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THE COUNTRY

Liber ia w as th e f i r s t a n d f or m or e t h an acentury, th e o nl y African r ep ub li c. H er h is to ryof freedom dates b ac k t o 1847, when t he nation wasfounded as a land to which freed Negro s la v es i nAmerica c ou ld r et ur n. The l and pu rchas ed by th eAmerican Colonization Society fo r this purpose islocated on th e Atlantic coas t of West Africa, fivedegrees north of the equator. The climate is tropical ;th e society is a combination of primitive an d modem;th e governmental in s t itu t ions a re patterned after thoseo f th e United St a t e s .

LIBERIA 'S RELIGIOUS HERITAGE Th e nat ive inhabi t ant s have a lways been pagan

except f or t he l im it ed i nr oad s made by t he Mus limsan d va r iou s Chris t ian denominat ions. The emanc ipated slaves from America brought with them th e formso f Ch r is ti a ni t y they ha d learned from their formermasters.

Th e American r e s to r a t i on movemen t h a s ha dfour con t a c t s w it h t he L ib er ia ns . Th e f i rs t w as Inth e person of Alexander Cross , a Negro s lave whosefreedom was purchased b y t he Chr i st i an churches ofChristian County, Kentucky. Th e churches paid fo rhis educationand sent him t o L iberi a as a missionaryin th e 1840's. He died of tropical fever after a shor tt im e i n Af ri ca , a n d no succes sor was s en t .

In 1906 th e Disc ipl e s o f Ch r is t sent a representat ive to Liberia to "spy o ut t he l a nd ." His co nc l us i on was t ha t it wou ld n ot b e wise to e s t ab l i sh amiss ion there at t h a t t im e .

In t he w int e r of 1968-1969, a team of medicaldoctors from th e church of Christ (non-instrumental)surveyed the possibi l i tyof a medical mission. Theydecided to es t ab l i sh a mobi le cl inic ba sed in Monrovia; th e capital city . This mission sh ould beunderway sometime in 1970 or 1971. The four th co n

tact was consummated after t he th ir d, bu t i ts originprecede s th e t hi rd b y seve ra l year s . It i s from thi scon tac t t h at p l an s for Liberia Chris t ian College haveg r ow n .

LIBERIAN RESTORATION MOVEMENT -Disenchan tmen t with the i r denominat ional

heritage an d the real izat ion that division wa s h in de ri ng t he e va ng el iz in g o f their country were th e twinf a ct o rs t h a t motivated a numbe r o f Liberian churchleaders to seek Christian unity through th e restorationof th e ancient order o f things as revealed in th escriptures. With no knowled j e o f a ny one in th eworld who shared their f ai th , t he y c ame to t he c onc lus i on tha t mature Liberian Chr is t ian i ty could bereal ized only by a re tu rn t o Biblical faith, an d ana de qu at el y t ra in ed n at io na l m in is tr y. Lack offinances, q ua li fi ed p er so nn el , a nd e xp er ie nc edg uid anc e h ind ere d the ef fo rts to make th e dreamreal i ty.

An a s s oc i at io n w a s formed to work toward th eestablishmento f a Christian college. It was apparentimmediately that doc tr i n al d i f ferences would undermine th e project. A committee wa s appoin ted to drawup a s t at ement o f f ait h t o be agreed upon by allconcerned . In e s s en c e , th e s tatement se ts forth th econc ep t t ha t th e Bible, a nd p ar tic ul ar ly t he NewTestament , is th e on ly au tho ri ty and absolute standard o f f a it h and p r ac t ic e fo r t he chur ch.

In th e autumn of 1 96 8 By ro n Tarr, a Liberiangraduate student a t t he Un iv e rs it y of Illinois, me tGerald Gibson of th e Christian Campus Ministry.Whe n M r. Tarr l earned of th e Amer ican res tora t ionmovemen t he was delighted t o f ind that th e Americansshared with h i s p eop le many specif ic doct ri n es anda basic agreement in religious philosophy. Whenthe Liberian Chris t ian leaders l ea rned of this, theyex t ended an invi ta t ion to Professor Gibson an d Pr ofesso r Charles R. Boatman (o f St. Louis Chris t ianCollege) to visi t Liberia in the summer of 1968.

The purpose of the visit was to examine the possib i li ty o f establishing a Christian college. The invita tion was accepted, and the vis i t indicated a greatneed for such a college; but more important, the rel ig ious, social, and pol it i cal f acto rs i n L iber ia we resuch as t o p rov ide an open door for such a venture.

