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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello mission
friends
10/14/2009</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> I
pray that all is well with each one of you and God continues to bless each of
you. There is a lot to tell you and a lot I don’t know yet. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
First let me apologize for several things, we are very late getting started
this year and have been waiting for more info to give you. We just found out a
couple of days ago the exact location of our trip which is different than the
area that we were first told. The name of the village is Bethel, (pronounced
“Batlel”), in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. We still don’t
have confirmation on our tickets or the price because we just found out that we
will fly to a different airport. As far as I know the main group will fly out
of JFK airport to Mexico City then another flight to Tuxtla Gutierrez and then
bus to our location. It should be near the Sierra Madre Mountain range. The
dates should be Feb 16<sup>th</sup> to March 3<sup>rd</sup>. I will confirm
dates and times as soon as we hear from the airlines. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> As
far as the excursion, I had originally planned to go to Cancun but now we are
farther away. Eric is checking on tickets and hotel prices. Again I will
confirm as soon as possible. Second, I want to apologize to all the
faithful people who have been donating to Berkshire Mission for all our Bibles,
Meds, Bible workers etc. I usually take time to thank each one of you
personally. This year I did not get to do this. I want to thank you all,
for all you do for Berkshire Mission. We could never do what we do without your
help. So now, I want to ask each one of you if you would help again. We are
about a month behind already but I really need all of you to support this trip.
We will be building a church in the small town of Bethel. We will complete the
church, all the steel, the roof, walls windows, doors, sidewalks, etc. I would
also like to put up a gated wall for security in front of the church as we have
done before. We will visit different communities in the area to provide some
medical and dental work and provide eyeglasses for them. I would like to hire
the same Bible workers that worked for us in Guatemala for two months to
have Bible studies and prepare them for our evangelism effort. Of course we
will have a children’s program for the young people. They have baptized
over 30 people from our visit to Guatemala including 7 young people who went to
our VBS.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> So,
as you can see I need some help! All of your donations are tax deductible. I
hope that you will pray and ask God what He would have you do for
Berkshire Mission this year.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
I’m sorry I don’t have all the details yet, like price and exact
times etc. But I will be making a pretrip very soon so I can get all the
details.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Those of you who have not signed up yet, please do so now. This trip, as
in the past, will be full of exciting adventure and a blessing for those we
visit and even more important a blessing to us to serve.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Please, again I ask that your donations for Bibles, Medicine, Literature, Bible
Workers, misc trip expenses etc., be sent as soon as possible. If you need to
make a pledge and pay over time, that’s fine. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Those of you traveling with us, please get your deposit of $250.00 into us
right away. Remember, as Eric mentioned in the last email, if you decide to
back out once I have all the details, we will return your deposit. Please email
us at <a href="mailto:mail@berkshiremission.org"
title="blocked::mailto:mail@berkshiremission.org">mail@berkshiremission.org</a>
or call me direct at 413-743-4921 or my cell at 413-446-2214.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> I
have noticed this past couple of weeks that there are many of you who are not
receiving the emails. Please make sure you are on the mailing list. If you did
not receive the last email that Eric sent out a couple of weeks ago, please
check your junk email folder and add our email address to your contacts list.
Sometimes when email is sent out in quantity, your email program may sort it as
spam or junk mail. Also go to <a href="http://www.berkshiremission.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.berkshiremission.org/">www.berkshiremission.org</a>
and click on the link on the front page for email to be sent to you. I really
want to cut down on the postage. So, unless you let me know that you
don’t get email, I will not be sending a mass mailing again. Let me know
and I will mail things to you.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>God bless each one of you. We still need lots of workers, lots of
prayers and lots of donations.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sincerely </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bob Young</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mission Director</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ps. more email very soon </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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