Oakley Cheri 1989 Portugal

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a b c d e f g h i j k lm n o p q r s t u vwx y z

VOLUME II

FEBRUARY 989

Professing God s Word Through Teaching

WELCOME

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7

8

C a t

NUM

The

Lord

h as b le ss ed

th e

work

here

in

Corcaveios

and

we

contin

give Him the praise and glory In the last few

months

of 1988 we

comed

six

brothers and sisters

into

the

family of

God

Senhor Neves

Dona

Luciana and the Alvarenga family were all baptized in Ri

Mouro These

are

excited Christians who

are

ready and willing to se

Please keep them in your prayers


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PRAYER PRAISE

Pray

for:

1. Continued witness

a t AIS-L

3.

Group

from Indianapolis

4.

989 s

opportunities and Q

challenges

Pra i se

for:

Safety

in travel

at

Christmas

/

;W^

^

2. Robison s safe re turn from

3.

New

brothers and sisters \

4. My family and

friends for

their support

P M TEAM

After almost five years,

the

original

PCM

team is reunited and strengthened by a new fami

andSarah

Rbblson

returned

from furlough on

December

29th. f

returned

from

Christmas brea

31st,

and

once again

we

were together. Along with

the

Thomas family,

the

Fife family, and m

of

the

church here in Carcavelos, we welcomed 1989 with a prayer and communion service.

wonderful way to bring In

the

New Yeor

1989 holds so much for us here in Portugal. We have 52 young people and sponsors coming

dianapolis to

work for

three

weeks

this

summer.

We are so excited about the ir

arrival. The

Iberian Missionary Conference will be held the first part of August. Vacation Bible Schools, cam

retreats

What a great

year

ohead.


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what on exciting and

different

trip home for the holidays. It w

much

needed

trip for me and proved to bevi^ry rewarding and uplif

As many of you

have

heard the

last of November

was

a rough

tim

me

The

house was

broken into on

the 29th and

all my

camera

e

ment jewelry and passports were stolen. The 30th I received word

t

very close Christian

brother

had gone home to be with

the

Lord. T

were some other

events

that complicated matters

but

the

Lord conti

to sustain me throughout trip to

the

States was very enjoyable

able to

see

many friends

and

a lot of my family. The time was restfu

healing. Thank you for your

prayers and

concern. The Lord

blesse

beyond

measure

and

it s

great

to

be

back

doing

His

work

he

Portugal


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KIDS

KORNER

Wow So much

has happened

since I

last wrote to you.

It

was g

to see

many

o

you

when Iwas home

n

December

Xb


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Servi ces Associat i on.

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yourself an d

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mission work.

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o f r e c o m m e n d a t i o n fro m the e l d e r s in

y o ur s p on s or i ng

churches which

will encourage other

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elders will help

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others

regarding

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by

sending these

elders letters from your

sponsoring

churches as

soon

as

possible.

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add re s se s of th e

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PARENTS: . I A T

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n a m e

a n d h is h o m e a d d r e s s :

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B r a n t

i n C a na d a

D a w n

Longest to Colombia

B i l l

Oakley i n P o rt ug a l

N E W W O R K E R S

D aw n B ra nt

has been

serving in

Canada

since

March

10,

1989

with

British Columbia Church Develop

ment. Following her i nt ernship in

Canada from

September

5 to

December

12, 1988,

Dennis

and Michele

Rackl i f f invited Dawn to join them

with

th e

new Wynndel Christian

Church to work

with

the

children,

youth, and

music program.

Dawn w as

born August 15, 1963

in

Lincoln,

Illinois to S tephen and Ruth

B ra ndt. S he received her BS

in

Bible

and

Social

Sciences in 1987

from

Kentucky Christ ian College.

Sh e

is

recommended

by

the

elders

of

her

home

Bill

Longest ,

recruit to

Colombia,

says of

hi s decision, T came to

th e

Lord

in

1982 a t the time I

was

working as a

professional

pilot for

a law firm. The

Lord began to open my

eyes

to th e

possibility of using my special ized

training

in service to Him on the

mission

field. So

in the fall

of

1983 I

en ro l led

fu l l t ime a t

C i n c i n n a t i

Bible College

to

study

missions.

William was bom

April 13,

1958 in

Lans ing , Michigan to William and

Barbara Longest. He was graduated

w i th h o no r s f ro m C BC in 1987 with a

BA degree in Science and

Missions.

He

spent two months in Colombia in 1986

working with m issionaries

Dale

Meade and

Mark St r inge r,

deciding

to return full-time

as a

church

planter.

