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MEXICO A NATION AND A PEOPLE UNDER STRESS

News of

As I began to get information together for the recent speaking

tour, I took time to reflect on the economy of the El Paso-Juarez area when we arrived here nearly seven years ago. The peso-to-doilar ratio was then 12.5 to 1. In January of this year, the ratio was 26 to 1, and today the peso is ranging from 122 to 1 upwards. (The official
rate is 70 to 1, but the border merchants are able to set their own

rate.) The current rate of inflation in Mexico is in excess of 100%. In

Barton and Kathy Morse Morse Serving the Lord on the Mexican Border through Spanish American Evangelism Mission 3 1983 M Moments

January the average wage earner was making }250 pesos per week or $50.00. Through strikes and other pressure the weekly wage is now about 2500 pesos. (Based on the 70 to 1 exchange that is $35.75 or at 125 to 1, it is the equivalent of $20.00 per week.) Unemployment
is two to three times our U.S. figures. Prices on the basic food items
go up daily. When the new president was sworn into office December

1st, one of the first things that he did was to double the prices of all fuel and basic utilities, with a promise of more raises in the
immediate future.

To say that the people are not happy and that there is social unrest is to put the situation in very mild terms. It is at times like these that

the Gospel of our Lord finds very fertile ground in which to grow. People do not have themselves to count on the values of tangible
things are slipping away. It is at times like these that men and women begin to reach out to those things that have real value, those things
that are eternal.

Now is the time to evangehze Mexico. Training and developing a new generation of missionaries and evangelists may see the harvest time pass unharvested. We must go hard with those that are already in place. They need all the back-up that we can develop. Prayer support, financial support, Bibles, tracts, and other printed materials are also greatly needed. Any support that you are currently giving to those evangelizing Mexico needs to be increased, if at all
possible. Tlie time is now!!

FLASHYesterday, Dec. 13 the peso traded at 150 to 1 Leftist street demonstrations in Juarez, Mexico
MORSE MISSION MOMENTS
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morning, so they had two looks at the work of S.A.E. on Sunday morning.

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is in excess of $800.00, the amount not covered by insurance. Praise the Lord that over half of

and me a very special opportunity to see our

parents and our children. The travel schedule was

On Sunday evening we moved our display to the Moore Christian Church, Moore, Oklahoma. This is the church that our children attend, and David Wilson, the minister, arranged for us to give the S.A.E. presentation there. We have
attended services there a number of times while

the needed amount has come! Please mark your

checks MORSE MISSION or MORSE MEDICAL.
PRINTING REPORT

too tight, however, to be able to see everyone. I am sure that you know the feehng of being so short of time that you have to "pass by" some of those that you really should see and you also
know how you feel when you learn that some you would like to have seen were in your area and did not stop. A real guilt trip but we did the best we could and will try to do better next
time.

With my being out of the office over two

visiting the family, and on this occasion we were

very well received.

weeks in November, Brother Bill spent most of

that time keeping the printing press rolling. He still had some printing left, thougli, when I got
back. In the last few days of November and first

On Tuesday evening, November 16, we had the opportunity to share the work of S.A.E. with the Harmony Christian Church, a new church meeting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Buster, Route 2, Galva, Kansas. Christians are gathering in this farm ome from Galva, Canton, McPherson, South Hutchinson, and Burton. The preaching is being done by Alan Bescow of Canton and Charles Fitzgerald of South Hutchin son. The Buster family has given some land to build a building, and several had driven a number

few days of December, I printed 50,000 of "El Regalo de Dios" (The Gift of God) in red and
green ink and 50,000 of "Saludos de Una

During the trip we were able to spend a day

with Mom Worcester, a day with my Mom and

Congreacion de la Iglesia de Cristo (Greetings from a Congregation of the Church of Christ) in

red and black ink.

Dad, Saturday evening through Tuesday noon with Catharina, Bias, and the children, and Tliursday evening through Saturday morning with Lynn and Shannon. (Also, during the last
day (on Friday) we were able to see a number of

In the remaining days of 1982, there are still newsletters for the staff and Spanish American Evangelism. Should any time remain, there is at
least one tract yet to be done. Brother Bill Baker

friends in Canadian and Pampa not everyone,

but several.)

of mUes on Monday night for a meeting about

the building. Most of these same folks were back

again Tuesday. There were nearly 30 present, and the atmosphere was charged with that special excitement that is special when a new congrega tion is winning souls and growing and expanding its horizons. (Galva is my Dad's home town, and

will be taking a group to Veracruz the first two weeks of January, and they will also need some
special printed material.

