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Source o Light is engaged in aworldwide literature ministry. Formany years it has been meetingthe spiritual needs o multiplied
thousands through Bible studylessons and other literature. Les-sons are distributed by the Inter-national Headquarters in Madi-son, Georgia, and its DiscipleshipTraining Branches and AssociateDiscipleship Schools throughoutthe world.
A brochure, Discipleship Train-ing Using SLM International BibleLessons, is available that explainsthe various plans through whichthe courses may be used by oth-er qualifed ministries.
Representatives, Missionaries,and Appointees o Source oLight are available to present theministry and its needs to church-es, missionary conerences, andother groups. Contact the SLMPublic Relations ofce or sched-uling.
For inormation on any o theministries o SLM, please contactus.
The Reaper
Winter 2008
The Reaperis published by Source of Light
Ministries International, Inc. and is sent free of
charge to anyone requesting it. Write or call to
be placed on the mailing list.
SLM International
1011 Mission Road
Madison, Georgia 30650
Phone: 706.342.0397
Fax: 706.342.9072
E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: w ww.sourcelight.org
The Reaper
Editor: Billie Will
Graphic Design: Marianne Rosenberger
Prepress: SLM Publications
Production: SLM Printing
Board of Directors
D. Lowry, Chairman
L. Valentine, Vice Chairman
Daniel De Jong, Secretary
E.B. Sho, Treasurer
J.C. Carter C. Mayeld
Dr. G.S. Palmer Dr. R.J. Sans
Dr. B.H. Struthers
Administrative Council
Dr. B. Shade, General DirectorR.R. Walker, Chief Financial Ocer
J. Strausbaugh, Director of Human Resources
G.P. Busenitz, Director of Operations
E. Brandon, Director of Public Relations
B. Watson, Director of Field Ministries
R.R. Walker, Director of Printing Operations
About the Front Cover Photo:
Space Wars suggests visionsof inner-galactic conict betweenextra-terrestrial beings in futuristicspace ships. . . . See pages 8-10 tolearn about SLM Space Wars.
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Source of Light
Ministries
InternationalSource of Light Ministries International
Winter 2008
Table of Contents
4 News & Views rom the General Director
by Bill Shade
5 Observations rom the Director Emeritus
by Glenn Dix
6 SLM Ethiopia by Jack Stiles
8 Space Wars by Bill Shade
11 SLM Materials
14 Nationals that Make a Dierence by Ben Watson
15 His Timing Is Perect by Elaine Schier
16 They Came They Saw God Conquered by Pat Dye
17 Exciting News! by Philip Fraiser
20 Prayer & Praise
21 Overseas Projects by Bill Shade
22 In Loving Memory / Honor
22 Destinations
23 The Joy o Giving
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Finishing is an important aspectof the Chr istian life. Pauls testimonywas . . . I have finished my course
(2 Timothy 4:7).Our daughter, Jeanne, sent a
picture that I had not seen for manyyears. It was taken at ArrowheadBible Conference in 1948, when GilDodds was speaker. At the time, hewas holder of the world record for theindoor mile. He challenged our staffquartet to race him, with us runninga relay against him. One memberhad won the area high school trackmeet 220 the year before.
I was given the baton manyyards ahead of Gil as I began the lastquarter mile. I took off, but Gil had afabulous kick at the end and passedme. I staggered at the finish line, soGil put his hand on my shoulder ashe commented, Glenn, you outranyour oxygen.
As I have gotten older, I havebeen impressed with the need formaintaining spiritual oxygen in orderto finish our course well, as Paul said.We need to maintain our spiritualoxygen daily with good portions ofGods Word and time in prayer.
One time when I served as
Chairman of ANAM, Associationof North American Missions, anunfavorable report came to the
board about a western membermission. I was responsible to fly outto investigate, and to return with areport. After two days, I knew whatthe report had to be, so I said to thedirector, Tell me about your personaltime in the Word and in prayer.His head dropped as he confessedthat for two years, the only timethat he was in the Word was whenhe prepared a message or wrote anarticle. So I know that he had outrunhis spiritual oxygen. Just two monthsearlier, I was in the lobby of a largeChristian college where I observed afull wall picture of this man, with the
caption, Alumnus of the Year. Sono matter what others think of us, orhow long we have known God, weneed to read and heed the Word ofGod. Hebrews 12:1 says, . . . let uslay aside every weight, and the sinwhich doth so easily beset us, andlet us run with patience the race thatis set before us.