Cher i Oakley

has returned

to

Portugal

for

her second term (first

term:

1981-83),

this

time

as

a

tent-

maker .

Cheri

teaches

heal th, and

fills

in as school

nurse,

fo r th e American

Internat ional School

in

Lisbon.

She

also

helps

with

th e music,

teaches

an

English

Bible

study, and teaches a

Sunday School

class.

Ch eri w as born October 1, 1957 in

Winslow,

Arizona to

Vern o n

and

Kathryn Oakley,

f ormer mis si on

aries

to

Z am bi a . She

earned

her BS

degree

in

Mission Ministry

in 1980

by W.E.

McGilvrey

church, Christ s

Church at Ply

Indiana;

th e

Chris ti an Chu

Wynndel; and Professor

Tho

Gemeinhart

of KCC.

Dawn

K a t y C onklin , has

served

mis siona ry i n

Canada fo r

th

eighteen years .

Funds

should be made pay

Chris t s Church at Plymouth a

to

forwarding agents

Tom

and

W ru b l e 1 4 4 8 1 C r e s t

Plymouth ,

IN 46563,

phon

9 3 6 3 0 2 5 .

Dawn s

field

address is B

Wynndel,

B.C.,

Canada VOB

phone

604-866-5342.

His

plans are to go to Colomb

summer

(1989) after

completion

language study in Costa Rica

Bill is recommended by th e e

Northern

Hills

Church of Ch

Cincinnati,

Ohio where he ser

youth

minister

and by the elder

homechurch in Huntingburg,

In

Funds should be made pay

C e ntr al C h r is ti an

C h u r c

Col ombi an Ou tr ea ch

and s

forwarding agent T h o m

E l l s w o r t h

E l d e r

C e

Chris t ian

Church,

6 th a nd

Huntingburg,

IN

47542,

8 1 2 6 8 3 2 9 1 7 .

Please pray for Bill s safety

a

cessful minis try in this difficu

Brazi l w it h missionary to

Po

Richard

Robison

(then a

professor).

Che ri i s r ecommended by the

of the Heyworth, Illinois

Ch

Church .

Cheri s forwarding

agent s a

and Bonnie Mitchell, Rt. 2

288, B looming ton , IL 61704

3 0 9 3 7 8 4 3 3 8 . C o n t a c t

Cher i

F o r

do

Sol.

29

2775

Carca

Por tugal .

(Ed . not e: Cheri s first

ann

ment story appeared in

th e

Aug


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orizons

June

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Cheri ynn Oakley now

serves

hergsecoi^

term in Portugal. She

served there

in 1|981-

83 .

Then,

she r e t u rn ed i n 1986 as

ss

teacher tent-maker) . She

explains?

I t

onary/

e a c h

health

and

f i l l

the position

of

sc|loo1 nurse

at t h e Ame r i c a n International S c h o o l - I

I help

with the

music

and teach anlEngli

Bible Study

and

t each

a

Sunday

School

01

Cher i Lynn

was in t roduced

to

Horizons

re ders in

the

Horizons

787?

August 13

81

Oc t o l

isbon

sh

ass

e r

1

980:

Cher i Lynn Oakley was

horn

1957

i l l

Winslow,

Arizona to Vernon

Oakley, former missionaries

to

Zambia, Africa .

Cheri

spent

y/i

j ea rs

with

her

parents

i r

Afr ica .

When the

family re turned

to

the

Cheri f in ish ed h er school ing,

gradnat ing

from

h ig h sch oo l in 1975*

She

t h en

a t t ended

Johnson

Bib le

Col lege

and gradua ted wit t

a

B,S. degree in Mission Ministry in

Maj,

1980. Cher i

was

very

ac t ive

in th e miss

i n t e r e s t

group

a t

th e

co l l ege .

In the summer of 1979) Cheri

went

With

Professor D i c k Rob i s o n

a n d

tw o

other sti dents

and Eathryn

on a

seven-week

in te rnsh ip

to

Braz i l .

exper ience

helped Cher i make

h er d ec is ic

to go to th e miss ion f ie ld f in a l

i C

U.S.

on

hat

n

heri


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Friends can send gifts through l^er fo ^arding

agents:

Portugal

Christian

Mission^ Bob

Bonnie Mitchell, R.H.

2,

Box 288^ Bloofnington,

XL

61704 phone 509)378-4338.

