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Steve

Rhonda Dunham

4ll S*

LaDue

St*

Lincolnt 111*

62656

PhoneI

217-732-3795

MISSION

MONTREAL

January 1976

Mr* Mrs* Bill Clark

2105

E* Memorial Dr*

Munciet Indiana ^7302

n

Dear

Brothers

and Sisters

in

Christt

Schoolis finally over for 1975 ^


2/16

' ' I

3

976

Broadwell Christian

Church -

Broadwell,

Illinois*

Dorcas

and

MaryMartha

Circles «

Bro adwell Christian Church

•

roadwell, 111.

Martinsville

Christian Church- Martinsville, Illinois.

Orrville

Church of Christ

-

rrville, Ohio.

Electa Circle- rrville Church of Christ-Orrville, Ohio.

Nr. Mrs.

Daniel Kropf

- ttumwa, Iowa.

Mrs. Mildred Neumeister-

rrville,

Ohio.

Nr. Mrs. Janes Shouse-Arnington, Illinois.

We praise God

also for Mr. and

Mrs.

B i l l

Clark of

Muncie,

Indiana. They are our forwarding agents. They are taking great care

of

our hank

account

in

Muncie

and

will he responsi ble

for

sending aonthly

support to

us

when

we hegin wor king in Montreal.

We

thank

God for your lo ve

for us and

your desire

to send

the

gospel t o

Quebec. Please he prayin g for our speedy

entrance

i n t o Canada.

We

are hoping to

aove

in Nay of

this year, or as

soon

as

the

Lord

directs.

I f y o u ^ h a w ^ ^ ^ ^ w t i b h s o r c o n n e n t s , p l e a s e

f e e l

f r e e

t o

c o n t a c t

u s .

We'd

love

t o

hear

froa

you.

Praise our Lord


3/16

MISSION

MONTREAL

April 1976

Steve

Rhonda

Dunheua

Ml

.

LaDue Si,

Lincoln, 111 . 62656

Phone1 217-732-3795

Mr, Mrs. Bill Clark

2105

E.

Memorial

Dr.

Muncie^

Indiana

^7302

Dear

Brothers

and Sisters in Christ«

It is time for another newsletter. Not much has

happened

during

the p . ' i s t

few

months b u t

what

did occur

was

significant.

We praise the

Lord

for

Kls

guidance

and

care.

We had an interview wit the Canadian,

Consul

in Chicago. We were

told that

we

cann ot immigrate

into

Canada because we

will not

have

a

Canadian

salary.

(The laws

have changed since the Dilleys entered

Canada

over three

years ago.) However, they will grant us a

visa

for a period of one year

to

begin our m i s s i o n work in Montreal. The visa will b e g i n June 1, 1976 and

end May 31, 1977*

At that

time we

will

have t o reapply

for

another year's

visa. We have had our physical examination s,

so

once

the

immigration office

in

Otta wa, Ontar io approves them

we will receive

our visas.

We

are

very excited

about

being accepted

by the

Canadian governm-nti

We

believe

the

yearly

visas, in stead of immigration, t o be God's will i n

the

matter. He knows what is best and we

are

thankful that we are His and that

we

work

for Him.

Our

maJpE^concern.

is support. Our support ers have increased in

number, but we still have half of our

estimated

amount

to

raise

yet.

The

immigration officer

in Chicago to ld us that when we

enter Canada

we will

nned

to

have letters

from our

supporters stat ing the

amount each

will supply every

month.

If the t o t a l

of

the

pledged

amounts seems

inadequate

to the

border

officer, we

will

n o t be

allowed

to

enter. We

have been praying

for

more

supporters

and sufficient financial aid

so

that we nay do the

Lord's work


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2

In Montreal. We

ask that

you be praying the same. We

trust that

God will

s u p p l y

all that

is n e e d e d . (John

and

J o h n

1 5 i 7.)

At present, other than rai sing support,

we

are both working here

in

Lincoln.

