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JANUARY, .

Dear- Christian Friends,

A special Uew Year's greetings to you from the Bogles* on this Island of Wood and
Water,"

We praise God for His goodness; it has pleased Kim to keep us alive to see this New Year, 1982. May this be for you and us a year filled with Increased blessings, faith
the day, .

and enthusiasm as we face the challenges of

Although we experienced much sickness ana other unfortunate occurences, we are still

rejoicing in the Lord,

prayer Request

The baby, Suzette,

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who was the most seriously affected with an

allergy has greatly Improved.

and VJilfred Diedrick of the Claremont Churctv David is blind and suffers from pain; Wil
fred is filled with pain.

Please pray for; Mrs. Lewis of the Pedro River ChUTCh (sick with cancer);David Arch^
hard work on th Claremont Church building.
He did ^

Pleas pray also for the churches that serve; at times there develop problems be
workers.

tween brethren and some tend to get discosaged at times. There's also the need for

Plan for Vopk

is still a great amount of

among the churches

W do not have any special new plaa There

that we serve.

work to be done
There

is temporal work and spiritual. We, therfore, are determined, with the help of God,
ministry.

that, it is my desire to resume writing of Tracts, which to me was a vital part ef my

to make our best

better.

In

addition to

is also high on my list of priorities.

Problem

^ believe that if the Lord wants me to write the way will be made possible. Bible Study
This is not specially a church matter but

on account of pressure of work obligation I had to stop in definitely, The way is still not clear but

seeing it is pertaining to our home, I find it necessary to share with you.

on it during the 1970s. (of course some of you brethren shared in this). The Title for this property has not yet come to our hands. This is the case with some other
persons who purchased land from the same

We purchased a lot of land

with a

house

landowner. A church building is" also on half an acre of the same property.
the Title, there has always been some -sort of set backs (not on our part). Most receri> ly we were informed that the landowner had
Although efforts have been made to secure

therefore, has been mortgaged.

ments to the Bank and the

borrowed money from a Bank; the whole place

The man failed to make the necessary payAuthorities have

decided to pui the place up for sale; at . Public, Auctiin. In order to avert" this .

sale, at least for a time, each of us as owner of land on the property had to make a

deposit of $2,000. The sale would have; been

on the 29th December, last. If the gentle man still determines not to pay the debts theqi there will te" some Law Court' proceeding
I cannot give any more details at this time.

In regards to this matter I am making two

requests of you brethren:

1.

Please pray for the complete clearance

of our home and l o t .

2.

Please give us any financial help you

possibly can.,This recent development
has caused us to be faced with incre ased financial demand.

Finally, we are

in no way

seeking after

earthly possession,, but to use what we have

to glorify God and have a clear- place from which to operate. Thank you very much for your support in the past and your plan for
us in the future.

Yours in the Master*s Service,' .

Lushington, Rose and Children*

(*Mark, Opal, Erwin & Suzette)

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New Castle Church of Christ

ADDRESSES:

Lushin^on Bogle
Grierfield District
Moneague

St, Ann, Jamaica West Indies

FORWARDING AGENT:

-New Castle, IN

1^23 South 11th Street

New Castle Church of Christ

47362

Offerings may be forwarded to:

Mr* Xifilliam Clark

1220 University Blvd

Richmond, IN

4737^1-

Lushington Bogle New Castle Church of Christ I|.23 S 11th Sw*

New Castle, IN

1^-7362