Ye did run well; who did hinderyou that ye should not obey thetruth? (Galatians 5:7). So, Christian,lets maintain our spiritual oxygen.
For the invisible things of
him . . . are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that aremade, even his eternal power and
Godhead (Romans 1:20). Who
can look up into the heavens and
fail to be in awe? The heavens
declare the glory of God; and the
rmament(expanse of heaven),
showeth his handiwork (Psalm
19:1).
For those of us who have a
difcult time building even a
model of the solar system, to
conceive of an innite universe
with trillions of stars, many times
larger than our sun, stretchingendlessly into space, is simply
mind boggling. Isaiah tells us,
He calleth them all by names.
. . . So we see, as the text says,
His eternal power and Godhead
not simply raw power, mind
you but intelligent design and
purpose. Even atheistic scientists
are beginning to admit that much.
But such innite power and
intelligence must have created
all things for a purpose, and that
would include us, and that impliesHe may hold us accountable to
accomplish what He created us
for. Now thats heavy! and we
do not like the thought of such
accountability, so we attempt to
eliminate it in one fell swoop
the fool hath said in his heart,
There is no God. Notice please,
not in his head, but in his heart
it is not an intellectual problem,
but an emotional one.
But for us who believe, the
heavens hold a different message.
A God who has the power andwisdom to create and control a
universe can certainly give me
the wisdom and strength I need
to accomplish the task He has set
before me. The heavens tell me
that, and they give me comfort
and assurance that, as Job said
long ago, He performeth the
thing that is appointed for me:
and many such things are with
him.
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Lord said among the people, the Lord has done great things for them.
With the land issue resolved and some of the expensive preliminaries paid,
the start of construction is planned for December of 2008. Conrmations of
the Lords leading have been in abundant supply, including a dump truck
and backhoe, shipped by container to Dukem. They will signicantly reduce
the cost of construction.
Money for the printing equipment has also been provided. Operating at
two-thirds capacity, the machines can turn out a million and a half Bible
studies a year.
Dukem is one of the fastest growing industrial areas in Ethiopia. A pop-
ulation growth is anticipated that will swell the present population of 60,000.
The mayor of Dukem, and others, have strongly urged the building of a
school and medical clinic in their city to care for the poor. Ninety-ve percent of
the people live in poverty, according to city ofcials. All equipment needed for
construction and furnishing will be allowed into the country duty free.
There remains two mountain-size faith challenges that, when met, will
provide a base for SLM Ethiopia to proclaim to the people in this country
the wonderful Good News that Jesus Christ did not come to condemn the
world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
Gifts are needed to complete the 7,500 square feet multi-purpose1.
building, housing an ofce/printing facility, guesthouse, and
medical clinic.
Haile and family are in need of additional monthly support for2.
their move. God is working and we pray that soon we will see the
reality of SLM Ethiopia.
Please remember Haile and Tsedale and the three girls as they go to
Dukem.
by Jack Stiles
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Haile and Tsedales faith is their strong desire to share the Good
News of Jesus Christ with the people of their country of origin,
Ethiopia. This seemed to have reached a climax of reward when
Source of Light Ethiopia was given a certicate by the government
to operate in the country. Little did they realize how their faith would
be tested in the following months.
Faith was again rewarded when the government issued a titledeed to SLM Ethiopia for 9.8 acres in Dukem for building a primary
school and multi-purpose building.
Faith was sorely tested a short time later when another party
claimed title to the land and backed the claim with a lot of money anda top lawyer to represent their case.
In June, the land dispute over the 9.8 acres purchased in the city
of Dukem was settled by the government in favor of SLM Ethiopia.
This was a miracle in itself. It was necessary for Haileselassie, the
appointed director of this new work, to remain in Ethiopia for three
months until the nal decision was rendered, a stay that placed most
everything on hold here in the United States.
When hearing of the decision, Hailes emotions could have been
expressed by a paraphrase of Psalm 126:1-2. When the Lord brought
back the land in Dukem to us, we were like those who dream. Then our
mouth was flled with laughter, and our tongues with singing. Then the
Haile (in the red shirt) supervising the building of a road from theDukem project to the main road
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Space Wars suggestsvisions of inner-galactic conictbetweenextra-terrestrial beingsin futuristic space ships battlingover planetary property with exoticweapons. Actually, however, Ihave something a bit less stellarin mind but very real, and veryimmediate!