We are loo king forward to May when Rhon da

will

receive

her

A.B.

degree in

Christian Educatio n

from L.C.C.

Then

if the

Lord

wilis,

we will

enter

Canada June 1.

Praise the Lord

Rhonda

just

turned

twenty-three and

^teve will

b o twenty-five

this

month.

We

are hoping this

helps

on

the

car

insurance rates, as Montreal has

the

highest

rates

i n North America

Our

hope is

that

our

next

letter

to

you will be

to

inform you

that

all

is

ready

for Montreal and we

are on

our way.

Thank

you for your

continued support. Please keep prayin g for us as we pray

for

you.

In

Christ,

^

T

V

•

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• -

S',

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ZievB Rhonda Dunhaa

^11

3*

lADue 3t»

Lincolnj.

Ill^ 62656

Phone: 217-732^3795

f^ir.

July

1976

Vir"

• i -

Mrs»

Bill Clark

2105 Past Memorial Drive

Munclo, Indiana ^7302

Dear

Sroihers and listers

in Clirist^

Here

it

is July already and r e are still in L i n c o l n - We do have

some good news

though*

Ve

were to rooeive our visa by J ^ u n e t976* There

was

some

delay

because the medical

authorities

in Ottawa wanted Steve to have a few more tests.

T h e r e w a s

n o

p r o b l e m

s o

w e

d i d r e c e i v e o u r

v i s a

. j u s t

a f t e r

t h g ^ F o u r t b

J ' l l y .

^

It Is now valid until

June

30p 1977« T l i i s is exciti ng because

as

far as Canada

is concerned,

we

can enter the co-untry

at

any time.

Our problem is

still

support.

We

have

picked

up some support and

we praise

God for

al l

the people

who

have

taken

interest in the need

in

Quebec.

We keep sendi ng letters to churches but o nly about 3% f these answer. So you

can see

our progress

is

slow.

It is

our

prayer

that

more

brothers

and sisters

in

Christ

will

take

hold of the challenge as

you

have and help

get

us there.

We still need

approximately $200 per month i n

living

link

support.

We

have ano ther news item

to share

with you.

We

will ^.^parents

in

'

J

.mld^Dacei^r. We are

not

cuite

over the shock yet^ ha

We

are excited

about

an

T

addition

to

us. This

will

tie Rhonda down some

in our work

in Montreal

but

no

doubt

it will be

a blessing,

one

of the

greatest

blessings

we will ever

be

honored to receive. Praise God

Once

we are_jan-our way t o

Montreal,

we

will

get a newsletter out

to

youjeach m o n - t o . We b e l i e v e

it is

vitally

importan t that all of our

supporters,

in

money

and in

prayers,

be kept well

informed. We invite

you to

write

to us.

We'd like

to

hear your questions and suggestio ns any

time-

Hiis

is y o ^ n r '

mission,

too.


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In

prayer

for visa a r . d

pl9a39

ask i : i i 7 . f - o r

a d s q ^ x i a t e

dupport.

V - a

cannot enter

fanada

unt il we have

it*

Ask that the

support

will coma

q.utckly

so

that

we

do

not waste too

much

of

our visa tine*

Please pray for us

regarding

o ur l i t t le one^ too.

Cur prayers renain

witn yo-i.

In Christ,

Steve and Phonda

P.3. If you

know

of anyone

in

your

fanily or

congregation who would

like to

receive

our

newsletter every month,

please send

us their name

and complete

maili ng address. We'll be happy t o

a d - d them

t o o ur mailing list.

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MISSION MONTREAL

September I976

Steve Rhonda Dunham

Mr^

Mrst Bill

Clark

^0^

Hurteau St. Apt#

202

2105 E.

Memorial

Dr.

Dollard

Des

Ormeaux, Quebec Muncie,

Indiana

Canada

H9G

1X4

U.S.A.

