nd i an Government ,
has kind ly
granted
our
appl ica t ion and has given
u s
a p r io r i t y
to Duy
a
Vespa
Scooter .
This
me ns
t h a t inste .ad o f
having
to
wai t
seve r a l
yea r s
fo r
th e
scoo te r we can nc -v
hope
t o have ou rs n
s e v e r a l
weeks .
Th i s
p r i o r i t y
s
a v a i l a h l e
t o
t h o s e who con
Xjn y
in
foreign
funds (such
as
dollars) ,
v/ho
are
fcr-
eignei^s, and who promise
n o t t o s ll th e v eh i c l e
w i th in th re e y e a r s .
The
da.y
tha t
we
received
t h e
Governmoi i t 3 l tt r
a h o u t
t h e s c o o t e r was
a
day of news,
some of
t
sad .
ErarJc Rempel rece ived
word
of the po.ssing of h is
mothe r a f t e f a. long
ll
ness
a t the age of 88.
.Another message
informed
them t h a t t h e i r l ong
awaited
beggage was
on i t s
way up from the port of
Domhay. The same day, a
l e t t e r from Tom
Rash
to ld
us
t h a t
t h e i r
re tu rn to
India may be delayed. There-
i s
pJi advantage in
get t ing
:-ill of your news a,t once.
Ctheiwise,
l i f e
in
our
Nineveh goes on pret ty
much .as always. The metro
polis
has hardly been
affected
by
the ser ious
drought
conditions^
which
Ijrevail
n hundred miles
to
the east of us.
(The
church
in Kanpur
has sen t
more
than ha l f of i t s General
Fund to
aid
the drought
v ic t im s . So
f a r our sum
mer
has
been
quite comfor
ta ble. In fac t
due
to the
lack of
severe
heat , the
melons have
suffered;
but
hot te r days
l i e
ahead.
There has been
continu.al
improvement in the l i fe of
the
church.
The Sunda.y
Slioiild not I
have
regard
for
Ntncveh; that
great
city, wherein are
more than sixscore
tliousand
persons
that cannot discern
between
their
right
handand their left
hand;
and
also
much
cattle
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m o r n i n g
w o r s h i p
s e r v i c e s
a r e v e r y
v / e l l
a t t e n d e d
and
late
c o m e r s
h a v e
a
h a r d
t i m e f i n d i n g a
s e a t .
h a v e
bee;-,
. i x b a p -
ti.-an_ . ij-i- ice o u r
. s t
i s s u e
o f
i ;
,701^3.
O n
F e b .
1 9 t h
a ii:.:-
y o u n g m an
named R a j u i l e t i r o t r a
w as
baptized.
(On Ap r i l 6 th he
married
o n e of o u r n o n
r e s i d e n t m e m b e rs .) One o f
t h o s e who a t t e n d e d Rao u * s
ba ptism was
so
i mpres s ed
t h a t
s h e
d e c i d e d
t o b e
b a p t i z e d t h e n e x t S u n d a y .
T h u s , Shalaintala Sewak was
b ap t i zed on Feb. 26th. She
e n t e r e d t r a in in g t o b e c o m e
a N u r s e s
A s s i s t a n t
t h e
n e x t
d a y . These tv/o bap
t i s m s
w e r e
a d m i n i s t e r e d b y
forcrjer x^astor C, L o y a l^
T h e r e w e r e f o u r
b a p t i s m s
on
E a s t e r S\m da y. One Airs .
R o b i n
F r a n c i s
w a s
a
c o n
v e r t e d C a t h o l i c .
