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THE BILL.

HOFF

FAMILY

APARTADO POSTAL

NO. 57

QUERETARO. QRO.

MEXICO

NEWS

OF

Ibe IHRlUniiE

THE

NORN OUNGAN FAMILY

APARTADO POSTAL

NO. 7 i \ l

QUERETARO/ QRO MEXICO

OF CHRIST IN CENTRAL MEXICO

Published Quar terly Vol.

13,

No.3

Fall 1982

rmCONOMIC scene

While in San

Antonio,

Texas, h i s author heard

much

a b o u t

th e

dangers

a n d

d i f f i c u l t i e s

posed

b y

being in

Mexico,

a n d abou t

i t s

v a c i l l a t i n g economy. Let

the

o b s e r v a t i o n s

of o n e Who s l i v i n g in the country b e

h e a r d .

Mexico,

s e e k i n g t o i n c r e a s e i t s

development

in

industry a n d petroleum, bo r row ed v a s t s u m s of

monies

from

international b anks. Then interest

r a t e s s k s n r o c k e t e d in the U.S. a n d other c o u n t r i e s

a n d Mexico, unatde t o p a y i t s l o a n s

w a s forced

t o

borrow at even h i g h e r i n t e r e s t

l l i i s

put the govern

m e n t

n a

runch. Bu t

h e other jaw

of he nutcracker

w a s

e q u a l l y

as u n f o r g i v i n g - having no onfidence in

t h e i r government,

many

e a l t h y Mexicans

converted

t h e i r pesos into d o l l a r s a n d

n v e s t e d

t h e m

in the

U.S.

an d o t h e r

c o u n t r i e s .

This

r e p r e s e n t e d

a

uge

outflow

of a s h with n o b e n e f i t to

the

developmrat of

the

c o u n t r y .

After a eriod

in

which

the

peso f e l l f iom 46 o a

d o l l a r t o

150

oa

o l l a r t h e

government e t

a n r t i f i

c i a l s t a U iz a t io n of

70

o . At

his

c o n v e r s i o n r a t e l l

normal

banking

c a n

b e

done,

xcept

that

o n e

cannot

b u y d o l l a r s . Th e n

die government n a t i o n a l i z e d a l l

banks in t h e Republic, t o u r d i e r control t h e luctu

a t i o n

of exchange

r a t e s . There

s of o u r s e

a

M a c k

market in d o l l a r s wh i ch

o f f e r s

100

o

1; u t l l t he

. m i s s i o n a r i e s

in

Queretaro r e

soimdly

e j e c t i n g that s

u n c h r i s t i a n

a n d

a r e

n o t

p a r t i c i p a t i n g

in

s u d i

e x

changes.

There

a r e

s o m e unfortunate

events being

r e p o r t e d .

Becau^

M e x i c o s u b s i d i z e s

t h e

c(»t

o f d i e^l

f u e l

s u g a r f l o u r cooking i l a n d other

a s i c

commodities,

Americans

h a d b e e n

taking

advantage of

h e

e xch an g e

r a t e t o b u y t h e s e commodities. The order s

being

h e a v i l y

checked

because

b a s i c food s t u f f s were

u n a v a i l a b l e

to

the

common Mexican

man

i n

the

border

i t i e s

d u e o

the

o r e i g n

d e m an d.

Mex ico h as

taken a

s e r i e s of s t e p s to improve i t s

economic

p o s i t i o n

b u t t h e s t e p s

h av e

hurt: there i s

much u n e mp l o yme n t, a n d many re asking

i f

they

diould j o i n the

ranks of

the i l l e g a l a l i e n s in the U.S.

because

here

th e y can n ot f in d

employmen t. Memco

faces e v e r e b e l t t i g h t e n i n g

for

a couple

o f

years b u t

h as

p o t e n t i a l

for

r e c o v e r i n g . P l e a s e p tay

for

the new

p r e s i d e n t

diat h e

i l l

b e

honorable

a n d a p a b l e .

The f a c t i s that i f e

in

Mexico

has changed

i t t l e fo r

e i t h e r the t r a v e l e r or die

m i s s i o n a r y .

T o u r i s t s

w i l l

b e a l l o w ^ t o

e xch an g e

pesos

for d o l l a r s a s

h e y x i t

the

country,

n d

Mexican i t i z e n s a r e being permitted

t o ch an g e a

maximum f

500

o l l a r s

per e a r .

