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Editor's Note: The following is the conclusion of o
letter from John Munday, teacher/missionary in
Quito, Ecuador.

It turned out that I, too, was on their “wanted list” as
earlier they had to be disciplined from church fellowship
and the blame had to be placed on someone specific. I did
not fall vietim to a roadblock (obviously the police had
been pre-paid) simply because I turned my driving
responsibilities that Sunday morning over to the husband
of the lady who was immediately thrown into jail.
Napleonic-Law-style. Here, one is guilty until proven
innocent.

The accusing couple were still out to get me, largely.
as usual, to see what they could gain financially. Because
they were frustrated they began throwing my name and
reputation to the wind, and if justice were to see the case
to its logical conclusion, they'd be spending the next 50
years or so in jail for libel. Again my life was threatened
so I did my best to keep close to home. I also enjoyed a
moral backing of the former Inspector of the National
Police Force, a respected evangelical Christian, as well as
the professional services of my long-time friend and
lawyer, Dr. Fernando Pareja. They were both here a
week ago Sunday, together with several friends,
missionary and otherwise. The setting would have made
Agatha Christie tingle with excitement, or perhaps envy
Our home, and in fact the entire set-up could have been
taken as was from any one of her murder mysteries.

With a few sweeping yet dignified words of
observation and legal authority, Dr. Pareja placed the
accusers and their henchmen in their respective places,
and the mock trial, held in the nieghboring town of San
Antonio, dissolved into nothing. But the lion still roars, he
continues to threaten, and will not stop (or so he claims)
until he succeeds in destroying us all here including the

John Charters .. .

Reflections

& recollections

testimony. It's not advisable that I leave here
unaccompanied, but we must dedicate much time to the

i ministry of r iliati for mi:
standing and division are the results of this demonic
attack. We'd appreciate your prayers that the other half
of the hurricane might soon pass.

The Sunday of the “big attack” and the unjust jailing,
I received a telephone call from Victor, now studying in
the Rio Grande Bible Insitute in Texas. After sharing
some of our soul-seeking experiences with him, he
relayed the latest victory in his relatively short
experience as a “good soldier of Jesus Christ.”

He'd just returned from his weekly visit toa Mexican
jail on the Texas border where he's led a hardened
criminal to the feet of the Lord Jesus. The criminal was
finishing the first year of a 20-year sentence for
murdering four people.

It made the day’s trials here easier to hear. Victor
will be flying home for Christmas Dec. 19, returning to
the U.S. a month later to take a crash course in English
before applying for a scholarship to Wheaton College. He
dreams of becoming a doctor and ultimately of joining me
here to cooperate in a work that continues to snowball

We're expecting Dave and Sharon Okum and three
of their four small children to arrive. They're making
arrangements to have their oldest son who is severely
retarded, cared for in a special home in Canada. the
separation will be more difficult for the parents than for
Nathan, and again your prayers are requested. Our new
guest dining room, gift of the Canadian Embassy, will
seat 80 and should be ready for all of us to share
Christmas dinner together at midnight on Dec. 24.

It's getting close to midnight, Nov. 3 and I must
close. Thank you for your love and your prayerful
concern. Your compassion and understanding are
appreciated.

MONTHLY GATHERING

Ministers hold meeting

John Munday plus 40

Centro Cristiane Diespaj Nan

[God's Way Christian Centre’)
P.S. Angel, one of my blind Jivaro “sons” is in hospital
with a high temperature and stomach pains. He's been ill
on and off, for close to three months. He's undergone an
awesome battery of tests, and yesterday I took him with
the doctor in charge of his case to the cancer clinic for still
more exams. Perhaps we'll know tomorrow the results.

On my first visit to him earlier this week, he said
with a week but determined voice, “As soon as I get out
of here I want to be baptized.” He had been praying much
of the night, recalling no doubt, much of what he'd
learned during his nearly three years with me. And so it
was that on Wednesday morning, November 5, at 9:50
a.m., he bowed his head with me and opened his heart to
the Lord Jesus. Please pray for Angel, and for Jose Luis,
and for Isabel, who possibly has hepatitus.

Our new “mini-bus” is presently out of commission
and needs major repairs. The smaller pickup is virtually
without brakes, and the telephone has been seriously sick
and almost non-functioning for weeks. I've yet to pay last
month's salary to my employees and have been
“charging” clothes and school supplies in two Pomasqui
stores since school started.

I've a long way to go to bring my nose up to air-level,
but I've not given up the hope of surfacing in the
not-too-distant future. This afternoon I received a
generous gift of around $150 from the Primary School at
the Alliance Academy — enough to start repairs on the
mini-bus, and Vozandes Hospital is kindly noting Angel's
growing hospital bill on my current account

Threats on my own life as well as against others of
the church here have created a certain amount of tension,
but God graciously permeates us (me) with His
unexplainable peace amidst perplexity. I mention all this
should we come to mind when you pray. Thank you most
sincerely.

Pulpit & Pew

and stayed most of a week,
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Seniors hold
new meeting

The regular monthly meet
ing of the Senior Citizens
Association was held recent
ly in the Seniors’ Hall with
two visitors — Mr. Evdiki.
moff and Mr. Hadikin —
present. In the absence of
secretary Frances Hunter,
Ladell Lipset did the honors.

The Whist Drive was tried
on a Friday night to see if
more people would attend,
but it was decided to return
it to Thursdays.