We
r e p o r
t e d
t h e d e a t h a n d b u r i a l
o f
h e r i n f a n t d a u g h t e r
i n
o u r l a s t
n e v r s l e t t e r . Tv/o
v e r y f i n e
t e e n - e g e g i r l s
f r o m o n e
o f
o u r
c h u r c h
f s o n i l i e s
a l s o
c h o s e
t h i s
o c c a s i o n
t o
o b e y t h e i r
L o r d . T h e f o u r t h
p e r s o n
t o
be b a p t i z e d was a
Hindu
young
man named Rharat who
i s f u l l y d e d i c a t e d t o th e
L o r d s w i l l
a n d
w ho come
t o J.esiis d e s p i t e m u c h
o p p o s i t i o n
from
h i s f a m i l y .
He d o e s
n o t r e a d
v e r y w e l l
b u t
h e r e m e m b e r s
w h a t
h e
reads-, and
he t r i e s h a r d .
He w a s o r i g i n a l l y
a t t r a < > -
t e d
t o
C h r i s t b y t h e
r e
c e n t v e r s i o n o f KING OF
K I N G S w h i c h h e s a w in a
K a n p u r c i n e m a .
The
E a s t e r
d a y
b a p t i s m s
w e r e to h a v e b e e n
a d m i n i
s t e r e d b y a
g u e s t e v a n g e l
ist b u t he
s u d d e n l y
t o o k
s i c k w h i l e
vre v^-ere s i n g i n g
t h e p r e l i m i n a r y hymn. A
c ha nge
o f c l o t h e s w a s
Quickly br ought and
I
sup
p l i e d i n t h e
e m e r g e n c y .
T h u s
I
g o t t o i n a u g u r a t e
t h e
new
b a p t i s t r y
w h i c h
h ad
j u s t
bee-n c o m p l e t e d
b y
F r a n k an d I Ta r ie Rempel i n
t h e i r
g a r d e n .
T h e r e w e r e
a l s o
a n u m b e r
o f a d d i t i o n s
to
t h e c o n
g r e g a t io n s membership
b y
t r a n s f e r o f
m e m b e r s h i p .
T h e r e s e e m e d
to b e
m o r e
t h a n t h e u s u a l
s i c l o i e s s
t h i s Spring but except
f o r th e Frances baby) every
o n e s u r v i v e d . M a r i e
H e m p e l
i s
r e c o v e r i n g n i c e l y from
a n a i l m e n t . 1 hesitate t o y
r e v e a l that I h a d to
b e
t r e a t e d f o r v/orms, b u t t h e
w o r m s
lost
It
ga.ve m e so m e
empathy
w i t h King H ero d s
difficulties in
A c t s
1 2 : 2 3 .
I w as rlBO b a d l y h i t w i t h
t h e f l u a l o n g v^ith a l m o s t
e v e r y o n e e l s e .
The Rempels and I
a r e
planning
t o
spend June
i n
t h e
h i l l s
a t S p r i n g v i e w ;
Landaur, M^i^oorioj: U.P.,;
India
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CONTEIBOTIONS
EECEIVBD IN
STEBEP HY
Airo I HCH 196?
I l l i no i s ;
^
J.O.y., Bairfield 40.00
Indiana
Garret t
(Vincents)
15.00
The
Coles tocks
7.00
New Ross 60.00
The Linns
10 .00
Ka n s a s ;
The
Rol l in
Bunahughs
45-00
15 . 0 0
3 .00
2 0 . 0 0
25 .00
Mother
Bunahugh
Mrs . Temple ton
K e n t u c k y ;
Unity Chr i s t i an
Ke l l i e
&
Ro.th
S to ry
Mt.
Carniel Chr is t i an
30.00
35.
Union Chr i s t i an
M i s so u r i ;
Keep er Church
Mon t an a ; .
Bon a l d I . P e e l
OtVLOg
C l i n t o n
Chu rch
L i nd en
Homehu i l d e r s
Linden Wc.ymakers
L i n d e n
Gu i l d
B-ladenshurg
L.B . s
The Steiners
Mo t h e r lint
The Handwe r k s
B r a n c h
Hill
O ld S t o n e
Manche s t e r Chu rch
Sehr ing
Church
Br i n kh av en
Chu rch
Ba l e l i e ade
Rece ip t Ho.
