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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER^ MISSIONARY

BIBLE BHAVAN, BOX 3, P.O. NAWABGAHJ, KAHPUR, U.P.

THE

SLOW

^
208-002, INDIA

DAYS

The disaster-filied days of November and December ended in happy days when our
youthful and handsome Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi won a massive victory at the polls.
He has done very well
in the first days of his administration. Rajiv's party
is
the "Congress-Indira" or "Congress-I" party, so In India when people talk about "the
Congress," they are referring to a political party and not to a
legislature. This
would be a good time to visit India.
The strong American dollar will also help you.
January brought the "winter rains" and "cold waves."

^0 degrees fahrenhelt.

The temperatures went down to

This may not seem very cold but many died of it in north India.

Snow falls only in the mountains.

I have taken advantage of these slow days to hold some workshops for preachers on
sermon preparation.
Some of the brethren are encourageing me because, as they say,

they don't know how much longer they will have me around.
They don't know that I in
tend to stick around for another twenty years in order to insure that they get a pro
per burial.
I have two groups, one on each side of the railway tracks.
Kanpur is not
divided by the Ganges River like some cities are divided by their rivers.
The ground
on the other side of the Ganges is low-lying and prone to flooding.
Two road bridges
and one' railway bridge carry traffic to the state capitol, Lucknow, and beyond that to
the mountains and Nepal.
1 continue to make my regular month-end visits to Kulpahar
and other places in Hamirpur District, and v;hen in Kanpur I preach three times on most
Sundays. There is still "lots of fight" left in me.

The sightless Deenanath and his sighted wife Ruth have most recently been teaching
in an "International Children's World Village" 70 miles south of Madras. Sushil, whom
we used to refer to as "the good boy" has a job in his home town of Hamirpur, hO miles
soath of Kanpur.
The "bad boy," Sanjai, is doing well in in-job training in Punjab
State. At the same place, Goodwin is taking more formal training but the next five
months will be very crucial for him due to a bad attendance record. Two others whom
we help, Arvind Azad and Anoop Jas, love the Lord and are a great help in the church,
Kuku has yet to show any Improvement despite his marriage last summer. Harinam writes
occasionally from Bombay but without telling his address. He keeps writing about the

film which he has produced but others report that he is manufacturing soap. He should
get both of his acts together and produce soap operas.
There are some very nice girls whom we help. Anita Singh and Jessie Frances ore in
nursing training.
Salome Stephen studies in Jhansi, Edith Das in Agra and Lalita
Masih in Buiandshahr.
Miriyam Ellis, Violet David and Shiwani Das are in Kanpur
schools.
The schooling of Veena Layal Is financed by Tom Rash.
Anita, Edith and
Shiwani are fatherless while Lalita's father has abandoned the family.

"I am continually

surprised at the

way God is helping me.

Lalita writes:

Please pray that I

will

pass in my studies and that I will be completely healed of tuberculosis.

I am some
times afraid when I remember how my younger brother died."
Lalita Is among the
poorest of the poor.
There Is a problem in India of helping the poor because there are so many of them
and most people consider themselves poor. Mother Theresa makes a point of helping the
poorest of the poor. Jesus would refer to them as "the least of these my brethren."
One of these, Robert Henery, died on January 19th. For several years we had been giv
ing him small monthly amounts, and we also helped bury him.
We have recently bought sewing machines for two persons. One is a young man whose

tailoring training we had financed and now he va 11 earn his living by tailoring.

The

other is for a woman whose husband is a poor earner. They hod begun to live separate
but we were helpful in getting them back together again.
We had trained the husband

in watch making but he was never able to make a go of it.

One of the best ways in India to help disaster victims is to contribute to "The
Prime Minister's National Relief Fund." Through this fund we have given $82.00
to
the victims of the November riots, and $82. to the victims of the gas disaster in the
city of Bhopal. V/e have many friends in Bhopal but they all escaped any serious ef
fects from the leak. There were not many Christians living in the areas most
seri
ously affected. Bhopal Is 300 miles south of here on the v/ay to Madras and Bombay.
OUR FORWARDING AGENT

Miss Florence Douglas

nn

N.

Main St.