47302

Dear

Friends

in

Christ

Our prayer

is that

God

is

building

you

up in Christ

Jesus,

that

Uie

entire

world

will

know

that Jesus is the Christ.

We a a n r i v e d

here in Montreal Friday ni^t, eptember

3*

On

Saturday

Dennis, Debbiej

Dan

and Mark Dilley and Debbie's brother and his wife helped us

unload our U-Haul

truck. With

so

many helping hands

it

took only

a

few hours,

whereas it

took

a whole day to pack it back in Lincoln. We would like to

thank

our families and everyone

else who helped

us move. We are

pretty

well settled

in now with only a few

boxes

of baby things

to

unpack.

We had a sli^t problem when we

arrived

in Canada.

The

border offi

cers

told

us to report

to Customs

Officials in

Montreal. They

didn't

search

our

truck

or

ask

any questions as we

had

expected. In

Montreal

we were told that

since we would

not

be staying for a

full

year, we would have to

pay

a deposit

on our

household goods

and

earn

(Our

visa began July

1.

Waiting for

sufficient

financial support,

we

didn't

enter Canada untilSept.

3

a difference of two

months.)

If

we had refused or been unable to pay the $500 deposit we

would

have

had to

leave

the country#

Again

God

has been providing

for

our needs

throu^

your gifts and fortunately we are to be refunded the entire amount when our visa

is renewed for another year or we

are

accepted as landed immigrants.

Another problem is

l^iat

Rhonda may

not

be included

on

Steve's work

visa and may need papers

of

her

own# We doubt

this is so,

but

we have

an appoint

ment in mid-October with

an

immigration official to

find

out for sure.

If

needs

be, Rhonda can get

a

tourist visa

for

the length of

our

stay.


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2

We believe God will take

care

of

things.

He is

strengthening

o ur

faith

and reliance

in Him.

Nothing in life is without difficul ties

or

problems. We must

remember that God works throu^ difficulties

to

show people

His

power and c o n trol.

He uses

difficulties

to got His work done. We piaise Him

As

you

can

see

from o ur field address we are

living

i n

an apartment

i n i

B o l l a r d

D e s

O r m e a u x o I h i s

i s a s u b u r b o f M o n t r e a l l o c a t e d i n

t h e

W e s t I s l a n d

a r e a .

/

It

has a population of over

389000 an d,is

predominant ly English. We

are about

m i l e s

f r o m t h e D i j j ^ Y ' s h o m e,

3 m i l e s

f r o m t h e D o r v a l

I n t e r n a t i o n a l

A i r p o r t , a n d

10

miles

or 30

minutes

from

downtown Montreal.

Ihe

opportunities

for

evangelism

in

this

part of the

isla nd seem favorable and

we are encouraged.

After getti ng

settled

i n t o o ur four and one half

rooms

and

taking care

of

customs requirement s,

we are

finally

beginning

the

job of "being missionaries."

Steve

has had opportun—

ities to

preach at

the West Island

Church

of Christ an d we

have begun

helping the

Dilleys with a Bible Club for grade school children

held

in their home. We plan

to begin calling

o n prospects

this week.

We will

be writ ing

to you

each month

to keep

you

infoDcmed

about

our

work here. Whenever

you

have a

change

of address please

let

us know

so

that we

may keep

in

touch.

We

thank all o f you for your support

in

money and prayers. We

thank

God for

your

f a i t h ' in

Him

and dedication to the

spreading

of His

Word

in

Montreal.

Please continue to p i ? a y for

us

as we meet

people and

tell t i i e m

the

truth of Jesus Christ.

May God's peace be with

you always,


10/16

Steve

&

R h o n d ^ ^ . . D u ^ i ^ '

H u r t e a u S t r ^ ^ 5 ^ v - 2 0 2

Dollard

Des Ormeaux, Que"bec

Canada

H9G

1X4

MISSION MONTREAL

October

1976

Mr#

Mrs.

Bill

Clark

2105

E.