The religious factors are best illustrated by theLiberians' words: "I f we are doing anything wrong,show us the sc rip tu re and we wi ll s top ; if we ar e no tdoing anything which we should be , show us thescrtpture and we will begin to do it." Favorable pol i t ical fac tors a r e s e en i n t h e sta tements of numerousgovernment officials that th e proposed col lege ha sthe ir b less ing . By t h e sp ri ng of 1970 th e nat ionalassembly had approved th e articles of incorporationunder wh ich t he college will operate.

Th e goal of th e American p er so nn el o n th ecollege staff is that the college be completelyLiber ian in al l aspects as soon as possible . Thisis also th e e a r n e st d e s ir e o f th e Liber ians. As soonas qualified Liberian Ch ri st ia n s a r e ab le to teach,they wi ll replace th e Americans on the f acul ty . Yoursupport of this work is encouraged, an d is greatlyneeded. The initial faculty of th e c olle ge willconsis t of th e men listed be low , and y ou may co ntact them a t these addresses if you wish to arrangespeaking da tes .Cha r l e s R. BoatmanSt. LouisChristianCollege Ron Ayers an d1360 Grandview Drive George WacaserF lor is s an t, Mis sour i 63033 810 Wes t OregonPhone: 314/741-2288 Urbana, Il l inois 61801

Wayne MeeceHalls Ferry Christian Church12105 Old Halls Ferry RoadFlor i s s an t , Missou r i 63033Phone: 314/741-0372

"I F ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TODAY IS OPENTO THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, IT IS LIBERIA!"

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Brethren in Christ,

anan , L ib er ia , W e st Afr icMissionaries: Charles Boatman Famt!)Forwarding Agents: Mr. & Mrs. Duane

1360 G r a n d v i e wFlorissant, Mo,November 0 , IVZU(aboard M.V. Jordaeus)

As I write, our Belgian freighter is directly south of the British Isles, and soon we will enter theEnglish Channel. In thirty-six hours we should be docked in Antwerp, Belgium, and the first legof our trip to Liberia will be accomplished.We left home on Saturday, October 17. En route eastward, I spoke in Terre Haute, Indiana, at amen's missionary breakfast for the Maplewood Church. Saturday afternoon and Sunday were spent inIndianapolis with my brother Paul and his family. Paul is engaged in a promising new work with aninter-racial congregation in an integrated Indianapolis suburb. We also visited the Valley Millscongregation where my cousin Roger is leading a rapidly growing young church.When we arrived in Washington, D , C , , on Tuesday morning we went directly to the Liberian Embassy, where our visas were to have been waiting for us. They were not ready, and the embassystaff had no idea when approval from Monrovia would be forthcoming. Finally we persuaded thepersonnel in the visa department to cable Monrovia. Since we then had to wait at least a day inWashington, we found a motel, did some fervent praying and some not-so-fervent sightseeing.Wednesday morning was spent at the Smithsonian Institution. We enjoyed the wonderful exhibitsand were, at the same time, full of wondering whether we would enjoy the news we would hearfrom Liberia. Just before noon I called the embassy, and the lady said, "I have good news foryou." Our prayers had been answered I After allowing the embassy staff their customary two andone-half hour lunch "hour" and waiting at the embassy another one and one-half hours, we hadvisas in hand, and were on our way to New York City.In New York we enjoyed the gracious hospitality of the Charles Foust family. Charles is directorof Go Ye Chapel Mission. We have come to appreciate this family for their personal Christianwitness and the work for Christ they are doing in a difficult field of labor. 'Early Fridoy afternoon, October 23, wewere onboard ship in Newark Harbor, across the HudsonRiver from New York. We had a beautiful view of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhottan skylineOS we sailed from the harbor about 10:00 p.m. The ship added freight at Baltimore and Norfolkbefore heading out to sea.Among our fellow passengers we have found some interesting opportunities for expressing ourChristian faith. In addition to four Boatmans, there ar e two aged Belgian women, two marriedcouples, and two single passengers. The Belgian ladies speak very broken English and have keptto themselves most of the voyage. The rest of the passengers have provided abundant materialfor a philosophy/psychology professor to meditate upon:

1. Mrs. Do, a widow, spent the entire voyoge trying to impress the rest of us with hergreat experience as a world traveler, her intimate friendship with famous writers and statesmen, and her superior knowledge of every topic of conversation. When she is present, thediscussion of any subject is liberally sprinkled with her interruptions and contradictions ofstatements made by others. Seldom does on e meet a person whom one ca n dislike with such


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ease, so the Bootmans have attempted to practice some Christianity toward her. We havetried to be sympathetic listeners and conversants. In the process we have found her tobealonely, insecure person who has no one in the world to really love her. We have helpedherto the point where she no longer claims Christianity is dead and useless. She is willingnow at least to listen to someone who has a bit of Christ's love and peace to share. This wasnot so just a few days ago. She questioned us asto how we thought Christianity could helpAfricans who already have gods to believe in. Our answer that the God who loves themcould free them from fear and guilt, and give them hope and purpose in life seemed to bea captivating and refreshing new thought to her.2. Mr. &Mrs. H, are a young couple who live in a mountain cabin in the Western UnitedStates. He is a not-too-aspiring architect, and she is a college graduate who "playedaround and got nothing out of it." Both seem quite intelligent and are pleasant people,but he isquiet and very difficult to engage in conversation. She is very much an extrovert, anda devotee of astrology. She respects our Christianity, but isquite willing to letus "doour own thing" without it affecting her. Her chief recreation throughout the voyagehas been "baiting" Mrs. Q into arguments .3. Mr. B. is a young Orthodox Jew on his way to Yugoslavia for a second term at anarchaeological "dig." He iswriting his Ph.D. thesis on the 13th century BoC, bronze ageculture they are uncovering. Because of his belief inGod, we have had good rapport andsome interesting discussions. Mark and Deborah have spent many pleasant hours with histwo companions, Ysa and Molly, a black Labrador Retriever and huge Irish Wolfhound!4. Mr. &Mrs. W. are a retired couple who have been citizens of Austria, Netherlands,and the U.S. They are returning to the Netherlands for an extended visit with theirdaughter. Another child lives in the U.S. A third survived a tour of duty in Viet Nam,but died in an auto accident after returning from the war* TheW.'s are members of theDutch Reformed Church. Their faith helped them in their tragedy, but it is still fresh intheir memories. The promise of II .Corinthians 1.4 has been proved true once again as wehave been able to share with them the comfort of Christ which we have experienced in asimilar loss a few years ago.

The voyage has been tedious a few times as we have thought ofthe exciting work which lies aheadof us. But more often we have been thankful for the rest it has provided from the hectic pace of ourlast few days in America. We shall be able to face the challengeof cultural adaptation inAfricain a more satisfactory manner because of the relaxation the voyage has provided.The ship has been slowed considerably by two days of rough weather early in the voyage. Waves ofabout twenty feet caused us some discomfort. It would seem strange that the only passenger to suffersignificantly from the effects of mal de mer, as our French-speaking crew call it, was a fellownamed Boatman!

Aswe think of all we have left behind, we are moved to gratitude for God's goodness, and for Hisprovisions for us. Many prayers have been,"and are being, answered as the work in Liberia willsoon begin. We than!: God for you who, unable to go in person, are answering Christ's commissionthrough us.

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Dear Chrisi-ian Friends/

Buchanan , Libe r i a , We s t Afr icaMissionaries: Charles Boatman FamilyForwarding Agents: Mr. & Mrs. Duane Garren