171.
Oreg ron :
Mother
Allumhaugh
V / a s h i n g t o n ;
V/apato
Chr i s t i an
31.65
20 . 0 0
1 0 . 0 0
1 2 0 . 0 0
35 .00
55 .00
25 . 0 0
20 . 0 0
1 0 . 0 0
1 0 . 0 0
5 .00
2 0 . 0 0
2 0 . 0 0
48 .33
50 . 00
26 . 1 2
5 . 00
50 .00
20 . 0 0
Wes t
Virginiar '
Fo l l a n s h e e
Women
1 0 . 0 0
Mo t h e r Ro s s e r 2 0 . 0 0
TOTAL CONTRXBUTEB S885 .10
EXPENBEB
FROM
YEB, 15 t h
TO
APRIL 25, 1967
Salary (Mar. 1s t ond
Apri l 1s t
,
^300.00
Benevolence 196 .39
Book
Store, Library 136.65
H in d i
P uh l i c a t i o n s 115 . 1 3
Chr i s t a s i a n ,
Har t e r
Throbs ,
Pub l i c i t y
90.53
Housing
57.37
Kalimp
ong
40.19
Church 27 .94
Off i c e
24 .34
Bible Society 16,8 l
Transport 10.76
TOTAL EXPETOEB 1016 .11
SUIF;IARY OF REPORT
Balonce, Feb. 15 3020.71
Cont r ibu ted 885.10
Tota l
Receipts
3905.81
Less 35xpended 1016.11
Balance, Apr. 25 2889.70
Less Reserve
Fund
I5OO.OO
Cash i n Hand 1389.70
BOOK STORE SALES
V
olume B ib l e s H.T .
Jan .
117.40 28
Feb . 61 .72 7
Mar,
51.76
15
295 Portions
(Mt. , Mk.,
Lk. & Jn .
were so ld and
1395were
d is tr ib u te d fre e.
18
27
4 .
4..00 NUMBER
OF
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AGENT MISS FLORENCE DOUGLAS N. MAIN
ST
JOPLIN, MO., 64c0i
love, MAESIAGE Am missionaeies
Love,
marriage
and mis
s ionar ies
go
toge ther l ike
a horse , carr iage
and
s tahlo boy. Miss ionar ies
may
f ight
against
it hut
in
the
end
they get invo l
ved
in arranging weddings.
Andriyas
has
involved
me
i n more
than the
usua l
concern because he
has
l i ved
under
my
roof
longe r
than
any other kid- Also,
Andriyas has
preferred
American
v/ays
of
courtship
to Indian
ways
which has
faced me w ith sev era l
new
and emharrass ing problems.
Andriya-S
i s the kind
of
a kind and
he lp fu l boy
th--^t helpless young
lad ies
enjoy h:.ving
help
thorn..
Befo re
X
Imew
wha t w^as go
ing on, ho was engaged,
American s t y l e ,
t o . a very
n i c e
young
nu r s e .
Ihe f a t h e r o f
the g i r l ^
l iving
250mile3
downstrerm,
v/as
even in more
b l i s s fu l
ignorance then myself.
Af te r harboring
the
i n f o r
mation fo r f ive months, I
f inally
decided
that i t
was t ime I met
the man and
broke
the
news to h:^.
I
t r av e l l ed
overn igh t
to
t he i r town, arriving
a t
4
a.m. Afte r two hours s leep
on a
cement bench
on
the
s t a t i o n
p la t fo rm,
I
went
looking fo r
a
be t t e r
place
to s tay .
As
Providence
would
have it one pe r son
I
engu-ired
from tuiTj.ed ou t
t o b e
th e
f a t h e r o f
t h e
g i r l , and
he
provided
me
w i t h
- f a r more comfo r t t h a n
I
had hoped f o r .
Af t e r b r e ak f a s t , I ap
pra ised him of the
s i t u a t
io n a s b e s t I cou l d , al
though
I
did
not
have
tl-xj
ne r v e t o tell him abou t
t h e
American-type
engagement.
