Bayless David Beverly 1976 Brazil

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C H R IST FO R TJH E

A M A Z O N V A L L E Y

MR.

AND

MRiS DAVID MÂVlESsJ} CAIXA POSTAl 926 BELEM. PARA, BRAZIL

SPONSOR

FORWARDING

AGENT

Rid9*erat

ChfUtlan

Church j BayUts

53 Eoatcrn 5- f. April 1976 Newsletter saoo Ec.tam

Ay.nu.

s.e.

AibuqiMriiu..

N.

M. B7 0 ^ f cwoj-cuucx Aibuquarû.,

N.

M. 87J08

D e a r Fr ie nds

i n Chr i s t

We

thank

God

things are

going

well a

new

church

is

beginning

east of

hel^.

A student is raising up a church where he lives. Dale Mason teaches

him,

using

th e simple leadership training material we ar e

printing.

We

have

printed

18 simple

study booklets to teach

men

to evangelize

and

lead.

I m in

charge

of this.

Hight

now we re

doing

a 2-book

manual

to

guide

a stu

dent to

guide

the

men he

teaches to raise

up

their own

church, where

they live.

One

of ny students is beginning this

on

an island near here.

These study

materials are

translated from

ones written by our

friend, George

Patterson

whom we

visited

last year

in

Honduras,

In

Februai-y he

visited here

with missionaries

from many

parts of brazil

4 days.

Ûl of

us

plan to

meet

in August about 600

miles

south of here to discuss progress and make plans.

Beverly is helping a new teacher learn to teach a children s class in the

church. I m

now

out of regular duties in it. Two of the

men

I teach are evan

gelizing and teaching the adults.

Two

others evangelize and teach the

young

people. The

church grew Q last

year

with 18 baptisms.

Membership is hi

attendance

about 65, We

plan to continue in

it

but not as leaders

In March the

church

got the

roof

on

new

classrooms and baptistry that are be

ing built. Still

lacking

are

doors,

windows, floor plumbing, the baptistry

itself plastering and wiring.

But

at least there is space for classes. The

people are doing this. We contribute perhaps as

much

as a third

From money we receive from

you

we

contribute

for

trips to Macapa, on the north

side of the

Amazon,

by

Dale

Mason.

He

teaches

men

in the church

who

wanb to

evangelize.

Ihey

have had

no

missionary for

10

years.

He

goes

every 2

weeks

at ip50 a trip.

Teaching

as

we now do we

can

help men

in distant places to

raise up the church

without

having to move there which

would

be impossible.

The Lord

willing we ll

be

in

the U,8.

My

and

plan to visit

as

many

as

we c ^

to share with

you what

has

been

done

by

our joint effortyours

and

ours.

Without you we couldn t be

here. We

thank

God, and

thank you for

your

continued

faithfulness in support. Wg wish we could visit everyone but

Jinl^âks i t will

be impossible. I suppose you would rather we be

here at

ork-than spending months travelling. Could we see

you

at the

North

American

Christian Convention? We plan

to

be

there.

Alot of you

have

been writing to us. This

has

been interesting. It gives a

ânce to

write

about other

things. Drop

a line

and

you ll

hear

from us.

Flease

use

commemorative

stands.

Or

call as

some

do,

hrazll

(912)

27-022r)

has numbness on

her right side

and has

been sick

with

flu.

Wic i

you

would

pray for her. The

rest

of us

are

doing

all right.

John

is

flnishinF

up

idndergarten.

Will b

going to the

American missionary

school in August

Joanne

will be in the 6th grade.

I ll soon he liO.

>aas

We ve beep, hero

Should

be

good

for 30 more.

IVay

about

it . We ve

learned a

few things and

st i l l

aren t so

terribly

old.


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A

Brief

Account

of

the

Work and Workers

In 1952 William E.

Loft

begsin a Mission

Work

in Belem,

Para, Brazil. Soon he enlisted other families to help in the

work,

including

David

and

Beverly

Bayless,

who

went there

in 1959. On December 21,

1958

David M. Bayless and Beverly

Kay Waller (both students

at

Ozark Bible College)

were

mar

ried

and

immediately

prepared to go to

Brazil.

Through

the years various

types

of evangelism have been

ui^d in the Belem area of Brazil. There have been good

results

and many people

were

won to Christ

and

a number of congre

gations

established. As soon as

men were tra ined

to preach

and

lead, congregations chose

their

own

elders, who took

over

res

ponsibility of

the

congregations. Brazilians were in charge,

tho the missionary

was

available to advise and sometimes

t ra in addi t ional

leaders .

Always

alert to find better methods, in

February

1975,

^ David Bayless

and

Dale Mason visited a

man

in Honduras who

^ had had great success in

evangelizing

Latin .Americans. They

I

went

to visit, observe,

and obtain

information.

