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made to pickup teachers and a fewchildren
from the area. I can't do it this year. My little

Henrietta
LuttrGll

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Toyota will be full withZola and my grand

children.

My Colt station wagon is not operable now. A few weeks ago it was rear-ended by
a young driver while Bettina wais wadting to make a left turn. The back bumper and the
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floor pan are damaged so that even one side door will not open. The estimate for the re pair is $3000.
The driver is not insured, but says he

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will try to raise the money to pay for it. We'll

see. Since I have had such serious problems
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with I'ecent car purchases, I have purchased

an automotive protection plan to cover ma

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Greetings from Hawaii. May this summer season be a time of spiritual refreshment as well as physical rest (?) as you enjoy your vacation. Church activities will change, but we pray

jor repair on the Toyota. This will add $ 130 per month to my expenses. My faithful sup porters cover my usual cost, but additional
funds would be appreciated.
Our women's conference in March was

each Christian will continue to faithfully serve the Lord in every well attended and enthusiastically received. place. Several individuals expressed appreciation for my workshop dealing with grief. One Our Waialua area has many transients, so we have almost lady said that she was on the way to a fu no older members from the community, but we have one neral for a drowning victim and felt that she young man who is spiritually mature, and a devout Bible stu now had something she could say to them. dent. On May 2 he was installed as a deacon. He is a help and Zola and I attend the churches that will be encouragement to our preacher. Now they are sharing the re planning the ladies' fall luncheon, so we keep sponsibility of teaching from the book of 1Corinthians on involved. Wednesday nights. June 14-18 we will be having our annual Vacation Bible School. I will again be the director. Teachers have been en listed, materials ordered, mission project selected, aind meet ings scheduled. Since our sister congregation is having their school at the same time, we will be having only workers from
our own congregation.

In my first quarter newsletter, I men tioned the planned evangelistic crusade. We did not see any direct results from that, but we have had several new people attending.
One of our newer ladies, June, took her

One of our newer members, Teresa, will be teaching the Kindergarten class with the assistance of a neighbor that she recruited. This neighbor. Kim. attended the Palolo Valley
Church as a child while we ministered there. Another new

comer has volunteered to be in charge of the daily recreational period. A couple that just opened a Mexican restaurant in Waialua has offered to furnish the refreshments. Now. eill we need are children to attend. Sunday I'm asking folks to fill out and hand out a form to their friends and neighbors. We have scheduled the school to begin before summer school and the summer recreation program in the park starts. We pray that we will have more children from the area this year.

friend, Cheryl, to the ladies* conference. Now Cheryl and her daughter come almost every Sunday even though June has been sick and unable to attend regularly. A well-behaved little girl (many in the neighborhood are ras cals) began to attend and she brought her mother. A young man moved into the area and has been coming to Bible study as well as on Sunday. He is the volunteer VBS rec
reation leader.

May we all have a fruitful summer for

the Lord.

Yours in His service.

Our preacher assured me that arrangements could be

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Greetings in the name of our overcoming Lord. How re assuring it is to know that we can be "more than conquerors"
through HIM.

Staff and children had a great time at VBS in June. Atten

dance ran from 15 to 25. Several of the children continue to

Individuals/Couples: Marion Alexander, Pauline Blazer, Neal Bliss, Jr., Ruth Brooks, Ruth Dunn, H J Durham, Miller/ Gardner, M.M. Hobbs, Larry Holt, Thelma Imel, James Kluesener, Mark Luttrell, James Moffitt, Ruth Noble, L. Keith Phclps, Rosemary Siefers, Jean Simpson, Nonna Small, Regina Stewart, Joyce Vance,

attend our afternoon Bible Club, and Zola has been having an

over-flowing classroom on Sunday morning with secondgraders and yoimger. One of the fathers visited on a recent Sunday. Last week he was there with his wife and children.
Sometime ago a group of Christians from a congregation in Honolulu asked to park in the church lot while they went to the beach to pray. Of course, permission was granted. They talked to our preacher and wanted to visit our services some time. They did so on August 29. Many of them are homeless, and they worship at a car repair shop. Their leader told about the writing of "Itis Weil with My Soul" and led it and another song with his guitar. We had a lunch for and with them before they headed back to town. The fellowship was sweet. My Toyota is doing well, but I must take it in to get tlie
air-conditioner serviced. I'm thankful that I did buy a service contract, so the repair should not cost anything. Two persons have sent a special offering of $130 each to make a monthly payment. I'm grateful.

Start, 1 asked her if she had a question that I

could help to answer. She asked, "What is a

Christian?"! told her what Peter told the crowd

in Acts 2, about immersion, teachings from Ro mans 6, etc. She is still ''thinking'' about making a commitment to the Lord. Her sister has just had a massive heart attack. Please pray for
them.

On November 13 we wiH have our Ladies' Fall limcheon. It will be at Helemano Plantation,

which is run for, and much of it by, the mentally challenged. It is located in old buildings and dis plays show some of the history of the pineapple plantations. There are gardens, a gift shop, and a country store. A perfect setting for our pro gram. Each attendee will receive a booklet with a one-page history of each of our island congre gations. Ruth PoweU, daughter of Owen and
Shirley Still who started most of our congrega tions, win be the speaker.