Here at Headquarters, weare in a battle with space ormore correctly, the lack of space.Take for instance the OrderDepartment. They have three
computers with four desks, eight
le cabinets, and two bookcasesin a room 12 x 18 feet. Is thateven possible?
Or go to the Alternative MediaDepartment. They occupy 180square feet (deduct the space
for one Brailler, one ThermalBraille Copy Machine, oneGestetner Printer, and one tableto lay things on oh, yes, there
are the oversized bookcasesthat store the Braille books, eachbook measuring one squarefoot). Three to four people nowoccupy this area.
And then there is the MadisonDiscipleship School, which is outof space, and student enrollmentis increasing by 800 studentsper month. To put it simply, weare in a Space War and, asOrder Department
Alternative Media Department
by Bill Shade
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we grow in numbers, one cansometimes feel like we are living
on an imploding planet. But weare about to launch out of thisshrinking space.
After SLM completed itslast expansion project in 2002,we were left with a wonderfuland much-needed all-purpose
auditorium and some modern
restrooms. We were also leftwith a giant steel building, highenough to accommodate a full
second oor, but without the inner
structure to sustain one. The
cavernous space where a secondoor could be was simply a blackhole in the universe of SLM.
To add a second oor, we wouldhave to nd a way to removeeverything in a central 80 x 80
area and erect structural steel
that could support a full second
oor area. It was an engineersnightmare, but after two years ofintense planning, we were nally
given an economical and feasibleplan for accomplishing the goal.
When we are nished, we willhave over 17,000 square feet ofadditional space. The Space War
will be over, at least in our time.And what are we planning to
do with that captured space?For starters, all administrativeofces will move upstairs, leavingenough necessary ofces fora complete Field Department,consisting of a Field Director and
up to ve Regional Directors, plussecretaries, and a conferenceroom. Just beside them, the OrderDepartment will be enlarged totwice its present size.
Madison Discipleship School
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The Alternative Media
Department, that has theresponsibility of converting all ofour written materials into variousmedia, such as audio, visual, on-line, Braille, etc., etc., will havea whopping 3,000 square feet ofspace enough for a full video
studio, three audio studios, anAV recording and copy room, acomputer instructional laboratory,and work space to assemble thenumberless CDs, albums, Mega-voice audio machines, largeprint, and Braille materials.
Madison Discipleship School
will add 800 square feet to itspresent operation, thus allowingit to handle the rapid growth thatit is experiencing. AdvancedStudies Department will movefrom its present ofce (aboutthe size of a large closet), to anofce complex of 1,260 squarefeet, where it can adequatelyservice its growing student bodyin the college level WWBI, WW-
LIT, and CrossWalk courses. Ithink you get the picture.
Now what is all this going tocost? Well, the Lord has alreadyprovided the funds for all of the
structural steel. A professionalconstruction company will erectthat and pour the concrete
oors. Other professional peoplewill install the State mandatedelevator and sprinkling system.After that, much of the work canand will be done by volunteers.All added together our best
estimate is about $574,000.What do we need right now?
We need $80,000 to pay theconstruction people to erect the
steel and pour the concrete.
Next will be about $75,000 forthe sprinkling system, and about$69,000 for the elevator. Afterthat, we hope to nish, withas much volunteer labor anddonated material as possible, ona budget of $350,000.
SLM has responded for over55 years to a biblical mandate toget the Gospel, in every possible
format, to as many people aspossible, in as many nations aspossible. We have only beenable to do that because of helpfrom people like you who believethat getting out the Gospel is the
most important thing we can doas we come toward the closeof this age. I believe that youwill stand with us once againand give us the victory over our
Space Wars.
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Price: $49.00
Nothing reveals who God is and His careor us more than a study o His names
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Now SLM is making this tremendous series, flmed beore a
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CrossWalk Christian Marriage & Family(CW-CMF) has 14 lessonsand is designed to teach Biblical values for the family.
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Iam writing this as I look out at thebeautiful night sky in Jamaica,dreaming about the opportunities
that are before us. As we embark on
this new journey, we see the traces
of Gods handiwork. Throughout
each step we have taken, the Lord
has opened doors and provided.