H er

f i e ld a d d r e s s

i s : C h e r i Lynii Oak l

Rua

P o r

do Sol

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C he r i w ro te in

her

new sle t te r : Por tuga l

Professor

May,

1989

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A B C D E F G H I J K LMNO P Q R S T U VWXY Z

PORTUGAL

PROFESSOR

o b c d e f g h i j k lm n o p q r s t u vwx y z

1 34 5 8

C a t

VOLUME

II

M AY 1989

NUM

Professing

God s Word

Through Teaching.

EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION GROW

The excitement and anticipation grow both here in Portugal and in Indianapolis Indiana. D

Larrywere here in February to finalize the plans and strategies for their trip this summer. InJu

w

accompany forty-five young adults and sponsors to Portugal. We are all looking forward

arrival and

the

blessings we

w

receive from their work. They

w

be

in three groups to

teach

V

Bible School Bible Studies, and Puppet

Shows. They

will go to Lisbon Rio

de

Mouro and

velos. I had the opportunity in March to meet with

the

entire group in Indianapolis

and teac

Portuguese choruses. What a blessing They are all working hard in preparation for their thre

trip. We

are

praying for their safety but also for their challenge and reception here in Portugal.

pray with us that

the

many people they come in contact with in

areas

iike that shown in the

above, will be open and receptive to the Gospel.


13/27

MEET THE ROBISONS

I would like to take a little

space

in

the

next

few issues to

introduce

you to

the

PCM

Team.

You

know our names

but I

want

vou to know

more

about us.

First

of ail,

veteran

missionaries

and

Fieid

Director of

Portugai Christian

Mission -

Richard

(Dick) and Sarah Robison. Both

Dick

and

Sarah

graduated

from Johnson

Bibie Coilege.

They have

served in Bra

zil,

Puerto

Rico, Costa Rica, and

Portugai.

Dick

was

a

professor

at

Johnson and

coached soccer

and

basketbail.

They

have both been very involved with

new

church pianting wherever they

have

lived.

They

are

a

very

special couple

and

we

are

happy

to have

them

here in

Portugal.

NEVER TOO

YOUNG

TO LEARN

m

Dick has

his

Tandy computer set up

office with printer

nearby.

He

teac

the

kids

how to do iittie

things

b

computer reaiiy works hard for

our

The different

programs

and capa

are

great for

our

Bibie

Studies

spondence and

Research. Pleas

for ou r

out reach

with th is

mean s o

munica t ion

PRAYER AND PRAISE

Pray

for:

1. Ginny Loft -

her

husband iii Loft, died in Spain on Aprii 16th, and was burled

on Aprii 17th. ill and Ginny were veteran missionaries,

and

had begun a new

in

Spa in about

2

years ago .

2. The f ields of ha rves t

3. The summer interns from

Indianapolis

4. PCM Team

and the

Iberian Conference in August

ra ise for:

1.

y

Dad s new job

and

the time Iwas able to

spend

with my family in March

2.

English

Bibie Study - a reality

3. My prayer

partners

and family


14/27

MEET MY FAMILY

Kathryn Cindy Vernon Cheri Jill and Doug

I made a quick trip home In March and enjoyed

time

with my family and friends. My

Cindy

celebrated

her 30th

birthday on

Easter

Sunday.

We

had

a few

surprises

for her

ing my arrival Cindy works at the Corporate Office of State Farm

Insurance

in Bloomi

Illinois in the arts

and design area.

My brother and sister-in-law Doug

and

Jill live in

Milford Indiana. Doug is the Youth Minister at the

South

Milford

Church

of Christ. My

pa

Vernon

and Kathryn Oakley live in Heyworth Illinois. Dad has a

new

position as

Funer

need

Counselor

for Metzler-Froelich Memorial

Home

in Bloomington Illinois. He will a

expanding and

supervising

the Aftercare

program

a post

funeral

follow-up and coun

program.

My mom is a

corporate secretary

at

State Farm Insurance.

I

was

able to

go

to

Indianapolis

while I

was

in

the States

and

meet the

group

coming

to

gal

this

summer. Itwas a

good time that

I shared with them and it

gave

all of us more

into

our program

for

the

summer.

The work here

In

Portugal continues

to

go

well. I

am

teaching

English

to Derlani Fife

times

a

week

and

also

have an English Bible Study on Monday nights. My other res

bilities with the Bible Studies Church services and

Sunday School keep

my

busy.

you for your

prayers

for my work here in

Portugal.


15/27

KIDS

KORNER

A new

nephew?

Meet Thaddeus Christian Oakley He

belongs

to my brother and si

law - Doug and Jill. He lives in Indiana. I finally got to meet him at

Easter.