1360 Grandview DriveFlorissant, Mo. 63033i>ecember 25 / 1970

Greetings from Liberial A busymonthhas passedsince we arrived. Since our previous newsletter we did somesightseeingand visited some of our missionary friends in Europe befote flying to Africa. WevisitedWth Henki, MaryEsther, and JohnMark Boonaerts, and Dennisand Linda Messimer, both in Genk, Belgium. TheMessimers are new recruits to Belgium andare doinga good work, assisting the church in Genk. Our friends in the St. Louis area know Henki as a Belgian studentatSt. Louis Christian College. He and his family are spendinga year back in Belgium doing mission ^ rk before completinghis education in St. Louis. Theycould use more financial support and are worthyof it .In France visited withRon andCarolyn Butler and their children, Suellen, Gregory, and Jeffrey. Wehopethey enjoyedour visit as much aswedid. Ron held the first Faith-Promise Rally for the church in Palmyra, Illinois, while wewere preaching there. The Butlers are engaged in a difficult work. Although Americans generally think of Franceas a Catholic country,it is not so, except on a very superficial level. The abusesof the Roman Catholic clergy during pre-Revolutionary days ledto complete separationof church and state after the Revolution. Theological liberalismin the nineteenth century persuadedth^ common man the Bible was not to be believed. Neo-orthodox theologians in thiscentury havefurther confused the issuebyassertingthat God speaks through His Word, but the Word is not necessarily to be found in the Bible. So for the averageEuropean, Christianity is for priests and other religious professionals, and has a sentimental effect which invades the mainstream of Ijife only at birth, marriage, and death, and then onlyin a formal way. Practically speaking, a higî percentaôf Europeans are atheists'or agnostics. America is probablycloser to this than wewould like to believe.On November 27th we flew from Brussels, Belgium, to Liberia. Passing over north Africa, we could see the Sahara Desertbslow us. The plane madea forty-five minutestop at Conakry, Guinea, but we were not allowed to leave the plane because of the Portugese "invasion" scare. At the airport we sowseveral Russian-builtMIG fighter planes with their crewsstanding by. We arrived at Robertsfield, Liberia, after dark and wiare met by George Wacaser, Ron Ayers> and a delegation from the Christian Education Foundation. George and Ron are the single men who will be working with us and theMeecefamily. They had preceded usby a fewweeks. The C .E .F. is the organization which the Chri ians have formedfor the purpose of startinga Christian college. It âs through this organizationand its birth pangs that they sawChristianunitycouldonly be realized through a return to Biblical Christianity.We were driven to a new house near the county fairgrounds in Buchanan. A large group was waiting to^lcome us. Supperhad been prepared for us. Wewere informed that thi^ was the house which they had arranged for usto r|ht. We had askedthem to arrange for housingthey felt wouldbe suitgble. We are pleased with their choice. The house is nice byAfricanstandards, but locks a few items taken forgranted bymost Americans. Watercomes by hand pumping oriâ very inefficientpump. This puts the water in an overhead reservoir, sowe have a pressure system. But during the drys^ôn the water levelsinks so low the pumpcannot lift the water, so we haul it up hand-over-hand in a bucket. All drinking water must, ofcourse, be boiled. Many things are not finished, even though the house is "finished." Forexample, there are no doorpulls on the cabinets, some light fixtures are not Installed, and there are no thresholdsunder the outside doors. We havebeen unable to find thresholds, so we have a lot of companyin the house: big ants, spiders, and lizards. Other minorannoyances Include plumbing designedso it does not drain efficiently, and tile cement continually oozing up between thefloor tiles. But "home iswhere the heart is, " and d^rhearts are in the work here, sowe ai^ happy here.The climate is whatweexpected: high temperatures in the 80*s and above, and the humitity near 100%. This is the dryseason so there has been rain only four times this month^^ Still, within two weeks our clothes inthecloset had mold growingon them, and unplated metal objects had begun to rust. 1\nd would you believe mildew ontheface ofa "waterproof"watch?

I have preached and/or taught a Bible class each Sunday. Usually the invitation comes at least twelve hours aheadof time,but one Sunday I got three hours' warning on a sermon, and pnotherSunday, I found out upon arrival that I was to teach.So I justprepare anyway, expecting the invitation to come. Africanl'are notas troubled by timing aswe Americans are.