Joplln, Mo. 6^j801

CONTRI BUTIONS RECEIVED NOV.

in.

1984
Flora Church
Mrs, Robert Walker

& DEC.

$70.00
50.00

Eva Wood Missionary Circle

In memory of CHARLES SNYDER JR.
13.00
Ind.

Osgood Mission Circl-e

Kenneth Eade
S. Vincent

H. Shellenberger
C. Grupp
B. Grupp
L.
Iowa
Mich.

Balliet

45.00
200.00

30.00
40.00
7.00
5.25
9.00

Loretta Huntington

100.00

Dr.

25.00
250.00

& Mrs. Thomas Omer

Mr. S Mrs. Lewis Domke

Minn. Mrs. 6. H. Cacharias

Mo.
Meeper Church

10.00

81.10

Nebr.

The Lord's Treasury Wymore

N.C.

Capital City Church

387.07

Oh io

Clinton First Church

Sebring Church

980.00

100.00

Mrs.

Paul

100.00

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

20.00

Lucille Meade

5.00

Rittman Missionary Circle

10.00

Clovernook Christian Church

In Memory of Miss Dorothy

100.00-

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Billings

10.00

Mrs.

Ruth Handv/erk

100.00

Stephen & Kathy Handwerk70.00

(The Handwerks have also made

designated offerings through

the Clinton Church).
Mr. & Mrs. A. B. SloughlOO.OO
Branch Hill

Pa.

Church

100.00

Lucretia Nicholson

20.00

Laverne Romesburg

Year's stipend to Lalita Maslh

Year's stipend to Victor Walter for
his help
American publications

70.00
300.00
20.00

Help to two nurse trainees

41.15

Other Benevolence

29-09

Church Related projects

29.67

TOTAL EXPENDED

$5439-91

SUMMARY

Balance on 11-7-84

$1732.43

Contributions, in Nov. S Dec.

3797.42

Total Receipts
Less Expended
Balance on 1-20-85

5529.85
5439.91
89.94

SUMMARY FOR THIRTEEN MONTHS

Receipts:

Contributions Dec. '83 through Dec.'84

EXPENDITURES

In Memory of Miss Dorothy

Scbma-l-e

$450.00
4500.00

Balance from

Lewis Smith
Don Nickerson
Schmale

Salary: Dec. & Jan.

Audited expenses of Kanpur mission

$21,219.63
1-1-84 (in addition to Dec.'83
receipts)
457.42
Total Receipts
$21,677.05

Porterfield

Madgalene Bowen
Mrs.
Mrs.

I thank God for so many loving, caring and

sharing friends.
EXPENDED FROM II-7-83 to 1-20-85

Salary: 13 months, Jan. 84 through Jan. 85

$2,925.00
Book Stores S Publishing
4,201.34
National Missionary Convention

110.00

Hostel

326.10

Education & Training

1,758.97
1.870.27

Benevolence

Housing
Transportation
Postage^??- Sta t i onery^

1.920.95

477.54
688.61

2,421.76^
Churches, Church Buildings S Para Church Groups
3.826.96

Salaries of

Indian V/orkers

Added to Fixed Deposit

Depos i t on new scooter

313.90
195.71
550.00

TOTAL EXPENDED

$21,587.11

Auditor

Receipts,
$21,677-05
Expendi tures$21,587-11
Balance
$39-94

40.00

Oak Grove Church

Term. Embreeville Church

50.00
150.00

V^hen you think of us, pray for us: for our

protectTcin, good health, wisdom, and
the

Texas Dr.

100.00

leading'^f the spirit of God.

D.

F. Peel

Mr. & Mrs. Aden McTeer

25-00

Wash. Wapato Church

70.00
Nellie Copley
40.00
W.Va. Hooverson Heights Church
180.00

TOTAL C0NTRIBUTED3797.42

MOM-PROFIT
ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

2545 V/. Comet Road

CLINTON, OHIO

C1inton, Ohio kk2]6

PERMIT
"HARTER THROBS"

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NEWS OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER, MISSIONARY

BIBLE BHAVAN, BOX 3, P.O. NAWABGANJ, KAMPUR, U.P. 208-002, INDIA

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A PARIPATETIC
MAY 1985

That master of verbiage (and champion of Scrabble), Dolly Chitvvood, says that I am
a paripatetic. Well, maybe not exactly, but "Webster" says that the word Is applied
humorously to persons who are always on the go. The folk at Kulpahar are partly re
sponsible for this, invoking a monthly visit.

well worth while.

