July 1980

Dear Brethren:

So much has happened since we arrived back that it is unreal.

Kathy had her surgery July 21 and returned home July 28. They did a complete hysterectomy. The doctor went ahead and removed her appendix also. He said she had signs of past attacks of appendicitis. It's just amazing how the Lord watches over us. If she had suffered a ruptured appendix over in New Guinea, she probably would have been a goner. She has been recovering just super. She's already talking back to me. Thanks for your prayers.

Starting in early September we will begin our inevitable missionary meanderings. Our schedule for September will be: Sulphur, Okla.-El Paso, Tex.-Grants & Gallup, N. Mex.-Kayenta, Ariz.Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas & Abilene,Texas and Joplin, Mo.

We have had many letters and talks asking what items we most miss over in New Guinea and what people here could box up and send us from time to time. Such items as : Paper goods (plates, cups, towels & napkins), tea bags; cake mixes; jello; instant puddings, cinnamon; spices; bacon bits; kool-aid; pizza mixes; choc-chips, packet cocoa drink mixes; pop ups; bite size candy bars; breakfast cereals; etc. maximum weight per box is 22 lbs. Mail to: M/M Tobey Huff, Box 878, Goroka Papua, New Guinea. (Mark the customs form "Gift - No Retail Value".)

Some of you who receive this newsletter maybe could be helpful with our printing needs. We need contacts through whom we can purchase (or accept a donation of) a folding machine and a letterhead (Kroy) making machine. The cheaper we can buy it the more we have to spend for the other needed equipment. Ring 417-624-40l6 and leave a message if you can help in anyway or want us to be sure and come show our slides at your congregation. As the song goes: "Hang on to your money, we are on our way honey".

Love ... THE HUFFS