Bayless David Beverly 1963 Brazil

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M I S S A O

D A S I G R E J A S

DE C R I S T O

MR

AND

MRS DAVID M 6AYLESS Missionaries

S P O N S O R E D B Y

RIDQECREST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

A L B U Q U E R Q U E N E W MEX I CO

CAIXA

POSTAL, 926

b e l e m

para

brasil

September,

1963

F O R W A R D I N G

A G E N T

J

F R E D B A Y L E S S

2 1 E

15TH ST

P U E B L O

C O L O R A D O

D e a r

Chr is t ian

Fr iends :

As th e end of four years

in

Brazil

approaches

for

us, we see things in

th e work of

tne

churches here in a

much

better

situation than

they

have

been since we arrived.

Our

ini tiat ion was rough, bu t we

are

seeing a

lot

of

progress

now,

resul ting from

several

improvements made

with

God s

help and direction, we

believe.

The Agulha church,

wit h whic h

we

work

in Icoaraci,

was abou t

to fall

victim recently

to

the plot

of

a

former

preacher

and

h is b ro ther , a

member ,

to

ru in or divide

the

church.

We heard

of

i t before i t

was

accomplished, warned

the

member s, n on e of

whom

then s ided

with

the

two.

They were

expel led and

th e

church remained

with

eight members .

Now we have a house full at all

night

services and

increasing

morning

attendance. The average attendance is

about

thirty-five. Seven persons

have made confession of faith in Christ,

and

should be baptized the

first of this month, nearly doubling the membership.

An experienced evangel is t has arr ived

to

work with the Agulha

church.

His previous

work

in th e Belem

area

Was

with

the

chu rch i n Marambaia,

which prospered great ly

under

his leadership. His arrival will

free

us fo r

more Work with the

Out ei ro Road

church,

also

in

Icoarac i, where

We l ive

The

Outeiro Road church has had a steady increase in

attendance, but no

conversions for a few months. We have hardly dedicated any time at all

to

this church,

which

was

in

a

much

stronger

condition

than

the

Agulha

church. Now we

are

hop ing for a

good

growth

there

too. The church has

about thirty-five members , with attendance averaging about

forty.

Our

plan of work

in

the chu rche s i s mainl y

visitation, studying

a

series

of

lessons

fo r

si x weeks

in

succession

with

a family or a person at a se t

hour each week. These lessons show why

we

believe

the

Bible

is

from God,

what

is

in

the Bible, why

we

believe

Jesus is

God s Son , what the church

i s according

to the New

Testament, and

other lessons a bout t he church.

The s tudies have ha d ve ry good resul ts in conve rs ions and in s tr engthening

o f

m e m b e r s

At the end of

August,

classes fo r the men

of

th e chur^es_in the Belem

area

were begun, with

sixteen

men attending

from four

churches. Classes

are

being

taught

in

Acts,

Christian Doctrine, and

Survey

of

New

Testament

books

These

will last fo r

twelve

weeks to be followed later by others.

We ex pe ct

the men

to be able to d ev el op in to l ea de rs f as te r and b et te r

through

th e

classes

Our

furlough time

will

begin t he fi rs t of December. The Lord

willing, we

plan

to fly to

the

U. S

then,

and hope to

visit

all or nearly al l of our

friends

and supporters.

Write

to

our forwarding

agent about

speaking

appointments.

We want to visit

all of

you.

Yours in

Chris t ,

David and

Beverly

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Christ For The Amazon Valley

SPONSORED

BY

RIDGECREST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

SSOD

E A S T E R N

A V E N U E

B .

E .

A L B U Q U E R O U E

N E W

M EX I C O

MR.

&

MRS . DAVID M . B AY LESS

C IX POBT I

e

B E L E M

PARA

BRAZ IL

October 28,

1963

rORW RDINO

SENT

J

FRED

BAYLESS

2010

Eost

15th

St ree t

Pueblo, Colorado

Dear Brother McGilvrey;

Did

I

wri te

you

that

our

son,

David, and

h is

wife,

Beverly ,

wil l

be

home

on

Furlough soon? I f not then you might l ike

to

have

t h i s

as announcement

in

H o r i z on s

On November 8 th

they

wi l l have been in Braz i l four

years .

Sometime in

December they

plan

to

come to

the Sta tes

on Furlough,

They wil l

be avai lable

to

v i s i t

churches , conventions, and a l imited number

o f

Youth Camps during the i r

Furlough. Since they

plan to

re tu rn to Brazil by about

August

1,

1964, they

can

no t v i s i t

many Camps , They

are

Already

scheduled

fo r

Senior Week a t El Porvenir

Christian Camp, in New Mexico June 8-13. On

January

19 , 1964, they

wil l

v i s i t

the i r

Sponsoring

Church, Ridgecrest

Christian

Church,

Albuquerque,

N, M., to make

a repor t

o f

t h e i r f ou r y ea rs on the f i e ld .

While

it wi l l

be necessary

fo r

them

to

v i s i t support ing

churches,

they

wil l have

some

dates

open

to

v i s i t other

churches

t ha t might des ire such

a

v i s i t .

