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JANUARY
1975
NUMBER
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1975
January was really a month fill ed with happiness. We want to share our joy with you with the prayer that your life also has been filled with God's goodness. Oh, how our family is growing both in numbers and age wise. We have 33 now that are above the age
of 13. We've taken three new
her party on the 4th because of the wedding. She had a wonderful party and we were really pleased with ourselves that we had managed to stay on our feet for both big
events.
children in January. Tv70 of our oldest left the nest on January 3rd.
Fidel and
Isalas were
united
in
MERLYN
AND
IBON
marriage on January 3rd by Brother Gil Contreras. Merlyn gave the bride away. Vi played the piano. Don took the pictures and I cried
the usual mother's tears as I saw
We had good help for both events. The Lord always provides for us at
these times and He sent Don's uncle
not just one of my children both my son and my daughter their vows. God had worked specially in their lives the
few months and I feel
and aunt,
Claude and
Ruth
Willson.
and we being
that because
Memo gave us quite a scare on January 9th. The sixth grade boys came running home from school to
hurt during
school and
We rushed in Mexico
BRIDE,
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JANUARY 1975
City and were fortunate that our orthopedist walked in just after we did. X-rays were taken and he soon
found himself in a cast from waist
mas we do have 52,325.09 to date and this will be set aside. More is
free
and
Sing Together!
with our kids in Spanish.
NO MORE FOOTBALL FOR AWHILE
Luisa
Ninos
de Mexico her home. Luz comes a broken home and neither father or mother want her.
needs love so badly that it almost breaks your heart. With much love and prayers she is learning that
someone does care and that God
along
wishes to
with
not
is offering
of the
Convention
considers her
person.
very
important
a five day free trip to Ninos Mexico and the surrounding area.
de
if
his
he
home.
could
He
we
wonderful work
parents.
rsMNiRsnn rsihirt
We are happy to give you a re
LUZ -
ABEL - NORA
Even though
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mitted to take a few days vacation at Disney World. From there we began our information trip. It would take several volumes to tell you all of the great events that happened as we traveled from the east coast to as
far west as San Rafael, California; as far north as Redmond, Oregon; then back east to Missouri^ and ending our trip in Bedford, Texas. We trav
eled over 35,000 miles, taking seven months to make the trip. We found as we traveled, that not only is there southern hospitality, but also northern hospitality, western hospitality, eastern hospitality, central
hospitality in fact everywhere we went we found great Christian peo ple, really excited about the Lord and wanting to do great things for His
Church. It was another year of no accidents. We this trip, no mechanical trouble, and to the best
did not miss a single scheduled appointment.
READY
TO
GO
STILL
BUILDING
1975
WHERE
DO WE GO??
Dec.
Midwest
A request from
takes.
you
is
to
all
it
share
With the ever increasing cost of traveling we are trying to cut down on the number of miles traveled, by
suggesting areas where we will be and then while in your area, if you would like a first hand report on
the work of Ninos de Mexico we can
We would love
with you in a VBS, summer camp. Faith Promise Rally, a Sunday ser vice, or a week night program with a dual projector slide presenta tion. We have an exciting story
to present of Ninos de Mexico and we want you to hear i t . The above
stop by. We are at this time mak ing this tentative schedule
April & May June & July Aug. & Sept.
Oct. & Nov.
East
& Southeast
Union, Mo,
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if we may, abour our own personal family. One of the stops this past year was at Milligan College in
Tennessee where our tw~ sons, Paul
and Keith were finishing their last year. We were very proud and happy
that we could be there for the
IT'S FREE
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graduation service. At this writing we can tell you that Keith is continuing in a spe cial school preparing for work with an insurance company. When he fin ishes this time of study he will be sent to some place in the U.S. to
work. When asked about where he
NEWS
IN A nutshell:
would like to be sent, his only comment was, "I don't care just as long as there is lots of outdoor space and pretty girls". Well, what else would a single fellow
look for?
Briefly, here are just a few of the many exciting things that 1975 holds for you and for us as we share together. We are going to only list them and let our regular newsletters tell you about them.
1. Our best VBS packet yet, is
Paul at this time is putting to gether a new musical group and will be traveling this summer for Milli gan College. Paul has always en
our family singing and recit ing Bible verses (all in Spanish). Write for this packet at
P.O.
63084
(he's sort
are really
Watch for the
and
we
i t too.
the group.
They
are
be
called "The
at
will
to us and we
how.
will tell
you
and many
3. Did
you
receive
our
1974
Sharon, as you may remember, was working with the Home last year for
a while, but has decided, at least for now, this was not what she felt the Lord wanted her to do, so .she
has returned to the states, St.
this
be
the
is to be
ing. She has a nice apartment in south St. Louis County and is work ing at Missouri Baptist Hospital, (P.S. SHE IS STILL SINGLE)
More
Before you
CONTACT US ABOUT
DON'T FORGET TO WRITE TO US SOON IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR COMING BY AND PERSONALLY TELLING OF THE WORK IN MEXICO. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
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head-^
we
quarters for a time in 1976 or 1977. told them yes and are praying that we will have enough of our construc
tion done to be able to accomodate them. We now have most of our office
ready to
move
WINDOWS
and because we are going into windiest time of the year this
a must before we can move in.
the is
The
work.
Please
pray for
them
as
they make this most important decision. There are other couples on a waiting list and as funds are
available more units of Ninos de
to
their library and all that is lack ing for that is two windows and the On February 21st we went Veracruz to see about enrolling
in medical school in his home
REACHING YOUTH
February 9th was my birthday and i t was also a Birth Day for four young adults. Our secretary, Graciela, was married February 1st
to a young banker from Texcoco and
to No^
state
we of
with
the
Popes,
on February 9th they both obeyed Christ in baptism. Also, two young poeple from Villa Coapa where Merlyn preaches made their confes sion and were baptized. Praise God for these new Christians and may
them two other couples, the Hubers and the Willoughbys. If you've
ever wondered what would I do i f I
these
To
them
always
that were
waiting to be brought
in
to Mexico and as soon as they got here we put them to work. Besides being grandma and grandpa to a lot
't ^
REJOICING
WITH THE
LORD
POPE
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FEBRUARY 1975
PIl.l^uW CASES
Units
Units
1
1
& 2
& 2
Units 1 6 2
TUPPERWARE
REFRIGERATOR
BUNK BEDS
MATTRESSES
Units 1 6 2
SILVERWARE
Unit
In a
MR. AND MRS. HUBER
will
Following is
a list of their dates up until now. They would really like some week
Ladies meetings or Men's fellow
ships, youth
breakfasts.
groups
an
or
love
prayer
program
to
we once
again
They have
exciting
thick cream for butter, baking, ice cream and whipped cream. We thank God daily for our farm
animals.
wing. Meetumaid
Ip "lliC (rrlorij oj" C?Ocf
llagocstowni %I. FCC, si loon Sprinqs, Ark. Central CC, U.irtscllc, Als.