Returning

to

Belem

with

samples

of

studies,

soon

they

had translated

into

Portuguese and

printed

these Bible Studies. They then trained

Brazilian men

of

the

churches

to go

out and win

people

to

Christ. So these

men, not

the missionaries, take

these

Honduras

Studies

out to

teach and

to win.

Then

these who are taught and

won go out to te ach and w in others.

As of October 1975 there were 12 studies printed and being

_^used aroundBelem and other placesin Brazil. jPgpple are being

won to Christ

and the Brazilians

are

doing

it

That

is as

it

should be The Missionaries

continue

to translate,

oversee the

;

printing, train

Christian

men

to go out,

and

sometimes give

l^^advice when

needed.

]

^ The Print

Shop

continues to be a great force for evangel

wsm.

David has

been training a Brazilian

man

to

operate

the

printing

press,

help in preparation,

etc.

This

will

free David

to

do

other

much

needed

tasks.

From

Mission

Funds , Dav id

and

other missionaries pay

this

printer.


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C H R I S T F O R ^ T F H E A M A Z O N

V A L L E Y

M R AND MRS.

DAVID/L

BAYLESS J

CAIXA

POSTAL 926 BELEM, PARA, BR ZIL

-

SPONSOR FORWARDING AGENT

Rldgcrst Chpttlan

Church

J

Boyl

5300 Eotrn AvenueS. E. 5300 Eaelern

Avenue

S. E.

Albuquerque

N. M. B710Q Albuquerque N. M.

87108

October Newsletter, 1976

Dear F r i e n d s i n

C h r i s t :

The time spent on

furlough

visi t ing

many of

you was

great.

We've been back ovey

a month. Seems as i f we hadn t even

l e f t

The two-month furlough had us

back

so soon,

we

were able to

start

up

right where we left off

working here.

The

church

we

l e f t

on

i t s

own

had

3

converts while

we were

gone, and another

soon

after

we

returned,

I teach 2 men, who

are evangelizing

two men, and

hope

to win t h e i r whole famtlies. One

teaches

3 young men

i n

the church, who won 3

In

our absence. The

leaders

began tithing, and teach

i t .

Offerings are up,

A church re-started 20 mi, east of Bel^ has

apparently

been taken over by the

7th

Day

Pentecostals,

The

leader

was unwilling

to

evangelize and

called

them

in.

Dale Mason

he.lpefl bogii.i a new

church

on

the

edge

of

BsIcti

in

August,

teaching

men

as

we

liave'boe^. doing with the sinple teaching materials we print.

I t

has

i ts probleras^ mainlty drunkeness, which is so prevalent. But i t is continuing,

A few hundi ed i^lla-3 s ou thea st o f here

B i l l

Moreland

helped

a man begin a church

in August

toacItJ.i-ig IhcLS way

showing Tueh

how

to lead, and preparing them.

The principle tbir. evangelism

Is

i^tat ion,

Noxmian

Maddux

i s teaching

a man who

seems

about ready

to

beccne a Chilstian, Already he Imitates what

Norman lias been doing, and teaches others.

And

the

men

I teach

s t i l l

hope

to

get back to

the

resort island where

they

were evangelizing. Vacation time and

disinterest over thez e stopped t h e i r efforts

i n

July,

Inflation

is

something

ten^ible.

The

price

of

scmie staple,

I

can t

remember

what,

went

up 2

this

week. The annual rate

is

We don t lose

that

much-

only about

20^-^ue to nct-too-favorable

exchange

rates

which

rise, not enou^,

John +.>i-inVR the Ist grade is

great.

He learned a song about the curly mansions,

Joanne i s in the 6thc They re excited about

Field

Day Oct, 7. We

plan

to go

to

the

Atlantic Ocean

tliat

day

to

spend k days,

for

our vacation.

While

i n the D, d, wai. n^^jegaary

to buy

a

lo t of^supplies

for

our

print ing

operation.

They had

to

be shipped, but

money

ran

out,

'At that

poin t the only

thing to

do was borrow fVan

the

bank. So,

i f

anyone

is

looking for a

project,

, ,

I t

was 1200,

I t

looks

as i f

w e l l be able

t o

sta:t t gett ing scriie paper

here,

as

c'es have ccroe down a I r i I t s s t i l l

h i ^ e r

than iiaporbing, but not so bad

as

was. Hopefully we wcti t

have to ship so

much

any

more.

Our goal here

i s

to multiply our

ministry,

showing men

hew

to evangelize and

men

raise

up their

own

church

i n new places, preparing

them always

to take

Cthe next

step y

teaching maevel

on

which they

can understand nd

teach

their own converts. This

has

t o be the way to multiply churches.

Please

pray

for 08

t o have wisdom t o

do

t h i s . I t s

not

going

as

f a s t as

we would

l i k e .

We thank you

again

for your indispensable financial euppoart.

Keep writing. And thanks

for the church

papers,

Mark i t AirMall and

pu t

on 31

lours

i n

Christ,

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Bayless David Beverly 1976 Brazil