As I look back on what has been printed this

past year, there are few words to describe what a

^eat year it has been. As I look to the future, it

Canton is my Mom's, so a number of people

present were from my family a great treat for me!) It was a really great way for Kathy and me to end the speaking segment of our trip.

is evident that we have not yet arrived, and there

is still so very much that needs to be done in the
print shop.
NEWS FROM OUR OKLAHOMA KIDS

On November 22 Bias left for a short tour of duty in Saudi Arabia. He is due to be back near Christmas. Catharina and the kids drove to

Pampa to meet Lynn and Shannon on the 23rd, and together they went to Hill City, Kansas, to be with the family there for Thanksgiving. When were with them the week before, Chris

was suffering with an ear infection and a cold, and Kevin had infantigo on his face. Kathy and
Clatharina took the kids to the doctor on the

15th, and the medication was helping them a lot, but most of the time were were there, the kids
were sick.

Bias went deer hunting in Missouri. He was gone when we arrived on Saturday, but returned

Sunday evening. He did not get his deer, but

Nov. 1982 Bias, Catharina, Kevin & Chris

enjoyed the trip anyway.

Oct 12,1982 - Kvin & Spiderman

In Our Sixth Year at Spanish American Evangelism

MORSE MISSION MOMENTS

Christmas 1982

spiritually when a person is a spiritual invalid. The following words of Jesus were said in a time of great spiritual and emotional distress, both for Jesus and also for His followers. "Do not let your
hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

GIFTS FOR JESUS

Read Matthew 2; I-12 (Verse II, "On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented
him with gifts of gold and of incense and of
myrrh." NIV)

If you were to consider giving Jesus three gifts today, what might they be? It would be easy to think of some fantastic gifts, but they would very likely be impractical. I would like to suggest to you a gift list that would please Jesus and be very practical from your standpoint. The first gift that I suggest you give is an ugly gift, one you have plenty of it is SIN. "If we
claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you." John 14:1, 2 NIV. When I think of home, I think of childhood days on the farm and a place of strength and safety. (My experience may not have been your experience, and you may lack being able to see such a place in your mind's eye.) Jesus assures you that there is a place to live that He has personally prepared for you. It is a place where all pain and suffering can not come, and there will be total freedom from doubt, worry, and the problems of this life. You can begin your own preparation to receive this home by giving your problems, worries, and sufferings to Him today.
He does make a difference.

The third gift that would please Jesus, and

probably the most expensive gift of all, is the gift

of SHLF. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers (and sisters), in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - - which is your spiritual worship." Romans 12:1 NIV. This is the most expensive gift because of the value that God has placed upon you. He sent His Son to exchange His life for yours even up no difference. The important thing to know, however, is that this gift if yours to keep or to give away. No one can twist your arm because God is not in the arm-twisting business.

The wise men came from the east bringing gifts for Jesus. As I consider them, I wonder who was
the first to call them "wise" men. True wisdom is

noted by
indeed.

the words and deeds of men and

women. If that is the rule, then they were wise

At Christmas time it is very normal, through

our heritage, to think of this season as a time of

faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." I John 1:8-9 NIV By giving your sins to Jesus you know that it is something that He will reccive. Ho came into the world for just that purpose. You are helping Him to accomplish what He came to do. You also get a tremendous personal benefit for giveness and freedom from guilt that comes from doing things that our Heavenly Father has
instructed us not to do.

giving gifts The gifts that the Magi brought to that new family were gifts that proved very useful in meeting the family's financial needs lor days, weeks, and months to come. By our standards they seemed to be extravagant, but at the time they were extrsmejy practical.

