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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

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SLM International

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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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Shade. A set includes 10 CDs, each containing two ull lectures.

Price: $49.00

Nothing reveals who God is and His careor us more than a study o His names

as recorded in Scripture and no oneis more qualifed to teach this subjectthan Dr. Hap Struthers. Dr. Struthers

has been presenting The Names oGod series, now called Intimacy With

God, or over 20 years to audiencesall over the world, and the eect has

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Now SLM is making this tremendous series, flmed beore a

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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.

by Pat Dye


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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

Please send a separate note with your gift indicating how you want

your gift to be used. Tank you for your prayers and participation.


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Please Read! Here, are some items needed in our

various departments that you can supply through

your giving.

Please indicate the item you wish to help with and enclose this pagewith your git in the envelope in the center o The Reaper.

Item(s) I want to help provide ______________________________ $ _____________

Name _______________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________

City _________________________________ State ________ Zip ______________

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

Amount enclosed

** You can make a gift in honor or in memory of a loved one bysimply attaching a note with your gift indicating your desire,and the name and address of the person for whom the gift is

given.

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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