Ko;, Anna, iiiinoig dvus
Camp
Sudan, Kansas
special we have
pays de are
JUL* 2B
gotten on memorials. Mexico a high interest rate on time posits and all memorials
placed in this way. At the present your memorials are gaining 10.57%.
Our new Christian banker
care of this for us.
FCC, Bayard, :Jol>r. - UVBS Uost Side CC, DCS Koinos, la. Camp : High Hill, .-lo.
FCC, Redmonri, Oregon
;iouiicain View CC,
riew 'texico
is taking
Las Cruccs,
We have gotten many letters lately asking for suggestions on how you or your group can help.
THANK YOU
for your interest and here list of some things we need: is a
Again, we thank you for helping us to make Ninos de Mexico a reality. We thank you for the privilege of
serving Christ in Mexico.
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NUMBER 3
f
/
fS? is our dry season v. wind and every dayl i t t the blows a le
Mexico.
This
~T^ 1^)
THEN
harder but
we
know
THERE IS MARCH!
earth
will
turn
green. If i t weren't for the bad times we wouldn't enjoy the good times nearly as much when they
come.
way I To begin with Merlyn just opened the phone book and picked a record ing studio. He went to talk to the man in charge who turned out to be an ex-vice president of MGM studios in Hollywood. He informed Merlyn that his was the most expen sive studio in Mexico and Merlyn was thinking, "Oh well, if at first you don't succeed....". But then the man said, "I own this place and
doing
so
you
the
bring your snotty nosed kids in here and I won't charge you anything to record your record." Praise Godi
Besides t h i s he used his influence
experiences. We praise God as He leads us in all things. We learn from past mistakes and wonder at the way God can use u us in our s i n imperfection.
We spent much time in March
Unit
No.
2
to
We tried
move only as God showed us how. We came up against closed doors and turned to find God showing us another way. We stood amazed at
Naturally we were going to show him we don't have snotty nosed kids so Karen stayed up long hours into the night sewing pants for the boys and maxi-skirts for all the girls and we took a beautiful group of beautifully behaved kids ini.nto
make the record at one of the
fanciest
recording
studios
you
is of is We
located in the little village Huexotla where the government building hundreds of new houses. pray that this will be a ripe
to start a new church.
this month
on two
little fat legs. She is just about the prettiest little thing you've
ever seen but prejudiced. then maybe I'm
field
We beg for your prayers for this new Unit and we especially ask
your prayers for: 1.) the church
the 3.)
their Mexico
Unit No. 2; 4.) us, Merlyn and Wanda, as we help to coordinate this new Unit? and 5.) the funds
to operate another Unit.
we had making our record for the DVB5 kit this year. The Lord really did lead and show us the
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MARCH 1975
The 16th of March Villa Coapa celebrated their 1st anniversary with approximately 150 present. The churches in the valley of Mexico
sent representatives and the
without
to
give
of the
his
life to Him"
and said
and a
teenage
boy
room
to
brethren in Villa Coapa served dinner for everyone. It was a four hour service of singing, preaching, special music and much fellowship. The church in Villa Coapa, though still small in number, is a strong working church and we ask your
special prayers for its future
growth. This congregation
we have ever experienced here at the Home and we ask you to remember in prayer all these new Christian
brothers and sisters. Most of all
for a
teenage
made
for
that our children will share their love of Jesus with others and that
together our family can be a real example to all those that know us. The week before Easter was spent
KBVIVAl
We had the Institute Biblico Nacion-
al with us leading our services and going calling with the children.
What a wonderful week it was!
Attendance ran as high as 260 on Friday night and going in with area churches in the valley there were
over 300 for Easter Sunrise Service
of 2 2
mak
help
found them And they
have
"But how
shall they ask Him to save unless they believe in Him? how can they believe in Him if
have never heard about Him?
Balbuena congregation and one from Juan Escutia. Four (a whole family) were from the Villa Coapa area, the
other t h r e e were from here in our
And how
can they hear about Him unless some one tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them unless someone
sends him?"
village, a school teacher, the owner of the town drugstore and :a housewife. On Sunday night tears came to our eyes as at the beginnirg of the sermon the preacher said,"if
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Don and
the
children were all studying extra hard getting ready for tests. Merlyn went to sleep coming home from Thursday night Bible study in Mexico
City and put the Combi out of com mission for quite awhile. We had
several visitors from the States. We
took
"God is Great, God is Good." The words go over and over in my mind
Please excuse me i f I start the
the
Chicoloapan
youth
group
and Laura
April
30th
special
Jaime
became engaged to a very nice Christian young man from Mexico City. The rains started and every thing started looking pretty and
green.
spent his 15th birthday suffering in the hospital. We bought him a new robe and slippers. He had no use for dress clothes or toys. He would never walk again. He was too sick to play. The nurses went to gether and bought him a beautiful
cake. The doctors specialist in Mexico) (the best said i t was
state State
He
would
the
Meet. Merlyn and I got very burned and popped off all our
tons as we watched a l l three
sun but
of
Christians
and now five years later Jaime is a living testimony that God does
exist that God does answer
tests the
won a
a
and
average witness
long
jump.
So we have three state champions.' They will be in the National Competition on June 21st.
JAIME AND
HIS
CAKE
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ENRIQUE WINS
As I was helping Maria Contreras serve lunch at the Youth Rally last night and the bean juice was run ning out through the cracks in the plates and dripping down our
arms she said that it sure would
pic
that
filled with
trash.
It
didn't
the bottom
be nice to have some melmac plates for things like this. So I thought maybe some of you would like an excuse to buy that new set of dishes you've been wanting and get rid of those extra plates you've got stuck back in the corner of the cupboard taking up space. What I'm saying is, if any of you have old plates you aren't using the Valley of Mexico Youth Group could sure put them to good use. Just send them to our package address and we'll see that - they get to the Youth Rally.