The second gift that I suggest you give is a sad gift, the gift of SUFFERING. It is easy to look at
someone in a wheel chair or confined to a bed

You might think of some other gifts that you could give Jesus as this Christmas season. As you consider what to buy for those close to you, consider what you have to give to the One that is
closer than a brother Jesus. Join the "wise

and feel sorry for him. Many of the physical invalids that I have met were spiritual giants. The real suffering comes when a person is suffering

men" from the east. Bring gifts that are practical, gifts tiiat are beneficial, gifts for Jesus. BM

In Our Sixth Year at Spanish American Evangelism

MORSE MISSION MOMENTS

Christmas 1982

REFELECTIONS ON THE

NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF MISSIONS

When I was contacted by Hiiroid Brown,

minister of the church at Stockton. Kansas,

about being a part of the School of Missions, I
was excited. As the time to go came. 1 continued

to be excited and the event itself was as great as

the anticipation.

Kathy and 1 left El Paso Friday afternoon,

New Mexico. It had b(?en a very long and busy

City, Kansas. We arrived at the home of our

November 5, and spent the night at Santa Rosa.

week, and we were exhausted. We slept in and ate a leisurely breakfast before heading to Scott

hosts, Kerry and Karen Hookstra. at 7 p.m. It

was great to visit these new friends, friends made

Nov. 1982 - Lynn & Shannon

during the visit in August when we were the NEWS FROM OUR TEXAS KIDS missionaries for their Vacation Bible School. We had a really nice visit with Lynn and Also spending the night with Kerry and Karen Shannon. He is working four ten-hour days at his was Deborali Ham, representing Korean Christian Mission. She was the only one of the other job in Canadian. Because of oil prices, his work speakers in this week of missions that we had a there is not all that much. He is working with a chance to meet. It was good to learn of her work. friend doing house remodeling on Fridays and at the Community Christian Church, we were on
began a very exciting week in which we were able to renew many acquaintances from the past and make a large number of new friends both
I can't my liscense for 2 more years!!

in Pampa. Shannon is now working After bringing the morning message on Sunday Saturdays full time at the church and liking the work very
much.

our way to Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. Thus

Their trip to Hill City was not uneventful. About 70 miles south of Hill City, they lost the engine on the car. Tliat took up quite a bit of

OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK FOR S.A.E.

personal and for Spanish American Evangelism. S.A.E.'s share of the offerings for the week was more than enough to cover our travel expenses, so the trip paid for itself in every way. We praise

their visit time in Hill City towing the car in,

arranging for repairs, and searching that whole

On November 14 we were at the North Side

the Lord for the blessings showered on us by His

people during the trip and since.
INCOME REPORT

end of the state for parts. He had fortunately purchased an extended warranty when he bouglit the car, so the repairs were mostly an
invonvenience. He and Shannon also missed a day of work on Monday because the car was not

Qiristian Church in Oklahoma City for their morning worship service. During the early part of the service, Brother Bill Park, the minister, called Kathy and me to the front and conducted about a five minute interview, letting the congregation know who we were and what we do. I preached the morning message. They were beginning their
week of Faith Promise with a Missions Fair set

ready until 5 P.M., and they did not get home

until 11:30. Life has its Uttle trials.

As reported in our September newsletter, our income for the first eight months of 1982 had
averaged $127.50. The October income was

$190.00, as previously reported. In November

up in the activity room of the church. Each of their missionaries and/or missions' works was represented by a display prepared by members of
the church. Since S.A.E. has been a part of their program for a number of years, there was a display table there all week. We also set up the

this figure rose to $465.00. Part of this increase, however, is directly attributable to the speaking
trip and offerings given in some of the churches. In October MORSE MEDICAL received

Speaking of trials, I guess that it is our turn. This will be the first Christmas in twenty-three years that we will not have any kids at home, and
it will be just Kathy and me. In fact, our kids will not be home any time during the holidays. We will miss them, but that is a part of Hfe.
A CHANCE TO VISIT THE FAMILY

$75.00 toward our medical bills incurred in my

August operation. In November there was a total

of $335.00 received, and^ so far in December we

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DISBELIEF

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John 9:18, 35-39 "The Jews still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man's parents. Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, 'Do you believe in the Son of Man?' 'Who is he, sir?' the man asked. 'Tell me so that I may believe In him.' Jesus said, 'You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.' Then the man said, 'Lord, I believe,' and he worshipped him. Jesus said, 'For judgment I have come Into this world, so that the
blind will see and those who see will become blind.'" NIV There is a thin line of difference between

we see God working in our lives, daily, (through natural and supernatural means) and yet we fall to recognize that it is God's working?
"There is a man that is too smart for his own

good!" Why? Not because he lacks knowledge, but because his knowledge Is improperly applied. The
Jews, in this Scriptural account, had all the

knowledge necessary to come to the right conclu

sions, but they chose the wrong ones. Years come and go, but people do not change much. With the

