western

.MEXICO

CHRISTIAB

KISSIOS

1 I
ld

{Ksliin^ Addrees)

5f^ N. Vinarreal St.

APAHTiUX) PCSm 3%

H2imS3XI0, SCKORA, HSaCO

Or. Gerald D. Bowlin

Kiss Geneva (Veva)

SU^!ER

SEP 6 1983

Tel. ir-3019

Mrs. Geiieva S. BowUn

19@3

Kies Elisabeth (Becky)

Dear Loved Ooes in Christi

As

ceae to Kid-year 1963 C^eva end I wlah to thesik yott again

fw ywsr faithful fiaanciai support asd ysmr daily prsy^, We hope that la aiite
of the ecoEO!^ in the thsited Stet^ycsi vdll be tdUlag to ccatlaae with vwep
gifts tlsru these trying tJaee.

W2 was a year of treia^dous probloiaa iat oar beloved aifeptod

ccsmtry, Mexico, as Ib
yen are msre trm readiag your daily aewspicer.
newEsnagaadnes ^ watching the news T,7. Inilafcicaa was lOO^g for the year as
^jposed to 35-W
the previoae 10 years, i.e.,
per year. The dtevdluai
tiott of the peso, 150/1, t.s. the U.S. Dollar has been disastrous for the workdiS
aws. mces soon skyrocket with oOy a 25-305& iasreass in the eixdrnm wage.
(BOtet This is wiiy Mexico is tcated as a "I^Ksrist s Drea^ - the labor fector
i.e., low wages of the hotel and restssirsnt workers).
Our situaticsk is soaje^&afc dlfferext as we, thjaaks to jtat CMstimi
rece^ ow mcsiey in U.S. <kjllar-8 (salary, plus sasll housiag allowmce, allowaicef
auto-' - A total of $5tX)C0 erary two we^s). ^wever, as

prev^sly optioned,
^ the fiaaa analysis
tto. It takes 3,000
520.00 U.S. Dollars.

the Berchants sooii readjusted their prices inward, so that

en we d is carry PS^ bins ^.d.tfe ax extra sero or two on
pesos to fill the car gm tssk fit the md of the we^, i.e.
We are fortunate er->ugh to catch the t^ocacaay *< the bounee**

oece last fall aad seke much needed house- repairs - - a new roof sid

of the

d^w^k for the evaporative coolers. (Tod^ IsnH too bad, as samser ds go-
^
fe-the
F <m the
the ta^erettsrs
back pcapch, BETT
feaidlty F.
is here.
855&- - about
the
Texas^se.
0ilf 100
coast,caly
goesthe
to 115^120
md their worst weather is what th^ csll 90/90, 90^ K &'90^ huraidity, . We do
God that the loan csa our houeo was paid off in June of 1982, for our hoo^ng

ollowance is now needed for repair- - plasteas plaabing. renlaceseestte of

steel eaeh uindmm ^eh haw

beyoSd repair,

looking to God in the ^dat of the Byrld prdbleea

f ^ nr preachers have retorted baptiaas regularly in the fan
md sj^g.
mom however ccntinno to look t man md bbs ^feraBsat for
the soluticDs as has h^^pened aUthru the ages freeE the Eoeai amir thru tl
social welfare eysteiis of the U.S., Csaade, Frenc aod Oteat Britain,
^

3^

United States, Oaieva, Becky (21)

Mexico eoEitinue to lock to God ia 1983 to "SOITCr A2X

TOSH (COR) HKSDS ACCCBmKG TO HIS EKSES JM QhCmi BT CHHIST

C^our aissica^^g to old Mexico,

Ap

MaOJT^

celebrated our 37fch WOddtog ikolversay, JUly 20, md our 35fch year
?mwAR0i:;G agstti

POHSHADO CHRISTIAN CHURCH, P. 0. BOX 121, ESCONDIIK), CA 92D25