Ninos de Mexico Unit #2 is
READY
mm,-:-
ON THE WAY
to becoming a reality. We are mak
ing a loan to purchase the property and put the buildings in living conditions. Our kids are doing a lot of the work getting things in shape. The place had been used to dump trash into for a long time and
every one got sore muscles taking out fifty dump truck loads of
trash. I'm sure When i t is a l l finished i t will be worth i t . The
We thank you so much for April. With your prayers and financial help you are making Unit No. 2 a pos sibility. Thank you for caring.
LOVE,
, vvU.fvM'
kids are really enjoying getting a place ready for other children to
have a home, too.
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people that do this for them. Several have written and mentioned
Greetings to all from Ninos for the month of May. Work, work, work was our theme this month. May 1st is Labor Day in Mexico so that is what we used i t for. Everyone packed up and went to work at Unit
Two. Mom and Dad Beeman arrived
the possibility of inviting one of our kids in the future. We ask you
to please give us months of
notice because i t takes a
advance
lot of
May 9th to help get the new ready and our first
Unit
time to get their passports in order. If you are thinking about this for next summer it would be good to start your plans now so we could get their papers early. Besides the pigs, chickens, dacks, turkeys, rabbits and cows that our
All of
This
our else are
so we
UNIT #2 -
Saturday, May 10th, was Mother's Day and my "day" started at 1:25 a.m. with a serenade at my window and another just before daylight. Then that night the kids gave a surprise party. The girls had made a beautiful heart shaped cake and decorated the house. We played games and had cake and sodas. My gifts ranged from a marshmellow rabbit made by Marcos to a beauti ful lace tablecloth given to me by Fidel and Isaias, our two that were married in January.
Several of the kids will be go ing to the states this summer. They have been invited by their friends or by a summer camp. This
GARDEN
HELPERS
Don and Vi Bader are traveling in the states now representing Ninos de Mexico. They have the latest news of the Home and up to date
slides. They have most of their
weekends filled but are open for quite a few weekdays. They would be happy to speak to your men's
prayer breakfast, ladies missionary group, youth group or whatever. Following is a list of their scheduled stops. Write to Ninos de
Mis
information.
them the
Don and Vi would love to tell you the story of Ninos de Mexico and how God is using us here in Mexico.
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MAY 1975
and
Oct.
AM
Knott Ave.
Christian
Vicki Yarnell and their three child ren of Bedford, Texas will be ar riving in Mexico for a three months
internship.
Church, Trafalgar,
Ind. Oct. 13
Westminster, Calif.
Mountain View
Antioch Church of
Christian Church
Christ, H.
Ind.
Lebanon,
Oct.
Christian Church,
Phoenix, Ariz.
Oct.
19 Mountain View
Ninos de Mexico Unit Two, This is a great decision to make and we ask you to be in prayer for them.
Nov.
Nov.
Greenville,
Nov. 7
111.
Church,
Ohio
Nov.
9 AM
Rock Creek,
First Congregational
Church of Christ,
Ankeny, Iowa Aug. 10-15 Aug. 19-29 Camp, High Hill, Mo.
VBS, The Christian Church, Redmond, Ore.
First Christian Church
F i r s t Christian Church
Klowa, Kansas
Nov. 18 First Christian Church
Baker, Ore.
La Cygne,
Nov. 19
Kansas
Tyro, Kansas
Nov. 23 PM First Christian Church
Odin, 111.
K- -
National Missionary
Convention,
Missouri
Oakland, Oregon
St. Johns C h r i s t i a n
St. Louis,
Nov.
30
Nashville,
Dec. 7
111. Kan.
Countryside Christian
Church, Wichita,
First Christian Church
Dec.
14
Yellville, Arkansas
Dec. 20
Again we thank each of you make Ninos de Mexico a reality. is because of your prayers financial help that we are able
be here in Mexico and the Lord blessed our work for Him until stand amazed at what He is able
who It and to
has we to
for
We are really behind on our correspondence. We've been working so much getting Unit Two ready that we really do have a stack of mail to answer. We're sorry about this
do through us.
We feel that the decision
and we hope you will forgive us for being behind. We are trying hard to get caught up.
the progress
A STEP OF FAITH
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has been a constant help to us. We know that God guides us through them.
Thanks again. We love you all.
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CELEBRATION
IN A CHICKEN HOUSE
walked
in.
coming
and
out
time
started.
We send
you
greetings
out
with a bang.
We invited
from
a
here
duet
in
San Vicente Chicoloapan, from Villa Coapa and from Texcoco to worship with us and stay for lunch. We served some over 200 a spaghetti dinner and had a wonderful day of fellowship. On the 3rd of June the group
from Purdue left for the States
and after their weeks of hard work
OUR
6TH GRADE
GRADS
do
and
The Prep school No^ is graduating from had a lovely service the 8th of June. It is what they tall their
action of thanks or "acci6n de
Vicki Yarnell arrived accompanied by Vicki's parents in their motor home. They were able to bring in many of their things to start their
new home and we thank God for
gracias". It was held at a very large Presbyterian church in down town Mexico City. The secondary school had no
special graduation exercise of any
kind this year. The only celebration was a dance given by the parents of one of the graduates which our boys
chose not to attend Jos6 and Cruz. so we will be
garage getting
fixed
from
the
Jaime,
in April
so
we
to
addi
Merlyn's
may have heard the saying "manana" which means tomorrow. Well, that
is what they keep telling us
we
The middle of the month I got very sick and after a couple of days Merlyn took me to the doctor. The doctor was almost ready to operate for appendicitis but when he did a blood test it was not high enough
for that so he sent me home with
when
this time
some medicine that put me back on my feet in a couple more days. It must have been contagious because several others got i t right after I
did.
the extras that go with the special day. The primary graduation dinner
was held in an abandoned chicken
Saturday, the 21st, were the pre-national eliminations for the track meet. We piled everyone from
folk's
crepe
had
pickup and the Yarnell's VW van, bought stuff for a picnic lunch and took off for the Polytechnic In stitute in Mexico City.