He is cu

playful. If my Mom and Dad are

Grandma and

Grandpa, I

guess

that makes me Aunt

I kind of like him and think

he

is realiy cute. By the way, they cali him Tad

Ifyou would like to write to me, my

address

is listed beiow. Iwould like to

hear

from y

you couid teli

me

some of the things you are enjoying at your schooi now. You

can

a

questions

about my school and the sports we play

and

the studies

we

have. I will

be

you

back a

letter

if you write to me.

Cher i

FIELD ADDRESS:

Cheri

Lynn

Oakley

Rua Por do

Sol, 29

77 Ca r c ave l o s

PORTUGAL

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

Portugal Christian Mission

Bob Bonnie Mitchel l

R.R.

2,

Box 288

Bloomington, IL 61704

Non Profit

U.S. POSTA

PAID

Pe rm i t No

Heyworth,

61745

Mission

Services

P Box 2^2?

Knoxville, Tt 37901

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED


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Gr e e t i n g s f r om s u n n y (a n d

j hope this

letter

finds each of

/ spring''summer weather. It

has

h a v e r e c e i v e d s ome much n e ed ed r a in

in th e

l a s t few d a y

V s om e

c o o l e r

temperatures

Once

aga in

i t s t ime

to

s h a r e

some

o f th e

high l igh

t h e l a s t

t h r e e mon t h s

with

you .

Howeve r , b e f o r e I

f o r

wan t to t h a nk

you f o r you r

l e t t e r s

and

c a r d s . The

a lways

a n

e n c o u r a g eme n t

a n d s e em

t o come

J u s t

a t

t h e

t ime.

T h a n k s

for t a k i n g the

t ime

t o wr i t e .

Well,

l e t ' s g e t

down

t o b u s in e s s . March

started

with ou r a n nu a l

You t h

Re t r e a t . The y a r e a lways fu

e x ci tem en t an d t h i s y e a r

w as

no ex ce p t io n

we m et o

End o f March

at

-irSOpm,

begin ing

o u r

t ime

together

registration

s i n g i n g , introductions

a n d a

i c e - b r e a k e r s . We set o u t a n h o u r

l a x e r ,

wi t h

o y e

you th , f o r

de s t i na t i on unknown . Window-shopping

a t t h e

( C a s c a i s

Sh o p p i n g ) ,

s u p p e r

at

McDona l d ' s

( i nc

s unda e s ) , and camping

ou t

aw ay from

t h e

chu r ch

wer

expe r i ence s

o f

th e f i r s t day .

Tuesday morning found

u s

at t h e

c h u r c h by 8:OOam and

r e a d y fo r a day

o f s t u d y

Ephes i ans ,

a

Bibie -Bowl

compe t i t i o n , a

p icn i c in t h e

and a sm a l l basketball tournament

Needless

to

eve ryone

was

exhau s t e d by 7:OOpm, bu t sp i r i t u a l l y

high

P r a i s e

t h e Lo rd f o r ou r you t h

program

As many

o f

you know, I have be en coach ing bask

fo r

t h e

Br i t i s h s c hoo l

h e r e

in Ca r c a v e l o s ,

S t .

Ju l i ans .

2 0 t h

an d 2lst

o f

March

we

h o s t e d t h e big

Spo r t s Fes t i

which

s e v e r a l

o t h e r

s c h o o l s

p a r t i c i p a t e d

in

bo t h b a s k

and

s o c c e r .

They were

two

v e r y full

day s . I r e f e r e e

games

o r

more e a ch day and coa ched my t eam th ro u gh

schedu le . My g i r l s p l ayed

well,

bu t d idn ' t come

away

th e t ro ph y

th i s

ye a r . I have g r e a t hope s f o r n e x t

though.

I real ly do

en joy

working with

th e

coaching

o f

Ju l i ans an d we a lways h a v e a io t o f

fun .

May

s ome t im e s

damp) Po r t u g

you well

and

en jo y in g

b e e n

very warm here

I almost forgot to mention tha t we celebrated a

birthday JOnatas

turned


17/27

O

lA

APR IL

Con s e c r a t i o n

aster

Sp r i n g B r e a k A

I t was de f i n i t e l y a fu l l mon t hw i t n various act

b u t

v e r y r i c h in

b l e s s i n g s an d s p i r i t u a l

r e n ew a

c e l e b r a t e d Oer i an l ' s

b i r t hd ay on t h e 9 th

o f April . Sh

had

two

c a k e s t h i s yea r I t ' s J u s t

l ike

c e l e b r a t i n g

w

own s i s t e r

(Cindy a n d Der ian i are t h e s ame age . )

Dur ing ou r p lann ing retreat In J a n u a r y , we c h o

week before aster

t o

h a v e a

s p e c i a l

em p h a s

consec ra t i on and ded i ca t i on .

in

p r ep a r a t i o n I p r

with

th e

Aipha^ 'Omega g roup

on a s h o r t

drama.