The hospitality always makes the visit

I am also trying to give more attention to the much neglected

churches at Ragaul and Hamirpur,

and I make occasional visits

to the churches in

three other towns. During the middle of March, I attended the National Prayer As
sembly at Hyderabad where I was spiritually refreshed. On the way down, I spent a
day visiting old friends in the railway junction town of Jhansi. During "Easter
week," I preached twelve times in seven days at Fatehpur, 60 miles east of Kanpur.

When you read this, I should be engaged in my usual summer work at the Sat Tal
Christian Ashram in the mountains. I expect to return to Kanpur at the end of June.

Sometimes people are interested in knowing how a missionary spends his days. How
about the nights? Left Kulpahar by train at 11 p.m. Arrived Banda at 1:30 aum.
Slept on station platform on top of two suitcases for three hours. Left Banda by bus
at 5:30 and got off at a small crossroads town named Bahua. From there, I road 15
miles in a three-wheeler, reaching Fatehpur in time for an 8:30 breakfast. Total
cost of the night's trip was less than $2.00.

On April 13th, I was in Allahabad to baptize the husband of a lady whom we had
educated many years ago. They have a teen-aged daughter. On April 21st, here in
^npur, I baptized a young man in his twenties. Both of these are from an idolatrous
background.

Serveral of our "old boys" have been around. Tommy, the champion liar, was in the
area to show his wife the Taj Mahal before they "get tied down with a family."
He
gave me the impression that he is living a better life. Harinam, the film actor, was
'u bad boy, ' has been Spending
big. stealing
I doubt ifa he
earns hisHe money
honestly.
the
at it again,
bicycle.
has been
exiled Sanjai,
to his

grandmother's village. Usevius (Kuku) has settled down a bit following a few days
in jail.
One night I went to the railway station to meet some guests. I went by
local transportation and two boys went by bicycle. Everyone going inside the railway

station IS supposed to buy a "Platform ticket" which is surrendered on leaving the

station. The boys were to buy three Platform tickets and meet me inside the station.
As It turned out, the boys met the guests outside the station and took them home.

This left me inside the station without any legal way of getting out. I have since
heard many h1larious tales about how to get out of the station without a ticket. As
for me, I just told the ticket collector the truth. It was his pleasure to believe
me and let me go; but I was not in a very sweet mood when I caught up with the boys,
any years ago, Mrs. Rothermel absent-mindedly threw away her ticket while cleaning

out her Purse. On that day, the ticket collector was less obliging. He made her pay
heavily and cleaned out her purse more than she had intended.

One of our girls in nurses training, Jessie Francis, lost her father to cancer on
March 9th. Her oldest brother, a retardee, had been missing for several months.
Good for him, I found him attending all of the church services at Fatehpur when I was
there. I offered to bring him back to Kanpur but he came several days later on his
own. Getting out of railway stations without a ticket is no problem to him.
Two articles have been accepted by the Christian Standard; 'The Unpopular Mis-

sionary,

and "Gaining the Great Inheritance." The printer has delivered the second

printing of the Hindi translation of my books,

and "Some Things that are Definitely Bad."

"What Kind of a Person Should I Be,"

Kanpur is experiencing both electricity and water shortages.

neighbors, we are using an electric pump to pull

Like many of our

the water out of the pipe. This

situation IS likely to continue until the rains begin at the end of June
OUR FORWARD IMG AGFMT

Miss Florence Douglas

1111 N. Main St.

Joplin, Mo. 6^801

CONTRIBUTED Jan., Feb., March, 1985

V/.Va.

The copying error in our last newsletter

was on a

contribution from Mrs.

Kenneth Stewart
Jerilee Nickerson
IN MEMORY OF
DON E.

Col .
II 1 .
nd.

Mr.

$25.00
300.00

HER FATHER

NICKERSON

Grace E.