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Gaudencio was again the smallest to compete in the long jump and he
didn't do as well as he did at the
fourth
and we feel that next year he will have a good chance for first place. Enrique did quite well in the
pentathalon and came in in second place. He can really throw the javelin! He will go on to the
national meet which will be held
in Mermosillo, Sonora, the first part of November. Laura excelled again as she took first place in the 100 meter dash,
first in the 200 meter dash and
OUR CHAMPIONS
GAUDENCIO -
LAURA -
ENRIQUE
second in the running long jump. She was immediately approached by trainers from Mexico City to com pete in an international meet that
was to be held but this would dis
plumbing work on Unit Two. Grand ma Beeman kept us all full of cakes,
cookies and cheese cake. She can
National
meet
it. the
chip
had
2 5th we
for
Karen Anders,
She completed her term at Ninos de Mexico and returned to the States.
We have never had a worker at
Ninos that is missed as acutely as Karen. She gave of herself so com.pletely and unselfishly all the
months that she worked here. She
willingly gon
did
own
and
money)
she
gas that
de
and
re
here
car
and
The 22nd Merlyn's folks left for the States taking Terry David, Greg and Roberto with them. Terry David and Greg will be spending a few weeks with Grandpa and Grandma and Roberto will be visiting his
"friends" in the U.S.
the people of the village. It carried a dying baby to the hospital with a police escort. It carried as many as 24 at one time_to a baptism.
It carried a l l the l i t t l e ones on
picnics. It carried pig feed, gro ceries, straw and probably most any thing you could name.
Thanks so much, Karen. And thanks to all of you who be cause of your prayers and support do make i t all possible.
We were sorry to see them go. They had used their truck constant
and
had
and
the electrical
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As
we
end
our
first
month
in
how the
When to
lives.
in Feb.
spend the
summer
as
interns
at
Ninos de Mexico, we thought we had more than adequate time to get ready. But as our departure date of May 18th got closer, months seemed like days.
TRAVELS
We took our two 11, and Michele, 7, girls, Genie, out of school
a little early and with Tony (age 2) we tearfully said good-by to our church family at Bedford Chris
tian Church, Bedford, Texas.
mmm
Unit #2
We The Yarnells
were
shown the
facilities
of Unit #2 and our not quite comp leted house. Even with everything unfinished the potential is evi
dent. The main
house
Two
is
other
bed-
quick
2 week
trip
rooms,
2 baths,
houses
through Missouri,
it
through
on the property w i l l be used as a guest house and apartment. The apartment is now rented to a young couple from the home, Isaias and Fidel. We look forward to having them as neighbors. Our village is small, but boasts an Aztec ruin near the large Catholic church.
finally
Ninos
pulled
into
"God
the yard at
Is So Good"
the chorus
Its very near an agricultural col lege and we hope this might be an
avenue of ministry.
decorated it with yellow roses, and the older girls did the dining room in yellow and white crepe
paper. All this preparation was
day to say
Kosken
leaving
States.
learning of
Mexico
We spent the first several
in Mexico.
days showing my folks around Mexico City. We've heard many warnings about the pick-pockets in the Metro (the underground subway system), but i t wasn't until we walked away from one stop and Jack
realized he d i d n ' t have his wallet
So Good" as
in it and
drivers
license before we
we
said
another tearful
good-by as
left
for
Our family settled down temp orarily in one of the apartments here at the home. We made arrange ments for our Spanish lessons in Texcoco and started going three
mornings a week. The kids are
learning so quickly and we get a special kick hearing Tony say everything twice, once in English,
once in Spanish.' I'm learning to
with the
mountains
beautiful
behind
snow
them.
capped
The
Psalmist described
fectly in Psalm 65,
our
view per
we'd like to
do my grocery shopping in Spanish and how to make all the good mexican dishes t h a t the kids well here a t Nihos. like so
close our first news letter by sharing it with you, "He prepares
the earth for his people and sends them rich harvests of grain. He
waters the furrows with abundant
rain. Showers soften the earth, melting the clods and causing seed
The week of June 22 turned out
to sprout
across
the land.
wilderness;
Then
hill
he crowns
pastures in the
tures are filled
a birthday cake as we celebrated Tony's 3rd birthday with all the preschoolers attending. They brought him a basket of fruit, and as soon as Tony saw the bananas he
pas
of
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July
I've just come from E^uxring a rinse
on Ibon's hair. She i s now back to her natural color. She had tried
University during July and into Aug ust. Bill Hague and Chuck Shultz
drove the van down and served as
chauf(f"eurs while They stood most running the van Thanks to all the
them be able
they were here. of the expense of during this time. people who helped
t o do t h i s .
hydrogen peroxide
see if
on
her
hair to
Need
Hermelinda
when she
gave
took a
us
good scare
the
less
well.
to
say
it
nose-dive off
Greetings
Mexico. As
to
all
from
Ninos
is
de
top of a barrel. She got a very bloody nose and i t took a while to get her cleaned up. It was only
after all t h i s t h a t we discovered she also had broken her arm in two
usual there
never a
dull minute here. We thank you, our supporters, for the privilege of each experience, whether they be
trials and sorrows or rewards and
joys. We were thankful for the opportuni ty the First of July to be able to
places. She really was brave and was so proud of her cast when we all autographed i t that I thought she may never want to part with it. She had no trouble at all eating a banana split with one hand.
attend
Sharon
daughter,
mm
while. Her and her husband, Gerald Lee, promised to visit Ninos soon so we will have a chance to get to
know him b e t t e r .
Merlyn and I have been able to do a few things together now since we have Fidel and Isaias handy to take care of the Home while we are away.
They have proven to be very trust worthy and get along fine being "in charge" of everything.
The middle of the month we sent the
HERMELINDA
kids off to camp. It is always a really great experience getting twenty teenagers packed up and off
for
tion We
week.
for all
are
still
The
Yarnells
were very thankful for the loan of the Campus House Van from Purdue
full time with Ninos so they will be returning to the States in Aug.
to
tie
up
loose
ends,
and upon
their return to Mexico they will be come "the parents" at Unit #2. They expect to be receiving child ren by September first.
month
of
July.
the All
Population Boom
Seen in Mexico
Mexico's population will
grow by 2.7 million people Uiis year and will reach 153 iiiillion by Ihe year 2,000 if
marvel that he i s s t i l l
Luisa Maria Leal, secretary general ut the National Vupulation Council, said Friday.