The

yo

I w e r e

r e s p on s i b l e for the service

o n

the I 5 t h of

t ime

o f s ing ing

t o g e t h e r , a s h o r t devo t iona l t h ou

David Braz . a r e ad i ng

o f

Watch th e Lamb ( t r a n s l a

Po r t u g u e s e ) with t h e

b a c kg r o und mus ic ,

and

t hen

th e dr

the

portrayal

o f t h e c r u c i f i x i on while I s a n g

Doio roso . Af t e r t h e s o n g David

p l ayed t h e p a r t

o f

o f

Arama th l a an d

g a v e

h is t h o u gh t s on wha t migh t

happened

In t h o s e

t h r e e

d a y s after

Chr i s t ' s dea th .

W

with th e

r e s u r r e c t i o n

s c e n e

an d t h e r e wa sn ' t

a

d ry

the

c h u r c h .

D ec is io n s w er e

mad e

afterwards

a n d

hear

t o u ched

and ch ang ed .

P r a i s e

Cod

f rom Whom

all

b l

flow The rest o f t h e week wen t

v e r y

well

a n d

dec i s ions were made. We had

a n o th e r p r a y e r

vigil on

n igh t

a f t e r hea r ing a

spec i a l s p e a k e r and

ce l eb r a t i

Lo rd ' s

Suppe r

t o g e t h e r . The p r a y e r vigil g av e u s a

t o r e f l e c t on exa c t l y wha t Cod h ad done fo r u s and

w

wan t e d u s

t o c h a n g e In

o u r

l iv e s a n d t o

consecrate

The n ig h t p a s s e d by qu ick ly a n d we all f e l t

t h e

p r e s e

t h e Lord an d His

b l e s s i n g s .

aster S u n d a y , h ow ev e r , w as a d a y which

r emembe r e d for

a

long

t ime.

An e a r l y

s e r v i c e ' C7:30am

t h e

beach , b a ck

t o

t h e c h u r c h

for

breakfast

tog

morning

worship and s t u d y

o f

th e Word, and t h e n

clos

Week o f

Con s e c r a t i o n

with a n

a f t e r n o o n

bap t i s ima i

whe r e two , Doro t e i a an d Danie l , we r e ob ed i e n t t o Ch

bapt i sm. Alpha^Omega

p r e s e n t e d

th e d r ama once aga in

p a c k e d h o u s e . P r a i s e

the Lo rd

The

week after Ea s t e r

i

had

th e

pr iv i l ege

o f goi

Fe rn ando

Cunha

and h is family t o one o f th e local pr i s

present a mus ica l p r o g r am . F e r n a n d o a n d

h is

wife Mal

b e e n go ing on c e a week t o s h a r e th e Cospe l with

t h o s e

p r i s on . I t w as a

good e x p e r i e n c e

an d we hop

oppo r t un i t y

will

come

aga in . The

rest

o f

th e

week

to g e t c a u gh t

up

on

some

work ,

s p e n d some

time

with

In the c h u r c h ,

a n d take s ome

t ime out to l i s t e n to

G

how impo r t a n t It Is

to

s t o p

and l i s t en Tak e

t ime

s t i l l before t h e

Lo r d . Be

s t i l l

a n d

know that I am

(PS .

^6 :10

NIV)

n

BY


18/27

Severa l months

ago we

(Rober t .

Derlani

and

I

a sked

if

we would

be

willing

to s ing

t o g e t h e r

with

Fe

Cunha to re c o rd

a c a s s e t t e . Af t e r d iscuss ing i t w

Fi fes ,

th e

team in genera l and p ray ing t oge the r , we

a

th e cha l l enge . Well, ne ed l e s s to s a y ,

t h e r e

was muc

s p e n t

In

l e a rn ing new music

and

p r ac t i c e , bu t g lo ry

God,

th e

t ape

was r eco rded th e f i r s t

week

o f May.

have

i t

with

me

t h i s summer

If all

go e s well.

I t was

an d

I n t e r e s t i n g expe r i e n c e .