Conner

100.00

& Mrs. Glen Valbert 50.00

Flora First Christ

^5-00

S. Vincent

AO.00

H. Shel1enberger
B. Grupp
C. Grupp

20.00
A.00
7.00

L.

M/M

BalIiet

Glen Morrical

Pate Memorial Fund

10.00

30.00
500.00

Portland Singles &

Doubles
M/M Robert Aikins
Garrett First Church
Osgood Mission Circle

96.68
I5.OO
A6.75
A5.OO

Frank Reas

60.00

Mrs. Loretta Huntington200.00

Mt. Zion Church
East Union Church
Mo.

Neeper Church
Liberty Sunday School

N.C.

Capital City Church

Clinton Church

Oh io

Madgalen Bowen
Mrs. Robert Meade

50.00
100.00

67.60
72.00

63O.A9
20A5.00
60.00
5.00

Keith fi Kay Drollinger 100.00

Linden Church

300.00

Ruth Handwerk

280.00

Stephen Handwerk

250.00

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

80.00

Pa.

Linden Homebuilders
Linden Women's Guild

75.00
150.00

Sebring Church
M/M Paul Winland

15-00
100.00

Mrs. Minnie S. Smith

Branch Hill Church

10.00
100.00

M/M Paul Blythe

50.00

Mrs. Helen Stephens

Mrs. Glenn Pipes

20.00
10.00

Old Stone Missionary

8O.OO

M/M Nathan Black

Oak Grove Church

25.00
75*00

LaVern Romesburg

60.00

Tn.

Embreeville Church

6OO.OO

Tx.

Dr. D. F. Peel
M/M Aden McTeer
Wapato Church
NelIie Copley

150.00
25.00
70.00
AO.00

Wa.

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

270.00
62.33
$ 7621.85

Don

NIckerson who gave $50. instead of $30.

Gal .

Hooverson Heights Church

Women's Study Group

I am both overwhelmed and humbled by

the love and confidence shown in the gen
erosity shown above. Continually pray for
the Lord's guidance in spending
these
funds in the most effective way.
The contribution shown

ton church

may contain

under the Clin

gifts sent by in

dividuals to the Clinton address.

Expended From 1-20-85 To A-I9-85

Salary: Feb., March, April
$675-00
Books from USA for bookstore
A73.19
Directory of Ministry
13.50
Students' Evangelistic Team
200.00
Training S Work Projects
100.23
Medical & other benevolence
26.19
Audited expenses in Kanpur
5350.00

Travel Fund

(held at Clinton)

300.00
$7638.11

SUMMARY

Balance on 1-20-85
Recei pts

$89.9A
7621.85

Tota 1

7711.79

Less Expenditures
Balance on A-I8-85

7638.11
$ 73.68

From time to time,

India experiences a

shortage of coins and small denominational

notes, even in the banks. One day I ended

up with a lot of hundred rupee notes in my

drawer and nothing much smaller, and I
didn't know whether to be glad or sad.

In

the middle of this predicament a brother

arrived with RS. 6OO ($60. worth
of
change. How happy I was!
I felt that the
Lord had sent him in answer to a real need.

Coming out onto a street In Hyderabad,

I almost bumped into an old friend, Bro.
M. Prakasham. The next evening, I enjoyed
supper at his house where our conversation

was extended an hour due to a heavy down

pour. This also seemed to be the doing of
the Lord and details are being worked out
for future fellowship.
Copies

of my various

booklets

are a-

v^ilable free by contacting the Clinton

First Church of Christ, Clinton,
Ohio
AA216.

Our special

thanks

again to

Florence

Douglas who has been our forwarding agent

for thirty-two years.
Her birthday is on
Hay 21st. May it be a very happy one!

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST

NON-PROFIT
ORG.
POSTAGE PAID

25A5 W. Comet Rd.

CLINTON, OHIO AA216

U.S.

CLINTON, OHIO
PERMIT 7

HORIZONS

P.O. Sox 2A27

i SOc TEHiV

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I
ms OF RALPH "BUD" HARTER,

MJSSJONm

BIBLE BHAm, BOX 3, P,0. NAWABGANJ, KANPUR, U.P.

