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THE

BILL HOFF

THE

FAMILY

01981

NORM DUNGAN FAMILY

APARTADO POSTAL NO, 57

APARTADO POSTAL NO. /Zjl

QUERETARO/ QRO. MEXICO

QUERETARO/ QRO.

NEWS OF

The IHHUEIIGE OF CHRIST

IN CENTRAL MEXICO

VOL 12. NO. 2

PRINTED IN MEXICO

MEXICO

WINTER 1981

The Way We Were: 1980

During 1980, BILL
were

involved

in

AND MARGE HOFF

the

following

mission-related activities:
Bill:

1. Leading the English worship ser

vices (8 families actively partici
pating.)
2. Teaching 2 classes at the Bible
Institute (6 hours per week).

3. Calling in

Queretaro (1 day a

week).
4. Calling in other towns (1 day a
week).
5. Serving as camp treasurer for

NORM AND MARY DUNGAN were

active in

the following mission-relatedkwork:

NORM:

T! ^Preaching

for

the

Spanish-

speaking congregation (2 services

weekly).
2. Sponsoring the youth work.
3. Directing the Bible Correspon
dence course ministryletter writing
and course development.
4. Managing the Queretaro center
of the Mexican non-profit organiza

tion (an A.C.), and representing

the corporation

before the

govern

1980-81.

ment.

6. Sharing in the Spanish congre

gation leadership activities.
7. Assisting local and
visiting

5. Handling Social Security bookwork for '.he 12 Mexican evangelists

currently represented by our A.C.
6. Serving on the camp committee.
7. Teaching 2 courses at the Bible
Institute (6 hours per week).
8. Acting as Academic Dean of the

missionaries and families with their

mechanical and electronics problems.

8. Transporting people to the weekly

Bible studies held

at the Bible In

stitute (there is no bus service

available at that hour).

9. Working with the radio ministry

(Jan. - Aug.)
10.Working on a committee to develop
adult

Bible

School

literature for

Institute.

9. Overseeing the weekend intern

ships of 4 Bible Institute students.
10.Working on a committee to develop
adult Bible School
Mexican churches.

literature

night per

for

Mexican churches.

11. Calling

Marge:

Queretaro.

week in

1. Helping with Bible Correspondence

Mary:

course grading and mailing.

2. Teaching a Bible school class in
the English-speaking work.

1. Helping with Bible Correspondence

grading and mailing.

2. Teaching: English-speaking work.

OTHER ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THE MISSION WAS INVOLVED FINANCIALLY AND PERSONALLY
4. Distribution of nearly 1000 New
1. Printing of a new chorus book.
Testaments and 20,000 tracts.
2. Establishment of a Building and
5. Youth rallies, camps, men's meet
Loan fund.

3. Purchase of a bus, in partnership

with the Christian orphanage in town.

ings, national meetings.

6. Evangelist assistance.

#ND

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Ott Stofie

What is actually being done in our

nrinistry today?
Presently Bill is
devoting time to the English congre
gation which is currently meeting in
the John F. Kennedy school.
The
attendance

runs about 18-20.

Norm

directs the Spanish-speaking congre

gation which meets in his home.
attendance runs about 30-45.

Its

He is

also helping them in their search

for a Mexican evangelist who will
devote full-time to Queretaro, as he

is now a full-time English teacher.

Both Norm and Bill are teaching at
the National Bible Institute.
Bill
teaches 5 hours a week:
a class in

Messianic Prophecy and one in shop

which is designed to help the young
men earn a living and be able to
preach in an area

where there is no

church to support them. Norm teaches

6 hours a week:
a class in Corin
thians and one in Revelation.
He
also serves as the academic dean.

Both Bill and N^rm believe vthat this

multiplies their ministry and makes
a strong church possible.
28 students

There are

in the institute and on

any weekend at least 20 of them are

serving in churches throughout the
Bajio.
Bill

the

also works

churches

in

with leaders

Viborillas

of

(100

miles), San Juan (18), La Palma (25)

and several

in the state of Mexico,

The visitation and leading in the

congregation is hopefully both up
lifting and encouraging to sound
doctrine.

