Dear Christian Friends,

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNlTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL
THY WAYS ACKNCWIEDGE HIM AITO HE SHALL DIREffiT THY PATHSJ Proverbs 3:5-6.^at a beautiful
promise and one we have sto^ on all these Iyears..Who are we and what d^we know, that we can
do anything without HIM direraing our paths?? PRAISE HffS HOLY NAME.,y/It seems to us that
time is going by so fast that ut surly won'jb be long now until our^rd comes, .we are ready
that all m(Lght come to know HIM
5ople seai^ing for
kand of Jesus and
and waiting, praying and working
such a joy and blessing for us to see the p^
situation and seeing them take ho^ of the
looking for...The path that leads the crdss...
Other than ha
Vacation Bible
his wife Jan were able Eb-^-cme and spend 2 we
been home with us for 9 yearsV>We were so t
and learned many things...Hal was able to
have in the Nazareth area. Jaji wac^ept busy
shoes and hippopotamuses out of^^^^red paper
it really was a big help for theyvBS crafts.
In February we haa one week of Bicfte School aij pan Roq^ Church with 100 children each day and
then we had a week at Nazareth Sun\\ Sdio^3r;jfitn abdCrtr^oO-4^i attendence It was much easier this
year than before, because now we haWCthlemelp of the Sunr^Sbk^qol teachers from the Church to
help us also in Nazaureth. .Aft^ar^wo weeks of-^bajd work, we tookall the teachers out to the
river and spent the day.^Jir'^s a much appteoi^bd-Ij^eak and a niceSjay to end two weeks of
faithfulness and perseverance on their pairt.. .laCer^i^^th^month we haSk^n all day retreat
for the Church. The^^stors, Gerardo and Andres, plaiuied>>i^^aQd it was q^ltite a success,.,.
There were 3^ ad^^xs and 20 children...We also had a week oPs^eHval and z^^ptisms in
February and 2/more in March.. .Gerardo took 6 young boys from rt^e Ol^ch to aHfiree day camp,
Agood time/^Sld a spiritual frrr^v^nfr Tiy
It was 3>Ack to school f o5;,.afa:3rthe children In Costa Rica in March and^ally is no ej^bqption...,
Alth^Kt^ she has gradpaerad from^,,%jStrifsh Hi^ School..Sne is now studying here at home
copraspondence, gettdrg ready Income to the States"and enter the 12th grade in August, On^
iT projects now ^ teaching two^meage^of the teenagers at the Church to learrLio_play__the
guitar,,One of theS^irls she tau^t laifft^year"^t&~alSQ.^aching two more,.Our young crippled
friend in the Churclv-Rogi^, was able to start to sehool'^oaeL..^^ a week at a special school,.,
so that leaves Janet without~x6--teaciiing jobii Cfti well, we're suife^-tlje Lord will find something
else for her to do that dayiii Bob built-ssocsi^dividers for the classrboms^^d is also
getting ready for the rains by making draina^""sa?eas,aromd the building.Lord seems to
be working him into more of a flying ministry now, asTie^Tias^one back into the back country
almost every weeks now for a while..He had to make an emergenc>jiin the first o^April to
bring out a policeman who had fallen and had a badly broken leg.^e flew in and Vt again in an
hour and forty minutes and it takes 6 hours to drive one way onlyj..Praise the Lord for wings
The man was sure glad to get to *diera they could treat him.. .Bob]^as had the opportunity to
go to the public schools and show film strips to the childreiw<re have "THE PAROLES OF
NATURE"... They are so good and teach so much to the chiMrelfand they love toysee them. .At
Easter time he took Gerardoy''^ehe Youth Group ajidfiJjnstflps of the death and^rasurrection of
Jesus, to Nazareth to/^gee''"^^t -^e.reagtieff-gf^headults would be and wha^fe^ JOYii The place
waRBT-packed" out....mafly, mai^ra^ilts came and were really excited aboutChurch starting
something at ni^t for the adults too..so far, as you remember, haVe had only Sun. school
for the children..Praise the Lord, a church is forming...our oi^^^oblem now is small,...
There is no electricity and we have to figure out what to do a^oout that before starting on
a permenant basis...The Lord alresuiy has the answe^^f^^ up^^^ need only ask...Please ask
with us in your prayers for us and the work here.,/
Easter week was
three
FINALLY, BRBTHRBNT FAREWELL. BE PERFECT, BE OF GOOD CQ1F0RT, BE OF ONE MIND, LIVE IN PEACE;
AND THE GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE SHALL BE WITH YOU. GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH A HOLY KISS. ALL THE
SAINTS SALUTE YOU. THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE COMMUNION
OF THE HOLY GHOST, BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN. II Corinthains 13*11-1^ WOWi::
the very first wedding in the San Roqu^Church and gettin^.^ady for Daily
t both places, January was a very special month be^u^ our son Hal and
s with us here. This^sS^^e first time Hal has
to have thera^artd they too had a good time
is Dad enla^^g^and improve on the shelter we
ping and I do things like cut tennis
e all na^lfun doing it and at the same time
eautiful time fcgu-tfig-CKigGh here, as we celebrated His resurrection with
ces with dramas by the Youth Group.,..WHAT JOYii
(^CpS.(g
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January, February, March, April 1982
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fore it is too late..It is
solution to the world
nding the solution they were
In Jesus , we love you, y ^
The Sheltons in Cosra Rica