208-002 INVIA

AUGUST 1985
THE MONTH OF BEGINNINGS AGAIN

JuZy ^ aZway/i the. month

begtnntng agcUn
lu tn noHth India, The. /talny ^ea^on
begln& In hoixth India In Jane, and ynjadimZty MOJtki Its voay noAth, This ye/vi the. Aolns atAyived In Kanpuh. ilke. a lamb be^oAe noon on Sunday, July 7th, then gave tu a big punch at
10 p.m. on the ^oltoiclng Tuesday night.
Schools A.eopen du/Ung the ^lut haii o^ July, All o^ ouA ^ttudejnts oAe note at theln.
desks. All OjJ them did teell In thel/i studies la.st yean.. We oJie AuppoAtlng one moAe
glnl, SoAOjlnl Ve Sliva, In nuAslng training, making th/iee glnls that tee note nave tAoln-

Ing at the ChAlstlan Hospital In ChatoApuA,

AmoAjeet, the boy fAom KulpahoA teho has

been staying lelth us ^OA the past yeoA, Is diligently tAylng to

get him^elA admitted to

^ome tAalnlng 4^chool,

I AetuAned ^Aom the hills on June 20th to ^Ind all kinds ojj good things lealtlng ^oA me.

The (^veAnment of India had granted its a AeglstAatlon numbeA undeA thelA new
AegaAdlng ^oAeign exchange. Without this numbeA tee teould have had pAoblem6 getting doltoAS
Into JiuUa.

The new ^cocteA tehich I paid ^oA In September, 1984, had oAAlved and Is note

In ase. The pnlnteA finally made deliveAy Ojj the Hindi edition o^ "The PoAable of the
Plugs," Sam Stone has Invited me to contAlbute some "Reflections" to the ChAlstlan
Standand In 1986, An Invitation to become Vice PAesldent of the National NlsslonoAy
Convention had to be tuAned doten because I do not plan to visit the U,S, until the end
of 1988, All of these things helped us to staAt the "new yeoA" In a big and exciting
way.

As usual,

the fifty days

I spent woAklng at the Sat Tal ChAlstlan AshAom In the

mountain wene beneficial both physically and splAltually despite some pAoblems with

elexUAlclty, wateA and long senmons, Ny shop. Book Tal, continued to do well, I have
decided to give Sat Tal a Aest duAli^ the summeA of 1986 although at pfiesent X have no
alternative plans.

My next booklet, "The Loveliest Trip In the World" has been sent to the pnlnteA,

suppose It will be about a yean, before you will have a chance to read It, Now I am work

ing on "Claps of Thunder," which may take a long long time to produce.
Until about a year ago, I never felt the need of having a post-graduate degree but

recent developments have made me reconsider this.

For tlvis reason,

I am getting ready

to take some extension work towards a B,V, degree. This Is not a common activity for
60 year olds but then education Is forever. Most of this study will be done sitting here

In Kanpur,

We are separated for a season from two more very good friends:

Glen Morrical of Port

land, Indiana, and Lillian Otto of the Clinton Church, Both had been living on "borrowed
time,"

Ten years ago, our church In Swarupnagar, Kanpur,

bought a plot of land and built a

temporary church building. The man who sold the land to us was particularly greedy and
for selfish reasons failed to register the sale with the authorities, Eveyitually, the
church had to take legal action to get the land registered, and this case has been
dragging on In the court for several years. Just when It seemed that the judge could no
longer delay his judgment, the old man up and died. That does not send us all the my
"back to go," but we do have to go back several spaces. Across town, the building of
the First Christian Church Is nearlng completion and they are planning some special
meetings for October,

In the February newsletter, I listed four donors without giving the amounts of their
contributions: Sebrlng Church -$5, Mrs, Paul Porterfleld - $25, Madgalene Bowen -

$60, and Mrs, Lewis Smith - $10, These amounts were correjctly added Into the total,.

We weep to loose the cheerful services o<j Debbie Schwendlman who has been producing
and despatching our newsletters from Clinton, She and her family join a lot of other
wonderful people In the state of North Carolina where they will be members of a new
congregation at Brevard In the mountains not too far from AshevlXle, This lands the
newsletter back Into the lap of our old faithful Mabel Jeffries until she can find some
one to help her.