The young man who hit the back end of my Colt has not paid anything - no insurance. My son-in-law pried open the back door, pounded out the bent floor pan, and was able to pull out some of the dent in the back bumper, so it is driveable. This is a real blessing with four drivers in the family. Bettina is able to drive the younger children to elemen tary school and herself and Annie to high school and bring them home. Since Amy is working and David working part time, they were unable to continue home-schooling, at least temporarily, Of course, I am glad to be able to help with un expected errands - doctor appointments, etc. 1mentioned Cheryl in my last letter. We met together af ter church one Sunday for some study time. As a place to

I'm the chairperson and registrar. Most of our churches are made up of newcomers to the island, so this wiU be an eye-opener for them.
I pray as Faff activities start in your area, that being involved in the Lord's work is at the top of your priority list. God bless!
Yours in His service.

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Christmas projectand wantto involve other neighbor

hood children.

Dear Loved Ones: MELE KALIKIMAKA AND HAUOLI IvIAKAHIKi

It is my custom to tellyou about mychildren in this holiday letter. LORA is training manager for a software company in Sunnjvale, CA, so she \isits their offices
from the west to the east coast, even Australia.

HOU! -- holiday greetings from Hawaii.

Cheryl, with whom I sharedthe gospel months ago, was bap

tized in the beautiful blue Pacific on November 28. Two mainland

PHILIP continues workingfor Frito-Lay in Frank fort, IN. JONNAhome-schools their daughter, BETH.

guests werehappyto witness an ocean baptism.

Since Zola and I don't live near the Waialua Church, we are

She plays the piano, has takentumbling and ballet les

sons, and is now playing soccer. She loves AWANA at
church.

constantly looking forways to make effective contact with people in MARK keeps getting promotions and more respon the area. We often play Scrabble between Kid's Club and Bible study sibilityat Lockheed-Martin, and NIKKI lovesbeing aton Wednesdays and after churchon Sunday mornings. We heard home mom with ALEC. NATALIE is loving Kindergarten. that Cheryl's husband, Frank (he doesn'tworship with us) likes the T.F.TA continues to teach and administrate Kinder game, too, so we are inviting folks to come once a month to play with gartenin a Christian school. MEGHAN loves doingchild us. Frank came in November. As we get out the word, we pray that
others will join us. The all-island women's luncheon scheduled for November

care there to earn money for college, which she will start

nextyear. Lord willing. ANYA is an excellent student and

is musicallytalented. She sings; plays the piano, clarinet, flute, and now the French horn. Leta's DAVID was down sized from his position with an electronic firm last year
but has been recalled to it.

13had to be postponed. Welearned that two of our larger churches had an important event scheduled on that day.We needed to have it
later, but much later would be too close to the year-end holidays.

Then, our speaker, Ruth Powell fell and broke a thigh bone as she was vacationing on the mainland. She cannot put any weight on the legfor three months. She stayed with relatives until she couldtravel, arriving here on November 10. She uses a walker but cannot manage
steps and can sit for only short periods. We are trying to arrange to have the luncheon in late January and pray that Ruth will be able to speak then. We willshare "Precious Memories" through congregational histories. Since early 1997,Zola and I have been involvedin a Sunday af ternoon worship service meeting in the Central Oahu Christian Church building. Their morning service is conducted in the Ilocano dialect of the Philippines. Years ago this was a thriving Englishspeaking congregation. Virginia Burchett dreamed of reactivating these former mem bers, but we were unable to locate many of them nor enlist new members. Our high attendance was 7 and was often 3. Then, in Octo ber, Virginia had a massive stoke even had brain surgery. She is able to breathe on her own, but cannot speak, swallow, talk, or eat, so she has a feeding tube. Since Virginia cannot attend, it seems un profitable to have Leo Douglass prepare a sermon for the two of us, so we have discontinued the afternoon service, at least for this time. Now I hope to develop something at Waialua in the afternoon with the children, ladies, or whoever. Please pray that we will find that "open door" that will allow us to minister effectively. Zola had a large children's class for several Sundays, but now some of them have moved away. The mothers of two of the girls are working on a

AMY is now the office manager for a construction firm. Her husband, DAVID, is helping remodel a house
for the Kaimuki Christian School classrooms, so MOANI,

ROBERT, KAWIKA, ANITA, and BETTINA are doing

well in public schools. LEILANI and CYNTHIA have graduated. LEILANI is attending Northern Colorado State University. I am at-home grandmother, back-up
caretaker, and transportation-provider in emergencies. A few of my supporters have increased their monthly gifts recently for which I am grateful. But ex penses have gone up, too. I have been unable to take my $400 salary since June. I have managed on the housing allowance and Social Security, but some new supporters would be appreciated. May you have a blessed Christmas season and a
fruitful New Year in the Lord's service.

Unless plans change, I will be here in Hawaii for the year-end holidays. Meghan, Leta's oldest daughter, graduates this spring. Lord willing, I'll go to California to be with them for the graduation.
Yours in His service.