While
I napped,
and
while
the
g i r l s mother taiight
school,
the
fa ther
cooked
a
very nice
lunch
for
a.ll
o f
u s .
Then 1 gave
them
some amall gifts which I
had
recej .ved
fo r
Chris*bmE.s,
p. bom
of candyV and two
Dlas t i c
mugs? and a
t i e .
After lunch, my host took
me to the sta . t ion. Wliile
we wa i t e d
we enjoyed
th e Wpper
ccme . a long
t o
K^^npir-
I h e
latest
is
that I have
g i r l s f--mily
my house nd
o n the
awa,y
in
for
s o m e
t h e
train
tea
Soon
I n d i a
Expr e s s
and I r e t u r ned
deve lopment
i n v i t e d th e
t o s t ay a
ke ep
nn eye
couple v/h ile
I am
th e
h i l l s Tune in
n e x t
mon t h
for
mor e
Thanks be to God for his gift beyond words
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ENTR L
HRIST I N
CHURCH -
MISS ION RY
REPORT
KMM
u i im
FRANK AND
MARIE REMPEL
7 131 Swarupnagar Kanpur-^i
U
P. India
July
1W7
Box
Clovis New
Mexico 88101
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REPORTING ON INDIA
We are nofr in fact, Kalling from Kanpur
because
we are temporarily refugee
from the blistering heatof
the Gangetic plains
which ore our
usual
Indian
ha^Jitat
For
a
short while
we are in the Himalayan hill-stotion of
Mussoorie.
July firs
we expect to be back in Kanpur.
Atthis time of the year India, as we do, lives in expectancy. One sees items in th
newspapers, headed:
Monsoon
around the bendl
Following
a
pre-monsoon showe
onenewspaperreporternoted that monsoon or not, the
town
went Jubilant with people
casting
relievedglancesat the
heavens
and children
romping
frantically inthe
falling
rain. The fact that the summer rains
have
been inadequte or have failed altogether
for two
years
in a row has
put
a good deal of apprehension as
well
as
expectancy
int
those scannings of the heavens:
should
it
happen
a third time, India seems doomed.
As it is it has beena year of agony for Mother India, and the end is by no
meansin
view. Particularizing, a newspaper correspondent on a tour of famine areas notes
At
Kanakpur
village, with a
population
of about three hundred, six
people hove
died.
One of the vxis Roz Ali aged six. The child who hod been without food for
several days, had gone to a field to collect morabbo roots.
There
he collapsed from
weokness. His
parents
brought
him home - that was all they could do.
The
next da
Roz
Ali
died
Reporting from a
town
just on the fringe of the scarcity
area
the
same
observe
writes: Monendragarh hasoctoally to deal
with
the bock-wash of the drought.Apar
from tfie CARE feeding center,
some
of Its citizens have opened a free kitchen In th
town.
Hearing
of these,
parents
from
surrounding
areas
come
to the town,quietly
dump
their children there like
people
getting rid of kittens,
then
depart to
return
no
more
Unlike the kittens the children
moke
noattempt to get backhome. These children
hesays,are easily distinguished from the professional,comporitively well-maintaine
beggar
children one is so
accustomed
to seeing in every town in Hindustan.
There
ribsand cheekbones sticking out, they hove an aura of death and decay about
them
many among them
will
surely
die
before
long.
With
their air of not
belonging
the
form a peculiar tribe of orphans whose parents are still living.
Frustration over the failure to make heodway In the gigantic tasks of securing the
vast population against
mass
starvation often resloves itself into bureaucratic bicker
ings and
blame-fixing.
Efforts
to
meet
the
problems
involved head
onare
frequently
nullified by religious bias and by just plain self-interest on the part of great section
of the population.
Programs
for the curbing of population growth, despite the expen
diture of vast sums, have made practically no impression and at leatt so far as the
public notice is concerned hove ground to a
holt.