To

God

be

t h e g lo ry , hon

p r a i s e

The

month

o f May was also

full

o f b i r thdays a s

an d h is d a u g h t e r J e s s i c a

Nas c lmen t o

c e l e b r a t e d th e t i

12th,

Deborah

Lee

Fife

(H th ) ,

Victoria

C ardoso (I5 th

Noemia Sa n t o s ( I 9 t h ) .

I am s u r e t h a t

many

o f

you

rememb er V ic toria Card

I spoke o f her a s my adop t ed grandma.

She

was very

had

an

ope r a t i on f rom which

sh e

n ev e r

r ea l ly

r e c o v e r e d . We were

cal led In

s e v e r a l t imes

th inking

s

going

Home, bu t sh e

a lways s e emed

to

ra l ly a round

The

morn ing o f

May

18 th ,

howev e r .

Grandma Vic to r i a

w

be with

he r

Lord J e su s . What a l os s we fee l and ye t

knowing t h a t s h e Is at p e a c e

in h e a v e n . ust

a

l i t t l

a

y e a r

s i n c e my Grandma

Ba y n e s

wen t t o

be

with C

f o u nd myse l f s ing ing at

my

Grandma

Vic to r i a ' s

f u n e r

19 th

o f

May. Oh how I t h u r t , b u t y e t I f e l t

th e

sam

that on l y Ch r i s t c a n g i v e . I a s k that you

r em

Vic to r i a ' s

family In you r p r a y e r s a s

well

a s

th e

chu r c

a s we a d j u s t t o

th e

a b s e n c e

o f

a v e ry d e a r and de

Chr i s t i an .

She was t r u l y a Jewell

The sam e week

o f V ic to r i a ' s

d e a t h , we h

evange l i s t i c campaign- beginning on - the . - .20 . th_ and endi

B-lth.

It was a ve ry exhaus t ing week both

physical

emotionally, but God provided fo r ou r

ev e ry

need, In

physica l

s t r e ng t h . The

meet ings all

went

well,

bu t

we r e tw o

v e r y sp ec ia l h ig h lig h ts .

T he first

w

Sa tu rday ,

May

23, when

3500+

uni ted and marched down

Avenue In

Lisbon

In

the

March f o r

Jesus

Wow

among God 's people

a s

-16 mar che s

t ook

place In

Euro

ove r 120 in th e

United

S t a t e s on th e

same

day

exc i t ing

t o s a y t h e least Rob e r t ,

De r l a n i

a n d I

Involved

In le ade rsh ip team s and

what

a bless ing . W

t e n t r u ck s (like pick-ups ) , each with a sound s y s t

l e ade r f o r s o n g s , ano t h e r

f o r

p r a y e r , and I n s t r umen

l ead ing a p l a t oon o f

3 0 0

-

3 5 0

peop l e .

The march

end

a

s e r v i c e

inc lud ing

a p r e s e n t a t i o n

o f

T he

Champion

had s e v e r a l

f rom t h e c h u r c h

pa r t i c i p a t e a n d David Bra

pu shed

Joaqu lna In

h e r

wheelcha i r .

T he Aipha^Omega

h ad a shirt de s i gne d a n d

we

h a d

t hem In

t ime f o r t h e

Th e y

l ooked g r e a t

Wha t a n e x p e r i e n c e

JESUS

The o t h e r highlight o f th e week was Sunday s e

when t h e

c h u r c h

was fu l l f o r

bo t h

morn ing

an d

a f t e

The

a f t e r n o o n s e r v i c e was

v e r y

spec i a l

a s two peop l e

de c i s i on s a n d tw o

mor e

we r e b a p t i z e d . The Lo rd i s b


19/27

well

t h a t

ahou t w rap s i t al l

up.

Tri[riy > a i

sr .

I.uo

winding down too as we

finisli

up the

llh

of June.

has been quite a

bit

of exci tement

a t ac Ia , as th ree o

t e a ch e r s

a re

ge t t ing

marr ied th is summer and

will

r e t u r

couples . Linda Kliewer and Les

Pa rk e r

will be married

8 th

o f

Augu s t in

Cal i forn ia

and

Nicole

Bibelheimer

and

McAbee will

be

mar r i ed th e 9 th o f Augu s t in North Dako

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

Y A L L

My

fu r lough p lans

a r e

shap ing

up and

I will

be

i

USA

t h e en d

of Jun e . A s I p r e p a r e f o r

t h e

summer t h e r

some

p ra ye r r e qu es t s

I

would

l ike t o

s h a r e

with

you.