Scriptures before us, we have all the knowledge we

need to come to faith In Jesus, but it is easy to come to the wrong conclusions. These wrong conclusions may be brought about by errors in our own thinking
processes, or they may be because of the influence of

"UNBELIEF" and "DISBELIEF". The first may be in a person's mind because of the lack of proper
amount of Information, or the correct information.
The second state of mind is due to a conscious

others. Do not let the influence of others rob you of your salvation, or the potential you could have In
Christ!

disregard of the information received, rejecting all or part of the information.

"I wouldn't have believed it if I had not seen it

with my own eyes." This is not really a true statement because I have seen some things that must be discounted as true. I have "seen" a "magician" make a full-grown tiger appear in what seemed to be an empty cage while that cage was suspended in mid-air. I am baffled at the illusion, but I know that
it IS an illusion.

In examining the evidences concerning Jesus, you may still be somewhere in the process of gathering, sorting, and accepting information. You may have a certain amount of unbelief. This can be corrected,
and there is still hope. If, however, you have closed your mind in DISBELIEF, then no matter how much evidence you receive, you will never believe there

Is no hope. Seek
found.

Him while

He may still be

In this account from the life of Jesus, the Jews had been covered up with all kinds of evidences

SUPPORT REPORT

concerning Jesus, but they refused to accept the evidence they had seen and heard. They witnessed many of the miracles done by Jesus but were

In the first four months of 1983, a total of

unwilling to give God the credit. How many ways do

$583.00 has come to S.A.E. as designated support for IVIORSE MISSION. During that same time, $160.00 has come designated MORSE MEDICAL.

In Our Eighth Year at S.A.E.

A TRIBUTE

Page 3 home town, and he is working in new church work

there.

On March 6, 1983, Evelyn Newton of Canadian, Texas, passed from this life to the next. In any congregation there are several quiet, unobtrusive, almost unnoticed, widow ladies. Evelyn was kind of like that We got to know her during our ministry there, and when we came to Spanish American Evangelism, she began to support us. At first it was now and then, but for the past several years, it has been every sfngle month. The amount of her gift was not large, as some count largeness, but it represented a great amount to us because it was a part of Evelyn. We know that it was wrapped in prayer. We miss Evelyn, we miss her faithfulness in support both through prayers and offerings. Praise God for her life
and that she has been released from the cares of
this life!

On Monday morning at 11 a.m., a chartered bus

picked the group up in the parking lot of a shopping

center and took us to Oaxtepec, Morelos, about an hour and a half south of the city. One of the real joys for me was to have Brother Woodrow Phillips as the speaker. I took a number of
classes from him while we were at Ozark Bible

College.

The missionary reunion closed on Friday morning, and we went back to Mexico City with Rodney and Linda Peterson. We stayed with them for three nights. The rest of the group went home on Friday night, except for Marilyn Wood and Roberta Burr. Marilyn
and Roberta stayed with Bob and Gretchen Winters. On Monday evening we headed home; Roberta came

MISSIONS PRESENTATION FOR S.A.E.

On the week-end of January 8th and 9th, Kathy and I went to Big Spring, Texas, where we had the privilege of sharing the work of Spanish American
Evangelism with the Christian Church. Keith

by plane, and Marilyn, Kathy, and I by train. We arrived back in El Paso Wednesday morning about 6:30. It was a really great trip, and I was so thankful that Kathy could accompany me this time.
ANNIVERSARY PLANS

Gibbons, the minister, and the church board had been

given some information about our work by two of their members, Mark Winters and Steve Smith, former members of the Mountain View congregation in Las Cruces. The church in Big Spring is not large, but they have a zeal for missions. They are currently giving 15% of their budget to missions, and we are happy to report that S.A.E. is now receiving one-fifth
of that amount.

This is a special year for Kathy and me. On June

20th we will mark the 25th year of our marriage. We

are making plans for the celebration of that event on Memorial Day week-end, after consultation with our

children. As of now, the celebration will probably be

held in our home. Rejoice with us.