Memorial Drive

Muncie, Indiana

U.S.A. 47302

Dear Brothers and Sisters

in

Christ,

Grace

to you

and

peace

from

God

our

Father and the

Lord

Jesus Christ,

(Romans

I t

7b)s Wo

have

been in

the

Montreal

area

for about a month and a half

now#

We

thank

o ur L ord for all that we are

learning.

We are

growing in

faith

and in

the

knowledge of Jesus Christ.

We are

growing

i n o ur comprehension

of

the

world

as

well#

Living in a different country, in a different soc iety is

broadening

o ur understand

ing.

This

has also

impressed

upon

us, further,

the neod

for

the

gospel of Jesus

Christ everywhere

in the

world#

In

last month's letter we mentioned that Rhonda may not be inc luded

on

our

visa.

We

met with

an

immigration official this month and

found

that

she is. The

officer was very friendly toward us and answered all of our questionŝ It was

as

if

a

fog

had been

lifted

from

us and the

sm egan

to

shine.

We cannotexplain the

happiness

and

excitement

we

felt. We

thank our God

that He is guiding us and

taking

care

of

o ur every n eed.

We

will

not

have to bother

with

the immigration people

again

until next summer. Now

we

can

concentrate

fully

on our

work here.

Steve

has

been preaching on

Sunday mornings with

the

West Island Church

of

Christ.

There

has been just a handful

of

us worshipping

together.

Several

of

the Christians have pull ed away from the church. Family

tension

i s one culprit and

a few

will not accept t he full gospel. They themselves were immersed in to Jesus

Christ but they feel they cannot say

it is essential for

others. We've

been

able to

call on these Christians

and

we

see hope for

the situation.

Our

goal is to continue

talking with them and bring them back in to the fellowship. We've also been act ive

with the

Dilley's Bible Club. Attendance is holding steady. Some of - t h e

older

girls

are

asking seirious questions

about

the

gospel.

We

praise

God

for

their soul -

searching.

There

is

a major drawback invol ved

i n

evangelizing

in

this area. People

do

n o t like for others

to

just "drop

i n "

on

them.

Before we could

call

on

any of the

Christians here,

we had to set up an

appointment.

It seems that most

people

are

accustomed t o this. This may be why door- to- door calli ng has not accomplished much

i n

the pasto Also, before anyone can go door-to-door

for

any reason they must have

a license or

permit

to do so. The same goes for distributing tracts# The Dilleys


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2

p e o p l e w e r e l e a v i n g

t h e

c i t y o n w e e k e n d s s o t h e s e c h u r c h e s w e r e s e t t i n g up e x t r a

services

for

t h o s e

not

present o n

Sundays.

We do not

k n o w

if

t h i s

has

b e e n

success

f u l .

W e 'v e l e a r n e d t h a t s o m e c h u r c h e s d o n o t o f f e r

S u n d a y S c h o o l

a n d o n e f a m i l y

w e

t a l k e d

w i t h t o l d

u s t h e i r c h u r c h c l o s e d d o w n

for

t h e s u m m e r

a n d

d i d

not

h o l d

s e r v i c e s

u n t i l

a f t e r

L a b o r D a y .

W e

h o p e t h i s g i v e s y o u a n i d e a o f t h e s i t u a t i o n .

W e

do

n o t

w a n t p e o p l e t o t h i n k

w e

a r e j us t a n o t h e r

c h u r c h . W e

w a n t t h e m t o c o m e t o C h r i s t ,

not another brand

of

religion.

N e w s p a p e r

a d s

h a v e

w o r k e d t o s o m e e x t e n t b u t a r e

v e r y ex p e n s i v e ,

a n d

m e e t i n g i n t h e Y . M . C . A . h a s a t t r a c t e d

o n e

f a m i l y

t o i n q u i r e a b o u t

t h e

C h u r c h .