Because of this, we are praisingGod as we watch Him work. We
have seen so many mission teams
come through our program and
while that has been rewarding,
God has opened new doors and
taken us down new paths. We will
be opening a Discipleship Training
Branch of SLM International on
the south coast of Jamaica in Saint
Elizabeths parish. Although we
will continue to work with short-
term teams, it will be from a new
perspective.
Over the last two years, God hasshown us the need. ThroughHis leading, Don and I made the
decision to sell our home and
come here, using those nances
to build the Follow the Source
Discipleship Training Center.
Amazingly, God is providing us
with a donation of over four acres
of land right in the neighborhood
where we want to be. It could not
be more perfect.
The task before us is a big one.We will need more nancingand many workers to join us in
prayer and in work teams. Our
goal is to use building teams
from the United States to work
alongside Jamaican builders to
enable us to stretch our nances
as far as possible. We also have
an anonymous donor willing tomatch any donations given to this
project, up to $25,000.
It has been a year of transitionwithin the Jamaican government.The process for obtaining necessary
documents has been long. However,
we choose to be thankful, knowing
that Gods plan is at work. We have
been in touch with the lawyers and
it seems that the documents should
be ready soon, and we will be able
to begin building.
We appreciate your prayers
and support for this ministryas it continues to go forward. The
needs are many. We are praying
the Lord will provide the entire
amount of matching funds. There
are so many other needs as weprepare to build. Pray for the rapid
sale of our home so we can move
to Jamaica to serve our Savior full
time, using the SLM Bible lessons
to lead people to Christ and train
them to serve Him.
by Elaine Schiffer
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Once his platform was the television
screen. Now its a throne.
I used to see every home as a po-tential cinema. Now I see every homeas a potential church. These wordswere spoken by Sanya Dosunmu in a devo-
tional to a group of ten Associate Disciple-
ship School leaders in Nigeria at a seminar
in March, 2005. At that time, none of uslistening to him speak could have known
that this former television producer, and
now director of Source of Light Ministries
Nigeria, would become a king.
His great grandfather and most recently a cousin were both kings, so
being king of his home village of Abequetta runs in the family.
Sanya had no desire to be king, even though he could run for the
position after the death of his cousin. But as he read the books of Kings
and Chronicles and saw the inuence that kings can have, he became
convinced that God wanted him to run for the position of king of his vil -
lage. He did and, after a hard fought campaign against men who didnt
want another Christian king, he won the election and will serve as king
until he dies.
And what does his being king have to do with distributing Source of
Light Bible courses? Sanya, and his wife, Bosun, continue to direct the
Source of Light ministry in Nigeria, but with a higher platform from
which they can inuence the people of their village and surrounding
villages, too. Twice a week, Sanya conducts a Bible study and each Sun-
day, a church meets in the palace.
As you think of this couple, please pray that God will make him a
wise and just ruler and a faithful proclaimer of Gods truth. For pro-
motion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the
south. But God[is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up an-
other.
by Ben Watson
Sanya and Bosun Dosunmu
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by Philip Fraiser
Mike Ventrello explaining the Epsonproof-printer
Streamline (stremlin),
n.4. to alter in order to
make more ecient or
simple.
In the Print Shop, we continuallyask ourselves i our production is
ecient and simple. For years, we
have perceived the need to revamp
our Prepress Department so that
plates or the printing presses
could be made more easily and
economically. Currently, there
are up to ve steps taken to make
plates or new jobs. Repeat jobs
are easier, but the lm fats oten
have to be corrected because o
text changes, or repaired because
o old or damaged lm. This
approach to platemaking adds upin time, tediousness, and storage
problems.
The computer-to-plate (CTP)
process will eventually revo-
lutionize prepress. Film imaging,
developing, and masking will be
eliminated and computer les
will contain all data needed to
make plates on demand.
Exciting news! The CTPequipment has been ordered
because o a matching-unds
grant made available by riends o
Source o Light. This machinery
is expensive and we are amazed
at how quickly money came into match the grant so we could
purchase a Screen PT-R8000
thermal laser plate processor
and an Epson Stylus Pro 7800
proo-printer. Praise the Lord!