Site said there will also be over rtPattv; thiK year, over lialf wliirh will
over a again.
month,
Jaime
is now home
ol
dition
to
the
number
of
women using intra-uterine devices, but he didn't l elease any statistics. care of all of
JAIME'S HOME
take
them but the ones that turn up on our doorstep we don't like to turn away. We know that many of the
children we have taken would not be
As I'm
and
writing
Bible
this
it's
Sunday
afternoon,
we've
just
Lord wherever they go. They will bring their country closer to Jesus,
meal. Part of the kids are cleaning up the dining room and kitchen, the little ones are all down for a nap.
Several of the older ones are play ing guitars and practicing for a special song for church service to night. Some of the kids have friends in visiting. Merlyn hasn't gotten back from Villa Coapa where
When Unit Two is complete and paid for we will be ready to start Unit
Three. ready
Your
to
There take
love and
he preaches on Sunday
look out
mornings.
Mexico is making this a reality. We have a very good carpenter from the church in Villa Coapa working at Unit Two. He is making the Kit Chen cabinets, the doors, closets,
bookshelves and bunk beds as funds
beauty all around me and feel very fortunate to be alive and serving
Him.
Thank you all again for making our work possible. Thank you for your prayers and support in every way.
In answer to the letters asking for projects, we still need the follow ing things;
Towels
Iron-on-patches
Buttons
Thread
"PAPI,
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1975
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soon there was a line and a t l e a s t a dozen had haircuts before i t was
Goal!
Soccer, or Mexican football is real
Work
la
while
Merlyn
ly a national passtime. The little boys here at the house can kick a
quick trip to Missouri for Sharon Bader's wedding. This did sever
ball
walk.
almost
To
as
soon
as they can
al things for us. It gave us a taste of really being on our own and took us deeper into the joys
and troubles of a household with so
many
children. in
We
staying
Mexico,
There soccer
love we i t was
to share.
Beemans came
r
ir Z.--. ..
Each
Xochimilco, on the south side of Mexico City has a large flower mar
church camp is
really interesting.
ket.
My job was haircuts. We set up the barber shop on one of the porches near an outlet for the clippers.
our
flower,
area.
whether to trust
me
or
not,
but
our yard. A lot of work goes into getting the yard ready. We are
picking
just
planning
ies.
July wasn't all work. Early one Sunday morning we loaded our three kids in the van and drove up in the
mountains behind the house. After
As the month ends, Unit #2 has run ning water, one complete bathroom
and a front door, so moving day isn't far away. We'll tell you all
about i t in the August letter.
til then...
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August
August started out with a visit from the Gene Harrison family of O'Fallon, Missouri. This is the second time they have been able to visit us and we are always happy
to see someone The from the States.
are very proud of No^. He was elec ted as next year's vice-president of
the convention.
de
cham.pions
Christian
They are
from
had a
good
and
Lord blessed us
SifeW
FELICIDBDESI
watched over us in every way. Pablo gave us a good scare with a nose bleed that just wouldn't stop and
we had to take him to the hos
better
and
FEJf
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fl
LE5
DESERHI
DE I
IvA.M
: j' T r 0.1
'<ii){ I-; liiiwi.
Rosita,
Coahuila.
They are truly a great bunch of kids and we really enjoyed having them in our home. They presented
each of our kids with a Boot Hill
T-shirt and a surprise envelope with a special present for each child.
It was really a
wonderful con
took that
Meriyn and I both were able to ac company the teenagers. Two of the young people that we took who are not from the Home accepted Christ
as t h e i r savior. Several of kids rededicated t h e i r lives our to
r
BOOT HILL T-SHIRTS
Christ and one of the girls from Villa Coapa dedicated her life to
full-time service. We felt that it
we
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Also, on the 18th Juan Robles had his 14th birthday. Juan had
roamed the s t r e e t s a l l his l i f e un t i l he came to Ninos de Mexico. When he f i r s t came t o us he had
As many of you already know John and Alice Jahnssen who have served as forwarding agents for Ninos de
in 1967
to We
horrible nightmares at night and screamed over and over in his sleep, "Don't hit me, pleasedon't hit me." He has been with us since '-'February of 1974 and he sleeps soundly now. He is not a bit shy about putting his arms around me and saying "I love you, mami."
do not have
gratefulness
words to express
to this
our
wonderful
Christian couple who have dedicated the last 8 years and 7 months of their lives to Ninos de Mexico.
our
The hours
they spent daily in keeping you all informed and all our records comple ted only God can know and only God
can repay.
but
WE THANK YOU
took
John and Alice and thanks to your kids Sherman, Jimmie, and Sandy for
k''
Announcing
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUAN
of
John's future plans God had touched the hearts of another couple in the
for years.
They
are dedicated
We are both
agents for Ninos. All funds for Ninos de Mexico Unit One and Unit Two should be sent
We really want to say a big thank you to the Project Challenge . group., from California for the fine job
THE GRADUATES
they did with their work crew summer. They were here the month of August,
Most of
this whole
The very last of the month we had a wonderful time. For the very
first time we got together with the orphanage from San Luis Potosi and
the one in Quer^taro. We all met
just great
-prayer time
Merlyn
nearly killed himself swimming with the kids all day but we really had
fun.
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1975
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United States.
We had a
l o t of
fun
iAe
showing her her first automatic dishwasher, a tour of a Dallas Radio and Television station, and probably most fun for all of us, a day at Six Flags Over Texas.
Moving in.'
whole Ninos crew spent the day cleaning, scrapping, mopping and picking up. The kitchen appliances
consisted of one stove and several
large pots, that's all, but i t was enough to fix a good spaghetti din ner for everyone. Where to clean up was the biggest problem, but the
bathtub did very well as a sink. Wednesday the refrigerator was mov
ed in and Thursday the sink, so the
kitchen now looks like a kitchen.
in
Elizebet, Genie and Michele
need to make a
Quick
make some final arrangements and bring back another load of things.
Besides our own three children we
from Unit
We
owe
#1.
It
was
19th the church held a setting apart" service based on Acts 13:1-3 This was a very beautiful service and we're most grateful for the spiritual backing of this congrega
tion .
August 22 i t was "on the move" again as we headed back South. Two days in Seguin, Texas with Jack's folks, then across the border on
the 24th.
m)
It was so good to get homel A lot of progress had been made at Huexot la. With the help of a Project Challenge group the house was paint ed and many small projects complet ed. The two days after we arrived we spent in the bodega (pantry). Everything was "stored" on the din
ing room table while a lot of paint ing and cleaning went on in the bodega. We now have a beautiful place for kitchen supplies.