As a sideline of the trip, I was able to renew acquaintance with Jerry Kelly, chaplain of the federal minimum security facility located at Big Spring. I had

first become accjuainted with Chaplain Kelly when he

served as chaplain at the prison facility located at
Anthony, Texas-New Mexico. As a result of the

current visit, we were able to send a quantity of Spanish language materials for him for use at the prison in Big Spring, as well as for one of the Spanish
churches there.

It was a great week-end of making new friends for S.A.E. and visiting with Mark and Lavern Winters and staying with Steve and Carla Smith (whose wedding I performed three years ago in Las Cruces.)
FROM THEPRINTSHOP

When you begin to look at the facts and figures,

there are some things that jump out at the observer. S.A.E. is distributing materials faster than we are printing them! Our supply closet is becoming like Mother Hubbard's cupboard BARE. The total number of items printed since the first of January number in excess of 290,000 (but that Includes envelopes, newsletters, banquet tickets, etc.). In that

Kevin
and

Christopher
Our Grandsons

group are 39,000 tracts (three titles) and 33,600 40-page booklets. All of the tracts and about 16,000
of the booklets are for free distribution (on a free-will

offering basis). Since January we have distributed In

THE MISSIONARY REUNION excess of 200,000 pieces of literature, including an order this week for 7,000 pieces to one ministry. (And we know that they will use it all it is not going to sit in some warehouse.)

On Friday evening, March 11th, 26 of us boarded

What is the hold-up In the printshop? A lot of what we print Is ordered and paid for El Paso School of City by several missionaries and a couple of the Missions, materials for churches and missionaries and national brothers. We were ^lit up in several homes others so the paper costs are covered on those for the day (Sunday) and that night. Kathy and I, jobs. The paper for tracts comes out of our General along with Bill and Rosa Baker and their children, Fund. We have a number of different tracts ready and stayed with Pecos and Linda Inchaustegui. (Pecos is a waiting to be printed will you help buy the graduate of both Kansas State University and paper? Thank you so much, and may the Lord bless Manhattan Christian College.) Mexico City is Pecos' you abundantly. Open House at 2701 Schooner, El Paso, Texas, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. on May 28, 1983.
took 36 hours. We were met at the station in Mexico

the train in Juarez, headed for Mexico City. The trip

AUG 2 2 1983

Dear Fellow Missionaries:

Please accept this as a very personaT^I^ter.

Hew can I make up for lost time? I have just lost two months; surgery and the long vzeeks of recovery are behind me new.
Eleven years ago after a major heari: attack, the doctor said, "Two months to a

year." In the next eight years, we were allowed to help put Winston-Salem Bible College on a new million dollar campus, upgrade the curriculum, increase the student body, and call a capable new president. I believe the Lord spared
roe for that purpose.

Three years ago, we were challenged to come to El Paso, v^ere we understood we were going to be engaged in corss-cultural evangelism. It isn't much more than a five minute drive across the International Bridge into Mexico and a foreign
mission field.

Frankly, we found a school on the verge of bankruptcy.

There hadn't been a class

in missions for two and a half years. The school had been quartered on rented property for eight years. With much prayer and the help of the Lord, that has been changed. Outside of owing a greatly reduced amount of back salary, our bills are current. Vfe are new paid down to nearly $300,000.00 on a property
appraised at $700,000.00. The name of the school has been legally changed to El Paso School of Missions.

Half of the classroom work has to dq_with Bible_and related subjects; the rest
of the classrocm work h ^ to do with mission studies. Students cross over into

Mexico weekly in order to be involved in foreign missions and to receive guidance at the hands of veteran missionaries. Last year, classes were held
at the school, in three churches on the American side, and in several churches
on the Mexican side.

Twenty-three local people took one or more classes. Five full-tine students came to us frcm five states. (This, of course, was our first year with our new program.) At this writing, i t is too early to give figures, but there has alreacty been a good increase in registration. You know, of course, i t has been my responsibility to raise the $30,000.00 pro perty payment every six months. Since I have gone to sleep and driven off the road twice now, I have had to give up visiting nsv churches to raise support, except when I can occasionally take a driver along. Brother Loft is now on the field.

and he v/ill spend considerable time visiting churches as soon as he is settled in. Meanvdiile, I must depend on YCXJ viho have faithfully supported us year after year to help us get together another $30,000.00 for our Septenber 25th payment.
Suddenly in May, I found n^self in the hospital! I have no recollections as to how I got there. They shDt dye into my veins ($1026.00 vorthi). They said if I had a by-pass operation, I could live another ten to twenty years. I asked, "How long without?" and they replied, "Twd to three months." I said, "Let's get
going1"

The Lord must have spared me the second time, because he has sonething more for
ire to do! Frcm here, it looks like it has to do with keeping the El Paso School

of Missions financially solvent

and teaching a few church history classes.