Obviously, this is Gods direction
or us. Actually, the proo-printer
has already arrived and is set up
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I have planted, Apollos watered;
but God gave the increase (1
Corinthians 3:6). On a stage in Beijing,
viewed by millions around the
world through satellite TV, Olympic
athletes competed for the gold.
On a stage in Heaven, viewed
by an innumerable company of the
redeemed, another contest raged
during those two weeks for the
souls of men. Those on earth could
not see the nal tally, but a heavenly
panel of one Judge awarded the gold
medals. Here are the results:
Gold medal for Courage to
all the brothers and sisters who
distributed the 100,000 SLM
Olympic booklets at certain risk to
themselves and their families.
Gold medal for Perseverance
to all who labored for months to
publish the Olympic booklets right
up to the time of the Games.
Gold medal for Sacricial
Giving to all the saints who
cheerfully contributed of their
resources so the booklets could be
published, and faithfully prayed for
the outreach.
We have received reports of the
impact of the evangelistic booklet,
Who is Jesus Christ? that SLM
distributed in Beijing.
Thank you so much for providing
the beautiful Olympic booklet for
us to distribute during the Games.
We have already led 19 of our
neighbors to the Lord through
this book!
This is the best evangelism tool we
have ever been given. People are
so happy to get such a beautiful
souvenir. Only the most paranoid
will not accept it. But the vast
majority are overwhelmingly
pleased to receive the gift. For
many of these people, we maynot know the impact for many
years because we are not trying to
force people to make a decision,
but a well-thought out serious
commitment to Jesus Christ. Thank
you, American brothers and sisters,
for providing this wonderful gift to
introduce hopeless people to the
Light of Jesus Christ!
Because you gave, thousands of
Chinese people heard the Gospel,
and thousands received the Gospelmessage as the Olympic booklets
were carried back home to be read
by family and friends. Thank you formaking this possible. We will need
a continual supply of funds to ourChina Printing Project (CPP) in
order to provide these churches with
Biblically-sound, Christ-exalting
literature. If you would like to make
a contribution toward supplying
Chinese house churches with our
SLM Bible courses, please earmarkyour check CPP, and send it to:
SLM International, 1011 Mission
Road, Madison, Georgia 30650.
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in preparation or the day the
plate processor is here and ready
or use.
As we met around the conerence
table, several months ago,
to discuss CTP equipment,
another diculty arose. What
person here in the mission could
possibly oversee the conversion
o our current operation over
to CTP? Answer: no one! Onto
the scene entered Michael and
Ruth Ann Ventrello, and their
children, Scott and Julianna. The
Ventrellos served as missionaries
in Scotland and in South Korea.
Recently, they returned to
the United States because o
health problems, but Gods
hand is on them nevertheless.
Michael has the computer
expertise Source o Light needs
to manage the transition rom
lm and subtractive plates to
CTP production. Please
pray or the Ventrellos
as they settle here in
Madison and or Mike
as he tackles the work
beore him. Also, please
invite the Ventrellos to
your local ellowship
so they may share their
vision or the work and
raise their support.
We know Gods people are
praying or SLM and the printing
ministry. We havent made it this
ar without intercession on our
behal. We have another request
or your prayer list. As we have
studied prepress, the ole tape
measure has been thoroughly
exercised and . . . we need more
room! For a while, we will have
to generate plates using both the
old and the new processes until
changeover is complete. We
determined a sixteen by twenty-our-oot addition to the Print
Shop was necessary to hold all
the apparatus needed to make
plates. This was especially vital
as demolition or renovation
in the main building (where
platemaking is now located)
began in October. It was necessary
to construct the addition beore
remodeling the main building,
Scott, Ruth Ann, Julianna, and Mike Ventrello
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so we can continue to print
uninterrupted. Thank you or
your prayerul concern.
Perection is impossible this side
o Heaven, but excellence is an
achievable goal. We work hard at
constantly upgrading our material
because we are ambassadors or
Christ and we proclaim His truth
via the printed page. CTP will
enable us to produce work moreeciently and simply, and thus
expedite our mission to know and
make Him known throughout the
earth.
CTP TRANSITION NOT ALL ABOUT
MACHINERY!
Transition (tran
zishen), n.1. Movement,
passage, or change rom
one position, state, stage,
subject, concept, etc., to
another.
Transition to computer-to-plate
is great, but not as easy as it
sounds just purchase some
new equipment?