lease

p ray

fo r

s a f e t y in t r a v e l f o r all

th e

t e a c h e r s

o f

ACiA

t h r o u g h o u t

th e

month

o f June and

ov e r

th e summer;

f ina l p r epa r a t i on s o f

l e s s o n p lan s and

p r o je c t s f o

s c h o o l

before

I

l e a v e

for

the

States:

p re p ar a tio n s f o r my

s umme r with c amps ,

p r e s e n t a t i o

mus i c ,

travel

etc ;

th e

Fi f e

family

and

t h e i r

t r a v e l

and

t ime in

Braz

w ith fam ily an d r e p o r t i n g t o

c h u r c h e s ;

Dick

and

Sa r a h Rob i son

as

t h e y c o n t in u e th e work

s umme r

in o u r

a b s e n c e ;

i n c r e a s e d

f inanc ia l

s u p p o r t

s o

that I

may rent

a n o

a p a r tme n t

when I return t h i s fal l ;

con tin u ed hea l th and strength f o r e a c h o f th e team

members .

(Rob i sons ,

Fi f e family. Cheri Lynn)

Your

p ra y e r s a r e

s o

v e r y

impor tan t to my

minis t ry

t h a nk you

f o r your con t i nued s u ppo r t bo th p raye r fu l l y

f i n anc i a l l y . I cou l d n o t b e

h e r e

wi t hou t you I

do

t o s e e

you al l

t h i s

s umme r

o r

at

least t a l k wi th

Remember , you

a r e

v e r y s pec i a l

to

me.

In the

Service

of the

y/ ^


20/27

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PROFESSOR

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

VOLUME

II

SEPTEMBER 1989

Professing

God s Word

Through Teaching.

E e n a B r a

Sm i Ban^

uuaa iB S3 5 g f

S:

FRUITS OF AMOR LOVE

NUM

What a blessing the summer has

been.

The

three weeks

with AMOR were fan

The young people and adults came well prepared

and

worked hard with the chu

here. Many lasting

friendships

were

made

and many hearts were touched and en

aged.

During the

second

Iberian

Missionary Conference

several decisions

made

for commitment to full-time

Christian

service.

August

6th

we

all witnesse

baptism

of

Nelson

and

welcomed

him to the family. What excitement

God

is

great

things

here in

Portugal.

Thank you AMOR for coming and sharing your su

with u s


21/27

ENCOURAGERS

mSm

John

Madonna

Janice

Faye

Soon after the AMOR group departed

we

w ere ho no red to

have

o h n an d

Madonna

(Burgett)

Spratt

visit. They

are traveling

to different countries and

sharing with missionaries along the

way.

Madonna

shared

of their work in

Honduras

and

was

a real encourage

men t to all of u s he re

On

Saturday

August

19 we picked

up the Rostvit

Twins

who were com

ing from

Spain. The

Spratts left a few

hours

after Janice

and Faye

arrived.

It has been a real

blessing

to

have the

Rostvits

share their experiences from

this trip

Great

things

are happening

all over the world. Janice

and

Faye

were

on their way

home

for a few days

and

then off again with their parents

for

a vaca t ion

Thank s for th e tes t i

monies

and encouragemen t

John

Madonna

Janice

and Faye.

AMOR INVASION

July 18th

was

the big invasion b

siers

We met them

at the

airpo

a bus and

brought

them back

church From here we

sen t th

various homes to stay and th

slept

most

of the

day.

I

had

two

mates

in my little home and en

every

minute.

Lynn Cole

an

Seve r ance were th e b es t r oomm

could

have

ever

asked

for.

W

came

known

as

the

three

prin

of

the

tower Lots of

late

nigh

early

mornings trickling sho

cold water all-nighters, but

ne

complaint.

Sev

I still

hear Po

calling

Lynn, Sev Cheri


22/27


23/27

Heidi

and

Tina visited in Portugal this

summer,

along with their friends, Janice

Rostvit.

The

girls told of their travels in Russia Poland

and

Turkey.

All

of th

here were fascinated

at

their

stories,

and they

could

even speak some Portug

We

need

to

keep

praying for Heidi

and Tina's

ministry

as

they

are used

to

God's love with

other

children in many countries.

FIELD ADDRESS:

Cheri

Lynn

Oakley

Rua

Por do

Sol, 29

77 Ca rc ave l o s

PORTUGAL

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

Portugal

Christian Mission

Bob

Bonnie Mitchel l

R.R. 2,

Box

288

Bloomington, IL

61704

Non Profit

U.S.