In our village there is no tele phone service, so communications
with Unit #1 were difficult. While
One of
we
are
ready.
in the States we
two citizen band
were
able to get
radios.
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f getting ^ ll "ready
^^forj^chool
It is the time of year when the air is crisp and every morning the
snow capped mountains shine across the s t i l l green corn fields. We thank God for the privilege of be ing alive and serving Him. We hope you had a busy blessed September. We didi Greetings from Ninos de
Mexico.
nical school. Two are waiting for the results on their applications to the University of Veracruz. We are so proud of our kids. They
have such a desire to better
their lives.
to
the 6:15 a.m. bus to Mexico City. He doesn't get home until between
5 and 5:30 in the afternoon. It is
really hard on him but he does with a big grin as he limps off
catch the bus with a "Hasta
it to
la
tarde, mami".
has eaten a
late "comida"
and done his homework he then helps Merlyn balance the Home's daily books. How many of us would do this if we had had cancer for five years
and two crushed vertebra and one
September 2nd was a busy morning for Merlyn. Twenty-four had to be registered in primary school. This is a complicated process because
each child must have a certified
on
Ted
birth certificate
report card.
and
last year's
five first
and Wanda Murray. They are seldom able to get away from their Home in
San Luis Potosi at the same time
We have
graders, six second graders, two third graders, two fourth graders,
five fifth graders and four sixth graders. The idea is to try to get all of each grade into the same
classroom so that homework is
but they had a very special reason for coming. Ever since Fidel and Isaias (two of our oldest kids) were married last January they have
expresseJ a desire to have a Home
of their own.
been
easier to check. You don't just walk into an office and say I have 24 children to register in school. You have to start early, fight for
a place in line and convince the
J
%, FIDEL AND
'
i ISAIAS
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Financially we cannot start another Unit yet and Ted and Wanda are looking for a couple to take
over their work load. Our kids
brown
and
white checked pinafores instead of blue and white that they use in the
have decided to give it a try. Please be in prayer for this ven ture that God will give them wisdom and patience as they work together.
The middle of the month we
morning classes. The afternoon wear beige pants instead of blue. We patched all the blue pants and hope they will
until Vicki has time
ones.
to make
had a lovely visit from Norman and Mary Jean Kernodle from Los Alamos, New Mexico. They were very handy to have around and we are very grateful for their visit. We hope
AFTERNOON FIRST
GRADERS
Remember Antonio from Villa Coapa who Merlyn baptized last February?
BROTHER KERNODLE PAINTER
his
pulled
out a
knife
and stabbed Antonio in the side. Antonio f e l l to the floor but con tinued to t e l l the man that Jesus
loves him. Instead of fear or hate he showed t h i s man God's love. Antonio's friends took him to the
and that
him
stabbed
to
learn
the
Before
Challenge Unlimited arrived on September 10th. They come from the campus ministry at the Univer sity of Cincinnati in Ohio. Seven girls and six boys dedicated 12 days' to painting, cleaning, loading dump trucks, cleaning septic tanks, etc.. They were a wonderful group and we want to give a special thank you to their group leader. Bob Clarke, for the fine job he
did of handling such a large group.
work I t was one of the finest crews we have ever had.
special services were over the and his family accepted Christ were baptized. Thank God
Christians like Antonio who
examples of God's love instead of just telling about i t . Pray ..for Christians all over the
faith
instead of just talking about it. Thank you for helping to make it possible for us to live for Him
here in Mexico.
"DISTRIBUTING SCHOOL
UNIFORMS"
was really a problem this year. Lack of funds made i t impossible to buy new uniforms for all. First graders had to be put in afternoon
be has
have
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The rains have stopped here in the Valley of Mexico, but the Lord con tinues to shower down His blessings. Unit #2 is proud to announce the
arrival of its first children.
clothes and all. The only thing he managed to save from a soaking was
his new Bible that hand. I've noticed he had in t h a t while his Jack
Nestor, 11; Mario, 9 and Hector, 7 came to us on Saturday the 20th of September, about 10:30 AM hungry for food and love. We gave them
is teaching the boys what i t is like to have a real papi - he is learning how to kick a soccer ball
from his new sons! Seems like a
HECTOR,
Well,
of
the month but we wanted you to know right away that Unit #2 is really started. As I said in Aug ust, far from complete, but on its way. When the boys came we had only two beds for them. The carpen ter has completed two sets of bunk beds so now every boy has a bed. We s t i l l are heating our water on
the stove for baths, dishes, etc.,
but through your continued help the Lord is providing and we should be
FIRST SOME GOOD FOOD
Septem
of clean
both and already see a return on our investment. The younger one is
getting a l i t t l e less food than
ber.
There
is
still
lot
love'. It's very difficult to eat dinner v>ith just one tortilla. He's given us many "adventures". For in
stance the first time we visited
Hec
in the
septic
shower
They loaded truck after truck full of debris. They did a lot of shov eling and a lot of painting. It was a pretty tired bunch that left here each evening. We really ap preciate ail this group did.
play
oure
z\'^
i
After a hard days work. September
off to
found
school.
and homework
as we
and d i f f i c u l t
translate Spanish
to English, find
well,
"Theater-infe-ho Maze --
you get the idea. The girls are doing very well and- we are very
proud of them.
School meant school uniforms. Be
tween Unit #1 and #2, 10 girls need ed new ones. The old sewing mach ine went to work. With the help of several visitors sewing hems and buttons, we completed 8 checked pinafores, 4 secondary jumpers and
6 white skirts in a little less
for
about
weeks
tage of
make a
all
the
puppet
theater.
When the
then 2 weeks. Everyone has at least one apiece now, and the wash ing machines work overtime during school to keep them clean.
This
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TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Each month all through nearly nine years Wanda has these found
until
she
can be
back to work
And
with
that
us again.
something
is
soon
you.
so
I have
written a couple
that been that
but
I
rsOMffff!#? KiMissm
parents.
Wanda.
As
back
Missouri
where
she
is
now with
my
are so indebted to
you for
your
there.
It is hard to really
rest
part in the work cf Ninos de Mexico. Perhaps you can remember our January, 1970 newsletter. In it
Well,
and we
are so grateful
for
I
your
am
symptoms and siagnosed typhoid as her sickness. She was being treated with antibiotics and get
ting worse instead of better.
a n t i b i o t i c s were bad on her On the 11th Wanda had to
doing
much better and the doctor has told her she can s t a r t to resume normal
The
taking it
liver. be
hospitalized and laboratory tests showed hepatitis. The treatment? Only rest. There really is no
treatment other than rest for some
slowly at first. I sort of feel like the picture here of our dog "SultSn".
iirV-
' 'V-.