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The C .E .F. haddecided to erect a classroom building rather than rent classrooms for the first year as we had anticipatedmight be necessary. The building will be 36' by 46'/ and will contain three classrooms, a library, storeroom, rest room,and two offices. We asked how it was to be financed, and were told that members (individuals and churches) of the C .E.F .would be osked to contribute a certain amount. No request was mode for American ass is tance, and we offered none. Thisis in keeping with our philosophythat we should not do for the Africans what they can do for themselves. We are encouraged by the willingness of the Liberian brethrento take this part of the responsibility for the college program.We have learned of the reason for the delay in the granting of our visas. There is great fear in WestAfrica that revolutionaries will come into these countries. Some of'the brethren here were specifically questioned on that matter. Two membersof the C.E.F. who have positions of authority in the federal government literally had to place their reputations on the lineto get our visas approved. We are thankful for their faith.We continue to enjoy the favor of the government officials in Grand Basso County. Supt. CharlesWilliams paid usapersonal visit soon after our arrival, and arranged for an official welcome at hisoffice a few days later. He has givenus two small three-room concrete block housesnear the house we ore renting. For a moderate investment, and considerablelabor, GeorgeandRon have beenable to transform one of the houses into quite acceptable bachelors' quarters. Thus theywill have rent-free housing during their term of service here. We are thankful for the good will of such men as theSuperintendent.Our daily schedule begins soon after the coming of daylight, with sunrise about 6:00 a.m. It is morecomfortable towork in the early hours thanin the middle of the daywhen the temperature rises and the breeze dies. We spent about anhour perday pumping water until the water level dropped too low. We were able to find a small electric pump for $150(nopressure tank for that price), and when the rainy season comes it will relieve the pumping burden.We live about three miles from a not-so-super-market, to which wewalkonce a week. It is aboutone and one-quartermiles to the market where most of the Liberians shop, andwewalk there daily to buy fruit, bread, and other items notavailable at the "supermarket." There is noone place where we can buyeverything as in anAmerican grocery store. Thesupply of goods is sporadic, sowe must be there everyday to buyenough of what is available to lastuntil it comes in again,Walking and shopping takesabout two hours perday. When our car arrives wewill savea lot of time, but this has givenusopportunity to become acquaintedwithmany people. Also, we are now recognized in the market rather than beingmistaken fo r tourists.

Darkness comes rapidly at 6:00p.m. sowe have a few hours for reading and study in the dim light of an overhead lamp.Some of my recent reading I would put on a "recommended" list: Untermeyer's anthologyof Robert Frost's poems. Dr.Jekyll andMr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, and The Invisible ManbyH.G. Wells. You will recognize the lattertwoOS science-fiction novels of some fame. Although they were notwritten from a Christian point of view, they arepowerful commentaries on the power ofevil to control a man when he gives it free reinin his life and seeks to enjoysinwith impunity.Christmas here has beenan interesting experience. About darkonChristmas eve the drums began throbbing. They continued, with vocal accompaniment, until mid-morning on the 25th. Occasionally one sees a group of children noisilyfollowinga child dressed up in "fat man" clothes with a mask on. This is "old man beggar." He seems to be a combination of SantaClaus, a Halloween trick-or-treater, andAfrican witch-doctor. Whomever he approaches is supposed togive him money. E}


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LIBERIA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Mis s i o n a r i e s ; Wayne Meece Fami lyF o rw a rd in g A g en ts :

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A PROGRESS REPORT PROM THE IfAYNE MEEGE FAI-flLIDecember 15 , 1970

PROM THE F IELD -George Ifacaser, Ron Ayres, and tlie Charles Boatman Family have a l l

a r r ived in Liber ia with in the pas t month. George and Ron a r r ived onOct. 27th, and the Boatman's on Nov. 27th.George and Ron report : "The climate he re i s nice and- we have had notrouble getting adjusted to i t . The temperature varies from 75-85 andthere i s usually a good breeze. I t rained every day for the f i r s t weekbut hasn ' t fo r f ive days now. . . The people here are extremelyfr iendly, i t seems l ike we have met half of Buchanan City. "Te went tosee Superintendent Williams (Chief Govt. off ica l in Bassa County ie .Sta te ) l a s t week and he was very helpful . He gave us two small government houses to f ix and use fo r th e Chr i s t i a n E d uc at io n F o un d at io n . Hewi l l take us to see Pres ident Tubman when the Boatman's arr ive ,"On Nov. 29th , the Boatman's wrote: "Par t of the adjustment toAfr i ca has been 'how t o ' l i ve out o f the one su i t case t h a t we have sof a r . Sabena Air l ine l e f t the r e s t of our luggage in Burssels and t h i s

s u i t c a s e had th e w in te r c l o t h e s o n l y ."We are grateful to the Liberians and Ron and George for what wehave. The house i s 0. IC. (with screens and lo t s of creeping and f lyingbugs?) ''fe shopped at the LAMCO "super market" Saturday. Food i s veryexpensive, we must learn to go native. Pour cube steaks (4" square-frozen) -$1.76, two pounds of frozen ground beef were 52.76, a largebot t le of Ivory Liquid was J l .50."Lots of people come to say, welcome. They are f r iendly people.Those who speak only Bassa don't stay very long. I t i s time for bed at9:10 p.m. The jungle day begins at dawnabout 5:30, I t has been dark

since 6 p.m. Not much twil ight , darkness comes fas t . The jungle i snoisy a t night , no isy w ith birds , cr ickets , etc. By dawn people are upand some come peering in windowsit i s best to get up,"