B u t

m u c h o f

o u r

w o r k

m u s t

b e g e a r e d t o p e r s o n a l c o n t a c t s .

W e h a v e

b ec o me a c q u a i n t e d w i t h

a f e w

p e o p l e

s o w e h o p e

t o

b u i l d o n

t h e s e f r i e n d s h i p s

a n d

s h a r e

w i t h

t h e m

i h e

g o s p e l

o f

C h r i s t .

I f y o u

h a v e

a n y

s u g g e s t i o n s o n ho w

w e

c a n

m e e t

p e o p l e

a n d

t e l l t h e m t h e

Good

News, please

let

know.

Personally,

we are doing pretty

well.

We

have both

had

colds this month

but are

back

on our feet now. We are gettin g the baby's room ready and

are

really

excited. We lear ned that a ward room for Rhonda will cost over

$160

per day. This

baby is

going

to be expensive Fort una tel y we

have

enough i n our personal savings

to

cover

the cost. We celebrat ed Thanksgiving on October 11

with

the Dilley's. It

was

a beautiful day and we

had

lots

of good

food.

Now

we are

anticipating our own

U.S. Thanksgiving. Incieed we have much, to be thankful for.

Please,

continue t o

pray for

us.

Ask

the Lord to bring

us into, contact

w i t h receptive people. Pray

for the

y o . u n g people in the Bible

Club as they

study

God's Word

and

apply i t

to t h e i ^ e l v e s .

Pray

for

their

parents as

well

that

they

may

be receptive.

Please

pray

for

those who

have pulled

away from the

fellowship,

that

they

may

soon

gra^p the full impact of God's

Word. Please be piaying

for Rhonda as

she is now i n t o

her

eighth month of pregnancy and for our child as well. Thank God

for

working out our visa problems too. Prayer

is

one of the most powerful tools

God has

given

us. If you will pray with us regardin g these

things

we are

confident

God will answer positively.

Now to him who

is able

t o strengthen you

according

to the gospel

and

the preac hing of Jesus Christ, according to the revelatio n of the mystery

which wa s

kept secret

for

lo ng ages but

is

now disclosed

and throu^ the

prophetic writings

is made known to

al l

nations, according to the command of

the

eternal God, to bring

about the obedience of faith

- o the only wise

God be glory for evermore ibrou^

Jesus Christ

Amen.

( R D j n a n s

l 6 i

25-27)


12/16

s

MISSION MONTREAL

November 197^

Steve

Rhonda Dunham

D E C . Mr. M r s e Bill Clark

urteau St. Apt. 202 2105 E.

Memorial

Drive

Dollard

Des

Ormeauxp

Quebec Muncie,

Indiana

C a n a d a H9G

1X4

U . S . A . 47302

Dear

Brothers

and Sisters

in

Christi

Grace

to

you and peace from God

our Father and

the Lord Jesus Christ,

(1 C o r i n t h i a n s

1 : 3 . W e

i n t e n d e d t o get t h i s letter m a i l e d

t h e first

o f

t h i s

w e e k

but

here it is,

the day

after

Thanksgiving

already.

We

hope

your Thanksgiving was

blessed one We all

have

much to be thankful for

We

Imagine

you have heard of the

provincial

elections here in Quebec

recently.

Most of

w h a t

w e

k no w

about the

sit u a tion comes

from television

a n d

t h e

news pa per. I n October the

premier

of

Q uebec

called for a

general

election. At

t h a t time the Liberal party was in power

w i t h

102 of 110 seats i n their assembly.

After

a month

of campaigning, the elections took pl ac e on November 15* The Parti

Quebecois,

the Liberals* strongest

opponents,

won 69

seats

in

the ass embly

and thus

became the pa rty t o lead Quebec. The leader of the party

i s

Rene Levesque a n d he

h a s become

t he

ne w

premier. Ma n y people strongl y wa n ted the

Liberal

party o u t of

office. Therefore, sinc e the Parti Quebecois was th eir strongest opp onent, many

people voted

for t h a t

p a r t y

t o

insure their defeat.