SURE
WANDA VERY SICK
IS
LONELY
HERS.'
I hope that those of you that have been praying for her will con
tinue to do so and that many more
I will be joining
Wanda on
we
the
will
probably be returning
around the 24th.
back
home
to
Wanda
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the states and is practicing his English with grandma and grandpa.
While in the states I will be
at
Ferguson,
November,
on the 16th of
fellowshipping with our sponsoring congregations Washington, Missouri and also meeting together with our new forwarding agents, Ron and Jane Cowan. I will end up my
visit to the States with the bre
thren
in
Los Alamos,
New
Mexico
their
Second
a l l November news.
As you can see in our NEWS 2 section Unit 2 is growing. It was on October 1st that l i t t l e fernando,
Arturo and Leticia were added to
cheap.
the Ninos de Mexico family. This is only possible beeause of you friends. We are so grateful for your backing. We do want to say thanks for more things, too. One of those is the fact that we now have many new chairs. This is such a big help at the tables in the dining room and at the kids study desks in their rooms. Because of rising prices we did a lot of the work
on the c h a i r s .ourselves in order
They run on the average of 200 U.S. dollars per film but I really feel they are worth it. People here in
Mexico will go to see a free
We have had 500 here at the
movie.
house
for films in the past with very little announcing of the showing. I
visualize our young people going out
reach I
many hope
we can soon see this program in action. If you would like more information please write me direct
to not go over the six dollar, fig ure that they used to cost.
The boys
have gained much experience over the years and the job is done in one
the
for his
this
V70RKING
ON
NEW
CHAIRS
of
in
St. Louis, Missouri Ninos de Mexico is now the proud owner of a new Bell and Howell 16mm movie projec tor. This is the first step in us having a visual aid evangelistic
team to go out reaching and teach ing. But now we lack just a few things.... films for our film library.
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"After"
OCTOBER 3X3
Three seems
for Unit #2.
of our own,
September and now. October has brought us three more children. To the delight of Genie and Michele, one of these is a girl. It started as a normal Wednesday evening, head
ed for
we
services
we
at Unit
found a
#1.
When
arrived
mother with
her 3 children.
out food or
for them
any
longer.
We
added
these three very, very dirty and unhappy children to our growing fam ily at Unit #2. Leticia,4, Arturo, 2, and Fernando,16 months, had a lot to get acquainted with. Six brothers and sisters for one thing,
baths, good
Arturo
in
October
we
baths.
the
Bath
time is a
l i t t l e ones.
trycicle
We were happy to have the Lawrences and friends of Bluefield, W.V. here
for a short visit in October. It's
always
nice to
have
visitors and
get
to
know
latched.
Nestor,
our oldest
boy,
de los Muertos" {Day of the Dead). They do many of the same things as
in the States and we used i t as an
quickly removed a pane of glass from the window, opened i t and res cued Fredy. When we returned Nest or had replaced the glass and the carpenter had fixed the door against future incidents.
excuse
for
party.
of a
We made our
"calabasa"
Jack-O-Lantern out
or squash and ate our little Mexi can sugar skulls with American pop corn balls. Everyone had a good
time, even if we did eat too much.
Our kids
school
keep
work
pretty
busy
with
but they find plenty of time to use the big pile of- sand in the yard. They also love soccer, volleyball, and put about 100 miles a day on the 2 bicycles and tricycle.
jritUr A
! . -il !i; -I,
Mexican Spooks I October has gone so quickly. We mar vel daily at the work of the Lord, and thank each of you for your help in giving these children a home.
Fun in the sand
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Novembe
As I write the November news to
and
by Vicki. They also had popcorn and sodas. The kids gave him presents
and I think he had a wonderful
day
and the
of
sun
thirty-second birthday.
V
is shining and the flowers are blooming in our patio. We greet you from Ninos de Mexico. It is so good to be back home again. I'm rested up after my trip to the States and just praise the
Lord that I'm able to be back with
my family in Mexico. Everything went very well while I was gone except for a few minor mishaps such as Morris, our cat,
had kittens.
he could do
- - r
a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
j.
that
her
Morris) Chucho and Juan blew up the gas oven on the kitchen stove.
The stove is fine and Chucho will
be when his eyebrows grow back and his nose stops peeling. No damage
to Juan.
world
Christ
house
for pro
to
Merlyn's folks for taking time off from their work to make the long trip not once but twice to bring in sup
plies and Christmas. Uncle Glen and
Aunt Merlee Beeman are taking careof things while Merlyn's Mom and Dad
are
come
here.
down
We
for
load
to
CHUCHO HIDES
BARE
SPOTS
birthday
in
the
afternoon
and
when he returned
home they met him outside and blindfolded him. When they brought him into the house everyone had a ballon blown up and they popped i t just as they took off his blind fold. The dining room was decorat
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big thank
you to everyone at the church at Washington, Missouri for the won derful way they treated me while I was resting at Merlyn's folks. Thanks for the visits by Brother
Jack and his wife and for their
we were thanking God for all He does for us and asking Him for what we
very
does
the return
those in
get Bible reading and prayers mixed up and keeps his eyes tight shut during both but then I figure
if we shut our eyes to talk to
the church for the special visits and phone calls and flowers and
when I was able, the invitations to dinners and picnics. Thank you so much. I love you all.