POST

PA ID

Pe rmi t

No

Heyworth

61745

Mission

Services

PC Box 2427

Knoxville

tN

79

ADDRESS

CORRECTION

REQUESTED


24/27

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P O R T U G A L

P R O F E S S O R

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

V O L U M E II

N O V E M B E R 9 8 9

Professing

God s Word

Through Teaching

The se a Is s o awesome so big and so blue

To think

God

created it for me and for you.

His creation

h as

beaut y wherever

yo u

turn

The bi g things the little ones we ve s o much to learn.

God s given o ur n ee ds o u r

weapons

for war

Power

In

prayer

ou r

armor

and more.

T i m e

is s h o r t a nd th e re s s o m u c h

t o

b e d o n e

Prepare for b at tl e m y friend a race to be run

W e

a r e

t h e v i c t o r s

b e c a u s e

In

H im w e a r e o ne

Death

has

b e en c o nq u ere d through

His only Son.

Of

the

things He s

created

not one is t he s am e

Praise honor and glory to His holy

name.

Cherl

Oakley

C a t

N U M


25/27

j^ -

^OS

UNO I

V CONFERBUCI MISSIOMKRV^

Psaims 2:8

was

the theme of the V Missionary conference held in Goiania, Brazil. I had the opp

to

attend

and participate in

the

conference What a blessing Robert

and

Derlani Fife were tw

speakers

and Ishared in singing. Itwas a time of spiritual nourishment and renewal for me, al

some

physical rest. The Fifes

stayed

in Brazil for a little over six

weeks

reporting to

churc

sharing of their work here in Portugal. Iwas only in Brazil for ten days but was truly blessed I

opportunity to witness the work of the Lord in several areas and also make many new frien

hospitality

and

love of Derlani s parents

was

overwhelming.

The

Christian family in Goiania wi

be special to me

ill


26/27

TH E

FIFE FAMILY

Anna

Flavia Christlanne Deborah Lee

Jonatas Fife,

Rogeria

and Claudio

R obe r t

an d Derlani Fife

Another important part

of the PCM

team here

in Portugal is the Fife family. They

are

unique

in that they came to Portugal from Brazil.

Robert is the son of Tim and Libby Fife who

are

missionaries to

the

Portuguese speaking

world.

Tom and

Libby

are

also a

part

of PCM.

Robert

Is a

U.S. c it izen

but

was

raised

In

Brazil . Derlani w a s born an d ra ised In

Goiania

Brazil.

They have

four

children:

An

na Flavia 10 Christlanne

-

8 Deborah Lee

7, and Jonatas - 5. Robert and Derlani have

arious

responsibilities an d

are a real

bless

ing to

th e

work here. Robert preaches

eaches

disciples

and

does anything else he

is asked to do. Derlani takes

care

of the

outh programs Lidia

ladies

group and

music.

She

also like Robert cares for

their

They

are

very

special

to PCM

an d

are

pleased the Lord is using them

here.

e couple shown above with the Fife family

e

Brazilian and Claudio was recently baptiz

d

P R A Y E R

AND

P R I S

Newly

acquired van

PR ISE

The

van

and the

blessing

it s

been

My safety In

travel

to/from Brazil

Safety

in

travel

for all our visitors

Answered prayers

P R A Y E R

1. The leadership and work here in Po

2. Continued follow-up from AMOR

3. My work at the American School

VISITORS

I had the opportunity to welcome a ver

friend to Portugal the first week of Oc

Timothy Craft arrived

on my

birthday an

able

to

stay

a

week.

He

shared

in

th e

Studies

the services

and even some

seeing. We had a good

time and

I wa

he

could

come V isito rs fro m hom

always an encouragement and blessing

ie Thomas

had her

parents for two we

October

too. Thank you to all our visit


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KIDS KORNER

Our youth program is going well. We meet every Saturday at 4:30 p.m. I took

care

of the pr

while Derlani was in Brazil

but

we both work together with them now.

We have

one Saturday a

for

something special

and usually play games together. Why don t you write us a letter? Iknow

tuguese kids would love to hear from friends in

the

United States.

FIELD ADDRESS:

Cher) Lynn

Oakley

Rua

Por do

Sol, 29

77 Ca rc ave l o s

PORTUGAL

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Portugal Christian Mission

Bob

Bonnie

Mitchell

R.R.

2 ,

Box

288

Bloomington, IL 61704

Non

Profit

U.S.

POST

PA ID

Pe rm i t

N

Heyworth

61745

M i s s io n S e r v i c e s

]3ox 2427

Knoxvi l le , TN 3791

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