The Parti Quebecois h a s

been

committed

for

some

time to push for the

separation

of

Quebec

from Canada.

A n

inde-

pendant

Quebec

is

their goal. Many of

the

people wh o voted

for

them did

not

vote

for separation. The latest p oll shows only 11^ of the population in

favor

of it.

T h e p a rt y

h a s promised a

referendum

i n t wo

years

t o decide

t h i s i s s u e .

T h i s i s a concern

no w

for everyone in Quebec, as

well

a s everyone

else

throu^out Canada. I t will affect everyone's

lives here and

will

be a big disrup

tion for many. People who are against

separation

are trying to

s t a y

calm, but some

are

s o

afraid

of

what lies ahead that they have been puttin g their savings in banks

in

On t ario

and even in Vermont a n d New York.

If

se p a r a t io n does come, many people

w i l l probably

move

o u t of Quebec, both the French a n d t he En glis h . Some economists

are p r e d i c t i n g a recession in

C a n a d a a j i d a

l o we r s t a n d a r d

of living for

Q uebecers

if

this happens

We

do

not

know how

we will

be affected

by

all of

this

We

hope to be

able to s t a y h e r e, no ma t ter wh at developes. Our con cern is f o r - t h e people

of

Q uebec . No ma t ter

w h a t

h a p p e n s , t he Ch u rc h mu st be here. We

h o p e a n d p r a y t h a t

the

C hurch

w i l l

be strong a n d will conti n ue

to

gro w .

It is

diffi c ul t

to s a y w h a t

the ne x t fe w

years w i l l be

like for s ure , but w e

hope

t h a t people

w i l l

become

open


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2

to the truth of Jesus Christ. A lot of opportunities could open

up

for reaching

people

we cannot

reach

at present.

Presently, Trench is the official langmge of

Quebec.

Whether Quebec

separates or not, the French language will

be

stressed

more

and more. Therefore,

it is

becoming more

important

and

more

urgent

for

us to learn the language. We are

studying French

with

the

Dilleys a

couple of days a week and Steve

will

probably

try to get into

some

adult French language classes soon. If we axe forced to use

Fren ch more, we

will

learn it faster. As it

is

now, we live among

a

pocket of .

English-s peaking people where French people are the minority. Our efforts are

g e a r e d to

t h e

E n g l i s h

b u t

w h e n w e c a n c o m m u n i c a t e i n t e l l i g e n t l y in F r e n c h w e

ho^

to preach the Good

News to them

as

well.

A few

of

the

young

people from

the Bible

Club

have

been

attending

wor

ship

services

with us lately.

We

thank God

for

the opportunity

to

teach these young

people more often. We made

a

positive

contact

recently too. A school teacher liv

ing in our

apartment

building

has shown

a lot of interest. She is planning to

attend worship

services

with us soon. We

hope she will lead

us

to

others who

are

interested in the truth.

Personally, we

are

getting along O.K. We

have

been

learning

much

about

how

Canada's

federal

government

works as well as

the provincial government. It

is

really fascinating. \ l e have also learned that

the

schools in Canada

teach

some

U.S.

h i s t o r j

and

government,

whereas during our own American

education

Canada was

seldom mentioned

if

at

all.

Lately

then,

we've been learning

a

great

deal about

Canada

in

general.

We celetrated the United States' Thanksgivin g even though it was

just

another

work day

for most

everyone else

here^ The Dilley's

came

to

our

apartment

and we

ate

a lot of

good

food.

Rhonda roasted her

first

turkey and did

a

great ^

j o b . (Too

b a d T h a n k s g i v i n g

c o m e s

o n l y

. t w i c e a

y e a r

- ha ha.)

B-day is only a

few

weeks

away. We

are getting pretty excited. The

way our excitement is building, having the baby will be harder on Steve than on

Rhonda. The baby's room

is ready nd we are too ?