The majority o our Bible
lessons (in many dierent
languages), tracts, certicates,
and miscellaneous materials,
are in analog ormat and must
be prepared or digital ormat.
(In other words, ormatted and
updated or the computer.) Many
o the lessons were put on lm
in the 1970s so there is much
updating to be done. Again, God
provided, at just the right time, and
brought Heather Hoh to us to help
with the conversion o lessons to
digital ormat updating or the
computer. Heather has a degree
in Illustration, so her expertise isperect or this huge project.
The transition to CTP in some
way aects all workers in
Prepress and the Print Shop. Pray
or our movement, passage, or
change rom one position, state,
stage, subject, concept, etc., to
another!
Heather Hoh
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Phil and Vera Winder
arrived in August to serve at the
Headquarters. Phil is working in
the Department o Operations.
Stewart Overbey also came the
end o August to work in the
Alternative Media Department.
Volunteer work teams have
been a great help in preparation
or the construction workers to
erect the steel and pour concrete
necessary or construction o
the oces upstairs.
The Madison Discipleship
School steadily has an increase
in enrollment and is grateul
that the new computer sotware
is working very well.
God has protected our
missionaries, both in the United
States and overseas, in their
thousands o miles o travels
to serve the Lord and represent
Source o Light Ministries
International. We also praise theLord or the health and strength
He gives our workers, to keep
up with the heavy workload
here at the Headquarters.
Good progress continues in
the editing and ormatting o
the WWBI curriculum through
volunteers and sta at the
Headquarters. There is a goal o
completion by the end o 2009.
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Funds and workers are
needed to continue the
renovation and construction
o second foor oces. Pray
or saety and eciency both
in the new construction and in
the relocated oces during this
time.
Brian and Gwenda Trapp,
and their two daughters, have
returned to the Congo. Beore
going back, Gwenda had to
have thyroid surgery. Pray that
they are rereshed and ready to
continue to serve the Lord.
Daniel Sappor saw the Lord
meet many needs while on
deputation in the United States.
He returned to Ghana in October.
Pray that the new equipment
and unds will enable the
Discipleship Training Branch
there to accomplish more.
Many areas o India continueto experience severe persecution
rom the Muslims and Hindus.
Pray that the believers will
remain strong in their aith in
Jesus Christ. More unds are
needed or the support o the
Zonal leaders o Source o
Light India, and to complete
the translation and printing o
our o the Bible courses in nine
dierent languages.
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CARIBBEAN
HAITI Vehicle urgently needed or literaturedistribution $5,000
EASTERN EUROPE
ROMANIA Urgently needed to fnish construction oDiscipleship Training Center (DTC) $17,500
WEST AFRICA
LIBERIA FinishDiscipleshipTrainingCenter $4,000
ChristmasProgramforstreetpeople $1,475
GHANA OceBuildinginMuslimarea $20,000
ReadingRoom/InternetCaf $10,000
TOGO
MinistryMotorcycle $1,635
Generatorforoutdoormeetings $725
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Please indicate the item you wish to help with and enclose this pagewith your git in the envelope in the center o The Reaper.
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Maintenance: 1 Dewalt #051844 Framing Nailer $ 250.00Print Shop: 2 Air King #9020 Oscillating Fans $ 150.00 eaDiscipleship School: 13 CCD Hand Scanners #WCS3905 $ 175.00 ea
Postage for mailing lessons $ 3,000.00/moPublic Relations: 1 Cannon video camera $ 589.00
Prepress: Polyester Smart Plates $ 125.00/boxGeneral: Medallion Reinforced Tape $ 51.25/case
Gloves $ 20.00/dozPaper products $ 45.00/case4 Heavy duty shop scoops $ 17.00 ea
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Gifts received in memory of:
Stewart Andersonby Mrs. Dorothy M. Anderson
Rev. Norman Hirschyby Mrs. Berdine B. Hirschy
Scott McCandlessby Mr. & Mrs. Helmut Kienitz
Mr. & Mrs. Dan McCandless
Mrs. Alice ShaffstallMel Murawskiby Mrs. Marion Neugebauer
Bill & Julia Scifresby Mrs. Carole Schwab
Charles Taylorby Mrs. Mary Esther Messmore
Frank Whiteby Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Levis, Jr.
Gifts received in honor of:
Lillian Taylorby Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Sansom
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