All

correspondence shou ld

be

sen t

to

Forwarding

Agent, J

Fred

Bayless ,

2010

East

15th S t r ee t Puebl o, Co lo ra do ,

81001.

are announcing

the i r

Furlough as January thru July, 1964 , as

they

wil l

not arr ive in the States

in

time to do any v is i t ing during

December.

Any

par t

of

th is you

desi re

to

use wil l

be deeply appreciated

by

a l l

o f

u s c on ce rn ed .

You may know th i s but on e important phase

o f

David s

work

has

been

with

the

Para Bible

Institute

(formerly Belem Bible Seminary).

He

teaches Life of Christ,

Acts o f Apost les , Music, English and has

helped

with th e b ui ld in g program. They

come

home

at close of

this

school-year (early

December). The

new school-year begins

about March 1 s t

so they

wi l l

miss only one

semester

of

the

I n s t i t u t e c lasses while

in

the

Sta t e s

as the 2nd s emest er b egi ns ear ly

in

August.

While David and

Beverly are

on Furlough,

new missionaries,

Stan and Donna Wohlen

w ill l iv e

in

t h e i r

house

and help as they

can

with the work . Wohle nhau ses plan to

ar r iv e in Belem on November 8.

Most

of t he i r f i r s t year wil l

be

taken

up

w ith s tu dy

of the

Portuguese

language and learning the ways of the

people

and

the

needs they

can

s upp l y _

In Chri s t i an love

PS:

Check

in

amount

of

5^

enclosed: 3

and

December

at

1,50 perlmonth, 2.00 i

r r

red

Bayless

pays

r en ta l on Projector

fo r November

a

g i f t

to the

work.

JFB

David

is

also on the

Program

of Ozark Bible College Convention

(in

February),

speaking on

th e subject

The

Evangelistic

Power

Is

Weakened By Lukewarmness.


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Christ For

The Amazon Valley^^^

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^ oNs oN ce a v

RIDOeCREST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

S QO K A ar CH N A V K N U E K.

A k S U O U E M P U E NE W M E X I C O

Dear

F r i e n d s

i n

C h r i s t :

MR.

MRS.

DAVID

M.

BAYLESS

C A I X A

FOBT L BSB

B E L E M

P A R A B R A Z I I .

renw RDiNa A P C N T

J FRED BAYLESS

2010 EatI tSrtiSlrBBf

Putblo, Colorodo

November 6, 1963

Just four years

ago today

we

arrived

in Brazil,

eager to

enter into

the work to

which th e Lord had called us in Brazil, I t i s diff icul t

to

say

just

how much we have

accomplished in these four years but they have been years in which we have seen the

Churches

grow

in numbers and in spirit? and

we

have helped start Para Bible Institute,

(formerly called

Belem

Bible Seminary where the Brazilian young people can obtain

t ra ining that will help

them

serve the Lord and His Church, are thankful

that we

have had th ese four years in

Brazil.

You friends have

made

this possible.

In just a few weeks we will be starting our f irst Furlough, leaving here early

in December

to

be in the States

for

about eight months. Our plans are to return to

Brazil about August

1,

1964, to be here

for the

opening of the second semester

at the

Para

Bible Institute,

where I teach

several

classes. Thus we

will

miss

out

on

only

on e

semester

of the

I n s t i t u t e

due

to our

Furlough.

I t i s with mixed

feelings

that we

plan

our return to th e States. Since we have not

seen our

families and

friends

for

over four years, we eagerly anticipate such reunion.

On

the other hand, w dislike to leave the people with whom we have been working in the

Churches, the Institute, and other phases of the

work.

love the people of Brazil and

after four years

among them we

see all the more

their

deep need of the preaching of the

Gospel that brings them the knowledge of

God

and His

Son

Jesus the Christ,

are happy to know that sometime today Mr. and Mrs. Stan Wohlenhaus are due to

Arrive, with t h e i r two children,

t o

l i v e i n

our

house

and see

about

things here, as they

study the language and

prepare for

their work

in the Churches, Inst i tu te , etc.

We

were i n

college

with

Stan

and Donna, at Ozark

Bible

College, Joplin, Missouri so we know than

and a r e a s s u r e d o f t h e i r

d e v o t i o n

t o t h e work.

Please

join us

in

f ervent p rayer

for the

t o t a l work

o f

the

Lord

i n

B r a z i l

Financial

needs continue

during

the

Furlou^, both for

Living Link and

Service

PHind. You friends

have

stood by us

thru

these

years splendidly.

thank God for you Some friends have had to

discontinue the ir

giving.

Thus we must

seek

some

others

to

take

t h e i r

place

while we

are

on Furlough.

ask

your

continued

gif ts and

prayers, as

we

pray

His

blessing

upon

you.

I f

you

would l ike for us to v i s i t you,

please write

to our Forwarding Agent,

He

is

now making up I ti ne ra ry for

Furlough

v i s i t s .

We

may

no t be able to visi t everyone

we

would

l ik e to ,

but

we will

v i s i t

every Church and

Friend that

i s i s

possible for us

to

v i s i t .

Faithfully yours in

Christ,

/

hope soon to see you on Furlough

Sorry

p i c t u r e

did

not

t u r n out b e t t e r ; our f i r s t e l e c t r o n i c s t e n c i l ; wrong kind of picture .

Thank:,

f o r

sending i n f

on t o Bro

Harrold. I m sending him one o f th es e . JFB

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