We've done

a

little

Christmas shoppin g too. A lot of things are pretty

expensive.

Candy, especially chocolate, is very expensive. Toys are

too. Batteries

for toys and radios, etc.,

range

in price from

920

to about 3»25 p e i pair. Stuffed

animals, in

general,

seem

to

be

less expensive.

Some

clothing

is

reasonable

in

price

other

clothing is expensive. We

do

not even look at shoes anymore.

Our

turkey for

.Thanksgiving

c o s t . 1.09 per pound

as

compared to 59^

~

^50 per p o i o n d in

Vermont.

The

sales tax here

is 8%, Fortunately, food,

books,

and some

children's

clothing

are


14/16

3

not

taxable

The rate

of

exchange between United States and

Canadian

dollars has

been J f o » ¥e

were losing

$11

12

from each

of

our salaxy checks.

Now,

however,

both currencies

sire almost at

parity.

Even

though

most

everything

is

fairly

expensive, we

are

getting

along

O.K.

In

January, we

will include our financial report for

these

four

months of

1976,

We want to

thank those who have

sent

monetary gifts allowing us to buy for

the baby

and

for

our

Christmas.

Please continue to pray for us. Pray that more people will be receptive.

Thank God

for

our new contact,

that she is

interested.

Pray

that

she

will accept

the

Lord as her personal Savior.

Continue

to pray

for

the Bible Club young people and

their parents

and

also for our influence on them. Ask God to help those who have

pulled away from the fellowship, that they may think clearly

regaxding

their situa

tion. Please continue to pray for Rhonda and our child. The baby is

due

around

December

15. Remember Quebecers and

all

Canadians in your prayers. Pray that the

Church will

grow

rapidly

in number

and maturity.

Since

our

December newsletter

will not

get to

you before Christmas,

we

want to wish you

a

very merry Christmas

now.

Our

prayer

is that

as

we remember how

Jesus Christ

humbled Himself to

be bom as

one of us, each of us will have instilled

within us the importance of being a Christian

and

showing God our gratitude.

The

grace

of the

Lord

J e s u s

be

w i t h y o u (Cur)

love

b e w i t h you all in

C h r i s t J e s u s A m e n

(1

C o r i n t h i a n s

l 6 t

23,

2k)


15/16

rA \

The Steve

Dunham

Family

40^

Hinrteau

St. Apt-

202

Dollard

Des Ormeaiccj Quebec

Canada

H9G

MISSION

MONTREAL

December 1976

i - i r - 'irs.

Bill

Clark

2105 Ev Memorial Dr-

Muiiciej Indiana

U.SoA. 47302

Dear Brothers and Sisters

in

Christp

Grace to you and

peace from God our Father

and

t h e Lord Jesus C h r i s t i

2

Corinthians

1:2).

V . Jeremy Hob^^.Jlunham was born December 24 a t 11^42 a-m* a t the Lakeshore

G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l T i r r

P o i n t s C l a i r e ,

Q u e b e c -

H e

w e i g h e d

e i g h t

pounds e i g h t o u n c e s

a n d

was 211

inches long-

H e has

a

l o t

o f

long; dark

hair

and blue eyes and likes to cry.

H e ' s

d o i n g

fine a n d so a r e M o m

a n d

D a d -

H e

b r o u g h t h i m h o m e f r o m

t h e

h o s p i t a l t h e

2 8 t h

and

h e ' s b e g i n n i n g t o

a d j u s t

a

l i t t l e n o w .

(Mon

and

Dad tool)

R h o n d a ' s

m o t h e r

f le w

up here from Ohio the 28th to help with the baby and we suie are

glad

she's

here- H e are learning

a

lo t i n

a

hurry.