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1970 F IMO IAL REPORTWayne & Greta Meece I 58.00Pi r s t Chris t ian Church (Ballwin, Mo.) 71.28Mrs . Wi lbu r S t e e l e 50 .00Anonymous 5*00Halls Ferry Christian Church (Florissant , Mo.) 65^5^6Modesto Christian Church (Modesto, 111.) . . . 378.09Coal Bel t Chris t ian Evang. A ssn 50.00McGomery Chris t ian Service Camp 129.17B i l l Moore 2 .00Robe r t O'Br i en . 20 . 00Marmet Chris t ian Chu rch (Marmet, . Va.) 50.00Sixth Ave. Church of Chris t (Huntington, . Va.) 25.00I l l i ana Chris t ian Assembly 251.00Bond Chr i s t i an Service Camp 100.00-Pontoon Beach Church of Chris t (Granite Ci ty ,111 . ) 80.00Bulovard Church of Chris t (Char leston, W.Va.) 52.00Spanish Lake Church of Chris t (F lor i s san t , Mo.) .200.00Fi r s t Christian Church CJ^cksonvi ll e, 111. ) 42.00Chris tview Chris t ian Church (S t . Char les , Mo.) 25.00M/M Kenneth Weston 10.00Firs t Christian Church (Havre de Grace, Md.) 101.60Fi r s t Chris t ian Church (Freder ick , Md.) 25.00Ver a Rec t o r 10 .00Slate Valley Chris t ian Church (Owingsville, Ky.) 25.00Jeromesville Church of Christ (Ohio) 26.50Church of Christ (Wes ton, Ohio) 137.00Kentucky Chris t ian College 35.00Chris t ian Church (Eugene, Mo.) 50.00Mrs. George Bnglebrecht 10.00Anonymous 50.00M/M Jerry Masters 5.00Church of Chris t (Caledonia, Ohio) 20.00Chris t ian Women's Fellowship (Havre de Grace, Md.) 25.00Fi r s t Chr i s t i an Church (F lor i s san t , Mo.) 75.00Halls Ferry Christian Church (Sunday School) 125.84Blendv i l l e Chr i s t i an Church ( Jop l in , Mo.) 50.00Crestwood Chris t ian Church (S t . LouisMo. . . ) 50.00Westwood Chr i s t i an Church (Ashland, Ky.) 100.00P a t McDonald 21 .00N. Jop l in Chr i s t i an Church ( Jop l in , Mo 50.00Ruby Maggard 25.00S t, Louis Chris t ian College (Master ' s Messengers) 25.00Labor ah Ander so n 5.00Community Chris t ian Church (Al ton, 111. ) 5.00Deposi ts 33,275.21 ' This, r epor t inc ludes a l l theg i f t s to L ib er ia Chr i s t i an Col-Disbursments 231.65 I'ege (Wayne Meece Family) toth i s date; 12/8/70.I n t e r e s t 7 .81 Pa t r i c k G. Cl i ck , Forward ing Sec .Bal. 12/8/70 -^3,051.37 103^5 Castle Dr.(To be used fo r t r ave l and re locat - S t. Louis , Mo. 63136ion funds)OUR !JEEDS -"Our. f i n an c i a l needs a t t h i s po in t a re in two a r ea s : Monthly Support and re locat ion funds. We now have about 55;^^ of our monthly suppor t pledged to us. Many churches and i nd iv idua l s have promised to

cons ide r us fo r suppo r t . We need to hea r from them soon .We also need about J l ,500 f or re lo ca tio n funds. This i s to sh ip ourhousehold goods and equipment to L ib er ia . This i nc ludes a number ofbooks t ha t wi l l make up th e beginnings o f a l i b ra ry fo r the College .If you can he lp with t h i s by a one- t ime g i f t , please respond quickly .

The Lord wi l l i ng , t h e . n ex t news from us wi l l come from L i b e r i a , Wego wi thou t f e a r , t r u s t in g th e Lord . to prov ide th rough His Peop le .In Chr i s t i an Love, The Meece 's

P.3. Ou r travel reservations h a v e b e e n c o n f i rm e d . We leave New Yo rkJanuary 11, 1971, ar r ive Libe r i a approx. Jan. 15, (V ia. Europ e).

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