Beyond

these duties

Norm devotes

long hours to preparing the legally

required forms and reports for the
non-profit corporation which gives
us legal grounds
for publishing
gospel literature and Bill works on
electronic and mechanical equipment
for other missionaries to help fur
ther their ministry.
He has re
paired tape recorders, movie projec
tors, cars, tractors, among other
things.
#BH

What might 1981 hold in store for

the work of Bajio Christian Mission,
Of course, only the Lord knows that,
answer. However, we are laying the
following concerns before Him:
*In August, the Dungan family will
have completed 12 years in Mexico
and will begin a 10-month furlough
at Johnson Bible College.
Before

that

time

would hope to see the

in its new building;

comes, we

here

Celaya church

We could hope to be back on the

radiobut we would hope that our
newspaper ads would bring good re
sults. We would hope to have placed
at least 3 separate ads in 7 Bajio
newspapers by July;
We would like to see an Easter week

campaign in the city of Leon, in the

hopes of beginning a new and strong
work there;

We would hope that the Queretaro

congregation would have a full-time
Mexican evangelist working with it,
and that plans would be well along
for building;

We would
sons of

pray that the

first les

the new adult Bible School

material might be ready for printing

and lesson-plan addition and that we
might be able to contribute some
thing to the lesson planning.
After the Dungans leave, the Hoffs
will be concerned about:

continuing teaching at the Bible

Institute, in the English-speaking
work, and at 2 mission points;

attempting to find land on which to

build a house;

opening some totally new fields in

the Bajio, through films, tracts,
and personal visitation;
taking over the administration of
the A. C. in the Dungans' absence;
sharing in the camping program;

helping other congregations which

might, wish to make use of the Build
ing fund.

PERSONAL GLIMPSES

FAMILY AFFAIRS
I am happy to &ay that tkingi anz dejJtyicteZy ZoolUng up 6tncz my Habakkuk pcUvaphAjOMt oi thz Za&t nemZetteA. The aoo^
ha6 been JvepaVied, we ho.ve tn&taZJ^.ed a new

ecmpAe&60A tn the ^Aeezea, and {laCth the

heZp 0^ the g-OiZs) the hou&ewoAk gets done
on a moAe-oA-Ze{>6 aeguZoA bcAth, The onty

btg pAobtem Ze^t JU wateApAoo^tng die

'Element. I hope to be abZe to Aepont

that dil6, too, ha6

been accompZcShed tn

my next eoZumn.

ChAUtmai woA a tune OiJ AeaZ joy ^oa

u&--a6 we hope tt aja& ^oa you. AetuaZZy,

we {^eeZ tike ChAAA>tma& extended thAough
Mew yeaA'4 Vay. We stayed home on Ch/M>tma6 Vay and tnvZted the Ho^^ and ancthea
^amlZy tn to ^hoAZ cltnneA aUth a6- Then
die next day we headed ^oa San Antonio

loheAe we 6pesit a weefe lotth my ^oZk6, ivlio

(jew tn (,Aom Phoentx, and ihoAed loith ouA
"^amtZy" ^Aom die Eaitoood congAegatton
theAe. Qua onZy AegAet woa that the vt6tt
wa6 much too 6hoAt (tsn't that aZm.y& the
coAe?).

My woAk Zoad at AchooZ haA tncAoxfAed

Atnce CiiAiAtmoA

Atnce theAe aAe onZy 2 Oj$

06 dotng teacfieA'A aide duty tn die htgli

AcliooZ now.

In oAdoA to enabZe uA to caxe

{^oA OUA ^amtZte& [both o^ ua have pAeAchooZeu), we have been woAktng ApZtt
weekA. I have AeaZZy had to

time even at that

oAgantze my

get eveAythtng done.

Buaaaa'. ThiA iA

heAe ^oA oveA

coupZe 0(5 dayA
We oAe ZeaAntng
gAanted. God'A
We had a vcAy

the way we have ^eZt

a month. JuAt the ZoAt

have we begun to dww out.
not to take the Aun ^oa
cAeation iA wordeA^uZ.
buAy but bZeAAed ChAiAtmas

AeoAon. Rebecca Aoon caught on that open

ing gi^tA waA a Zot oi iun [even ii they

weAen't hexA).

MoAk dioAoughZy enjoyed

the dcjy oZao.

The week ioZZowing ChkiAt-

moA woA Apent AecupeAating and AettZing

back into a Aoutine ioZtowtng ouA bondeA
tntp which WOA made juAt beioAe the 25th.
BUZ had vcAtouA

woAk-AeZated

activiticA

to keep him buAy.