If you care for any copies of

Ralph's books, just drop a

line to Clinton Church of
Christ,

2545 W, Comet Rd,,

Clinton, 0, 44216

We will

be glad to mall them to you.

Our Forwarding Agent

. Miss Florence Douglas

1111 No, Main St.,
JopUn, Mo, 64801

ourt VAILV FUN

COMTRIBUTEV - APRILMY. JUNE 1985

tveAi/ moA.yiLng out 6, we have, a content at

QUA hoiue.. O/e aJU xead ^tteMly the.

chapteA ioA ^the. day, the.n we each choose

a wo/Lcf to ^aX that chapteJi, mXtiyig it tn

ouA Bibles at the. head ojj the chapteA, By
AemembeAing ja&t one mAd a day, one can
400n be ahte to Zocate atmo6t any poA-

Plofia FiASt ChfUstian

OaAAett FiASt ChuAch

476,00
45,00
50,00

Osgood ChuAch Mission Fund

UnciAcmcl&ion
Taith
Heifu
VAeedom
Wew CAeatixtn

Iowa

Mas , Lena MoAAical

HowoAd and PeoAl Bond

Mo,

MAS,LoAetta Huntington
Libenty Sunday Sclwol

N,C,

Capital City ChuAch

7,00
100,00
77,00
43,80
908,96
975,00
200,00
10.00
40.00
145,00
260,00
100,00
300,00
50,00
70,00
30,00
25,00
75,00
25,00
60,00
15,00
150,00
70,00
80,00
270,00
55,11

NeepeA ChuAch
Ohio

Clinton FiASt ChuAch

BAanch Hill ChuAch

Sebfting ChuAch
Bladensbufig Loyal VaughteAS
Stephen HandweAk

phe6ian6 1, BleSAina^
2, But
3, MyAteAy

Mas,Ruth HandweAk

4, Walk

Linden HomebuildeAS
Linden ChuAch

5, Imitation
6, StAength

Ma, and Mas, Paul Blythe

Having cfio6en a mnd, it

ecuiy to iit
^eveAal point& undeA it to 6hoi/o why you
cfioAe the woAd, PAesto, you have the outline OfJ an expo^itoAy ^enmon, oa an idea
oa a devotional talk, {SeAmon pAepoAation it&eZ^ l6 not all that ea&y because

Pat Mack

Mas, Madgalene Bowen

PO"

Oak GAove ChuAch of ChfUst

Mas, LaYeAne RomesbuAg
Mas, Ethel C, BeoAdsley

and pnayeA Aemain to be done, ]

Tx,

The woAd PuAity iits the iiASt chapteA

oi Galatians because it tells o<5 the puAity oK the Gospel, the punity o^ oua call,
and the puAity ojj ouA witness, and thcAe
you have youA thaee points.
This is an easy method ^oa people like
mysell who lack a good memoAy, and it is
something that even teen-rageAS can^ da I
how well oAdin-

(n/apato ChuAch
Miss Nellie Coptey
(f}' Ya, Hooveftson Heights ChuAch
Women's MissionaAy CiAcle
TOTAL RECEIYEV

Final payment -scooteA

Audited expenses of Mission

TheAe will be no moAe need to

boAAow OA go diaging in the bafiAel, and

the sheep will have fAesh gAoss to eat.

4 675-, 00
350,00
3900,00
45,14
36,21

Sat Tal Ashfiam

Watches foA two student nuAses

$3006,35

TOTAL EXPENSES

SUMMARY

Balance on 4-18-85

ContfUbuted

Vou

outtines that you won't know wimt to do

$4955,87

EXPENVEV fAom 4-20-85 to 7-11-85

SalaAyt Mayfi^une, July

foA devotional talks, and you will always

be Aeady to speak without notice,

1h, Vonald F, Peel

diJa,

aAy peaple do at choosing fitting woAds,

Tt is like woAking a cAosswoAd puzzle oa
solving a fuddle. It multiplies inteAest
in Bible Study, makes the students concentAate, and is not easily foAgotten,
If you use this method, you will neveA
fuin out of seAmon outlines oa thoughts

will be like ChaAles SpuAgeon who said

that theAe.was always a new sefunon on the
next page. You will have so many seAmon