BH


2/4

CAMPFIRE

EMBERS

How

can we d e s c r i b e

the

1982 camping s e a s o n i n

Queretaro?

One

p o s s i b l e

way

i s

through

s t a t i s t i c s :

over 250 o t a l attendance; 20 baptisms, plus

addi

t i o n a l r e d e d i c a t i o n s

and c o n f e s s i o n s o f

a i t h ;

campers

from at

l e a s t

7 t a t e s ; Christian book a l e s o f over

$500;

75

people packed i n d o r m s b u i l t f o r

50.

Bu t c a m p i s more than

j u s t f a c t s

and f i g u r e s .

As

I

look back upon t h e e x p e r i e n c e ,

a

number of images

come

o

mind:

* t h e

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

a n d p r a i s e . This y e a r s t e a c h e r s

came

f r o m many

walks of l i f e r e a c h e r s , p r i n t e r s ,

m i s s i o n a r i e s ,

d o c t o r s , e d u c a t o r s ,

s t u d e n t s , l a w y e r s , n u r s e s ,

and

bricklayers-and they were counselors as w e l l as

teachers.

*the small knots o f students s c a t t e r e d a r o u n d the

c a m p g r o u n d during

f r e e

times: s i n g i n g choruses a n d

s t rummin g

g u i t a r s , d i s c u s s i n g S c r i p t u r e , praying with

counselors,

memorizing S c r i p t u r e , j u s t

talking

a bout i f e and

t h e

meaning o f a i t h , s h a r i n g testimony

w i t h

an

unsaved f r i e n d , l a u g h i n g t o g e t h e r

in C h r i s t i a n

good

h u m o r , exchanging a d d r e s s e s

with new f r i e n d s ,

shedding

t e a r s o f

sorrow

o v e r a companion's h e a r t

ache

or t e a r s o f joy over a companion's newfound

faith.

* t h e

b a p t i s m s :

t h e a c t i t s e l f t h e t e s t i m o n i e s

from t h e

b a p t i s t r y ;

t h e

t h r i l l o f s e e i n g s e v e r a l youth

b a p t i z e d b y t h e i r f e l l o w - c a m p e r s , f r i e n d s who h ad

i n v i t e d

them to camp,

t a l k e d

w i t h them

a bout

t h e

meaning

o f C h r i s t i a n f a i t h , a n d

who

now

were

s h a r i n g i n the n i t i a t i o n o f the new i f e i t s e l f .

* t h e

e v a n g e l i s t i c

s e r v i c e

on

T h u r s d a y n i g h t

o f

the

second week, a

s e r v i c e t h a t

l a s t e d unta

midnight

because o f

the

t e s t i m o n i e s shared b y dozens o f

cam pers

a n d

adults, because

o f

the

time o f

intense

p r a y e r , b e c a u s e o f t h e spontaneous c h o r u s - s i n g i n g

and

S c r i p t u r e - s h a r i n g ,

b e c a u s e

o f

t h e sweet S p i r i t

o f e s u s t h a t was e l t

b y

everyone p r e s e n t .

These

embers fr om the 1982 camp fire

continue

to glow i n my eart-and i n o t h e r e ,

too,

p p a r e n t l y .

For

a t

a r e c e n t

c a m p

meeting,

t was voted to expand

camp to 3

eeks

next

year

and o undertake s e v e r a l

building-improvement p r o j e c t s .

At

t h e same time,

t h e r e

was an

almost

t o t a l

concensus

t h a t ( j u s t l i k e

every

oth er year)

t h i s

was

the BEST

YEAR

EVER

ND

PROJECTIONS

One

f

the m o s t i f f i c u l t b a l a n c e s

t o

achieve b e s i d e s

my checkbook ) s

the

b a l a n c e between s e e d sowing

a n d nurture. This year Norm a n d

I are trying a

new

a pp r o a c h

t o

a r r i v e

at that balance.

Norm

s

heavily

i n v o l v e d i n mass e v a n g e l i s m through p r o j e c t i o n

o f

C h r i s t i a n

movies, w h i l e

I

am working

w i t h

a a l t e r i n g

church i n a

s m a l l

town. I

am

e e k i n g to s t r e n g t h e n

the elievers so

h a t

the

church

can t a n d on

ts

own

Norm 's m i n i s t r y

i s r a t h e r e x c i t i n g

for the p o s s i b i l i

t i e s i t

p r e s e n t s .