George McAndrew is back
after (to quote him) “a miser-
able summer.” He thanked all
members for their concern
and assured members he is
still able and willing to help
anyone in need with forms or
information.

Sympathies were extended
to Mrs. Rolf Jacobsen, who is
nursing a broken leg. Greet:
ings were brought to the club
by Molly White who visited
Mary Owens.

Mayor Audrey Moore then

installed the new executive.
She charged each member
with his or her particular
duties and spoke of the rap-
port the association has with
members of council.

A motion was made to res-
cind a previous motion that
those who attend less than
four meetings have to pay
full price for the Christmas
party. Now all will be eli-
gible.

Seniors were reminded
that the tours to the Ice Cap-
ades are filling up fast.

A motion was made and
carried that the idea of buy
ing a bus for the seniors be
shelved at this time. Another
motion was carried that a
donation of $500 be given to
the library.

Thursday afternoon Bingo
will be postponed until after
Christmas. The afternoon
closed with lunch served by
Leora Nutter and her kitchen
staff.

By Pastor
MORLEY SOLTYS
Castlegar Ministers met
this week at the Sandman
Inn for their monthly meet

ing.
The meeting started off
with Rev. Jim Ferrier telling

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of his trip east, where he was
married. The ministers con
veyed their congratulations
to Rev. Jim and Olga Ferrier,
and welcomed Olga and son
Sandy to.Castlegar, __
Rev. Ted Bristow led in
devotions found in. Isaiah
11:1-10, Romans 15:4, and
Matthew 3:10. The theme
was on peace and that the
source of peace and unity is
God. Peace comes by repent
ing. The rest of the devotion
was open to discussion which
proved to be stimulating.

After Rev. Bristow opened
in prayer, the meeting began
with the reading of the min
utes and business arising out
of the minutes.

The inter-church youth
rally held at the Pentecostal
church was a success and a
number of youth groups at
tended with their pastors.

Pastor Morley Soltys pre
sented the ministerial with a
certificate of personal tree
planting in Israel, planted by
Pastor Soltys himself at Kir
yat Menahem in Jerusalem

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with new business such as:

e the Dec. 19 youth concert
in Trail at the Alliance
Church.

e inter-church crusade pre
sented the Pastor Berry
Warner and discussed by
ministers.

e Presbyterian Church
plans for a congregational
gathering today to welcome
Pastor Ferrier's new wife
and son. For more informa
tion contact Anne Ball

e Christian Task Force on
Central America’s Christmas
card.

e Christmas caroling to be
held downtown Castlegar
Dec. 20.

A book marker was given
to each pastor on the min
isterial by Pastor Ken Smith
who returned from
Nov. 26.

The meeting ended with
further discussion on begin
ming a hospital chaplaincy.
Pastor Smith accepted the
position on the Hospital
Committee and took over for
Pastor A! Simson

Motion of appreciation was
given to Pastor Al Simpson
who will be leaving today

Next meeting for the min
isterial association will be 10
a.m. Jan. 13 at Grace Pres
byterian Church. The meet
ing was adjourned and the
ministers gathered with their

Israel

IME FOR A CHECKUP.

PRES LIE IE RIED HE
PLAZA STORE 3
CHRISTMAS HOURS

It's all done!

This year's Christmas let
ters to relatives and friends
are now all in the gentle
hands of Canada Post. And in
spite of all those criticisms of
our postal service, I'm quite
sure that once again this year
the system will forgive my
somewhat late mailing and
get them to most people be
fore Christmas day

Before I start those letters,
it’s always a chore. What am
I going to say? Where did I
put last year's mailing list?
When will I find the time to
get it all done? Even though
we photocopy the same letter
to everyone, it still takes
time, and, besides, I end up
putting personal
most of them.

That's when it stops being
a chore. I can't put a printed
letter into an envelope with
out thinking about the person
receiving it. That's the nice
part about Christmas cards
and letters: remembering all
those people who have been
important in your life in
years gone by

And so I start recalling
how as a young bachelor
school teacher I was made al
ways welcome by the family
of one of my students. |
remember when as a young
couple at our first church my
wife and I were treated as
not just the minister and his
wife by some kind prairie folk
who understood we needed
friends.

Then there are the rela
tives. One letter now goes to
some distant relations in On
tario who introduced them
selves to us two years ago by
phone, dropped in for an hour

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(and wrote on their Christ
mas card that our farm was
more fun than Expo) and are
now an imporrant part of our
lives because of the kind of
people they are

Remembering how won
derful people are helps me
believe in the message of
Christmas. Sure, there are
problems all over the world,
and our hearts should go out
to the victims of those prob.
lems.

But there is still lots of love
in this world too, love in
spired, I believe, by the
Christ of Christmas who
taught us to befriend the
stranger, love your enemies,
and be kind to even your
relatives.

To express this, I copied in
our Christmas letter a litany
which I think is a wonderful
expression of our Christmas
faith. It goes like this.

“In the midst of hunger
and war, we celebrate the
promise of plenty and peace

“In the midst of oppression
and tyranny, we celebrate
the promise of service and
freedom

“In the midst of doubt and
despair, we celebrate the
promise of faith and hope

“In the midst of fear and
betrayal, we celebrate the
promise of joy and loyalty

“In the midst of hatred and
death, we celebrate the
promise of love and life.

‘In the midst of sin and
decay, we celebrate the
promise of salvation and re.
newal.

“In the midst of death on
every side; we celebrate the
promise of the living Christ.”

“Bilent Night,
Holy Night”

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