Va, and Mas, YictoA C,Rambo

MAS,LucAetia Nicholson

even a^teA finding an outline, much study

with them,

$108,00

New Ross ChuAch

HeAe t6 a sample!
Galatiand 1, VuAlty

am continually amazed at

$135,00

(designated by individuals]

^age in the Bible,

2,
3,
4,
5,
6,

III'
Ind,

73,68

4955,87
5029,55
5006,35

Total Aejceipts
Less ExpencUtuAes
Balance on 7-11-85

$23,20

We continue to be financially comfoAtable

foA which we aAe thankful to God and to oua
faithful ffiiends.

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NEWS OF RALPH

BIBLE BHAVAN, BOX

"BUD"

HARTER

MISSIONARY

P.O. NAWABGANJ, KANPUR, U.P.

NOVEMBER

BUSY

DAYS

ARE

208-002

INDIA

1985

HERE

AGAIN

Tl^e last three months of the year are always busiest.

There . are
conventions and business in the book store greatly increases.
I have
employed a student, Neelu, to help part-time.
He wants to go to Bible
College next year.
I have also begun my own home studies by which I
hope to get a B.D. degree after two years.
Don't be surprised if my
letter writing suffers.
On September 30th one of my "daughters"
died of burns following a
domestic quarrel and I performed the funeral on October 1st. following,
the postmortem. I am told that her dying declaration to the police was
her clothes accidently caught fire while she was cooking food.
Also on September 30th, but before I knew of the tragedy which had
already taken place,
I had to appear in court because of a parking

ticket. With the help of my diary I convinced the judge that I was not
guilty.
It seems that a previous ticket had not been properly cancel
led after I paid for it.
Amarjeet, the boy from Kulpahar that lived with us last year will
continue to live with us for another two years while he trains as a
machinist in Kanpur's Industrial Training Institute. He is a good boy
and is improving all the time.
He wanted to be a teacher but the way
did not open up for him.

He could later become a machinist instructor

if he is still interested after five years.

The blind boy, Deenanath, and the under-aged bridegroom, Kuku, are
both working is New Dehli. We have not had any recent word from the
fi-'lm' -actor

Harmamv

The rainy season (monsoon) was lambish for

out like a lion at the end of September.

The

months then roared

Goodbye until next July.

I have a new American passport, good for

Z5270046, is easy to remember.

two

ten

years.

The number:,

means that the first shall

be

last and the last shall be first. There are 52 weeks in a year and 7
days in a week, and '46 was the year I got my first passport. The two
zeros indicate that time is running out. If you need something
to
worry about,

several missionaries have been made to leave India because

the IndianGovernment has decided that their services are no longer

needed. Heavy, heavy hangs over your head. It may not be possible
for

me; to
live out my life in India as I was hoping.
The Lord willing, I will be going to the southern state of Kerela
in January to participate in the third All India convention of our
churches.
On a recent

trip to Allahabad I missed a train because is was

posed to leave on Platform No.

3
stationmaster

but came and went on Platform

supNo.

When I went to the

to make a complaint, he told me
another train was leaving from Platform No. 4..
There was lots of
on the second train because the crowd had goneon the first train.

turned out

that

all of the

of a freight train,
an hour
after the
would have to stand

1.

that
room

It

trains were delayed due to a small accident

As a result our train reached Allahabad only half

first train.
If I had gone on the first train I
four hours.

My last visit to Hamirpir was not very pleasant.

There is a court
case going on and the head man (?) thought I was taking sides. Knowing

that I was coming he paid for an uncle to come in and preach that day.

I had no objection to that and the uncle preached a good sermon

My
next visit there is scheduled for January 26th. Patience!
Paul Prakash was a Kulpahar boy who lived with us in Kanpur before
I sent him to Bible College more than ten years ago. He later married

then with the help of theY^i?^^&'haEC^!^olk he began to do

in the city of ^ucknow.

pastoral

Lucknow is 50 miles from Kanpur and the

ital of our s t a ^ ' o f ' ' ' L I I am now making occasional

to Lucknow at his invitation.

Paul has some qualities that

can

work

cap

visits
make

him very successful irt^tH' Lord's work.