A well-informed friend estimates
that an amount equal to the total cost of the Third Five Year Plan is being drained
from the Indian economy within the same period, through graft and corruption. High
among India s youth in the first flush of independentnationhood, have Inmost instances
degenerated Into an
attitude
that says: Why should we sacrifice ourselves while
others engage openly In corrupt practices and reap the fruit of our sacrifices? We
might as welI get our share whlIe the getting is good.
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feasible relief has taken fhe form of
vnork
p-oiects, so that in return for labor the
famine victims may procure c ration of grain.
Inevitably there has been
a response to
all of
these demonstrations
of Christlycom-
passlon in a definite increase in conversions in those areas. Such conversions to
Christianity
must be
viewed with some suspicion for the
obvious
reason that theymoy
well
be
from
ulterior
motives. Just
as
inevitably,
the
accusations
ore
already
being
levelled against Christian missionaries that they are taking
advantage
of the mis
fortune
of
Indian
people
to force them into ChrHttanity.
The
fact
is that
the onlyvwy
such
conversionscbu ld be
prevented would
be for Christian missions
torefrain entirely
from reliefwork. Most of the
workers disregard
the revilings they receive, and be
lieve strongly that a good percentage of
the
converts are sincere and their
change Is
genuine
Such eternal f ru it is well worth
the
effortl
We plead with Christian
people everywhere
to be fervent in
prayer
forthisdlstrubed
suffering
land
PRESS
PROJECT
REPORT
Repeated efforts
to
secure
an import license for the off-set
press which
we had
hoped
to odd to the facilities at S RVI
PRINTING AND
PUBLISHING
PR SS
at
Konpur,
hove met with
frustration
only. We have decided to wasteno more time running from
office to office and to
abandon
the project. Other ways of increasing oureffective
ness in
the
production
and distribution of
Christian
literature are being explored.-
The press
equipment, in the meantime, is in the care of the
West
Seattle Christian
Church,
which has
been
given
an
option
onthe
machinery.
If
they
decide
they
do
not wish to buy it from us, they will
act
as our agents in its
re^ le
P E R S O N L MATTERS
DaleandDean, pursuing educational goals in
Tacoma
and Seattle,Washington,are
quite naturallymuch
upon
our
hearts
and
thoughts.
We
thank God
that they
seem
to
be getting along very well indeed, though as parents we had not thought this was
possible. Could they have been more mature and self^eliant than we knew?
The financial load of keeping them in college is considerable, even though both
have
worked
at part-time and
summer
jobs
wherever
possible.
Designated
gifts to
ward their educational expenses would be very gratefully received. They
should
be
sent to our
forwarding
agents.
Central
Christian
Church
in Clovis, New
Mexico.
Weore frequentlyasked what we particularly and personally need. Wewant tomake
it clear that the
famine
conditions prevailing in partsof
India
do not directly affect
us at Konpur,
^scept
of course in the greatly enhanced prices we have to pay for
food.
But
since food parcels ore nowcoming through free of duty, if the total de
clared value is kept below 10.
We
would
welcome
a few of them. Packaged soups,
jello powders,
cocoa cake
mixes, tinned meats, etc are a real
treat
Another very hard to procure item is 35
mm
Kodachrome
film. This also is being
allowed In free of duty if only a single roll of film is included in a parcel. All par
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FRANK AND MARIE REMPEL
AS THEY CELEBR TE THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
NOTICE; Some indlviduols have been sending their gifts to the
Central Christian Church in Portland
Oregon
Please make
all
checks payable
to;
CENTR L
CHRISTI N
CHURCH INDI
MISSION P
O Box
8 Clovis
New
Mexico 88101
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Written, Mimeographed and Mailed
by
Ralph R.
Harter, Jr
at 112/352, SWARUPNAGAR, KANPUR2, U. P. INDIA
Kanpur
somejhjie i spdled
Q^npore
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