This

i s her first grandchild and Ste ve's

parents' first grandson. They are pretty excited. Since Jeremy w as born on

Christ

m a s E - / e w e w a i t e d t o c e l e b r a t e C h r i s t m a s c n _ t h e

2 9 t h ~

o u r t h S s r ^ w e d d l n g a n n i v e r s a r y -

My, h o w t i m e f l i e s - The

l a s t p a r t

of t h i s m o n + l i h a s b e e n p r e t t y

h e c t i c ,

b u t e x c i t i n g

Toward, t h e e n d o f November Dennis placed a n a d in t he Montreal

S t a r

co n

c e r n i n g

t h e

C h u r c h s T h e ad a p p e a r e d

in

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

on

three occasicro, every other week.

I t

was

c e n t e r e d

around being Christians only .

I t

was

a

two—inch, one

column ad

and

cost ^21

each time

i t

appeared.

T l i i s i s

pretty

e x p e n s i v e

b u t

w e

c A d

h a v e

s o m e

r e s u l t s .

A f t e r

t h e f i r s t

S a t u r d a y

w e r e c e i v e d s e v e r a l

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

w h o

t h o u g h t t h e a d w a s a t a p e d m e s s a g e , l l i e y w e r e n ' t i n t e r e s t e d

when they found i t

wasn't.

The

nex t two times

the a d

appeared

we

received

some

more

Interested callers. Several people were excited to find

a

group o f people t h a t

b e

lieves a s we do-

However, they refused

t o s a y much

concerning

themselves except that

they were used to going to t l \ e denominati onal church h e y i r ^ e r e attending and didn't

want to change new. This

i s the

attitude w e

run

into more times tha n not.

A

f e w

o t h e r s h o w e v e r h . a v e s h o w n more I n t e r e s t . A

coup l e

o f

p e o p l e

h a v e

s a i d t h e y w o u l d

visit our worship service on Sunday morning

after

the holidays. V i e hope

t h e y d o s o .

A c o u p l e of l a d i e s d i d c o m e t o v i s i t b u t r e f u s e d t o g i v e

u s a n j

i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g

t hemse lves.

O n e m a n a s k e d

for

w r i t t e n m a t e r i a l r e g a r d i n g

t h e

C h u rc h a n d a n o t h e r

w a n t

u s t o call o n h i m . V i e

d o

n o t

k n o w

w h a t w i l l c o me o f t h e s e contacts

but

w e h o p e a n d

pray we w ill be

able to

teach

a s

many

a s

possible-


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W e t h a n k y o u

f o r

y o u r

p r a y e r s

c o n c e r n i n g

u s .

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e

t o

p r a y

f o r

u s

i n o u r

m i n i s t r y

h e r e a n d a s

n e w

p a r e n t s . A l s o , p l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o p r a y f o r

J e r e m y .

i J e

h a v e

c o m e

i n t o c o n t a c t w i t h

s o m e p e o p l e t h i s

m o n t h t o o

s o

p l e a s e p r a y

t h a t t h e y w i l l b e

o p e n

t o t h e g o s p e l o f C h r i s t . P l e a s e a s k G o d t o

w o r k

t h i n g s

o u t

so

t h a t w e c a n

t e a c h

t h e

t r u e

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

t h e

C h u r c h w i l l

g r o w

rapidly

in

number and maturity.

W e h o p e

a n d p r a y t h a t

1 9 7 7

w i l l

b e

a

b l e s s e d y e a r f o r

y o u i n t h e

L o r d .

U e p r a y it w i l l b e a f r u i t f u l

y e a r

h e r e i n Q u e b e c f o r C h r i s t s C h u r c h .

T h e g r a c e

o f

t h e L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t a n d t h e l o v e o f G o d a n d t h e f e l l o w

ship of t h e H o l y Spirit b e w i t h y o u a l l , 2 o r i n t h i a n s

07

J4r.

Mrs.

Bill Clark

2105 S.

Memorial Dr.

iiuncie Indiana

U.S.A. ^7302

Bo>.

S

AH

( S I

137

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pa^inted

i n .

C a n a d a - ; .

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