Layal Lai, a contemporary of Paul Prakash, was one of our wards who
trained two years to be a printer. He failed to make a go of it and is

now living in a miserable hovel with his wife and two children.. recent-

ly he told us that he had really wanted to be a tailor, so we

to give it a second go and send him to tailoring school where

decided

his in

structor says that he is a slow learner.

OUR FORWARDING

AGENT

Miss Florence Douglas

1111

No.

Main

Joplin, Mo.,

St.

64801

(September accounts were closed early.)

SUMMARY
Balance on 7-11-85
Total Contributed

111. Eva Wood Missionary Circle $

25.00

Less Expended

Flora First Christian

60.00

Balance on 10-4-85

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Valbert

Ind. Frank Reas

50.00

CONTRIBUTED

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 1985

Total Receipts

60.00
45.00

Osgood Mission Circle

H. Shellenberger

30.00

L. Balliet
S. Vincent

50.00
40.00

C. Grupp
G. Grupp
Portland Singles & Doubles
Iowa Loretta Huntington

12.00
10.00
103.00
200.00
131.44

Ky.

East Union Bible School

Mo.

Liberty Sunday School

70.00

Neeper Church

54.75

N.C. Capital City Church

874.18
1010.00

Ohio Clinton Church

Bladensburg Loyal Daughters

Stephen Handwerk

60.00
295.00

Ruth Handwerk

240.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
50.00
100.00

Sebring Church
Jo Lane Billings
Perry Christian Church
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blythe
Branch Hill Church

100.00

Linden Hjomebullders
Edward Chamber1in

100.00
30.00

Magdalene Bowen
Doris Black

25.00

Old Stone Missionary

80.00

Ont. Rhonda L. Durham

Pa.
Oak Grove Church

250.00
75.00
60.00
25.00
150.00
25.00
270.00

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Romberg

Tx.

Lucretia Nicholson
Dr. D.F. Peel
Ruth Mc Teer

WVa. Hooverson Heights Church

$4800.37

TOTAL CONTRIBUTED

EXPENDED FROM 7-11-85 TO-10^4-85

S^iary,, (t^e'e months)

, ,. $ S75.00

'"'^'HarjinderrNagar Church ^Iv ::^00.00

'""-'--'^ftbjjijgetiecPExpensesiV'

Lv7
^ 26.56

Transportation & Trav^

72.83

Help to Poor

17.28

Literature

TOTAL EXPENDED

51.77

$1343.44

I must admit to having a feeling of

23.20
4800.37
4823.57
1343.44
3480.13

For the first time in 38 years, I am

not bringing the balance immediately into
the Kanpur account but for a short time
will leave it in the

American

account.

This is just a matter of discretion and

I hope of the Lord's leading. It is not
due to any displeasure with the way
things are going in Kanpur because thin^
are going very well.
I was my honor and privilege on Oct.5
to be invited to baptize Raymond Reuben,
the younger son of a previous employee,
E.S. Reuben.
years ago.

The latter died about

For many years we have been giving a

little monthly pocket money to several of
the widows in our Kanpur Church. We have
now added three widows of Ragaul to our
list. They have families and so they aie
not completely dependent on us but the
little we give them adds a little comfoit
and independence to thier lives. We had
also added a mentally disturbed young man
to the list because he is incapable of
earning a living. I had earlier been
helping him under "Unbudgeted Expenses".
Five days after we added his name to the
budget he died from absent mindedly tak
ing too much medicine. He was of no use
to the world at large but he was of some
help to his father who is blind.
Under the prime ministership of Rajiv
Gandhi, India appears to be in gobd shape
at the present time. Peace is returning
to the trouble spots of Punjab, Assam,
and Gujarat. Schools and industries are
doing well. There does seem to be a hi^
placed clique that is jealous of the
missionaries but they will only spread
the church.

My most recent sermons have been from

I and II Timothy and Titus, and these

have been good for the churches.

It is a

matter of coincidence thbt these epistles

are part uf the college course that I am
supposed- to be studying,
unworthiness

when I see the

love

and

faithfulness of my friends, but I am extremely grateful to all of you.

Tmr CHUKCH or misr
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