Many

o f o u r

e v a n g e l i s t i c

t h r u s t s

have

been l i m i t e d because o f a

lack

o f l i t e r a c y among he

people with

whom

we

work.

Now

as

Norm

t r i v e s

to b u i l d a f i l m m i n i s t r y ,

we

ave a n outreach

which

permits

teaching a n d preaching to hu ndreds without

. r e q u i r i n g

o f them the

a b i l i t y

t o read a n d write.

In

o r d e r

to

f a c i l i t a t e the

m i n i s t r y ,

we r e

c o n v e r t i n g

o u r

old

b u s to s e r v e

b o t h

as a

people

c a r r i e r

a n d

as

a n a u d i o - v i s u a l u n i t

which

w i l l f e a t u r e a

b a c k - p r o j e c

t i o n

screen

a n d a powerful p u b l i c

address

system.

This

w i l l

e n a b l e

us to

p u l l

i n t o

a town

and

p r e s e n t

a

movie

w i t h

a m i n i m u m of s e t - u p time and n o danger

o f

d am age

t o

the

p r o j e c t o r

o r screen f r o m

r a i n

o r

wind.

I t

w i l l also

provide

for a base f r o m which a

long-term campaign can be launched.

One

s u c h

campaign

w i l l

be

in San

Jua n

d e l

L l a n i t o ,

the v i l l a g e i n

which

I am working. T he church

there

h a s

suffered much

persecution

b u t

there

are

s t i l l

i n t e r e s t e d

b e l i e v e r s .

With

the

help

o f

Norm

a n d a

couple o f

the

I n s t i t u t e

students, I w o u l d

l i k e t o

organize

a

campaign

t h e r e . P l e a s e pray

for these

opportunities a n d

needs.

BH


3/4

FAMILY

AFFAIRS

PERSONALGLIMPSES

I t ' s been only t h r e e short mon t h s s i n c e we r r i v e d

"back home and already Knoxville seems l i k e a

p l a c e

I only dreamed about. Things have

been

f a s t

and u r i o u s

since

we

rrived.

We

spent the

f i

r s t

10 days

j u s t

s o r t i n g

t h i n g s

and

p u t t i n g t h e m

away-things we ad

e f t h e r e ,

t h i n g s we

had brought b a c k , ,

and

t h i n g s

the

Hoffs t i l l had in

the h o use-so we

ould

get t o

the

beds and kitchen.

T h e n t was eeks of

camp.

"I want

to

g o

t o the

green house Which

hou se

i s that? Is

i t t he

h ou s e where Nathan i s , or w h e r e

Dutton (our dog) s ,

or

the

Mack's h ouse?

fter

r e t u r n i n g from ou r

six-week s t a y

in

San Antonio,

Rebecca d i d n ' t

know

where home

was. T h e Dungans

were now occupying the house

where

we

ad

spent

a

year; our constructed

house

was not ready

t o

occupy; s o we were given th e loan of

Telford and

Erma ack's

house.

T h e l a s t of September we

egan

the p r o c e s s of moving.

A

wo-week

break

a f t e r camp allowed us some ime

t o get organized and

then

we

l l s t a r t e d t o

school.

Norm s t e a c h i n g

3

l a s s e s at

the

B i b l e

I n s t i t u t e

an d

4

t

the

U n i v e r s i t y .

He

s

a l s o

the

Senior

C l a s s

coun

s e l o r at the

B i b l e

I n s t i t u t e and the s p o r t s

d i r e c t o r

at

Heather's

sdiool.

Heather i s a fies hman t h i s year;

and

b e s i d e s

her

r e g u l a r school

c o u r s e s ,

she

i s

taking

French

(in Spanish )

t

the

U n i v e r s i t y

and piano

l e s s o n s . Nathan

i s

a t t e n d i n g a Mexican n u r s e r y school

e a c h morning and i s r a p i d l y r e - I e a m i n g S p a n i s h ( f o r

t h e

t h i r d

t i m e ) . And

me-I

t r y

to

keep

t r a c k

of

e v e ry o n e ' s s c h e d u l e s and s e e t h a t

they

g e t something

t o eat and have something l e a n t o

wear.