Now, I tBve to make up for lost time and only you dear people who have been our faithful financial partners can help me. We voald hope for scsne larger gifts of perhaps $1,000.00 or $500.00 frcsn missionary-minded churches and individuals, One hundred and fifty $200.00 gifts, or three hundred $100 gifts, vrould put us over the top. On the other hand, we are equally grateful for our supporting
friends v^o can help us with $50.00, $25.00, or $10.00!

Someone suggested that you were going to get tired of helping pay for a building.
I don't believe a word of it! You have expressed your confidence in us in many ways, and some of you for many years. I have every confidence that you will
continue to be our "fellow missionaries."

At seventy years of age, I don't expect to ever have a lot of energy again, so I guess I can't make up for lost time by working twice as hard at money-raising. I will just have to count on you!
God loves you and so do I; so do all the good people who work together here at
El Paso School of Missions.

Yours in His Glad Service,

Lelafii Tyrrell
Director of Developnvent,
and Gratefully, Your Friend.

P.S. Any suggestions you may have that will help me do my job a little better will be very much appreciated.

FLASH

FLASH

FLASH

Brother Leland Tyrrell was admitted to the hospital

at 3:45 a.m., August 10th. As the time of this mailing (August 11th), he remains in intensive care. He is undergoing tests to determine the seriousness

of his problem.

Please keep Leland and Vi in your

AUG 2

prayers.

Barton E.

Morse

Treasurer, Executive Committee El Paso School of Missions

/1UG22 1983
Praise God, we're free!

What's more/ we're unique! Is that a misused w>rd? nobody else in the entire brotherhood like us.

It smply means there is

The Texas Coordinating Board said, "You can do anything you want, just don't call yourself a college 1" This was when we had already decided to officially change our name to El Paso School of Missions.

They said we could give any kind of a diploma

call it a degree.
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want to, as long as we didn't

Do you know how free that makes us?

We can teach all the mission courses we want to, without the Coordin

ating Board censoring our curriculvnn. 2. 3. Under the control of the Texas Coordinating Board, we had to have a
dean was not allowed to teach.

CXir "library"did not satisfy the-state board.However, sinee-we havebeen set free, we have had a trained librarian, and she has catalogued several thousands of books for usour library is constantly growing. The Board required an audit. Since we have been set free, we have had an audit by a qualified Christian auditorat no charge to the
school.

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Our equity did not show in our financial reports a year ago, and one
of the reasons the board set us free was because we owed too much

money. Our property, which has been paid down to alrnost $300,000.00, has been appraised at $650,000.00 to $700,000.00. All other bills are current, except sane back salaries. We are gradually catching
up on these.

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We were forbidden to give any kind of a diplotia under the Coordin

ating Board. Now, we can give both a tvro-year and a four-year diplona. All the Coordinating Board ever allowed us to give was a tw^-year Associate of Arts degree.

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Our canpus is backed up against the University of Texas at El Paso, vAiere students can take any Liberal Arts work they desire.
It is five minutes from the school across the International Bridge to-a foreign mission field.

As far as we know, we new qualify to again make application and beccrre a prisoner
of the Texas Coordinating Board, but NO THANKS.

Vfe are developing a program with a conbination of on-the-field-training, and class room work under the guidance of successful missionaries. So far, some twenty outstanding missionaries have premised to share with us out of their store house
of experience ^/^le on furlough.

NO THANKS I We are profiting, and our students are profiting too much because of our acadonic freedom to give it all up for something that hinders, rather than
helps, our program.

Besides, the dean of the largest Bible College in the brotherhood recently wrote to assure us that there will be no problem of transferring our credits toward a degree from that particular institution, because they know our teaching staff per sonally! We have a good vrorking relationship with some of the finest Bible Colleges in the brotherhood.