western .MEXICO CHRISTIAB KISSIOSSEP 6 1983

1ld5f^ N. Vinarreal St.Or. Gerald D. BowlinKiss Geneva (Veva)

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SU^!ER 19@3

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Mrs. Geiieva S. BowUnKies Elisabeth (Becky)

Dear Loved Ooes in Christi

As ceae to Kid-year 1963 C^eva end I wlah to thesik yott againfw ywsr faithful fiaanciai support asd ysmr daily prsy^, We hope that la aiiteof the ecoEO!^ in the thsited Stet^ycsi vdll be tdUlag to ccatlaae with vwepgifts tlsru these trying tJaee.

W2 was a year of treia^dous probloiaa iat oar beloved aifeptodccsmtry, Mexico, as Ib yen are msre trm readiag your daily aewspicer.newEsnagaadnes ^ watching the news T,7. Inilafcicaa was lOO^g for the year as^jposed to 35-W the previoae 10 years, i.e., per year. The dtevdluaitiott of the peso, 150/1, t.s. the U.S. Dollar has been disastrous for the workdiSaws. mces soon skyrocket with oOy a 25-305& iasreass in the eixdrnm wage.(BOtet This is wiiy Mexico is tcated as a "I^Ksrist s Drea^ - the labor fectori.e., low wages of the hotel and restssirsnt workers).

Our situaticsk is soaje^&afc dlfferext as we, thjaaks to jtat CMstimirece^ ow mcsiey in U.S.