On New VeoA'A eve we enteAtatned the

young peopZe iAom the SpaniAh-Apeaktng

cangAegation. EveAyone Ae.med to have a
good ti.me oa they ate AandwichcA, chtpA
and dipA, candy and Aoda pop. Vahtzee woA
a new game, that many enjoyed.
ThiA past month MoAk has been quite
Aick.

HiA tempeAotuAe Aanged iAom 101 to

10? degAeeA ioA eight dcyA, Even aiteA

viAitA to two dZiieAent doctoAA, the ccuaz
couZd not-be deteAmined.
We aAe thankiuZ
that he Zs much
betteA and gAouiing

AtAongeA with aZZ the vitaminA and iAon

that he iA taking. MeanwhiZe I have had
my AhoAe oi time Aitting in a dentiAt'A
chai/i.. I have had Aix viAits on one toodi
and AtUZ. it isn't iinidhed..

In Aptte 0^ the pAobZemA, howeveA, we

AttZZ ieeZ the AcliooZ ti wondi the e^ftOAt
and thcjt HeatheA tA getting die beAt edu

EoZZowing many months oi pAepaAotton,

the cLieseZ -engine is cuAAentZy being in-

cation poAAtbZe.

unioASeen pAobZems have oc.cuAAed but we

pAoy that it wiZZ aZZ woAk out and die

Speaking o^ HeatheA, we continue to be

pAoud 0^ heA. She iA aAAuming moAe AeApon&tbttity in the iamiZy and can^-otae6
to be on the HonoA RoZZ each gAacUng
peAiod.
Nathan continucA to deZighi: and choAm
uA aZi with

hiA anticA.

He ZoveA to pAe-

tend and die otheA day "dAove" into

my

kitchen tn hiA tAudi and Aaid, "HeZZo. How

aAe you today?" I Aeiponded, "WeZZ, I'm

^ine, Ma. Vungan. How aAe you?" He an
nounced indtgnantZy, "I'm not Ma. Vungan.
I'm M/t.
And Ao began anotheA game.

Aa you can Aee, we aAe aZZ bu&y, but

happy. Naduui'A neweit memoAy vetAe iA
OUA pAZAent dime, "AZwayA be ^uZZ oi joy
in the LoAd. I Aay it againAjejatcel"

AtaZZed in ouA tAuck.

As I WAite this,

woAk iund wU.Z be saved gasoZine expense.

Within the next coupZ.e oi months we
should be abZe to AepoAt diat we have puA-

chased a piece oi Zand on whi.ch to buUd

OUA house.

HopeiuZZy by the summeA oi

1982 we wiZZ be abZe to move into a poAti-

aZZy constAucted house.

God is good to us in spite oi ccZd, sicknesA, etc. Let's pAaCse His name.

DUNGANS' FINANCIAL SUMMAP.Y-4th Qtr.

On hand 9/30/80
Income 10/1 - 12/31/80

Expenses 10/1 - 12/31/80

Balance 12/31/80

$ 842.19
7442.94
8126.82
$ 158.31

tracts

Pn^cufen^ And P^uUie^

and thanksgiving, be made on behalf
of all men...this is good and ac

When you

petition Him

buses

and

in

pray that the Lord will

workers to replace him.

"First of all, then, I urge that

entreaties and prayers, petitions

ceptable in the sight of God

Savior. I Timothy 2.

on

jails

throughout central Mexico; so also

our

raise

up

Phyllis Obregon who is having se

vere problems with her eyes, and
may lose the sight in one. Pray
that the physician will be guided in
treating her.

please re-

When

you praise

Him give

thanks

member:

for:

Gel acio and Vicente, young men,

who have let themselves become sepa

The churches in Irapuato and San

Felipe which are beginning plans for

rated from

their constructions.

the church

and the Lord

by the cares of this present age.

The family of Rodolfo Moreno. Bro
ther Moreno died last month leaving
his wife, a fine Christian, and his

Marcelino, an Indian young man,

who was baptized on Christmas eve.
He is now eager to learn the Scrip
tures and teach his neighbors.

family who largely do not know our

Lord. Pray that his death might
help them see their need for the

The arrival of Gordon Clifford

from Western Mexican Christian Mis

Lord Jesus.

sion

He was instrumental in

.distribution of thousands of gospel

who is

engineering Bill's en

gine installation.

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