In

a d d i t i o n ,

I s e r v e 1 week out of every

5

s a t e a c h e r ' s aide

at H e a t h e r ' s s c h o o l . So

a r

t h i n g s seem to be working

pretty smoothly. r a i s e t h e Lord

for

a r s

You l r e a d y know

of

the

r e c e n t

peso

d e v a l u a t u i o n .

Now what we need s a time devaluation"to

enable

us

to have

more hours i n

which

to g e t e v e r y t h i n g

done.

But

w e ' r e

c o n f i d e n t

t h a t each

n e c e s s a r y

t h i n g

w i l l

be

a c c o m p l i s h e d i n H i s t i m e ;

a f t e r a l l , our God

h a s promis ed to s u p p l y

ALL

eeds

a c c o r d i n g

to

H i s

r i c h e s . " We

e r t a i n l y

c a n ' t ask more

than

h a t .

Joyfully,

Our

tay

in

San

Ant oni o

wa s

a mixture of wo rk and

p l e a s u r e . I t

took B i l l and

me many hours

of w r i t i n g

and t y p i n g

to complete

h i s t h e s i s . Bu t

t h e

rough

d r a f t

was

sent

t o

C i n c i n n a t i

the

day

before

we

e

t u r n e d to Mexico.

Some of

our

time

was

spent i n

shopping;

v^ous

t h i n g s were brought

back for

our

house.

We

l s o did

t h e u s u a l g r o c e r y s h o p p i n g .

We n j o y e d

t h e v i s i t s

of

both

B i l l s and

my

a r e n t s w h i l e

at t h e

KOA. We

d i d

a

l i t t l e

s i g h t s e e i n g

but

s p e n t

most of

t h e

time

working

or

r e l a x i n g

i n

the

shade. Mark became a

f isherman (a c r e e k r u n s t h r o u g h t h e c a m p g r o u n d ) .

We l s o took a d v a n t a g e

of

t h e

swimming

p o o l and

ni^tly

"Walt

Disney" movies.

T h e Eastwood C h r i s t i a n Church, o c a t e d a few m i l e s

from

where

we

w e r e

s t a y i n g ,

was

v e r y

g r a c i o u s

t o

u s .

We

e l l o w s h i p p e d

w i t h

them

and enjoyed t h e i r

s u m m e r s o c i a l s . T h e kids r e a l l y f e l t

at

home

h e r e .

Mark

i s

back

i n

s c h o o l and a l r e a d y e x c i t e d

t h a t

h e

h a s

two b i g

s t a r s

( f o r lO O ' s on

h i s

e x a m s ) .

The ir s t

v e r s e of h i s memory work f o r September

i s

my

c h a l l e n g e

to

y o u — P h i l . 4:4 " R e j o i c e i n t h e Lord

a l w a y s : and g a i n

I

a y .

R e j o i c e . "

7n


4/4

GOD KNEW

The Lord d i d i t a g a i n J u s t when we hought l l was o p e l e s s , He

nswered. School

at . B . C .

was

over and

we were within a couple

of

weeks

of e a v i n g

to return to

Mexico without

having

found

a

teacher

for

the

Christian s ch o o l

where

Heather attends here. But God knew who

that teacher

was. And we d

i k e

for

l l of

you

o

meet her

as

well.

J a n i c e Crowder i s

from

M a r y v i l l e ,

Tennessee—just a

s t o n e ' s throw

from

K n o x v i l l e . She is

a

g r a d u a t e

of

J . B . C . and t h e

U n i v e r s i t y of T e n n e s s e e

i n t h e f i e l d of d u c a t i o n . She s a l s o accomp-

r, l i s h e d

m u s i c a l l y

h a v i n g s u n g i n m u s i c a l g r o u p s

i n

c o l l e g e ,

taught

both

v o i c e

and

p i a n o ,

and

l e d

the

c h i l d

r e n ' s c h o i r i n her home hurch.

She has an x c i t i n g

year

planned

for

the students—including

Christmas and

Spring musical programs.

We

a r e

d e l i g h t e d that

Janice i s w i l l i n g

to c a l l Mexico

home

or a while. She

has

already

been a b l e s s i n g to

the school, and

she

s

e a g e r l y

r e - l e a r n i n g her high school

Spanish

i n

order to be more a c t i v e

i n

the church here

as

well.

M

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