On November 2 7th while we were
eyes when
He talks to us through His word. God is so very good to us. We have so much to be thankful for. I am so thankful to be home again with my children. Merlyn's folks were
very
good
I I
the road grader working on rhe road in front of our house. You may not think that is anything great unless you have visited Ninos de
Mexico and know that this is the
care of me while I was there but certainly missed the kids and
first time a road grader has touch ed our road in the nearly eight years we have lived here. The road
has been so bad t h a t in one week we ruined three t i r e s on the trash
believe they missed me. There was a big sign on the door and a Welcome Home cake and lots of hugs and kiss es -when I got here. Isaias and
Petra and taken off from work and
stayed
making
home
Ninos
the
road
holes
in
Besides the
new the
de
so Ninos
as
you
-
Kansas
is
buying a used school bus for Ninosde Mexico. Can you imagine what this
would mean to the Home? We could
picnics,
conventions. We could ust i t for a church bus. If the bus is donated to the Home we have been told we
send Ninos
to:
F i r s t Christian Church
NEW ENTRANCE
220 S. Kiowa,
take
Books in Spanish Toothpaste
Soap
Socks
children south
Diapers
who was
very
Un Underwear
and we
babysitting. After six months the children are legally abandoned so we may have three more children. They are the cutest little ones you ever saw and as I was having prayer with them at bedtime the other night the oldest (about five) said, "Listen, what is this thing called prayer?" I carefully told him
Boy's
9
and Fitted
ew
THE YARNELLS VOLUME I
NOVEMBER
1975
NUMBER
Michele's birthday. Number eight this year, and we didn't have to in vite the neighbors to have a crowd, but we invited a few anyway. We all enjoyed ourselves and our kids had mashed potatoes and gravy for the first time. They thought i t
was ok, but a lot better with hot
Nestor
and Mario
Every morning about 10;00 while the big kids are at school all the l i t tle ones have a snack. One morning after getting some cookies I found them all lined up in "age" order. It was too good an opportunity not to get a picture.
Michele
and cake
In several of
our
newsletters you
^lanksgwimj
November, the month of Thanksgiving Since this is an American holiday, i t is not celebrated in Mexico, but
not so a t Ninos de Mexico. We have
and for
this special day three big turkeys browned in the ovens. Ev^.ryone helped bake fresh bread, dressing, pumpkin pies and all the good trim mings. As many of the area mission aries that could, came bringing more food. We all enjoyed a day of good fellowship and sharing.
Genie and Hector
NEWS
PAGE
NOVEMBER
197 5
The
older
the l i t t l e
victim this
but sometimes ac
We
are
took
spill.
are about
His
all
scratches
special needs and right now Unit 2 has a very special need. Our elec tricity is supplied by one #14 wire coming into our property. From
this
us
we
take
the
our house,
carpenter's workshop.
This
gives
often
no power
at all.
goes,
two
Eating by
so goes our
candle-light is
our electricity
gone through
washing machine
constant con
asked
Fredy after his accident
the results are finally in. To sup ply us with sufficient electricity
they Things took a real "turn" at Unit 2 this month when Jack put in our
first doorknob. So far this is the
want
connection
fee
of
ask
this
should have
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NII^OS de MEXICO
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TexcocX), Mexico
Mexico
PACKAGE ADDRESS:
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63090
DECEMBER
1975
NUMBER 12
when
he
wandered
off
playing
the father just didn't bother to look for him until nearly a month
later when the mother came home and missed him. When they came to get
him he ran out of the house
December went to the extremes
crying,
I won't go".
out
Merlyn
in the
We thank.
gives share
with you our December. The first part of December David and Marilyn Brunck of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee made their first
Marilyn
family
burned
him.
has been flying to Ninos about once a month for the last year. The
they
make
from making ornamental candles is used to make these trips to bring in things that people in that area
The next day the social workers made the family com.e back and thank us for keeping Felix. When they drove up he jumped out of the car screaming, "I'm back kids. Look,
I've come home." I t was quite an ordeal when he had to leave again.
give for the Homes. They have brought us everything from door knobs (donated by a nearby factory)
to turkies for our Christmas Eve
supper.
Eastern
on a
give the kids a wonderful place to study. All that is lacking noware
the windows. They cost a tiny bit
over 100 dollars.
Airlines and
on
the
carry.
Felix
this
family
that left three of her in October while I back this month. She of Gerardo and Luis
hospital according to what they told us and being one of ten children
whom we have had since the summer of 1968. Since Gerardo and Luis's
father left her she has been living
NIfJOS NEWS
PAGE
DECEMBER 1975
with another man and has had seven more children. This man has been
in
Tex-
he
doesn't
The
reason she hadn't come to see about the children was because he had
the
to walk.
room of the hospital. We found that i t was our duty to pick up the casket at the casket
store (The store donated the because the children are in box our
She has decided to give us all the children as she put it, "Before
he kills them all."
i s a l l united for
here a t Unit I.
So the family
first time
the
Home), take it to the hospital and Merlyn, Noe and T. David had to put the body in the box and carry i t to
the police wagon that took i t to the cemetery. Merlyn said he knew now
he
four
days" meant.' The boys then carried the box to the grave site and Merlyn and the boys dug the grave. They
dug out a skull, a tooth, a shoulder
blade and several other parts before we decided the hole was deep enough and the box would fit. Merlyn then
had a brief graveside service and we used two ropes to lower the casket
HECTOR LORENA JORGE
into the hole. Mrs. Arce then took a shovel and threw the f i r s t .shovel
of dirt onto the box. Our boys helped finish filling the hole and mounding up the dirt and we placed
flowers on top.
When we finished
I cried for
realized that I
couldn't
so
often and was more often drunk than sober and I cried for the children
damaged
with his
getting program
Pati
starving children. I cried for the baby who did starve to death before
to
thought she should use her talents, too, so she pulled up a couple of
chairs and got busy.
took t h i s .
V
She
was
Merlyn
ojJ-
found
THE
YARNELLS
VOLUME
DECEMBER
NUMBER 7
his
We tmas
b
w
nth
le to
found
have
We
ted
aking
ck trip to
ur famil-
with gain
it
e f
#1
bea our
birt
packages
We were
kids.
i
^ Ch ristmas Customs
& Traditions \
Christmas ready morning everything was
The best way we know to tell you all Merry Christmas and thank each of you for your part in our Christ mas is to share our holiday in pic
tures. So; here at Unit #2 we;
strung popcorn
and
decorated
the
/
We made decorations for our bedroom
doors.
Some of us
onJ
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PAGE
DECEMBER 1975
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0^
But
gift.
mostly
we
just
enjoyed each
and
when
scramble.
For the
three littlest ones they received their first Christmas gifts. Again
we want to thank each of you, and
say Merry Christmas.
^uitdin^ ^o^etlier
Construction
we try to
has
started again as
more room for more
make
children. There are so many who need a home and still things are needed for the ones we already have Fredy's bed is an old playpen with
a quilt for a mattress. And we
S.
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Fredy in his
"bed".
so
the needs go on. We ask your pray er and concern about these things.
We look forward
and Him. Later we broke the pinata,
to
1976
with you
iVaclv
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